The summer heat in Tianjing, which had only just begun to wane with the arrival of night, was suddenly stoked into a fever pitch by the riots at the God-Slaughtering Department.
Throughout Xuanwu City, residents watched as the brocade-clad guards hauled merchant after merchant, along with various scholars and literati, toward the God-Slaughtering Department in ox-carts. As for the Wangshu Tower in Azure Dragon City, the scene was one of blood spilled at every turn.
Shentu Yuan acted like a madman—even crazier than Zhou Tieyi had been back in the day. Upon entering, he would strike down anyone who dared to block his path with his blade. If someone tried to speak, he killed them too. By the time over thirty people lay dead, the entire building had fallen into a deathly silence.
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