novelraw Chapter 650: [Black Sun of Devouring] Wipes Out Withered Bones Sect 749—Who Threw That Knife Handle?
Chapter 650: [Black Sun of Devouring] Wipes Out Withered Bones Sect 749—Who Threw That Knife Handle?
"Without watching the video, what else can we do?"
"Go confront Lu Ding?"
"This person doesn't play by the rules at all. On our turf, we can still somewhat restrict him. But if we go to his territory, it's a different story."
"This man is far too unpredictable."
Duan Tianya spoke with lingering fear.
In his mind, he replayed the verbal confrontation he had last time with Fu Xinghe and Lu Ding.
Not only had he gained no advantage, he had been left barely daring to breathe.
But Nan Kaiye hadn't experienced that incident.
He pressed his hands on the table: "What do you mean?"
"He dares to attack the two of us?""How dare he!!!"
"Who does he think he is? Some imperial inspector who outranks every official he meets?"
"He's just a regional special envoy! We are bureau chiefs!"
"If he dares lay a hand on me, I'll dare to fight back! None of us are fish waiting to be slaughtered!"
"Besides, what about Shen Qixue? She's still in Lu Ding's hands right now."
He leaned down, unable to swallow his anger: "If you ask me, doesn't Lu Ding champion justice, claim to eradicate local forces, and want to restore a clear sky over Xiankong Town?"
Nan Kaiye pointed at the screen playing the video.
"Let's prepare all the procedures, make it all reasonable, legal, and compliant. We go over there with our people, first extradite Shen Qixue back, then launch our accusations, confront him face-to-face. What do you think?"
Duan Tianya pondered.
It sounded like a plan, but it was too crude. Still, these words gave him a bit of inspiration on how to deal with Lu Ding.
It reminded him of the feeling from his youth, when scheming and struggling against others, where a single misstep could lead to eternal damnation.
Little did he know, Lu Ding, who had just flown into the territory of the Path of Dry Bones 749 Bureau, had no intention of scheming with him at all.
Let's just fight directly.
Duan Tianya didn't dare to directly lead people to attack White Ridge 749, didn't dare to tear off the facade, fearing the repercussions.
Lu Ding didn't care about any of that. You don't dare? I dare. You won't kill? I'll kill.
As the saying goes, strike first to gain the upper hand, strike second and suffer the consequences.
High in the sky.
Zhan Tingzhou stood far away, watching the unrelaxed hand seal Lu Ding held.
He felt a bit of fear.
That terrifying fluctuation made him momentarily afraid to get too close.
He glanced again at the Path of Dry Bones 749 Bureau building ahead.
"Could it be......"
Don't even mention doing it.
Zhan Tingzhou didn't even dare to think it.
"No way..... just the two of us.... this........"
It was too inconceivable.
The investigators of 749 might be idle and incompetent, but the bureau chiefs of 749 were not idle cultivators.
Just as he was constantly rejecting the wild idea growing uncontrollably in his heart, he saw Lu Ding act without any warning.
Black energy emanated from his entire body.
In an instant, it blotted out the entire sky.
Such an Anomalous Phenomenon immediately attracted the attention of all the investigators of the Path of Dry Bones 749 below.
This was also the result Lu Ding wanted.
Aggro the monsters, gather them, then kill.
He brought his palms together.
Looking at his hands, one side was normal flesh and blood, the other was covered in dragon scales.
A loud human shout rose: "Lu Ding!!! What are you doing!!!?"
Duan Tianya flew from the ground up to the sky, wanting to get in front of Lu Ding, with Nan Kaiye following behind.
Now, the prey was all gathered!!!
Black light shone in Lu Ding's hands, a fierce, savage smile spread across his face, his hair whipped about wildly, driving the surging black energy.
"What am I doing?"
"Of course, sending you all to your deaths."
He pulled his hands apart.
A black sun manifested, a black hole descended, the ripples it emitted poured down unrestrained, causing the land below to crumble, mountains to collapse, rivers to break, countless shattered rocks slowly rising, drawn towards the black hole Lu Ding had opened.
Duan Tianya and Nan Kaiye looked at the technique that had already caused such destruction even before it fully descended.
Both men were startled in their hearts.
"Lu Ding, stop!!!!! Tens of thousands of lives in this entire region, have you gone mad!!!?"
"We are all 749 investigators under the Great Han, must you be so utterly merciless!!"
