258: Killings in prison

“I have no need to lie to you.”

Xiao Shi looked at the young man.

The young man nodded.

He concluded that the other party intended to extract important intelligence from them in this manner.

“If that’s the case...”

He stretched his body.

His pupils suddenly transformed into sinister black vertical slits.

A powerful aura erupted.

His five fingers turned into dark black claws.

“Then come!”

As soon as he finished speaking—

Boom!

He stomped on the ground, creating a blast of air, and charged towards Xiao Shi at an extremely fast speed. Upon nearing, his claws struck out simultaneously, imbued with powerful Soul Power fluctuations.

He knew very well.

Even if the opponent’s strength surpassed his, enduring for five breaths would be no difficult feat.

After all, the opponent was also in the Soul Awakening Stage.

And even if he couldn’t win—

He didn't need to worry about being in mortal danger.

Even though the Prison Guards here had the authority to deal with prisoners like them, no Prison Guard would ever kill a prisoner for no reason.

Unless these prisoners had lost their value.

Otherwise, these Prison Guards would not indiscriminately kill prisoners.

After all, many Prison Guards came here precisely to obtain intelligence and gain some benefits from these prisoners.

Naturally, they wouldn’t go on a killing spree.

This was also why the young man wasn't afraid of Xiao Shi when he first arrived.

Facing the young man’s striking claws—

Xiao Shi remained unmoving.

He showed no intention of dodging.

He raised his right hand.

A blood-colored battle sabre appeared directly in his hand.

His gaze was cold.

He brought the blood-colored battle sabre in his hand down in a slash.

Buzz!

The moment the blood-colored battle sabre struck down—

A dense, bloody Fiend Qi immediately surged out from the sabre, rushing into the young man's brain.

The young man’s eyes instantly turned blood-red.

His expression was ferocious.

Unconscious growls escaped his lips.

“Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!”

His sanity plunged into chaos.

He was like a beast filled with endless bloodlust.

Only slaughter remained in his mind.

No other thoughts could be accommodated.

Even facing Xiao Shi’s downward slash, he wouldn’t dodge; he no longer felt any danger.

Pfft!

A flash of sabre light—

The young man’s head flew high into the air.

Even at the moment of his death, his expression was still filled with madness, immersed in slaughter.

With a thud—

His entire body fell heavily.

Xiao Shi glanced at the young man’s corpse.

He mused that this was probably the most common sight when Wang Xiao used to fight people.

The Evil Blade’s Fiend Qi impact would directly stir up the bloodlust in one’s mind.

It would infinitely amplify this bloodlust, allowing it to occupy one's entire consciousness.

In this situation—

The opponent would be completely defenseless.

It would be easy to kill him.

However, the Fiend Qi impact Xiao Shi unleashed was still somewhat different from Wang Xiao’s.

Wang Xiao’s Fiend Qi wasn’t as potent as Xiao Shi’s.

Therefore, the Fiend Qi impact he unleashed had a much lesser effect on these Soul Awakening Stage martial artists than Xiao Shi’s.

Typically, his Fiend Qi impact could only affect Soul Awakening Stage martial artists for a maximum of one second.

But Xiao Shi’s Fiend Qi impact... kept the young man immersed in bloodlust until his death.

Clearly, his Fiend Qi impact lasted longer.

And the effect was better.

From the start of the fight to its end, less than two breaths had passed.

The people in the cell, who had originally been full of anticipation—

Now all had blank stares and bewildered expressions, as if petrified.

The scene before them... completely exceeded their expectations.

Their minds buzzed loudly.

They didn't recover for a long time.

“He... he killed Qiu Feng!!”

After a long while—

They gradually regained consciousness.

Each of them looked at Xiao Shi with intense fear and confusion.

They had never expected the other party to actually kill!

This completely defied their understanding of Prison Guards.

And from Xiao Shi’s actions—

It wasn’t an accident.

Instead, from the very beginning, he had harbored murderous intent!

Although there were some Prison Guards in this prison who managed prisoners with an iron fist, making them reveal secrets—

Such Prison Guards would also resort to killing.

They would use the method of 'killing a chicken to scare the monkeys' to intimidate others into revealing their secrets.

But before 'killing a chicken to scare the monkeys'—

They would often threaten first.

It was never like Xiao Shi, who appeared kind-faced on the surface, but was actually brimming with killing intent.

From beginning to end—

Xiao Shi had not asked them anything.

He simply released people from their cells and then annihilated them!

