"Mig, you can't just come and go as you please!"
Seeing Mig turn to leave, Ye Cangtian let out a cold snort and his figure flickered forward.
Beside him, Nancy and Gui Wu, the two women, also cooperated perfectly. The moment Ye Cangtian made his move, they also charged forward, intercepting the lesser figures.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Cangtian's figure had already blocked Mig's path.
Looking at that face with a mocking smile, Mig's expression turned extremely grim.
He understood that if he couldn't defeat Ye Cangtian, he would find it difficult to leave unscathed today.
"Ye Cangtian, since you wish to die, I shall grant your wish!"
With that thought, Mig roared in anger. As he roared, the spiritual energy on his body gradually condensed, forming a spiritual energy armor that encased him.
Simultaneously, a silver, radiant longsword appeared in Mig's hand.
In the next moment, the longsword in his hand was the first to strike at Ye Cangtian.
"Heh heh, you're losing your temper, aren't you!"
"But it seems useless. Before me, you don't have the strength to lose your temper!"
Ye Cangtian glanced disdainfully at the incoming longsword. With a thought, a Grim Reaper's Scythe instantly appeared in his hand.
As the Grim Reaper's Scythe swung, with a crisp crack, the seemingly indestructible longsword was instantly cleaved into two pieces.
Immediately after, Ye Cangtian swung the Grim Reaper's Scythe backward again, instantly shattering the spiritual energy armor and sending Mig flying.
Pfft!
Mig spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes glazed over.
He hadn't expected Ye Cangtian to possess such power. With just two attacks, he was sent spitting blood. The disparity was simply too great.
Most importantly, judging by Ye Cangtian's expression, it seemed the latter hadn't even gone all out.
If he were to go all out, wouldn't he be instantly annihilated with a single move!
With that thought, he quickly spoke, "Ye Cangtian, I am no match for you. Let's discuss how you can let me leave?"
"Let you leave?"
Ye Cangtian chuckled coldly and said, "We're all adults, so let's not say such childish things! You came to my home to kill people, how can you have the nerve to ask me to let you go?"
After a pause, Ye Cangtian mocked, "Think about it this way, if I hadn't returned in time today, would you have let them go?"
Uh...
A single sentence left Mig speechless.
Ye Cangtian was right. Since he had come to kill, he should have been prepared to be killed.
In the next moment, Mig straightened his back, his gaze becoming incredibly resolute, and roared, "Come at me! There is no one afraid of death in the Silver Armored Knights!"
With that, Mig picked up the broken half of his longsword and charged at Ye Cangtian again.
"Heh heh."
Ye Cangtian sneered contemptuously, his figure flashed, and the Grim Reaper's Scythe also began to swing.
As the two figures brushed past each other, a stream of blood spurted from Mig's neck.
Ye Cangtian showed no mercy to Mig. To hold back now would be a dereliction of duty to Tang Xinwan, Nancy, and the others.
After all, he was about to leave. If Mig were to return to kill after his departure, Tang Xinwan and the others would be in danger.
Therefore, he had to kill him. He wanted to see how many vice-captains the Silver Armored Knights had!
Of course, if this provoked Leon and led to Leon's full-scale retaliation, that would be even better.
He could resolve Leon and the others here, thus avoiding the need to go to the relic entrance.
...
Night.
In a luxurious suite in a hotel in the capital, Leon sat on the sofa with furrowed brows, looking very displeased.
Ever since he had ordered Mig to take action, he hadn't received any news from Mig.
Now, more than half a day had passed, and a sense of foreboding had begun to creep into his heart!
"Report!"
After an unknown period of time, a burly man in black hurried to his side.
"My lord, the matter has been largely investigated."
"A helicopter was hovering above Ye Cangtian's house earlier, and a figure descended from the helicopter. It should be Ye Cangtian."
"I suspect Lord Mig has already met his demise at the hands of Ye Cangtian."
Bang!
Upon hearing the news, Leon directly smashed the coffee table in front of him into pieces with a punch.
Although this was not conclusive evidence, various aspects already proved that Mig had indeed met with misfortune.
