My profession is too unique.

Chapter 145 A Small Test of Skill Leads to a Head Rolling Off
Soon, a crack that stretched across the sky suddenly opened up, with vein-like veins growing at its edges and chaotic matter of black and red churning inside.

A heart-pounding roar came from deep within the rift, clearly audible even here.

Each tremor caused the blood-red sky to shake violently, and wisps of dark blood mist seeped from the edges of the cracks, as if slowly bleeding outwards.

"This is... a rotten fissure?" He Kang asked, his expression filled with shock.

"Today seems to be the day to execute that priest..." Xiao Ying frowned, puzzled, "How could killing the priest of Black Tuo attract the 'Crimson's' methods?"

As the two talked, a protective shield began to intertwine and converge above the courtroom, each layer flowing with energy halos of different attributes.

The inner layer is interwoven with golden symbols, while the outer layer is surrounded by a dark purple defense matrix, forming a three-dimensional defense network along spherical coordinates.

"I don't know, something bad is probably going to happen. Let's go." He Kang's expression was solemn, and he felt he had taken on the responsibility of being a judge.

"It's nothing serious, just a crack in the corruption. The chief can definitely handle it. I'll go talk to the presiding judge upstairs." Xiao Ying's expression shifted slightly.

With He Kang present, it's difficult to say many things.

“You…” He Kang glanced at him coldly. Even now, he’s still thinking about that dirty business.

He didn't bother to say anything more and dashed out. Many judges had already started moving and heading out of the courtroom.

……

"Why make such a fuss, just to save a Black Tuo priest? Is it worth it?"

Su Chen also stepped out of his residence and looked at the huge crimson crack in the sky in the distance, where crimson lightning fell as if it would engulf the earth.

Due to visual perception, the actual place where the Black Priest was executed was almost outside the city.

"And it seems that it's not just the followers of the Black Buddha who are saving people; they've actually caught a big fish."

The scene before him reminded him of the winged creature he had encountered during his first babbling trial.

Blue and red flames rose from the ground, sweeping towards the sky, and then transformed into chains that bound the two sides of the crack, forcibly curbing its expansion.

The sky is like an unfolding scroll painting, with surging crimson chaos above and rising frost-fired pure land below.

"Reverence for Heaven..." Upon seeing this scene, Su Chen immediately understood that this was the seventh-tier intermediate profession, [Purifying Flame Spirit].

"It seems like there shouldn't be any major problems. Ying Feng has four more people as awesome as Lao Chong," Su Chen thought to himself.

Suddenly, a powerful female voice rang in his ears, "Senior judges without urgent missions, come with me to the execution chamber."

A streak of light pierced the sky above the courtroom; it was Judge You Shan leading a team to provide support. This scene was clearly beyond her expectations.

"Hmm?" Su Chen's heart suddenly skipped a beat. "In that case, Chong Jingtian and You Shan are not here, and Jiang Shumo is not here either. In the courtroom, only Lei Tieyan is left."

"Maybe he went too, and even if he didn't, the adjudication office is quite far from the medical office."

"Perhaps this is the best opportunity."

Upon realizing this, Su Chen couldn't help but feel excited, but he quickly suppressed it. "No, Wei Yinshuo still has guards around him, and Xue Fei alone is not someone I can handle."

"But perhaps it's worth a try, if I'm not mistaken..."

The noise outside the door continued, and Su Chen could clearly feel powerful life forms passing by.

The sky was crimson, and the ground was also crimson, accompanied by a deafening roar.

Su Chen took out a black cloak from the storage space.

[Hermit's Cloak - Tier 3: Smokes concealment with the hide of a Dark Night Meerkat, allowing for the collection of environmental information and camouflage.]

He unfolded the cloak and draped it over his shoulders; the edges of the fabric rippled with a water-like distortion, creating a visual illusion of the silhouette.
When moving, the cloak creates a dynamic visual camouflage, one of the things Ironrock sent specifically for concealment.

The other item was a silver metal mask that was fastened to the face, covered with gray marks.

[Shadow Steel Mask - Tier 4: Forged from a special alloy, capable of interfering with mental energy.]

This is a fourth-tier item, and it's quite expensive, costing nearly ten million gold. It's powered by mental energy, and if his system weren't still in its early stages and able to withstand the consumption, he really wouldn't dare to use it.

Su Chen completely disappeared from sight; only the sound of the wind could be heard.

.........

"...What a commotion." Wei Yinshuo looked out the window and couldn't help but ask, "Weren't they killing Black Tuo's followers? Why are the Crimson followers making a move?"

"What exactly do Yingfeng's various followers want to do?"

The voices around them carried a hint of surprise and doubt. The believers who remained in Yingfeng were mostly there to gather information and cover up the truth, and only occasionally would they carry out important tasks.