At this moment—

All the prisoners in these cells had a strong premonition.

This person’s slaughter was not to intimidate them into revealing important information.

Instead, the other party came here... precisely for slaughter!

This was an unreasonable God of Slaughter!!

After dealing with the young prisoner—

Xiao Shi’s expression remained unchanged.

He walked to the cell in front.

He pressed his hand against it.

Opening the cell door.

“It’s your turn.”

He kindly waved at the prisoner inside.

However, the prisoner in the cell trembled, clinging tightly to the cell bars with both hands, his face full of fear, daring not to step out of the cell even half a step.

In the past, when the cell door opened, they would eagerly rush out.

After all, they were constantly suppressed within the cell, which was very uncomfortable.

Yet now, this prisoner felt that the cell was the safest place.

He simply dared not go out.

“I... I think it’s quite good to stay inside the cell,”

he said with a trembling voice.

Xiao Shi smiled at this.

“You now have two choices: one, come out; two, I come in.”

As soon as his words came out—

The prisoner was completely distraught.

If the other party entered the cell to kill him—

Then he would be even more defenseless.

When they were in the cells, they were in a suppressed state, but Prison Guards entering the cells would not be suppressed by the cells.

“You... are going too far!!”

The prisoner’s veins bulged on his forehead.

Under Xiao Shi’s coercion, he roared and rushed out of the cell.

Immediately... a flash of sabre light—

A head rolled!

“Next.”

Xiao Shi looked at the third prisoner.

Even before he came to the prison, he had a sufficient understanding of the situation here.

When he learned that the Prison Guards in the prison had the authority to deal with prisoners—

He immediately had the thought of slaughter.

After all, to him—

There was no place more suitable for slaughter than a prison.

Especially since he was currently lacking Martial Soul Grade items.

If he were outside—

Killing a Martial Soul Realm expert would not be an easy task.

But in this prison, there were many Martial Soul Realm experts.

This made the prison, to Xiao Shi, like a holy land where he could freely kill prisoners.

Pfft!

When the third prisoner also died at Xiao Shi’s hands—

The other prisoners in this cell had completely fallen into the fear brought by Xiao Shi’s slaughter.

If Xiao Shi had threatened to kill them to make them reveal important information, they wouldn't have been so afraid.

This pure slaughter, without any demands, was what terrified them the most.

Especially since the opponent’s strength was incredibly astonishing.

From beginning to end, it was a one-sabre kill!

So much so that when the fourth prisoner saw Xiao Shi open his cell door—

He immediately said, trembling—

“I... I am willing to tell you all the information I know, please don’t kill me!!”

However, Xiao Shi shook his head.

“No interest.”

This information might be of great value to others.

But to Xiao Shi—

He didn’t care for this information at all.

Putting aside the authenticity of this information, even if it were true, one would still need to go through some trouble according to the information to gain something.

It was far less substantial than Xiao Shi gaining rewards immediately after killing.

Moreover, in terms of intelligence, as the Hall Master of Tianji Hall, Xiao Shi could obtain even the best intelligence.

He didn’t need to acquire intelligence through these prisoners at all.

Their kind of intelligence held no attraction in his eyes.

For a time—

Under Xiao Shi’s slaughter—

Prisoners died one by one.

All were killed by Xiao Shi with a single sabre strike.

There were a total of ten prisoners in this cell.

Soon, only three were left after Xiao Shi’s killing spree.

Xiao Shi looked at the three individuals before him.

All three were Martial Soul Realm experts in the Soul Consciousness Stage.

Their gazes towards him were relatively calm, without the fear of the previous prisoners.

After all, they were stronger than him in cultivation.

Coupled with the huge difference between the Soul Consciousness Stage and the Soul Awakening Stage—

Even though Xiao Shi had shown impressive strength earlier, they were not afraid.

Xiao Shi’s gaze swept over the three.

It focused particularly on an old man among the three.

This was a thin old man with disheveled white hair, his head bowed, his eyes closed from beginning to end.

When Xiao Shi first entered this cell, this man was already sitting there with his eyes closed.

Even when Xiao Shi began to slaughter these prisoners, the old man didn't even glance up.

Xiao Shi vaguely sensed a hint of danger from this old man.

“This old man must be a tough nut to crack...”

He thought for a moment.

He shifted his gaze to the other two.

He mused that he might be able to try sparring with Soul Consciousness Stage experts.

To see if his current self... could kill Soul Consciousness Stage experts!

Thinking of this—

Xiao Shi walked directly to the cell where one of them was located.

