My Professions Have Too Much Personality-Chapter 187 - 126: The Raid (Part 2)

"Uh... those were brought in privately by a customer. It has nothing to do with us," Zhou Jun explained hurriedly, then lowered his voice. "Besides, shouldn’t confiscating contraband be the Inspectorate’s responsibility?"

"It is the responsibility of everyone in Ying Feng!" Yang Yan chided in a low, stern voice. If they found nothing, they would have to rely on this contraband to justify their actions to the powerful figures backing this place.

"Right, right..." Zhou Jun nodded hurriedly, standing off to the side, not daring to move a muscle.

The Judges left here to guard the detainees were only a small portion; most of them had already gone deeper into various areas to investigate carefully.

These Judges moved quickly. Before long, they had some preliminary results.

"You found nothing?" Yang Yan pressed. "No hidden rooms or anything like that?"

"A cursory search only gets us this far, but we really haven’t found any further clues." Another Judge gave a wry smile. "We’ve used Spiritual Power detection too, but found no hidden rooms."

Hearing this, everyone’s gazes turned to Su Chen. They saw him surveying the surroundings before casually strolling upstairs. "I’m going to take a look. You all wait here."

"Wait..."

Wu Yang frowned and immediately moved to follow.

But just as he rounded the corner of the stairwell, his face filled with shock. ’He... Where is he?’ The hallway ahead was completely empty; there was no sign of Su Chen.

"Old Wu, didn’t I tell you to wait downstairs?" A voice suddenly came from behind him. Wu Yang’s heart skipped a beat. He whirled around to find Su Chen standing right there, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

"I was worried about you..." Wu Yang replied instinctively.

"It’s fine. You need to keep an eye on those people downstairs. I did it on purpose," Su Chen bluffed evasively.

Wu Yang swallowed hard and went downstairs in a bit of a daze.

’If I don’t give him a little scare, he won’t listen.’ Su Chen shook his head to himself. A simple [Spatial Concealment] had been enough to give Wu Yang a serious fright.

"It’s pretty good for an ambush, but you can only wait for someone to arrive; you can’t use it to attack proactively..." Su Chen muttered, heading deeper into the building.

He found an empty room and, after a careful check, his body gradually vanished. Disguised as a "Black Tuo Follower" in the spatial rift, he couldn’t be safer.

"Hmm..." His pitch-black pupils looked incredibly sinister. Su Chen carefully sensed the faint attraction. "It’s definitely here, very, very close... but where exactly is it...?"

He moved between several different locations before he was able to form a rough guess.

"...The Judicial Court has no enforcement authority in the city..."

"...Special approval from the Elder Council..."

"...What do you think you’re doing..."

Just then, a commotion of noisy chatter rose from downstairs. Su Chen’s brow twitched, and he quickly descended.

In the first-floor hall, two groups of people were in a standoff. The newcomers were Inspector Guards, and there were quite a few of them.

The man in the lead was arguing face-to-face with Wu Yang, his face red with anger.

’This place’s connections are no small matter...’ Su Chen thought as he descended the stairs, immediately attracting the gazes of both parties.

"It’s you..." The Inspector Guard leader’s expression changed slightly. He clearly knew who Su Chen was.

"That’s Zhu Peng, one of the deputy directors of operations for the Inspectorate. He’s a Tier Three Professional..." Yang Yan quickly stepped forward to brief him in a low voice.

"Your Excellency Su Chen, even with special approval from the Elder Council, your Judicial Court can’t just act recklessly in Ying Feng. Searching for contraband should be our responsibility." Zhu Peng’s tone was somewhat restrained, but he still had to press his point:

"So, if you have no other discoveries, I’ll have to ask you to wrap up and leave."

At the side, Zhou Jun breathed a sigh of relief. Yang Yan also whispered, "If this blows up, it’ll be hard to clean up." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Su Chen glanced at Zhu Peng, then casually swiped open his wristband, found a contact, and connected the call. He said calmly, "Someone from the Inspectorate is blocking me."

The voice that responded was very quiet, almost inaudible. Su Chen then took off his wristband and tossed it to Zhu Peng.

Zhu Peng hesitantly took it. After a moment’s hesitation, he walked to the side and said in a low voice, "This is Zhu Peng."

"This is Cheng Lang. Withdraw your team."

A cold voice came from the wristband. Zhu Peng’s face changed. ’Cheng Lang? The Deputy Minister?’

