"Hmph, this reckless man." How could Su Qingyu not be worried? Every time Ye Shikai went to the relics, it was a life-or-death situation, and several times he barely survived. Now he was going to the relics without her knowledge. Thinking about this, Su Qingyu found it a bit amusing. The two of them were clearly divorced, so why couldn't she stop thinking about Ye Shikai? She couldn't deceive herself; Ye Shikai's safety was the thing she cared about the most right now, and she couldn't bring herself to heartlessly return home to sleep soundly...

"Besides, the relics are in Chang'an. Even if you, President, go now, by the time you get there, the relics will already be completely closed." Ailina continued.

"Yes... right, I'm going to Chang'an now. I want to watch him come out." Su Qingyu seemed to have been awakened. If she leaves for Chang'an now, she could probably arrive by morning, and by the afternoon, the relics would be about to close. Su Qingyu wanted to wait outside for Ye Shikai to come out. Saying so, she rushed out of the base, driving towards the airport.

"Pres...President, oh dear, what did I just say?" Ailina was somewhat regretful. Indeed, speaking too much leads to mistakes. Now, with just a word, she made Su Qingyu determined to go to Chang'an.

"Forget it, you stay here to guard the base. I'll take some people to protect her. There aren't many people left in the base, so you must guard it well." Soul Destroyer picked up his weapon, not forgetting to advise. Ye Shikai had mobilized almost all the Hidden Guards, leaving only one team to guard the base. If Soul Destroyer took away some more, only a dozen people would remain in the entire base.

"Go on, rest assured, leave it to me here." Ailina was a bit helpless. Fortunately, in Yanjing, there were still people from the Moon God Temple, so if anything happened, they could ask for assistance.

"Commander Ailina, there are only us left in the base…" According to her instructions, the remaining Hidden Guards on standby had gathered, and when counted, including Ailina, there were only thirteen people in total.

"Everyone on alert, the base is only us now, there can't be any problems."

"Yes, Commander."

At this moment, outside the Netherworld Palace base, a pair of eyes was fixated on the entrance. As Soul Destroyer and Su Qingyu left, the corners of that person's mouth curled into a smile. He pulled out a mobile phone from his pocket and dialed a number.

"Report, Soul Destroyer has led his team out, and now the base is loosely guarded."

"Very well, assemble the team, and make sure not to alert them."

"Yes."

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Bai Qi's Relics.

Ye Shikai pondered over the gold and silver in the storage ring. If he could get out like this, it would be a huge profit.

Of course, this journey had some joyful and some sorrowful. From the moment Li Yueying entered the relics, it seemed she hadn't been blessed by the heavens and had constantly been at odds with Ye Shikai.

"Li Yueying, don't say I didn't help you. This storage ring was obtained from a previous relic and was a gift from a master." Ye Shikai said calmly, "Since you're traveling with me, I'll share half of these treasures with you once we get out."

"Hmph, who would want that garbage." Li Yueying snorted coldly upon hearing this. It seemed she was still angry.

"Is that so, then I won't politely decline." Ye Shikai, feigning modesty while taking advantage, thought to himself that Li Yueying was indeed interested in those spoils of war. After all, it was several tons of gold, along with antique jade artifacts. But she simply couldn't let go of her pride. Ye Shikai had already guessed Li Yueying would refuse, but he would still give the gold. Not because he was enormously generous, but because if Li Yueying threw a fit like a lady after their exit, the power of the Li Mansion could indeed be troublesome. Ye Shikai was arrogant now precisely because there weren't many people accompanying Li Yueying, and once she took half of the spoils, she'd have no room to retaliate.

Bong, bong, bong.

"Stop, there's the sound of footsteps ahead." Ye Shikai gestured, and everyone immediately tensed up.

"It's the Ghost Soldiers, everyone fall back." Ye Shikai's exceptional hearing quickly picked up on the rhythm of the footsteps and the sound of armor clashing, unmistakably identifying them as Ghost Soldiers.

"Quick, retreat." Ye Shikai quickly ran backward, and seeing this, everyone else hurriedly followed as if someone were indeed chasing them from behind.

Bam.

They returned near the copper door when suddenly, with a loud bang, the copper door slammed shut. Chen Yuxin and Ye Shikai tried to open it but to no avail. It seemed locked tight — was this to trap them like fish in a barrel?

"Damn, the door won't open." Everyone tried pushing the door together, but the strength of the copper door was beyond imagination. It seemed a fight to the death was inevitable.

The Ghost Soldiers approached slowly, maintaining a tight formation, shattering the group's "hope." They had witnessed the formidable power of the Ghost Soldiers, and the pervasive death aura was terrifying.

When both sides were about twenty meters apart, the Ghost Soldiers' formation suddenly stopped. Everyone exchanged glances, yet they dared not be careless. The only way to survive now seemed to be defeating all these Ghost Soldiers. Perhaps, the sudden closure of the copper door was also a way to encourage them to defeat these Ghost Soldiers.

"Xin, you hide behind me." Ye Shikai reached out to protect Chen Yuxin behind him, drawing out a sharp metal sword.

"Soul of the Blade, what should we do next?"

"Don't your Huaxia people have a saying, 'if the enemy doesn't move, we don't move'? If these Ghost Soldiers don't move, then you all shouldn't move first either." Soul of the Blade responded calmly.

"Hey, that's too reckless. What if they start shooting arrows later?" Ye Shikai felt helpless. Sometimes Soul of the Blade seemed too unreliable. No, he had to come up with another plan.

"If worst comes to worst, I'll use the Netherworld Blade." Ye Shikai murmured to himself. He had an ace up his sleeve, at least enough to ensure everyone's escape.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes, the time ticked away bit by bit, yet the Ghost Soldiers in front showed no signs of movement, not even drawing their swords. Could it be... the Ghost Soldiers couldn't see them?

"Kai, what's going on here?" Chen Yuxin asked curiously.

"I'm not quite sure either."

Ta-da-da.

Suddenly, from within the army formation, a figure resembling a General emerged. The armor and helmet were notably different from the soldiers, suggesting it was a Ghost General.

The Ghost General slowly drew a longsword, tossing the scabbard aside, and pointed the sword toward the group.

"Soul of the Blade, what's this about?"

"According to your Huaxia's customs, before a major battle, the two generals should engage in a duel first, right?"

"Could it be that this Ghost General wants to duel me?" Ye Shikai whispered. Upon looking around at the soldiers, they showed no intention of moving, perhaps... this Ghost General truly meant to challenge someone to a duel.

"Very well, I'll fight you." Ye Shikai stepped forward, signaling to those behind him not to follow.

"You all stand back, don't come forward under any circumstances." Ye Shikai instructed, drawing his sharp sword and pointing it at the Ghost General.

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