With a click—

He opened the cell door.

This was a man with a stern expression.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

Clearly, he hadn’t expected the other party to target him.

“You’re asking for death!”

The stern man’s eyes were cold.

The moment he stepped out of the cell—

Crack! Crack!

Cracks spread across his hands. Upon closer inspection, these cracks formed a certain pattern, thus creating a formation.

He raised his hands.

His palms met and clapped together heavily.

The formations in his two palms immediately combined, causing a cracking sound to emanate from his body.

He had unlocked the seal on his Soul Consciousness!

Typically, experts above the Soul Consciousness Stage, in addition to physical imprisonment in the prison, would also have their Soul Consciousness sealed.

After all, Soul Consciousness was their strongest aspect.

Now, the stern man had used his own methods to unlock the seal on his Soul Consciousness.

Immediately, his Soul Consciousness surged out.

Like a giant wave, it swept towards Xiao Shi, intending to engulf him.

Xiao Shi simply watched him quietly.

The moment the opponent’s Soul Consciousness swept over—

He raised the blood-colored battle sabre in his hand.

Hiss!

He slashed with the sabre.

The Evil Blade’s Fiend Qi impact immediately rushed into the stern man’s mind.

But it was blocked by the stern man’s Soul Consciousness.

Although a portion of the Fiend Qi impact penetrated the Soul Consciousness, the vast majority of it dissipated under the Soul Consciousness’s obstruction.

The stern man’s expression changed slightly.

The small portion of Fiend Qi impact that seeped into his mind caused his murderous intent to surge.

However, it hadn’t reached the point of making him lose his sanity.

It merely made his desire to kill stronger than ever before.

“Indeed...”

“The Evil Blade’s Fiend Qi impact can no longer make Soul Consciousness Stage experts lose their sanity.”

Xiao Shi was not surprised by this.

He deeply understood the power of Soul Consciousness.

His current move was not primarily focused on the Fiend Qi impact.

The dazzling sabre light, unleashed by the blood-colored battle sabre, directly struck the surging Soul Consciousness.

A tiger’s roar instantly echoed in the stern man’s mind.

His entire soul trembled under the tiger’s roar.

But as a Soul Consciousness Stage expert, the vibration of the tiger’s roar was no longer enough to injure him; his soul could already withstand the tiger’s attack.

However... under this tiger’s roar, although his soul was not damaged, his brain experienced a momentary dizziness.

During his dizziness—

His Soul Consciousness also fell into a momentary pause.

Although it was only for a brief moment, less than a second—

But when he recovered, the figure that had been in front of him had already disappeared.

Hiss!

A flash of sabre light—

Xiao Shi, who appeared beside him, slashed his left arm with the blood-colored battle sabre in his hand.

Blood splattered!

...At the same time—

Xiang Zizhen, the Warden in charge of the third level of the prison, had now returned to the prison.

Another Warden was accompanying him.

“I heard that Wang Xiao, whom the Lord values, chose my level?”

Xiang Zizhen looked at his trusted subordinate and asked.

“Yes.”

Xiang Zizhen’s trusted subordinate nodded repeatedly.

“We have already arranged him into the appropriate cell, according to your previous instructions, Warden.”

The other Warden beside Xiang Zizhen asked curiously—

“What kind of cell did you arrange for him?”

Xiang Zizhen smiled.

“This person has a strong murderous nature. The Lord sent him here simply to make him learn to control his murderous nature...”

“If he were assigned to an ordinary cell, once he entered and couldn't restrain himself, it would inevitably lead to bloodshed.”

“So, I specifically arranged a very special cell for him.”

“Everyone in this cell has secrets, and all of them are in the Martial Soul Realm.”

“Even if he can’t help but want to kill, before he strikes, he will first think of the value of these people!”

The Warden beside Xiang Zizhen nodded.

“This arrangement is indeed good.”

“Actually, the Lord sent him here precisely to make him restrain his murderous nature through the value of these prisoners.”

“As long as he maintains a clear head, I believe he won’t be willing to kill these prisoners.”

Xiang Zizhen nodded.

“Moreover, the strength of these prisoners is all considerable. Even if he truly loses his mind and attacks these prisoners, he may not necessarily be able to kill them.”

“It’s rare for you to visit my level. Would you like to come with me to see this young man?”

The Warden beside Xiang Zizhen smiled.

“Alright.”

“It’s a good opportunity, while he’s restraining his murderous nature, to instill some correct thoughts in him and give him a hand.”