My profession is too unique.

Chapter 108 The Demise of the Pang Family: Open and Covert Struggles
"The Disciplinary Division, the Seventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Squadrons, a total of 532 people, have all arrived."

Zhao Gang reported in a deep voice.

Xia Hanshi looked up at the window and saw the artificial moon shining brightly. He said calmly, "Teng Liang, issue the mission objectives."

Teng Liang walked to a computer-like terminal and operated it for a while. All the middle and senior managers present raised the combat terminals embedded in their left-hand armor, and photos flashed by quickly.

Their expressions gradually changed, and some even widened their eyes, exchanging glances with their colleagues.

Xia Hanshi's tone remained indifferent: "After you break in, those marked as captured will be spared for interrogation, while those marked as killed will be killed without leaving any survivors."

Su Chen did not see what specific photos they were.

However, he clearly noticed that several senior judges from nearby disciplinary offices were showing signs of hesitation.

Zhao Gang's throat bobbed. When carrying out missions within the city, in order to avoid leaks, he would only learn about the mission objectives just before they began.

But today's mission objective still took him by surprise.

This is the Pang family, which has close ties with the court. Although the current head of the family is the deputy minister of the Ministry of Supervision, he is regarded by many as a pawn planted by the court.

He had close personal relationships with many people in the courtroom.

"Elder Xia... this..." He began tentatively, but before he could finish speaking, he felt a cold glint in his eye. "You have a problem with that?"

"No, no." Zhao Gang shuddered and hurriedly shook his head.

Xia Hanshi turned around and scanned the crowd: "I know that some of you may have met the person in the photo before, or even been friends with him, or even had a close relationship with him."

"I'm giving you a chance. If any of you can't bring yourself to do it, you can leave now."

Zhao Gang's pupils contracted, and he hurriedly spoke before his subordinate could do something reckless, "Since they are the mission target, they are the enemy of the Tribunal, the enemy of Ying Feng. We are judges now, and there is no room for personal feelings!"

Hearing their superior say this, the few people who were initially hesitant suddenly tensed up and broke out in a cold sweat.

Old Xia is really cunning... he's always fishing.

Su Chen was an outsider, but he could clearly see the changes in everyone's expressions.

"That's good." Xia Hanshi nodded in satisfaction before issuing the battle orders, "Zhao Gang will lead the Seventh and Twelfth Squads to break in from the front, while the Thirteenth and Sixteenth Squads will provide flank cover..."

"Seventeenth Squadron enters the sewers to cut off the enemy's retreat..."

"Each squadron shall send fifteen men to form a dispersal team. The first thing they do is to cut off the surrounding area within 800 meters..."

Xia Hanshi was very adept at setting up the operation, and finally added: "In addition, since we are unsure if there are any other escape routes inside, after securing the scene, immediately take a headcount and check the escape routes."

It's almost 9 p.m. now, and most of the ordinary staff in the building have left, and many floors are now dark.

There were fewer pedestrians on the nearby streets, but the top floor area remained brightly lit.

The suspended driveway that winds between the high-rise buildings continues to see a constant flow of traffic.

Time ticked by, and only the logistics staff remained; everyone else went down to prepare.

"action!"

As soon as the number on the screen jumped to ten, Xia Hanshi's eyes turned cold, and he uttered two words.

"The hovercraft lane has been temporarily changed..." a logistics staff member announced.

"Surveillance has been taken over, elevator access has been hacked..."

"Hypnosis team in action, interfering with security..."

In an instant, the suspended driveways on both sides of the building suddenly turned red, abruptly turning off from an area seven or eight hundred meters away from the Pang family building and entering another suspended driveway.

Below, three squads of judges, like sharp blades in the night, rapidly approached the Pang family building, their armor gleaming coldly in the moonlight.

Before the security guard could even realize something was wrong, he collapsed limply to the ground.

The nearby sewer covers were pried open, and the judges filed in.

