Most of those still in the Main Hall were ministers who supported Li Deming. Even they felt their hearts tremble at the sight.
In their eyes, these men had indeed committed serious offenses, and some certainly deserved death, but not all of their crimes warranted execution.
Yet Huang Xiao had treated them all alike, slaughtering every opponent here without giving him any chance to argue.
"You needn't worry about the experts from the Esoteric Sect and the Black Fire Sect. I will deal with them myself. That leaves their army, which amounts to little. Make the arrangements yourself!" Though Huang Xiao had already gone far away, his voice rang through the Main Hall.
Huang Xiao's words set the officials present considerably at ease. They were not particularly concerned about Tubo's army. After all these years of intermittent fighting with Tubo, both sides knew the other's strength well.
The only uncertainties were the experts from the Esoteric Sect and the Black Fire Sect. Their sudden involvement had placed their own side at an absolute disadvantage.
Now that Huang Xiao would deal with those experts, how could Xiazhou's army fear Tubo's forces?
"Sect Master Huang is right. These men deserve death, and their entire clans deserve extermination! Guards!" Li Deming said outright.
As soon as Li Deming finished speaking, the Imperial Guards Commander, who had been waiting outside, hurried in.
"You heard him, didn't you? Exterminate every last member of these men's clans!" Li Deming said coldly.
Some ministers could not bear the thought, but considering the present situation, they said nothing more. All they could say was that those men had misjudged the circumstances.
Li Deming had the Heavenly Demon Sect's support, yet they had still dared to step forward and oppose him. They had truly sought their own deaths.
Besides,