My Professions Have Too Much Personality - Chapter 290 - 178: I’ll Remember You, The Secret of the Morning Star

But in the next moment, his eyes narrowed. “Hm?”

Suddenly, a strange and unsettling aura erupted from Xu Siyuan, who stood with his head lowered. A transparent, Invisible Power rippled outward as the surface of his skin began to melt like wax. Most frightening of all, his face was constantly shifting.

“I underestimated you.” The Faceless Divine Son’s voice shifted constantly as he surveyed the crowd. “To think you could discover my arrival… Ying Feng. What a place, this Ying Feng…”

Tang Chen’s face went pale with fright, and he stumbled backward.

Hongxuan’s eyelid twitched. He was overcome with an indescribable feeling of being utterly screwed over. ’This fucker really *is* a Divine Son. Who the hell let him in?’

“This…” Lu Kai’s expression changed drastically. He hurriedly pulled Hongxuan aside, staring warily at the Faceless Divine Son.

Shi Yunzhou’s expression was grave. ’There really is a Faceless Divine Son?’

Su Chen watched everyone’s reactions and fought back the urge to laugh, the corners of his mouth twitching.

“Shi Yunzhou!” Xia Hanshi shouted. “Subdue him! Now!”

At the same time, within a ten-kilometer radius, symbols that had long been inscribed on the surfaces of the concrete ground and tall buildings alike began to light up.

“A Talisman Array!” Ming Lin, who had been in a state of information overload, suddenly realized.

This was the Judicial Court’s most famous encirclement tactic. The symbols inscribed on the surrounding ground and buildings were prepared by specialized Talisman Masters. By linking them together over a large area, they could exert an incredibly powerful suppressive force.

Within a one-kilometer range, a few Talisman Masters could suppress a Tier Five Professional, to say nothing of this ten-kilometer-wide array.

’They’re so well-prepared.’

Shi Yunzhou scoffed inwardly but couldn’t help but feel a little impressed. Regardless of how Xia Hanshi had orchestrated this trap, or how the Faceless Divine Son had been discovered, the situation was now a near-certain checkmate.

’That guy is getting more and more cunning.’

Shi Yunzhou lifted a finger. The dark-gold runes engraved on the ground abruptly awoke, rising into the air like a newly roused swarm of fireflies.

Countless runes collided with one another as they ascended. At the same time, the Defense Spirit Ring encircling all of Ying Feng flared with brilliant light, releasing a torrent of runes.

The runes from above and below struck each other, creating the crisp clang of metal on stone. They linked together, head to tail, forming a single, surging, brilliant torrent.

The runes constantly rearranged and transformed as they spun, finally coalescing into nine dark-gold chains, each as thick as a bowl. Liquid light flowed along the chains, their ends connected to the Defense Spirit Ring above.

Each link was branded with a different symbol, and the moment they formed, the surrounding space itself seemed to freeze.

Shi Yunzhou looked down, her gaze cold. She pressed her hand downward, and the nine chains swept forward, their tails leaving behind lingering afterimages of Energy.

’So this is the true power of the Defense Spirit Ring,’ Su Chen thought, unable to stop himself from looking up. The nine chains streaked across the sky, their magnificent power inspiring a sense of dread.

“Where is Teng Liang?” the Faceless Divine Son’s voice was cold and desolate.

Against a Talisman Array secretly deployed through Xia Hanshi’s painstaking efforts, commanded by a Tier Seven Professional, and bolstered by the Defense Spirit Ring, he—caught completely unprepared—stood no chance of turning the tables.

Teng Liang, who was mixed in with the crowd, froze. ’Why is the Divine Son calling for me?’

The Faceless Divine Son stared intently at him, his face constantly shifting as the voices of men, women, the old, and the young all spoke at once. “To think you could see through my disguise. I’ll remember you, Teng Liang of Red Thunder Star!”

With his presence exposed, the only explanation he could think of was the same reason his faceless shell had been discovered: this man, Teng Liang, had detected him.

The moment he finished speaking, his body gracefully disintegrated like sand, vanishing completely in a matter of moments.

“He disintegrated,” Shi Yunzhou said, her eyes narrowed. ’This is the characteristic sign of a Divine Son being recalled by their Divine Spirit, done so we can’t study the Divine Son’s body.’

Teng Liang… Her gaze shifted to a figure behind Xia Hanshi.

Teng Liang looked like he wanted to say something but held back, his cheek twitching. In the end, he silently looked toward Su Chen.

Su Chen felt a pang of guilt. ’The Faceless Divine Son really misunderstood things, didn’t he?’

Xia Hanshi’s brow furrowed slightly, his gaze cold. “Before all these witnesses, Hongxuan colluded with the Faceless Divine Son. What else do you have to say?”

Lu Kai opened his mouth, but not a single word came out. In this situation, even he didn’t know how to explain it.

