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    Zzzzzzz——

    Not only that, a black electric arc shot towards him.

    Bu Siqi was startled and immediately jumped away. The hair-thin electric arc blasted a large pit in the special metal floor of the training room, emitting black smoke.

    “Su Chen!”

    Bu Siqi shouted, his face dark, but Su Chen stood still and made no move.

    “He’s not actively counterattacking, but can still passively counterattack?”

    He took a deep breath, walked over, and removed Su Chen’s blindfold, only to see a blank look on his face.

    “Junior brother—” Bu Siqi had changed his expression, now smiling, he said, “You can’t do it like this. You said you wanted to perfectly dodge.”

    “But if you use defensive enhancements, your body won’t feel even a hint of danger. It’s almost impossible to find that opportune moment.”

    Su Chen pondered upon hearing this.

    Old Bu seemed to have a point. Just now, he had sealed off his external senses, unable to even detect the movement of air.

    In such a situation, he could only rely on his body’s instincts. Using defense, although he wouldn’t get hurt, it would be difficult to find that opportune moment.

    Since its deciphering, only three people had successfully taken on this profession. The last one was over ten years ago, so there was very little related information.

    “Okay, let’s try again.” Su Chen removed his defense, put his blindfold back on,屏蔽感知, and plunged into a realm of darkness.

    “This requirement is even harder than I imagined.”

    Su Chen muttered to himself. With his perception of the outside world completely cut off, his body became highly tense, prone to misjudgment. He still needed to let—

    Suddenly, he felt a pang in his heart. Before he could react, a sharp pain shot through his chest, and he felt like he was flying, then fell heavily to the ground.

    Bu Siqi put his finger to his mouth and blew away the non-existent smoke, grinning as he watched Su Chen lie on the ground.

    His teacher’s precious protégé. On normal days, it was rare to be able to beat him up.

    He was about to ask Su Chen if he wanted to rest, but saw the other party had already gotten up from the ground, with only a scratch on his chest.

    “What the hell, is this a giant turtle or what? No defense, but his physical body can withstand such high intensity. What kind of profession is he in the fourth rank?” Bu Siqi’s eyelids twitched.

    “Senior Brother, continue!”

    Su Chen was genuinely surprised. His body’s instinctive reaction was even more intense than he had imagined.

    Next, the same scene repeated endlessly. Su Chen was knocked down and got up again, knocked down and got up again.

    Bu Siqi’s expression gradually changed from intrigued to expressionless, and finally even somewhat resigned.

    He watched Su Chen, from being unable to react at first, gradually being able to move his body.

    “Holy Envoy—” Tang Chen walked into the room. Wu Chenpei, Hong Xuan, and others, as well as the usual security captain, were all there.

    “Hmm.” Wu Chenpei nodded. Only when everyone was present did he say, “I’m about to follow Chong Jingtian to confront the army of Faceless Ghosts.”

    “While I’m away, everyone will obey the orders of the captain of the guards—Lu Kai.”

    He looked at the man in a light gold heavy armor with a square face on one side. The other party nodded solemnly.

    The others naturally had no objections. Lu Kai was currently serving as the captain of the embassy’s guards. Although it sounded unremarkable, in Yuandu, he was also a high-ranking church official and a sixth-rank professional.

    After simple instructions, Wu Chenpei dismissed the others, leaving only Hong Xuan.

    He enveloped the two in a ball of energy and then said, “I have secretly negotiated with Yuandu and will make arrangements at the ruins in advance.”

    “At that time, as long as you become the chosen one, they will have no choice but to accept it if they want to survive the Holy Feast.”

    Not taking action in Ying Feng, as long as he withstands the opponent’s first wave of rage, and calms down afterwards, he will naturally see the situation clearly. Chong Jingtian always prioritizes the bigger picture.

    Hong Xuan’s expression was calm, and he nodded.

    In the training ground, time passed, and Bu Siqi became increasingly miserable, because Su Chen’s voice grew more and more excited, while he naturally felt more and more bored.

    He pulled a blood pack from his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth, the bloody taste filling his mouth finally restoring some of his mood.

    This beating had been going on for seven or eight days straight.

    Until a certain moment, Bu Siqi’s dazed expression shook, and he looked in astonishment at Su Chen, who was still standing in place, “Holy shit!”

    He saw it, his attack just now, at the moment it was about to land, Su Chen dodged it with an unbelievable reaction.

    “He actually did it.”

    Su Chen had taken off his blindfold, and various parts of his body were throbbing faintly, but seeing the 10% progress of the second requirement for Zephyr Dancer on the panel, he couldn’t help but feel excited.

    “That feeling, it really is—” He savored it carefully.

    That moment was almost not a purely physical premonition, but rather a “Eureka!” moment of intuition.

    “It took nearly ten days of fighting to achieve this one time—” Su Chen finished savoring it, then couldn’t help but shake his head. Even though the required number of times had been reduced from hundreds to ten, it would still take him a lot of time to complete.

