My profession is too unique.

Chapter 90 Su Chen's Face

"Seriously, she's quite troublesome..."

Xia Hanshi was panting heavily, his clothes were tattered, revealing his close-fitting armor, and he held a thin golden hammer, only a meter long, with the prismatic facets on the hammerhead emitting an amber halo.

The ground was a mess, scorched black, or burning with flames, and covered with ravines. Fortunately, this place was already close to the edge of the outer city and was quite desolate.

In the distance, Yuan Chenyang was pale and swaying, Zhang Hongbo had fallen to the ground, Yang Yan was covered in blood, and Gu Bing was lying on her back panting heavily.

In the center of the battlefield, the black statue remained intact, its black pupils visible on its head.

But the priest's body was already in pieces, his head rolled around, and his eyes trembled slightly.

"It's a pity, it was just a little short." Xia Hanshi rested his head on the side, his voice hoarse: "Thanks to that person with a righteous heart!"

With a gentle tap of the fine hammer, the air was compressed into transparent ripples. These ripples emitted bursts of light upon contact with the ground, and the priest's head exploded with a deafening roar. The priest had an extremely firm faith in the evil god and was not worth interrogating.

"A black statue, so the trip wasn't a complete waste."

Xia Hanshi looked at the statue in front of him. If it weren't for the Black Tuo power contained within it, a fourth-tier professional would not have been able to hold his own for so long.

Priests themselves cannot increase strength; they only represent the intensity of faith. However, the favor they receive allows them to invoke the power of the evil god to help them.

With a tap of the fine hammer, golden chains burning with raging flames extended from the void, enveloping the statue layer by layer.

.........

When Yuan Chenyang and the others dragged their tired bodies back to the Supervision Department, they immediately noticed a large number of guards patrolling around the area, as well as black smoke rising from the rooftop.

"The Ministry of Inspection was attacked?"

Yuan Chenyang's expression changed drastically. "A diversionary tactic?"

"Who would lure a tiger to its lair?" Zhang Hongbo, pale-faced, coughed twice. "It must be that the Black Tuo people discovered the priest had been attacked and turned to attack the Inspection Department?"

Yang Yan frowned and hesitated, saying, "The Black Buddha statue is there. Black Buddha believers will rush up here at any cost, even if it means going through fire and water."

"If they are non-believers who have been bought off for personal gain, they should hide even more when things are exposed..."

"Zhou Xian..." Zhang Hongbo uttered a name, but Yuan Chenyang couldn't help but shout, "Su Chen!"

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts as Xia Hanshi had vanished.

Yang Yan and the others tensed up and hurriedly followed. They only breathed a sigh of relief when they found Su Chen unharmed in the rooftop office.

Xia Hanshi was already in the room, his hands behind his back, his expression gloomy.

"How badly are you injured?" Yuan Chenyang came up and asked with concern, noticing the bandages wrapped around Su Chen's upper body.

"I wasn't seriously injured, but those people in the emergency department insisted on tying me up," Su Chen explained helplessly.

I need to prove I've done something, otherwise I'll incur the wrath of that infamous judge.

Sun Tai, standing nearby, muttered to himself, his clothes tattered and dusty, some of his injuries untreated, and even dried tear tracks on his face.
I need to let others see my miserable state.

"That damned Zhou Xian, he deserves to be torn to pieces!" Yuan Chenyang roared. "Zhang Hongbo, what are you doing? It's been so long, and we still can't find him!"

Zhang Hongbo's face was tense, and he frequently gave him meaningful glances.

"It's my fault." Xia Hanshi said coldly.

Su Chen advised, "Teacher, when you let him go, you couldn't have imagined what would happen later. It just goes to show that the waters in Nanfeng City run deep."

Yuan Chenyang's face stiffened. Zhou Xian was released by Xia Hanshi?

“Yes…” Yang Yan echoed, and couldn’t help but say, “Who would have thought that it would almost attract the vessel of the Ghost God? Hei Tuo is the kind of Ghost God who doesn’t like fighting. What exactly does your Nanfeng City have?”

The question fell silent.

Zhang Hongbo, Yuan Chenyang, and even Du Jingming and Sun Tai were all subconsciously thinking about it.

