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

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That youth, ever since joining the Two-Straight Tower, had charged forward with unstoppable momentum.

He never failed a mission, killing without batting an eye.

Later, people from Lü Mountain came knocking, without a single word of nonsense, they blasted him to death on the spot.

But Lü Mountain was also reasonable.

Considering it was their mistake that had allowed this youth, hosting a coexisting ancient demon, to escape the Demon Continent, and that the youth had enjoyed Two-Straight Tower's resources to grow strong, killing him meant Two-Straight Tower suffered an irrecoverable loss.

So they compensated Gongyang Qingrou with an opportunity to enter the True Demon Palace of the Demon Lord of Lü Mountain for advanced cultivation.

It was that very opportunity.

That allowed Gongyang Qingrou's cultivation realm to directly skyrocket to Deification Ninth Level.

Thinking of all this.

Gongyang Qingrou smiled.

Her laughter grew louder and louder, echoing throughout the room.

No one knew exactly what she was thinking.

But that very day, Gongyang Qingrou announced the suspension of all mission acceptances at Two-Straight Tower.

As for herself, she set off alone for the Great Han.

On the other side.

Great Han.

Fengkou City.

Overcast Mountain, White Sun Palace.

When Lu Ding shouted that loud cry at Coiled Snake Ridge, it had spread far and wide, letting all the surrounding mountain caves and grottoes know exactly why Coiled Snake Mountain had been wiped out.

So.

Here came the problem.

The matter of the human-demon hybrid experiments at Black Phoenix Gathering.

Except for the Celestial Armor Beetle clan, all the other major powers of Overcast Mountain had been involved.

At this moment inside White Sun Palace.

A gathering of elite demons and goblin kings.

All speaking at once, in a hubbub.

"The Black Phoenix Gathering affair, we all had a hand in it. Now Lu Ding is using this as an excuse to purge, slaughtering Coiled Snake Mountain. Next might be our White Sun Palace, this..."

As soon as these words were spoken, someone immediately responded.

"What's there to fear? No matter how strong Lu Ding is, he's only at God Ascension, with combat power at Deification. Calling him a once-in-a-generation prodigy is well deserved. But my White Sun Palace has eight hundred great demons and thirty thousand lesser demons. All of you sitting here, who isn't at God Ascension or Spirit Refinement?"

Then, raising their hands in salute toward the elevated seat.

"His Majesty is a Deification-level grandmaster. With the saying, 'White Sun shining in the sky, moving unchecked and unrestrained.' Lu Ding is strong, but if he dares to face my king, he'll be a defeated general, and we'll strip him of his title Corpse-Shattering Taishui!"

These words made everyone in the hall burst into laughter together.

But the person on the platform, wearing a long robe without an inner garment, his chest exposed, furrowed his brows deeply.

He was none other than the master of White Sun Palace, the Demon King Song Wuji!

He lifted his leg, stepping down from the couch onto the floor. "I called you all here today to discuss a countermeasure, not to have you flatter me about how great I am."

"If I were truly as lawless and unbridled as you all claim, why would the Great Han have drawn a circle around me, forbidding me from leaving this Overcast Mountain!?"

The laughter abruptly stopped.

The flattering goblin's smile froze instantly on its face.

Although it could pick good things to say, it wasn't stupid either. It quickly changed its tune. "Great King, judging by the current situation, we at least need to be on guard against one thing. Lu Ding will call for backup."

"After all, he has the 749 Bureau behind him. He's formidable, but not to the point that you can't handle him. However, if he calls for reinforcements..."

"Then..."

Hearing this, Song Wuji silently sighed in his heart.

For a moment, he didn't know how to decide either.

Regarding the Black Phoenix Gathering laboratory incident, he didn't know if he had been exposed or not.

If he had been exposed, then staying on Overcast Mountain would only make his survival a matter of sooner or later.

If he hadn't been exposed, he didn't want to scare himself into fleeing this territory he had painstakingly managed for so long.

After thinking it over repeatedly, Song Wuji finally made his decision.

It was better to just withdraw.

