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

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The phoenix-blooded crimson great bird flapped its wings in the blink of an eye, sweeping Su Yun and Nishang into the sky with breathtaking speed that definitely had something to it.

It called out in human speech: "Mr. Su, we go first, they'll hold them off!"

Su Yun roared: "I'm not going!!!"

He shouted down to Lu Ding below: "Why are you forcing me!!!"

"I already said I don't want anything anymore! I just want to go home! Can't you give me this chance!!?"

"What did I ever do wrong!!!!?"

"I'm a citizen of the Great Han too! I can love my country! I can join the 749 Bureau too!!!"

The words erupted with fury. Lu Ding wanted to laugh when he heard them, but the other spirits, demons, and even Nishang felt a weight settle in their hearts.

They certainly didn't want Su Yun to give up. Not to mention their years of emotional connection with Su Yun, but for the sake of future development and the benefits of staying by his side, they didn't want him to leave them either. They especially didn't want him to join the Great Han's 749 Bureau, which stood against most spirits and demons.

Below.

The tree branches that lashed and exploded space, the dragon-blooded descendant that had transformed into human form, its flesh and blood energy rolling upward and staining itself golden, and the towering beast pressing its palm down from above.

Three attacks struck simultaneously.

Lu Ding executed a Sparrowhawk Flips Over to evade the branch attack, while black smoke surged thickly. The Red Coffin opened, and from it emerged a fragile, pale, boneless hand-a ghostly hand from Qianqian-that passed a blade into Lu Ding's waiting palm.

He yanked Blood Frost upward and slashed at the sky in a single stroke.

Slash!!!!!

Terrifying blade energy erupted instantly in waves, like a river of blood bursting through the Nine Netherworlds to engulf the mortal realm.

And within that river of blood and blades, Lu Ding himself was the surging tidal wave sweeping across the world!!!!!!

A heaven-rending slash, from bottom to top, tore through the sky. The clouds roiled endlessly, and the giant figure's descending palm shattered into pieces, raining blood down upon the mortal world.

"ROAR!!!!!!"

"Human! How dare you wound me!!!!!"

Lu Ding tumbled as he landed, leveling his blade to block the dragon-blooded descendant's heavy, smashing punch.

BANG!!!!

The terrifying force within the blow made it impossible for Lu Ding to hold his ground. He was sent flying backward, crashing through the remnants of the courtyard wall before flipping backward to land again on his feet.

Lu Ding swung his blade downward, his red scarf fluttering like a flowing ribbon.

He cast a sidelong glance at the massive beastly shadow. Its arm was shattered, half its body was battered, and its injuries were severe.

But he hadn't killed it.

As expected of one of the kings of Overcast Mountain. Its worth needed no elaboration-that charged strike hadn't taken it down.

True enough.

When facing a truly worthy opponent, and with the added suppression of their higher realm, Lu Ding's current cultivation was still somewhat strained.

After all, facing three God Ascension realm great demon spirits head-on while at the God Ascension, Ninth Restriction-ninety-nine percent of the time, this kind of situation meant death for whoever stepped up.

Holding his blade at the ready, he glanced up at Su Yun, who sat on the bird's back. "Give you a chance!?"

"Who gives me a chance!?"

"Now you're not talking about different stances? Now you're a citizen of the Great Han? Now you love your country? Now you want to join the 749 Bureau?"

Lu Ding shook his head. "Pathetic. Disgusting. You're not worthy!!!"

His left sleeve hand, which wasn't holding the blade, beckoned to the three great demons: "What are you waiting for? Come again! Don't drag it out just so we can have a few more words!?"

The three great demons turned to look at Su Yun, whose face was now twisted with rage.

Su Yun's kindness to them, his good treatment, and the future they could see before them-all of it made them willing to stay by his side and submit.

With the advantage on their side, they certainly weren't in a hurry.

Su Yun clenched his fists. "Lu Ding!!! You forced this! You forced this!!!"

