The giant bandits led by Nine Nether Ghost were merely a microcosm of the great era. With this ferocious man who had burst onto the scene serving as an example, those dissatisfied with the Beitang Imperial Clan and those who bore grudges against it would soon spring up like bamboo shoots after rain.
This differed from the southern rebellion, the Dao Kingdom in Shu Region, and General Liu Wei in Yuan Prefecture. Those people sought rebellion and a change of dynasty, while the Avengers led by Nine Nether Ghost, along with the discontented, were thoroughgoing destroyers of order. They needed no base, no population, no economy, not even an army—only a pure outlet for their fury and dissatisfaction.
This was naturally terrible, yet at the end of every dynasty, such people were never absent. They were sacrifices before the birth of a new order, and also among the destroyers of the old order.
When Meng Zhao received the news, his first reaction was to order Heavenly Net to immediately dispatch personnel to investigate his territory and take precautions before trouble arose.
Lingwu City was as impregnable as a fortress, so there was no need to worry. But Ji Prefecture, Yanzhou, and even Liang Prefecture were another matter.
Sure enough, several days later, after the giant bandits led by Nine Nether Ghost committed such a frenzied atrocity of cannibalism, varying degrees of unrest appeared throughout the Divine Land.
Not all of them bore grudges against the Beitang Imperial Clan. There were also petty men taking advantage of the chaos to stir up trouble.
While this was certainly a tremendous blow to the Beitang Imperial Clan, it was also an injury to ordinary citizens.
Thus, Meng Zhao immediately deployed the Yangwu Army under his command, sending them out of the city in