"When it comes down to it, you Emperor Bloods can't possibly expect to pay nothing, can you? That monster was obviously something your old Xuan Clan created. You need to take responsibility too!"
The Heavenly Officials' attitude was only natural, even carrying a hint of impatience. In the past, faced with such a situation, they might have tried joining forces with the Emperor Bloods to find another way out. But now, with the Civil and Military Group and the Emperor Court at odds and divided, how could they possibly offer up their own lives?
If the Heavenly Officials' attitude could be called arrogant, then the Emperor Bloods' response was even more blunt.
"They're nothing but slaves of our Xuan Clan. We tell you to die, and you dare resist?!"
Of course, neither the Heavenly Officials nor the Emperor Bloods thought there was anything wrong with slaughtering those attendants and palace maids. They simply did not want to be the ones making sacrifices or paying the price.
And since the other side was unwilling to be morally noble and put itself to death with dignity, then they could only grant them that dignity themselves.
"Even at the very end, you're still fighting among yourselves?"
At the critical instant when both sides were about to make their move, Bai Qinghan stepped into their midst.
Crack, crack, crack, crack. In an instant, the plunging temperature and the frost blooming with every breath seized everyone's attention, leaving both sides utterly shocked.
As the girl advanced, the blood in the hall froze over. Massive blocks of ice, like clusters of crystal, began to grow from the corpses. They blossomed and spread, like long spears and like flowers, ceaselessly creeping throughout the entire hall.
Whether it was the gold-thread carpet soaked crimson or the walls hung