"En?" The Priest's spirits lifted, his pitch-black eyes involuntarily looking over. "Who, who is it!?"
Pouring so many resources into Nanfeng City, it was all for the sake of that delicious soul.
"Su Chen!" Zhou Xian replied, practically gnashing his teeth.
He himself was a 3rd-tier professional. Although he had beco a Black Buddha believer, his inherent ntal resilience still allowed him to retain a certain degree of cognitive autonomy.
The grudge of Su Chen killing his son remained deeply engraved in his heart.
"Su Chen?" The Priest's initially uplifted expression gradually darkened. He was no stranger to this na, having eliminated him from the list of suspected targets very early on. He couldn't help but frown. "How could it be him?"
"Isn't he a Faceless Ghost Cultist?"
"You must have made a mistake." Zhou Xian was also taken aback. There were still so doubts that couldn't be explained, but right now, there was extrely powerful supporting evidence:
"He erged completely unscathed during Yingfeng's testing, and he was even taken in as a student by Xia Hanshi. He definitely isn't a believer of the Faceless Ghost."
"I have long heard of this man, Xia Hanshi. For him to not hesitate to forcefully take him in as a student, his talent must definitely be Red Gold. Nine tis out of ten, he is the delicious soul the Holy Lord covets."
"To think I was actually deceived?" Hearing the pieces of evidence one by one, the Priest's expression instantly turned ugly. "The target was right under my nose the entire ti!"
He hesitated briefly, looked back, then shook his head. "It's already too late. Since he is protected by Xia Hanshi, it will be very difficult to obtain him through normal ans anymore. We still have to overturn this place."
"Zhou Xian, there are still a few locations where the sacrificial arrays haven't been completed. Go there as soon as possible," he ordered.
"Understood." Zhou Xian hesitated. He initially wanted to ask if there was still any hope of resurrecting his son.
But for so reason, after catching sight of the Statue of Black Buddha behind the Priest, that hint of a thought suddenly vanished.
Compared to finding a delicious, delectable soul for the Holy Lord, what did whether his son resurrected or not matter?
Zhou Xian hurried left.
"Su Chen, Su Chen..." The Priest chewed over this na, his brows gradually unfurrowing. "It's good that he hasn't left Nanfeng yet. The Holy Lord will definitely be very satisfied."
But in the blink of an eye, the Priest's expression abruptly underwent a drastic change, and he looked up toward the heavenly vault!
Boom!
Golden raging flas resembled falling teoric fire, overturning the shacks overhead as a scorching temperature washed over his face.
"He's actually really here!?"
Not far away, Yang Yan's heart trembled violently.
Xia Hanshi looked down at the Priest sitting cross-legged on the ground, revealing a savage smile. "Caught you!"
"Xia Hanshi!?"
The Priest on the ground wore a malevolent expression, feeling both panicked and finding it unimaginable. "You... how could you possibly find this place!?"
For this operation, only he and Zhou Xian knew about it. Zhou Xian had already beco a Black Buddha believer, so it was impossible for him to betray them.
"Because of the helpful tip from a Righteous Person," Xia Hanshi said with an inexplicable undertone. His gaze shifted toward the Statue of Black Buddha behind the Priest, following along it to look at those black oil-like runic lines.
His expression instantly turned gloomy and cold, killing intent chilling to the bone. "A sacrificial array... You truly deserve death."
The Priest felt a mix of shock and fury to the extre in his heart. The sacrificial array wasn't completed yet, but he had expended a great deal of energy on it. Right now was exactly when he needed stability the most.
Just one day! He only needed one day!
How could Xia Hanshi manage to find this place!?
...
Boom!
"That... that is?"
Zhou Xian, who hadn't gone far, abruptly felt the ground tremble. Turning back to look, he saw golden raging flas already covering half the sky.
"Xia- Xia Hanshi!"
He cried out in shock, losing his voice. "How could he find this place? Could the Priest... have betrayed us!?"
"Holy Lord!" He subconsciously started running forward, but then abruptly stopped, the veins on his forehead throbbing. "No, if I go now, it will just be sending myself to death."
"The sacrificial array isn't complete, and the Priest cannot escape. The Holy Lord cannot descend, but..."
