Just as Tie Qiu Heng was about to make a move, the man who had come to rescue him acted first.

The man who came to rescue Tie Qiu Heng emitted the Spiritual Energy Wave of a Second Order Middle Stage practitioner. A Spiritual Light appeared in his right eye, and then a faint golden beam shot out.

SWISH.

The faint golden beam flashed past, striking the prison guard in the blink of an eye.

Ugh...

The guard, struck by the faint golden beam, never expected the man to attack him. He froze for a moment, then his body went limp and he collapsed to the ground, where he immediately began to snore loudly.

’So that’s his Superpower—putting people to sleep.’

Seeing the guard collapse and let out a thunderous snore gave Tie Qiu Heng a better understanding of his rescuer’s awakened Superpower.

"Brother, what’s your name?" Tie Qiu Heng asked, tearing his eyes away from the sleeping guard.

"Liu Ke," the man replied in a low voice.

Tie Qiu Heng nodded. "So, brother, are we just going to climb the wall and get out of here?"

Liu Ke looked at the eleven or twelve-meter-high wall in front of them and shook his head.

"The wall isn’t too high for us, but if we just climb over it, we’ll probably trigger some hidden alarms."

"Then what do we do?"

"Wait a minute. Our backup will be here any second."

"There are others besides you?!"

"Yeah. To make sure this operation was foolproof, Steward Zhang sent others to help me get you out..."

While Tie Qiu Heng and Liu Ke were speaking, another guard appeared in the distance. Before the guard could even say a word, Liu Ke used his sleep-inducing Superpower again, sending him off to dreamland.

The minute passed quickly. Suddenly, Tie Qiu Heng noticed the solid wall in front of them begin to ripple like the surface of water.

Then, a human-shaped bulge emerged from the surface of the solid wall.

"Huh?!"

Seeing the strange sight on the wall, Liu Ke said calmly, "Wang Tao, you finally made it."

A muffled voice came from the human-shaped bulge on the wall. "These prison walls aren’t ordinary. I need a few more seconds to get through. Just wait a bit longer."

"Hurry up," Liu Ke said. "The longer this takes, the more can go wrong..."

"I know, don’t rush me..." the man named Wang Tao replied. Tie Qiu Heng then watched as the bulging human figure on the wall’s surface squirmed rapidly, its form growing clearer.

POP.

With a sound like a cork being pulled from a bottle, the humanoid figure on the wall jumped out.

A hazy gray light enveloped the figure that had just jumped from the wall.

A moment later, the hazy gray light faded, revealing a middle-aged man with a side-parted hairstyle, a long face, a medium build, and standing about 1.75 meters tall. He now stood before Tie Qiu Heng and Liu Ke.

"Alright, I’ll get you two out of here!" said Wang Tao, who had just used his Superpower to phase through the wall. He immediately reached out and grabbed both of their wrists.

A hazy gray light appeared on his body, spreading from his hands to envelop Tie Qiu Heng and Liu Ke.

In an instant, all three were completely covered in the hazy gray light.

「One minute later.」 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

With a POP, three figures shrouded in hazy gray light leaped out from the thick wall.

The hazy gray light dissipated, revealing Tie Qiu Heng, Liu Ke, and Wang Tao.

*Phew...* Free at last, Tie Qiu Heng let out a long breath, his face filled with excitement. Suppressing his elation, he turned to Liu Ke and Wang Tao and said...

"I owe my rescue to you two brothers. If you ever need my help in the future, just say the word. I, Tie Qiu Heng, will be there without question..."

Wang Tao smiled and nodded. "We’re all brothers here. No need to be so formal."

"We’re not completely safe yet," Liu Ke said calmly, his expression serious. "Let’s get out of the city first."

"Liu Ke’s right," Tie Qiu Heng agreed, his excitement subsiding. "We’re only truly free once we’re out of this city."

The prison in the South District was in a very remote location, surrounded by wastelands of overgrown weeds, with not a single residential building in sight.

The full moon, previously hidden by dark clouds, now revealed its bright face.

Silvery-white moonlight spilled down from the heavens, draping the earth in a silver veil.

The once-dim world was now faintly visible under the moon’s glow.

The three members of the Canglan Society began to flee toward the city.

Only once they were inside the city could they proceed with the next phase of their escape.

The rescue operation had gone according to plan; everything was running smoothly. Just as it seemed the three of them would escape, disaster struck.

A faint golden Spiritual Light suddenly flared up on Tie Qiu Heng’s body as he ran. Seeing this, Liu Ke and Wang Tao immediately stopped, their expressions turning grim as they stared at him.

"What’s going on? I didn’t activate the Spiritual Energy in my Dantian... Why is this happening?" Tie Qiu Heng stared at the faint golden Spiritual Light flaring on his body, his face a mask of horror.