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

How thoughtful of him, even bringing his tools along, afraid that the wind might be too strong and blow Su Yun back to the Third Circle before he could scatter him.

But for Su Yun, Nishang, and the others.

What was the difference between this and seeing a ghost in broad daylight!?

No!

To be precise.

Seeing Lu Ding in this place was more terrifying than seeing a ghost in broad daylight!!!!

Those experts accompanying the two of them.

Their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

They had thought it would be people from the Profound Nether Cult, the Yellow Heaven Sect, or Jade Cauldron Mountain waiting for them outside.Now.......

They were indeed waiting, it’s just that their condition was a bit... dead.

Nishang was the first to react, her gaze sweeping over Lu Ding before locking onto Yuwen Longyuan.

Her Brother Yuwen had actually thrown in his lot with Lu Ding!!!!

In that instant, regret, shock, fear, anger—all kinds of emotions intertwined.

”Yuwen Longyuan!!!! Why did you betray us!!!!”

Nishang roared through tears, raising her hand to cast a spell, ready to charge at Yuwen Longyuan.

Lu Ding was just about to make a move.

Yuwen Longyuan spoke: ”Can I handle this myself?”

Lu Ding glanced at Nishang’s cultivation level, then looked at Yuwen Longyuan: ”Can you handle it?”

Yuwen Longyuan: ”Yeah.”

He stood up.

His aura slowly unfurled.

Nishang’s eyes burned with hatred, her attack merciless as she raised her hand and unleashed a devastating strike.

Yuwen Longyuan formed hand seals, channeling power into his hand as the formidable jade ruyi was instantly summoned and sent smashing forth.

A burst of emerald light surged outward.

The two techniques collided mid-air.

Boom!!!!

The shockwave dispersed.

Nishang and Yuwen Longyuan were both blasted backward.

Everyone’s gaze locked onto the two of them.

Lu Ding sat in the pavilion.

A classic scene—it was like some unwritten rule that when others were fighting, the visual spectacle had to be fully delivered. Even if everyone else had grudges as deep as the sea, they couldn’t make another move while someone else was already fighting.

He didn’t know who came up with that rule.

Anyway, Lu Ding didn’t follow it.

He let out a cold snort, and his Snorting Breath [Gold-Shattering Stone-Breaking Blast] shot out. Beside Su Yun, a group of so-called ”experts” who had planned to stay hidden and watch the situation were caught in the blast.

In that instant.

The flesh and blood of these people peeled away from their bones layer by layer.

Flesh, gore, and blood scattered through the air like rain, falling onto the choppy lake water.

As the waves rolled, they spread continuously.

Finally.

The skeletal figures in the air collapsed with a crash into the water, splashing up waves.

Su Yun, now stripped of the Spiritual Energy protection from the others.

Followed right after.

With a thud, he fell into the lake.

And started floundering.

Lu Ding: ”Hahahahahaha how are you still such a landlubber.....”

The scene had been so serious.

He really couldn’t hold it in.

Su Yun struggled in the water, the icy cold lake pouring into his nostrils and mouth, flooding into his lungs.

It was only now.

That he was awakened by this harsh reality.

In the past, he had been protected like a star surrounded by the moon.

Whether it was those great demons from the Black Phoenix Gathering or these experts from Baoji Kingdom.

They all respected him.

Elevated him.

Called him Mr. Su.

But now that all these external people were dead, he returned to his essence—nothing more than an ordinary person with no talent, no ability to cultivate, and carrying a Golden Finger.

This time, the fear of death finally descended upon Su Yun.

The first time Lu Ding had chased him off, he had already imagined his own end, his own death.

How glorious, how tragic it would be.

How he would die standing, his corpse rooted in place.

But now.

The reality was that he was about to drown in this icy cold lake water.

The gap between imagination and reality was too vast.

Su Yun refused to accept it: ”Save... gurgle gurgle... save me... help... gurgle gurgle...”

Lu Ding watched, unmoved.

Drowning was fine too.

Let the cold water wash over him and wake him up.

Thinking himself so special, only to die in such a pathetic, useless manner.

What is karma!?

This is karma.

In the air, Nishang was frantic with worry, diving down to rescue Su Yun from the water.

”Brother Su Yun!!!!!”

But to her surprise.

Yuwen Longyuan seized the opportunity, gripping his jade ruyi as it grew in the wind.

He slammed it down ferociously.

”Don’t blame me—this is all the cycle of heaven’s justice, karma never misses!!!”

Boom!!!!1

It struck Nishang squarely in the back.

A mouthful of blood sprayed out.

She, who had wanted to save Su Yun, was blasted into the water.

The complexity in her eyes never faded.

Falling into the water, Nishang turned over and looked at Yuwen Longyuan, who was separated from her by the water’s surface.

”Why?”

Yuwen Longyuan’s eyes were unwavering: ”There is no why. If you want to blame someone, blame your mother for being who she is. From the very beginning, there was never any possibility between you and me.”

”I have always kept my distance from you and never responded to your feelings.”

”From the start, my position has been wavering. I never took Baoji Kingdom’s favor and repaid it with ingratitude.”

”Everything I gained from your Baoji Kingdom... I earned it—my ancestors and I, at the cost of our lives. I deserved it!!!”

In his past life, Yuwen Longyuan had helped the Empress of Baoji seize the throne. His contribution in that effort—don’t even talk about the treatment he received from Baoji Kingdom now.

Even if he were given half of Baoji Kingdom.

Yuwen Longyuan could accept it with a clear conscience.

Hearing these words, Nishang’s heart at that moment grew as cold as the lake water.

Su Yun, struggling for his life in the lake, watched as Nishang, having suffered a heavy blow, slowly sank to the bottom.

His consciousness growing hazy, Su Yun reached out toward Nishang across the water, his lips forming silent words: ”Ni...shang...”

The next moment.

An emerald color erupted from Su Yun’s hands, spreading to his entire body.

A surge of power instantly filled him.

A gleam flashed in Su Yun’s eyes.

His medium-length black hair instantly lengthened in the water.

”Nishang!!!!!!”

Boom!!!!

The lake exploded!

Waves surged up.

A sense of power, different from what cultivation granted, manifested on Su Yun.

He had finally obtained the power he had dreamed of, finally unlocked another usage of his Golden Finger.

But it had to be at this moment.

Too late—it was far too late!!!!!

Su Yun swam in the water toward Nishang, who was slowly sinking to the bottom.

Just as his hand.

Was about to touch Nishang’s body.

Lu Ding’s voice rang out: ”Just go die properly—why do you have to be so troublesome!!!!”

A terrifying palm imprint condensed with black smoke came crashing down!!!

The overwhelming, irresistible terror.

Left Su Yun in despair.

For him, who had just unlocked new power, it was like a rookie boxer stepping into his first match to find Tyson as the referee, and his opponent... Taro!!!