Chapter 594 - 387: Land of Certain Death

Duan Rong walked out of the tea stall, taking a leisurely stroll away from the dungeon’s front entrance, ambling along the marketplace surrounding the dungeon, pretending to be at ease.

As he wandered, his Divine Sense had already been released, enveloping the direction of the dungeon.

In fact, just looking from here, the dungeon’s entrance was narrow and small, and vaguely within, there stood fortresses that already made people feel the peril of this place.

But when Duan Rong’s Divine Sense penetrated the thick high walls of the dungeon and investigated the situation inside, he was greatly shocked, realizing he had underestimated the danger of this dungeon. This place was not just perilous; it was a dead end with no return.

The front door of the dungeon was already very small and narrow, and upon entering, it was a funnel-shaped area, flanked by arrow towers on either side, and overhead between the arrow towers and the front door, a dense net filled with spikes hung down.

Within that funnel-shaped area stood two rows of Heavy Armored Soldiers holding shields. Their black shiny chainmail emitted a cold, dark light.

In the nearby fortress, there were many prison guards in tough outfits. They rested in shifts, taking turns on duty, tirelessly day and night.

In the fortress, only one person was in civilian clothes, approximately forty years old, with a long, horse-like face. He was sitting at a simple wooden table with a dish of almonds and a dish of peanuts.

He was sitting on a long bench, one booted leg on the bench, leaning sideways, eating almonds and sipping tea.

This person was evidently the leader near the dungeon’s front entrance, and Duan Rong’s Divine Sense instantly penetrated his Dantian.

True Qi Realm First Level!

Considering this person’s Martial Arts Realm, along with the perilous terrain of the front entrance and those Heavy Armored Soldiers holding shields, if Shen Mizi really dared to attempt a prison break, she likely wouldn’t even get past the front checkpoint and would perish directly there.

After all, this was the Prefecture City’s dungeon! Duan Rong sighed inwardly, having already anticipated the dangers of this Prefecture City dungeon, but truly seeing inside, he was still taken aback.

He stopped at a street-side sugar figure vendor, bought a sugar figure, and continued his investigation while eating.

As the Divine Sense delved further in, each fortress was a checkpoint, and there was only one entrance and exit.

However, the subsequent checkpoints didn’t have True Qi Realm experts guarding them.

After the Divine Sense went through several checkpoints, it finally saw the actual cells, which were a low-set architecture.

Not like in movies, with cells separated by wooden bars inside a dark building.

These were low buildings, with three stone walls and one wooden grille, and the roof was covered in spikes and iron nails.

These low cells were separated by narrow alleys just over a step wide, lined up densely in an orderly fashion.

There were a total of forty cells in this area, forming an overall square shape.

Ordinary prisoners wouldn’t even be held here; they’d be in the Inspectorate’s cells. The ones held in the Prefecture City dungeon were major criminals.

Around this cell area, there were also two fortresses and two arrow towers. Patrolling Heavy Armored Soldiers occasionally passed through the alleys.

Duan Rong originally planned to use his Divine Sense to scan each of the forty cells to find which one held Shen Yanliu.

But he suddenly discovered that at an alley entrance in that square area, there was a long bench with a person lying on it.

The person wore a felt hat on his head, gulping wine from a black porcelain wine pot, lying there with the brim of the hat covering his eyes.

Duan Rong’s heart twitched. It was Xiong Yi!

He immediately swept his Divine Sense over, focusing it near Xiong Yi.

Duan Rong quickly discovered that not far from there was a fortress. Beside its entrance, a table was placed, with four people playing mahjong around it.

Three were dressed as prison guards, while one was in civilian clothes.

Duan Rong’s Divine Sense hurriedly swept towards this person, penetrating his Dantian.

Another True Qi Realm First Level.

In this square area, counting Xiong Yi, there were two True Qi Realm experts.

And there was one more at the dungeon’s front door, meaning this Prefecture City dungeon had three True Qi Realm experts stationed.

For ordinary Jianghu rogues, this was already a dead end!

To be honest, even if Duan Rong went in and out once, he’d have to shed a layer of skin.

To bring another person out, he couldn’t guarantee whether the person he brought out was alive or a corpse.

With so many arrow towers and arrows raining down, he might be able to protect himself but couldn’t take care of others.

Since Xiong Yi was here, Duan Rong could almost confirm that Shen Yanliu was detained in a nearby cell not far from Xiong Yi.

Duan Rong’s Divine Sense then scanned the cells around Xiong Yi.

He quickly found Shen Yanliu.

Shen Yanliu was in a prison uniform, his hair messy and his face pale. He was shackled with heavy chains on his hands and feet, lying on a pile of dry straw, turned over, possibly due to pain, letting out a muffled groan.

His body was covered in wounds, with several dislocated bones, evidently having suffered extreme torture not long ago.

Duan Rong’s Divine Sense focused and penetrated Shen Yanliu’s Dantian. Just as he suspected, Shen Yanliu’s Dantian had been destroyed.

Shen Yanliu himself was also a True Qi Realm expert; if his Dantian hadn’t been destroyed, maybe they wouldn’t dare to keep him detained here.