The youth flying in the black mist was the main attacker.

As soon as he moved!

Yan Yage with her greatsword, the other God Ascension investigators, including Luan Ji, all charged at Lu Ding in that instant.

Facing the tide-like onslaught.

With the never-closed [Fear-Killing Asura] upon him, Lu Ding unleashed the [Way of the Jinche].

His hand launched a Slash Attack, hacking and killing towards the demonic youth.

The terrifying might within it made the youth sense a life-or-death crisis. Not daring to take it head-on, he flipped to dodge. Amidst surging demonic energy, he returned a palm strike that grew larger and larger. A closer look revealed the incoming palm imprint was actually composed of countless clustered skeletal skulls.

During this exchange of attacks.

Yan Yage and Luan Ji arrived one after the other.

Having suffered once before, Yan Yage directly swung her greatsword in a horizontal slash, aiming to bisect him at the waist!!!

[White Snake Shakes Scales] at this moment brought Lu Ding's bodily control to its peak. He lowered his body, dodging the waist-slashing strike, one hand touched the ground, a tiger-tail leg shot out, kicking the side of the greatsword.

Knocking Yan Yage back.

Before Lu Ding could follow up with a finishing move.

Luan Ji and that giant skeletal palm imprint arrived.

Lu Ding pushed off the ground with his touching hand, rising up.

In his palm, a void opened wide, rings of sharp fangs and teeth swirling in the air.

He slammed it fiercely against the incoming giant skeletal palm imprint.

[Torture-Crushing Great Rotation] devoured and chewed it alive.

The giant skeletal palm imprint turned into crispy rice cereal, and was directly swallowed into the mouth of the [Torture-Crushing Great Rotation], crunching and crackling.

A bare foot adorned with a gemstone-red cat's eye nail polish and an ankle chain shot straight for Lu Ding's throat, the wind whistling sharply.

He retreated an inch—a miss is as good as a mile.

Luan Ji's kick changed trajectory mid-air, the horizontal throat-slashing strike transformed into a downward covering leg stomp.

Lu Ding raised his hand like a blade, unleashed the [Way of the Jinche], its killing intent supreme, nothing it could not sever, intending to chop off one of this Luan Ji's thighs.

Luan Ji, of course, knew the characteristics of this Slash Attack—unblockable and extremely high damage.

Although she had the Lotus Transformation Pool, whose lotus roots could restore injuries and replace severed limbs, there was a wind-up animation. It was better not to get injured if possible.

Her leg technique changed trajectory again, retracting her leg.

Her entire body spun in the air, a Sparrowhawk Flips Over.

After dodging the Slash Attack.

She unleashed a series of aerial kicks at Lu Ding's chest.

Facing such a bizarre and ever-changing leg technique, Lu Ding raised his hand to grab.

The [Torture-Crushing Great Rotation] in his hand opened its bloody maw, directly swallowing Luan Ji's foot, staging a bloody scene.

As the sharp teeth rotated, crunching and crackling.

The waste discharge port spewed clouds of blood mist. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

The excruciating pain of having her bones ground alive made Luan Ji scream miserably. She tried to break free but found her leg sucked in, unable to extricate itself, even being rapidly pulled deeper inside, intending to grind her entire body into mincemeat!!!

Luan Ji had no choice. She gritted her teeth and severed her own leg once more, barely managing to pull back and retreat.

The Lotus Pool manifested again.

As she recovered, the others continued the assault.

Yan Yage leaped up, raising her greatsword high, divine light blooming from it.

"One Sword Splits the Earth!!!!!"

Simple and straightforward, a Mountain-Splitting Slash.

The move was basic, the name was basic, but the power was anything but.

For this move, she had used almost her full strength!!!

Yet, unexpectedly.

Lu Ding turned and caught it bare-handed.

Yan Yage felt scorn in her heart—fine, let's sever one of your hands first!!!

No matter how arrogant or overbearing she was, she wouldn't dare claim she could directly cleave through Lu Ding.

At most, she only dared to think about cutting off Lu Ding's hand.

But she never expected.

A strike powerful enough to shatter mountains, split the earth, and create man-made canyons was actually caught bare-handed by Lu Ding!

The terrifying force within instantly transferred from Lu Ding's body into the ground.

BOOM!!!!!!

The floor completely shattered.

The arrays stabilizing the Asura Street 749 Bureau headquarters swayed precariously.

The entire reception hall was utterly destroyed in an instant under such an attack.

The shockwave scattered shattered bricks, stones, and splintered wood.

Amidst this, there were over twenty God Ascension cultivators from Tianwu and the Feihuang Group charging in.

Lu Ding freed one hand, grasping the [Way of the Jinche].

A squeeze!!!!

Countless Slash Attacks erupted.

Like a violent storm, pounding on plantain leaves.

The sound of sharp Slash Attacks cutting through flesh rang out.

