My profession is too unique.

Chapter 118 Assassination! The Death of Liu Chen!
“That’s perfect…” Su Chen reached out and took out the Azure Rope and Scale Armor from his storage space.

Upon advancing to the third tier, he can also upgrade his weapon simultaneously.

Upon arriving at the basement, I opened the storage room where materials were kept. I took out the Green Rope, infused it with my mental energy, and activated the professional ability of the Military Training Master.

Among the materials piled up all around, pieces of refined iron ore emerged, softening and shining as if placed in a furnace.

It transformed into drops of scorching liquid metal, its surface rippling. These droplets did not scatter, but were drawn by a powerful suction force, flying towards the blue iron whip suspended in the center.

"laugh--!"

The moment the molten gold touched the iron whip, it emitted a violent sound. It wasn't water vapor rising, but rather a reaction as intense as a branding iron encountering solid ice.

The originally simple and unadorned blue rope body greedily absorbed the sweet rain, quickly swallowing and merging with the liquid.

Crystal-clear fibers adhered to it, followed by a continuous influx of liquid gold, no longer a simple covering, but a true fusion and reshaping.

On the cyan base of the iron whip, mysterious dark gold patterns began to meander, like the veins of a living thing, extending, intertwining, and shimmering as more molten metal flowed in.

It becomes thicker and more solid at a visible speed, and the surface is no longer rough and frosted, but presents a strange luster with a deep blue and dark gold interwoven and a liquid metallic texture.

[Liquid Gold Illusion Blade (Tier 3): Upgraded with mental energy from a mixture of refined gold and spiritual fibers, it can mimic various weapon types.]

Having completed her transformation, Su Chenrou pinched her brow, feeling a little dizzy.

His mental energy was too depleted; if it weren't for his superior foundation, he wouldn't have been able to hold on halfway through.

"The consumption is really not small..." Su Chen clicked his tongue. No wonder he needed to advance in his main profession before he could level up.

If one's mental strength is insufficient, even melting materials is difficult, let alone deep fusion.

The phantom blade before him had shed its iron chain shape and appeared as a single, seamless piece. With a slight movement in Su Chen's heart, it gradually transformed into a metal spear, like flowing liquid.

“The Spirit Essence Fiber is highly malleable, which gives it a variety of mimicry properties…” Su Chen played with the cool-to-the-touch weapon.

However, the creation process is quite long, and it obviously cannot be quickly changed during battle, but it's still pretty good.

Activate the Spirit Realm Device to aid in mental recovery and quickly upgrade the scales as well.

[Purple-Gold Scale Armor (Tier 3): Upgraded using mental energy by mixing purple sparrow scales with high-purity nanoparticles.]

The third-tier scales are thicker and heavier, and the base of the cyan scales is mixed with purple light, making them more defensive and faster in responding to the added defense.

Rubbing his head, Su Chen returned to his bedroom and rested for a while. When he opened his eyes again, he felt refreshed and his eyes were shining brightly.

“Mental recovery is different from sleeping…” Su Chen stretched, feeling refreshed.

He glanced at the time; it was already midnight, which was about right. After tidying up a bit, he went out, this time without taking the hovercar.

After leaving the courtroom, he changed several modes of transportation and walked for a while, using the [Shadow Boots] to make his body blurry and difficult to see.

"...Liu Chen is a physical-focused class, and his development progress should have reached the latter half of the third tier. The first and second tiers are still top-tier, indicating considerable accumulated experience..."

Su Chen lowered his head and had already put on the mimicry mask, simply changing his facial features.

The mimicry mask brought by Nanfeng is somewhat outdated, but it's still usable for now.

"Hmm, we've arrived."

He looked up and saw that it was a high-end hotel. According to the information he had gathered over this period of time, Liu Chen had a girlfriend and often went out to party.

……

"...Hiss, why are you in such a hurry today..."

Inside the room, a beautiful woman with long, wavy hair was wincing in pain, trying to push away the man who was lying on her chest.

“…Damn it, I’m so angry.” Liu Chen’s voice sounded very irritable. “That guy still hasn’t come to find me.”

"Is it still because of that Su Chen?" The woman seemed to know who he was and what he was talking about. "He is also a core seed, so why... why do we have to suppress him?"

She was somewhat worried, "What if this gets blown up? It'll be hard to handle, won't it?"

"I'm afraid of him?" Liu Chen suddenly looked up and slapped the woman across the face. The woman cried out in pain, her eyes filled with tears.

