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

Ying Gou’s smile was utterly sinister. ”Well, if that’s the case, once I become a legitimate force, the moment you make a move, I’ll file the paperwork and submit the documents. We’ll work from the inside out?”

Lu Ding looked at him. ”Aren’t you going to ask why I want to deal with them?”

At that moment.

Zhuge Xing served tea.

Ying Gou picked up a cup. ”I don’t want to know the reason. Even if I did, so what? Would I choose to help them instead of you? We’re on the same side, we’re family. I don’t care for liquor, so it’s all in the tea. Cheers!”

Right.

This was another lawless bastard.

Lu Ding raised his teacup. ”Cheers!”

They both drank it all in one gulp.

Lu Ding stood up. ”I won’t keep you any longer. I still have things to do. Keep me posted anytime, and call me if I don’t respond to messages. I’ll send someone for the handover here.”Ying Gou stood to see him off. ”Then get to it. I need to pack up and prepare to move as well. We’ll stay in touch.”

After they parted.

Lu Ding walked out, pulled out his phone, and sent a message to Fu Xinghe.

[Xinghe, come take over the Mouth of the Evil Prison. I’ll leave Old Long here. Once the handover is complete, follow the usual procedure for the cleanup. Release everyone, kill who needs killing, arrest who needs arresting. Most importantly, if members of the Child Association are still in the western region’s five districts, even if you have to turn this place upside down, find them for me!!!]

[Since they dared to come, they won’t be going back!!!]

Before this, Lu Ding might have had to hold back.

After all, back then, the Mouth of the Evil Prison wasn’t under his command.

Now that he was taking it over, the entire western region was his. He could search however he wanted, door to door!

Then he’d go after each and every one of them by name.

And now, Lu Ding was about to return for his breakthrough. Once he came out of seclusion, he wouldn’t tolerate anyone!

His cultivation level and strength gave him the confidence to abandon any home-field advantage, allowing him to fly straight at the enemy’s base and slaughter them at their spawn.

The [Way of the Jinche] he had been building up for so long was already itching for blood.

Almost instantly, Fu Xinghe replied.

[Yes, Brother Lu.]

Lu Ding didn’t take the remaining men back with him. He left them all at the Mouth of the Evil Prison, waiting for Fu Xinghe to arrive.

As for Lu Ding himself, he returned to White Ridge.

He sat down in his secluded cultivation chamber.

He took out the Dragon Essence Phoenix Milk he had obtained from the Mad God’s secret realm, along with other usable but not particularly rare herbs. The key was sheer quantity.

He mixed them together and stuffed large mouthfuls into his own mouth.

From now on, stability and development required his formidable strength to support it, especially when he went looking for trouble on someone else’s turf.

Only if Lu Ding, as the high-end combat power, was fierce, could he prevent greater casualties among the investigators.

Although helping Ying Gou seize territory and going head-to-head with that Kong Wenshu was his own affair.

But dealing with the Giant Wave Group, the Star-Plucking Tower, and the Wuliang Temple - he couldn’t handle those three places alone. He’d need to bring people.

Thinking of all this.

Lu Ding sped up his refining process.

Pure medicinal energy was sealed within his body.

Finally, the Dragon Essence and Phoenix Blood pooled together.

It even made Lu Ding look plump.

He formed hand seals to stabilize.

When the Hai hour arrived.

He scattered his hand seals, and [Guarding Hai, Condensing Truth] activated!!!

The [Sin Dragon Bone Seal] surged with full force, driving the flow of medicinal effects, and the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth was devoured like a whale.

Above Lu Ding’s head, a blood lotus materialized.

Five petals unfurled.

As the sound of a river surging through Lu Ding’s body echoed, accompanied by the constant roar of a dragon.

The sixth blood-colored petal gradually began to bloom and open.

At this moment, he was in a mysterious and profound state.

In a hazy daze, Lu Ding arrived in a stretch of the starry river, positioned at its center.

Beneath his feet was nothingness, not an inch of ground to stand on.

But he didn’t fall.