He looked in another direction, his expression gradually turning sinister. "Perhaps this is also a rare opportunity."
...
"Little Brother! Little Brother! You absolutely have to co ho with today." Standing at the door of the room, Sun Tai tugged at Su Chen's hand and refused to let go, saying repeatedly, "Your sister-in-law cooked a table full of good food and is just waiting for you."
"If you don't go back with , I won't have any way to answer to her."
Over these past few days, Sun Tai could be described as feeling the spring breeze on his face, complacent and imnsely satisfied.
From the Minister of Internal Affairs, he skyrocketed to beco one of the two Vice Ministers of the Supervision Departnt.
His old superior even beca the City Lord, and his Little Brother Su beca the Chief Inquisitor's student. Although City Lord Yuan felt sowhat dejected, he himself had snickered secretly several tis.
Let alone the other Vice Minister, even the internally appointed Minister of Supervision, Du Jingming, had to give him face to so degree.
As for the reason, it was naturally because of the young man before him.
"Since that's the case... then I'll make a trip," Su Chen found it hard to decline such hospitality. He went back, packed up a bit, and changed into a different set of clothes.
As the two walked, Sun Tai chattered incessantly: "Staying in the room all the ti will stifle you. You need to co out and walk around more. What is the purpose of raising your professional tier? Isn't it just to enjoy an even better life?"
Su Chen chuckled, speaking as he walked, "It's not ti for to enjoy life yet. When that ti truly cos, rest assured, Brother Sun, I won't lack even the slightest bit of the enjoynt I deserve."
The two got into the elevator, and Sun Tai nodded. "Sigh, that's true too. Life is short. As a 2nd-tier professional, I'll only live a dozen or so years longer than an ordinary person."
"However, the thods of our forr City Lord were truly ruthless. His younger brother's entire family was thrown into prison and has already been escorted to Yingfeng."
"If he wasn't ruthless, the ones thrown into prison would be his own family," Su Chen said flatly.
"That's true." Sun Tai sighed with quite a bit of emotion. Just as he was about to say sothing else, he suddenly felt a violent rumble. Hideous creaking sounds echoed from the elevator shaft, and the elevator rapidly plumted downward.
Su Chen's expression changed slightly, and he stabilized his body in an instant. Sun Tai's reaction wasn't slow either. His fat actually tightened abruptly, and his hands gripped the tal elevator car tightly.
Sun Tai's body continuously shrank. That body full of fat quickly transford into bronze, robust muscles, making his clothes hang loosely on him.
This was Su Chen's first ti seeing Old Sun's combat mode, and he found it quite remarkable.
Boom!
He saw Sun Tai's arms violently pierce through and smash open the elevator car, burying themselves into the wall. The plumting elevator abruptly ca to a halt.
Not knowing which floor they stopped on, Sun Tai forcefully tore open the elevator doors, and the two darted out.
"Fuck, accidents can happen with the elevator too?" Sun Tai cursed, but then saw Su Chen's solemn expression. Only then did he notice the warning lights in the corridor flashing non-stop.
Rumble!
Another series of rumbling sounds echoed out. Blazing electric arcs spewed from the elevator shaft, instantly filling the entire floor.
"Soone actually dares to attack the Supervision Headquarters?" Sun Tai's expression was utterly shocked. He dodged the spreading electric arcs as if avoiding snakes and scorpions, but then surprisingly discovered they didn't have much lethal power.
"Su Chen!"
A roared shout echoed endlessly from within the elevator shaft. Su Chen's expression changed slightly. "Zhou Xian!?"
This fellow's timing was simply too coincidental. Old Xia and the others hadn't been gone for long.
No, it must be that he discovered Old Xia and the others weren't here, so he turned back to attack this place.
"It's... Zhou Xian?" Sun Tai also realized it, his face turning pale. With a 'duang' sound, his body reverted back into a fatty.
"Courting death!"
But an angry roar also ca from the elevator shaft above. Azure raging flas surged downwards, clashing fiercely with the lightning flares.
