Chapter 1091: Attempting an Ambush Midway? Celestial Shift Back to Base!

.......Lu Ding used Touch of Gold Turns to Stone to create a cloth bag, filled it with dirt, and hung it around the Empress of Baoji's neck.

"Alright, it's a deal."

Lu Ding's tone carried a hint of amusement.

The mere thought of slapping her across the face soon made the corners of his mouth curl up uncontrollably.

If he couldn't finish her off just yet, he could at least collect some interest, right?

She liked to yell!?

He'd smash that mouth of hers to pieces!!!

Gongyang Qingrou stood by, silently shaking her head.

Helpless.

This Empress of Baoji really had no sense of the bigger picture.

To Lu Ding, the distance from Great Han to Baoji Kingdom was nothing more than a single blast!?

But then again, she couldn't really blame her.

Even she herself had never imagined Lu Ding possessed such a technique.

Not to mention one that could travel this far.

She even started wondering if Lu Ding could directly blast himself from Great Han all the way to Ji Continent.

If he could do that, it would be absolutely ridiculous.

But now wasn't the time to ask.

She'd wait until they got back.

Beside them.

Cao Lie approached with three other Great Han God-Sealing realm experts.

After casting a very cautious, wary glance at Wang Qingge, he said, "Lu Ding, we've received orders. Later, you hand her over to us, and you head back to Great Han first."

Seeing his utterly composed expression.

Lu Ding asked, "And how exactly do you plan to make your way back with her?"

Cao Lie subconsciously checked the time. "No idea. Haven't made any plans yet. We'll take it step by step. At least with us escorting her, it'll take some pressure off you. But seriously, Lu Ding, it would've been better if you hadn't come this time."

Lu Ding: "Are you blaming me?"

Cao Lie chuckled. "I'm just setting you up to ask why I said you shouldn't have come, so I can leave some words for you to take back."

"Just in case I don't make it back, tell Song Feng from the Military Department that I've always considered him a brother. Just a brother."

"And while you're at it, return this to him."

Cao Lie removed the watch from his wrist and handed it to Lu Ding.

Lu Ding took the watch, glanced at it, and raised an eyebrow. "A guy?"

Cao Lie didn't bother hiding it. "So what if he's a guy? Strong pairs with strong."

Gongyang Qingrou let out a questioning "Huh?" at that.

What had she just heard!?!?

Her eyes couldn't help but sweep over Cao Lie—dress shirt, vest, God-Sealing realm cultivation, a faint trace of cologne lingering on him, hair meticulously styled, ruggedly handsome... So that's how it was... Whoa...

So openly, too.

She gently nudged Lu Ding.

Silently urging him to ask more; she wanted to hear more.

But Lu Ding had no interest in prying into someone else's gossip.

He handed the watch back to Cao Lie. "Better give it to him yourself."

Cao Lie didn't take it. "Tsk, with an attitude like that..."

Before he could finish.

Lu Ding pulled out his phone and flashed the screen, showing a message from Secretary Qiu.

[I've arrived at Elder Shui's office]

Lu Ding reached out, guiding Cao Lie and the other three. "Don't resist. If something goes wrong, don't blame me. If you get lost halfway, I'm not coming back for you."

Before they could even voice their confusion.

They heard it.

A sudden BOOM!!!!

[Celestial Shift]

One second, they were at the giant crater in Baoji Kingdom's Royal Capital. The next, they were standing right in Elder Shui's office.

Secretary Qiu, who had been staring at his phone waiting for Lu Ding's reply, was so startled.

He nearly threw his phone away.

When he finally made out the figures in the office, his voice shot up uncontrollably by several octaves. "LU DING!!!!!!!?"

"You... aren't you... you... Ah!!!!?"

That final "Ah?" was filled with pure bewilderment and confusion.

He couldn't wrap his head around it. He didn't understand how Lu Ding could possibly appear here, and with Cao Lie and the other three in tow.

Lu Ding swayed on his feet.

His already meager Spiritual Energy, after a stunt like that, felt like a hypoglycemic episode, darkening his vision.

Luckily, Secretary Qiu was quick enough to catch him.

He wanted to ask more questions.

Lu Ding waved a hand. "I'll explain later. I still need to make one more trip."

He tossed the watch back to Cao Lie. "Now you can give it to him yourself, right?"

With that.

BOOM. He vanished!!!

Two or three seconds later.

Lu Ding reappeared in the office, bringing Gongyang Qingrou, Wang Qingge, and a thoroughly dumbfounded Empress of Baoji with him.

This time, Lu Ding didn't sway.

He glanced at the Empress of Baoji, who had been rather... creatively tied up by Gongyang Qingrou. "I win. I'll slap you when I wake up."

And then, just like that.

His eyes rolled back.

Wang Qingge had already reached out, but Gongyang Qingrou was taller, with longer arms, so she scooped him up first.

Lu Ding slept soundly.

He couldn't even remember the last time he had actually slept.

This time had completely exhausted him. Between combining White Flame World and Dharma Form into a fusion technique, going all out with Golden Ao Island, and then fighting for three days straight at Baoji Kingdom's Royal Capital high-end battlefield against all those God-Sealing realm experts—he was only at Spirit Refinement Eighth Layer! Even if he were made of iron, he couldn't hold up under that kind of abuse!!

If it weren't for Lu Ding's solid foundation and abundant Spiritual Energy, any normal Spirit Refinement Eighth Layer cultivator wouldn't even be able to sustain a Dharma Form on Lu Ding's scale, let alone a full-power Golden Ao Island. They'd be drained into a dry hush in an instant, fit to be hung on a belt as a keychain.

The atmosphere in the office was eerily silent, eerily strange.

Among everyone present, only Wang Qingge and Gongyang Qingrou had any clue what was going on.

Everyone else was completely dumbfounded.

Great Han's four God-Sealing experts: How did we end up here?

Secretary Qiu: How did they end up here?

Empress of Baoji: "Where is this place!?"

The moment her voice rang out, it shattered the silence completely.

Even the sleeping Lu Ding furrowed his brow at that.

The next second.

The Empress of Baoji instantly took a kick to the stomach from Gongyang Qingrou and a board to the head from Wang Qingge, which had two words written on it: [SHUT UP!]

The Empress of Baoji was sent flying, smashing straight through the wall.

She was knocked out cold instantly. Manual shutdown.

Secretary Qiu scratched his itching head out of pure confusion.

What the hell was going on!?

Since when did Lu Ding have a trick like this!?

He'd never seen him use it before, nor had he ever heard him mention it.

If that was the case...

At that very moment, outside Baoji Kingdom's Royal Capital.

One after another, powerhouse from other nations were casting an inescapable net, determined not to let a single suspicious person slip out of Baoji Kingdom's Royal Capital.

Divine Sword Holy Land powerhouse: "I never expected such an insignificant younger generation to grow at such an astonishing rate. We must keep him here this time—kill him, capture him, whatever it takes. We cannot let this tiger return to the mountain and make it back to Great Han!!!"

Lu State God-Sealing realm expert: "According to intelligence, Lu Ding may have a means to ignore arrays and defenses. We must be cautious!!!"

Qi State God-Sealing realm expert: "Old Ghost, rest assured. With our lineup today, there's no way he can escape even if he grows wings!!!"

Jade Cauldron Mountain God-Sealing Daoist: "I never imagined we would all meet here for the purpose of dealing with a junior. If word gets out, it will truly be a laughingstock."

Profound Nether Cult God-Sealing realm expert: "Then we simply don't let word get out. We'll leave them all here as burial gifts for Baoji Kingdom!!!!"

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