    If it continued at this rate, it would take him at least three months to complete this requirement.

    For others, it was already very short, but for him, it was still a bit too long. The most crucial thing was that it couldn’t be done in parallel with professional development.

    But Su Chen had no other way; he could only grind it out slowly.

    “Let’s try again—” Su Chen put on his blindfold again.

    However, Bu Siqi quickly stopped him. Su Chen could endure it, but he couldn’t.

    “Junior Brother, let’s take a break.”

    Seeing Bu Siqi’s face full of agony, Su Chen reluctantly said, “Just one more time. Let’s see if I can trigger that feeling again.”

    Bu Siqi had no choice but to do it again, but this time it wasn’t the same as before.

    Then again, and again, and again, until Bu Siqi couldn’t take it anymore, and Su Chen finally stopped.

    “Junior brother, please bother someone else.” Bu Siqi pleaded repeatedly.

    Su Chen sighed, “Senior Brother, who else do I trust most?”

    Bu Siqi’s mouth twitched, but Su Chen was also a bit tired, so he decided to rest for a while and listen to the other person talk about recent events.

    “Feng Ze and Liang Jingcheng both went, and Wei Yu Fan also followed?” Su Chen asked in surprise.

    “Yes—” Bu Siqi sighed with emotion, “The Chief gave them all the right to choose for themselves. Don’t look at Feng Ze and Liang Jingcheng, who usually fight openly and secretly, but this time they didn’t hesitate, and Zhong Ming also went.”

    “However, that Wei Yu Fan was reluctant,” Bu Siqi sneered, “But with the Chief staying behind at the Tribunal this time, he was even more terrified, so he had no choice but to go to the front lines.”

    “As for you and Ming Lin, the Chief explicitly ordered you to remain and guard the Tribunal.”

    Facing the Faceless Ghost believers directly, rather than playing around, would undoubtedly be very dangerous. These core seeds should also take the lead.

    But Chong Jingtian clearly didn’t want him to take risks, and Ming Lin also had great potential.

    “The Chief is thoughtful,” Su Chen echoed. For Bu Siqi these days, the only way to relieve boredom was to receive all kinds of news from the outside world.

    Bu Siqi then said, “By the way, the Wind Song Gem and Storm Feathers you requested are all ready.”

    “So fast?” Su Chen was astonished. These two items were not simple. The Wind Song Gem was a seven-holed jade stone that could only be formed by chance in a perpetually stormy environment.

    When the wind blew, it produced an ethereal singing sound. Because of its rarity, its price was extremely high.

    And the Storm Feathers were the bluest feathers from the crown of the Wind God Eagle. This item was a fifth-level mutant, and it never landed all year round, making it very difficult to find.

    But then, he thought to himself, “Didn’t I ask Gu Bing to buy them for me?”

    Bu Siqi grinned, “Why bother? The teacher handled it with a single word. It’s already been drawn from the resource library.”

    This—Su Chen fell silent.

    “Didn’t expect that, did you?” Bu Siqi understood his feelings, patted him on the shoulder, and sighed with emotion, “In the past, out of thirteen months in a year, the most the teacher would stay in the Tribunal was three months.”

    “I never enjoyed such treatment. Now it’s good, the entire Tribunal is run by the teacher.”

    Su Chen couldn’t help but nod. Old Xia was even bolder than he had imagined, showing no restraint and directly using things.

    At this moment, in the office that originally belonged to Chong Jingtian, Xia Hanshi was sitting in the Chief’s chair, seemingly experiencing the feeling of being the Chief.

    “Xia Hanshi!”

    Across from him, Lei Tieyan, his face pale with anger, roared, “What exactly do you want to do? The Chief has only been gone for a few days, and you’re already trying to retrieve the sealed Demonic God’s power from the forbidden vault.”

    “Now, only you and I are guarding this place. If anything happens, can you take responsibility for it?!”

    “Of course.” Xia Hanshi said indifferently.

    “You—” Lei Tieyan rebuked, “The Chief explicitly stated before he left that I am the temporary decision-maker in the Tribunal, and you can only offer suggestions.”

    “Then I suggest you, get back in your place,” Xia Hanshi said expressionlessly.

    Lei Tieyan’s grayish-brown cheeks quickly turned red, his chest heaved, and his aura was extremely unstable, as if he was about to burst into action at any moment.

    “Old Lei—”

    Suddenly, a withered hand gently pressed on his shoulder, as if it weighed a thousand pounds, pressing him so hard he couldn’t move.

    The surging aura throughout his body immediately calmed down, like a volcano about to erupt, forcibly plugged.

    Lei Tieyan’s eyes, filled with rage, sharpened, and his heart skipped a beat. Unbeknownst to him, Xia Hanshi, who had been sitting in the chair, had already floated behind him.

    “Since Chong Jingtian agreed to let me stay, doesn’t he know my temperament?” Xia Hanshi said faintly, “Don’t be fooled by that old bastard.”

