First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!
Chapter 230: A Sin Dragon Without a Body—How Dare It Have Dragon Horns!

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Bai You’s face twisted in terror.

It’s over. He slipped!

"Why aren’t you attacking?!!"

With a loud roar—

A massive phantom image of a white triangular snake head opened its gaping bloody mouth and lunged fiercely at Lu Ding.

The stench and foul wind coming from it made everyone's head spin.

No one expected this scene.

Just as the snake head was about to bite Lu Ding—

From the rolling black smoke, the Sin Dragon emerged, its jaws lined with teeth sharp enough to crush stone and gnaw mountains, instantly biting down on Second Master Bai’s charging head.

With the combined effect of bloodline suppression and a sneak attack from the same lineage—

A large portion of the triangular snake head was immediately torn off.

The intense pain made Second Master Bai, using Bai You’s body, thrash his head wildly.

A sharp voice shrieked: "Sin Dragon! No!!! Impossible!! How can a Sin Dragon have dragon horns!!"

For snake-type spirit beasts to evolve, there were only two paths. The first was steady cultivation—constantly breaking through, just like Cultivators of Qi, focusing solely on growing stronger without seeking shortcuts.

The second was a trickier path: the way of turning into a dragon.

According to Records of the Strange, a snake that cultivates for five hundred years can become a hui; a hui that cultivates five hundred years can become a jiao; and a jiao that lives a thousand years can become a dragon...

Though a hui sounds impressive, it's basically just a generic term for large venomous snakes.

As for the "hundreds of years," that’s just a baseline—tribulations must be passed, but with luck, the process could speed up.

Also, a jiao wasn’t necessarily stronger than a hui—

But its potential ceiling was much higher.

It was like a genetic lock—

Different bloodlines meant different limits.

This Second Master Bai had been pursuing the path of turning from hui to jiao, which is why he pushed Bai You to take the risk of storming the 749 Bureau.

His overall power was stronger than most jiao, but he couldn’t break through that ceiling, so he had to find another way.

Kind of like that Black Old Lady who once possessed Tong Yong.

What the Sin Dragon had now achieved wasn’t just everything he had ever pursued—

But even before fully transforming into a true dragon, it already had dragon horns!!

True jiao were rare, but rare didn’t mean nonexistent.

Dragons though—those were truly one in a million!

That was Second Master Bai’s goal, the dream he’d shed blood and sweat for.

But now, the thing he had longed and fought for was sitting right there—

On the head of a Sin Dragon!!

His eyes turned bloodshot with jealousy.

What pained him even more—was that the Sin Dragon didn’t even have a physical body!!

"How the hll do you deserve dragon horns?!!!!"

Possessing true dragon horns meant, barring accidents, the Sin Dragon would one day evolve into a true dragon.

Even though it hadn’t shed its jiao form yet—

Its path forward was already set.

All these years, Second Master Bai had struggled, yet still remained nothing but a brute beast.

Meanwhile, this Sin Dragon, with not even a physical form, was already sitting comfortably in Rome.

How could he not be jealous? How could he not be furious?

He charged again, bringing with him raging demonic winds, aiming straight for the horn atop the Sin Dragon’s head.

Such provocation would not be tolerated by the Sin Dragon.

It burst from the black mist, ready to tear Second Master Bai apart.

Seeing the Sin Dragon move—

Second Master Bai hardened his resolve. He didn’t care where they were anymore; all he saw was the dragon horn.

Even though the Sin Dragon had horns—

They didn’t belong to it originally, so Second Master Bai was confident he could kill it and take the horn.

But in the heat of jealousy—

He forgot—

The Sin Dragon was just Lu Ding’s subordinate.

“Suppress.”

The engraved Shi Gandang stone stele fell from the sky.

Against something without a physical form, the Sha Suppression Rebirth Stele engraved with Shi Gandang was its natural nemesis.

BOOM!!!

The stele came crashing down. The force within, refined and singular—not meant to kill, only to suppress—pinned Second Master Bai down so hard he couldn’t even flip over.

All things have natural counterbalances. Lu Ding’s raw strength may not have been enough to match Second Master Bai—

But with Shi Gandang present, those four words—Evil shall be purged—were no empty slogan.

Even if it wasn’t the official version—

It wasn’t something cheap knockoffs dared to imitate.

Second Master Bai thrashed and howled.

"Move, damn it!!!!"

This scream was for himself, but also for Bai You.

He meant to signal the Sin Dragon, but he was already pinned by Lu Ding. Now, facing two opponents and clearly losing, he looked over to his vessel, who was just standing there in a daze—completely overwhelmed.

Second Master Bai had always been fairly even-tempered.

But now, given the situation, he lost all composure and screamed curses.

“Bai You, you son of a bt... ahh!!!!”

Mid-curse, the Sin Dragon coiled its body and pounced, tearing at the pinned Second Master Bai, ripping away flesh and tendons—using the power of its master to mercilessly maul the underdog.

Bai You looked up at Lu Ding, who had his eyes cast downward.

The urge to resist rose... then died.

If it were trading injuries to fight someone he might beat, Bai You would have charged in without a second thought.

But this was Lu Ding. The best he could manage was dying for a smirk.

Throwing his life away just to be mocked with: “A mayfly shaking a tree, a mantis blocking a chariot.”

Besides, it wasn’t like he was out of options.

He still had a backup plan.

Surrender! Surrender right now! He could help Lu Ding dig up the hidden Tianli Cult!

Yes, he still had value!

He wouldn’t die—he’d pin everything on Second Master Bai.

Once that thought cleared, Bai You jumped up and hurriedly said, “It was him who leaked the info, I had nothing to do with—”

BANG!!

What greeted him was Lu Ding’s foot—

A full-force War Stomp.

One stomp shattered! crushed!! pierced!!! Bai You’s chest!!!

The shockwave scattered his body in chunks across the ground.

Blood soaked the floor.

“A traitor is a traitor. And a traitor’s only end is death.”

Without him even resisting, Lu Ding had already guessed what he was going to say.

It was nothing but “I’m innocent,” “I was forced,” and so on—all lies, all excuses.

No matter how pitiful your reasons.

You took part in something that harmed Lu Ding. Unless you could disappear forever—

You were a dead man walking.

If Lu Ding were the type to listen to excuses—

Then Chang Yan was way more deserving to live than Bai You.

As for the Tianli Cult...

With or without Bai You, Lu Ding would root out those cockroaches under the bricks just the same.

Watching someone of equal standing, maybe even a bit stronger, die under Lu Ding’s foot like a helpless chicken—

Everyone finally snapped out of it.

Once again, they realized—there was a world of difference between ordinary geniuses and Lu Ding.

All his previous battles were just warm-ups, child’s play.

When it got real—

People died!!

With a flick of his hand, a Slash Attack burst out.

The dead Bai You dissolved into a puddle.

To Second Master Bai, who was pinned by the stele and being torn apart by the Sin Dragon—

Bai You wasn’t just another subordinate.

They shared fate—one’s loss was the other’s wound.

Already badly injured, Second Master Bai took another huge hit from Bai You’s death.

A pained wail rang out.

"Spare me!! Li Chenglong!! Get your a** out here!!!"

Second Master Bai screamed the name of the cult’s chief.

Lu Ding raised both arms, gathering the force for a Slash Attack: “Today, no one can save you. I’m going to carve you to pieces.”