First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!

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Ling Tian’s body could no longer hold together, shattering directly beneath Lu Ding’s foot.

Broken limbs and severed arms flew everywhere, blood spattered, converging into a single, fleeting crimson blossom that surrounded Lu Ding, embodying a beautiful danger.

Lu Ding surveyed the blood-splattered flower with satisfaction. “You gave me a uniquely spectacular sight. Your value is high.”

A breeze scraped across, further slicing those pieces to prevent any chance of revival.

From beginning to end, Ling Tian did not scream; he only let out a short, pained groan.

No need to say it—he was a tough man.

But Lu Ding admired only his combat attitude; he would not spare his life for being on the opposing side.

He noticed a few shining points—such as Ling Tian’s Spirit Refinement fifth-rank cultivation, being able to spar with him a little was impressive—but impressive or not, if someone needed killing, they still had to be killed.

Nearby.

Amid the shattered ruins, Zhan Tingzhou held Yu Ci’s bleeding head by the hair.

“A criminal who still dares to attempt to assassinate an investigator—such a crime deserves execution!!!”

Although Zhan Tingzhou did not know the name of the girl Yu Ci had murdered,

having been harmed by Yu Ci as well, he had neither the qualification nor the standing to tell outsiders, “I have avenged you.”

But in his heart, he quietly said to himself, we share the same suffering; this blood feud must be repaid. I feel happy, and you should no longer grieve.

He raised his head to the sky. “Today, I, Zhan Tingzhou, take one step into God Ascension!!!!!”

Boom!!!

Momentum exploded.

The Five-Colored Divine Light flared, Zhan Tingzhou’s aura soared step by step, surging into God Ascension, and heaven and earth changed color.

Although Zhan Tingzhou’s innate talent had been poor, the Five-Colored Divine Light created a miracle for him. With later enhancements, in a short time his realm was broken through repeatedly. Such talent even caused Lu Ding to show a momentary flash of surprise.

But it was only a moment.

In terms of combat power, even Lu Ding’s fighting strength during his Fifth Restriction period was not something Zhan Tingzhou could compare to. The gap between them in techniques, spells, divine arts, and secret methods was still far too great.

The Purple Cloud Sect’s sect leader, Ziyin, saw his sect reduced to ruins, wounded but not dead disciples scattered about.

Tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.

He wailed loudly, calling out, “What wrong did the Purple Cloud Sect commit, what wrong did the Purple Cloud Sect commit!!”

“Heaven’s justice is unfair, heaven’s justice is...”

His cry choked off mid-sentence.

Because Lu Ding stood before him. “Keep shouting, heaven’s justice is unfair, keep shouting.”

Ziyin’s clothes were stained with blood. He ignored the fact that this man was Lu Tai Sui, Special Envoy Lu; instead he shouted, “Lu Ding!!!!”

“Why did you destroy the Purple Cloud Sect’s centuries-old foundation all at once!?”

Lu Ding scanned the pile of rubble.

He said shockingly, “I did it on purpose.”

“Three months ago, you protected her. I understood then—you didn’t know anything. She was your sect’s disciple; protecting her was the right thing to do.”

“Three months later, today the truth is clear.”

Lu Ding pointed at Yu Ci’s corpse. “She killed someone. She didn’t even deny it, and then, embarrassed and enraged, attacked my investigators. Can you say she is innocent?”

“But you still wanted to protect her. You just failed to keep her safe because I stopped you. In your official capacity, you didn’t commit a crime I could handle, and the Purple Cloud Sect cooperated with Fengkou 749. I didn’t want to give the brother department extra trouble.”

“But as a private person, I’m just pissed. A thing so obvious—you had to butt in.”

Ziyin trembled with emotion. “Doesn’t this have something to do with your entrapment?!?”

“Don’t tell me anything about whether it was entrapment or not. If you’re unhappy, sue me. I’ve always done things this way. Today, apart from the guilty ones who deserved to die, your Purple Cloud Sect didn’t lose a single person because of us.”

“Your sect’s array was broken by that Celestial Armor Beetle, Ling Tian, not by me. The bodycam recordings prove it. This is your territory; you let a monster slip in, and now you come to me!?”

“Yes, I smashed mountains and flattened ridges, but I can fix it tomorrow. Once the Reshaper is activated, it will be identical to how it was.”

Lu Ding spoke so freely because the Purple Cloud Sect wasn’t entirely blameless.

It wasn’t reasonable to forget that they had cooperated with 749 to handle local matters.

Besides, Lu Ding didn’t even know a monster would appear here—it was a lucky accident he happened upon.

As for Yu Ci, if her background had been clean and Zhan Tingzhou had killed her outright, Lu Ding would have offered an explanation and would not have covered for her.

The key was she wasn’t clean.

Now Ziyin still acted affronted and glaring, but if Lu Ding hadn’t had some merit and bitter labor to his name, Lu Ding would have acted earlier.

Ziyin’s hands trembled with rage.

“You...”

“Lu Ding!! You’re too much!!!”

“You have the means to kill Ling Tian—why did you allow him to destroy the Purple Cloud Sect’s foundation!? This is a dereliction of duty!! You must be held responsible.”

Lu Ding heard this and laughed.

“Not a dereliction of duty.”

Ziyin was about to retort, when Lu Ding said, “I did it on purpose, because I’m angry that you knew she had problems and still tried to protect her. I won’t let you forget. Do you even know what the crime of harboring is?”

Ziyin instantly erupted. If he hadn’t been weaker than Lu Ding, he would have fought him to death.

But powerless reality forced him to restrain himself and say, “You must compensate the Purple Cloud Sect’s losses, or I’ll sue you in Hanjing!!!”

Lu Ding stepped forward. “Compensate?”

“I’ll compensate your mother—******........”

Lu Ding moved without further words, launching a wide punch that smashed into Ziyin’s face, bam!!!!

One fist sent Ziyin rolling out.

Seeing him fall, Lu Ding advanced with a soccer-style kick.

A muffled clang.

Bam!!!!

The final War Stomp slammed down heavily.

“Die, old bastard—still trying to extort me!?”

“Sue me. I dare you.”

Lu Ding pointed into the distance. “Everyone knows where Hanjing is. I won’t stop you. I’ll even send people to get you to Hanjing safely. Don’t just sue me for dereliction of duty; I’ll add a few more charges.”

Lu Ding crouched, swinging both fists.

Bam!!

“Using official power for personal revenge.”

Bam!

“Abuse of authority.”

Bam!

“Harming the innocent!!”

Finally Lu Ding stood up. “Fuck, is that enough for you to file? File away, have the Review Office people investigate!!”

“You bet on whether they’re blind—whether they won’t check my bodycam, whether they won’t see what Yu Ci couldn’t deny, whether they won’t see that your Purple Cloud Sect’s leader tried to cover for her and obstruct enforcement.”

He grabbed Ziyin by the hair, lifted him, and held the bodycam up to his chest. “Look at it!”

He slapped him, clap!!!

“I told you to look at it, focus your eyes!!!”

When Ziyin’s eyes focused, Lu Ding spoke out loud, not hiding anything so everyone could hear: “I’m not afraid of your lawsuit. Sue me if you want. At worst, I’ll be judged for procedural violations and accept review, but you—if strictly investigated, you’ll be proven to have harbored!”

“From now on, the Purple Cloud Sect will be a tainted sect!”

“Because I recall your Purple Cloud Sect has helped Fengkou 749 with many things before and had a decent reputation, I even said I’d help you restore what I smashed. But you dared to try to extort me and sue me. Go ahead—let’s see whether your sect’s license gets revoked first, or whether my shoulder insignias get taken off first!!!”