Prison, main gate.

Bang!!!

With a deafening metallic explosion, the five-meter-high iron gate collapsed with a loud crash, stirring up a cloud of dust that obscured the view.

As the swirling dust gradually settled, Daoist Master led the charge, stepping across the prison gate.

Behind him, dozens of others followed closely.

Bang—

A bullet shot out from the dust.

Daoist Master effortlessly raised his hand and knocked away the bullet, simultaneously shifting his gaze in the direction it came from.

The cool breeze dispersed the obstructing dust, revealing a figure standing with hands behind his back.

"Oh, who might this be?"

Bear Chief Warden casually strolled forward, "When did the cockroaches dare to leave the dark corners and come out into the light?"

Upon seeing the warden, Daoist Master’s eyelid twitched, and he signaled to his apprentices behind him, indicating he would handle this.

He then stepped forward with a smile, "Cockroaches, huh? Have you eaten them before? At first bite, a strong stench hits your nose, followed by the fierce struggle between the cockroach’s dying legs and antennae against your tongue and teeth."

"That does sound a bit painful." Bear Chief Warden’s expression remained unchanged, responding lightly.

"In close quarters, the mouth prevails, as the tongue dominantly rolls up the cockroach and sends it to the back molars, crunching down with a force that feels like biting into a hard biscuit."

Daoist Master tore off his shirt, his tone turning somewhat fierce, "The molars brutally crush into the cockroach’s body, grinding its shell and insides together."

Bear Chief Warden loosened the first button of his shirt collar, his expression still calm.

"Oh? Is this the way you want to die?"

"What I mean is, you don’t understand cockroaches, you’re just making people laugh!"

Before the words finished, Daoist Master’s figure suddenly vanished from his spot.

Then, a series of collisions rang through the prison, harsh enough to make one’s teeth ache. A visible, translucent shockwave emanated from the point of collision between the two, sweeping outward.

...

A Detention Area.

The constantly flashing red light, accompanied by a piercing alarm, filled people with anxiety.

Numerous inmates cursed, while the prison guards inside the detention area scrambled around, seemingly unsure of what to do. It would take some time to restore some order.

Meanwhile, no one was minding Lv Bai at all. He pushed open the cell door and entered the prison cell mentioned in the intelligence.

"Number 0527?"

He looked at the only inmate in the cell, reconfirming for safety’s sake.

was an old man with only a few strands of hair left on his head, his forehead full of deep wrinkles that seemed capable of trapping mosquitoes.

"Huh... what?"

The old man dug at his ear, shouting loudly, "What did you say?"

Lv Bai paused for a moment, then had to raise his voice, "Daoist Master sent me to rescue you."

"What jungle?" The old man looked confused.

In a rush, Lv Bai couldn’t care much about formality.

He moved forward to confirm the inmate’s uniform number as 0527, then directly dragged the old man out.

The old man didn’t resist, only loudly asked, "What’s going on? Officer, what did I do this time?"

This old man had terrible hearing.

Lv Bai really did not want to shout, so he replied dismissively, "We’ll talk outside."

Along the way, perhaps because of Lv Bai’s prison guard uniform, any guards they encountered did not shoot at him immediately.

And when they got closer, there was no longer any chance to shoot.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Kid, open this door for me."

"Yeah, rescue me. I’ll pay you as much as you want."

"Hey! I advise you to open the door quickly, we can break out together, it’s better than you charging out alone, isn’t it?"

"Yeah, yeah, I, White Eyebrow Bat King, will give you a hand, come back! Damn, have the young folks of today forgotten my name?"

Though Lv Bai did not turn back, he realized this made sense.

He randomly opened a cell door, tossing the heavy keyring to the inmate inside.

Putting other things aside, at least it would further distract the guards’ attention this way.

The prisoners who escaped their cells fully demonstrated the excellent virtue of mutual assistance, visibly increasing the number of inmates in the corridor.

"Charge!"

"Hahaha~ I’m alive again."

"Feels awesome, absolutely awesome!"

The number of guards in the detention area was never large, not to mention among the inmates were some ferocious martial artists.

In a blink of an eye, the entire A Detention Area was left to the revelry of the inmates.

"Everyone! Let’s go, freedom is right in front of us!"

"Oh!!!"

The aging inmate who called himself White Eyebrow Bat King raised his arm with a shout, gathering followers, as a large group of inmates rushed toward the detention area exit.

Lv Bai, clutching the old man numbered 0527, blended into the crowd, appearing unremarkable.

However, the frenzy of the crowd suddenly halted just as they were about to leave the detention area. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Blocking these inmates was just one person.

A refined man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and dressed in the uniform of a Prison Area Chief.

"Relax, I’m already here."

"...Mm-hmm, no one will escape, you don’t need to come help."

"...Okay, that’s it for now."

The man finished speaking leisurely, only then slowly hanging up the phone, raising his eyes to focus on the leading White Eyebrow Bat King.

He said with a slightly kind smile, "You all heard, didn’t you? Go back to your cells and wait, disperse now, disperse."

Upon seeing this, Lv Bai frowned and retreated to the back of the crowd.

The numerous inmates present clearly knew this man.

According to the intelligence from Daoist Master’s side, this man was likely Misa, the Warden of A Detention Area.

The prison’s four detention area chiefs, each one was a Grandmaster-level martial artist.

As mentioned earlier, Martial Dao levels in this world were very vague; there were only three realms in total.

This made the gap within the same realm extremely large.

Given the importance of these inmates in A Detention Area, the Warden, Misa, was undoubtedly the strongest among the four chiefs.

White Eyebrow Bat King licked his upper lip with his tongue, "Boy, do you intend to stop us all by yourself?"

"Haven’t I already kindly reminded you all?"

Misa Warden removed his glasses, "Or are you all still determined to remain stubborn?"

Bam!

A bullet from the crowd shot toward Warden Misa.

He just tilted his head slightly, precisely dodging the bullet, not wasting a single bit of unnecessary effort, showing extreme confidence in his judgment.

Then he darted out, flashing into the crowd in the blink of an eye, swinging a slap and smashing the head of the shooter into pulp.

"I don’t quite like such a response, I advise all of you to reconsider."