"Damn you, Ye Cangtian! I swear eternal enmity with you!"
Leon truly could not control his rage and roared. Mig was his brother who had shared life and death with him for many years!
Furthermore, after the mission in the Dark Relic, he didn't have many high-level subordinates left. Now, losing Mig was like adding insult to injury!
"My lord, your subordinate is willing to accompany you to kill Ye Cangtian's entire family!"
The black-clad giant beside him stepped forward immediately upon seeing Leon's fury and said.
Slap!
As his words fell, Leon slapped the giant away.
"Idiot!"
Leon's single sentence scared the other party into silence.
His reason for having Mig target Nancy for revenge was to prevent Ye Cangtian from interfering with his actions at the entrance to the Chinese mainland's relic when he made his move.
This time, due to his anger, he had made Mig act prematurely, resulting in Mig's death. This was already a failure in his command.
If he were to continue targeting Ye Cangtian's family now, it would be compounding the error.
The reason was simple: they were already short on personnel. If they forcibly attacked Ye Cangtian, who would be left to handle the main business?
Therefore, they had to wait until the Chinese mainland's relic entrance was opened and the mission was completed before they could deal with Ye Cangtian.
With that thought, he glanced at the giant and said, "Go summon the Archbishops and Cardinals under your command. Have them constantly monitor the movements of Ye Cangtian's family. Remember, they can be exposed, but they absolutely cannot engage in direct combat. If things go south, they must flee immediately..."
Leon's objective was simple: he wanted to harass Ye Cangtian indefinitely, making it difficult for him to discern their true intentions.
This way, even if he went to the relic entrance, Ye Cangtian would not dare to leave easily.
...
The next morning.
After breakfast, Ye Cangtian, as usual, personally escorted Tang Xinwan to the branch company.
However, as soon as his car drove out of the gate, he sensed something was wrong. With Ye Cangtian's keen senses, he had already detected that someone was following him.
Ye Cangtian paid no mind to this. He had just killed Mig, and it was understandable that Leon would send people to monitor him for revenge.
What Ye Cangtian didn't expect, however, was that these people had been tracking and monitoring him for days, and yet Leon had made no move the night before he was to leave.
This made him inwardly sneer. Now that he was about to depart, Leon, who was also in the capital, should also be preparing to leave.
At this time, it was impossible for Leon to make a move against him. Otherwise, if he were to get injured, it would be of no use even if he reached the Chinese mainland's relic entrance.
The most crucial point was that Ye Cangtian knew that there were only three vice-captains in the Silver Armored Knights.
He had already eliminated two of them. The remaining one would definitely be brought by Leon to the Chinese mainland's relic entrance, and would not be left behind to deal with Nancy.
If it weren't arranged this way, then the Holy See would likely be short of high-level combat power to deal with the relic entrance.
Therefore, Ye Cangtian believed that Leon would know what was more important.
And once that vice-captain went to the relic, the Holy See would only have lesser figures left behind. With Nancy and Gui Wu, they would certainly be able to handle them.
With these thoughts, Ye Cangtian no longer had any worries.
The next day, Ye Cangtian, along with Lan Yue, headed for the Chinese mainland's relic entrance.
...
Ring!
Before Ye Cangtian could even reach the Chinese mainland's relic entrance, he received a phone call.
He picked up his phone and glanced at the screen. Seeing that it was Viper's number, he pressed the answer button.
"Viper, any good news?"
Ye Cangtian asked. In fact, when he saw the display, he already knew that there would likely be no good news.
Because good news could be delivered to him later, but bad news had to be delivered promptly.
"Hahaha, Boss, hearing your voice is simply wonderful. However, it seems I have some not-so-good news to tell you!"
Viper's laughter came through the phone.
As expected.
Ye Cangtian smiled helplessly and then asked, "Since you know it's not good news, you still want to be cheeky. Do you want me to ask Rose to loosen you up a bit?"
"Uh... Boss, we haven't seen each other for so long, don't scare me!"
Viper said weakly, then continued, "Boss, let's get down to business. I've just intercepted some news from the Holy See. Do you want to hear it?"