    “Letting you take the lead is nothing more than thinking that it’s best if you can control me, and if not, it has nothing to do with him.”

    “Besides, does anyone in the Tribunal dare not listen to what I say now? It’s quite embarrassing if no one listens to your orders. Go back to the adjudication office; it has nothing to do with you.”

    Lei Tieyan’s face was taut, anger boiling, but he felt increasingly powerless.

    He also knew that Xia Hanshi was right. For now, as long as the order wasn’t too outrageous, very few people in the Tribunal would want to defy him.

    After all, Xia Hanshi truly dared to retaliate.

    And his control over the Court of Judgment was precisely a sharp blade directed at the internal workings of the Tribunal, requiring him to follow many rules.

    “Don’t worry, I know my limits.”

    Finally, Xia Hanshi did not forget to offer him a way out.

    “You’d better know.” Lei Tieyan’s expression changed, and he could only leave with that one sentence, his face dark.

    “Honest people are meant to be bullied,” Xia Hanshi shook his head.

    After tormenting Bu Siqi for a few more days, Su Chen received a summons from Xia Hanshi and hurried to the old man’s residence.

    As soon as the door opened, Su Chen’s breath hitched. The living room before him was filled with Demonic Weapons. At a glance, there were no less than twenty or thirty of them.

    Each one was enveloped in tangible energy chains, sealed tightly.

    There were also three statues in the room, with human figures, their lower bodies and upper bodies split open, hands clasped at their sides, and no facial features on their skulls, looking extremely eerie.

    “Faceless Demonic God statues—” Su Chen’s eyelids twitched. This scene was quite frightening.

    “You’re here.” Xia Hanshi was standing among these items. Considering the other party’s appearance, Su Chen hesitated whether to enter.

    “Teacher.” Su Chen nodded, carefully closing the door, and then took a closer look, realizing that these were all Demonic Weapons of the Faceless Ghost.

    He guessed that Old Xia probably believed that since it was for predicting Faceless Ghost believers, he had to use things related to the Faceless Ghost. He secretly speculated.

    I wonder where these things were hidden before. I didn’t sense any of them earlier.

    “Try it—” Xia Hanshi gestured with his hand.

    “So thick, huh?” Su Chen muttered, glancing at Old Xia standing nearby, guessing he wouldn’t be allowed to leave.

    Thinking this, he asked, “Can all these seals be undone?”

    Xia Hanshi simply raised a hand, and the chains coiling around the statues and Demonic Weapons all disintegrated.

    Su Chen walked forward mockingly, and first touched the first statue, immediately feeling something being drawn out.

    [Domestication successful, obtained mid-level Faceless Ghost Divine Power.]

    There was still a portion of mid-level Faceless Ghost Divine Power remaining in the room. Su Chen’s eyebrows raised.

    These things must have been snatched from the Faceless Ghost believers, and the other party would undoubtedly resist to the death, just like Nanfeng’s Black Buddha believers, all possible means must have been used.

    “How is it?” Xia Hanshi asked with a frown.

    “It seems to have some feeling—” Su Chen pretended to savor it, then walked towards another statue. This one was empty, all consumed.

    Following that was the last statue.

    [Domestication successful, obtained mid-level Faceless Ghost Divine Power.]

    Another portion of mid-level divine power.

    But it wasn’t over yet, so he could clearly feel some kind of cold substance being extracted from the object.

    [Domestication successful, obtained Faceless Ghost Essence.]

    Faceless Ghost Essence?

    Su Chen’s face slightly bowed, and he hastily checked.

    [Faceless Ghost Essence: Can stimulate special professions.]

    This thing can actually affect special professions?

    This—his heart rippled. He had always wanted something like this, but he had too few contacts with Demonic God-related items.

    Until today, with Old Xia in charge of the Tribunal, bringing out years of accumulated goods, he finally got to experience it.

    Essence? This name is peculiar; it doesn’t seem to belong to divine power. I wonder what it is.

    “Is there a reaction?” Xia Hanshi saw the change in Su Chen’s expression and immediately asked.

    “Yes—” Su Chen first suppressed his doubts and naturally got into the zone, then walked towards the Demonic Weapons.

    “It seems—” Su Chen reached out and touched, and the Demonic Tool was empty.

    “—It seems—” He touched another Demonic Weapon.

    “—It appears—”

    “—It appears—”

    The Demonic Weapons Su Chen touched immediately turned into empty shells.

    Xia Hanshi watched, his brows tightly furrowed, wanting to speak but refraining. A flicker of fire rose in his eyes, and he felt astonished that he hadn’t noticed how those insidious devices had become empty.

    Suddenly, Su Chen stopped, his eyes unfocused, “I saw it. Someone entered Ying Feng, well disguised, not like an ordinary believer, very similar to Meng Qi!”

    Really discovered it? Xia Hanshi’s eyes suddenly narrowed.

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