My Professions Have Too Much Personality - Chapter 75: There’s an Oriole After Me?
Chapter 75: Chapter 75: There’s an Oriole After Me?
“So it was a Priest.” A somewhat familiar voice, tinged with surprise, drifted down from the sky.
’Is that the Sixth Judge?’
“Hm?” Su Chen’s heart skipped a beat as he sensed the “Deceitful Artifact” moving in secret. ’Is he trying to run?’
A glint in his eye, Su Chen stealthily took a shortcut and quickly followed.
’He’s so slow, he can’t be a High-tier Professional,’ Su Chen deduced. ’Makes sense. A High-tier Professional would attract too much attention. Since the others aren’t Deceitful God’s Followers, they can’t lock onto a target through perception. It’s actually easier for a Low-tier Professional to escape.’
A roar exploded behind him, and the sky changed color.
’They’ve already started fighting?’
The street scene blurred past. Su Chen glanced back to see golden flames and black mist weaving together, forming an interlocking canopy in the sky.
Su Chen picked up his pace, but a question nagged at him. ’Where are Zhang Hongbo and the others? Why is there no backup? Is this Judge all alone?’
’That guy is just ahead…’ Su Chen’s steps faltered. He stopped on a rooftop, staring down at the dark alley below.
The Cyan Rope unfurled silently in his hand. A glint appeared in Su Chen’s eyes. ’This is a perfect chance to test out the enhanced Crimson Thunder Urgency.’
His Spiritual Power surged, and a flash of crimson light suddenly lit up the air.
BOOM!
A bolt of crimson lightning, dozens of meters long and as thick as a thigh, suddenly struck down like an arrow from a divine spirit!
The fleeing Deceitful God’s Follower was startled. He instinctively looked up, his pupils reflecting a field of crimson before his consciousness faded to black.
[Path of the Hunter: Complete!]
’It’s much thicker and longer… and its power is up by thirty or forty percent…’ Su Chen stared at the charred remains on the ground, which were still flickering with black flames, and clicked his tongue in amazement. He hadn’t even used any other attacks this time. ’But it’s also a lot louder.’
With a flex of his Telekinesis, the corpse and the metal box on the ground flew toward him and vanished into his Storage Space.
Seeing the sky in the distance gradually fall quiet, Su Chen turned and fled.
…
Elsewhere, Xia Hanshi descended from the sky with a cold expression, landing in a room inside a building. On the floor were only a few shattered crystal fragments.
“To think it was a Priest. How could Southwind City attract a Priest?” His expression grew increasingly grave. “I’ve been watching for days, only to be led here. He created a diversion, drawing my attention to this spot.”
“Meanwhile, something more important is happening in the shadows. Southwind… Southwind…”
But then, his eyelid twitched. His figure flickered, moving too fast for the naked eye to see. He soon arrived at a remote alley, where he stared at the dark pavement and murmured in a low voice:
“Someone made a move here. What explosive killing power…” He sniffed the air. “A burnt smell, and the scent of sulfur… The Deceitful God’s Follower who escaped is dead. Not even a body was left behind.”
“The object suspected to be the Deceitful Artifact is also gone?” Xia Hanshi’s face darkened, but then a grim smile appeared. “So there was an oriole waiting behind me…”
…
“What… What is this situation!?”
Zhang Hongbo received the report and rushed to the scene with his men half an hour later. The nearby Inspector Guard had already begun evacuating the panicked crowd.
He scanned the area and finally spotted Yang Yan and Gu Bing in a temporary command pod in the distance, both looking grim.
“What’s going on? How did it get so…” Zhang Hongbo stormed in, but when he caught sight of Xia Hanshi sitting in the corner, he swallowed the rest of his sentence.
“Elder Xia…” Yang Yan, meanwhile, continued what he had been saying, his voice tinged with resentment. “I know you’re in charge of this operation, but you can’t keep us in the dark about everything.”
“If you know I’m in charge, then cut the crap.” Xia Hanshi didn’t even look up.
Yang Yan froze for a moment, then said helplessly, “The situation is completely different now. A Priest is lurking in the shadows. One wrong move, and there will be big trouble.”
“A Priest?” Zhang Hongbo’s eyelid twitched violently. Forgetting his manners, he blurted out, “How is that possible!”
“What could Southwind City possibly have that’s worth a Priest’s attention?”
“I’m curious about that myself,” Xia Hanshi said quietly. He knew more than they did; today was likely a ploy to lure the tiger from its mountain.
A Priest was exposed, but something far more important was likely happening in the shadows. He was desperate to know what it was.
The Deceitful God worshipped by the Deceitful God Sect was not some ethereal, imaginary thing. It was a real, powerful being with its own desires.
Black Tuo was not a Deceitful God who reveled in destruction. What did it want to do in Southwind? Or… what was it looking for?
And then there was the interceptor who had appeared out of nowhere tonight.
The more they investigated, the more secrets they uncovered in Southwind.
No one could provide an answer. Lost in their own thoughts, they fell silent.
Zhang Hongbo’s expression kept shifting, a mixture of dejection and anxiety.
…
The curtains fluttered as the window closed on its own. Su Chen’s figure materialized in the room. He took off the Shadow-avoiding Robe, the scene from earlier still replaying in his mind.
’The power balance at that place was seriously out of whack.’
’That giant phantom of Black Tuo looked terrifying. Logically, there should have been quite a few lower-level Professionals assisting it, but in the end, there were just a few small fry.’
’That Judge made his move but didn’t call for backup. Even if he doesn’t trust the people from Southwind, wasn’t Special Envoy Ying Feng there?’ Su Chen muttered to himself. ’Is he used to working alone?’
’How bizarre…’
He turned his attention to his panel. In any case, tonight’s haul had been good. He had obtained another portion of [Low-tier Deceitful God Power], and all three objectives for [Path of the Hunter] were finally complete.
He had thought that [Gale Hunter] would begin its transformation on the way here, but [Path of the Hunter] was merely shimmering, as if awaiting his consent.
“Now, this is more like it…” Su Chen muttered to the empty air. “Unlike [Secret Scholar], which seemed so impatient. [Gale Hunter] knows how to be considerate.”
After his bit of praise and criticism, the panel showed no reaction. Su Chen pursed his lips and first switched to his Black Tuo Follower identity to see if anyone was following him.
The events of tonight were truly bizarre, and a faint sense of unease settled in his heart.
But the moment he made the switch, Su Chen felt his heart suddenly clench. He sensed an extremely powerful pull, and his expression changed slightly.
’What’s going on? There’s another one?!’
’And… and this pull is far too strong! It’s nothing a Deceitful Artifact can compare to. What the hell is this thing?’
His Black Tuo Follower identity was a disguise based on a real Believer, so he only felt the pull. If he were a pure Black Tuo Follower, he would probably be kneeling in a fervent frenzy by now.
This sensation was many times stronger than the pull from a Deceitful Artifact!
’It seems like it was also just brought in… It’s still moving,’ Su Chen’s expression was uncertain. He suddenly had a realization. ’No, wait. Don’t tell me the previous Deceitful Artifact was a deliberately planted bait.’
’It was all just to get this thing safely into Southwind City.’
’Something big is about to happen,’ Su Chen realized.
An empty Deceitful Artifact was enough to make Yuan Chenyang treat it as a major threat. The thing he was sensing now was likely far more dangerous than any Deceitful Artifact.
His good mood instantly soured. When the nest is overturned, no egg stays intact. If something happened to Southwind City, it would be difficult for him to escape unscathed.
