novelraw Chapter 663: Lu Ding Just Has a Few Tricks—You’re Giving Him Too Much Credit
Chapter 663: Lu Ding Just Has a Few Tricks—You’re Giving Him Too Much Credit
The gazes fixed on him never wavered.
Everyone watched Lu Ding, quietly awaiting his next statement.
"You're all thinking of Lu Ding as far too formidable."
"Yes, I admit, he does have some tricks up his sleeve."
"But."
"Third Restriction cultivation, Fourth Restriction combat power—that's already outrageously impressive. Treating him according to Fifth Restriction standards is completely sufficient. I ask everyone present, who among you could possess Fifth Restriction combat power while still at the Third Restriction level?"
No one spoke, all lost in thought.
Indeed.
Fighting above one's level is understandable. Leaping two levels? That's a bit exaggerated.
Lu Ding continued, "And Fifth Restriction middle stage, late stage?""You dare to think it, but I wouldn't dare to act on it."
"If we truly treated him as Fifth Restriction middle stage, or late stage, how great a price would we need to pay? How high a cost?"
"Have you thought about that?"
"Who will bear this cost?"
"Moreover, if we truly treat him as Fifth Restriction late stage, how many people would we need to deploy?"
"Don't tell me that those present here are already the appropriate scale for dealing with a Fifth Restriction late stage opponent."
Lu Ding swept his gaze over the crowd. He was betting that those present were not enough to handle a Fifth Restriction late stage expert.
"In that case, you all go ahead. I won't be participating."
This move of retreating in order to advance instantly changed everyone's minds.
It was fine if others didn't participate.
But Lu Ding...
The impression he had just left on these people was that of a powerful expert.
A man occupying a position of his own.
If he didn't participate, the success rate would drop significantly.
Someone asked, "Then what do you think we should do?"
There were questions, but no objections.
Lu Ding understood he was already more than halfway to success.
He picked up the documents. "I think this plan is very well done, very comprehensive, very detailed."
"You all just flap your lips, casually talking about Fifth Restriction middle stage, late stage. If we really went with Fifth Restriction middle and late stage, who would make the plan?"
"Who could produce such a thorough and detailed plan?"
The young man with the maid didn't expect Lu Ding to approve of him so much.
Although he still didn't know for now who was behind the vest Lu Ding was wearing.
It was enough to know he was a powerful expert within the organization.
And Wuwang's Nowhere Room could only be entered by members of the organization.
That was enough!
The recognition from a powerful expert.
Made the young man with the maid silently clasp his hands behind his back.
He spoke up, continuing Lu Ding's line of thought. "All my information and the plan I made are traceable, based on the best possible judgment."
"If we follow my plan, our casualties can be minimized."
"If we really increase the scale..."
"Once the commotion gets too big, the nature of things changes."
"After all, the times are special now, the situation is sensitive. The Path of Dry Bones 749 was just wiped out. If we make too much noise, we might invite unforeseen disaster."
"Before coming in, I mobilized all my connections and information network to investigate the matter of the Path of Dry Bones 749. Even going all out, I couldn't find the slightest shred of information about who destroyed the Path of Dry Bones 749."
"With such a result, if we add to it by making too big a scene, we might very well end up taking the blame for the destruction of the Path of Dry Bones 749 ourselves."
"Then what we'd have to face might not just be a single Lu Ding."
Although Wuwang was arrogant, they still had some brains.
With no information on the perpetrator, it was at most a terrorist attack.
Once stained with suspicion, it could potentially become a case of a local armed force openly rebelling.
If they really pissed off the Great Han, who then directly sent heavy troops to crush and purge Wuwang, bringing the calamity of association to other major powers...
Then Wuwang's days would become very difficult...
They'd have to return to their previous state.
The new city in chaos—this was the result Wuwang wanted to see. Only then would they feel satisfied.
With various forces each governing their own affairs, they could fish in troubled waters.
But if the new city became too chaotic...
If the Great Han stepped in to forcibly suppress it, and the local forces already entrenched in the new city were unwilling to wage another bloody war to the end with the Great Han, then they would have only one choice.
Give the Great Han an explanation.
Then Wuwang's people would face unified targeting from the local forces.
Their days would become very difficult.
Their previous success was because other forces were also causing trouble. Now that those others have firmly established their territories, why would they continue to cause trouble alongside Wuwang's fun-seekers?
Everyone present understood this point.
After pondering for a long time, they nodded one after another.
"Alright, then we'll treat him according to the Fifth Restriction early stage specification."
"With just us here, it's completely sufficient."
"If we set it too high, we'd need to increase the cost and add more people."
"Lu Ding is merely Third Restriction cultivation, Fourth Restriction combat power. Treating him as Fifth Restriction is already showing him great respect."
Hearing this, Lu Ding was satisfied.
This was more like it.
Damn it, a whole group of people trying to predict the exam questions together, and their guesses getting more and more accurate? How are you supposed to play that?
Forget it.
Anyway, he was just testing the waters. If he really couldn't turn these people around, then Lu Ding would just take Fu Xinghe and the others and run off to cultivate first.
Once his cultivation was sufficient, he'd come back.
Only a fool would knowingly walk into an Inescapable Net laid out by the opponent while still being overconfident.
Leveling up wasn't difficult for him anyway.
Why take the risk of his subordinates being killed and himself getting injured to fight others?
Avoiding injury whenever possible—that's normal thinking.
Fortunately, he managed to turn these people around.
"But what if Lu Ding's realm has recently improved?"
Lu Ding's heart skipped a beat.
Very good, very good.
Are you fucking opening your heavenly eye or something?
Let me fucking see who it is.
His gaze shifted, and he saw a person sitting in the corner with arms crossed, who had coldly uttered such a sentence.
Lu Ding opened his mouth to mock him. "Do you think this is playing a game?"
"Where you can just level up whenever you say so?"
"Isn't everyone here a genius, a strong expert? Even for us, to improve our realm requires pouring in vast resources and vast amounts of time."
"Even if Lu Ding's talent is sky-high, he's running around all over the place every day. Tell me, where would he find the time to immerse himself in secluded cultivation?"
"Don't you know that the further you go in cultivation, the harder it is to improve?"
The series of questions directly suppressed that person's argument.
"But..."
He still wanted to say something more.
Then he saw the young man with the maid turn his head. "Xiao Ma!"
"Are you dampening our morale and boosting the enemy's prestige?"
"He has Third Restriction cultivation, and we're treating him as a Fifth Restriction opponent. You still think that's not enough?"
Lu Ding had recognized him earlier, so returning the favor, when no one else was speaking up for him, he should also speak up for Lu Ding.
And so.
An organizer and a powerful expert, their opinions unified at this moment. The majority of others also didn't show opposition.
The matter was basically settled.
The Wuwang member who still wanted to speak finally opened his mouth, his thousand words condensed into one sentence. "Then I withdraw from this operation."
Anyone who could be here, even if not smart, wouldn't be a fool.
Every person had a unique character.
Wuwang—chaotic, neutral, free, capricious. Wuwang members didn't care about others' opinions, nor would they easily follow the crowd because of them.
In other words, every person here wouldn't be easily coerced. If unwilling, even if it meant walking a path opposite to the majority, they would not hesitate to take that step.
A phantom flickered.
The figure vanished.