Beastmaster of the Ages - Chapter 7042

Chapter 6952: Cleaning Up the House!

Upon learning this, the Heavenly Mandate Army was utterly astonished.

Hearing Huan Sheng’s words, Huanmie felt a pang of anguish, but she remained unfazed.

“Sue me?” she exclaimed excitedly. “I, Huanmie, am upright and have nothing to fear. My elders will surely give me justice!”

“Fine, you just wait!” Huan Sheng finished speaking, then coldly looked at Li Tianming and said, “I want to leave the Heavenly Mandate Army. Open the gates immediately!”

Li Tianming smiled and said, “According to military regulations, leaving during wartime constitutes desertion.”

Huan Sheng sneered, “Didn’t you promise to let us return to the Heavenly Emperor Sect and become young emperors? Isn’t this a betrayal of your word?”

“Don’t try to change things up. I said before that it was about periodic troop maintenance, not that you were allowed to desert during wartime. If we can leave at will during wartime, and everyone flees at the slightest crisis, what kind of Heavenly Emperor Plan is that?” Li Tianming said coldly.

“You!”

Huan Sheng’s face darkened, filled with resentment!

The atmosphere froze again, and silence fell.

There were still a few Heavenly Emperor Sect disciples standing beside Huan Sheng, about a hundred of them, clearly intending to leave.

“Commander,”

Wei Wuji, who had been silently observing everything, having previously managed clerical duties, suddenly spoke up beside Li Tianming, “I think keeping these people around is a disaster. But don’t misunderstand, I’m

not

pleading for them. In fact, I despise such despicable behavior even more. The decision is up to you, Commander.”

“Of course I know,”

Li Tianming said, his eyes sweeping over the group with imperial authority. “You can leave if you want. According to military regulations, anyone who wants to quit will receive one hundred strokes of the cane, and then you can leave! I could have used a different sentence, but as I said before, I don’t want anyone with wavering resolve to harm our brothers on the battlefield!”

With that, Li Tianming walked step by step towards Huan Sheng. The oppressive aura emanating from his Emperor’s Path was even greater than that from An Ning!

His golden-black eyes were filled with unwavering determination, and his aura was terrifying, making him seem nothing like a cultivator below the age of ten thousand.

Li Tianming took the black military staff from An Ning and looked at the nearly one hundred people, all of whom supported Huan Sheng, or rather, were using Huan Sheng’s prestige to express their true thoughts.

“Who wants to withdraw? If you want to withdraw, say so now. The decision is final. No exceptions.” He said calmly.

This group was indignant, their emotions completely exploding.

“I’ve had enough of this wretched place! If it were any other military leader, we would have already returned in triumph!”

“These lowly races, why are we so cautious? Just wipe them out.”

“I want to withdraw!”

“I want to withdraw too!”

“It’s just a hundred strokes of the military staff, I can take it! It’s not like I’m unleashing the essence of a cosmic god, what’s there to fear?”

Li Tianming nodded slightly, “Alright, Senior Sister Wei, remove these people from the Heavenly Mandate Army’s roster.”

“Yes, Commander.” Wei Wuji nodded at this moment, without any complaint.

She had long been fed up with these troublemakers.

“Li Tianming, if you have the guts, fight!”

One by one, those who wanted to leave the Tianming Army, those who wanted to desert, all lay face down on the ground.

Of course, this included Huan Sheng, who had just recovered from his injuries.

He was even more eager to leave the Tianming Army, having long wanted to leave, so when Li Tianming granted permission, he was the first to agree.

And Huan Mie… she also lay down.

An Ning raised an eyebrow and said, “Didn’t you not mention leaving? You don’t have to be punished, or are you going to leave in the end?”

“I won’t leave. The commander is right. Deserting in the face of battle is irresponsible to the soldiers.”

“However, Huan Sheng and I have been one since childhood. If he is guilty, I am willing to suffer with him…”

“After the punishment, I will still stay in the Tianming Army, at least until the end of this war, otherwise I won’t leave even if you kick me out!”

There was a stubbornness and tenacity in Huan Mie’s eyes. At this moment, her behavior moved even a group of tough men in the Tianming Army.

“This woman is so strong-willed, so courageous and responsible. I don’t believe she would betray her feelings.”

“Even if she were to do something universally condemned, she would definitely speak the truth.”

“I believe her. Since she says she’s loyal to her feelings and hasn’t violated clan rules, then she’s right!”

“What a pity, such a good woman has been stuck with such a person…”

Seeing Huanmie receive respect while he endured negative gossip, Huansheng was even more furious.

He glared at her sharply, “At this point, what’s the point of this pretense! This pretense is disgusting!”

The power of his words left the onlookers speechless.

“Is this kind of marriage system really right? If one’s partner is truly in love, that’s one thing, but what can one do when faced with such a partner?”

At this moment, Huanmie’s heart was breaking.

An Ning said calmly, “You don’t need to be punished. A person’s heart beats; no one can make it as still as a deep pool. To err is human, to return to the right path is the greatest virtue.” “

But they are different. They insisted on leaving, so this is what they deserve. The Commander has already given them the choice.”

Then, Li Tianming, holding his military staff, walked past these people, striking them back and forth among the hundred or so.

*Crack! Crack!*

This wasn’t the sound of simple blows, but the sound of bones cracking and flesh tearing open.

“Ah!!”

Various screams filled the air. The visual impact of these hundred people being punished was even greater than that of Huan Sheng being punished alone.

The members of the Tianming Army, witnessing this scene, felt a numbness from their toes up to their waists and hips, down their tailbone to their brains.

It was too painful!

Especially Huan Sheng, whose wounds from the previous punishment had just healed, and now they were reopened, bleeding profusely again under the vision of the Guanzizai Realm.

His entire face had lost its color. In fact, apart from not damaging his cultivation foundation, this was truly more painful than being struck by the very essence of a cosmic god!

After enduring a hundred strokes of the military rod, the lower bodies of these hundred-odd men had lost all feeling, their bones shattered.

They dragged themselves along, their legs paralyzed, using their hands for support, a pitiful sight, leaving a trail of blood.

The Heavenly Mandate Army members murmured amongst themselves.

“How horrible! Even with the Origin Spring, it would take quite a while to recover. And this isn’t just physical pain; the pain in their souls is even worse.”

“Serves them right. The Heavenly Mandate Army Lord gave them more than one chance, even giving them the opportunity to choose sides at the last moment. They didn’t cherish it, so who can they blame?”

“That’s true…”

Huan Sheng, being one of the more powerful among the group, recovered from his injuries first and stood up.

He walked resentfully towards the hatch, and Li Tianming didn’t stop him, even opening the hatch ahead of time.

Before leaving, he glared fiercely at Li Tianming, then coldly swept his gaze over Huan Mie.

“You just wait…”

Behind Huan Sheng, his hundred followers, struggling to walk, chased after him.

Huan Mie watched Huan Sheng’s departing figure, her red lips slightly moving, but she ultimately remained silent, only sighing with a deathly pallor.

Li Muyun, one of the few elders on this trip, and possessing a gentle and kind nature,

couldn’t bear to see Huan Mie hurt like this. She helped Huan Mie up from her slumped position and pulled her into her arms, sighing deeply.

“What a tragedy…”