Chapter 146: Listening To The Sound Of Beliefs Shattering
“See him?” Wei Yinshuo’s expression changed slightly, and he resolutely refused: “How to see him? This place is full of Court of Justice people. If not careful, not only him, but even I will die!”
“I don’t even know if Jiang Shumo is still watching in secret.”
“No one is watching you. I can sense it.” The voice by his ear persisted: “This is his second appearance, probably also because he sensed my presence. Since he came nearby, he also wants to meet me.”
“Can’t you communicate remotely?” Wei Yinshuo still felt resistant. In the current situation, the risk of meeting was too high.
“I’m not giving you a choice.” The voice by his ear turned cold.
Wei Yinshuo felt annoyed inwardly, then a wave of sorrow surged up. After a moment of silence, he could only respond helplessly in his heart: “I understand.”
“Xue Fei!” he shouted, his tone laced with barely detectable anger.
The door was immediately opened, and Xue Fei walked out, looking meek and obedient. “You called me.”
“What’s the situation outside?” Wei Yinshuo’s voice was weak, still carrying a tone of inquiry. “Why is there such a big commotion?”
“It seems that during the execution of that Heituo Follower, someone came to rescue him.” Xue Fei explained, then quickly added, “But don’t worry, it only looks like a big commotion. I estimate it will be resolved soon.”
“Chief Judge You has already taken people there.”
“Then why are you still here?” Wei Yinshuo’s voice was cold.
“I…” Xue Fei faltered. “Don’t I need to look after you?”
“I’m in the Court of Justice. Who can harm me?” Wei Yinshuo scolded him exasperatedly, as if disappointed in his lack of steel. “This is exactly the moment for you to take the lead. Since there’s no danger, why not go show your face?”
“This…” Xue Fei hesitated. Saying there’s no danger was true for the Chief Judge. Who knew if there might be any accidents?
“Go, you fool!” Wei Yinshuo said with a dark expression, coughing repeatedly:
“I’m so badly injured, I don’t know how much time I have left to live. I can’t protect you for long. In the future, you’ll have to rely on yourself. You can’t miss this opportunity.”
Xue Fei’s face twitched, and he quickly said: “Don’t be angry. I’ll go right now.”
“Take them all away. They’re an eyesore!” Wei Yinshuo said coldly.
“Still leave someone to look after you.” Xue Fei hesitated.
“Leave Jiang Baorui…” Wei Yinshuo frowned, watching Xue Fei hurriedly lead the people away.
Moments later, Wei Yinshuo called the person left behind. “Baorui.”
“Teacher…” The short, honest-looking guy walked in, smiling cheerfully on his face.
Wei Yinshuo’s attitude was unusually good. “Go to the canteen and pack me a serving of Molten Beast Heart. Remember to get it freshly made.”
“Okay.” Jiang Baorui didn’t waste a single word and turned to go downstairs.
“Now, only those small fries on the first floor of the Medical Department are left. They’re no threat, all just First and Second Order. The other side should have ways to slip past them.” Wei Yinshuo said in his heart.
“As expected of a Chief Judge…” The voice praised, and Wei Yinshuo remained silent.
……
“The people really left.”
In the spatial layer, Su Chen saw Xue Fei with a gloomy expression leading three or four people out of the Medical Department entrance, heading toward outside the Court of Justice. Soon, they were out of sight.
“So, my guess was right. The thing I sensed has its own consciousness, and it also wants to see me, this Heituo Priest.”
Su Chen pondered inwardly. Although things had advanced a step toward his plan, it also added some uncertainty.
Even if Wei Yinshuo was seriously injured, how much strength that unknown consciousness could exert was still unknown.
“But this is indeed a rare opportunity, and I’m a Heituo Priest. With intent against the unprepared…”
“If it really doesn’t work, there’s still Divine Blood to finish things off.”
Su Chen pondered. This trip was originally to act according to the situation, and the opportunity was right in front of him.
During the wait, another person walked out of the Medical Department, heading in the direction of the canteen.
“The people should mostly be drawn away by now. The security in the Medical Department itself is very lax. No big problem.”
Su Chen no longer hesitated. He emerged from the spatial layer but still maintained his hidden state, while also removing his Heituo Priest disguise.
…
“Disappeared again…”
In the ward, Wei Yinshuo listened to the voice by his ear and couldn’t help saying: “What does that mean? He left again.”
“How could this be? Disappearing and appearing, how does he do it?” The voice by his ear muttered to itself. “It shouldn’t be that he left, but that he’s coming.”
Hearing this, Wei Yinshuo felt some doubt inwardly. “Your sensing won’t be wrong, right? This is the Court of Justice. Every Judge has to undergo regular inspection.”