He continued moving, and in this environment, he made no attempt to hide his emotions, sneering, "If we make a scene, who will say anything? He can't afford it, can he blame me?"

"I gave him a chance, said a few kind words, and I gave him the stuff, just a few lightning cores. He insisted on putting on a brave face. Whose fault is it? Whose fault is it?"

Liu Chen's face grew increasingly ferocious, and his movements became more and more violent.

"I...I..." The woman couldn't speak, her pupils dilated.

Without a sound, the door opened a crack.

Liu Chen suddenly stopped, his whole body covered in cold sweat, feeling as if a thousand knives were about to strike him. The terrifying sense of threat filled him with dread.

"not good!"

This was the moment when he lost his composure. When he realized what was happening, a gust of wind suddenly rushed towards him, and a cold light slashed diagonally. It was a dark gold giant axe, and the axe blade was already right in front of him!

"Such speed!" Liu Chen's eyelids twitched as a powerful azure aura exploded, sending him flying and crashing into the wall.

Immediately, ripples appeared on his skin, and his entire body showed signs of liquefaction. In a short time, he had done his best to transform into an elemental form in order to avoid physical damage.

Although the attack was rushed, he could still sense that the opponent's strength was not particularly high.

If he can just block it, he can…

However, at that moment, Liu Chen's pupils dilated, he felt a sharp pain in his brain, his vision went black, and he faintly heard an annoying low moan in his ear.

"What is this place!?"

Liu Chen was terrified. He looked around and lost control of himself. The elementalization process was abruptly interrupted.

The axe ripped through the air and struck Liu Chen's head with a fierce blow.

click-
A crisp cracking sound rang out, and blood gushed out.

"So hard?" Su Chen looked at the axe blade stuck in his bone. Even though he had lost control, his physical strength was still intact.

The sharp pain in his head jolted Liu Chen awake. The attacker was right next to him, wearing a mask, but the black eyes on his bald head were staring straight at him.

"Black Tuo believer! Mental attack!" Liu Chen was shocked, angry, and terrified. This level of mental attack could even cause him to completely lose control.

This person is probably already on the verge of becoming a fourth-tier mental professional!
"Why did you attack me!" Liu Chen roared. Faced with a life-or-death crisis, his adrenaline surged, and shimmering blue scales appeared on his skin, rippling like water.

"It wasn't me who destroyed the Pang family." He couldn't understand why these Black Tuo believers were targeting him for revenge.
"So hard..." Su Chen was also surprised. Even if the opponent lost control, it would be difficult to break through using only physical strength.

But then he pressed down with his palm, and his violent mental energy transformed into psychic power that surged into the giant axe in his hand. Spiderweb-like scarlet arcs of electricity suddenly burst forth on the axe's surface.

The leaping bolts of lightning climbed and coiled along the axe blade, ionizing the air they touched and releasing a burnt smell, forming a swirling storm of lightning around them.

The Crimson Thunder Prison was compressed into the giant axe, unleashing even greater destructive power within its small space.

Click!

This blow shattered the scales on its skull and cleaved it from the center!

"Ah—" Liu Chen's eyes widened in anger.

Only then did the woman who had been thrown to the ground get up in a daze, not even realizing what had happened. She felt excruciating pain all over her body, and then heard a "ripping" sound.

Turning her head to look in the direction of the sound, she saw that the body she knew so well had been split open from head to toe, and blood blurred her vision.

Through the gap between the two corpses, she saw a person wearing a mask, bald, with black lines covering the exposed skin of the face, converging at the top of the head to form vertical pupils.

My heart skipped a beat, as if I was about to scream, but then my eyes rolled back and I just passed out.

"As expected of a seed from the inner court..." Su Chen looked at the corpse on the ground, realizing that he had taken the initiative by launching a sneak attack and had even gone through some trouble.

After a quick glance around, his mental energy surged and penetrated into every crevice of the room, pulling all of Liu Chen's belongings into his storage space. He did not find the lightning core.

“This is the unlock card for his hovercar…” Su Chen held the black card, preparing to go inside the car to take a look.

As he was leaving, Su Chen glanced at the woman lying on the ground and thought to himself, "As the only survivor, she will definitely be questioned."

A surge of emotion welled up within her, planting a seed in her mind.

……

After getting out of the hotel garage, Guo found a specially cast metal box in the car.

After being placed in the storage space, it circled around before returning to the courtroom.

"I don't think there will be any problems." Su Chen had been pondering this all the way back. With the recent spate of judge deaths, Liu Chen's involvement in these cases was somewhat coincidental.

