Douluo Continent: The Holy Son of the Spirit Hall, who intercepted the immortal herb

Chapter 46: The moment the Holy Sword appeared, Han Su knelt down faster than anyone else.

The instant the golden light exploded.

The entire corridor was lit up.

It's not just ordinary brightness.

It was a kind of oppressive brightness, as if someone had forcibly shoved the sun under the eaves.

Han Su's palm strike was still in mid-air.

The palm strike was chilling, its soul power surging; it was originally aimed at Su Chen's chest.

But the Holy Sword of Judgment is drawn.

His sinister aura seemed to have encountered some natural nemesis, even the temperature in the air seemed to change.

It's not hot.

It is burning.

It burned so badly that even the seams between your bones felt tight.

Xiao Wu stood behind Su Chen, still holding her breath.

At that moment, she felt a sudden brightness before her eyes, and even her breath caught in her throat.

Su Chen held the sword in one hand.

The sword is entirely golden, with a layer of extremely fine holy fire pressed against its edge. The fire patterns do not explode, but flow quietly along the spine of the sword.

Silence is the scariest thing.

Because that wasn't just bluffing.

That is a power that can truly be controlled and also severed.

Han Su's eyelids twitched suddenly.

He couldn't recognize what kind of martial spirit it was.

But he recognized this oppressive force.

This is not a simple matter of attribute counteraction.

It is a placeholder.

His outstretched hand was delayed by a fraction of an inch.

Just this half.

enough.

Su Chen did not retreat.

They didn't even dodge.

He simply raised his sword and held it horizontally forward.

clang!

A loud bang shook the walls of the corridor, causing plaster to flake off.

Han Su's palm strike landed on the sword as if it had struck a red-hot iron wall.

next second.

His expression changed immediately.

A burning pain shot up from my palm to my arm, followed by a powerful and unreasonable shock that traveled along my meridians and into my chest.

Deng Deng Deng!

Han Su retreated three steps.

With each step back, the soles of his boots scraped against the floor tiles with a screeching sound.

As he retreated to the third step, he felt a sweet taste in his throat, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

The corridor fell silent.

The guards who had rushed forward were all dumbfounded.

The two female deacons behind Xu Tinglan held their breath as they watched.

Xiao Wu was taken aback at first, then her eyes lit up with an alarming brightness.

"Goodness."

"Wasn't that old bastard pretty arrogant just now?"

"Why does it feel like I've been slapped on the back of a door?"

Han Su's face turned green.

He raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, stared at Su Chen, and for the first time, his eyes revealed genuine shock and anger.

"You dare to hurt me?"

Su Chen, sword in hand, spoke in a flat tone, as if he were discussing the weather.

"You struck first."

"I just want you to know what pain is."

As soon as he said that...

Xiao Wu almost burst out laughing.

The more she looked at it, the more relieved she felt.

The most disgusting thing about Han Su is that he is used to standing on high and putting others down, so he always thinks that whatever he says counts.

But now.

He struck out with his palm, but instead of suppressing the person, he was beaten until he vomited blood.

This time, he was completely humiliated.

Han Su was clearly aware of this as well.

His eyes darkened, and his soul power exploded once more.

All five spirit rings lit up simultaneously.

Yellow, purple, black.

Soul King.

And he wasn't just an ordinary Soul King.

As soon as his fifth spirit ring lit up, the chill in the entire corridor instantly intensified, and even the shadows on the ground seemed to be stretched longer.

"Your Highness, Holy Son."

Han Su's voice was hoarse.

"If you really want to make a big deal out of this, then I'll go all the way with you."

Xiao Wu laughed after hearing this.

"Are you a little slow on the uptake?"

"You're the one who's going to be in trouble now, so why are you acting like a victim?"

Han Su ignored her.

He stared at Su Chen, then suddenly raised his hand and pressed down.

The fifth spirit ring lit up.

A dark gray soul force spread out from beneath his feet, like ink seeping outwards along the cracks in the bricks, instantly covering half of the corridor.

"careful."

Xu Tinglan finally spoke.

"His martial spirit has a corrosive effect, so don't let him touch the ground for too long."

Su Chen glanced down at it.

When the gray-black soul energy touched the wooden frame in the corner, the surface of the frame immediately made a sizzling sound, as if something was gnawing away at it layer by layer.

Xiao Wu's expression also became more serious.

She can fight.

But she's not stupid.

This kind of area-based suppression is most annoying to her close-quarters approach.

Han Su sneered.

"It's too late to remind you now."

He stomped his foot and lunged forward.

It's not Chong Xiaowu.

It was still Chong Su Chen.

It is clear.

He knew better than anyone who was really in charge tonight.

As long as Su Chen is kept in check, the rest of the people will have to scatter.

pity.

He's right.

They just picked the wrong target.

Su Chen took a step forward.

The sword wasn't fancy.

It was a direct downward slash with the sword.

No soul skills.

There was no build-up of momentum.

There wasn't even an extra movement.

It's fast.

It was as fast as a golden thread falling right in front of you.

Han Su's pupils contracted, and he abruptly withdrew his hand from Su Chen's chest, instead crossing his arms to block.

boom!