He was different from Zhutai and the Great Wilderness Realm, who had a sense of belonging to Overcast Mountain, having lived here for generations, with their secrets also buried here.

Song Wuji was different. If he wanted to leave, he could go at any time.

Wasn't it just an Overcast Mountain?

At worst, he could leave Overcast Mountain, step out of the Great Han, cross the border, and head straight for the Baoji Kingdom.

Where couldn't he be a king and rule as a tyrant?

There was no need to stay here and gamble on an unknown outcome.

Having figured it out, Song Wuji spoke. "Prepare yourselves. Pack up. We're pulling out."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the demons looked at him.

They asked:

"Gr-Great King... Where are we going?"

Song Wuji didn't hesitate. "The Baoji Kingdom..."

"The Great Han is no place to stay. There's no need to gamble. Once we reach the Baoji Kingdom, we can be just as carefree and at ease, and we'll have even more freedom than in the Great Han."

Although Song Wuji had made up his mind.

These words, however, sounded like abandoning their homeland to the others listening.

A quick-tempered demon directly spoke up. "Great King, we brothers followed you entirely because we admired your majestic and heroic bearing back in the day. But now you want us brothers to become homeless dogs fleeing with our tails between our legs."

"What kind of reasoning is this!?"

"If you want to leave, then go. I'm not leaving anyway."

"Isn't it just Lu Ding? Let's fight him!!!"

"Great King, I understand that you have your own thoughts and judgment, but I can't leave either. My ancestors, grandfather, father, mother, brothers, and sisters all died on Overcast Mountain and are buried here. This is my home. If I leave, I don't know when I'll be able to come back and see them. I'm not leaving, Great King. Take the brothers and go. I'm willing to cover the Great King's retreat!"

Many were willing to follow Song Wuji, but just as many didn't want to go.

Though they were demons, Song Wuji didn't have the best temper either, and his kind was born with a tendency to kill indiscriminately.

But when it came to his sworn brothers, Song Wuji was still loyal.

He also knew that if these brothers stayed here without his backing, whether they faced Lu Ding from the 749 Bureau or the other two major forces on Overcast Mountain, Zhutai or the Great Wilderness Realm, they would all be soft targets.

Life would be hard for them in the future.

Looking at his former brothers, now split into two factions because of his decision, Song Wuji was just about to say something when...

A heart-stopping fluctuation suddenly swept through.

The next moment.

"GOL...DEN...AO...ISLAND!!!!"

Accompanied by ethereal immortal tones, the immortal presence was preceded by an immortal rhyme.

A suppression force so terrifyingly powerful it was almost inconceivable poured down like a waterfall, blanketing the entire White Sun Palace.

Lu Ding swore, he had only struck lightly, not daring to use too much force, lest the casualties be too heavy and he wouldn't be able to exchange for enough contribution points.

As a result.

The mountains and earth of White Sun Palace all trembled unceasingly.

Crack-like ravines, using the ground as a blueprint, continuously painted mysterious patterns across the surface.

All the lesser demons on the mountain, beneath this single strike, became dazed and disoriented.

Those too weak simply died on the spot, exploding into pieces.

Those slightly stronger suffered blood flowing from seven orifices, severe internal injuries, their status forcibly suppressed to a low point.

Even the elite demons in the hall, beneath this extreme suppression, were all considerably restrained.

Back at Coiled Snake Mountain, it was to set a good precedent, and there was room for maneuvering techniques.

So Lu Ding would leave a share for the other investigators, recording their highlight moments on the bodycams.

But White Sun Palace couldn't be handled that way.

So.

He came straight out with the big move [Golden Ao Island] to suppress them in one go, crippling them all!!!

Still thinking about running!?

By the time they finished discussing whether to run or stay, Lu Ding had already packed them up and sent them off to Hanjing.

If it weren't for the fact that live captures could exchange for more contribution points, Lu Ding would have directly used a full-power [Golden Ao Island] to smash White Sun Palace flat like a glutinous rice cake!

At that moment.

The voice of Yan Feifan rang out through the earpieces of all investigators.

"Brother Lu has engaged first - Give me, KILL!!!!!!"