The judges on the perimeter have set up cordon lines to prevent any passersby from entering and to help those who have not yet evacuated leave.

Without a sound, more than two hundred judges entered the building.

"report!"

Suddenly, one of the logistics staff said urgently, "The elevators above the fortieth floor are a separate system, not connected to Yingfeng's central system. They operate autonomously internally and cannot be controlled!"

Xia Hanshi's expression was cold. "Force an advance."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a burst of blue-purple light erupted from the 39th floor of the Pang family building, shattering the glass windows into dust.

"The order is of utmost importance..." Su Chen held an optical telescope and wore headphones, able to hear various commands from the combat channel.

I couldn't help but sigh, "This is what a presiding judge is like."

This signifies that the offensive has shifted from covert to overt. Zhao Gang, who was at the forefront, acted even more swiftly, shooting straight up from the 39th floor like a cannonball. The shattered glass curtain walls revealed his trajectory.

Elemental light bursts from each floor from time to time, indicating that they have already engaged in close combat, which can be described as devastating.

boom! boom! boom!
A muffled sound came from above, and Su Chen could see streaks of light shooting out from the upper floors and disappearing into the Pang family building.

"There are also snipers... and they're not using ordinary kinetic weapons."

Firearms are widely used in Yingfeng, and I've heard that there are even professionals who specialize in them, and their power is considerable.

.........

The top floor of the Pang family building is the Pang family's private property.

In the magnificent banquet hall, there was only one table with nearly twenty people seated at a rather large table.

Pang Hui sat in the main seat, looking calm, with an empty seat to his left.

The rest of the people were all quite old, with only a few young faces. Their expressions varied, but they all carried a hint of dissatisfaction.

Pang Xingwen, sitting at the end of the table, glanced at the time and felt anxious and restless.

"It's almost ten o'clock, why hasn't that guy come yet!"

"Xingwen, what's going on? Why hasn't he arrived yet?" The middle-aged man sitting to Pang Hui's right spoke, his tone laced with sarcasm: "Did something happen to prevent him from coming? Did they notify you?"

"Didn't you explain things clearly to him? You got the time and place right, didn't you?"

Pang Xingwen was annoyed, but gave an awkward smile, "Second Uncle... must have been delayed on the way."

"It shouldn't have taken this long, right? He's not just fooling you, is he? He wasn't planning on coming at all," the young man sitting next to him added.

Pang Xingwen immediately lost face, but before he could speak, his second uncle smoothed things over, "What are you talking about? Xingwen is now with Chu Xuan, a core member of the court. That Su Chen should at least give him some face."

“I…” Pang Xingwen’s face flushed red. In the process of speaking, he had already been lifted up. His gaze couldn’t help but look at his father sitting in the main seat.

But his father remained expressionless, as if he hadn't heard a thing.

"I need to use the restroom." Pang Xingwen had no choice but to make an excuse to urinate. He hurriedly left the banquet hall and went to the restroom. As soon as he turned on his bracelet, he realized that he didn't have Su Chen's contact information at all.

boom!
Pang Xingwen slammed his fist on the washbasin, gritting his teeth, "Su Chen!"

None of his family members have good intentions; they all secretly hope he makes a fool of himself, and he's gotten used to it.

What angered him the most was Su Chen.

"I've already groveled before you, and it was my father's invitation, yet you won't even give me the slightest bit of face." Pang Xingwen looked at his distorted face in the mirror.

Although Su Chen said "I know" at the time, which seemed vague, in his opinion, it was just an excuse for not being able to agree directly, a kind of "saving face".

"You really think you're safe just because you've become a core seed?" Pang Xingwen hissed. "There can only be one Chief Judge, even if... even if..."

As he spoke, he himself lost confidence, even though there was only one chief judge.

But with Su Chen's talent, even if he falls behind in the competition, he will most likely become someone like Xia Hanshi, someone that only the chief judge can keep in check.

