Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Golden Hall.
The heavy stench of blood slowly spread through the vast hall. Sunset spilled through the shattered stained-glass windows, staining the entire throne blood-red.
Qian Sha Yu lounged carelessly against the golden dragon throne, symbol of Heaven Dou's supreme authority.
His long legs were brazenly propped on the edge of the desk.
In one hand, he held a silk cloth for wiping the Slaughter Blood Sword, his posture utterly nonchalant.
On the cold floor beside the throne, a graceful figure was tightly bound by several thick, blood-red chains.
Tang Yuehua was covered in bloody marks, and her once-elegant silver-white court dress had long since been torn to shreds.
Her long black hair was even more disheveled, clinging to her deathly pale cheeks.
She lay limp beside the throne, her eyes vacant.
Her delicate body trembled uncontrollably with terror and humiliation, like a caged songbird at the feet of a great demon king.
"Thud, thud, thud..."
A series of heavy footsteps shattered the hall's deathly silence.
Snake Lance Douluo She Long and Porcupinefish Douluo Ci Xue strode into the hall side by side.
Behind them, several black-clad Spirit Hall guards dragged two bloodied figures across the floor like dead dogs.
"Young Lord, we have carried out your orders without fail!"
She Long and Ci Xue clasped their fists and dropped to their knees with a resounding thud.
When their peripheral vision inadvertently caught sight of Tang Yuehua, chained like a dog beside the throne, their eyelids twitched violently!
Both men sucked in a sharp breath, their backs going cold!
How could the young lord chain a woman beside the throne like a pet?
This method... was simply cruel!
But at the thought of Qian Sha Yu's demonic slaughter in the palace square moments ago, She Long and Ci Xue immediately looked away and hurriedly lowered their heads.
They kept their eyes straight ahead, their minds focused, and pretended to be blind. They didn't dare ask a single question.
"Young Lord, we have completely purged all the rebel forces and stubborn dissidents lying in wait throughout Heaven Dou City!"
She Long suppressed his shock and reported in a low, respectful voice.
"Furthermore, in the secret passage in the back mountain, we intercepted members of the Heaven Dou Royal Family who were preparing to disguise themselves and flee: the Heaven Dou Empire's emperor, Xue Ye, and Princess Xue Ke!"
"Clatter!"
The guards abruptly let go, hurling the two blood-soaked figures heavily onto the center of the hall.
The old emperor, Xue Ye, looked haggard, black blood faintly seeping from his seven orifices.
All the meridians throughout his body had been destroyed. He couldn't even stand, and could only lie on the floor, coughing violently.
Beside him, Princess Xue Ke's once-luxurious royal gown was stained red with blood, and her little face was as pale as paper.
She clutched the remains in her arms and trembled, her eyes filled with endless despair and terror.
"Qian... Qian Renxue!!"
Old Emperor Xue Ye struggled to raise his head. His cloudy eyes fixed on the figure seated on the throne, erupting with a boundless hatred and venomous resentment that tore at his heart!
"You... ungrateful beast!"
Emperor Xue Ye spat out a mouthful of sticky blood clotted with black chunks, then screamed furiously.
"I treated you as my own!"
"I spent twenty years raising you with all my might as Heaven Dou's future successor!"
"But you... you actually killed my real Qinghe and impersonated him to deceive me!"
"You even poisoned me to seize my empire!"
"You'll die a horrible death! Aaaah!"
Beside him, Princess Xue Ke wept bitterly, her delicate body shaking like a leaf as she looked at Qian Sha Yu.
"Brother Qinghe... why was it you? How could this happen?"
"You used to be so gentle and considerate to me. Was it all a lie?"
"You... what are you going to do to Father and me?!"
Facing the old emperor's towering hatred and Princess Xue Ke's desperate questions,
Qian Sha Yu didn't even bother to raise his eyelids. His expression was extraordinarily calm and indifferent.
He blew the blood dust from his fingernails, a mocking smile at the corner of his mouth.
Because he was Qian Sha Yu, the Slaughter Angel who commanded the slaughter of the Nine Netherworlds.
He was not that Qian Renxue who had spent twenty years lying low in Heaven Dou, with a trace of a woman's kindness and guilt still left in her heart.
"Old bastard, are you done yet?"
Qian Sha Yu looked down at Xue Ye sidelong, his voice cold enough to pierce the bone.
"The real Xue Qinghe?"
"I took care of that useless fool for you. You should be thanking me."
"As for your so-called twenty years of affection, don't look at me with that disgusting expression."
"I'm Qian Sha Yu! Not your dead son!"
"You!"
Emperor Xue Ye shook with rage. He pointed at Qian Sha Yu, a phlegmy "gurgle" rising in his throat, and nearly passed out from fury.
At that moment, Snake Lance Douluo She Long stepped forward and bowed as he tentatively asked for instructions:
"Young Lord, the old Xue Ye and Princess Xue Ke are prisoners now. How should we deal with them?"
"Should we secretly execute them, or spare their lives and use the emperor to control Heaven Dou's various lords?"
At She Long's question, Qian Sha Yu slowly sat upright on the throne.
He rubbed his chin and fell into brief thought.
"Ha, too low-class."
A savage, bloodthirsty gleam erupted in Qian Sha Yu's eyes, and his lips spread into an evil smile that made one's hair stand on end.
"With absolute force in my hands, do I need to follow rules for a bunch of ants? Do I need to hold a cripple hostage to rule an empire?"
"What a joke!"
Qian Sha Yu slapped the desk, his arrogant voice ringing throughout the hall. "Pass on my order. Lock these two up in the imperial prison."
"At noon tomorrow, in the central square of Heaven Dou City, execute old dog Xue Ye and Xue Ke in public before hundreds of thousands of people, and leave their bodies exposed for three days!"
"What?!"
At his words, the entire hall fell into deathly silence.
Snake Lance and Porcupinefish stared wide-eyed, cold sweat beading densely across their foreheads!
Publicly execute the Heaven Dou Emperor and princess?
This wasn't just wiping out the Heaven Dou Royal Family. It was trampling all over the dignity of the Heaven Dou Empire!
Such a deranged act, enough to shake the whole continent, was tantamount to declaring war on every power in the world.
"Qian Renxue! You lunatic! Tyrant! Devil!"
Emperor Xue Ye's eyes bulged with rage as he spat blood.
"The people of Heaven Dou will never submit to you!"
"The Upper Three Sects and the Star Luo Empire will tear you to pieces!!!"
"Stuff the old dog's mouth and take him away!" Qian Sha Yu waved impatiently.
The guards immediately clamped hands over Xue Ye's and Xue Ke's mouths, then dragged them out of the hall like corpses.
Tang Yuehua, lying beside the throne, trembled violently.
Her once-vacant, beautiful eyes now brimmed with indescribable shock and horror!
Publicly execute Emperor Xue Ye?
Qian Renxue had gone completely mad!
Once the Heaven Dou Emperor was beheaded in public, the Heaven Dou Empire would descend into utter chaos.
And Spirit Hall would become the target of the entire continent's united hatred!
Did she truly not care about anything anymore?
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