“In any case, this is the best outcome.” Zhang Hongbo broke the silence first. “Zhou Xian is already a stray dog. Lock the four gates of Nanfeng, and we will find him soon.”

“I’ll give the order right away,” Yuan Chenyang responded quickly.

“Lord…City Lord,” Du Jingming called out, his expression somewhat strange, “No need to look anymore.”

"Hmm?" Yuan Chenyang frowned and looked over, only to find that Du Jingming glanced at Su Chen before saying, "He's already dead, and his body is in the morgue."

"Dead?" Yuan Chenyang was taken aback, even somewhat incredulous, but Du Jingming would never lie about something like this.

Zhang Hongbo was also surprised to see that Zhou Xian was a third-tier intermediate professional [Thunder Shadow]. After so many years of hard work, he had developed to the second half of the skill, and his strength was definitely not bad.

The Ministry of Supervision mobilized almost its entire force, but only Du Jingming was worth considering. However, he was only at the third level and could not possibly be a match for Zhou Xian.

"Haha..." Yuan Chenyang couldn't help but burst into laughter, "Old Du, you really made me proud, not bad, not bad..."

"There were quite a few people who had reservations about making you this minister. Now that should shut them up."

Yuan Chenyang didn't think much of what he was saying, but Du Jingming looked embarrassed and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "I didn't kill him, it was...it was..."

He pointed to a spot, and Yuan Chenyang looked over instinctively, his eyebrows twitching. "Su...Chen?"

He was speechless. Du Jingming's way of giving away the credit was too fake. Su Chen was only a second-tier professional. How could he kill Zhou Xian?

Du Jingming emphasized: "...Many of the surveillance guards saw it, so I dare not take credit for it."

Zhang Hongbo, who hadn't paid much attention before, suddenly became serious. Since Du Jingming said that, perhaps it wasn't about giving credit?
Could it be...? He couldn't help but feel a sense of bewilderment.

Yang Yan and Gu Bing looked at each other in disbelief. A direct confrontation, a second-tier fighter killing a third-tier fighter—it sounded like a complete fantasy.

Su Chen explained helplessly, "Du Jingming helped a lot and severely injured Zhou Xian. Later, he fiddled with a strange thing and even summoned a black phantom, but for some reason, he ended up killing himself."

"I only withstood a few blows and didn't die. I was just lucky." "You summoned Black Tuo and killed yourself?" Yuan Chenyang looked completely bewildered.

Yang Yan looked at Gu Bing hesitantly, "How did this happen?"

“Hmm…” Gu Bing pondered, speculating, “If I’m not mistaken, Zhou Xian must have used some kind of artifact containing a kind of supernatural power that he created later, which allows his followers to unleash tremendous power.”

"But only believers can use this kind of thing. Zhou Xian is probably not a believer of the Black Tuo, or his faith is not very firm. He used this thing and was killed by the backlash."

"So that's how it is." Su Chen looked enlightened, and he roughly understood how Zhou Xian had been severely injured before. The battle between the believers of the Ghost God was all about who had the stronger faith.

Whoever is more resolute, the Ghost God will help.

Yuan Chenyang muttered to himself, "I can't believe there's such a thing."

Xia Hanshi remained silent, standing in front of the French windows, seemingly lost in thought.

“However…” Gu Bing suddenly added, “Zhou Xian probably knew he might suffer a backlash, but he still chose to gamble. By then, he was probably already at his wit’s end.”

"Perhaps they're afraid you'll return too quickly and don't dare to engage in a prolonged fight," Du Jingming speculated, and the others nodded thoughtfully.

However, the way Zhou Xian looked at Su Chen changed slightly, proving that Zhou Xian couldn't do anything to Su Chen in the short term.

Even if all they can do is take a beating, that's still amazing enough.

Su Chen felt a chill run down his spine under the scrutiny of the group. Not wanting to draw everyone's attention to this matter, he immediately asked, "How is it over there?"

“Hmm…” Yuan Chenyang hesitated for a moment, and Sun Tai immediately said, “I’ll go down and see how the situation is being handled.”

With Sun Tai gone, the lowest-ranking person remaining is Du Jingming, the Minister of Supervision.

