My Professions Have Too Much Personality - Chapter 175 - 120: One Strike

Chapter 175: Chapter 120: One Strike

But a grand event like the assessment only happened once a year, and they couldn’t participate in it again.

Fortunately, thanks to the ranking challenge system, both Zhu Xuan and Su Chen were in the spotlight. Many people were waiting for them to advance to Tier Three.

Zhu Xuan’s promotion to a Top-tier Profession garnered even more attention.

Combined with the behind-the-scenes hype, their first battle was bound to attract a huge crowd.

As they had predicted, the crowd that showed up was unimaginably large.

“No wonder more and more people have been discussing Su Chen and Zhu Xuan lately… You’re the one building the hype.”

Ming Lin glared darkly at Wei Yufan. He realized the rumors he’d heard about Su Chen earlier might have been deliberately spread by Wei Yufan to provoke him into inviting Su Chen.

Wei Yufan looked away, his brow slightly furrowed. The effect was surprisingly good. He hadn’t expected the few Chief Judges who were on duty to show up, and he figured the Head Chief Judge was probably here too.

But this way, Zhu Xuan was receiving too much attention. Wei Yufan wanted to use this opportunity to win over Zhu Xuan, suppress Su Chen, and solidify his own position.

However, he didn’t want Zhu Xuan to be put on too high of a pedestal.

All eyes converged on Su Chen. Wei Yufan’s voice remained level. “Junior Brother, you aren’t going to deny it, are you?”

Ming Lin glanced at Su Chen worriedly. ’Flatly denying it is one option,’ he thought. ’Those few are wary of Xia Hanshi, so they wouldn’t expose him on the spot.’

’But you can’t hide forever.’

“So deliberately planned…” Su Chen looked toward the arena, his voice devoid of any ripples. “If that’s the case, let’s just have a match.”

His reaction was unexpected. Before Ming Lin could even speak, Su Chen bent his knees slightly and launched himself from the stands, landing lightly on the arena floor.

“He’s down there! He really did advance to Level 3. He hid it well.”

The Judges below grew more excited. They were tired of simple challenges; a fight with a story behind it was much more interesting.

“Why the rush? The betting pools aren’t even open!”

“He advanced without a peep and didn’t ask the analysis department for help. It’s definitely not a Top-tier Profession. Su Chen is in danger…”

Zhu Xuan looked at Su Chen, his heart a mix of complicated feelings. In the past, Su Chen had been the subject of his nightmares.

But after this experience, his mindset had indeed matured. He was much calmer facing Su Chen now, his eyes filled with a new confidence:

“I know you’re developing two professions simultaneously, and your strength is not to be underestimated. But a Top-tier Profession is a Top-tier Profession. The higher the Tier, the greater the gap between us.”

“Developing two professions? That’s right! Su Chen was said to have Double Red Gold Talent. If his Spiritual and Physical Sides are both Tier Three, this definitely won’t be a one-sided fight.”

Many of the Judges had been dazzled by the Ink Jade Talent and had forgotten that Su Chen’s Physical Side Talent was also Red Gold. They immediately grew excited.

“A battle of titans! The clash of rivals!!”

Zhu Xuan’s eyes were calm. “To be honest, I no longer blame you for what happened at the assessment. If I were you, I wouldn’t have held back for someone else’s sake either. So today, please don’t blame me for what I’m about to do.”

Su Chen’s expression was strange. Zhu Xuan didn’t seem to have found peace with the past; it was more like he was thinking, ’I’ve surpassed you now, so none of what happened before matters to me anymore.’

’This guy has to be crazy.’

But his expression gradually hardened. To be honest, after entering the Judicial Court, he had never once paid any mind to Zhu Xuan. It wasn’t out of contempt.

It was simply a matter of ’to each their own path.’

’In a situation like the assessment, who would hold back?’

’Besides, I don’t think I said a single word to Zhu Xuan that day, let alone taunted him. He couldn’t get over it himself, and he’s going to blame me for it?’

The fact that his opponent had not only held a grudge to this day but also painstakingly set up this whole scheme truly annoyed him.

So, he said nothing. A fierce wind swirled up around him, signaling that the fight could begin.

Zhu Xuan instantly received Su Chen’s signal and couldn’t help but feel irritated by his silence.

BOOM! Blood-red flames erupted around Zhu Xuan’s body. Without hesitation, he made his move. Stomping on the arena floor, he shot forward like a bolt of crimson lightning, impossibly fast.

