The pipe was only a foot square, devoid of any light source. The two of them flew continuously, relying solely on their senses of the wind.
The prison's ventilation ducts had a fierce wind current, and they were like moths in a storm, swaying with the wind as they moved forward with great difficulty.
What's more, they dared not use too much of their cultivation. After all, just below them was a corridor where hundreds of people were searching for them. If there was any energy fluctuation above, the pursuers would immediately detect it.
After flying against the fierce wind for a full fifteen minutes, the two finally saw a hint of light ahead.
There had never been a time when they craved to see light more than now. Light was hope.
The two small flying insects arduously reached the duct opening. This opening was also very narrow, and the exit was protected by formations and wire mesh. Nothing could pass through except air.
If they wanted to get out, they first had to break through this protective formation…
Break through the formation? I know the Wind Blade Evasion Technique!
A guard army was always stationed around the prison, preventing outsiders from entering and insiders from leaving.
Simultaneously with the Ten Thousand Thunder Tribulation Prison, alarms blared in the main office hall. All guards received the message and immediately formed their arrays, releasing their divine senses to stare intently in the direction of the prison, ensuring not even a fly could slip through their watch.
Furthermore, the prison guards on night duty were temporarily mobilized to participate in the defense, ensuring that Wan Lei could not escape.
Outside the east wall of the internal prison, squads of guards were arrayed in formation in mid-air, staring fixedly at the prison.
Suddenly, from a ventilation pipe outlet on the wall, two figures shot out. The two figures moved with incredible speed, not pausing for an instant, and in a flash, they charged towards the guards.
"They're out!!!"
A guard shouted, and before he could even make a move, he was directly knocked aside by the two figures. His bones shattered, and he fell to the ground.
The commotion here immediately attracted the attention of other guards. Most of them went to pursue the two shadowy figures, while others began notifying the main office hall.
"The target has escaped the prison and is currently southwest of headquarters, fleeing towards the southeast defense. Reinforcements, immediately!"
Tens of thousands of guards charged towards Wan Lei. Most of these were at the Tai Xu realm, a smaller portion at the Tai Heng realm, and there were even a few generals at the Wu Liang realm.
Ordinary guards couldn't catch up to Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu, who were using the Wind Blade Evasion Technique, but that didn't mean Wu Liang realm powerhouses couldn't.
Seeing the stronger pursuers getting closer and closer, and with the formations to the south and above being very far away, there was no way they could escape the Five Elements Hall before they were caught.
With this thought, Wan Lei pulled Fang Xiaoyu and immediately flew at low altitude, reaching extreme speed.
Below them, the mountains were lush and green, covered with countless trees and grasses.
Wan Lei spotted a large tree and punched it. The tree instantly exploded, and its leaves fluttered down.
A large pit appeared on the ground, and Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu had already vanished.
The guard forces stopped when they arrived at this location, looking around but unable to find Wan Lei.
"Search! Split up and search! Dig three feet into the ground if you have to, to find him!"
From behind, the furious voice of the Level B Section Chief of Supervision echoed.
Behind him followed a group of wardens.
Seeing that in his jurisdiction, his subordinates had helped a prisoner escape, and had successfully fled the prison without being captured yet, the section chief felt his professional career was being severely challenged.
No matter what, he had to catch him!
The guards and wardens dispersed, meticulously searching for any trace of Wan Lei.
Many disciples witnessed this scene and looked on curiously, unsure of what had happened.
After they left, the two leaves falling with the wind suddenly drifted towards the foot of the distant mountain.
Wan Lei had smashed the large tree with a punch to cover their tracks, transforming into leaves amidst the confusion. The pit on the ground was meant to mislead their enemies into thinking they had escaped through earth遁.
The two leaves reached the woods at the foot of the mountain and instantly transformed into two disciples of the Wooden Hall.
"Should we sneak out now?"
Fang Xiaoyu transmitted her voice, while also curiously observing the Five Elements Hall.
This was the Five Elements Hall, the most sacred place in the entire True Plane, the true core of power, and at the same time… the most dangerous place.
When she was captured, she was still unconscious. By the time she woke up, she was already in the interrogation room, and hadn't had a good look at the Five Elements Hall.
"No, do you see over there? That's the Ten Hall Main Peaks of the Five Elements Hall."
Wan Lei pointed to the north.
Fang Xiaoyu looked where he indicated. The ten mountain peaks were indeed magnificent, but why was Wan Lei making her look at them?
Then, Wan Lei took out a remote control and gently pressed a button.
Boom!!!
The most sacred ten mountain peaks of the Five Elements Hall, the holy ground where countless disciples cultivated and learned, a place that had never been attacked in the fifty thousand years since its founding…
At this moment, the ground shook violently, and an earth-shattering explosion resounded.
Black smoke billowed out, and countless disciples rushed out, cursing, not knowing what had happened.
"Over there!"
"Quickly go search!"
The explosion at the main peaks attracted the attention of the guards and wardens, and they all rushed north.
The disciples on the Ten Hall Main Peaks all rushed out, each with expressions of shock and disbelief.
"What happened? Did the demon race attack?"
"Holy crap, why did the main peak explode? What happened?"
"Who dares to be so presumptuous in the Five Elements Hall?"
"I don't know what's going on, but I feel like there's going to be some big gossip. Something big is about to happen in the Five Elements Hall."
"I was refining pills, and my furnace exploded! Damn thief, pay for my pills!"
The disciples who rushed out numbered in the millions, all of them discussing animatedly. Suddenly, they saw many guards flying from the south, and tens of thousands of disciples from the Law Enforcement Hall also flew out from below the Holy Hall.
At this moment, the most eye-catching figure was naturally Qian Long, the Deputy Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall.
Qian Long stood in mid-air and shouted loudly,
"Wan Lei, a warden in the prison of the Thunder Hall disciple, used his position to privately abduct a major criminal. Now, all disciples of the Five Elements Hall are ordered to remain on their respective main peaks, activate the sealed formation, and no one is to leave headquarters until the Law Enforcement Hall apprehends Wan Lei."
Following that, Qian Long produced a compass and fiddled with it.
Upon hearing Qian Long's words, Wan Lei didn't look back. He led Fang Xiaoyu into the crowd of onlookers and quietly flew towards the south.
Suddenly, the great formation above the Five Elements Hall lit up, and then a giant eye appeared in the center of the formation.
The eye searched the Five Elements Hall for a moment before its gaze fell upon the disguised Wan Lei.
A beam of light shone upon Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu, and the two of them immediately revealed their true forms…