"Satisfying, this is really satisfying."
One of the soldiers leapt up from the body of a serving maid, before killing her with a single slash. He then laughed out loud, as his eyes glowed red.
"That's like a beast eating a human!" An ox-cart passed by, as an old man with a white beard spoke out. At this point, the ox-cart driver asked, "Your excellency Cai, should we stop them?"
"How can we stop them? Quick, quick, go see King Lu." This old man was Cai Yi. He was originally a fourth ranked official in the imperial court, and was now the number one official in the city. At this point, his face was pale as he spoke. He had been observing the situation from the sidelines, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen. Seeing the situation in the city spiraling out of control, he had no choice but to go see King Lu.
He then gave an order, and the ox-cart driver brought several soldiers with him. Although there were soldiers in the city, nobody dared to cause trouble.
As Cai Yi walked, he heard a commotion in front of him. He could hear people shouting, "Long live your majesty!" He then hurried over to see King Lu.
At this point, King Lu was standing in front of the stairs. Several officers were kneeling in front of him. Cai Yi didn't care about the situation as he stepped forward and shouted, "Your Majesty, your subject pays his respects. I have a memorial."
"So it's Minister Cai. It seems like you're in good spirits." King Lu turned around and laughed, "Didn't you claim to be sick? It seems like you're in good health! "
"Your Majesty!" Cai Yi kneeled on the ground, "This subject has sinned. Your Majesty, please mete out punishment. However, the citizens of the city are innocent. Your Majesty's troops are cleansing the city. This is what bandits do. Is this the way of a ruler?"
"Your Majesty, please retract your orders."
"Minister Cai is indeed a scholar. You're a Grand Scholar from the previous dynasty. Your words are very clear." When King Lu heard this, he gritted his teeth and laughed, "The way of a ruler? When did you ever treat me as the Emperor? "
"Han Hongwu and Li Zhen rebelled and forced me to abdicate the throne. Where were you?"
As soon as this question was asked, Cai Yi's face turned red and he couldn't reply.
"However, I believe that you weren't implicated." King Lu stood up and paced back and forth as he spoke to himself, "This has nothing to do with you. But do you dare to say that you didn't know anything?"
"Not only did you not do anything about it, but you also secretly connived at it. When Han Hongwu and Li Zhen force you to abdicate, you will have to clean up the mess!"
"Perhaps not only can you use this to avoid punishment, but you can also take a small step forward. This is Minister Cai's way of thinking, Minister Cai's way of doing things!" As King Lu spoke up to this point, he burst out into laughter as he looked at Pei Zi Yun, "Now, you're trying to be kind and righteous? You want to save the entire city and leave your name in history? To match the meaning of your name? "
King Lu's words were harsh and unkind, and had exposed Cai Yi's true intentions. Cai Yi prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed profusely, "This official has committed a grave sin. I have selfish motives. There's no need for your Majesty to execute me. This official shall commit suicide as an apology to the world. It's just that the citizens of this city are innocent.
"Your Majesty, this official shall say something critical. The First Ancestor and Prefecture King Cheng Shun only have three sons. Even if the plan fails, no matter how many sins Your Majesty has committed, you wouldn't kill the entire family."
"But now that Your Majesty has committed such atrocities and massacred the entire city, there's no way for the Imperial Court to cover it up. Even if Your Majesty doesn't think for yourself, shouldn't you think for your descendants?"
"Your Majesty, you still have to meet your ancestors in the future!" As he spoke, Cai Yi kowtowed profusely. He was already prepared to die. After a few kowtows, his entire forehead was filled with fresh blood.
King Lu looked at this official, who was emaciated and had blood all over his face. He couldn't help but sigh. Actually, as a ruler, he understood that humans were complicated. Did Cai Yi have selfish motives?
Definitely.
Cai Yi was originally an official of the Imperial Court. When he saw that King Lu was powerful, he surrendered.
Now that King Lu was weak, he wanted to settle things.
But now that he was begging for the lives of the entire city's citizens, and even said that he would smash his head against the stone steps to his death, he wasn't lying.
However, he was no longer a ruler. He was a Demon Emperor. King Lu's heart turned cold as he laughed out, "You've indeed made preparations. If I didn't listen to you, would I not be able to meet my ancestors again?"
"Your Majesty …." Cai Yi prostrated himself on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably, "Your Majesty is suspicious of me, and I have something to say. I can only die."
As he spoke, he took a few steps forward and smashed his head against the stone steps. "Pa!" Fresh blood splattered everywhere, as his entire face was covered with blood. His skull had caved in, and it looked like he wasn't going to live.
"This traitor wants to die by smashing his head against the wall again. How dare he speak of his loyalty?" King Lu's heart skipped a beat as he opened his mouth and sighed. His heart was filled with bitterness and bitterness. Tears welled up in his eyes as he shouted out, "Kill. Continue to cleanse the city. Kill all these rebels and traitors. Kill them all."
Reincarnation Platform
The Blind Daoist sank into the Reincarnation Platform. Before him was a majestic altar. There were stone steps all the way to the top of the altar. He could see a fountain of blood pouring down. This was the sacrifice of the entire city.
"I hate this!"
"Kill, kill!"
"Save me, save me!"
The souls of the humans fell down as well, dying under King Lu's blade. They were filled with hatred and resentment. However, the Reincarnation Platform was like a millstone. With a single turn, the souls of these humans were sucked dry.
"Gulp."
"Gulp."