"Fine, I'm not going back then! Capturing you will be just as good to trade with the Great Han for them to send my parents up here! We'll be reunited in the Second Circle, with the sky as our limit!!!"

"Capture him! Alive!!!!!"

Receiving their orders, the three demons launched a fierce assault on Lu Ding once more.

In an instant, the winds and clouds shifted violently.

But fortunately, the earlier bickering and bluster had bought enough time for Lu Ding's other 749 Bureau investigators to forcibly evacuate the Great Han citizens from Black Phoenix Gathering.

As for the rest?

They weren't Great Han citizens. Why should he care about them?

Just like when Su Yun had argued before: absolute good and evil didn't exist in this world. Most of the time, it was just different stances, different perspectives, leading to different interpretations of the same problem.

Maybe Su Yun was a savior of harmony between humans and demons.

But wasn't Lu Ding also a practitioner pushing for a human-dominated order?

No, that wasn't quite accurate. He was a successor striving for the prosperity of the Great Han.

KILL!!!!!

Blood Frost coiled around his head and shoulders as his blade swept through the remaining clouds.

The Dinghai Pearls howled around his body, circling and spinning endlessly.

Refine Essence into Energy, stand undefeated.

Four Fundamental Evil Aspects, with me there's no enemy, Invulnerable Vajra Body...

This, and this, and this-open them all!!!!!

The blade energy imbued with the Way of the Jinche rampaged across the earth, swept over the mountain ridges, and pushed horizontally across the Overcast and Raise Phoenix Mountains on both sides.

In an instant, the earth was scarred and devastated.

The sky was filled with extraordinary phenomena-fire burning half the heavens, the Bloodstorm descending, darkness crushing everything, the end of the world.

Lu Ding's body was shrouded in black smoke.

He took the attacks head-on, absorbed the techniques directly.

With White Snake Shakes Scales, he healed internally and externally. With Invulnerable Vajra Body and Four Fundamental Evil Aspects, he was impervious to water and fire, immune to blades and spears.

Injury for injury. Life for life!!!!!

Heaven-Man Unity protected him, righteous revenge this spring.

He took a Dragon Descendant Fish Demon's double-dragon emergence to the chest-both fists smashing heavily into Lu Ding's chest.

A stifled grunt escaped him involuntarily, and blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

He threw his blade in one smooth motion and ignited both hands with flames.

"Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire, Heaven and Earth Share Longevity!!!!!"

Lu Ding's body shook violently. Black smoke exploded, spreading across the three mountains and five peaks. Sparks erupted instantly, and in a thunderous whoosh, a radius of ten thousand meters was transformed into a sea of flames, friend and foe alike reduced to ashes!!!!!

The nearest dragon-blooded fish demon was set ablaze immediately.

Blood Frost's long blade was discarded into the air, not yet fallen.

Lu Ding grabbed the fish demon in front of him and let out a dragon's roar: "ROAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!!!"

His eyes blazed with crimson light. With the roar, black smoke spewed from his mouth, billowing black energy rumbling in the fish demon's ears.

In an instant, it stunned the demon for a moment.

Lu Ding's mouth spewed black smoke and black energy mixed with sparks. Gradually, it transformed from a column of black smoke and flesh energy into flames, becoming a rolling pillar of fire that seared and burned like a welding torch, ravaging the dragon-blooded fish demon's body.

Turning it inch by inch into charcoal, into flying ash!!!!!

Until the one-armed ape demon struck with its palm, slamming heavily into the Dinghai Pearls protecting Lu Ding. The terrifying force sent him flying away.

Lu Ding tumbled through the air, kicked the falling long blade with his toe. Blood Frost somersaulted in midair as Lu Ding flipped through the air.

Finally, he hovered, standing atop the blade in midair.

His blood-red scarf fluttered in the wind, and his black wide-swinging robe reflected prismatic light.

Lu Ding's Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed a mouthful of rebellious blood.

"Can't waste the refined vital blood!!!"

BOOM!!!!

The sound waves surged intensely, like an engine roaring at this moment.

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