It's not that Ying Feng doesn't take it seriously, but rather that years of confrontation have allowed Ying Feng to master basic screening methods, making it difficult for their people to infiltrate.

Suddenly, Wei Yinshuo's expression changed, and he turned around to see Xiao Ying, who had been brought in again by Xue Fei.

"Why are you back again?" Wei Yinshuo frowned, looking at Xue Fei with displeasure.

"Uncle, he said he has important information." Xue Fei feigned helplessness, smiled wryly, and went out, closing the door behind him.
"Judge Wei..." Xiao Ying went straight to the point this time: "There are no outsiders here, so I'll be frank. Are you really going to sit idly by and watch Xia Hanshi's student become the chief judge?"

"Do I need to tell you how much conflict you two have? Just look at the underhanded things you did when Su Chen was taking the assessment. It wasn't unnoticed."

"Now that Chu Xuan is dead, who among your students can take on the responsibility? Are you counting on Xue Fei?"

"Of your three sons, two have died, and the third is merely a talented silver-tipped individual. Your grandsons are also all unworthy of greatness."

Xiao Ying spoke with heartfelt sincerity, "By the time he becomes the chief judge, you will be old and frail, and the collapse of your family will be imminent!"

“Family…” Wei Yinshuo revealed a complicated expression, and said calmly, “What exactly do you mean?”

"Kill!" A cold light flashed in Xiao Ying's eyes.

"Wei Yufan asked you to deliver a message?" Wei Yinshuo asked, his eyes narrowed.
"Will yes or no affect your decision?" Xiao Ying asked in return.

“Su Chen is only at the third level, do I need to kill him?” Wei Yinshuo shook his head, “You can kill him yourself.”

“It is possible,” Xiao Ying said in a deep voice, “but he almost never leaves the courtroom, and his whereabouts are difficult to determine. It would be very difficult for him to do it silently.”

"You're going to break the rules." Wei Yinshuo frowned.

Xiao Ying's voice was extremely low, but the fierce light in her eyes was almost tangible: "The victor is king, the loser is villain."

"Wei Yufan, are you so afraid?" Wei Yinshuo's eyes were deep and unfathomable.

“It’s not fear, it’s just to nip the threat in the bud.” Xiao Ying’s tone was filled with dissatisfaction. “If the chief hadn’t insisted on his own way, things wouldn’t have come to this.”

A challenge arena inexplicably erased years of hard work. This might be good for newcomers like Su Chen and Chu Xuan, but what about them?
"If you agree, your family will appoint another chief judge. If you don't agree, you can hand me over to the chief." Xiao Ying seemed to have already made up her mind.

After a long while, he heard Wei Yinshuo sigh, "I understand."

A hint of joy flashed in Xiao Ying's eyes, but she didn't say anything more, only sincerely saying, "You won't regret it."

Watching Xiao Ying leave, Wei Yinshuo heard a voice in his ear again, "This Wei Yufan... seems like someone I can get in touch with."

.........

"As expected!" As Xiao Ying stepped out of the medical department, he could not contain his excitement and was almost beaming with joy. Even the surging crimson sea of ​​lightning on the horizon seemed to be celebrating for him.

"I knew it. How could that old guy Wei Yinshuo have a sudden enlightenment after being seriously injured once? It's just that the price wasn't right."

Xiao Ying's gloom dissipated. What made him want to kill Su Chen was, on the one hand, the other party's talent and strength, and on the other hand, the gloom of the bidding day.

It hasn't been long, and Su Chen has already managed to persuade high-ranking officials in the supervisory department to intervene on his behalf. If we wait any longer, things will get out of hand.

Although the Security Bureau had sent people to contact Wei Yufan, he was already surrounded by people and could not tolerate more interference.

Su Chen, being all alone, is more likely to become a sought-after target in their eyes.

Yu Shan's summons left the medical facility, already located in a remote corner, almost deserted.

The sky roared incessantly, like muffled thunder, occasionally bursting open with dazzling light. The enormous rift gradually began to close, proving that reverence for the heavens was not just empty talk.

Out of a subconscious habit over the years, Xiao Ying walked in the shadows on both sides of the road.

"Should we also take Minglin down..." He thought for a moment, then rejected the idea: "Forget it, he's not as threatening as Su Chen. If we kill him too, it would be too obvious."

"If Old Wei hadn't decisively advanced to the fifth rank, he would have defeated us head-on on the challenge stage. What would have been the point of competing then?"

"What a pity..." Then, Xiao Ying's eyes filled with pity: "If he weren't so powerful, perhaps we could have been friends..."

Click!

Suddenly, another thunderclap rang out. Xiao Ying was startled, and his expression changed drastically, because this thunder did not sound in the sky, but right next to his ears!

