<h4>Chapter 1643: Chapter 1636: The Judge’s Mark Reappears</h4>


    If the events in Modu might still be somewhat understandable, since it’s Lu Tianxing’s old stronghold, being prepared and failing is natural. But Avril being attackedst night made Yang Anlong furious beyond measure, his anger reaching an extreme, with murderous intent almost uncontrobly erupting, giving him a feeling of wanting to destroy the world.


    In Yang Anlong’s scheme, he nned to reap the benefits of sitting back, watching Avril kill Lu Tianxing, he naturally wouldn’t choose to move against Avril. On the contrary, he’d cooperate with Avril, doing everything possible to provoke a battle between the Lu Family and the Church, then spare no effort to support Avril in bing the Holy Daughter of the Holy See. By then, the Yang Family would have a strong ally.


    If Avril lost and was caught by Lu Tianxing, only then it would be Yang Anlong’s time to act, kill Avril, frame Lu Tianxing, and provoke the Church and the Lu Family into a confrontation making the Lu Family everyone’s target. Although this would lose a great ally, it would at least eliminate a major enemy with no loss to the Yang Family.


    But Yang Anlong didn’t expect someone to act early and almost kill Avril, which made him fall into a rage. He was nning to join forces with Avril to gain the Church as an ally. The result didn’t even start and someone was bold enough to attack Avril, sabotaging his n. Though it could still be used to frame Lu Tianxing, he could not win over the Church as an ally. After all,pared to killing Avril to frame Lu Tianxing, Yang Anlong preferred Avril to kill Lu Tianxing, uniting Yang Family and the Church.


    This feeling is just like when you clearly cooked a pot of good soup, just about to drink it, when someonees over and dumps it out, then tells you their soup is ready, and you don’t need to cook anymore. This feeling can drive someone mad.


    Moreover, ever since Avril came to himst night, he had the Yang Family investigate this matter, but they couldn’t find who acted. This made Yang Anlong’s mood worse and worse, downright abysmal.


    After a long time, Yang Anlong finally looked at the man kneeling in front of him and slowly opened his mouth to speak: "So, you still haven’t found out who is the mastermind behind this attack, correct?"


    "Y...yes."


    Upon hearing Yang Anlong’s words, the man’s face immediately showed a trace of fear, somewhat trembling as he spoke: "Fa...Family Head, we simply can’t detect who these people are, and...and those few still alive were taken by Yama Pce, I..."


    Before the man could finish speaking, Yang Anlong interrupted him directly: "Since you can’t find anything, what are you still doing alive in this world."


    With those words, Yang Anlong flicked his fingers, and a sharp sword Qi roared out, directly piercing through the man’s head.


    The man’s face was filled with astonishment, his eyes widened, as he fell directly to the ground, blood flowing from the blood hole in his forehead which looked particrly shocking.


    "Humph, useless."


    Yang Anlong didn’t even look at the man on the ground who died with his eyes open, he shouted towards the outside: "Someonee."


    "Family Head."


    Along with Yang Anlong’s voice, a martial artist strode in from the outside, respectfully kneeling on one knee beside Yang Anlong, as for the corpse on the ground as if he hadn’t seen it or was already used to such scenes, indifferent to it.


    "Go, inform the intelligence group, I’ll give them three more days, if they still can’t find out who attacked Avril, let them all bring their heads to see me, Yang Family doesn’t need waste." Yang Anlong said coldly.


    "Yes, Family Head, I’ll inform them immediately."


    The martial artist nodded and directly turned away walking out.


    Yang Anlong watched the martial artist’s back, his eyes shing with a venomous light like a snake: "Dare to sabotage my n, Yang Anlong, you’re tired of living, humph."


    Meanwhile, in the conference room of Maria Catholic Church, Avril sat on the chair with an icy expression, her body emitting a frigid aura, making her whole look like an ice-cold beauty.


    "Dio, Poseidon, what are you here for early this morning, tough at me?"


    Avril looked at Poseidon and Dio sitting beside her, her eyes shing with icy light.


    Just as Avril’s words fell, Poseidon immediately smiled and said: "Holy Daughter, you’re joking. We’re partners, we don’t intend tough at our partners, we just want to ask, Holy Daughter, you’re not hurt, are you?"


    "I won’t die for now."