That's what they said, but in reality, they wanted to interrupt Lu Ding's casting wind-up.
To cause this terrifying technique to be stillborn and never land.
Little did they know, Lu Ding was intentionally showing a window of vulnerability to attract the two of them.
Those who could become bureau chiefs were rarely pushovers. What if they had some trump card that couldn't be blasted to death? That would be a waste of effort and carry risk.
Better to wait for them to get close, then deliver a hand-held thunderbolt straight down.
And slam it down!!!
"All 749 investigators?"
Lu Ding felt like laughing: "You... are you worthy of being compared to me?"
When the black hole was tinged with a red halo, all light vanished from the surrounding world.
Suddenly.
Two beams of red light appeared, illuminating Lu Ding's form.
Behind him, a ten-thousand-zhang Sin Dragon raised its head, slowly opened its eyes, gazing with the exact same red light as in Lu Ding's eyes, viewing the world with chaotic pupils.
Lu Ding raised a hand to hold up the sky.
The Sin Dragon rubbed its claws together, performing the technique.
The black hole, the nebula, swirled in the Sin Dragon's claws.
Accompanied by a dragon's roar.
Aaaaaaang!!!!!!
"Go die!!!"
Lu Ding's voice, as if layered with reverb, reverberated between heaven and earth.
He dragged the [Black Devours Sun] in his hands down to crush everything, destroying heaven and earth!!!
The Sin Dragon assisted, pushing down with both claws.
Black light annihilated everything, tore everything apart, devoured everything.
Duan Tianya and Nan Kaiye each exerted their full power, extending their hands to cast techniques, trying to block it.
The result...
Their soaring techniques were extinguished before even making contact with the [Black Devours Sun], and their extended hands were stripped of flesh, their bones shattered.
As the great sun fell.
The two died without even uttering a scream.
Countless trump cards, a lifetime of divine abilities.
All in vain!!!
The [Black Devours Sun] struck the ground, black light bloomed, the entire territory belonging to the Path of Dry Bones 749 seemed splashed with ink, the earth emitted mournful cries, the cloud-piercing mountains within the region, weighing hundreds of millions of tons, collapsed with a thunderous roar.
Triggering a chain reaction, they crumbled layer by layer along the mountain ridges, like dominoes.
Suddenly.
The [Black Devours Sun], which had depressed the horizon upon landing, abruptly shrank, its emitted black light vanishing instantly.
At this moment, Lu Ding turned around, spreading his arms with his back to the land where the Path of Dry Bones 749 Bureau was located.
He looked at Zhan Tingzhou: "Make the call to the bureau."
Zhan Tingzhou hadn't yet recovered from the shockwaves of the previous move.
He: "Huh?"
A violent wind rose, whipping Lu Ding's wide, dark robe, making it flap and snap.
The recently contracted [Black Devours Sun] reappeared, but unlike the previous stable destruction, this was an artistic explosion.
"Tender bids, rebuild."
Lu Ding's voice sounded.
Then an explosion that shattered the sea of clouds suddenly erupted.
BOOM!!!!
A black mushroom cloud roared into the sky. The originally transparent shockwave was tinged with dark red, spreading in a ring like ripples on water, tearing apart everything in its path!!!
Even though Zhan Tingzhou was still far away.
Before the shockwave arrived, he also mustered all his strength to defend.
But...
The indiscriminate shockwave wouldn't care about his feelings.
Zhan Tingzhou's so-called defense was like paper before a window in the face of this shockwave, pierced with a single poke.
He was directly blasted away, ten thousand meters into the distance.
If Lu Ding hadn't urged his long, flowing robe to wrap around him in time, who knows where Zhan Tingzhou would have flown.
"You alright?"
"I'm fine, just a bit winded." Zhan Tingzhou responded, rubbing his chest.
But this action was more about calming his heart, which had leapt into his throat.
This destructive power was too terrifying, this must be a spell!!!
Lu Ding could actually use spells at the Five Decays of Heaven-Man level!!!
"Cough cough cough cough..... Special Envoy Lu...... You... have gone a bit too far!!!"
An aged voice sounded, accompanied by a flash of cold light that instantly crossed the distance, aiming straight for the back of Lu Ding's head.
CLANG!!!!!!
The sound of metal striking metal rang out.
Lu Ding touched the back of his head, plucked out the artifact fragment embedded in his hair, and slowly turned around: "Who threw the knife handle?"