With the wrath of the son of heaven, corpses fell in the millions as blood flowed across the land.
With Leng Yuan’s power and status, he was well beyond anything that a mortal king could compare to. Once he unleashed his wrath, snow flew hundreds of kilometres, and even the sea would freeze over. Not only would regular disciples fall deathly silent, even the other direct disciples had to show him some respect.
Because not only was he a Yang Soul cultivator, but he also represented the dignity of the Myriad sect’s laws. Opposing him was opposing the entire Myriad sect.
But at this moment, the blood as thick and bright as fire slowly spread across the frost-covered ground, dazzlingly red in the darkness.
A hexagonal snowflake drifted into it and was immediately dyed red before melting in the blood.
With the rage of a common man, blood flowed five steps away. They could be destroyed, but they could not be defeated. Even if they stood no chance, they would never yield!
When the rain turned to snow and the water turned to ice, time seemed to freeze as well.
No one was able to say anything, whether it was the master of the Department of Law and Punishment who stood high above or the onlookers in the distance. They all sank into silence.
All they heard was the rustling of snowflakes as they fell, gradually covering the headless corpse.
But his blood had yet to cool!
The soldiers gathered around the corpse, standing without budging like statues, like they were mourning in silence, yet it was also like they were thinking in silence.
Commandant Luo gritted his teeth so hard that they creaked, gazing at the blood with widened eyes. He belonged to different regiments and their military rank differed too, so they were not particularly close with one another. Apart from the few times they met when they were rewarded, they were basically strangers.
However, that was the blood of a fellow soldier!
On the battlefield, the blood of fellow soldiers could only be recompensed by the blood of enemies.
Who said they had nothing to wear? They wore the same armour.
Yet now, not only was he incapable of avenging him, but he even had to suck up to the people who forced Dong Dagong to his death, which made him feel an intense sensation of humiliation.
Yes, humiliation!
Everything that happened today made him feel humiliated! Being doubted by the sect that he had sworn his life to protect was humiliation! Being escorted here by the patrolling officers was humiliation! Being ordered around by the enforcement officers was humiliation! Being watched by a bunch of onlookers like a group of monkeys was humiliation!
However, his greatest source of humiliation was not from others but from himself. He had actually ended up yielding, swinging out with that blade, unlike Dong Dagong.
With a crack, his teeth shattered. The pain burned like fire. His entire mouth was filled with the taste of blood, but he seemed to have been brought back to his senses, realising what he had done. The sense of humiliation only grew stronger, and the pain was almost maddening. However, specks of red light lit up in the depths of his eyes, like a pair of sparks.
Pairs of eyes lit up in the darkness. He was not the only one who felt like that!
Leng Yuan was taken aback as well. He had nowhere to release his killing intent, as dissatisfying as missing an attack.
He wanted to kill Dong Dagong because he wanted to punish him according to the law and set an example. Not only would that make Dong Dagong regret his actions, but it would also make all the onlookers understand and fear the might of law, afraid to tread the line.
However, before the determination to die, his stern laws seemed feeble. If they did not fear death, how could they be threatened by it?
Leng Yuan gazed deeply at the ruined statue and suddenly understood why he disliked Li Qingshan so much, whether it was when he first joined the sect or after he became the first senior brother. Even when he had technically saved his life outside Black Cloud city, he was unable to develop any good impression of him.
That was because there were no rules and laws that could restrain that man. He would always try to break free from everything holding him down, and he never feared any punishment either.
At this moment, he could vaguely sense there was something wrong with the atmosphere. These soldiers had all technically drawn a clear line between themselves and Li Qingshan. He could not coerce them to do anything more. It was time to end it all!
“Destroy it! Destroy it completely! Without a single trace, or your fate will be the same as his!”
A bellow suddenly rang out from beneath Leng Yuan.
Wang Junxing gazed at the dazzling, scarlet blood and suddenly felt a deep sense of fear. He glanced at the imposing statue and felt like it was staring at him, making him jerk backwards like he had been shocked by electricity.
It reminded him of the days when he lived in constant fear like a stray dog, having faced the humiliation of Li Qingshan’s abuse. Indeed, Li Qingshan was no longer here. It was only a statue, so he fiercely ordered the soldiers around. His eyes were completely bloodshot, which made him seem rather hysterical.
Oh no! Leng Yuan’s heart lurched, basically wanting to freeze Wang Junxing to death.
“Shut your mouth!” Commandant Luo bellowed furiously. He was filled with pain as if he was looking for an opening to let it all out.
“What did you say? Do you also want to die!?” Wang Junxing provoked him. He did not take a Golden Core cultivator seriously at all.
However, in the next moment, all the soldiers turned towards him. Their eyes shone red in the darkness.
Immediately, the army qi gathered as murderousness filled the air. That was not a group of low-level cultivators. It was clearly a vicious beast.
The giant beast that resembled both a wolf and a dog under Leng Yuan’s feet immediately narrowed its eyes. Its icicles all stood on end as if it had been threatened.
Wang Junxing was only a Soul Nascence cultivator. He had never been to Black Cloud city, so when had he ever witnessed an assembly like that? He turned pale-white from fright, staggering backwards, except he failed to notice that the water under his feet had already turned to ice. He slipped and fell back on his bottom.
The soldiers roared with laughter, which was filled with scorn, but they also resented the fact that they had actually been ordered around by a scoundrel like this earlier. They spoke easily as if they had found their pride again, no longer taking anyone seriously, whether it was Wang Junxing, Leng Yuan, or the great Myriad sect.
“Dagong was right. If it wasn’t for the general, we’d all be dead,” a soldier said sternly.
“Heh, even if we’re alive, no one takes us seriously. Originally, I thought I had become someone of at least some importance, yet in the end, aren’t I still being ordered around like a dog?” A soldier sneered.
“Pah! Wu, are you really saying you don’t know what kind of person you are? Apart from the general, who has ever treated you as an actual person?”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, my fault for actually treating myself as an actual person. That’s definitely something I have to fix! Though, I think the general is at fault too. Don’t glare at me. Heh, if the general also treated us like dogs and allowed us to just perish in Black Cloud city, we wouldn’t be here putting up with this abuse. Sigh, we would have never done something so ungrateful either, something that even a pig would never do!”
“Sigh, who says we’re not? Even if you give a dog a bone, it knows to wag its tail at you without biting you. We’re even less than dogs!”
“So be it. I’ll apologise to the general right now!”
The soldier with the surname Wu stepped forward and arrived before Li Qingshan’s statue again, dropping down on one knee and performing a soldier’s salute. Afterwards, he drew his blade and placed it against his neck.
Immediately, a head rolled onto the frozen surface of the ocean. The hot blood in his body gushed into the sky before scattering on the ice with the snow.
“Don’t go in such a hurry, old Wu. Wait for me!”
The soldier talking to him just earlier stepped forward quickly and also dropped down on one knee, performing a salute. He drew his blade and cut off his own head impatiently.
His head fell to the ground and blood sprayed out, dyeing the icy ocean red once more.
The soldiers followed their steps and stepped forwards just like earlier, but this time, they did not have any objections at all. Instead, they seemed all too eager.
Before they knew it, a thin layer of snow had already accumulated on the ground as blood flowed freely, swallowing this snowy-white landscape and radiating with warmth, melting every snowflake it encountered.
Wang Junxing sensed the icy-cold gaze from behind him and turned around frantically. “Senior brother Leng, they’ve gone mad! They’ve all gone mad! Kill them all! Shatter their souls so that they can never be reborn!”
