“Brothers, kill!”
Five hundred and thirty-seven human cultivators suddenly rose.
Some used pickaxes, some used rocks, and some used their fists as they charged at the holy cultivators around them.
Those divine cultivators were caught off guard and became chaotic.
However, the warden reacted quickly.
He stood up from the stone platform, golden holy light flowing around him, and the pressure of a rank eight True God pressed down like a mountain.
“You are looking for death!” he shouted, slamming his palm into the mine.
Golden palm prints covered the sky and struck the crowd.
David stood in front of the palm print.
He unsheathed the Dragon Slayer Sword, purple chaotic power flowing on the blade, and slashed downwards with it.
The purple sword light collided with the golden palm imprint. No explosion, no loud noise. The palm imprint was like paper before the chaotic power, and was instantly torn apart, swallowed, and vanished.
The warden’s pupils narrowed. “The power of chaos? You were the one who finished off Jin Lie!”
David didn’t answer.
He stepped forward, leaving behind a purple afterimage in the void, and instantly appeared in front of the prison warden.
The Dragon Slayer Sword, covered in chaotic purple flames, stabbed towards the prison warden’s chest.
The warden put all his strength into activating the holy light, condensing a golden light shield in front of him.
The light shield has five layers, each of which contains the supreme law of the gods.
The Dragon Slayer Sword penetrated the first layer and shattered into pieces.
The second layer shattered into pieces. The third, fourth, and fifth layers—the Dragon Slayer Sword, like a hot iron rod through butter, silently penetrated all five layers of the light shield.
The warden’s face turned pale.
He tried to retreat, but David’s sword was too fast.
A beam of purple sword light penetrated his chest, and chaotic flames burst out from the sword, burning his body.
“NO……”
His screams only lasted for a moment before disappearing completely.
The warden died.
The divine cultivators in the mine were devastated when they saw the mine guard killed with a single sword slash.
They dropped their weapons and ran away.
Golden holy light scattered and disappeared inside the mine, like startled fireflies.
Zhao Tieshan led the human cultivators in pursuit, eliminating the fleeing divine cultivators one by one.
Jiang Xuelan’s ice-blue divine light froze a group of divine cultivators into ice statues, while Bing Wuhen’s ice sword cleaved another group in half.
In less time than it takes an incense stick to burn, hundreds of divine cultivators in the mine perished.
David stood next to the prison guard’s corpse, his blue robes stained with golden blood.
He looked at the cheering human cultivators and his rescued comrades, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
“Let’s go. Back to Freedom Valley.”
Five hundred and thirty-seven human cultivators lined up in a long line and followed David towards the Valley of Freedom.
Their feet were still shackled, but the seal on the shackles had melted due to David’s Chaos Fire.
Their spiritual power slowly recovered, their bodies gradually became stronger, and the numbness in their eyes slowly disappeared.
Some cried, some laughed, some knelt on the ground and kissed the earth, and some roared at the sky.
Zhao Tieshan walked steadily beside David. There were still traces of tears on her face, but her eyes were still shining.
“Mr. Chen, when I was captured three hundred years ago, I thought I would never be able to get out of here in my entire life.”
His voice was a little hoarse, “I never thought I would survive.”
David looked at him. “It’s fortunate that you’re still alive. Go home and rest well. There will be more battles to face later.”
Zhao Tieshan nodded. “From now on, my life is completely yours.”
David shook his head. “It’s not mine. It’s humanity’s.”
Zhao Tieshan was silent for a moment, then smiled. “Yes. It’s human.”
Behind them, 537 human cultivators were in a long line under the setting sun, walking towards the direction of the Valley of Freedom.
Their shadows stretched very long, like 537 lifelines being reignited.
The lights of Freedom Valley twinkled in the distance, like a small starry sky.
These lights were once a refuge for thousands of people hunted, driven out, and oppressed by the gods. As of today, that number has doubled.
Lin Yuan stood at the entrance of the Valley of Freedom, watching the procession slowly appear in the distance, and tears welled up in his eyes.
“They’re back they’re back”
He rushed forward and hugged Zhao Tieshan tightly. The two old men hugged each other and wept bitterly.
Old Zhao, that tall and thin man, the middle-aged woman, Old Xu, and everyone from the Free Valley stood at the entrance, looking at the rescued human cultivators, their eyes filled with tears.
Standing at the back of the crowd, David watched all this, a variety of complex emotions roiling within him.
He turned around and looked towards Black Rock Prison.
There, the black rock mountain stood silently under the moonlight, like a giant tomb.
However, there was no one alive in the grave.
Jiang Xuelan walked to his side. “What are you thinking about?”
David shook his head. “It’s nothing. Let’s go back.”
The two walked side by side towards Freedom Valley.
FAQ Novel
Q: What kind of work were the prisoners forced to do?
A: The prisoners were forced to work in a large open pit mine, extracting black ore with pickaxes.
Q: How were the prisoners prevented from using their spiritual energy?
A: Their feet were shackled with sealing runes that specifically prevented the flow of spiritual energy, making escape difficult.
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