"Hmph, the future is long, Xia Hanshi might get rid of him sometime..." In the end, Pang Xingwen could only console himself. He washed his face to clear his head a little, took a deep breath, and was about to return to his seat to be ridiculed again.

Suddenly, I felt a tremor beneath my feet and heard a faint rumbling sound.

"This..." Pang Xingwen was stunned, and then he felt the shaking around him getting more and more violent, and the rumbling getting louder and louder, as if the building was about to collapse.

"what happened?"

He was bewildered and instinctively rushed out of the bathroom, only to find that everything outside was in chaos.

His second uncle, who had just been secretly mocking him, now had a livid face and panicked eyes. He shouted angrily as he rushed downstairs: "Who, who dares to attack my Pang family!"

attack?

Pang Xingwen's eyes widened, and before he could even think, he felt his body fly up uncontrollably and was dragged into a room.

"Father, Father!" He looked at the familiar face before him and couldn't help but call out.

But on that face, besides the usual indifference, there was also an indescribable anger and regret.

"Don't ask, don't worry about it, they'll take you away!" Pang Hui shouted, and with a push, Pang Xingwen fell into the arms of the two men.

I instinctively looked up and saw that one of them had black lines all over his face, while the other had no facial features at all. Each of them was carrying a metal box.

"Why would the Tribunal suddenly take action?" The Black Buddha follower was filled with shock and anger, and he was still secretly waiting for Su Chen to arrive.

Pang Hui's eyes were filled with resentment: "I'm afraid I've been locked on and can't leave. Your ranks aren't as high, and your life force isn't as strong, so you still have a chance."

"Give me revenge!" Pang Hui gave Pang Xingwen a deep look. Pang Xingwen was so frightened that he froze, his whole body uncontrollably pulled away, and he arrived at the deepest part of the building, where there was a secret passage, hidden in a crevice in the wall, with no bottom in sight.

……

"Who dares to attack my Pang family! They're asking for death!"

"Ah, a disciplinary judge? How could he be a judge!"

"No, no... there must be some misunderstanding! We are family, family!"

"I have a very good relationship with the captain of the first squadron of your disciplinary department. We were together yesterday... Ah!"

From the fortieth floor upwards, every member of the Pang family goes through a process of anger, shock, disbelief, and repeated pleas.

But the judges who took action showed no mercy; those who deserved to be killed were killed, and those who deserved to be arrested were arrested.

The squad leader and deputy director went straight to the top floor, leaving the rest to be dealt with by the lower-ranking judicial guards.

"If the court won't let us live, don't blame us for begging to live!"

After realizing that his repeated pleas were useless, Pang's second uncle immediately changed his expression, drew the blade hidden behind his waist, which was wreathed in flames and vaporized the surrounding air the moment it was unsheathed.

As the blade spun and slashed, the air around it was compressed into transparent ripples, and crimson flames transformed into waves of fire that swept around and burst out of the building.

The entire building looked as if it had been cut in half, with blazing flames erupting from it.

"A fourth-tier professional!"

Yang Yan, who was closest to the victim, was startled and before he could react, he was thrown behind him.

"He committed murder in court, and instead of surrendering, he tried to resist?"

Zhao Gang, who had been trembling before Xia Hanshi, now had a ferocious expression and charged straight into the flames. In no time, the crimson flames disappeared.

Uncle Pang's head disappeared, and his mutilated body twitched incessantly.

"Zhang Hongbo would probably be cannon fodder here too," Su Chen remarked, looking at the fallen corpses in the camera's view.

"I want to kill someone, I really want to kill someone!"

Bu Siqi's eyes were already red and bloodshot. Su Chen had thought this senior brother was a normal person, but now he was secretly wondering about it.

"Why hasn't Pang Hui shown up yet, and what about Pang Xingwen..." Su Chen looked around and couldn't help but admire how well Old Xia had chosen the right time to make his move.

