As he spoke, Su Yang's tone was filled with unconcealed amusement.
Moreover, Su Yang intentionally reminded Shangguan Zhongtang of the illegal actions he had committed before.
However, Shangguan Zhongtang acted as if he had forgotten what he had done.
He snorted coldly and said, "Longguo does not interfere with these matters and even allows wars between officials or between officials and ordinary families.
Even if I am criticized later, if I say you killed my son, do you think my superiors will sympathize with me?
As for you, it's hard to say."
Saying this, Shangguan Zhongtang let out a cold laugh and continued, "If you come to me now, kneel before me, kowtow and admit your mistakes, and apologize to my son, I will consider giving you a quick death."
Hearing Shangguan Zhongtang's words, Su Yang burst into laughter.
"Hahahahahahaha!" Su Yang stood on the mountaintop, using his binoculars to see Shangguan Zhongtang standing behind a defense line on the coast.
"Shangguan Zhongtang, aren't you a bit too arrogant?"
"I'm arrogant?" Shangguan Zhongtang was momentarily speechless. "Do you truly not know who is arrogant? Fine, even if I am arrogant, I have the capital for it. Do you?"
"Why wouldn't I?" Su Yang's tone softened. "If I didn't have the capital for arrogance, I wouldn't be talking to you like this right now, nor would I dare to fight you.
Also, don't forget, you sent people to assassinate me multiple times before, yet I am still alive and well."
"That was your luck! Now that I'm taking action personally, do you still think you can escape by luck?"
Su Yang curved his lips. "Some people always mistake strength for luck, and you are one of them. How boring. You'll find out later. You don't really think I only have that one dilapidated ship, do you?"
Shangguan Zhongtang snorted coldly. A few minutes ago, he had already seen the reinforcements sent by Shangguan Qianji appearing on the sea.
However, he didn't know these were reinforcements sent by his own son to kill him.
"Not one dilapidated ship, but two. I see them both," Shangguan Zhongtang said with a confident smile. "Su Yang, is that all the strength you have with these two ships? Haven't you seen the ships on my coastline?"
Su Yang had indeed seen them. He had seen them yesterday.
Yesterday, while the Yangwei was underwater, as it passed through Shangguan Zhongtang's territory, Su Yang saw dozens of ships docked on the sea.
The disparity in strength was indeed huge, but Su Yang was not nervous at all.
This was because Su Yang had a special combat force on the Yangwei.
Shangguan Zhongtang could never imagine what this force was.
When Su Yang first obtained this power, he also didn't know what it was. But later, the system explained it, and combined with movies Su Yang had watched before, Su Yang understood how to use this mysterious force given by the system.
Armored robots. With these, Su Yang wasn't afraid of Shangguan Zhongtang's dozens of ships.
Even without them, Su Yang wouldn't be afraid.
At this moment, Sakata Chong's forces were also distributed among Shangguan Zhongtang's forces. Once the battle began, Sakata Chong's men would launch an attack, catching Shangguan Zhongtang completely off guard.
Shangguan Zhongtang wouldn't be able to cope.
"It's just over twenty ships. Do you think I'm afraid?" Su Yang asked Shangguan Zhongtang with a smile.
Hearing Su Yang's words, for the first time, Shangguan Zhongtang felt a sense of admiration for Su Yang.
It wasn't about anything else, but just at this moment, facing Shangguan Zhongtang's overwhelming power, Su Yang was still so confident.
Su Yang's psychological fortitude truly made Shangguan Zhongtang feel a sense of admiration.
"Shouldn't you be afraid?" Shangguan Zhongtang's tone became bland. He was actually suspecting if Su Yang had some kind of mental illness, otherwise, he wouldn't be so arrogant in front of Shangguan Zhongtang when facing imminent death.
What Shangguan Zhongtang didn't know was that Su Yang wasn't mentally ill; he genuinely wasn't afraid because he indeed possessed the capability to face Shangguan Zhongtang's forces.
"Your strength is not enough to make me fear," Su Yang chuckled. "Shangguan Zhongtang, the battle begins in ten minutes. Just wait for your death."
After saying this, Su Yang hung up the phone.
After being hung up on again, Shangguan Zhongtang truly lost his temper.
Facing such a calm Su Yang, it was impossible for Shangguan Zhongtang to say he wasn't agitated.
Vaguely, Shangguan Zhongtang felt that Su Yang might have some contingency plan, but for now, he couldn't figure out what it was that allowed Su Yang to remain so calm despite such a massive disparity in power.
However... regardless of whether Su Yang had a contingency plan or not, Shangguan Zhongtang had to prepare one.
After Su Yang hung up, Shangguan Zhongtang looked at the sea. At this moment, the Yangwei and another ship that had rushed over had already rendezvoused.
Shangguan Zhongtang issued an order: "All personnel enter combat readiness. The battle begins in ten minutes."
After speaking, Shangguan Zhongtang returned to his room.
He then dialed Shangguan Qianji's number.
Regardless of whether Su Yang had a contingency plan, Shangguan Zhongtang believed that his own contingency plan was the most formidable.
He was very confident about this.
"Hello, Father."
Shangguan Qianji answered the phone respectfully.
"Hmm, have you taken Su Yang's family hostage?"
Shangguan Qianji glanced at the few people sitting in the garden eating breakfast and said, "Yes, they are hostages. Please rest assured."
Receiving Shangguan Zhongtang's call, Shangguan Qianji guessed that Su Yang might be at an advantage.
Otherwise, Shangguan Zhongtang probably wouldn't have resorted to this contingency plan.
However, Shangguan Qianji didn't know the specific situation.
Shangguan Zhongtang wouldn't tell him, which made Shangguan Qianji somewhat anxious.
"Father, how is your situation?"
Hearing Shangguan Qianji's question, Shangguan Zhongtang scoffed, "The battle is about to begin, and Su Yang will surely die. But I vaguely feel like he has some contingency plan. With the strength of just two dilapidated ships, he still dares to be so arrogant in front of me.
Send me photos of Su Yang's family members you've taken hostage, and videos if possible. If Su Yang has a contingency plan, I'll send these to him.
I want to see if Su Yang will choose his own life or the lives of his many relatives."
According to Shangguan Zhongtang's previous investigations, Su Yang was very good to his family.
"Yes, Father."