Over twenty God Ascension cultivators died mid-air, finely minced into meat paste, their blood shattered and mixed with the flying stone fragments, bricks, and wood, splattering outward.

After that one move, aside from Yan Yage who abandoned her sword to dodge, Luan Ji suffering the pain of limb loss and recovering, and the demonic youth capable of rivaling Spirit Refinement cultivators, all the other God Ascension cultivators died instantly!!!!

The scene instantly turned into a living hell.

Everywhere hung blood and meat paste dripping like melted ice cream.

They couldn't withstand even a fraction of the action.

Don't be fooled by Lu Ding exchanging three, five, six, or seven moves with Yan Yage, Luan Ji, and the demonic youth, the back-and-forth happening in the blink of an eye with no life-or-death outcome.

But!!!

What kind of existences were these?

Forget the rare demonic creature.

Which of Yan Yage and Luan Ji wasn't a genius among geniuses?

Plus the demonic creature comparable to Spirit Refinement providing pressure—only with the two of them joining forces could they exchange blows with Lu Ding. What were the others?

Were they even worthy of stepping forward to deliver moves?

The scene fell into dead silence for a moment.

Luan Ji, recovering from her injuries, felt her will to fight diminishing further. The Lu Ding before her was too terrifying.

The number of moves she had executed could be counted on one hand, yet she had nearly died several times.

And that was with Yan Yage and the demonic creature helping. If she were alone, she'd probably shatter upon first contact.

In contrast, Yan Yage, after the death of her teammates and the shattering of her cultivation heart, had a somewhat dazed expression after dodging Lu Ding's Slash Attack eruption. Gradually, an emotion named fear grew in her eyes as she looked at Lu Ding.

Until her gaze focused on the greatsword blade pinched in Lu Ding's hand.

A person who blocked her weapon with a bare palm, a person who casually blocked her almost full-power strike... how... how was she supposed to fight this!?

Now all the elite fighters she brought were dead.

How... how was she supposed to report back?

These capable hands hadn't died in missions battling demons and monsters, but had died in internal strife she led.......

From beginning to end, there was only the residual might of battle, no lengthy nonsense. The conflict finally welcomed its first shout: "Lu Ding!!!!!"

"I will fight you to the death!!!!!"

"Ah!!!!!"

Yan Yage powered up.

Behind her, eerie winds gusted, a ghostly gate appeared, slowly pulling open. Waves of terrifying aura spread from within.

This was one of the origins of Yan Yage's epithet, Yan Yage of the Yan Gate.

Seeing her wind-up, Lu Ding paid no attention.

His focus fell on Luan Ji, who stood in place, also not moving.

Lu Ding didn't understand why there was still such a classic trope in reality—a teammate charging a big move while others didn't help buy time for the wind-up, just watching from the sidelines.

Since you like to watch the show.

Then go die!!!!

Compared to whether to kill Yan Yage or not, Lu Ding was more focused on the fact that he absolutely could not let Luan Ji and her pet escape today.

Dark clouds gathered in the sky, a flash of thunder.

The speed from the triple boost of [Three Thousand Thunder Movements], [Rivers and Mountains, Society and Millet Painting], and [Moon Arc Kick]—which Lu Ding hadn't revealed in the previous fight—exploded at this moment!!!

Of course, he hadn't deliberately held back; he was waiting for the right moment to unleash his full assault, a certain-kill strike!!!

To avoid interference from others.

Now the timing was perfect.

He opened his mouth with [Call of the Seized Soul]: "Luan Ji!!!!"

Luan Ji was instantly hit, dazed for a moment, instinctively: "Huh?"

A flash of lightning, a shift of form and shadow.

"Huh your mother, go die!!!!!"

Lu Ding, who had suddenly appeared right in front of Luan Ji, wielded the [Way of the Jinche], peerless in attack, and pressed it down onto the crown of her skull.

Slash Attacks erupted.

Following the surging force, they coursed through Luan Ji's body.

From inside out, from outside in.

Streaks of white light lit up all over her body.

The pain as if suffering death by a thousand cuts brought Luan Ji back to her senses, accompanied by a heart-rending, inhuman scream.

"Ah!!!!!!!!"

Luan Ji directly split apart, minced flesh flying, blood spraying.

As Luan Ji died.

The demonic creature she had charmed and bound regained its freedom. The time bought by Luan Ji's death allowed Yan Yage, whose wind-up was complete, to fully open the Yama's gate.

Demonic energy surged, ghostly aura dense.

"I'm free, hahahahahaha....... I'll kill you all, I'll slaughter every last one of you!!!!"

"Lu Ding!!! Go die!!!!!"

Two voices rang out simultaneously.

The demonic creature wouldn't run; it was arrogant.

Yan Yage couldn't run; she was ashamed!!

The two, without prior consultation, reached the same cooperative intention—kill Lu Ding!!!!