Because he was being hosted, it seemed that all the top members of the Pang family were gathered here to show their respect.

“Pang Kuan, the second-in-command of the Pang family…” Teng Liang glanced down at the corpse, then looked around. “Where’s Pang Hui? Did he run away?”

“Old Xia is keeping an eye on him, he can’t escape.” Zhao Gang shook his head, but before he finished speaking, his eyes narrowed and he looked in a certain direction.

A tall, slender figure emerged from the shadows.

"I don't know what crime my Pang family has committed that the court would want to exterminate the entire family!" Pang Hui looked at the corpse on the ground, his anger turning into a tangible force, his cheeks twitching.

Zhao Gang opened his mouth, genuinely unaware of the Pang family's situation.

"Colluding with the cult of the Deceitful Gods, harboring treacherous intentions—for this alone, killing you ten times wouldn't be enough." Teng Liang's voice was indifferent, yet it sent a shiver down Zhao Gang's spine, making his face even more grim.

The incident happened... Pang Hui took a deep breath. After confirming that it was because of this incident, he did not refute it. The court had already taken action, so there was no point in refutating it.

My thoughts drifted back to the time when the Pang family had produced a presiding judge three hundred years ago, a man of great prominence.

However, despite the constant changes in the presiding judge's position, Yingfeng's pie didn't grow much. A new presiding judge would inevitably bring new contenders for a share of the spoils.

The Pang family is declining and may even find it difficult to continue operating within Yingfeng.

Until twenty years ago, he met a man who claimed he could restore the Pang family's former glory.

He knew who the other party was, but the Pang family either had to disappear silently or take a gamble, and he chose the latter.

"You want to destroy my Pang family? Today, even the court of law will have to knock a tooth out of me!"

Pang Hui's thoughts came to a halt, his pupils contracted to pinpoints, his spine suddenly arched, and two fleshy growths bulged on his back, which in an instant transformed into a pair of wings burning with black flames.

He floated into the air, his hair dancing wildly in the heat, each strand covered in burning black sparks, absorbing the surrounding light.

"The deputy minister of the three departments must be at least a fourth-tier professional to hold the position. Although there are fifth-tier deputy ministers, the Pang family has a history of producing chief judges, so it's somewhat of a waste of his talents. The court has tried several times to get him to come back and serve as a section chief, but he has refused each time..."

Bu Siqi, standing beside him, stared with bloodshot eyes. "Now it seems that this is probably to make it easier for the Ghost God Cult to operate in the city."

"Black Crow Flame Spirit, mid-level fifth rank... Wings have been displayed, he should have reached the second half of development. I remember he became a fifth-rank professional in just six or seven years, that's fast."

Bu Siqi kept rambling on, seemingly trying to suppress some kind of impulse within her.

"...It's actually fifth rank..." Su Chen clicked his tongue in amazement, and he also felt a kind of intense heat.

Looking at Xia Hanshi beside him, the old man remained silent, making no move, and simply watched.

boom!
Zhao Gang was immediately thrown away by the aftershock, his entire armor melted, and he emerged from inside, grinning. He was the deputy director of the disciplinary department, a fourth-tier professional.

It was the taciturn senior brother Teng Liang who truly broadened Su Chen's horizons.

"That's... way too big." He looked at the giant in his field of vision, which was five or six meters tall and even broke through the building.

The body cast a huge shadow, revealing muscles that were as gnarled and twisted as the roots of an old tree, each bulging tendon gleaming with a cold, metallic sheen in the moonlight.

It could even withstand the black flames, and although it was still at a disadvantage, it was able to barely turn the tide.

"Ancient Giant..." Bu Siqi explained, "a top-tier fifth-tier profession..."

"Top-tier fifth rank?" Su Chen looked on in astonishment.

“It was a forced appointment. My senior brother was taking a desperate gamble, hoping for the best… Luckily, he succeeded.” Bu Siqi’s voice trembled as he spoke, and two sharp teeth even peeked out from his lips.

