The corrupt Daoists were wreaking havoc, wantonly taking lives. Such matters could not be ignored when encountered, let alone when one was directly entangled in them.0

No wonder the Five Gods Cult had been completely wiped out in his previous life and even made an example of in official reports. While the powerful Yin-Yang Cult had gone into deeper hiding, the Five Gods Cult had instead grown so bold that they were now trying to negotiate with the authorities.0

Merely holding hostages to negotiate would still be a vile act, but it would at least show that these corrupt cultivators had not completely lost their rationality. However, the Five Gods Cult, along with several other large-scale corrupt Daoist groups, had also recklessly slaughtered a branch of the Special Investigation Unit.0

It was supposed to serve as a blatant warning to the Hua Republic—a declaration that if these corrupt Daoist cultivators wished to stir up chaos, they could deal a huge blow that the government could not afford to bear.0

On the contrary, though, it seemed the corrupt cultivators had forgotten that just a few years ago, when cultivation had not yet been possible, the government had maintained a zero-tolerance stance toward terrorism. Now that their actions had long since crossed the line, they were simply seeking their own destruction.0

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