The demonic statues on top of the Reincarnation Platform started to move, as they raised their heads and drank the blood. As they drank the blood, they looked more and more alive, as if they were about to break free and enter the world.
The Blind Daoist watched as the Reincarnation Platform continued to accumulate energy and a smile appeared on his face.
"Good, good. With the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of citizens, we can even form a new world of demons. Come on, Pei Zi Yun, I shall destroy you this time."
"Let me show you the true power of the demonic race."
The Blind Daoist laughed out as he stood up and leaped onto the platform. At that point, a buzzing sound could be heard. It was the Grand Array of Ten Thousand Demons.
"Open." The Blind Daoist pointed out with his finger, as the Grand Array of Ten Thousand Demons was activated. It transformed into a nebula and spread out in all directions. Gradually, it turned into a blood mist.
East Wall Mountain, Forest
Li Zhengyuan looked up at the sky. Even though he was a few hundred miles away, the weather was different. It was filled with stars. At this point, a bodyguard stepped forward, "Your Excellency, the oil trucks have arrived."
When he turned around, he saw a black snake. It was a truck carrying oil and fire. There were even ropes and torches on it. It was about a hundred steps away from him.
Li Zhengyuan was elated. He looked at the forest and ordered, "Use a small catapult. However, I don't want to use rocks. I want to throw them with oil."
"Smash them, smash them everywhere. When you smash them, there will be oil everywhere. Then, throw torches for me."
At this point, someone tugged on Li Zhengyuan's robes and said, "If we burn them like this, it's easy to cause a forest fire. Besides, there are hunters in the forest."
Li Zhengyuan looked at the forest and the wilderness. It was pitch black and gloomy. He paused for sometime before replying, "Even if there are tens of hunters in the forest, we can't care about them."
As he spoke, he ordered in a muffled voice, "Throw it!"
"Yes!" The soldier acknowledged. Three small catapults were pushed forward, as they loaded the oil onto the catapults. Once the order was given, a "Boom" sound could be heard. The oil filled pottery flew out, spraying oil all over the place. Some of the oil landed on the grass, some landed on the ground, and some even landed on a tree. Shards of the pottery flew everywhere.
Li Zhengyuan shouted out, "Good. That's it. Continue smashing them!"
This wasn't a difficult task. The soldiers carried the oil onto the catapults and loaded them onto the catapults. They then smashed the catapults onto the catapults.
Wild beasts were ignorant. At first, they were a little panicked. However, they didn't feel anything after smelling the oil. After smashing about ten catapults onto the catapults, the catapults were all over the ground.
Li Zhengyuan waved his hands, "It's about time. Light up the torches!"
Before he finished speaking, the soldiers lit up the torches. Five or six torches were loaded onto the catapults. Then, an order was given, "Throw!"
The torches were thrown up. Two or three of them were extinguished or didn't hit the oil. The rest of the torches hit the catapults. With a loud whoosh, the fire started to burn. The dark red flames rose up to a few feet high.
Although the forest was damp, it started to burn under the burning of the oil. Before long, the entire forest was covered in flames. At this point, the wild beasts were startled and were in a state of chaos. Seeing this, Li Zhengyuan let out a cold laugh, "They're just wild beasts after all. It's over!"
At this point, the Blind Daoist opened his eyes.
Starlight surrounded his body, as the stench of blood surrounded him. The Blind Daoist pointed out with his finger. With himself as the center, a large amount of blood mist was emitted.
The speed at which this blood mist was emitted was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, it had formed a large patch of blood mist.
"Your excellency, there's a change." The soldier on guard pointed at the blood mist and reported. Li Zhengyuan looked over and his face changed. Using his spiritual sense, he could see that within the blood mist, there was a dense amount of resentment. It was as though he could hear the cries of vengeful spirits.
"Hu!" Within the blood mist, a formless gust of wind blew out, enveloping the panicking wild beasts. A loud howl could be heard as the wild beasts howled in pain. All of a sudden, they stood up and transformed into human forms. The only difference was that they had horns, tails and scales.
"Monsters, monsters!" Seeing this scene, everyone was shocked, and these monsters all looked over coldly.
Main Camp
The main camp had the largest number of people. A portion of the oil was still stored here. Many people were rushing in and out of the camp, carrying the food that the county had brought over. There weren't any delicacies on land or water. There were only pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks, as well as mud-sealed wine jars.
Pei Zi Yun looked at this and spoke to the Registrar Keeper, "You guys were in such a hurry to transport all this. It's been hard on you."
The Registrar Keeper hurriedly smiled, "We don't dare to. True Sovereign, we can only help out a little."
At this point, the Registrar Keeper noticed that the True Sovereign's expression wasn't right. He then stopped talking. At this point, a gust of wind blew past them. It was so cold that it made them want to puke. Pei Zi Yun had already stood up and waved his hands to stop them from talking.
"The demonic Qi is so dense and resentful. Could it be some demonic technique? But in the memories of the Demon Emperor that I've plundered, there's no such demonic technique. "
Thinking this way, the Registrar Keeper's eyes were filled with suspicion.
"Chi."
Pei Zi Yun conjured a spell and was about to cast a spell. Just as he was about to move, he realized that something was amiss.
"Could it be a large scale protective spell? Did it change the surrounding space? " Pei Zi Yun walked out of the tent and his face fell. The air was filled with blood mist. Although it looked thin, it was filled with demonic Qi. Furthermore, it was filled with a dense amount of resentful energy!
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