The air around him was suddenly torn apart, and a ball of lightning, condensed to its extreme, exploded. In the blinding white light, the outline of a straight-bladed longsword could be vaguely seen, its blade completely enveloped in leaping lightning plasma.

The lightning wasn't scattered; instead, it coiled around the blade like a living thing, emitting continuous booming sounds.

The longsword's trajectory left a visible ionized trail, leaving charred cracks in the air wherever it passed.

Before the blade even reached Xiao Ying, a stinging pain, like being pricked by needles, had already shot through her skin.

Someone attacked me!
who! ?

Xiao Ying was shocked and furious. Before she could react, the blade was already in front of her, as if it had appeared out of thin air without any warning.

The dazzling lightning obscured his vision, making it impossible for him to see the person wielding the knife.

Su Chen's eyes were cold, his hands gripped the blade, his arms trembled, and every muscle and vein in his body throbbed.

This attack even depleted most of the nutrients stored in the Abyss's stomach.

First, he used [Saintly Hand] to enhance [Azure Thunder Collapse Clouds], attaching it to the blade formed by [Liquid Gold Illusion Blade], and then secretly charged up his power to the extreme.

Xiao Ying was, after all, a fourth-tier professional. Even though he was only mentally focused, he did not underestimate him and went all out to unleash his strongest attack!
Who! Who is it?!

Xiao Ying roared; at least in his own perception, he was the one roaring.

The lightning blade that struck him was indeed powerful, but not to the point that he couldn't block it. As long as he could... he could...

He was shocked to discover that his powerful spiritual energy was gradually dissipating.

Not only that, but the world was spinning around me, everything around me was silent, the roar in the sky, the thunder that was right next to me, everything was disappearing.

However, as a mentally-oriented professional, his strong mental strength has become a burden at this moment.

He was acutely aware that he was approaching death, but he was powerless to stop it.

"who!?"

Xiao Ying was unwilling. The excitement from just now had not yet faded. Her biggest threat was about to be eliminated, but she was actually ambushed and killed inside the courtroom.

"Who is it? Who is it...?"

The dissipating spiritual energy, in its final moments, attempted to gather together, seemingly wanting to see clearly who was ambush him.

Crackling!

But with a flash of lightning, it completely collapsed.

The severed head, before it even hit the ground, vanished along with the swaying corpse, leaving no trace of the spurting blood.

Su Chen's figure vanished without a trace, buried beneath the roar of the sky.

"call…"

Within the spatial interlayer, Su Chen moved very slowly, taking out compressed nutrient solution from the storage space, and then slowly raising his hand to his lips.

On one hand, it replenishes the Abyss Stomach's energy reserves, and on the other hand, it quickly transforms into mental energy, maintaining his activity within the spatial interlayer.

"I never expected to run into this guy." Su Chen was also surprised. He was already very familiar with the area and had been walking carefully.

As soon as they arrived in the vicinity, they saw Xiao Ying coming out of the medical department in high spirits, though they wondered what made her so happy.

After a moment's thought, he decided to use him as a test to see what the situation was like in the courtroom.

"However, killing him was much easier than I thought."

Xiao Ying is a fourth-tier mental-based professional. In order to increase her physical strength, she tried a physical profession, but only reached the second tier.

He hid in the spatial interlayer and attacked with all his might.

Xiao Ying, seemingly lost in thought, was completely unguarded and was easily taken advantage of.

After waiting a while longer, they found that there was no movement and no one noticed anything amiss or came to investigate.

"The situation is about as expected; most people's attention has been drawn to the outside." Su Chen pondered, taking a deep breath. Xiao Ying was just an appetizer; the main event was yet to come.

In the spatial interlayer, Su Chen gradually transformed into the "Black Tuo Priest" state, and that clear and intense sensation came from the medical area in front of him.

"Hopefully, I guessed right."

……

"...I like people who have desires and are willing to cross the line for their desires."

Hearing the voice in his ear, Wei Yinshuo shook his head and said, "It will be difficult for you to turn Wei Yufan into one of your own. He is different from me. After Su Chen disappeared, he is still himself and the most likely candidate to become the chief judge."

"They're just playing a supporting role. Su Chen is just an extra task. We need more people."

Wei Yinshuo's eyes flickered slightly, wanting to ask more, but he noticed the voice beside him suddenly rise in pitch, and he became even more surprised and suspicious: "I sensed it again, that priest from before has appeared, right outside!"

"How could that be? That priest was executed today." Wei Yinshuo instinctively denied it, then realized and asked in astonishment, "There's another priest outside?"

"Didn't Yingfeng only have one priest? Where did this one come from?"

The voice beside her was also puzzled, but quickly replied, "No, we have to see him."

(End of this chapter)