Inside the villa, listening to their conversation.
Ji Feiyu felt somewhat impatient. Both men might be capable individuals with extraordinary abilities.
But using her younger sister's illness as the standard for deciding a wager's winner really left a bad taste in her mouth.
She had already treated Dong Yong very well.
She had even promised a hefty payment as long as he could cure her younger sister. What was this supposed to be now?
Yet despite her dissatisfaction, Ji Feiyu said nothing.
Her younger sister's illness had dragged on for far too long. Their only hope now rested with these two.
She turned toward her father. Seeing anger appear on his face as well, Ji Feiyu sighed. "Gentlemen, why don't we begin now?"
Dong Yong pulled a hand from his trouser pocket and extended it, saying calmly, "Please!"
Bang!!!!
With a tremendous crash, a figure smashed straight through the wall behind him.
For a hazy instant, everyone present seemed to see a savage bear-like beast with wings on its back pouncing straight at them.
Lu Ding thrust out his large hand, seized Dong Yong by the neck in a flash, and lifted him before smashing him into the floor, shattering the expensive flooring beneath him. Then he hoisted him into the air again.
"Please, my ass. Do you seriously not know how to spell embarrassment? My toes were curling listening to you outside. You think you're some hot shit?!"
Blood gushed from Dong Yong's mouth and nose.
Although Lu Ding had held back considerably with that blow, it had still been enough to instantly strip Dong Yong of the ability to fight.
"Cough, cough, cough... you... who are you?"
"Who am I? I'm here to send you to meet King Yama. Dong Yong, your deeds have been exposed. Tell Old Lady Black inside you to come out."
Old Lady Black's screams rang incessantly inside Dong Yong's mind.
"No!! No!!! I'm not coming out!!! I'm not coming out!! Flying Bear!! He's a Flying Bear!!!"
Old Lady Black inside Dong Yong was also a bear that had become a spirit, and she had lived for quite a few years. But her talent was mediocre, and she had reached the end of her cultivation path, so she had abandoned her physical body to seek another way.
Never mind that she had no physical body now-even if she did.
Against Lu Ding, who cultivated the Flying Bear Pouncing and Killing Method, her only fate would have been to be instantly killed and torn apart.
By that reckoning, the Flying Bear was the ancestor of her ancestors.
And it was a savage existence that delighted in torturing its prey to death. There was no way Old Lady Black would dare come out.
This was also Dong Yong's first time seeing the insufferably arrogant Old Lady Black lose control like this.
Fear grew unchecked like weeds deep within his heart.
All his confidence came from Old Lady Black. Ever since he had inadvertently let her into his body, Dong Yong had felt he was the protagonist of heaven and earth. Like the protagonists in novels, he, too, was the protagonist of this world.
On top of that, Old Lady Black kept boasting to him about how powerful she was.
Dong Yong had come to regard Old Lady Black as his own portable grandpa.
It was also because of his sudden inflated ego that Dong Yong had thought of the Zhou Family, who had fought with his father in years past.
With Old Lady Black constantly egging him on as well, Dong Yong had gotten carried away and killed all six members of the Zhou Family.
He had thought his work was seamless, without a single flaw.
Who could have known someone would actually come looking for him today?
"I... I'll turn myself in... don't... don't kill me..."
Lu Ding smiled.
Standing nearby, Yan Feifan said, "Dumbass, what were you doing before now? Strutting around flaunting yourself, even coming here to cure illnesses and exorcise evil spirits, and now you want to turn yourself in?"
"Brother Lu, give us your opinion."
"Too late!" Lu Ding's voice rang out.
"I gave you a chance to go with dignity. Since you wouldn't listen, this is how we'll play."
Under everyone's horrified gazes, Dong Yong's body became two pieces in Lu Ding's hands.
Blood sprayed.
A plume of black smoke flew out of the corpse, taking the form of a huge black bear as it fled outside. "Flying Bear!!! Flying Bear!!!! I won't dare again! I'll never dare again! Don't kill me, don't kill me!"