“Moreover, the characteristics of a Heituo Priest are too obvious. How could he sneak in?”
“Serving My Lord together, there will naturally be a mutual sense. Impossible…” The voice paused, then became a bit more intense: “He’s here, right outside the door.”
Wei Yinshuo’s expression changed slightly. He saw the room door open and close silently. He could feel something had come in.
Immediately after, a figure emanating a chilling aura gradually materialized. The iconic bald head, with a vertical pupil formed by intertwining black patterns on top.
However, he was wearing a silver-gray metal mask that faintly distorted his face, making it impossible to see his appearance clearly.
This figure feels somewhat familiar… Wei Yinshuo vaguely had a sense of déjà vu, which was quickly replaced by tension. He couldn’t help glancing out the window. The crimson color was gradually receding, indicating the situation was about to end.
He was now afraid that Chong Jingtian would jump in from the window and catch them red-handed.
Su Chen looked at Wei Yinshuo on the bed. The other was staring straight at him. Before he could speak, he heard a voice from the other’s body:
“How does Ying Feng have two Priests? Why didn’t I know before?”
As expected, hiding in Wei Yinshuo’s body. From the tone, at least a Priest, or even High Priest.
He didn’t see through the mask because he couldn’t use other means?
Su Chen felt relieved inwardly. This way, he could be more composed. His voice was hoarse: “Divine Blood is lost. I came urgently.”
These words were simple, but Su Chen knew that even between Followers serving the same Strange God, they couldn’t share everything.
“Are you Yuan Peng’s man?” The other mentioned a name Su Chen hadn’t heard of. He just stayed silent.
The other’s tone carried reproach. “I told you long ago, your plan won’t work. Trying to steal the stone slab using an inside man is almost impossible, and you wasted a portion of Divine Blood.”
Steal the stone slab?
The stone slab that Old Sang mentioned, suspected to record the Great Venerable profession information?
It’s that thing again. The Faceless Ghost wants it, and Heituo wants it too.
What does the Strange God want with that thing? Could it have other uses besides recording profession information?
Su Chen thought of many things in this moment, but the voice turned to Wei Yinshuo instead: “Actually, that portion of Divine Blood was prepared for you. Unfortunately, it didn’t reach your hands.”
“Divine Blood?” Wei Yinshuo was slightly stunned, then reacted. “The precious material that Pang Hui mentioned, which can extend lifespan?”
He hadn’t expected that Heituo Followers had targeted him so long ago.
“You’re hiding in his body to steal the stone slab too. What’s the difference from our plan?” Su Chen followed up, intending to extract more information.
“I came by divine oracle, with a specific task.” The other didn’t answer directly, instead saying: “The Divine Blood didn’t fall into the Court of Justice’s hands. They’re still looking for it.”
“I suggest you focus on Ying Feng’s other followers of divine spirits.”
He’s helping me?
Su Chen was puzzled, then understood. He was being too cautious. In the other’s view, he was a Heituo Priest, completely one of their own.
Su Chen said: “Got it. What is the divine oracle? I can set aside the Divine Blood first and help you complete the divine oracle.”
“Hmm…” The other pondered briefly. “You managed to sneak into the Court of Justice, quite capable. The divine oracle is to take one person away: Su Chen… You should know this name.”
As expected, came specifically for me. Su Chen confirmed this and nodded: “Indeed, I know him. Taking him away won’t be easy.”
The other thought for a moment, then said: “You still look for the Divine Blood. After finding it, it might have great use later.”
“Great use?” Su Chen was puzzled. “Wei Yinshuo is already under our control. Do we still need to corrupt others?”
“Yuan Du’s people have come. They intend to gain the Crimson Flame Thunder Great Venerable’s recognition from the stone slab. If they succeed, things will get troublesome.” The other didn’t hide it.
Yuan Du also came for the stone slab, and the Strange God knows it’s inscribed with the Great Venerable’s profession information.
Isn’t Great Venerable just a profession? Does one need recognition to job appoint it?
Su Chen couldn’t help glancing at his panel. The shining crimson gold large characters were positioned above all professions.
He hadn’t expected this guy to know so much.
“Why troublesome?” Su Chen asked directly.
No response. Su Chen quietly raised his guard. Then a voice came from Wei Yinshuo’s body: “You just need to obey orders.”
This guy is probably a High Priest to speak to a Priest like this.
Su Chen turned to look at Wei Yinshuo and walked straight over: “Is this person trustworthy?”
“His life is in my hands. He’s very fond of living and will make wise choices.”
Su Chen couldn’t help hesitating: “But in his current state, he can’t hide for long. Have you figured out how to take Su Chen away? Chong Jingtian isn’t to be trifled with.”