Instead, he floated slowly forward, straight into the depths of the starry river.

Suddenly, with a loud rumble.

Lu Ding’s cultivation level rose again - God Ascension, Seventh Layer!!!

A blood-colored lotus platform materialized beneath his feet.

A cooling sensation washed over him, restoring a sliver of clarity.

It allowed him to regain his consciousness and see his surroundings clearly.

Setting aside the starry river that filled his vision.

Looking around, all he saw were countless radiant divine bridges leading into the depths of the starry river.

Vague figures whose true forms couldn’t be discerned walked dazedly along the divine bridges.

Of course, this wasn’t some conspiracy theory.

Rather, it was the manifestation of each person’s talent.

These countless, measureless divine bridges that filled his sight were also all the God Ascension Qi Refiners of the entire Second Circle.

God Ascension, Spirit Refinement, Godhood Seal - three realms.

God Ascension was the starting point, and Godhood Seal was the destination.

But the divine seats were limited.

It was like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge - everyone was fighting for it, everyone was walking.

The only difference was Lu Ding, who remained awake, was being carried forward by a blood-colored platform as it flew!!

Looking back.

The base point of Lu Ding’s divine bridge remained completely unmoved.

Under the medicinal effect, the base point of the divine bridge kept wanting to grow another inch, but before it could grow much, it would be devoured entirely by the blood platform beneath his feet, turned into nourishment, carrying Lu Ding further away.

As Lu Ding’s aura exploded once more.

God Ascension, Eighth Layer.

Around him, other divine bridges occasionally cracked and collapsed.

This meant a God Ascension Qi Refiner somewhere had fallen, their body dead and their Dao destroyed, everything turning to nothingness.

The vacated positions were automatically filled, continuing forward, deeper into the starry river.

Until, within the hazy mist ahead, a divine gate stood resplendently in the starry river, built of gold and splendor.

Pushing it open and entering was the realm of Spirit Refinement.

As Lu Ding grew closer and closer to the divine gate.

His cultivation level rose step by step, the medicinal energy rapidly depleting, until the very last trace.

BOOM!!!

God Ascension, Ninth Layer!!!

The Dragon Essence and Phoenix Milk, though precious and potent, along with the numerous supplemental herbs - even in such quantities, having a naturally gifted and terrifyingly powerful Qi Refiner ascend from God Ascension’s Fifth Restriction to the Ninth Restriction was something that would shatter the world’s understanding from the outside.

Lu Ding had used the minimum resources to accomplish the maximum results.

He stopped before the divine gate. Because the medicinal energy was exhausted, an invisible force tried to pull Lu Ding’s consciousness away, drawing him back to his body to awaken.

But he didn’t want to leave just yet.

The blood lotus platform, with all nine petals in full bloom, sensed Lu Ding’s own will. Another wave of coolness surged up from beneath the platform, enveloping Lu Ding’s entire body, shielding him from that invisible force trying to pull him away.

Lu Ding relaxed once more and looked up.

He couldn’t see the top of the divine gate.

”I wonder what it’s like up there.”

Having said that.

Just as Lu Ding was about to shoot upward.

The blood lotus platform, with its own spiritual nature, carried him straight up.

A hundred meters, a thousand meters, ten thousand meters...

Suddenly.

Lu Ding shouted, ”Stop!!!”

His body halted, and he focused his gaze.

There, a character for ”Chen,” hiding a sharp edge within, was carved into the divine gate.

Lu Ding laughed. ”Hahahahaha...”

His laughter grew louder and louder.

His expression gradually grew excited.

So it wasn’t just him who could stay awake during the process of advancing along the divine bridge.

Someone had even carved their own surname onto this divine gate!

In that instant, it ignited Lu Ding’s competitive spirit!!!

He immediately used the [Way of the Jinche] to carve a ”Lu” right next to that ”Chen” surname.

The essence of cutting through anything seemed to be left within it, overshadowing the ”Chen” character beside it.

Lu Ding shouted, ”GO!!!”

This time, the blood lotus platform carried Lu Ding as it soared upward with all its might.