"Kill them all!"
As Ning Jian Er finally fell, everyone present let out a long breath in unison, their nerves settling.
Then the Head Dean's voice exploded across the scene, cold and resolute.
The remaining members of the Sword Academy trembled. Most immediately dropped to their knees and begged for mercy.
Among them were former classmates of the Dean, and even several members of the Zhang Family's collateral branches.
All of these people could be said to have tangled connections with the Head Dean.
In some cases, he had even personally arranged for them to enter the Sword Academy.
But the Head Dean's stance did not change in the slightest. Not one of them could be allowed to remain.
If they dared to follow Ning Jian Er into rebellion today, heedless of the cost, they would dare to stab him in the back tomorrow.
They could not be spared!
Especially those he had personally placed there. They could be spared least of all.
Once there was one betrayal, countless more would follow.
Not only could these people not be spared, neither could their descendants or immediate relatives. In fact, the entire Sword Academy had to go.
Confiscate their property and exterminate their clans!
Though this was cruel, and doing so would be an enormous loss for the entire Myriad Laws Academy.
After all, the Sword Academy's title as the foremost academy was no empty boast. They had won it through sheer strength.
The Sword Academy housed far too many prodigies. Once they matured, they would all become pillars of the Myriad Laws Academy.
Of the Myriad Laws Academy's ten measures of fortune, the Sword Academy alone held three!
But...
The more this was true, the stronger they were, the less they could be allowed to remain.
For the Myriad Laws