"Kill them all!"
At her command, the Heaven Dou Empire's soldiers and Soul Masters instantly became cold-blooded butchers, unleashing a merciless slaughter upon the twenty thousand Soul Masters.
In truth, Qian Renxue had not wanted to wipe them out. Among these Soul Masters were many with exceptional talent and tremendous potential. If she could bring them into her service, they would surely add a powerful force to the Heaven Dou Empire.
However, Chen Xuanqing had persuaded her otherwise.
"Although these Soul Masters surrendered, they already harbored resentment over the Heaven Dou Empire's policies. If they rebel again in the future, they will surely become stumbling blocks on our path to unifying the Douluo Continent. Besides, keeping them alive will only leave us with more hidden dangers. For the sake of the bigger picture, we must cut out the weeds by their roots."
After hearing Chen Xuanqing's analysis, Qian Renxue still felt some reluctance, but she ultimately made up her mind.
She understood that, as a ruler, she sometimes had to make cruel decisions to protect the interests of her nation and its people.
Yet Chen Xuanqing had another purpose in sparing Tang San's life.
He hoped to use Tang San to unite everyone who opposed him and the Heaven Dou Empire's rule, drawing in every force dissatisfied with the empire and making its road to unification more winding and arduous.
That way, when they finally unified the Douluo Continent, they would only need to crush the Star Luo Empire and slaughter those enemies to establish their rule more swiftly and securely.
The night was black as ink. Under the Heaven Dou Empire's iron-fisted encirclement, the pincer attacks of numerous Soul Masters, and the interceptions of Spirit Hall's elite forces, the Star Luo Empire's Soul Masters were driven back again and