"The intensity is not low..." Su Chen watched the battle in the arena. Black flames flowed like waterfalls, and the collisions roared like thunder. The isolation zone in the vicinity was expanding, and the Pang family building was almost collapsing.

A crowd of passersby gathered in the distance. Although they were isolated from the battlefield, they still pointed and talked, their fear mixed with excitement.

Security personnel have arrived at the scene to conduct a more thorough evacuation and have also notified higher-ups.

Although Teng Liang was a top-tier fifth-order cultivator, he was forced into the position and couldn't develop his skills, so he could only maintain a stalemate with Pang Hui for the time being.

Why hasn't Lao Xia made a move yet? What is he waiting for?
Su Chen glanced at the old man beside him, and in a flash, the man vanished.

A sharp shout erupted from the crowd: "Stop!"

A terrifying pressure of life descended, and even from a great distance, Su Chen could clearly sense it.

A figure descended from the sky, his expression gloomy, and ripples spread around him like water. The judges, the guards, and even Pang Hui and the others were all suppressed and unable to move.

Wei Yinshuo's brow twitched; he had already sensed that there were almost no living beings left in the building below.

"Teacher!" Pang Hui immediately knelt on the ground, folded his wings, and cried out, "Please, do justice for your student!"

Wei Yinshuo looked down at the crowd below, his voice icy: "What exactly happened? Who's in charge! Zhao Gang!"

Zhao Gang shuddered, about to speak, when he heard that familiar hoarse voice, "Fourth Brother, it really is you behind the scenes."

"Xia Hanshi!?"

Wei Yinshuo's expression changed, as if he realized something. He glared fiercely at Pang Hui, who was kneeling on the ground. Pang Hui kept his head down and did not say a word.

"Heartbreaking, truly heartbreaking!" Xia Hanshi, also floating in mid-air, sighed, "We are both presiding judges, yet one day we must come to the point of fighting each other!"

"Wait!" Wei Yinshuo hurriedly called out, "What exactly do you mean? Pang Hui is the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Supervision, and the Pang family has made many contributions to Yingfeng. Even if we were to take action..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was like a duck with its throat choked.

Xia Hanshi's withered hand trembled, and a leather scroll bearing five red seals appeared before him, revealing a sinister and terrifying smile.

"The Council of Elders decrees that the Pang family has colluded with the cult of the Deceitful Gods, and according to the law, they should be executed!"

Colluding with the Demon God Cult!

Wei Yinshuo's pupils contracted, a surge of anger rising in his heart. He coldly glanced at Pang Hui kneeling on the ground, "Pang Hui, you're asking for death!"

With the Elders' decree in place, the evidence, if not definitively proven, is almost certainly conclusive.

“Pretend…” Xia Hanshi put away the Elder’s Token.

"You've colluded with the cult of the Deceitful Gods, no one can save you!" Wei Yinshuo rebuked angrily.

“Keep pretending…” Xia Hanshi shook his head. “You dare to say you know nothing? This is your most prized student.”

"I..." Wei Yinshuo felt a mouthful of blood stuck in his chest, but he couldn't help feeling a sense of panic. He didn't know if Xia Hanshi was deliberately setting him up, or if the Elders also thought so.

"Teacher, you can't abandon me!" Pang Hui on the ground suddenly looked up and cried out.

"Villain!" Wei Yinshuo trembled with rage. Just as he was about to make a move, he heard another explosion from the horizon. The newcomer was so fast that it even created a sonic boom cloud.

"Wei Yinshuo, Xia Hanshi!"

The newcomer stopped in his tracks, causing a gust of wind to rise. He was a man with a black beard, and he glared angrily, shouting, "What do you want?!"

"Without informing my supervisory department, you took unauthorized action within the city... Hmm? Pang Hui!?"

He froze when he spotted the target kneeling on the ground.

(End of this chapter)