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

If all those kingdoms banded together, Great Han wouldn't be a threat.

But if the Baoji Kingdom faced Great Han one-on-one...

Well, that was a stretch.

To Lu Ding, Su Yun's pleas sounded like the most beautiful chord in the world.

He couldn't help but kick the tree demon up into the air.

Then he shouted, loud enough for everyone to hear: "Come on, scream!!!"

He swung both fists.

Flames ignited, black smoke billowed.

And then, he just blasted off!!!

In that instant.

Lu Ding swung his fists, alternating blows, striking out in a blur. In the blink of an eye, ten punches, a hundred punches, a thousand punches...

Afterimages appeared.

Lu Ding's fists hammered the tree demon relentlessly.

*Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang...*

The searing pain of [Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire] and the bone-crushing impact of every punch.

Even if the tree demon wanted to hold back its screams, it couldn't withstand Lu Ding's storm-like aerial barrage.

The scream rang out: "Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!"

"Su Yun!!!!! Go!!!!! Cultivate!!!!! Break through!!!!! There's still time!!!!! Avenge me!!!!! Lu Ding, you scum!!!!! You'll die a miserable death!!!!! Ahhhhhh!!!!!"

Lu Ding swung his fists, roaring with laughter, his body swaying, dark light radiating in all directions: "Hahahahahahahahahahaha..."

"Beautiful!!! What a beautiful scream of agony!!! More curses, more, even more, not enough, hahahahaha..."

He watched with his own eyes as Aunt Tree's body was twisted, deformed, shattered, and dismembered in the air under the relentless assault.

Finally, with the [Touch of Gold Turns to Stone] technique, even her bones, flesh, and sinews melted away.

*Bang!!!*

It exploded!!!

Countless pus and blood transformed into petals, scattering in the wind.

This was the final splendor of life.

Lu Ding stood alone amidst the rain of petals, reaching out to catch one. He tilted his head slightly, glancing at Su Yun from the corner of his eye, a smile curling on his lips: "Death brings hatred, hatred breeds anger, anger fuels power, and the end of having power is facing me. There's only one outcome of facing me, and that is a closed-loop death!!!"

The petal in his hand ignited, the flames spread, igniting all the petals, pushing the splendor to an even higher level.

Lu Ding soared up into the sky amidst the rain of fire and petals, and departed.

Su Yun could no longer hold on.

The rage that had repeatedly consumed him finally erupted, and he sprayed a mouthful of blood in a burst.

*Pfft...*

Su Yun slowly collapsed.

A voice called out in his ears.

"Su Yun..."

"Su Yun, what's wrong with you..."

The voice grew fainter.

But Su Yun's inner monologue grew louder.

"Yu Ci... Ling Tian... Brother Yu... Old Ape... Aunt... Aunt Tree... Everyone... Everyone is..."

Tears of blood slid from the corners of Su Yun's eyes. A streak of white crept from his hairline, and in an instant, all his jet-black long hair turned white.

Everything he had was gone...

Everything he had was destroyed by Lu Ding...

He couldn't go back to his home in the Third Circle...

And his home in the Second Circle was gone too...

Only the word "revenge" was deeply etched into Su Yun's heart.

He would definitely... take revenge!!!

On the other side.

On his way back.

Lu Ding checked his gains from this trip.

He could only say that the only thing he lacked now was his cultivation realm.

[Contained Monster: Yayu]

[Containment Reward: Water Dao System]

[Water Dao System: Condense three thousand drops of Ruoshui, each weighing ten thousand jun, capable of swallowing the heavens]

It was a method of water control, but not just simple water control. It was a deeper level of water-element transformation, penetration, tolerance, and so on.

Most importantly, the method for condensing three thousand drops of Ruoshui could enhance Lu Ding's three Dinghai Pearls, making them complement each other.

With a wave of his hand, surging Ruoshui would roll forth, sweeping across the world, bringing a flood of destruction. He could summon a torrential rain of the century, overturn the Heavenly River, and drown an entire kingdom.

Lu Ding laughed. The Baoji Kingdom was the perfect place to test this technique, wasn't it?

His gaze fell on the Yayu.

Various ancient texts like the *Kuitan Lu* recorded it.

But the characters were too obscure, and Lu Ding couldn't remember them all.

The gist was that the Yayu had a beast's head, a fish's body and tail, scales, and two front claws.

It often appeared paired with Suanni on the rooftops of imperial buildings, like the Hall of Supreme Harmony, for disaster prevention and blessings.

In some niche folkloric texts, like *Huangxuan Minzao*, the Yayu was classified as one of the nine sons of the dragon.

It was also a bit of an obscure entity.

He looked at the second gain.

[Contained Monster: Tongbi Ape]

[Containment Reward: Celestial Shift]

[Celestial Shift: Moves the sky and shifts the body; transfers damage taken]

Simply put, this was an advanced version of shifting forms.

Previously, Lu Ding could only rely on the Rivers and Mountains, Society and Millet Painting to shift, which meant moving his own body.

But [Celestial Shift] was about pulling the scenery to oneself, thereby changing one's position.

That was why the old ape had been able to suddenly appear in front of Su Yun and block Lu Ding's [Human King's Loose Hands] for them.

However, this old ape probably wasn't proficient enough yet.

Otherwise, [Celestial Shift] was a purely broken ability.

As long as you thought of it, as long as you had a memory or a concept in your mind, as long as you weren't in a different plane, with just a single thought, you could directly pull yourself there.

In other words, Lu Ding no longer needed to fly.

As long as he wanted to, with a single thought, he could return directly to Black Phoenix Gathering, to Hanjing, or even back to the Third Circle.

This was something he could use immediately.

Lu Ding couldn't wait.

He activated his mind: [Celestial Shift]

A loud *boom* echoed.

Where Lu Ding stood, a thunderous rumble suddenly exploded from thin air.

A violent force erupted around him.

Shattering the mountain forest.

Lu Ding vanished in an instant.

When he reappeared, he was already back in the Third Circle's Yunhai, at Birch Grove District, 1503.

The force he brought shook the entire building, making it tremble.

Lu Ding flopped down onto the sofa.

The smile on his face was completely uncontrollable. He scanned the room, looking at the decor, the layout. Nothing had changed; it was all still the same.

It seemed no one had lived here.

Confused, Lu Ding pulled out his phone and called Chu Gexiao.

It rang for only two seconds before it was picked up on the other end.

A hesitant voice began: "Is... Lu Ding?"

Lu Ding laughed and answered, "Hey, it's me."

Chu Gexiao's voice instantly grew louder. Even as a bureau director, he couldn't contain his vulgarity at that moment: "Fuck!!!"

"How is your caller ID showing Yunhai!!!?"

"Don't tell me you're back!?"

"How did you get back? Why are you back!!!?"

"You're smuggling yourself in, don't fuck around, man!!!?"

Lu Ding chuckled, "Shh, shh, shh, shh... Don't say anything. We're all family here. I'm just back for a moment. I'll be leaving soon. I had a little hiccup in my training just now, so I ended up back here. You absolutely must not say a word about this. I'll get written up for it."

Chu Gexiao stared at his phone as if he'd seen a ghost.

What the hell.

You slipped back from the Second Circle to the Third Circle, to Yunhai, without anyone noticing? What are you trying to pull?