The sword didn't actually cut into his arm.

But the force of the impact still caused Han Su's knees to buckle.

click!

The two floor tiles beneath his feet cracked on the spot.

Han Su looked shorter.

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up.

"Kneeled?"

"No way, they really knelt down?"

Her words were like another slap in the face to Han Su.

Han Su was grinding his teeth to powder.

He didn't want to kneel.

The force was too heavy.

What's even more disgusting is that the golden light pressed down along the sword, landing right on the point where his soul power was circulating, making him feel a sense of frustration that he couldn't exert any force.

He is clearly the Soul King.

Clearly, their level is higher.

But in front of Su Chen's sword, it was completely suppressed and couldn't lift its head.

"Get up!"

Han Su roared and unleashed his soul power, trying to deflect Su Chen's sword.

But Su Chen just looked at him, his gaze as indifferent as if he were looking at a clown struggling in a rather unsightly way.

"Do you think that having more spirit rings is useful?"

The words fell.

Su Chen gently twisted his wrist.

The sword blade, which had been pressed down, suddenly tilted.

Han Su's upward thrust instantly failed.

My entire body lost its balance.

And it was in that chaotic instant that...

Su Chen lifted his leg.

One kick.

boom!

It struck Han Su squarely in the chest.

Han Su was sent flying backward as if he had been hit head-on by a battering ram.

With a loud crash, his back smashed through half of the wooden door at the end of the corridor, sending wood chips flying everywhere, and even knocking over the screen behind it.

This kick went down.

Everyone in the corridor was numb.

Even Lu Ming forgot to tremble, kneeling there staring blankly, his face as white as if he had just been pulled out of the water.

Xiao Wu was silent for half a second.

Then, she completely broke down.

"Su Chen".

"You're being too ruthless."

She said that, but her eyes shone brightly.

Xu Tinglan stood behind, her moon-white sleeves tightening slightly.

She had already overestimated Su Chen as much as possible.

But we still underestimated it.

Han Su was neither Zhou Ling nor an ordinary steward.

That was the deputy hall master of the Soto branch hall, a true Soul King.

As a result, it couldn't even withstand two rounds against Su Chen.

This is not a win.

This is a millstone.

Su Chen didn't chase after him.

He simply carried his sword and walked slowly forward.

When Han Su reached the broken door, he was bracing himself against the ground, trying to stand up again.

A section of his chest had collapsed.

My breathing became erratic.

The blood at the corner of his mouth was no longer just a trickle, but was continuously flowing down.

Su Chen stood in front of him, looking down at him.

"Do you still think that you have the final say?"

Han Su looked up.

Finally, I saw something real.

It wasn't anger.

It's fear.

It wasn't an act.

It's the kind of fear that arises instinctively in the face of absolute suppression.

But he remained stubborn.

"You—you dare to hurt me in the branch hall."

"Even the Papal Palace cannot be..."

"You're wrong again."

Su Chen interrupted him.

"It wasn't me who hurt you."

"You attacked the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall; you deserve what you got."

These words completely stripped away the last layer of skin.

Han Su's face turned ashen.

He finally understood.

From the moment Su Chen obtained that ledger, the situation tonight was no longer something he could turn around.

He had originally planned to suppress the matter by relying on the territory of the branch hall, the guards, and his status.

But now.

The ledger was in Su Chen's hands.

The black seal is in Su Chen's hands.

All witnesses and physical evidence are available.

He couldn't even control the situation with force.

What else can we use to flip it?

On the other side of the corridor, the guards looked at each other, none of them daring to go forward.

Xu Tinglan finally took two steps forward.

She looked down at Han Su, her voice still soft.

"Shall we continue?"

Han Su stared at her.

His eyes looked like he wanted to devour her whole.

Xu Tinglan, however, did not dodge.

You lost in two things.

"First, he's too greedy."

"Secondly, they take themselves too seriously."

After listening, Xiao Wu gave her a direct evaluation.

"That's quite an insult."

Xu Tinglan glanced at her.

"I didn't curse at him."

"I'm keeping accounts."

Xiao Wu immediately burst into laughter.

"Fine, so this is how everyone in your Internal Affairs Department talks, is that it?"

Su Chen then sheathed his sword.

The golden light vanished.

The oppressive aura that made it hard to breathe also faded a bit.

He turned to look at Lu Ming.

"Can you speak now?"

Lu Ming shuddered.

This time, he didn't even dare to look at Han Su.

"I'll tell you everything."

"It was Vice Hall Master Han who asked me to change the accounts."

"He also made me do those two transfer orders, saying that we should use the pretext of transferring them to other places to erase several batches of things from the branch hall's accounts."

"The road permits for the black market were also issued by him."

"I just did it, I really just did it!"

He spoke quickly and incoherently.

It was as if they were afraid that if they hesitated even for a second, Han Su would kill them.

Han Su's face turned completely pale.

"Lu Ming, shut up!"

"Let him speak."

Su Chen only replied with three words.

not heavy.

But Han Suzhen didn't dare to utter a sound.

The two female deacons behind Xu Tinglan stepped forward and took out their notebooks, writing down Lu Ming's words one by one.

