Prison Riot

"Kill our way out!"

The shout was like a spark falling into a haystack, instantly burning through the entire corridor.

That Kuri wanderer was the first to rush out, picking up a weapon dropped by a prison guard.

"I've endured for two months, waiting for this very day!"

The dozen or so men behind him also grabbed whatever they could find. Some seized wooden sticks from the cells, some gripped their shackles like flails, and even more simply went barehanded.

Jie Jian looked at the dark mass of people and suddenly raised a hand to press them down.

"Don't rush out yet. Listen to me first."

The crowd fell silent, hundreds of eyes fixed squarely on him.

"The guards outside have weapons. If you all rush out like this, you're no different from walking into your deaths."

He paused, his gaze sweeping across the crowd.

"Follow my orders, and I guarantee that after today, Udon's quarry will be erased from the map."

An old prisoner squeezed out of the crowd and stared at Jie Jian with a face full of terror.

"Young man, who exactly are you? Do you know how many guards there are outside? They're all elite members of the Beasts Pirates. There are even several Beasts Pirates officers among them!"

"Officers?" Jie Jian raised a brow. "How do they compare to King?"

The old prisoner froze. "Th-then... they're definitely no match for King..."

"Then what's the problem?"

Jie Jian grinned, baring two rows of white teeth.

"Elites are exactly what I beat! Even King couldn't kill me, so what the hell are a few officers?"

Jie Jian sounded outrageously arrogant, though in truth, King had merely been too lazy to kill him and had deliberately let him off.

But the prisoners here didn't know that!

Hearing that