"Not good!" Hui Dao's expression changed. Just as he was about to respond, another boom rang out. The same red light appeared in the air, forming a dome that collided head-on with the other.
With a crackle, the two forces paused slightly in midair before exploding. Dark clouds fell like a rain of meteors. Strange howls rose in the air, and ghosts wailed and gods howled from every direction. Miserable mist swirled and transformed into face after face.
Looking closely, Hui Dao saw that these faces belonged to both men and women. Their expressions were twisted in pain, yet they all cried out with the same voice.
"Prince Dai, Prince Dai—"
Hui Dao sucked in a cold breath and thought, After Prince Dai accepted the decree, he acted even more boldly and decisively. Who knew how many people he had killed, how many shrines he had torn down? The ghosts and gods' resentment and venom have already reached the point beyond all measure.
It is good to finish everything in one battle, but if it fails, it will cause a colossal disaster.
Even as he thought this, the Assistant Minister's Residence became like a pot of boiling oil. Countless crazed gray-black faces crashed wildly in every direction, trying to force open a path!
"Prince Dai—"
"Prince Dai—"
The savage cries, male and female voices mingled together, were enough to make one's hair stand on end merely by hearing them. Hui Dao coughed and secretly glanced at Prince Dai in the distance.
Prince Dai seemed not to see any of it. He said to everyone, "It is freezing cold, and you have all suffered waiting so early. But today I act by imperial decree, so I must trouble you all."
"Not at all, not at all. This matter purges ghosts and