My conflict with him occurred... well, outsiders probably have no idea we had a conflict, and he was a third-tier player while I was only a second-tier player.

Su Chen pondered, "But after all, he is an inner court seed, which may cause some turmoil. To be on the safe side, let's keep the matter of advancing to the third rank hidden for a while. Let's not use the D-level meditation method for now, and let's not have the Gu family prepare the third-level auxiliary medicine."

He couldn't figure out why Liu Chen was targeting him, whether it was on his own initiative or at someone else's behest.

But it is indeed disgusting if you are constantly interfered with.

"Hopefully it was his own decision." Su Chen estimated the battle tonight. "With the Wind Boots, in terms of speed alone, Liu Chen wouldn't be able to react. Although there was an element of surprise attack, it's still no less than a third-tier fighter."

Speed ​​is one of the more difficult aspects to improve. After advancing in certain professions, strength may increase by more than ten times, but speed may not increase much, and may even decrease.

"Making the Wind Boots my control tool was the right decision." Su Chen pondered. He had already completed the process of mastering the tool before the attack.

The Wind Boots not only provide their own amplification, but also enhance his abilities, which is why he can achieve that level.

Then, he began to look through his haul for the evening.

The main problem was the small metal box found in Liu Chen's car. It was extremely heavy to carry, and when opened, crackling arcs of electricity immediately shot out.

Among them were three irregular crystals, one red, one blue, and one green, and Su Chen could faintly sense the violent energy contained within them.

"No wonder it was packed in such a heavy box..." Su Chen exclaimed in surprise.

If Liu Chen had these three things with him, he didn't even know if he would survive if he touched them in the room.

Su Chen reached out and picked up one, feeling his body drawing power from it, which then disappeared into an undetectable part of his body.

Just like the last time I came into contact with the secret energy crystal.

Soon, the crystal disappeared without a trace, and the remaining two crystals soon experienced the same thing.

[Swift Wind and Thunder Master Transforms into -- Azure Thunder Master]

“Azure Thunder Master, sounds good…” Su Chen mentally checked it several times before realizing that the second requirement for the job, “Infiltrating an area with a Tier 3 professional in charge,” had already been completed.

"I almost forgot about that, Liu Chen is also at the third rank..."

Having conveniently fulfilled the job requirements, Su Chen was in an even better mood. In a few days, he would also be able to max out his [Azure Thunder Master] skill.

I put the box away and started thinking about whether I had made any mistakes or overlooked anything tonight.

Before dawn, Su Chen suddenly noticed that the noise outside was getting louder.

Pushing open the door, one could see a large crowd of people not far away, with firecrackers and weapons at the ready. Judges were everywhere on the roads inside the courtroom, and several giant chariots had already been pushed out. There were also shuttle-shaped flying vehicles in the sky.

Silent and chilling!

"This is..." Su Chen's heart skipped a beat. Just as he was about to ask someone, a familiar face jumped out from the group. It was Bu Siqi, who looked serious and pulled him into the room.

"Senior brother, what happened?" Su Chen asked in a low voice.

“…one of the inner court’s seeds has died,” Bu Siqi said in a deep voice.

"What?" Su Chen exclaimed in surprise. His reaction was half feigned and half genuine.

I didn’t expect the court to react so quickly. Including the time it took him to return, Liu Chen had only been dead for half a day, yet they had already mobilized so many people.
Moreover, this display of force far exceeded his expectations.

“The one who died was Liu Chen, a talent with the Crimson Gold trait, the future pillar of the Liu family.” Bu Siqi sighed. “The Liu family has been working in the court for generations, with many mid- to high-ranking judges. This has really stirred up a hornet’s nest.”

Su Chen finally understood the true value of Gu Bing's words about "generations of hard work," which involved relatives, friends, students, students' friends, and so on—a complex web of relationships.

In the blink of an eye, such a huge team was assembled.

Of course, he didn't regret it. On the contrary, he thought it was the right thing to do, otherwise he would have been a real pain in the ass.

"Have you found the murderer?" Su Chen couldn't help but ask.

“No way, so fast.” Bu Siqi shook his head.

"Why such a big fuss if the murderer hasn't been found?" Su Chen asked in surprise.

"It's all because of the Supervisory Department," Bu Siqi said angrily. "In the city's death cases, the Supervisory Department arrived first, discovered it was Liu Chen, and then blocked the news. The body was also taken away, and we couldn't get any contact with it. How could the Liu family possibly let this go?"

"Many judges have been dissatisfied during this period and are taking this opportunity to cause trouble at the Ministry of Supervision."

