Chapter 114: The Emperor’s Wrath

The capital city.
Inside the headquarters of a sizable gang, the central doors were thrown open—two copper-painted doors shattered by powerful blows, scattered along with a broken plaque. Inside, a flag symbolizing the gang’s honor lay trampled in the dirt, mercilessly stepped on by the incessantly moving Jinyiwei in their colorful robes.
“Step!” “Step-step-step…”
A stream of footsteps rushed into the headquarters.
Groups of Jinyiwei gathered outside the hall and on the porches, their swords and blades glinting, radiating murderous intent as they sealed off the hall completely.
Around the walls, numerous archers held their bows tightly, their arrows aimed straight at the hall’s doors!
The atmosphere was tense to the extreme.
“Lord Zongling has arrived!”
With a loud shout, the Jinyiwei parted like a tide at the entrance.
Immediately afterward, three elegantly dressed Jinyiwei leaders—one in front and two behind—moved swiftly with their swords drawn, passing through the piles of corpses to reach outside the hall.
The leader was tall and muscular, with bulging temples. His imposing presence exuded overwhelming pressure. Once he stopped, he scanned the area coldly, his gaze finally falling on the interior of the hall’s doors, which were largely destroyed and offered no protection.
Inside the hall, many Jinyiwei men and women wore expressions of resentment and fear. They held their swords pointed outward but didn’t dare step outside, as there were numerous corpses of their comrades pierced by arrows right in front of them!
“I am the Lord Zongling of the capital. By imperial decree, I am here to eliminate all traitors who dare to plunder the emperor’s tributes!” The Jinyiwei man declared sternly, raising his hands to the sky. “Hei Yu Men has rebelled and dared to steal the emperor’s tributes—a crime unforgivable! Today, I will show you the consequences of defying the court.”
“Someone!”
Lord Zongling stepped back and waved his hand.
“Everyone in Hei Yu Men—kill them without mercy!”
As soon as he spoke, hundreds of Jinyiwei members showed fierce expressions, brimming with murderous intent.
“Charge!”
Swish swish swish swish!
A continuous rain of arrows was fired from all sides of the walls. The arrows, launched from powerful bows, acted like deadly weapons, easily piercing the thin doors and windows and turning Hei Yu Men’s last refuge into ruins…
Many players had no chance to dodge. They watched helplessly as countless arrows struck them, creating bloody holes in their bodies, causing them to collapse one after another.
Boom! Boom!
Just as one wave of arrows passed, the already damaged doors and windows were shattered by powerful forces. A massive crowd of Jinyiwei rushed in like wolves and tigers, killing anyone in their path!

Those who stormed the main hall of the gang were all experts from the Jinyiwei, each possessing skills at the Zaohua level. Coupled with the Jinyiwei’s advanced Feiyu Robes, Heart Protection Devices, and soft armor, their defensive capabilities were beyond what ordinary players could break through…

After resisting for a few seconds, the disciples of the Heiyu Sect realized they were no match for the Jinyiwei. With overwhelming force, many of them fell dead, and the number of survivors dwindled rapidly!

The leader of the Heiyu Sect was protected at the back. As holes were torn in the walls surrounding the hall and fewer and fewer people remained around him, the destruction of his sect seemed imminent. A hint of sorrow flashed in his eyes…

“Imperial enforcers! Come and kill me!!!”

With a furious roar, the sect leader grabbed his massive axe and, like a train, pushed back two Jinyiwei experts before charging into the crowd!

“Protect the leader!”

“Let’s fight together!”

“Damn it! Killing one is enough to break even; killing two brings a profit!” Driven by the sect leader, the few remaining members of the Heiyu Sect unleashed incredible fighting spirit and desperately tried to break through to escape.

But just as they reached the entrance…

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

A rain of arrows poured down. Before the sect leader could steady himself, he was pierced by countless arrows from the archers waiting on the outer walls, turning him into a living hedgehog. The brightness in his eyes vanished instantly, and with a thud, he knelt down. His proud head, filled with resentment and anger, drooped unnaturally.

The slaughter didn’t last long…

A few minutes later, the foundation stones of the Heiyu Sect’s main hall were destroyed. The moment the Jinyiwei withdrew, the gang was completely erased from the martial world!

This news quickly shocked the entire martial world. As the news spread, at least thirty more sects in the capital were destroyed by the Jinyiwei, the Eastern and Western Factories, and the Six Gates, with no one spared.

When the emperor gets angry, even heaven and earth change!

While mobilizing law enforcement agencies like the Jinyiwei to suppress the rebellion, the intensity of the crackdown increased gradually. Starting from the capital, it spread rapidly to surrounding cities.

Soon, various gangs heard this news. Those who had stored tribute goods in their main halls were terrified. Sects in surrounding cities dared not slack off and quickly moved away.

A very small number of sects, thinking that since the capital’s sects had suffered, they would be safe as long as they stayed away from the capital, carefully protected their tribute goods and gloated from their own halls. But when imperial troops surrounded their locations, destruction awaited them.

Within a single night, at least a hundred sects were destroyed by the imperial law enforcement agencies due to poor information or inadequate responses.

During this time, players discovered that as long as they sent the tributes out of the city, the imperial court seemed unable to track them down, nor would it issue a warrant for their gang’s arrest…
Thus, more and more factions dared not neglect this task, sending all their tributes out of the city to find safe places to wait out the emperor’s birthday.
However!
Unbeknownst to them, while they had avoided the fierce tigers behind them, a group of wolves even more terrifying than tigers awaited them outside the city!!
……
In Xuzhou City, hundreds of members of the Ziyang Gate, fully armed and ready for battle, escorted the convoy out of the city in a grand procession. The leader of the Ziyang Gate, with a grave expression, personally led experts like Gui Xuan to ensure the safety of the convoy!
Yet…
As they passed through a forest, screams and warnings suddenly came from the dense woods.
“Ah…”
“Enemy attack!”
One after another, grim news came from the scouts on either flank.
“Everyone, form a formation! Protect the convoy!”
The leader of the Ziyang Gate on horseback reacted swiftly, drawing his sword and calmly giving orders, helping the somewhat panicked disciples regain their composure.
“Tianying! Take a team in to investigate.”
“Yes!”
A lean and well-proportioned man quickly took command and led ten men into the forest…
It wasn’t long before they seemed to encounter a powerful enemy. Urgent cries erupted, followed by brief and chaotic clashes of swords. The number of attackers decreased rapidly, until silence fell.
The battle seemed to end near the mountain path—very close, extremely close.
“Get ready for battle!”
At this moment, the leader of the Ziyang Gate finally paled, raising his hand to give the order! Hundreds of disciples gathered around the convoy, swords drawn, full of fighting spirit.
Just as these actions were completed, dense sounds of bowstrings suddenly came from the forest…
The members of the Ziyang Gate were horrified.
Before they could react, a torrent of arrows rained down from both sides of the forest.
Although the outer groups tried desperately to block the arrows with their swords, they couldn’t withstand the relentless barrage and quickly collapsed, one by one, layer by layer.
When a large group of fierce bandits surged out of the forest like tigers descending from the mountains, the leader of the Ziyang Gate’s pupils shrank, his face turning pale. He spurred his horse and shouted repeatedly:
“Abandon the convoy!”
“Break through!!”