    Avril’s tone was still full of coldness. What happenedst night could be said to be the greatest humiliation of her life. She was chased to the point where there was no way to escape and almost died in China, yet she had no idea who attacked her. This filled her with rage with nowhere to vent, leaving her only to bottle it up inside. This suffocating feeling gave Avril the urge to kill.


    "Since you are unharmed, Holy Daughter, we can be at ease."


    Poseidon nodded and was about to speak again when the conference room door suddenly swung open. Charles, the bodyguard beside Avril, walked in from outside holding something resembling an invitation.


    "Bishop Charles, what happened?" Avril immediately asked when she saw Charles walk in.


    "Holy Daughter, this is an invitation that Sima Lingyun had someone send over just now. Take a look." Charles handed the ck invitation to Avril.


    "Judge’s Mark."


    Seeing clearly the appearance of the invitation, Avril’s brow furrowed. This ck card was clearly the usual Judge’s Mark of the Netherworld Mercenary Corps, sent out before they made any move.


    Taking a deep breath, Avril hesitated not a moment before epting the card and opening it. Immediately, a line of words, written in blood-red strokes, came into view.


    "King Yan demands your death by the third watch, no one can extend it to the fifth watch. Three dayster, we invite you all for a showdown at the Great Wall. We hope you honor us with your presence. Laters will not be entertained. Regards, Netherworld Mercenary Corps."


    As Avril read this line aloud, the entire conference room fell silent. No one had expected Lu Tianxing to be so brazen, daring to send them a challenge, intending to wipe them outpletely. Wasn’t this a bit too arrogant?


    Staring at the words on the invitation, Avril’s brow furrowed deeply, not understanding what gave Lu Tianxing the courage to issue them a direct challenge, aiming to eliminate thempletely.


    "Bishop Charles, are you sure this invitation was sent by the people from the Yanhuang Group and not someone from the Judge?" Avril said gravely.


    "I’m sure it was delivered by the Yanhuang Group. When we first arrived in China, this person was one of those who received us, Jiao Long from the Yanhuang Group." Charles replied slowly.


    "I understand, Bishop Charles, you may leave now."


    Charles nodded and, without saying anything more, turned and walked out.


    Once Charles had left, Avril tossed the Judge’s Mark to Dio and slowly asked, "What do you all think about this, any opinions?"


    "Hmph, what opinion could there be? I think the Judge is just tired of living. Does he think that winningst night means he can ce us at his mercy? Since he’s courting death, we might as well oblige him."


    Dio nced at the Judge’s Mark, then aggressively tossed it to Poseidon, his eyes shing with extreme ruthlessness. As a member of the American Superhero Team, he was always the one provoking others, never the other way around. Coupled with the humiliation he suffered at Lu Tianxing’s handsst night, his murderous intent had almost reached a boiling point, like a volcano ready to erupt. If Lu Tianxing stood before him now, Dio would not hesitate to crush his bones to dust.


    Poseidon nced at the Judge’s Mark, then casually tossed it back to Avril, ignoring Dio’s words. He said calmly, "Holy Daughter, it appears this time the Judge hase prepared. Rash action might not be in our favor."


    Hearing the words of Poseidon and Dio, Avril took a deep breath and didn’t immediately respond, instead lowering her head in thought.


    Lu Tianxing having the Yanhuang Group send this invitation could only mean one thing: forcing them into a direct confrontation. Clearly, Lu Tianxing must have set up a trap waiting for them. However, just as Lu Tianxing had no choice but toe to Beijing, they were facing an open setup by him. Knowing full well that trapsy within, they had no other options. If they wanted to kill Lu Tianxing, they had no choice but to walk into it.


    For in the Judge’s Mark, the phrase ters will not be entertained’ said it all. If they did not show up, Lu Tianxing would undoubtedly leave Beijing. Given the strength Lu Tianxing demonstrated yesterday at the Sky Dragon Club, once he broke through to thete stage of Mythical, he would be an invincible powerhouse of an era. If allowed to continue growing, none among them could stop Lu Tianxing. To eliminate a genius, the best method is to quash them in the cradle before they mature. This was the best and only option, and Lu Tianxing was using this rationale to force them into a confrontation.


    "Avril, why are you still silent? You’re not trying to persuade us to give up this opportunity, are you? To back down after such provocation from a yellow-skinned monkey? You aren’t thinking of swallowing this insult again, are you?" At this instant, Dio taunted cynically.


    Avril snapped back from her reverie at these words and retorted without reservation, "Hmph, Dio, if you’re still eager to kneel on the ground, I won’t mind helping you with that."