169: Clash of Death Row Inmates!

Song Zhong and Zhou Ping were both stunned.

Zhou Ping said, "The sword that broke through you is called Heaven-Flying Immortal, I used an extra move."

"Hehehe! As expected of the Pure Glass Heart, but if you let me go, how will you explain yourself when you go back?" Song Zhong asked.

"I'm not a Night Watcher, just a temporary worker washing dishes at a local restaurant," Zhou Ping shrugged and said helplessly.

"My immediate superior is my third uncle; if I get scolded, it'll only be for skipping work."

Song Zhong tilted his head, looking at Zhou Ping, stunned for a long while, then said, "You really are an interesting person, much more interesting than I expected."

"How do I feel like you know me very well?" Zhou Ping asked curiously.

"Hehehe, that's a secret. Goodbye, Great Sword Saint Zhou."

Song Zhong snapped his fingers, instantly turning into a cluster of Fluorescence and disappearing from the spot.

Looking at the scattered Fluorescence, Zhou Ping suddenly felt a sense of loss.

"Besides getting scolded by my third uncle when I go back, Ye Fan will probably scold me too, right?"

Zhou Ping shook his head, transformed into a streak of sword light, and vanished into the horizon.

...

Creak!

In a desolate village, Song Zhong pushed open a dilapidated wooden door.

There used to be an iron mine here, and to facilitate the workers' mining, a small village gradually formed.

Eating, drinking, entertainment, and all kinds of industries were available.

But as the iron ore resources were exhausted, it lost its economic value.

As people left, the village became deserted.

In the first few years, some homeless people would come to dismantle things.

As time went on, there was nothing left worth reselling, and it completely became a desolate village.

Han Shaoyun followed behind Song Zhong; this was a teleportation point he had long since scouted out.

"You go stand guard outside. If there's any disturbance, kill without mercy!" Song Zhong said.

Han Shaoyun let out a muffled sound from his throat, responding to Song Zhong. He turned and walked outside, closing the door.

A wave of fatigue washed over him, and Song Zhong found a spot on the ground to sit down.

Currently, the side effects of Drinking Poison were still ongoing. To be safe, Song Zhong decided to rest first and wait out the twenty-four hours.

Song Zhong closed his eyes and began to rest. His Realm had already fallen to Boundless Realm. It would be very dangerous to run around at this time.

In the Great Scorching Hot Hell within Afraid to leave, hundreds of Zhaijie Institute prisoners were all sweating profusely.

"What the hell is this place? Why is it so hot?"

"Damn it, we didn't come to the Flaming Mountains, did we?"

"Where did that young man go? Why hasn't he come out yet after so long?"

Within the Great Scorching Hot Hell, the surroundings were enveloped by Iron Encirclement Mountain, which was filled with scorching flames.

The area where the prisoners were located was covered with iron trees burned fiery red.

Although far from the fire source and not as scorching, the continuous high temperature made these prisoners increasingly irritable.

Fourth Seat and Sixth Seat found Xie Yu among the crowd.

It turned out that Xie Yu, fearing exposure, had blended in with the prisoners and followed them into the passage opened by Song Zhong.

However, after entering, Song Zhong's figure was nowhere to be seen. Could something unexpected have happened?

That shouldn't be; everything was within Whisper's calculations.

Xie Yu pressed the ring on his hand again, and as expected, there was no reaction at all.

Just as Xie Yu was fiddling with the ring in his hand, his back was suddenly patted.

"Hey! What exactly is going on now?"

Xie Yu spun his head around, saw that the newcomers were Fourth Seat and Sixth Seat, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"You scared me to death. You ask me what's going on now, how would I know?" Xie Yu showed the ring in his hand. "I can't contact Whisper now either."

"Then we can't just stay here forever, can we? I'm so thirsty I can barely stand it," Sixth Seat licked his lips.

Due to the dryness, his lips had already cracked.

"Eh? Don't you have Blade of Illusion Breaking? I think this place is probably a barrier-like space. Maybe it can help us escape from here," Xie Yu reminded him.

Fourth Seat looked down at the forbidden item in his arms. "Although doing this is a bit reckless, we've waited so long, and neither Whisper nor Song Zhong has appeared. It's reasonable for us to take action impatiently, isn't it?"

Sixth Seat nodded, "Reasonable."

Xie Yu also echoed, "Very reasonable."

The few of them looked around, and seeing that no one was paying attention, they went to an inconspicuous corner.

Fourth Seat held Blade of Illusion Breaking and poured Mental Energy into it.

Buzz!

The blade of Blade of Illusion Breaking emitted a buzzing sound. Fourth Seat pointed the blade at the ground, and a burst of light suddenly erupted from the edge of Blade of Illusion Breaking.

A black blade Qi directly pierced into the ground, and a small black gap appeared on the ground.

Fourth Seat concentrated intently, observing the ground. After the blade Qi entered, there was no reaction at all.

Suddenly, all the hairs on Fourth Seat's body stood on end, and a huge sense of crisis suddenly struck him.

He instinctively dodged to one side, and with a "Pfft!" sound, Fourth Seat's left arm was directly pierced by a blade Qi.

"Ah!"

Fourth Seat let out a scream. A coin-sized wound, starting from his shoulder blade, directly penetrated his palm.

Upon closer inspection, the size and shape of his wound were exactly the same as the gap on the ground.

"Damn it, how did the blade Qi from Blade of Illusion Breaking strike down from above my head?" Fourth Seat grimaced, the wound caused by Blade of Illusion Breaking was very difficult to heal.

Blood gushed from his palm to the ground, and the other death row prisoners also noticed the commotion here.

"What are you doing?" a prisoner shouted.

"I know those guys, the injured one is from the Ancient God Church."

"Hey, hey! What are you doing sneakily behind our backs?"

"Look, that thing in his hand seems to be a forbidden item."

Xie Yu's expression turned ugly.

These prisoners were all desperadoes, and they had been confined in such an extreme environment for so long. Who knew what they would do?

"Hey! Can you explain to me what you were just doing?"

A prisoner with a Scarface walked over. Scarface grinned, and a blue energy blade appeared in his hand.

"Klein!" Sixth Seat and Xie Yu immediately panicked.

Among the three of them, only Fourth Seat was in the Klein Realm, but he happened to be injured at this moment.

Sixth Seat steeled his heart and stepped forward, "What do you want to do? It was Song Zhong from the Ancient God Church who saved you. I saved your lives. Do you want to attack us?"

"Hahaha!" Scarface laughed, bending over backward, upon hearing Sixth Seat's words. "Life-saving grace? You're really good at flattering yourself. Song Zhong saving us has nothing to do with you."

"Don't even mention you few; even in front of the Ancient God of your church, I won't give Face."

Scarface raised his hand and swung, a Deep blue strike slashed towards Sixth Seat.

Sixth Seat was greatly alarmed and quickly dragged Fourth Seat, rolling to the side.

However, a bizarre scene occurred: the slash, after flying out ten meters, actually disappeared into the air.

At the same time, the space behind Scarface suddenly twisted, followed by a blue slash, which came cutting towards the back of his head.