"Thank goodness, thank goodness Minister Du is here..." Sun Tai breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Chen's brows were tightly furrowed. Du Jingming underwent a forced advancent. In terms of head-on combat strength, he probably wasn't Zhou Xian's match.
Rumble!!
A violent collision erupted from within the elevator shaft. Wild winds howled, wrapping up lightning arcs and electrical glares, and spewed out from the gaps in the elevator doors onto every floor.
"Su Chen!" Zhou Xian roared again, seemingly driven mad.
"His state seems very strange." Su Chen didn't hesitate, turning around and running, with Sun Tai following closely behind.
"Don't even think about escaping!"
For so reason, even though Zhou Xian was still on the bottom floor, he seed able to perceive Su Chen's movents.
Boom!
Like a sudden clap of thunder on level ground, at the end of the corridor, the jamd elevator car exploded violently. A figure enshrouded in electric arcs charged forward at extre speed, their face malevolent, with only Su Chen alone in their sights.
"You have to get past first!" Du Jingming followed closely behind, his pupils turning cyan-red. He reached out to grab Zhou Xian, his five fingers simultaneously spitting out azure raging flas to form a massive net.
"Scram!" Zhou Xian's body burst apart, transforming into electric arcs, and broke free from Du Jingming's palm in the blink of an eye.
"Trying to run?"
Su Chen abruptly stopped in his tracks, watching helplessly as Zhou Xian's malevolent face coalesced from the surging electric arcs all around him.
Sun Tai's expression was filled with horror, his heart convulsing.
'It's these seemingly harmless electric arcs under our feet!?'
Su Chen instantly realized how Zhou Xian was able to lock onto his position from so far away.
Boom!
A sudden thunderclap resounded. The surface of the Azure Cable Su Chen whipped out with a spin suddenly manifested scarlet electric arcs, which then spewed forth.
Crack!
The glowing blue electric arcs intertwined with the scarlet lightning. A massive hole was blasted through the surrounding walls, and Zhou Xian, who had yet to fully condense into a human form, was directly whipped apart as energy ripples continuously expanded outward.
"Good heavens!" A chill ran down Sun Tai's spine. Little Brother Su's strike made him feel goosebumps all over his body. If that landed on him, nine tis out of ten he would be turned into charred cinders.
"Careful!" Sun Tai exclaid.
He saw a thick arm coalesced from electric arcs smashing down ruthlessly beside Su Chen.
With a shift in thought, the Azure Scale Cable Armor attached to his entire body quickly piled up on his shoulder. 【Wind and Thunder Bastion】 adhered to it, and indigo elental energy surged.
Bang!!
Su Chen was directly blasted away, crashing through the walls on both sides and sending smoke and dust flying everywhere.
"Little Brother!" Sun Tai's eyes felt like they were going to split open from anger.
"Zhou Xian!" Du Jingming barely arrived in ti. Blazing wild winds spewed forth, blowing away the electric arcs perating the surroundings.
"Cough, cough..." Su Chen staggered to his feet, but rely coughed dryly a few tis. Compared to the last ti he was beaten to the point of vomiting blood, this ti he was purely knocked flying without any major injuries.
"Little Brother, Little Brother..." Sun Tai hurriedly ran over and helped Su Chen up. Seeing that he was fine, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, unable to suppress a click of his tongue inwardly.
If it were him, that strike would have ended his life.
The disparity between tiers was akin to a massive chasm.
"You're actually... fine." Zhou Xian's figure gradually coalesced. It could be visibly seen that his breathing had grown significantly heavier.
Transforming into electric arcs for high-speed evasion clearly placed no small burden on him either.
'His arm actually grew back.' Su Chen looked at Zhou Xian's perfectly intact pair of arms.
"What a fine suit of armor..." Zhou Xian, on the other hand, saw the azure scales beneath Su Chen's torn clothes, his expression growing ever more furious. The reason the other party managed to escape last ti was probably precisely because of this suit of armor.
But this ti, his injuries had already recovered, yet a single strike actually still couldn't kill him. Could this armor possibly be a 3rd-tier item?
"I'll try my best to hold him off later. You two run. The others should co over to support very soon." Du Jingming stared fixedly at Zhou Xian, blocking in front of Su Chen and the other, and lowered his voice.
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