"But this place..." he subconsciously started to say, only to find the other party had already ended the call.

The voice really did sound like Cheng Lang. Zhu Peng’s expression flickered as he looked back at Su Chen.

He walked back, handed the wristband to Su Chen, then turned around with an ugly expression. "Team, withdraw! Let’s go!"

The numerous Inspector Guards were all stunned. Zhou Jun’s face went pale, and Yang Yan looked astonished.

"What, are you deaf? I said let’s go!" Zhu Peng roared. The Inspector Guards could only follow helplessly.

Watching the Inspector Guards leave, Yang Yan asked hesitantly, "So, are we leaving too?"

"Leave?" Su Chen shook his head. "Clear the hall. Escort them outside."

Yang Yan didn’t understand why, but he still carried out the order. Soon, the detainees were escorted outside, and the hall was cleared.

"Old Wu, if you would. The central area. Smash through it for me," Su Chen said, looking at Wu Yang.

"Underground?" Wu Yang was surprised, but then a thoughtful look crossed his face. He immediately leaped forward.

BOOM!

Scorching red flames erupted from Wu Yang’s body. His skin began to crack inch by inch, the fissures quickly spreading across his entire frame.

Golden-red liquid fire flowed within the cracks, emitting a scorching, lava-like glow. The billowing heat waves began to distort the surrounding air, and the gushing red flames gathered above his head into a swirling vortex of fire.

The temperature in the hall began to skyrocket. Nearby, Zhou Jun pleaded repeatedly, "I beg you, please have mercy, have mercy..."

Zhou Jun was pulled away. Su Chen looked up and couldn’t help but sigh in admiration. ’At this Tier, even a Lesser Profession is quite remarkable...’

Everyone retreated a few steps. The cloud of fire seethed and then began to condense, gathering into a giant fist of magma that smashed down onto the hall floor with the power to incinerate all things.

BANG!

Rubble and dust instantly vaporized in the extreme heat, creating an intertwining mix of billowing white steam and crimson light.

RUMBLE!

A continuous rumbling came from within the smoke and dust. A nearby Judge extended a hand, and with a howl of wind, the dust cleared.

The floor had caved in from the violent impact. The surface stone slabs had been melted into a dark red liquid by the high temperature.

However, even under Wu Yang’s full-power attack, only a few cracks had appeared, which in itself proved that something was wrong.

"It’s this tough? There’s something underneath?" A sharp glint flashed in Yang Yan’s eyes. He quickly walked forward and stood at the edge of a crack, peering down. It was pitch-black and deep inside. All the Judges stood ready.

"This... this... how could this be..." Zhou Jun’s face was filled with terror.

Yang Yan casually condensed a ball of brilliant white light and tossed it down through a crack. The Judges gathered around held their breath, and even Wu Yang couldn’t help but look down.

But at that very moment, a cold glint of light flashed, striking at Su Chen from behind.

"Look out!" Wu Yang’s head snapped up, and then his eyes widened in shock.

Just then, three figures shot out stealthily from the crowd of detainees outside the hall, lunging at Su Chen simultaneously.

At this moment, everyone’s attention was captivated by the hole in the center of the floor—the perfect opportunity for a sneak attack!

But then, a flash of lightning appeared. Amidst arcing crimson electricity, the figure attacking from directly behind was sent flying backward at an even greater speed, violently spewing blood.

The one attacking from the side and rear thrust a dagger at the back of Su Chen’s heart, but it met with a sharp, metallic clang. Su Chen backhanded him in the spine. The crack of bone drowned out his scream as he was brutally slammed into the ground!

The last attacker was even stranger; he fell stiffly at Su Chen’s feet and lay motionless, as if he had simply passed out.

’So ferocious?’ Wu Yang’s eyes twitched.

Only then did Yang Yan and the others notice the commotion behind them. They quickly rushed toward the figure that had been sent flying and soon brought him back, their faces looking as if they had seen a ghost.

"They’re all Tier Three Professionals. One has every bone in his body shattered, one was killed instantly, and the last one is barely breathing." After examining them, Yang Yan was still in disbelief.

’These three guys were taken down like this by Su Chen in a single exchange. Is this the rumored power of a Top Level dual-Professional?’

’Too weak...’ Su Chen shook his head. Any one of these three was no weaker than Zhou Xian had been—stronger, even—but they still couldn’t withstand a single blow from him.

But then his gaze fell back to the cracks in the floor, and his expression grew serious.