“I have killed Cardinal Milton. Now the other three cardinals, along with the Grand Master of the Holy Knights and the Grand Master of the Judgment Knights, are all going back to Saint Brand.”
I plan to ambush and kill them outside St. Brand, but to prevent any leaks, I need the cooperation of the Alchemist's Guild.
“No problem, I will gather my most trusted and elite alchemists to set up the formation.”
After dealing with the Alchemist Association, Yang Cheng went directly to the outside of Saint Brand to wait, preparing to ambush and kill the group from the Holy See.
As the time drew near, the thunderous roar of galloping hooves echoed across the continent, and a special alchemical chariot, driven by an array, sped toward Saint Brand.
Pedestrians and vendors on land were driven aside; some who were slower to react were even whipped away, and some were even killed by the impact.
In reality, the Vatican usually maintains a good image in front of most ordinary people and would almost never do something so domineering.
But this time they simply couldn't wait any longer.
News kept coming in from within the Papacy, including news of the priests who remained behind, as well as news of the Night Watchman, Pollitt.
Yang Cheng told Pollitt that messages should be relayed to the Vatican members outside the church as usual, or even faster, to avoid arousing suspicion.
Apart from the central church headquarters, the other four major dioceses were breached, and Cardinal Milton went missing.
This is practically a full-scale confrontation between the Assyrian Kingdom and the Papacy. How could they not be anxious?
The Papacy originally intended to withdraw all its main fighting force, so the three major knightly orders didn't even leave a single person behind, except for the non-direct descendant of the Night Watchman, Pollitt, who was even specially ordered to go easy on them.
After the Hohenheim affair escalated, the little man in the bottle, Homunculus, wreaked havoc on the entire Saint Brand, causing a significant drop in the power and prestige of the royal family. Then, the Papacy played the role of savior, cleaning up the mess.
But no one expected that Yang Cheng would suddenly appear and actually defeat Homunculus, which put the Papacy in an awkward position.
Moreover, the other side took advantage of the absence of the Papacy's elite forces to begin eliminating the Papacy's power, which completely backfired on the Papacy this time.
Upon receiving the news, the two knightly orders and the three cardinals, totaling nearly a thousand people, immediately rushed back to St. Brand to avert the crisis in the Papacy.
Just as they were riding at full speed and had just passed a hilltop, a dazzling array of light suddenly appeared on the ground.
In an instant, flames, ice, aurora, poisonous fog and other forces surged forth, and in a flash, hundreds of alchemical formations enveloped them!
"Enemy attack!"
The knight at the front roared, but was instantly annihilated by the powerful force.
Led by Morton, hundreds of alchemists emerged from the surrounding mountains and forests, their bodies radiating powerful elemental energy.
Some alchemists even set up alchemical cannons and aimed them at the members of the Holy See in the center.
Salil didn't come; he's too old. He was already weakened during the last battle against Homunculus, so Morton was specially sent this time.
His meaning was quite clear: the next president of the Alchemists' Guild would most likely be Morton.
"Damn it! Have those bastards from the Alchemist's Guild gone mad? How dare they ambush us!"
Yorick, the Grand Master of the Holy Knights, drew the holy sword from his back, and instantly a dazzling holy light rose from his body.
The wounds on the Holy Knights soldiers around them were healed almost instantly, and their own strength was also enhanced.
Yorick slashed with his sword, cutting the alchemical cannonball in two.
Just then, a cold voice suddenly rang out.
"Please turn around, baby."
Before Yorick could react, his head rolled to the ground!
The others were immediately alarmed, and one of the cardinals began to chant incantations.
Holding a golden feather, angel wings instantly unfurled behind him, enveloping all three cardinals.
"Please turn around again, baby."
Another white light flashed, and just as a hole appeared in the angel's wings, the cardinal's head slid off.
Before the other two cardinals could even feel the terror, an overwhelming barrage of blood-red sword energy descended from the sky, roaring as it rushed toward them.
The extraordinary beings of the Holy See around were no match for this scale of blood-fiend sword energy. Just as the remaining two cardinals began to resist, Yang Cheng's figure descended from the sky. The power of annihilation on his Soul-Severing Spear was unleashed, and as he swung it, flesh and blood flew everywhere, leaving only two skeletons in an instant!
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