My Professions Have Too Much Personality

"In a single encounter, he killed three Professionals of the same tier..."

From beneath the deep, dark chasm, a figure slowly floated out like a phantom. Withered white hair nearly covered half his face, and his voice, raspy and grating as if stones were grinding in his throat, spoke:

"And this is right after he was promoted. A Core Seed with the Ink Jade Talent is truly something else."

Yang Yan, who was standing at the edge of the chasm, was startled and quickly assumed a combat stance. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Wu Yang’s expression was grim, his brows tightly furrowed as he stared at the figure. Beside Su Chen, however, a flash of shocked recognition appeared in Zhang Yunqing’s beautiful eyes. "You’re... the Pang Family’s third son, Pang Yongliang!?"

"Oh?" The withered white hair in front of the old man’s face parted, revealing a pair of Crimson eyes sunken deep into their sockets. His skin was wrinkled together like that of a dried corpse as he revealed a morbid smile. "I’ve become this decrepit, yet someone still recognizes me..."

Seeing his grotesque and terrifying appearance, Zhang Yunqing’s heart skipped a beat, and she couldn’t help but take two steps back.

"So you’re that remnant of the Pang Family who’s been on the run?" Su Chen asked, looking at the old man. He had heard Ming Lin mention it a few days ago while they were drinking.

This guy had always been in charge of the Pang Family’s business operations abroad. On the day of their annihilation, he wasn’t in Ying Feng. He only snuck back later, and the Judicial Court had been looking for him ever since.

"Remnant..." Pang Yongliang’s withered face twitched, his eyes locked on Su Chen. "My Pang Family worked diligently for the Judicial Court for generations. Even if we had no great achievements, we still had our toil and sweat."

"Only Pang Hui colluded with the Deceitful God Sect! The rest of us didn’t even know about it, yet the Judicial Court decided to wipe us out completely, not even giving us a chance to argue our case. It wasn’t enough to erase the memories of the children in our clan—they even sent them to Subordinate Cities to become refugees!"

"The Judicial Court is cruel and ungrateful!"

Su Chen didn’t actually know the details of what happened after the clan’s extermination, but hearing Pang Yongliang’s account, he couldn’t help but ask:

"If only Pang Hui colluded with the Deceitful God Sect before, then what’s your story now? And don’t tell me this place is just your hideout."

Pang Yongliang’s expression faltered for a moment before he said in a low voice, "I’m doing this for revenge."

Su Chen shrugged. "And what if other members of the Pang Family also want revenge and follow your example by contacting the Deceitful God Sect?"

"You’re just twisting words!" Pang Yongliang snarled. "I had planned to lie low in Ying Feng and give you all a big surprise. Unfortunately, you found me. Now, I’ll just have to collect some interest today."

"A Core Seed, and a student of Xia Hanshi, no less. Good, this is just perfect!"

"How ignorant!" Wu Yang stepped in front of Pang Yongliang, one hand held behind his back, making a gesture for the surrounding Judges to fall back.

At the same time, he shouted sternly, "The Judicial Court didn’t annihilate the Pang Family just to assign blame! It was a warning to everyone: this is what happens!"

"Even if your friends and relatives don’t know, they will still be found guilty—and may even die—simply because you colluded with the Deceitful God Sect!"

Punishing only the ringleader is too civilized. The family enjoyed the benefits brought by colluding with the Deceitful God, so naturally, they must also pay the price.

Su Chen also began to retreat toward the main entrance with the other Judges.

"Time to die!" Pang Yongliang’s face twisted grotesquely as grayish-white mist erupted from his seven facial orifices.

His back arched, and his figure, shrouded in mist, blurred into a faint afterimage. The air cracked with explosive pops as his wide robes tore into strips during his rapid advance, revealing the grayish-white skin beneath.

The grayish-white mist swirling around him condensed into a fang-shaped vortex as he charged forward. The nails on his hands shot out, becoming ten bone blades that shrieked through the air as they aimed straight for Wu Yang’s throat.

Wu Yang was quick to react. Ripples of crimson flame instantly erupted around him, and fiery dragons coiled in the air, coalescing into a great, blazing maw that sought to devour the grayish-white vortex.

However, the moment they clashed, Wu Yang’s expression changed drastically. The menacing, fang-like mist suddenly dissipated as if it had no killing power at all, drifting past both sides of his body.

’Not good!’

Sensing something was terribly wrong, he whipped his head around in a flash.

Sure enough, the mist reconverged behind him, its momentum unbroken. Its target was Su Chen!

"Kill!"

Pang Yongliang’s face was filled with the thrill of vengeance. Xia Hanshi was one of the key figures behind the Pang Family’s destruction; killing Su Chen...

...would not only cause the Judicial Court great sorrow but would also make Xia Hanshi regret it for the rest of his life!

Killing this one person was far more effective than killing a hundred, or even a thousand, Judges.

CRACKLE! POP!

Fierce arcs of electricity erupted around Su Chen, and a dazzling lightning glow engulfed him. The violent power of wind and thunder was so strong it even sent the many Judges standing nearby flying.

"Useless, useless!" Pang Yongliang’s withered face, contorting in his high-speed movement, looked as horrifying as a writhing earthworm.

The instant the ten bone blades were about to strike him, the floor beneath Su Chen’s feet shattered. A streak of light shot into the distance at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye.

BOOM!

The ball of lightning before him exploded, scattering in all directions. Pang Yongliang had struck nothing but air. His terrifying gaze shot toward the direction the arc of light had fled, a hint of disbelief flashing in his eyes. "How could he be... so fast?"

In a mere instant, Su Chen was nowhere to be seen.

"What the hell was that speed?" Wu Yang was also dumbfounded, his gaze fixed on the direction the arc of light had vanished. "There’s not even a movement trail, not a shadow to be seen. Is that guy really just Tier Three?"

Zhang Yunqing, who had been sent flying, had only just landed. She didn’t even notice the pain in her body. Her eyes were glazed over. ’He... he ran so fast.’

"How could he be that fast! Damn it, damn it all!" Pang Yongliang seemed to have gone mad. He spun around abruptly, his sinister gaze landing on the other Judges nearby, especially Zhang Yunqing.

"Little girl, you were the one who recognized me just now, weren’t you."