Shen Zhi finally arrived from outside.

As soon as he entered, he saw half of the corridor smashed up, guards lying all over the floor, and Han Su looking half-dead. He paused in his tracks.

"Am I a little late?"

Xiao Wu turned around, her smile so wide it was almost impossible to see her eyes.

"It's not too late."

"It just so happened that they raided our home."

Shen Zhi's lips twitched.

He glanced at Su Chen one last time, and only one thought remained in his mind.

This holy son truly doesn't like to follow the rules.

Xu Tinglan had already reattached the remaining keys from her waist.

She looked at Shen Zhi.

"Go and summon the legal affairs officers and the sealing personnel from the branch hall."

"The Soto branch can no longer cover up what happened tonight."

Shen Zhi nodded and turned to leave.

Han Su seemed to finally realize something and suddenly looked up.

"Xu Tinglan".

"You think you can get away with this by taking me down?"

"You also had the key, and you knew about it but didn't report it, you..."

"So I came."

Xu Tinglan interrupted him.

"I handed over the account books and put all the witnesses and evidence out in the open."

"And you?"

"Besides being stubborn, what else do you have left?"

At this point, Han Su was completely speechless.

Xiao Wu stood beside Su Chen, in an extremely good mood.

She was initially worried that tonight's game would be difficult to resolve.

The results of it?

Han Su buried himself.

She turned her head to look at Su Chen and lowered her voice.

"That kick you just made was so cool."

Su Chen turned his head.

"You're only saying this now?"

"Otherwise what?"

"Weren't you watching the whole time?"

Xiao Wu's ears burned, and she immediately glared at him.

"Who's been watching you?"

"I was watching to see if Han Su's flying posture was ugly."

Su Chen looked at her with a half-smile.

"Did you see it clearly?"

Xiao Wu coughed and turned her head away.

"It's alright, I guess."

But while she said that, her hand quietly moved a little closer to Su Chen, and finally gently touched the back of his hand, as if she was at ease.

That was a very light touch.

It was as light as a test.

Su Chen did not dodge.

They didn't say it outright.

Just as she was about to pull her fingers back, he grabbed her slightly cool hand with his other hand.

Xiao Wu froze for a moment.

My heart suddenly jumped.

She looked up at him, her eyes wide open.

Su Chen acted as if nothing had happened, his tone remaining flat.

"Don't run around."

"This place isn't clean yet."

Xiao Wu opened her mouth.

I clearly wanted to retort by saying, "Who's wandering off?"

In the end, she just gave a very soft "oh".

The hand couldn't be pulled out.

I can't bear to smoke it.

Suddenly, a series of neat and hurried footsteps came from outside the corridor.

The officials from the Sealing Department, the Legal Affairs Department, and the branch hall stewards all arrived.

The leader's brow twitched violently when he entered and saw Han Su's miserable state.

Upon seeing Su Chen again, he immediately bowed and paid his respects.

"Your Highness, Holy Son."

"The accounts are here, and the people are here," Su Chen said calmly. "You can handle it yourselves."

The man dared not say anything more and quickly ordered his men to seal off the people, the doors, and the account books.

Han Su still tried to struggle.

But when two legal officers pressed down on his shoulders from both sides, he couldn't even stand up straight.

He looked completely different from how he used to be.

Before he was taken away, he turned back and stared intently at Su Chen.

There was hatred in his eyes.

There was also a hint of fear that couldn't be hidden.

Su Chen ignored him.

It's like looking at a dirty thing that's about to be cleaned up.

Once everyone was gone, the corridor was finally cleared.

Wood chips, bloodstains, overturned shelves, and ledgers scattered all over the floor.

Xu Tinglan stood still and gently exhaled.

She turned to look at Su Chen.

"If you don't come tonight, this game is over."

Su Chen released Xiao Wu's hand, his tone indifferent.

"You weren't without a backup plan."

Xu Tinglan paused for a moment, then nodded.

"Yes, it was kept."

"But keeping it without using it is almost the same as not having it at all."

Xiao Wu finally managed to calm her slightly disordered breathing and regain some composure.

"And now?"

"Can we eat now?"

Xu Tinglan was taken aback for a moment, which was rare for her.

"—You're still thinking about eating?"

"Otherwise what?" Xiao Wu said matter-of-factly, "I haven't eaten enough since I entered the banquet hall; I've been acting the whole time."

As she said this, she glanced at Su Chen again.

"And I've used up so much energy today."

Su Chen hummed in agreement.

"You really should eat it."

Xu Tinglan was silent for two seconds, then actually nodded.

"There's also some hot food left separately in the back hall, originally for the people on night duty in the Internal Affairs Department." She looked at Xiao Wu, "If you don't mind, you can go over there."

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up immediately.

"You're a pretty good person."

Xu Tinglan gently tugged at the corner of her mouth.

"You're quite direct in your praise."

Su Chen then looked up at the inner door at the end of the corridor, which was not yet fully closed.

It was dark inside.

But in that dim light, something seemed to flicker slightly.

very short.

But it didn't escape his notice.

His eyes turned slightly cold.

"etc."

Xiao Wu was about to leave when she immediately stopped.