The other Yuan Capital guards gathered nearby looked at each other in dismay. ’Did he really collude with the Faceless Ghost Followers?’

“I… I don’t know him. Today was the first time I’ve ever met him,” Hongxuan said through clenched teeth.

“The first time you met him? And in such a critical situation, you just brought him down here?” Xia Hanshi retorted.

“I just felt something was off about him. I wasn’t comfortable leaving him in the building,” Hongxuan explained, though even he felt how feeble the excuse sounded.

But his mind raced, and he knew he couldn’t get bogged down on this point. He roared, “There’s something suspicious about what happened today! You, Xia Hanshi, must be involved!”

He was filled with regret. ’If I had known Xia Hanshi was this ruthless, I never would have listened to Wu Chenpei and waited until we were at the ruins to assassinate Su Chen.’

Their plan had been perfect, but this Xia Hanshi was even more venomous.

Lu Kai was more direct. “Xia Hanshi, must you really kill Hongxuan?”

Although the scene just now had been incredibly strange, he didn’t believe Hongxuan would collude with that Faceless Divine Son.

“He colluded with the Faceless Divine Son. Why shouldn’t he be killed?” It was Lei Tieyan who spoke, his tone pressing.

Lu Kai said in a low voice, “Are you that confident? So certain that my Yuan Capital will simply bend to your will?”

It was as if the two sides were talking on different channels. Ming Lin’s dazed expression finally shifted. He seemed to have faintly guessed something, and as he looked at Xia Hanshi’s back, he instinctively shrank away.

“Why are you so afraid of me?” Hongxuan demanded, feeling the situation grow more absurd by the second. ’Su Chen is clearly the one with the better chance of success; he should be the one they’re anxious about. But Xia Hanshi isn’t playing by the rules.’

’Perhaps it’s because the people of Ying Feng don’t know the full story that they think I have a chance of competing with Su Chen head-on. That must be why they want to eliminate me.’

But he didn’t want to die, and he couldn’t die here!

Xia Hanshi’s eyes flickered. “You’re overthinking it,” he said lightly. “Collusion with a Deceitful God is unforgivable.”

“If Yuan Capital is displeased, I will bear the full responsibility. If a life is required to atone, I will give mine.”

“You know too little,” Hongxuan said, no longer caring about his surroundings. He spoke in a rush, “Do you think this is a choice between two options? Even without me, Su Chen won’t necessarily succeed! I know the greatest secret of the Morning Star Tier!”

“Even if he does succeed, the Royal Court won’t act as you wish! Su Chen might even be in danger!”

“You know too little! Wu Chenpei has hidden a lot from you—he even lied to you!”

Su Chen’s interest was piqued. ’Hongxuan really does have a lot of secrets. I’m quite curious about that method he has for Professional Fusion.’

’And his attitude toward Wu Chenpei is strange, too. It doesn’t seem very respectful.’

’Ying Feng really does know too little…’ Xia Hanshi’s eyes flickered, his brow furrowed slightly. “Then tell us what you know. Here, or somewhere else.”

Glancing at Su Chen, an idea formed in Hongxuan’s mind—perhaps his last chance. He immediately said, “I will absolutely not leave this place. If you try to take me away by force, I will instantly annihilate my Spirit Core.”

“You won’t learn a thing.”

’If I leave this place, who knows how they’ll torture me.’

“Willing to atone for your sins with your life? You’re not a completely lost cause yet,” Xia Hanshi said with a slow nod.

Lu Kai’s face was ashen. He stood protectively in front of Hongxuan, his eyes constantly scanning their surroundings.

Hongxuan gritted his teeth. “I want one chance. I’m willing to go to my death, and I can even ensure Yuan Capital won’t be angered by it.”

“What chance?” Xia Hanshi stopped walking. Lu Kai couldn’t help but turn around.

“I want to fight him one more time.” Hongxuan pointed at Su Chen and said in a low voice, “If I lose, I’ll tell you everything I know and face my death calmly. If I win, you can’t touch me. You must wait for Wu Chenpei to return before we discuss the matter of the Faceless Divine Son.”

All eyes turned to Su Chen. Ming Lin was stunned. ’Even in a situation like this, Hongxuan is still hung up on Su Chen?’

’Didn’t they already fight last time? No… last time, they were Tier Three, but Su Chen has already advanced to Tier Four. The situation is different.’

’Is he confident he can beat Su Chen at Tier Four?’ Ming Lin couldn’t help but wonder.

Xia Hanshi’s eyes narrowed, his thoughts unreadable.

Hongxuan said hurriedly, “To advance to the Morning Star Tier, two professions must be developed in parallel! A Tier Eight Spiritual Profession and a Tier Eight physical profession must be interwoven and fused to ignite the Morning Star Fire!”

“And that’s just the most trivial of secrets.”