Before the main gates of the Upper Xun Celestial Master Pavilion, beneath the steps, corpses lay strewn across the ground!
Seventeen bodies lay sprawled across the smooth, thick bluestone slabs, every one of them severed from head to body.
Some heads had rolled dozens of paces away, their eyes still glaring angrily up at the sky, their faces frozen in disbelief.
Crimson blood pooled into winding streams and seeped into the cracks between the stone slabs. The stench of blood hanging in the air made many onlookers want to vomit.
No one had expected Protector Heavenly Master Wang Chen's response to be so ruthless and merciless!
Only now did many people truly come to know this newly appointed Heavenly Master. Startled and frightened, some quietly slipped away while others secretly sent out Message Cranes.
The long street outside the Heavenly Master Pavilion fell utterly silent.
Clang!
The Flying Sword returned to its sheath, and Wang Chen reached out with an empty grasp.
The seventeen heads scattered across the ground were drawn over one by one and all stored inside a Storage talisman.
Those filthy wretches were not worth wasting a Storage Bag on!
"Pass down my decree."
Wang Chen swept his gaze across the surroundings without expression and said in a deep voice, "Expose the bodies of these troublemakers for three days, as a warning to others!"
Xi Chenlong immediately bowed. "As ordered!"
Their voices carried clearly into the ears of the onlookers, and everyone who heard them fell silent with fear.
"Heh!"
Wang Chen sneered coldly, then turned and returned to the residence.
Xi Manyun followed close behind, seeming as though she wanted to speak but hesitated.
Wang Chen said, "If you have something to say, say it."
Xi Manyun gave a bitter smile. "Heavenly Master, this subordinate fears