A pair of door-sized, blood-red butcher knives in his hands tore through the air, slashing straight at Su Chen.

An azure-blue light flashed in the depths of Su Chen’s eyes. In an instant, countless pale-blue electric serpents burst from his pores, weaving a spinning storm field of lightning around his body.

Lightning surged down his arms, and his hair floated up, strand by strand, from the static electricity. A faint, cyan crown began to form above his head.

’Zhu Xuan is definitely not weak.’ This was Su Chen’s thought while he had been observing the earlier fight. ’Never mind how petty this guy is; the power of a Top-tier Profession is undeniable.’

’Moreover, his Tier Two was also a Top-tier Profession. As for Tier One, I’m not sure, but it’s highly likely it was one too.’

Su Chen could defeat him using only his Physical Side profession, but it would inevitably take some time.

But as a ’reward’ for his opponent’s painstaking efforts to create such a grand spectacle, Su Chen decided to go all out.

As his Spiritual Power surged, a dark glimmer flashed through his cyan, lightning-filled pupils.

Black Tuo’s Gaze was a Professional Ability, not something actually related to Black Tuo. He wasn’t afraid to use it in front of the Chief Judges.

Zhu Xuan, charging straight at him, already sensed Su Chen’s current power. The aura radiating from him alone was enough to make Zhu Xuan’s heart palpitate with fear.

’Is this the power of developing two professions at once?’ Zhu Xuan wondered. Su Chen had used this combat style once before, during the assessment.

Afterward, a rumor had spread from the Judicial Court’s upper echelons that this was because Su Chen’s Spiritual Side and Physical Side professions had fused, creating an even more powerful ability.

But this, too, was within his expectations.

’I excel at wars of attrition. The longer this goes on, the more it favors…’ Zhu Xuan was in the middle of this thought when his vision suddenly blurred. His mind felt as if it had been struck by a heavy blow. A sense of weightlessness washed over him, and his surroundings turned into a gray haze.

“Th-This is…”

Panic seized Zhu Xuan’s mind. In the outside world, his body seemed to lose all support and began to fall stiffly forward.

Meanwhile, Su Chen had already begun to gather his power. He stepped back and to the side, his right arm wreathed in incandescent, pale-blue lightning. Like the center of a vortex, it pulled the raging thunder from all around it to converge on his fist.

At the same time, arcs of red lightning materialized around them. Under Su Chen’s control, they lashed out like frenzied electric serpents, continuously striking Zhu Xuan’s body.

The dazzling lightning nearly obscured everything.

BOOM!

Only when Su Chen felt a stinging pain in his own arm did he finally strike. His fist tore through the air, the pale-blue lightning coiled around his arm spiraling outward like a living creature.

The accumulated energy formed a conical shockwave the moment he threw the punch. Thunder Gang and wind pressure intertwined into a roaring drill, smashing into the falling Zhu Xuan.

“Wh-Where is this?”

Zhu Xuan felt extremely anxious, realizing it was a Mental Attack.

But he had a Top-tier Profession and extremely high Spiritual Resilience. An ordinary Mental Attack should have, at most, dazed him for a moment; it shouldn’t have made him lose complete control.

But soon, he felt an invisible pull. His vision suddenly cleared, and his consciousness returned to his body.

’Not good!’ Zhu Xuan’s pupils contracted in horror. The incandescent, tyrannical lightning filled his vision. The threat was right in front of him!

He instinctively tried to fight back, only to find his entire body paralyzed. For a short time, he couldn’t even move an inch.

CRACK—

With the crisp sound of breaking bone, he could only watch as half of Su Chen’s fist sank into his chest.

Immediately after, ferocious power erupted. Agonizing pain spreading from his chest swept through his nerves as his entire sternum caved in.

The world around him flew backward as the nearly defenseless Zhu Xuan was sent flying!

BANG!

His back slammed violently against the energy barrier, the impact rattling his internal organs, before he fell heavily to the ground.

He uncontrollably spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

The intense paralysis made it impossible to lift even a single finger. Red arcs of electricity spread across his body, causing it to twitch, and parts of his skin had already turned pitch-black.

Zhu Xuan’s pupils trembled. The paralysis contorted his mouth and eyes, and blood flowed uncontrollably from his lips.

The crowd below fell silent, every spectator dumbstruck.

Even though they had seen everything, they found it just as inconceivable as Zhu Xuan had.

“…In one hit… Just one hit…”

Someone gulped.

What happened to the battle of titans? What happened to the clash of rivals?