Chapter 138: A single thought turns one into a demon, troops march on Snowmoon City [extra update]
At a single command from Yu Huatian, blood flowed in rivers across Ming.
Every person or faction involved in this rebellion was wiped out. Some of the principal suspects were brought straight back to the Capital and publicly beheaded outside the Meridian Gate.
Almost every day, another group was beheaded at the Meridian Gate.
With every group executed, someone stood nearby and announced their crimes.
At first, commoners came to watch the spectacle, but as more and more people were killed, even those onlookers gradually began to feel chilled and terrified.
In just a few days, over a thousand people had been beheaded at the Meridian Gate alone. Counting those killed on the spot elsewhere, the total had probably reached tens of thousands.
The slaughter made all of Ming tremble. Even Jianghu fell quiet, with no person or faction daring to rear their head, afraid of becoming the next target of the purge.
Yu Huatian did not intervene in these matters. He left full responsibility to Cao Zhengchun, Tan Luzi, Ma Jinliang, Cao Shaoqin, and Dong Tianbao and Lu Wenzhao of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
They had followed him for so long that Yu Huatian trusted them to handle these cases properly.
If they encountered truly troublesome enemies, Ye Gucheng, Murong Qiudi, Yan Shisan, Xia Xueyi, and the others could help.
Thus, he actually found himself with time to spare and remained in secluded cultivation at the West Depot.
Over these past few days, Yu Huatian successfully fused Heavenly Immortal from Beyond the Heavens with Divine Sword Slash, creating a more powerful sword technique.
This sword technique possessed the Fourteenth Sword's slaughter and life-energy domain, Divine Blade Slash's destruction and demonic nature, and