6 [[[ESCAPE]]]

Screams ran throughout the whole prison. As he killed the last inmate another boom rang out through his body. He had a basic understanding now of his power.

He could have the darkness wrap around his body and provide protection as well as concealment in the darkness in dark.

He could completely hide in someone else shadow. His past limitation was gone. Each level up added 10 feet. That means he could control the darkness up to 120 feet plus his physical strength kept on increasing.

Not one drop of blood was on his naked chest or tattered clothes. The prison had 25 people in total. Now only 2 were left. They were both sitting in their respective cells trembling. Too scared to open their eyes

Cruden had encased himself in his darkness since the beginning of his onslaught. All the two men saw was a black shadow moving about. Wherever the shadow went they would hear a slight scream and then bodies falling.

They weren't sure if they would survive the night but the shadow just walked past them without acknowledging their existence

Even though it was easy to escape his cell now With the use of his powers. The main door to leave the prison was fortified and he could not make it budge.

He realized his powers were outside the limits of Qi condensation. The formations on the walls and cells had no effect on him.

On the outside, he still appeared to be at level 1 Qi condensation but he knew now he was way stronger. he could still tell he was at the first level of Qi condensation but he knew this strength was way beyond what the first level of Qi condensation should have.

"I don't have to strenuously cultivate in meditation" he decided then that he would stop cultivating his qi, even though his body was frail. It held immense power.

"I can suppress those 2 levels higher than me." He said with a pondering expression on his face. His main concern at the moment was figuring out if his powers only work against evil.

How scary was his lord to be able to make him get so strong so fast? He thought

His eyes flashed over the panel in his eye. He realize he could make it appear and disappear with just a thought.

After absorbing all the maliciousness his level rose.

LEVEL: 9/20

He wasn't sure how strong he was but he will be able to find out soon. The guards would make their nightly rounds in a minute. All he had to do was wait.

He didn't have to wait too long. The guards were on time like clockwork. They had heard the screaming earlier but what did they care. To them, these were low-life criminals.

There were two guards stationed at the small prison. Two-level 6 Qi condensation and the warden, a level 9 Qi condensation. This was well-known information even for Cruden

Cruden would always feel suffocating pressure when they came around. They could restrain their auras but they chose not to. They were condescending pricks.

The big guard door opened like any other day. And a well built big-nosed man walked in.

He walked in with his aura fully released but to his amazement. He did not get the response he expected. Normally, he would hear pitiful grunts but he was only met with silence.

It was then he took notice of the strange scenes before him Majority of the lights were off. normally when the big guard door was open, it would activate the other lights to brighten this prison. Cruden was aware of this and had decided to destroy the lights.

The only two lights that were on were that of the two men that Cruden had left alive.

What was even weirder was they were all on their knees with their hands clasped above their heads.

He wasn't an idiot. He could tell something was wrong immediately and he started to back away but it was too late.

A piece of his shadow had slowly crept up behind him and trapped him in place, then a black figure rushed out of the darkness and was upon him.

Cruden made sure to have the darkness wrap around his mouth as well. He searched the ugly-faced guard and found the keys. He didn't want to just rush out and there was another door.

With his gaze fixed on the guard. He said "I'm gonna ask you a few questions and you're gonna answer me honestly."

The guard tried to speak but the shadow was holding his mouth tight.

"No need to speak. Just blink once for yes and twice for no. If I sense any hint of lying. I will accept your death wish." He said in a threatening tone.

His dark unknown figure added onto the fact that his energy instilled fear in his opponents. His threat was very successful

"Blink once if the other guard is here on duty". He knew the other guard was here so he decided to test him.

The guard blinked once.

"Blink once if the warden is here"

Again, The guard blinked once

"Is there anymore people I should be aware of?"

The guard slightly hesitated but as soon as Cruden sensed his awkwardness. He opened his palm and the energy surrounded the guard's head then quickly contracted.

The guard struggled until he took his last breath. He didn't want to kill him besides the malicious energy from the guard was too small to assist his cultivation. He gave him a way out but he chose death.

He slowly exited.

He was unconscious when he was being brought in so he didn't know the layout and where to go. He stepped into a big spacious hall.

He could tell with a glance that the prison was poorly kept. The walls in the halls were different. In actuality, this was just a building with a prison area attached.

He could tell that all the formations were placed in the prison holding area. He wasn't a master at formations. It's just that there were no markings on the walls in the hall.

His eyes quickly looked around to find the other guard and there she was asleep behind a desk.

He fortified the energy around his body and flew into action. He took one step and was upon the other guard. He wanted to end this quickly as possible.

His hand moved and he successfully knocked out the guard. She wasn't an evil so he didn't kill her.

His escape was near. He wanted to leave without notifying the warden. he had no desire to fight a 9th level qi condensation expert.