"...According to reports, all seven prison guards who died in the line of duty were seasoned, high-ranking professional martial artists. Yet in their direct confrontation with the escapees, they were defeated almost instantly, their blood and vitality drained dry..."
The anchor's words struck Chen Yan's heart one by one.
Drained of blood and vitality!
Those four words instantly reminded him of Miao Ye, whom he had personally killed on the outskirts of Jiang City!
That eerie power that devoured life force!
"Based on the initial assessment of investigators at the scene, the power used by the escapees did not come from conventional martial arts. The relevant authorities have now activated their highest-level emergency response plan..."
Chen Yan's expression darkened completely.
The Imperial Capital First Prison—what kind of place was it?
It was the most heavily defended prison in all of East Continent. There was no other like it!
The inmates were all heinous criminals, each a terrifying figure who had once stirred up trouble across an entire region.
Naturally, the force guarding the prison was absurdly powerful!
And yet someone had managed to break out of a place that secure, crushing their way through head-on...
That was beyond the capabilities of ordinary martial artists.
Even a grandmaster might not have been able to do it so "neatly."
Could it be like last time? Could one of these escapees, like Miao Ye... possess a fragment of an Evil God's authority?
The thought lingered in Chen Yan's mind.
If that was true, then the gravity of the situation was on an entirely different level.
As he pondered, the news footage changed again.
The screen began displaying the files of the main escapees one by one. Every face radiated a chilling, murderous savagery.
[Name: Tu Zhenxiong. Codename: "Butcher." Professional Rank 9 martial artist.