novelbin Chapter 917: Compete Slowly, Compete Gently—But Never Compete with Lu Ding
Chapter 917: Compete Slowly, Compete Gently—But Never Compete with Lu Ding
Having experienced the power of this Snorting Breath's Gold-Shattering Stone-Breaking Blast, Lu Ding couldn't help but think to himself.
It's too tempting.
Among the Five Heavenly Demon Kings, besides the White Heavenly Demon King, Anti-Mountain Six Eyes, there are also the Azure Heavenly Demon King, Ba Yuan Chou Bo; the Crimson Heavenly Demon King, Fu Shan Dan Shi; the Black Heavenly Demon King, Jian Chou Lang Fu; and the Yellow Heavenly Demon King, Heng Tian Dan Li.
They are all first-rate, precious species.
It's just that this White Heavenly Demon King is a bit undeserving of its name.
Such a big demon king, yet only this much capability.
Lu Ding even suspected that the Anti-Mountain Six Eyes he killed earlier might not have been fully grown.
Too weak.
If Zhan Tingzhou weren't here, if he were here, he would definitely say, it was grown, but it just hadn't reached its peak period yet?
Later on, it caused great damage to the new city.Lu Ding's move this time was essentially an early interception.
After checking the rewards.
Lu Ding sent a message to Fu Xinghe and the others, telling them to send people over to take over the territory. That would be the real settling of accounts.
At the same time.
On the other side.
Mouth of the Evil Prison.
In what was originally the 749 Bureau Chief's office of the Mouth of the Evil Prison, now the Special Envoy's office of the Mouth of the Evil Prison.
A demonically handsome man wearing a shirt and vest, with his hair slicked back in a big pompadour, was enjoying a meal with a napkin.
On the plate was a medium-rare steak, still pink and bloody. The man elegantly cut a piece with a small knife and chopsticks, picked it up with the chopsticks, put it in his mouth, and savored the flavor.
A look of enjoyment appeared on his face.
Suddenly.
The office door was kicked open with a bang.
A brawny man with a beard, dressed in a white long gown, walked in from outside with an air of righteous indignation.
A small finger pointed, the rap began, his small mouth opened, and what came out was a torrent of flowery curses.
"Ying Gou!!! I'll f****** ****** ****** ******!!! The dogfight outside is so intense brains are flying, and all you do every day is eat eat eat eat eat!!!!"
"Were you a starving ghost in your past life!?"
"I've never seen a special envoy like you!!!"
"You call yourself a f****** special envoy? Go home and farm!!"
"No struggle, no contention, why did you even come to the new city, why did you come to the Mouth of the Evil Prison!? Me assisting you is worse than assisting a salted fish! I should have gone to compete with that kid Fu Xinghe back then, gone to assist Lu Ding! At least I could have realized my ambitions!!!"
"All you know is eat eat eat! I'll f****** let you eat!!!!"
The man was furious. He stepped forward, snatched the plate in front of Ying Gou, and slammed it heavily onto the ground.
Ying Gou's face stiffened. He hated it most when people disturbed his meals. He was angry, but couldn't bring himself to get angry at the man in front of him.
He could only suppress his emotions and said to the girl beside him.
"Make me another portion."
Pulling the view back, one could now see that in the corner of the special envoy's office, there was a white-haired girl wearing a blood-stained white apron, holding a boning knife.
In front of the girl.
There was a wooden rack, on which hung a graceful woman with snake scales on her face.
That's right.
This was precisely a demonic spirit.
Upon receiving Ying Gou's order, the girl immediately prepared to act.
The man roared: "Don't make it for him!!!"
Then, the man climbed onto Ying Gou's dining table, pointed at his nose, and cursed.
"Look at Lu Ding! Although he arrived early and is ahead of everyone, he still maintains a sense of urgency. He's hardly rested since he arrived until now."
"So motivated, so driven."
"And then look at you, you useless thing, with no lofty ambitions. You arrive at the Mouth of the Evil Prison, don't do any work, and first thing you f****** do is eat!!!!?"
The man spoke until he laughed in anger, hands on hips, pacing back and forth on the table.
"I've really seen it all now."
"As a special envoy, you don't do your proper work. You put in so much effort, staking out, searching, just to catch a demonic spirit to satisfy your gluttony!!?"
"Can't you have a little bit of drive!!?"
Ying Gou's face showed helplessness, a trace of grievance visible in his calm eyes.
He slowly opened his mouth: "This isn't an ordinary demonic spirit. This is a snake demon with cultivation at God Ascension, Ninth Restriction. She was secretly wreaking havoc in this Mouth of the Evil Prison before. I captured her to eliminate a scourge for the people. Satisfying my appetite was just a side benefit. How can you say I have no drive?"
"You're talking absolute bullshit!!!!"
"I don't know you!? Win-family bastard! Give me a straight answer right now, are you going to compete or not? If you say you're not competing, I'll turn around and leave right now! I'll go find Grand Duke Lu!!!"
Ying Gou wiped his mouth and stood up: "Compete, I'll compete, I'll compete, alright?"
Hearing this, the man's anger had just subsided a little when he heard Ying Gou change his tune: "But it must be slow competition, gentle competition, and not competing with Lu Ding."
The man instantly frowned: "Not competing with Lu Ding? Then tell me, what did you come to the Mouth of the Evil Prison for? To play around!!!!?"
Ying Gou hurriedly tried to soothe his emotions: "Don't get excited, don't get excited. Listen to me."
"Lu Ding and I, we both belong to the hawk faction's prodigies. He's even a favorite in front of Elder Shui. His talent, combat power, temperament... I acknowledge them too. You tell me, since we're all one family, what would I compete with him for?"
"I came to the Mouth of the Evil Prison simply because I heard there was a marvelous snake here comparable to Spirit Refinement."
"I wanted to taste it, and at the same time, come help Lu Ding secure this place in advance, hand it over to him later, then go rob other places and develop anew."
"In other words, Lu Ding has nothing. The old man once told me, our hawk faction needs unity. At home, rely on yourself; outside, rely on friends."
"Lu Ding is in a much more difficult position than I am. Even if I can't seize a place in the new city, I'll still have everything when I go back. But if Lu Ding can't seize a place in the new city, he'll have nothing."
"In this situation, and since we're from the same faction, my impression of him isn't bad either. His attitude towards demons and monsters, I really like it. And I happen to have the chance to come. If I don't help him, who will?"
Ying Gou spread his hands.
He admitted it directly, without any concealment.
In terms of attitude towards demonic spirits, he and Lu Ding were basically aligned. The only difference was that Lu Ding didn't like to eat them.
He loved eating them.
The similarity was that under both of them, demonic spirits absolutely had no chance of survival.
The man glanced at him: "I do think slightly more highly of your straightforwardness."
"But only slightly."
"Handing over the Mouth of the Evil Prison to Lu Ding, I don't have much objection. I never liked this poor place anyway. Give it to him, fine. It'll help him unify the western region. With his character, he repays kindness with kindness. He might even help us later."
"But, we've missed the best development time. Can we still seize good territory later?"
A smile surfaced on Ying Gou's face. Originally, he looked somewhat youthful and righteous, just with a hint of the demonic between his brows. But once he smiled, no matter how you looked, he appeared downright sickly.
"You still don't trust me?"
He patted the man's shoulder: "Alright, alright, don't think so much. Just wait for Lu Ding to handle his affairs and come to our door."
"When we give him the Mouth of the Evil Prison, we'll go rob a good one somewhere else."
"For now, come taste this marvelous snake. It's really quite good."