Chapter 355 - 312: The Judge’s Secret and the Black Wall Secret Weapon

The terrifying Physique, bolstered by a Five-star Earth Military Rank, shattered the ground underfoot.

His speed tore through the sound barrier, kicking up a massive, visible shockwave.

BANG—!

Reinhardt’s simple, unadorned right fist slammed into the Judge’s crossed arms like a heavy cannon. The immense kinetic energy sent the latter’s entire body flying backward!

He crashed through two Church Knights along the way before hitting the ground, tumbling over and over and kicking up a spray of grass and dirt!

This single blow didn’t just send the Judge flying; it stunned everyone present.

The Order Think Tank, Amelia, couldn’t believe her eyes. ’Within the borders of the Empire, someone actually dares to defy the authority of a Judge?!’

’Is he not afraid of death?!’

The Church Knights with her were all dumbfounded.

They had considered that this arrest might not go smoothly, but for the target to directly attack a Judge himself was completely beyond their expectations.

Even the three members of the Vengeful Angels felt a sudden shock.

This was especially true for Koller.

Although the Think Tank from the First Legion had frankly expressed his support for Reinhardt, he never would have dreamed that his Great Tutor of Vengeful would be so audacious.

He had previously heard the Grand Governor mention offhandedly that Reinhardt had once blown an Abyssal Great Demon’s head apart with a single punch.

He had always assumed that the Grand Governor was deliberately building up hype for this Empire’s Chosen One.

He thought he was exaggerating his achievements and fabricating merits to kick off the second phase of the Vengeful Angels project—to ensure this young man had enough seniority to command him and Urus.

But now, after witnessing Reinhardt stand tall, defy the Judge’s authority, and even send the man flying with a punch, he completely believed the rumor that had sounded so far-fetched.

’He dared to strike a Judge first. Is there anything he wouldn’t dare to do?’

The reason Judges could act so unscrupulously within the Empire wasn’t just because of the three great Judgment Courts behind them, but more importantly, because a Judge represented the will of the Human Empire!

To commit a grave crime like attacking a Judge was, to put it severely, to desecrate the majesty of the Emperor!

For any Transcendent within the Empire, never mind killing a Judge, even the crime of a mere assault would not result in a trial and arrest. Instead, a powerful figure from within the Judgment Court itself would personally intervene to suppress them!

According to rumor, the Judgment Court’s history was even longer than that of the Empire itself.

Demon Hunters were an ancient profession dating back to the savage era. They hunted Demons and Aliens, ensuring the flame of hope for the Human World never died out during the longest of the Dark Ages.

The current Judgment Court was the successor to the secret organizations of the old Demon Hunters.

The Judgment Court’s method of selecting Judges was completely different from that of Imperial Knights, Wizards, or Mages. This was because many Judges were not Transcendents themselves; their power came from the Judgment Court’s top secret: the Black Wall.

Other than the Supreme Grand Judges of the three Judgment Courts and the Emperor, no one knew what the so-called ’Black Wall’ actually was.

Of course, ever since the Emperor used his Radiant Power to forge the path of the Knight for the Human World, there had been no shortage of former Imperial Knights and Think Tanks finding new employment within the Judgment Court.

At that moment, the Judge who had been sent flying staggered to his feet, covered in dirt and looking utterly wretched.

His face was grim as he looked up to glare at Reinhardt, who stood in the distance. However, not only had his opponent not fled, but he was standing right in the middle of a tight encirclement formed by the Church Knights and the other two Judges.

Under the shocked gazes of the numerous Church Knights...

And under the furious stares of the other two Judges, Reinhardt raised his right hand toward him and beckoned with his fingers, as if to say, ’Come on. Challenge me.’

Faced with such a provocation, veins bulged on the Judge’s forehead. He shook the mud from his sleeves and roared, "In the name of the Judgment Court, arrest the traitor Reinhardt! Dead or alive—!"

The battle erupted in an instant.

The Order Think Tank, Amelia, was the first to strike. Her eyes flared with dark purple Spiritual Lightning. With a thought, her Spiritual Power manifested as Telekinesis, slamming into Reinhardt’s body in an attempt to pin him in place.

The Church Knight standing beside her, who had been silent until now and possessed the strength of a Three-star Earth Military Rank, activated his Extraordinary Armament.

Lances of dazzling light, formed purely from Knight Power, appeared in a fan-like spread behind the Church Knight.

The next second, a lance of light tore through the sound barrier, grazing Reinhardt’s Power Armor before plunging into the ground at his feet.

The instant the light-lance landed, the Church Knight, who was a hundred meters away, used his Earth Ring to instantly swap places with it, appearing right in front of Reinhardt!

As the Secret Order made their move, the other two Judges also drew their weapons—or rather, their ’Black Wall Secret Weapons’.

One was an ancient-looking dagger that radiated a peculiar Mighty Power.

The other was a long, pitch-black blade that constantly absorbed the Extraordinary Power spreading throughout the battle zone.

One of them pierced his own palm with the dagger. As his blood dripped to the ground, the dagger erupted with a terrifying electrical current like a thunderstorm, and the Judge’s aura surged, abruptly reaching the Earth Knight Level!

He transformed into a high-speed bolt of electricity and shot toward Reinhardt.

The other, wielding the Black Blade, was but a Mortal, yet wherever he ran, the Church Knights were quick to get out of his way. All Extraordinary Power that came into contact with the Black Blade was sucked in as if falling into a bottomless black hole.

Even Spiritual Power as strong as that of the Order Think Tank couldn’t make a single ripple in the face of this Black Wall Secret Weapon.

Meanwhile, the Judge standing in the distance, his coat soiled with mud and his fury at its peak, tore open a Scroll. He raised his right hand high above his head and cried out, "Great Tutor! Supreme Demon Hunter!

I, Kavor Spencer, call upon your power here!"

It was also at this moment, facing the Judges’ faction who had already attacked, that Koller and Urus knew it was time to fulfill their promise.

Fighting the Judgment Court meant death.

Ignoring it, appeasing them, and compromising also meant death.

This life-or-death struggle for the highest power, which concerned the future of the Imperial Administrative Region, left no room for them to retreat!

The advanced Think Tank Koller turned his head toward the enemy’s Order Think Tank. A vast, ocean-like Spiritual Power pressed down, overwhelming and scattering her tactical attempt to restrain Reinhardt.

Urus activated his Earth Ring·Concealing Wind. His body underwent Elementalization, and like salt dissolving in water, he vanished from the spot without a sound.

As for Stearns, the Vengeful Angels Second Company Commander’s Attributeless Destruction Force Field manifested as a roaring pressure that surged around him. He raised his Knight’s Broadsword and bellowed, "For our victory! For the Vengeful Angels—!"

While his power and status were astronomically far from the center of power in the Imperial Administrative Region, he also realized that the Judgment Court’s arrest operation was less a righteous judgment and more a premeditated political persecution!

And just as the Church Knight who had flashed in front of Reinhardt lowered his body to draw a short blade...

...his wrist was seized by an immense force.

When he looked up, his gaze peering through his Full Coverage Helmet...

...what he saw was Reinhardt’s merciless stare—a gaze that wouldn’t flinch even when facing a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!