Time flew.
At last, to everyone's eager anticipation, Toji arrived in Suotuo City.
When he learned what had happened to the Shrek group, he went straight to Spirit Hall, took on the guise of Shanks, and declared, "Do me a favor."
A Titled Douluo's request had to be honored.
Everyone was released early without charges—except Shao Xin, who was kept at Spirit Hall as a farmhand.
Before leaving, Xiao Wu made a point of taking Zhu Zhuqing with her. The Prison Guards did not stop them.
The two beautiful girls had been beaten badly. Neither was the type to suffer in silence. They would rather have their faces beaten into swollen messes than submit. After all, who said the bullies in Prison were born to rule?
So while the two girls had suffered physically, they were in far better shape mentally than Dai Mubai and the others.
When the Shrek group learned they could finally leave, they all wept with joy.
Zhao Wuji cried hardest of all.
He was the mighty Immovable Wisdom King, a man notorious throughout the Soul Master World with the talent to become a Soul Douluo. Yet a bully in Prison had taught him a lesson with a club.
The humiliation!
Zhao Wuji had never imagined he would suffer such humiliation. Whenever he thought back on his time in Prison, tears streamed down his face, and he nearly fainted.
"Old Zhao, Old Li, Old Lu, why do you all look like that? And you Little Monsters—what happened to you? Did you suffer that much in Prison?" Seeing how utterly drained everyone looked, Flender could not help thinking of Gangzi after he had been locked up in Spirit Hall's Prison in Nuoding City.
Gangzi had worn much the same expression back then.
Wait. What was that smell?