"How is that possible!"
Zhou Xian suddenly let out an angry shout, and the binoculars clutched in his hands let out cracking sounds.
Due to his position, he could only see the scene of a figure falling down to the ground floor lobby. Even if he couldn't clearly see who the corpse was, judging from the reactions of those Supervision Guards, it definitely wasn't Su Chen.
"The battle duration was so short, there was almost no commotion. Did two 2nd-tier professionals just die silently like that?"
Zhou Xian was bewildered and alarmed. Although those two Evil God Cultists didn't have high-grade professions, their development progress wasn't low either. Even if Su Chen was a ăGale Hunteră, the disparity shouldn't be this immense, right?
He originally intended to use the two of them to figure out exactly who was hiding in the dark, but he hadn't expected Su Chen alone to dispose of them.
"This..." His expression turned gloomy as he looked at the distant supervision branch, unsure whether he should go in or not.
Although no additional people had appeared, the plan had encountered unexpected changes. He hesitated for a long time before struggling to say: "Forget it, I'll wait a bit for now..."
...
"Two whip strikes, one whip strike each..." Su Chen looked at the headless corpses on the floor.
With his current foundation of strength after multiple enhancements, as well as his weapons and equipment, even slightly more formidable 2nd-tier professionals were merely a matter of an 'ordinary whip strike'.
He continuously maintained the Shadow of the Hidden Wind to conceal his body to guard against any possible subsequent surprise attacks.
But inwardly, he was also muttering to himself that this commotion wasn't exactly small eitherâwhere was the failsafe that Zhang Hongbo had prepared?
'This old fellow isn't feigning a superficial reconciliation while secretly causing trouble in the dark, is he?'
'If that's really the case, don't blame me for being ruthless,' a glint of cold sharpness flashed through Su Chen's eyes.
"You are very formidable."
A hoarse voice came from the corner of the room, and Su Chen's expression changed drastically.
There's someone here!
He made a move almost subconsciously. Before even turning his head, the iron whip in his hand was ruthlessly lashed out. Boiling electric arcs spread along his spine and down into his palm, climbing up the iron whip like electric snakes.
"Interesting..."
Upon seeing this combat method of his, the voice seemed somewhat surprised.
Only at this moment did Su Chen turn his head, his pupils involuntarily contracting.
'How could it be him!'
Su Chen looked at the familiar gaunt old man; it was none other than the so-called 'infamous' Xia Hanshi, whom he had only met once!
He cried out "crap" inwardly, but at this point, it was already too late to withdraw his force. The Azure Cable had already whipped right in front of the other party's face.
Silently and without a trace, the Azure Cable solidified in front of the other party's face, unable to move forward even an inch.
"Tsk... Whip-type weapons are very rare." Xia Hanshi inspected it carefully, as if having discovered an extremely interesting matter. He sized it up closely: "It can even be imbued with wind and lightning elements. No wonder you could instantly kill these two."
'Has this old man been secretly peeping the entire time?'
Su Chen covertly exerted force, but no matter what, he couldn't pull the Azure Cable back.
He maintained a considerable degree of vigilance toward this old man. It wasn't just because of Gu Bing's exaggerated descriptions, but also because of the other party's secret spying.
Xia Hanshi shifted his gaze to the gaping hole in the Gravity Room's wall, and then looked at the headless corpse lying face-down.
Finally, his gaze settled on the spot where Su Chen had hidden previously.
This old man paced back and forth in the room. "You discovered them early on, and even hid yourself in advance. Killing them with one strike and leaving no one alive; does this mean you guessed their identities?"
Su Chen carefully withdrew the Azure Cable backward. This old man genuinely was a freak, able to see so many issues with just a single glance, and he grew increasingly cautious inwardly.
"Was that top-grade 1st-tier profession in Yuan Chenyang's hands given by you?" Xia Hanshi suddenly said. It seemed like a question, but in reality, he was quite certain.
Su Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he said hesitantly, "It's because Teacher saw my extraordinary talent, so he..."
"Enough." Xia Hanshi let out a sneer and interrupted, "Your teacher already told me."
Su Chen remained silent, not knowing if this old man was trying to trick him or if Old Yuan had really spilled the beans.