Lu Ding raised his palm, and a gentle breeze brushed through the room.
"Shatter."
His voice was quiet, yet everyone heard it with exceptional clarity.
The fleeing black bear was instantly sliced into countless tiny fragments that dissipated into the air.
She did not even leave behind a final scream.
The notification that everything was in place sounded in Lu Ding's ears.
[Monster contained: Old Lady Black] [Containment reward: Strength of Bears and Brown Bears] [Strength of Bears and Brown Bears: strength of a thousand jun, palms capable of pushing mountains]
Lu Ding looked at the reward and calculated inwardly. A thousand jun of strength-one jun was thirty jin, so a thousand jun was thirty thousand jin. That kind of strength in a human body was certainly terrifying.
But doing the conversion carefully, even a tractor in the countryside could haul two Golden-Hooped Rods.
Forget it, forget it. I'll make do. Little by little, it all adds up.
Fortunately, no one else could hear Lu Ding's thoughts. Had those qi refiners who specialized in cultivating the physical body heard him, they probably would have been furious enough to die.
You're comparing a person to a tractor!?
How is that the same? Thirty thousand jin of strength-do you know how many years of cultivation, how many heavenly treasures, and what kind of talent it takes to possess that!?
Yan Feifan stepped forward and offered a handkerchief with both hands.
Lu Ding took it and wiped his hands.
Yan Feifan then took out confidentiality agreements and approached the three people who had long since been scared witless. Narrowing his eyes, he said, "Bureau 749 business. Sign these confidentiality agreements. You must not disclose what happened today, or you'll face legal consequences-the kind where you're arrested and detained outright, without bail."
"Chairman Ji, rest assured. Someone will contact you specifically to negotiate compensation for today's losses. We guarantee you'll be satisfied."
"Ah!!!!!!"
Yan Feifan's voice jolted the stupefied Bai Xiaoxiao awake, and her piercing scream rang through the villa.
The next second,
"Scream again and I'll tear you apart too."
Bai Xiaoxiao instantly fell silent and shut her mouth.
Pale-faced, she covered her mouth with trembling hands.
Although she was also a qi refiner and knew of-even had met-people from Bureau 749, she had never seen a Bureau 749 investigator this ruthless and brutal.
She asked incredulously, "You... doesn't Bureau 749... contain and detain them?"
Contain and detain?
If I contained and detained them, where would my rewards come from?
Just for those extra contribution points and a few tens of thousands in cash?
Wouldn't that be abandoning the root to chase the branches?
One of Lu Ding's original reasons for joining Bureau 749 had been to use its information to find monsters to kill and collect. How could he possibly take them alive?
"You're probably talking about someone else. I'm different. I don't like leaving them alive."
Gulp.
Bai Xiaoxiao swallowed.
Her gaze darted about as she looked at Lu Ding. When she noticed him looking her way, she hurriedly lowered her head, terrified of meeting his eyes.
"This... this lord?" Ji Hong was a chairman, after all, and had weathered great winds and waves. Although he was frightened and horrified too, he had barely recovered some ability to think.
"No need to call me lord. Anyone who didn't know better would think we were in ancient times. My surname is Lu. Just call me Investigator Lu."
"Investigator Lu, could you erase my daughter's memories of this incident? Like they do in the movies."
Beside him, Ji Feiyu had already frozen in place, her face pale and her eyes vacant, unable to recover for a long time.
Lu Ding nodded to Yan Feifan.
Bureau 749 did have such methods and issued them for missions, but their use was strictly regulated. Video records had to be kept during use, and no one could use them alone. At least two investigators had to be present to use them together. If anything in the procedure was wrong, those involved would be arrested immediately!!!
Seeing Yan Feifan approach her with a small, elongated object.
Ji Feiyu instantly snapped out of it and raised both hands in front of her. "No need... urgh... urgh... don't erase my memories, urgh..."