The 3-Part Prison Plan

"What a classic move," I praised casually. "Dumping all the chores on the newbie, then shirking responsibility and going to laze around like a bum. I admire this type of person. To be a professional lazy bastard and be content with such a life—I must admit when I'm inferior…"

*Kuk!*

The senior inmate I so admired suddenly coughed up blood and tripped. He whacked his head against a yellow stair railing before tumbling and breaking off a tooth after hitting his face against the enchanted concrete floor.

'Well,' I thought, 'so far, the plan is going well. After a couple of days here, I've just about finished outlining the routes of every single inmate below the Golden Core Realm. As soon as I begin the killing spree, I can reach and kill every single one of them without risking interference from the guards that will be 'busy' with the distraction I'm setting up in the High Ward—the ward where the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Realm prisoners are held.'

When first coming up with the idea of farming Attribute Orbs by murdering a bunch of criminals, I wanted to attack head-on. However, after realizing that I'd 100% f*cking die if I did something so gawdamn stupid, I went with Plan B.

Plan B:

Part 1 – Sneak into the prison pretending to be a prisoner. Then scout out the layout of the prison, gathering any information I can while I'm at it.

Part 2 – Plant a distraction large enough to keep most of the guards busy for a brief period of time.

Part 3 – Slaughter everything in sight! Leave no prisoners!! Muhahaha!!!

I was amazed by my own ingenuity. Truly, my genius knew no bounds.

On a side note, killing the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation Realm cultivators in the Lower Ward would be a breeze. Normally, this would not be the case. But with the high-level magic chains that bound their arms and feet as well as sealed away their cultivation, killing them with my unrestricted power would be easier than slaughtering chickens!

At this point, the only thing preventing me from doing just that right now was the indecisive bastard I chose to be my distraction. I understood that it was a life-changing decision to make and all, but that dude seemed so extremely depressed.

You'd think that by now he would've already gone through with it—

Just then:

KA—BOOOOOOOM!!!

Going off was an explosion so loud and massive that it shook the entire cliffside fortress. Yet, this thundering occurrence didn't shock me one bit; on the contrary, it urged a wide grin onto my mud-covered face.

"That gloomy bastard really did it," I said happily, already using Innate Energy to wash off the mud and dirt that was meant to conceal my overwhelming attractiveness. "That means it's my time to shine! Attribute Orbs, here I come!!"

FWIP!

Within milliseconds, my figure could already be seen phasing through the halls and walls of the extremely large Low Ward. Held tightly in my right hand was the thin black sword I formed from my Sword Intent. And dripping down its edges was the blood of any prisoner I encountered.

"Who are y—"

"Bastard, what are you doin—"

"Ahhh—!!"

It didn't matter their cultivation, for with the help of the cultivation-sealing chains that restricted all the prisoners, they were no different from slightly stronger mortals!

Old, gloomy Nascent Soul Realm dude, I thank you for your service! Tampering with your chains just enough to give you the option of self-exploding before the total depletion of your lifespan turned out to be the correct choice to make!

Just look at this! No guards around for as far as the eye could see!

And all these system notifications… Oh my god, I think I needed a cleanup on Aisle My Pants!!

*Ding~!*

[You have slain 89+ Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators!]

[You have slain 32+ Core Formation Realm cultivators!]

[Strength +3700]

[Agility +4100]

[Mind +2200]

[Affinity +1035]

x104 more…

This was most definitely the largest number of Attribute Orbs I had acquired in one sitting. Furthermore, a good chunk of them were in the four-digit range, which tremendously improved my attributes!

— Some time later —

SHING!

"N-No, ahhh!!!"

After finishing up the last runner, I swiped my sword out. Blood belonging to various people splattered the confined walls of the prison fortress. Behind me were hundreds of corpses, all strewn out in random spots.

"That makes what?" I wondered. "Number 800?"

I didn't keep count of how many inmates I murdered, since it was inconsequential to know. However, I was positive that I was nearing the four-digit mark.

"Hmm…" I murmured while rubbing my chin. "It has been a few seconds already, and if those guards are even the slightest bit competent, then they're surely close to resolving the situation in the High Ward."

Looking around and spreading out my Divine Sense, I saw no one else on this floor of the fortress. And seeing as the Lowest Ward held only Qi Condensation Realm and the weakest of Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, I found it in my best interest not to waste my time when time was running so thin.

"I suppose I need to commence the next part of this multi-step plan," I said as I grinned and felt the strength that hundreds of thousands of points in each attribute allotted me. "Seeing as I'm now dozens of times more powerful than when I came in, I can start picking off the higher-level mobs."

As I began walking in a certain direction that I had scouted out some time ago, I laid my hands behind my head and nonchalantly stepped over the corpses sprinkled out like a modern art gallery. I only stopped once arriving at the base of a flight of stairs, though I remained hesitant for a brief moment.

Ultimately, however, I landed a foot on the first step.

I ascended the stairs in a laid-back manner. The higher I went, the crisper I could hear the shouts of the guards that had returned to the Low Ward. Their Golden Core Realm auras blasted out, enveloping a good part of the prison fortress.

However, as if none of it had anything to do with me, I stepped onto the third floor of Fortress Prison Albitrax—the High Ward—the area holding the Golden Core Realm and weaker Nascent Soul Realm prisoners. This was usually where the most heinous and most powerful convicts in the Water Kingdom were locked up after being caught.

Now, though, it was nothing more than the next farming ground for the Attribute Farmer!