"Go make a scene at the Ministry of Supervision..." Su Chen suddenly realized that he had thought the Liu family was really that powerful, but it turned out that it was just a coincidence.

"I estimate it's still retaliation from the Ghost God Cult and the remnants of the Pang family." Bu Siqi's expression was solemn. Although he didn't know exactly who had attacked Liu Chen, the recent deaths of several judges basically pointed to the previous destruction of the Pang family.

"Haven't you caught all the remaining criminals yet?" Su Chen asked, puzzled. The Ministry of Supervision was so useless.

“Not only are there remnants of the Pang family, but also those who take advantage of the situation to cause trouble, as well as groups of refugees… It’s difficult to catch them all, mainly because of the followers of the Ghost God.” Bu Siqi frowned. “If you say it’s revenge, they’ve only killed a few here and there. If you say it’s not revenge, they keep taking action. It’s really strange.”

"Before today, all those who died were the judges who participated in the destruction of the Pang family, but Liu Chen is also dead, which is puzzling..."

"Could they be looking for the lost divine blood?" Su Chen wondered after hearing what Bu Siqi said.

This "slow killing" doesn't seem like revenge; it's more like searching for some clue.

Bu Siqi gave a final warning: "Liu Chen is a promising talent within the inner court, and his whereabouts are difficult for outsiders to know. There might also be traitors within the court. In any case, you should not go out recently."

"I understand." Su Chen nodded solemnly.

"By the way..." Seeing that Bu Siqi had already reached the door, she turned back and asked, "Are you confident you can handle Chu Xuan?"

"According to the information from the Career Analysis Department, his success rate in advancing to the top-tier third-level profession is very high. I can find someone to give him a hard time."

A show of force... For some reason, Su Chen suddenly thought of Liu Chen.

This guy was probably just being intimidated by someone else.

"No need..." Su Chen shook his head.

"Sigh, don't worry too much about saving face." Bu Siqi thought he was just embarrassed and shook his head. "The courtroom isn't just about fighting and killing; it's also about human relationships."

After seeing Bu Siqi off, Su Chen frowned slightly. The details of the judge's death involved friction between the Ministry of Supervision and the court, and he had been unaware of the specifics until today.

He wasn't afraid of Black Tuo followers coming to his door. Once the pretense was broken, everyone was on his side, and things were easy to talk to.

But other followers of the evil god were not so easy to talk to.

Although he could not only impersonate a follower of the Black God, he also needed to obtain information about the professions of other followers of the Mysterious God.

"Information regarding the appointment of followers of the 'Crazy God' is taboo, and trying to extract it from those insane believers is impossible. Troublesome..."

Upon learning this information, his good mood soured considerably. He went to the logistics department to report the loss of the mechanical puppet and was told that he would have to pay an additional 100,000 gold coins in exchange for a new mechanical puppet body.

Su Chen had no money on him, so he had to owe it to someone else. Fortunately, he still had some face as a core seed.

Back at the villa, they pried open the back of the mechanical puppet's head and, following the instructions, carefully inserted the psionic core into the central slot, accompanied by a surge of electricity.

"Master, thank you for providing Zero with a new body."

Zero made a familiar sound. Su Chen talked to her for a bit and found that she still retained her previous memories and habits.

"Hmm, I wonder what's going on over there..." After finishing his chores, Su Chen couldn't help but think of Liu Chen's death.

On the surface, there should be no problem, but professions are incredibly diverse, and there might be some strange professions that can bypass evidence and point directly to the murderer.

"Try that seed..." Su Chen returned to his bedroom, closed his eyes, and tried to project his mental energy based on the almost imperceptible connection.

"...Are you sure..."

A faint sound reached my ears, then gradually became clearer. The scene before me changed, and I found myself in a white room, where two solemn-looking guards stood before me.

He tried to look around, but found that his vision was beyond his control.

"Is this what that woman saw?" Su Chen realized, and then heard a woman's voice filled with fear and unease, "I've told you everything I saw and heard many times."

“They are followers of the Black Tuo sect. Liu Chen shouted that before he died, and I saw it clearly. I am also from the Engraving Department. Do you think I don’t know what followers of the Black Tuo sect look like?”

"The weapon was an axe, an axe! I didn't see what it looked like, I only saw a head!"

"Why aren't you catching the murderer? What are you doing interrogating me here? If you don't believe me, get someone to read my memories!"

The woman was clearly losing control of her emotions, and her voice grew increasingly louder.

(End of this chapter)