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

With Suzuki Oshima’s death, the battlefield below collapsed like a crumbling mountain.

The commander was dead.

The backbone of their forces had vanished.

The battles between Qi Refiners were fundamentally different from those of ordinary people.

The main commander of Qi Refiners typically represented the highest combat power.

When the highest combatants clashed and your side’s fell, wouldn’t the enemy’s strongest be free to wreak havoc?

Countless voices cried out in surrender.

Lu Ding paid them no heed.

Surrender? They’d just be wasting food and resources to keep them alive.

Where was this attitude earlier?

No surrenders accepted.

Besides.

Right now, he had no time to listen to their surrender pleas.

There were still surprises waiting for him.

Lu Ding never expected.

That the man he just killed would actually drop a technique.

[Contained Creature: General Stripe-Tiger]

[Containment Reward: Tiger’s Roar Thunder Cannon]

[Tiger’s Roar Thunder Cannon: Twelve Symbols, Tiger-Type Technique, branch technique. Uses secret methods to stimulate spiritual energy into an unstable state. Higher quality spiritual energy results in greater explosive power]

Reading the description of Tiger’s Roar Thunder Cannon.

Lu Ding instantly understood - holy shit, a hand cannon?!

And not just any hand cannon, but a portable high-power variant.

It was absolutely perfect for him!

Compared to others at his level, Lu Ding’s spiritual energy quality was downright unfair.

Even those.

At higher cultivation levels might not match his spiritual energy purity.

Beyond just quality, Lu Ding also had massive reserves.

This damn...could essentially turn the hand cannon into an autocannon.

Single-shot becoming rapid-fire.

If he unleashed this on enemy forces...

Lu Ding himself couldn’t imagine how absurd the results would be.

Though satisfied with the technique.

He still felt slight regret.

When he first saw ”General Stripe-Tiger,” Lu Ding had hoped for another Twelve Symbols technique like [White Snake Shakes Scales].

I mean, look.

Tiger plus Yin, wasn’t that the Yin Tiger?

Turned out it wasn’t a full technique, just a branch method.

Pity.

But thinking carefully, it made sense.

”General Stripe-Tiger” sounded impressive.

But was actually mediocre.

Just a minor character from Journey to the West.

The Taiping Guangji also contained records about it.

[During the Dazhong era, there was scholar Ning Yin who rented a manor at the southern mountain’s base...with broken walls...On a night of clear wind and bright moon, he chanted poetry in the courtyard...Suddenly hearing knocking at the gate announcing ”Scholar Stripe-Special of Peach Grove visits”...]

This described General Yin and Scholar Special.

One ox, one tiger.

The gist being:

Scholar Ning Yin, having too much free time, rented a house at the mountain’s base, unconcerned about attracting spirits.

Renting was fine, but instead of sleeping at night, he’d recite poetry in the yard - not just occasionally, but regularly.

This night, he was at it again.

Him going ”I’m Ning Yin the badass, jerking off in the yard”

Truly peerless - the strong never complain about their environment, getting it done anywhere.

Hearing this, General Yin and Scholar Special outside thought:

”Damn, you’re hardcore - I wouldn’t dare be that bold.”

”Long heard of a talented scholar here - today proves the rumors true.”

Immediately applauding: ”Excellent verse! This scene inspires me too.”

”The general rides the scholar, meeting by moonlight.”

Scholar Special nearby retorted: ”Get lost! I’d rather ’Escort General Yin, picking flowers as gift for Ning Yin.’”

Ning Yin inside pricked up his ears.

Wow! These are talents! Quick, come in, let’s discuss poetry!

Originally outside, the two spirits already didn’t get along.

Inside, their bickering escalated until parting angrily.

At dawn, Ning Yin went out to find numerous ox and tiger prints, only then realizing - these weren’t human!

So Ning Yin fled.

Recalling this, Lu Ding chuckled.

Of course, the real story wasn’t like this - just his amusing adaptation.

But the beginning and ending matched.

Mid-chuckle.

Lu Ding suddenly noticed.

It wasn’t over yet.

[Devouring Qi Death Beam technique, ready!]

[Tiger’s Roar Thunder Cannon, ready!]

The two techniques’ scripts began merging, filling Lu Ding with anticipation.

Last time, [White Snake Shakes Scales] resulted from merging Living Shedding, Living Corpse and White Hui Scale-Shake.

Now Devouring Qi Death Beam and Tiger’s Roar Thunder Cannon shared similarities.

Perhaps merging would...

New script emerged:

[Technique: Tiger Qi Death Beam Cannon]

[Tiger Qi Death Beam Cannon: Filled with baleful energy, further amplifying explosive power. Infuses destructive baleful qi that eradicates vitality. Extreme consumption, extreme power. Twelve Symbols, Tiger-Type Technique]

Lu Ding couldn’t stop grinning.

Right now, he just wanted to blow something up.

This thing’s power compared to Tiger’s Roar Thunder Cannon was like heaven and earth.

Plus the baleful energy enhancement.

This was essentially the Qi Refiner version of a nuke.

One shot would not only devastate, but render the area permanently barren.

Perfect timing with the war.

Attacking outward meant not affecting their own waters or land - free to unleash!

Just...the lethality was extreme.

Another technique like Bloody Storm - indiscriminate, equalizing all life.

Lu Ding pondered.

If he collected more such techniques, would the 749 Bureau forbid his deployment?

Above the skies.

Lu Ding was contemplating.

Meanwhile.

Wu City Command Center.

Qiu Fu stared at his phone showing Lu Ding had read but not replied.

He wondered: ”What’s Lu Ding doing? Why no response after reading?”

The conference room door burst open.

A staffer shouted: ”Heavenly Perception Qiu! Lu Ding’s leading three thousand unorthodox cultivators charging toward Tai Island!”

”What?!?”

Qiu Fu shot to his feet.

He never imagined.

Just saying ”unfavorable” would make Lu Ding strike first!

Seriously?!

This sensitive?!

The situation left everyone stunned.

Someone asked: ”What now?! Recall them?”

”Recall?”

Zhao Jian stood: ”You senile? They’re already mobilized!”

The questioner looked displeased: ”But doing this...”

”Enough. Retire if you can’t keep up mentally, at least keep up physically.”

Dou Tingyu rose: ”You think Tai Island plays fair? They want to flip the table but lack the strength.”

”But we’re different - we have that strength. Having it, why shouldn’t we flip it?”

”Must Great Han, fighting multiple nations alone, still observe martial courtesy?”

As she spoke, she prepared to reinforce.

Before taking a step.

Another staffer rushed in.

”Heavenly Perception Qiu! Frontline reports - Grand Duke Lu just incinerated Tai Island’s supreme commander Suzuki Oshima!!”

Everyone: What?!?!

Wait, Lu Ding moved that fast?

Was Suzuki Oshima made of clay?

How’d he die so quickly?

As others froze, Qiu Fu reacted first: ”Disaster!! Hurry!! Stop Lu Ding!! Before he charges deeper!!!”