'Very smart.' Xia Hanshi added another evaluation point in his heart.
"You killed Yu Xuan, right," Xia Hanshi suddenly asked.
Su Chen's heart palpitated, and he feigned astonishment. "Yu Xuan is dead?"
'Not panicking in the face of danger.' Xia Hanshi was rather taken aback, his inner interest growing stronger. He said faintly, "Sun Tai already told me."
After saying this, he added, "This time it's real."
As expected... he was trying to trick me just now. However, Su Chen still remained silent this time. It wasn't because he was skeptical, but because he was already unable to answer.
It was impossible for Sun Tai to go against Xia Hanshi, and from the other party's perspective, this also wasn't some unspeakable secret. As long as Xia Hanshi asked, Sun Tai would probably tell him directly.
"No oriole has ever been able to stay behind me. It was also you that night, right?" Xia Hanshi continued asking. "You are hunting Evil God Cultists. Why keep it hidden and tucked away?"
Xia Hanshi's sharp gaze pressed directly toward Su Chen, but Su Chen breathed a slight sigh of relief inwardly.
Since the other party asked it this way, he shouldn't know that his objective was the Evil God Artifacts.
That made sense too. Even if he told others about disguising as an Evil God Cultist, nobody would believe it.
However, Su Chen truly wasn't clear about the other party's objective, and quite a bit of cold sweat formed in his hands.
Because of Gu Bing's exaggerations, there was also a type of dread toward this old man in his heart.
Seeing Su Chen remaining silent, Xia Hanshi didn't continue pressing the questions, but instead said, "Your 2nd-tier profession is also quite extraordinary, right?"
"It's Gale Hunter..." Su Chen finally had a question he could answer, and said softly.
"Do you take me for a fool? Dual wind and lightning elementsâis that just a high-grade 2nd-tier profession?" Xia Hanshi sneered.
But Su Chen already had a prepared draft and explained, "This is because of the Mystic Scholar. Its professional ability is related to the lightning element..."
"Mystic Scholar!" A brilliant gleam suddenly burst forth from Xia Hanshi's eagle-like sinister eyes. "A 2nd-tier mental-type profession?"
He didn't seem too surprised; rather, it was a sudden realization of a verification being confirmed.
"En." Su Chen nodded and sighed inwardly. In order not to expose more, he could only display things to a limited extent.
"How could it be so fast?" Xia Hanshi asked a question. Faint speculations emerged in his heart, and a lustrous gleam shimmered in his gloomy eyes.
The mental-type was very difficult to develop using external assistance, so the development rate was naturally slower than the physical-type.
"It's because I started accumulating during my refugee phase..." And since Su Chen had already spoken, he was prepared to bring out the set of excuses he used to bluff Yuan Chenyang.
But before he could finish speaking, Xia Hanshi's old face abruptly appeared right in front of him, bearing an extremely bizarre expression. Su Chen forcefully endured the urge to retreat backward.
"You are also a refugee?" Xia Hanshi stared at him intently.
"Also?" Su Chen couldn't help but be astonished. "Could it be that you, elder..."
Xia Hanshi slowly nodded, a chilling murderous intent radiating from his gaunt cheeks. "Little brat!"
He already understood why Yang Yan and the other two had slightly strange reactions when he met Su Chen for the first time.
Yet Gu Bing hadn't told him that Xia Hanshi was a refugee. Su Chen also felt it was strange inwardly.
But on second thought, he understood. She was probably afraid that mentioning this matter would evoke Su Chen's sympathy and thus prompt Su Chen to harbor the idea of defecting to the other party.
'But this person seems to not know my situation either. Did he not investigate my files? If he wanted to investigate, he definitely would have known early on.'
Xia Hanshi spoke hoarsely, seemingly understanding his confusion. "I thought a person like Yuan Chenyang couldn't possibly cast his gaze toward a refugee, let alone take a refugee as a student."
He was almost certain of a certain matter in his heart, yet he still asked, "What is the situation with your talent?"
Su Chen knew it was impossible to hide it today and said helplessly, "Physical-type Brilliant Silver, Mental-type... Red Gold."
This was what Old Yuan had initially tested out.
"Just as I expected!"
On Xia Hanshi's face, which resembled withered wood, an ugly smile was tugged out.