“When taking Su Chen away, Chong Jingtian won’t know.”
Wei Yinshuo’s face was expressionless. The guy in his body was conversing openly with the Heituo Priest in front of him, commenting on him, which gave him a sense of humiliation.
The other had already walked up to the bedside. The pitch-black pupils under the mask faintly carried scrutiny and scanning.
“What instructions does Your Excellency have?” Wei Yinshuo couldn’t help asking.
“No instructions, just…” Su Chen reached out and pressed Wei Yinshuo’s shoulder, immediately feeling the Heituo Strange God Power stirring restlessly inside Wei Yinshuo’s body.
“So that’s how it is…” Su Chen fully understood.
Inside Wei Yinshuo’s body, multiple powers were hidden. The outermost layer was the corrosion power disguised as residual Strange God Power.
It couldn’t be called divine power, just destructive energy with corrosive properties. What it wrapped was the true Heituo Strange God Power, hidden deep inside.
And the Heituo Strange God Power wrapped the High Priest’s consciousness. Layer upon layer, making it feel so strange.
“What are you doing?”
Suddenly, Wei Yinshuo heard a sharp shout by his ear, filled with anger.
Immediately after, he felt a power stirring restlessly in his body, trying to break out, but it was quickly suppressed and returned to calm.
His authority is lower than the other’s… Su Chen frowned inwardly. He had just tried to mobilize the Heituo Strange God Power in the other’s body but was blocked.
However, if comparing authority…
“I just needed to confirm you weren’t deceiving me.” Su Chen shook his head.
“Foolish. Can the sense between Followers be faked?” The other scolded coldly. “Yuan Peng’s people are not pious enough. Get out.”
He was very angry, feeling offended.
“Sorry.” Su Chen seemed about to leave, but just as he turned, he appeared to remember something and turned back again. His palm clasped the mask. “However, it seems you can’t take Su Chen away.”
“Why?” The voice from Wei Yinshuo’s body turned cold.
Wei Yinshuo frowned tightly, his attention fully drawn by the other slowly removing the mask.
But the other’s action paused, and he didn’t remove it.
Wei Yinshuo frowned, and his expression suddenly changed drastically.
Unbeknownst when, a dark gold long blade was gripped in the other’s right hand. Cyan-blue thunder light leaped at the blade edge, with electric serpents coiling and flowing, emitting a low and majestic hum.
Extremely fast. Su Chen’s wrist turned slightly, the thunder light on the blade flowing accordingly, drawing afterimages in the air, heading straight for the nearby Wei Yinshuo.
He wants to kill me!?
Wei Yinshuo was horrified, never anticipating this scene.
But as a Sixth Order Professional, even with an assassination at close range, he still reacted instinctively and wanted to resist.
Yet the piercing pain throughout his body nearly drove him to despair.
His current seriously injured state wasn’t fake. During the blood sacrifice, he had been beaten to near death by Heituo Followers, which was why he was coerced by the other.
Clang!
Su Chen’s brows jumped. The blade touched Wei Yinshuo’s seemingly battered body, yet still met considerable resistance, like stabbing into a sandbag made of rubble, making a crunching sound.
So tough. Even seriously injured like this, as expected of a Sixth Order Professional.
Su Chen’s eyes glowed with thunder light, and he continuously increased the force in his hand.
Wei Yinshuo was nearly in despair when the High Priest’s angry voice finally sounded by his ear: “What are you doing!?”
Strands of black mist escaped from Wei Yinshuo’s body, rapidly surging toward Su Chen.
Wei Yinshuo breathed a sigh of relief. Good thing the High Priest in his body wasn’t just for show.
But immediately, an incredulous look appeared in his eyes. Those attacking black mists turned into obedient little babies, circling around the other’s body.
The High Priest’s voice became incredulous, even horrified: “Divine Blood!”
“How is the Divine Blood in your hands?”
“Who exactly are you!? Why can you control Divine Blood!”
He couldn’t understand. If the other was a Heituo Priest, why attack him? But if not, why could he mobilize Divine Blood?
Clearly… he could clearly sense the aura of My Lord’s Follower on the other. Why would he attack a High Priest with higher faith level, acting according to the divine oracle?
Wei Yinshuo saw a dark brown substance appear in the other’s left hand, seemingly the Divine Blood.
He also sensed that the High Priest in his body had his beliefs shattered.
“Attack him!” Wei Yinshuo roared, wanting to awaken the High Priest.
He watched helplessly as thick black smoke, dense to the extreme, overflowed from where the blade pierced his body, rapidly merging into Su Chen’s body.
