"Quick! Let me the hell out!"
"I'm finally out!"
In cell blocks B, C, and D.
One newly freed prisoner after another rushed out of their cells.
"Goddammit! Where are those little bastards guarding the cells? I've put up with them long enough!"
"..."
Chaos reigned in the cell blocks.
When they learned that cell block A had yet to be breached, they swarmed toward it.
"Old Zhou, from the sound of it, those prisoners seem to have all been released."
One disciple lowered his voice, his calves trembling uncontrollably.
"If all those prisoners get out, it'll be hard for us to escape."
Old Zhou said gravely, "Every cell has a special restraining formation. The higher the prisoner's cultivation, the higher the formation's level.
"The prisoners released so far probably aren't all that strong.
"Reinforcements from Shushan must already be on their way."
Old Zhou's reassurance clearly did little good.
Only after a long while did someone speak.
"How much longer can Ping'an hold out?"
"Could he... already be dead?"
"Little nobodies like us probably won't draw anyone's attention, right?"
Someone clung to that hope.
Old Zhou shot him a cold glance.
He wanted to curse the man out, but when the words reached his lips, he could not say them.
Wasn't he hiding here himself, like a turtle with its head drawn in?
Cell block A.
"Boy, I'd advise you to run while you can.
"You can cut down a sixth-rank cultivator with your saber, but even a fierce tiger can't withstand a pack of wolves."
Inside his cell, Li Yanluo pricked up his ears. "Judging by the noise, plenty of prisoners are rushing this way."
Li Ping'an said nothing, sitting calmly on the ground.
With his spiritual sense fully extended, he murmured.
"Twenty-one, twenty-three... twenty-six..."
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