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

He dodged and shifted positions repeatedly.

Cursing in his heart.

That damn technique of his can be cast instantly, has immense power, and barely seems to consume anything. What kind of monster is this!?

Lu Ding’s physical body was too strong, his speed too fast, and those blood threads were constantly interfering. Liu Xingchuan simply had no time to form seals or cast spells before his Qi flow was disrupted.

He had to create distance!!

As this thought crossed Liu Xingchuan’s mind, he looked toward where Lu Ding had been standing earlier.

But at that moment, he was stunned.

Where was he!?

The spot was already empty.The next second, a black shadow flickered beside him. He caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye, but his pupils hadn’t even focused properly yet—

Lu Ding was already in front of him, hands clenched into fists.

Tiny scales of armor unfurled from his fingertips, spreading up his arms and covering his entire body as he tightened his grip.

General’s Armor Technique!!!

A full-scale enhancement of his power.

He threw a punch, white energy swirling around his hand. BOOM!!!!

As Lu Ding’s punch landed—

Two shockwaves burst out in expanding rings, one large, one small, one following the other. His strength was already immense, and that was before factoring in his speed and explosive force. Then add the boost from the General’s Armor Technique—

This punch—

Shattered Liu Xingchuan’s entire head.

His headless corpse, carried by the force, crashed into the courtyard, smashing a massive crater into the ground.

The eerie eyeball with a mouth landed next to the corpse.

It looked at the drifting figure of Lu Ding and weakly asked, “What a Lu Ding, what a Corpse-Shattering Taishui… Is this really all of your strength? A Linghai Fifth Layer losing to a Divine Palace...”

All of his strength?

Lu Ding wouldn’t dare to unleash his full strength here. If he did, that would include a full activation of Blood Rain and Gale—

At full power, that wouldn’t just drag people into his technique’s space or make the sky accumulate blood rain for him to use. No, it would be an instant downpour of blood, a storm of carnage.

If that happened, everyone and everything in this area would be wiped out. Life would be extinguished. This place would become a dead zone.

This was a residential area—Lu Ding wasn’t about to do something like that.

As for Linghai losing to Divine Palace?

No. Linghai slaughtering Divine Palace.

“You wanna live? If you really can, then reincarnate.”

The eyeball with a mouth panicked.

Seeing Lu Ding lift his foot, it hastily screamed:

“No, no, don’t kill me! I know a lot of things! I can report them to 749! If you capture me and take me back, you’ll get merit, a promotion, a raise!”

“Aren’t you just an Intern Investigator right now? If you turn me in, you’ll be a Formal Investigator immediately! Maybe even rank up further!”

“Contribution points! Right, contribution points! Capture me, take me back, and you’ll get—”

Splat.

Under Lu Ding’s foot, the eyeball burst like a crushed fruit, its obnoxious voice vanishing along with its last trace of Qi.

In his final moments, Liu Xingchuan had only one thought left—

Unpredictable, won’t even let people finish their sentences, goddamn bastard!!!!

“Just die already, why so much talking.”

Lu Ding had been listening to his non-stop chatter since before the fight even began. If not for the slim possibility that he might have some surprises up his sleeve, Lu Ding would have killed him ages ago.

But in the end—trash was trash.

All those flashy techniques and manifestations. Absolutely useless.

As for all that talk about intelligence, secrets, promotions? Lu Ding didn’t care. No interest whatsoever.

If he had cared about promotions, he would’ve been promoted already. All it took was keeping a few monsters alive.

In the courtyard, Old Master Cao was drenched in cold sweat.

He silently praised his own wisdom.

Thank god, thank god he didn’t step out before.

Otherwise… he could already imagine his fate.

If he had stepped out, he wouldn’t have attacked right away. He would have tried to explain—tried to claim a misunderstanding, tried to smooth things over, maybe even boasted about his higher cultivation level compared to Lu Ding.

Then Lu Ding would’ve attacked immediately.

Just like now—“Not interested, don’t wanna hear it.”

The moment he got out a single word—Lu Ding’s storm-like barrage would have slammed into him full force.

Insane speed, terrifying physical power, bizarre techniques, undetectable slashes, endless combinations—

He wouldn’t have stood a chance.

Even Divine Palace Realm cultivators couldn’t wound this monster.

Him?

He wouldn’t even last a few moves…

“Brother Lu is Brother Lu, man, that was badass! Taiz爷, don’t just stand there, hurry up and brew some of your best tea for Brother Lu! He just saved all of Caojia Alley!”

Old Master Cao: ……

You little shit!!!

You’re taking all the credit with your words while making me provide everything?!

What do I get out of this? Just a cover lid for the teapot??

You should be calling me Taiz爷!

Sigh…

With a helpless sigh, Old Master Cao forced a smile onto his face.

“Brother Lu… Lu Investigator.”

At that moment, everyone turned to look.

Old Master Cao froze for a second. He had tripped over his words, slipping up in his nervousness.

Lu Ding’s sheer presence was too overwhelming.

Not to mention, Cao Ying and Yan Feifan kept calling him “Brother Lu” left and right, making his head spin.

“Lu Investigator, please, have a seat. I’ll go fetch a new tea set.”

Then, he turned to Cao Ying.

“Niu Niu, go send out our people. Coordinate with Lu Investigator, patrol Bao Fan District.”

“And get someone in here to clean up all this mess. It’s hot out—if we don’t take care of it fast, it’ll attract flies.”

“Got it, got it! Brother Lu, enjoy your tea! I’ll be right back.”

Cao Ying turned and dashed out.

Lu Ding rubbed the soles of his shoes against the steps, scraping off the sticky mess, before speaking.

“Old Master Cao, I wrecked a lot of your walls today. Make a list of the damages tomorrow and hand it to Feifan—I’ll approve a reimbursement form for you.”

Hearing that, Old Master Cao’s waist nearly bent in half.

If he had been Lu Ding’s enemy today, he would’ve been dead—no mercy, no hesitation, just like with Cao Yuan’s family.

But today was different.

Lu Ding was a guest at Caojia Alley.

Even though Old Master Cao was far weaker, his age and position still commanded respect.

Lu Ding might be arrogant, but he wasn’t disrespectful. That was a matter of upbringing.

Calling him “Old Master Cao” wasn’t an act of humility—it was just basic courtesy.

“No, no, I wouldn’t dare. Lu Investigator, you’ve come to protect Caojia Alley today. Without you, who knows if Caojia Alley would even exist after tonight? I can’t accept that. This old man simply can’t.”

His hands were shaking as he spoke.

Earlier, he had nearly died by Lu Ding’s hands because of a single bad decision.

Now, he wouldn’t dare push his luck.

As for the damaged walls?

Forget the walls.

Even if people had died, he wouldn’t say a word.

This was a debt of life.

Lu Investigator was truly… truly…

There were no words for it.

Old Master Cao turned to prepare tea.

Yan Feifan approached, looking serious.

“Brother Lu, while you were fighting the One-Eyed Dragon, Xie Shunan from Sihai Group sent a message—”

“There was a Yin cultivator transporting a coffin through Bao Fan District from Yuanfeng Crematorium. No disturbances, but they took a lot of monsters and demons with them.”

“They took the monsters and demons!?”

Lu Ding’s voice sharpened.