“The priest has been killed, and a black statue of Tuo has been seized,” Yuan Chenyang explained simply. Du Jingming’s expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in horror, “There is actually a demon god priest in Nanfeng City, and even a black statue of Tuo?”

The shock on his face was clearly visible, yet no one had the thought of mocking him.

Yuan Chenyang was equally shaken. "It was so close. The priest was setting up a sacrificial array. If we had waited any longer, the entire Nanfeng City would probably have turned into hell."

Du Jingming had not known the details before, and could only guess that the Black Tuo people seemed to have invested a great deal of effort. Upon suddenly hearing the details, his throat bobbed.

He couldn't help but ask again, "How could our Nanfeng City attract such a thing?"

It's that same question that no one can answer again.

Zhang Hongbo skipped directly: "Thanks to Judge Xia, who led us straight to the heart of the matter, we were able to avoid this disaster."

Yang Yan chimed in, "As expected of you, you had already secured the priest's position."

“I wasn’t the one who locked the location,” Xia Hanshi said calmly, causing Su Chen’s heart to skip a beat.

"He is a person with a strong sense of justice..."

A gust of cold wind blew by, and everyone froze. Old Xia had such a humorous side?
"Is that black statue inside?" Su Chen looked at the silver-white metal box placed at the door. It was only about one cubic meter in size, not very big.

“Mm.” Yuan Chenyang nodded.

"Can I take a look?" Su Chen asked, quite curious.

Yuan Chenyang hesitated for a moment, looked at Xia Hanshi, and seeing that the other party did not react, nodded hesitantly: "It's fine to take a look."

He carried the box inside, placed it on the ground, entered a few passwords at the door lock, and with a click, the four metal walls cracked open, revealing a black statue bound by golden chains.

"This is the Black Tathagata statue?" Su Chen examined it. "Why is it chained up? Is it still in danger?"

"We've already exhausted its power; it's just a precaution," Yang Yan explained.

"Oh." Su Chen suddenly realized, glanced at it twice, but didn't find anything strange, so he asked Yuan Chenyang to close the box again.

"Bringing this black statue back would be a great achievement," Yang Yan said with emotion. They had initially come to investigate the followers of the Ghost God, but they only thought there might be a bunch of sycophants. They never expected it to turn out like this.

Fortunately, it was a close call. Old Xia's methods were brilliant, and he easily obtained the Black Tathagata statue, which is also an extremely impressive achievement in their resumes.

"Are you getting ready to go back?" Zhang Hongbo asked, sensing Yang Yan's underlying meaning.

"It should be about right." Yang Yan pondered, "After some final touches, this incident will be over."

Zhang Hongbo's expression shifted, and finally he turned to Xia Hanshi, gritting his teeth as he said, "Old Xia, could you take Zhang Hengyu with you as well?"

Even though no one raised the issue of the number of seats in the courtroom during this period, it was already assumed that the seats had been automatically transferred to Su Chen.

Yuan Chenyang narrowed his eyes slightly, while Yang Yan secretly shook his head.

"Zhang Hengyu?" Xia Hanshi turned around, stared at Zhang Hongbo, and after a long while, asked, "Who is that?"

Zhang Hongbo's already pale face became even more bloodless. How could Xia Hanshi not know who Zhang Hengyu was?

It was simply an expression that he didn't think much of his son.

If he hadn't been so cooperative lately and hadn't contributed tonight, Xia Hanshi's reaction might have been even more direct.

"Little Zhang..." Su Chen thought of "the wise man" and pondered, "Teacher, Zhang Hengyu is Uncle Zhang's son. He is very hardworking, has the Silver Talent, and is already a second-tier professional."

"If possible, could you also allow him to go to the courtroom?"

Gratitude showed in Zhang Hongbo's eyes, but Su Chen ignored it, saying that his words had nothing to do with Zhang Hongbo.

"Okay." Xia Hanshi nodded, his words concise and to the point.

"Is it... okay?" Su Chen hesitated.

"It's just one spot. Rules are rules, but people are flexible," Xia Hanshi said indifferently. "Since you've asked, I'll give you the face you deserve."

(End of this chapter)