My Professions Have Too Much Personality

Chapter 371 - 219: Sharpening the Knives

"What’s going on?"

"How did we get out of the ship..."

A cacophony of confused and helpless voices rose from all around, followed by a series of sharp gasps.

Below them, the Copper Star seemed to be trapped by some sort of Invisible Power. The protective Energy membrane on its outer hull fluctuated violently, forming radial wrinkles as if being crushed by a Giant Strength.

The thruster nozzles spewed incandescent exhaust, but they couldn’t stop the ship’s lateral drift. It wobbled, gradually nearing the spatial barrier of the Teleportation Route.

SCREEECH!

The ship’s flank collided with it, creating a brilliant shower of particle sparks. Under the spatial pressure, the metal alloy at the wingtip stretched out like molten glass, forming a metallic thread a thousand meters long.

’Good heavens...’

Su Chen’s eyelid twitched. The Copper Star was unusually durable—not just its hull, but all the equipment inside. In the training room, for instance, he couldn’t even leave a mark with his full strength.

’And now... it’s being twisted into this shape.’

A Teleportation Route wasn’t ordinary space. Without a Star Gate to reduce the spatial pressure, the pressure difference with the outside was more than any ordinary matter could withstand.

Everyone watched, horrified, as the Copper Star was dragged into the spatial barrier as if caught in a mire, and then gradually disappeared. A chill ran down their spines.

If they were still on the ship, simply being thrown out of the Teleportation Route would have been more than they could handle.

"Someone is intercepting us..." Wan Chen said in a low voice.

"But this is a Teleportation Route! How could anyone intercept someone inside a Teleportation Route?" Lan Hao couldn’t help but exclaim.

No one could answer him. Su Chen scanned his surroundings. The Teleportation Route was overflowing with streams of light, and being in such an environment gave him a profound sense of insecurity.

The spatial pressure of a Teleportation Route was not something an ordinary person could endure. The materials used to build ships capable of teleportation were very special, and their costs were astronomical.

"They’ve been holding us up for ten days. They were probably preparing for this." Qing Cang’s voice sounded as streams of light gathered and condensed into his form, standing within the Energy Ball.

"This is the Royal Court’s doing..." Lan Hao couldn’t help but say.

"Mm." Qing Cang nodded, his gaze profound. "There have long been rumors that the Royal Court was trying to make a breakthrough in the relevant technology. It seems they’ve succeeded."

A cyan light flashed in his hand and vanished. Without close observation, it was hard to tell the difference between its color and the surrounding streams of Energy.

’If I hadn’t borrowed Master’s power, it would have been difficult to escape that pull...’ He felt a twinge of fear in his heart. The essence of a Teleportation Route was hyper-compressed space; it wasn’t non-existent.

As long as one had precise temporal calculations and the right methods, an interception was possible.

’However, only the Royal Court probably has this level of technology.’

’Old Qing was prepared.’ Su Chen thought of the scene just now. If they had been dragged out, it would have surely been a bitter fight.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness..." The others all breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Qing Cang with admiration in their eyes.

"Master Qing, what’s next...?" Wan Chen couldn’t help but ask. Being physically present in the Teleportation Route offered no sense of security.

"The spatial pressure in this Teleportation Route is considerable, but we only have a few days left. I’ll do my best to carry you all forward," Qing Cang said. As he spoke, the cyan stream of Energy enveloping them suddenly roiled, its brightness increasing severalfold.

The moment it began to move, the Energy Ball emitted a sharp ring, like shattering glass.

The entire energy field, with Qing Cang at its core, pushed forward. The vanguard formed a cone shape, upon which faint golden symbols appeared, while the sides churned with spiraling torrents of Energy.

The group couldn’t help but feel terrified, and they instinctively huddled closer to the center.

’So this is the strength of a Double Ninth Tier? Traversing a Teleportation Route while carrying people...’ Su Chen marveled to himself. He had learned of Qing Cang’s power and Tier from Lan Hao and the others long ago.

’And, of course, there were those senior brothers he had never met.’

The Bronze Ancient King had thirteen students in total. Five were still alive, two of whom were Morning Star Tier Professionals. Qing Cang was the youngest.

It was worth noting that among the students who had died, one had been a Morning Star Tier.

「......」

Meanwhile, in another silent corner of space, a cylindrical metal object floated, its surface covered in black, hexagonal armor plates arranged in a honeycomb pattern.

The front third of it was already submerged in constantly fluctuating spatial ripples. The surrounding void shimmered with a strange luster, like boiling mercury, as it gradually pulled out a clump of metal debris that had been compressed to its absolute limit.

Aboard a distant warship, Ni Chuan’s vigilant expression slowly faded, replaced by surprise and uncertainty. The detectors had not picked up any life signs.

"Where are they?"

"They actually escaped?" Ni Chuan’s brow furrowed. "Worthy of a disciple of an Ancient King. Or is it that..."

Beside him, Ni Bin asked in a low voice, "Then what should we..."

"It seems we’ll have to have our showdown at the Taiyue Hub." Ni Chuan shook his head. "I don’t know if the Prison King will be able to make it in time."

"My only fear is that they’ll split their forces into two groups," Ni Chuan mused. "Inside the Bronze Sect, there are people who want Su Chen dead. If we only snatch the Spiritual, we’d actually be helping them."

Ni Bin couldn’t help but frown. There were people in the Bronze Sect who wanted to kill Su Chen because even if he died, they could still conduct a grand selection. As long as the Spiritual was present, they could eventually find a new chosen one.

But if the Spiritual was gone, Su Chen would become the one and only chosen one, and they would have no choice but to hold their noses and accept it.

Ni Bin added, "Conversely, if Su Chen is in our hands, then the Spiritual is useless as well."

"Correct." Ni Chuan nodded in satisfaction. "If we use a sealing edict to put him into a deep slumber, then the Bronze Sect’s Spiritual will be rendered useless too."

"The Spiritual comes first, Su Chen second."

「......」

In the Teleportation Route, Qing Cang’s movement speed was slow at first but gradually increased. Throughout this process, no one dared to move recklessly. They waited obediently, naturally unable to do anything.