Chapter 628: Chapter 499: The Prisoner’s Head is the Realm-Breaking Reward (Part 1)
Prisoners were divided into ten levels, not based on their strength but on the severity of their crimes.
The first level usually consisted of those who committed malicious homicides during regulated battles with no previous crimes. These offenders were designated as first-level prisoners and imprisoned for several years.
The seventh level consisted of formally wanted prisoners, often hunted down by prisoner hunters before being captured as dangerous criminals.
Seventh-level prisoners committed countless acts of violence and had superior strength compared to Soul Pet Masters with level 7 titles. At their peak, these individuals could single-handedly kill an entire town of people and Soul Pet Masters.
Once captured and detained, these prisoners had their dangerous soul pets forcibly removed from their soul contracts by prison enforcers, leaving them with only a few weaker secondary pets. Furthermore, their ability to summon soul pets was limited during their imprisonment.
The prisoner lying in ambush near the Rainbow Bridge, preparing to attack Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi, was a seventh-level prisoner from the Mysterious Tracks Prison.
There were three of them in total, all relatively new inmates who had served less than two years, and their malign aura had not yet faded away entirely.
They had ambushed four competitors in a short time, one of whom they ruthlessly killed and threw his corpse under the Rainbow Bridge.
Shortly after disposing of the body, Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi appeared, and the three prisoners quickly hid their soul pets behind the rocks surrounding the Rainbow Stone Bridge.
Among the prisoners was a five-thought Soul Master, who could see Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi through the fog clearly.