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Standing at the village entrance.
Guarding the peace of the land.
Ti passed, years flew by, and just like that, Stone Guardian gradually developed a trace of spiritual awareness as it basked in incense offerings and protected the village.
In its ignorance, it saw the stone that had accompanied it through countless years atop the mountain as its own younger brother.
It understood that its ‘brother’ was likely extraordinary, so it had always waited for the day when the Stubborn Stone of Nanshan would erge and take form.
Hundreds of years ago, war raged, smoke filled the air, monsters and demons ran rampant.
It, too, was taken by passing soldiers to be used in the construction of fortifications.
Because of the distance, from that day onward, it never felt the presence of the Stubborn Stone of Nanshan again.
Later, after drinking the fresh blood of the battlefield and absorbing the Qi of resentnt and slaughter, it finally gained the ability to take form.
And so, it returned to find the Stubborn Stone of Nanshan.
By then, the Stubborn Stone of Nanshan had already developed sentience.
It told the man:
It must pass the Tribulation of Man without external interference in order to be reborn.
One hundred years later, it would be unearthed at this very site in Fengyang District, but it was unlikely to face any danger. It only had to wait until the Ghost Festival of that year, and it would erge into the world.
But the man understood—a tribulation was a tribulation. When had there ever been a guaranteed safe passage?
But he had no choice.
The Tribulation of Man was sothing that had to be endured alone.
Just like how he had been taken and used in construction—if a single cannonball had landed on him and shattered him to pieces, then his tribulation would have failed.
Moreover, a Tribulation of Man couldn’t be helped by others.
If soone intervened, not only would it not count, but it would make future tribulations even more perilous, a near-certain death.
So, he could only leave the Stubborn Stone of Nanshan where it was.
As for himself, he hid away at Yuanfeng Funeral Ho, continuing to stand as a Stone Guardian beneath the sun and wind, while quietly absorbing the Yin Qi and resentnt of the funeral ho.
But in the end!!!
In the end!!!
**Today was supposed to be the day the Stubborn Stone of Nanshan was reborn—**but sothing had gone wrong!!!
Everything had been going as expected, but then—
The Stubborn Stone of Nanshan happened to encounter an unpredictable factor—Lu Ding.
If not for Lu Ding—
Those construction workers might never have dared to touch it.
Back when Lu Ding made his move, the workers had tried to stop him. They had pleaded with him, and even Luo Anping had hesitated.
But Lu Ding’s gift for manipulating words and shifting the narrative had overruled them.
And so, his Golden Finger activated, and the Stubborn Stone of Nanshan failed its tribulation.
An indescribable fury surged through the man’s heart.
“I want you all to be buried with my brother!!!!”
BOOM RUMBLE RUMBLE.......
The earth trembled, waves of terrifying energy spread outward.
Although the man’s origin was nothing but an ordinary rock, the words "Stone Guardian" had been carved into him for hundreds of years.
Baptized in incense offerings and faith, shaped by a series of fateful encounters—
Though he had ultimately veered onto the path of blood and resentnt,
Even so—he could barely still be called a god.
The once orderly march of the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts instantly descended into chaos.
Within the 749 squad, the Si Ming Realm leader shouted:
“Sound the earthquake alarm! Activate the communication barrier! Lock down the roads! Get the cleanup teams in to evacuate the civilians!”
“Send an urgent alert—gather all off-duty investigators and mobilize them here imdiately!
“We must exterminate these things within this area!!!!”
“For now, keep them contained! Don’t let them spread out and cause more destruction! Buy ti for civilian evacuation!!”
A string of rapid commands was issued.
Hundreds of 749 mbers charged toward the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts.
“F*, we’ve been following you all this ti—finally, we can make a move!!!”**
“Buried with you? Who the hell do you think you are!? I’ll bury you!!”
“Bros, I’m going in first—watch my back! Don’t let these monsters sneak up on !!”
“Teams of two! Pair up with a body-refining fighter for support!!”
“You motherf****r! Co fight !!!”
The howling 749 mbers charged forward, even more ferocious than the monsters themselves.
Their voices rang out with foul language, boosting their morale.
Etiquette?
Doesn’t exist.
Who the hell talks about etiquette when fighting monsters and demons!?
Explosions of spells and techniques mixed into the deafening wail of the sirens.
At that mont—
Everyone in Fengyang District heard the chanical female voice of the earthquake warning system.
【Eighteen...滴滴.....Seventeen...滴滴...Sixteen...滴滴.....Fifteen...滴滴....】
Countless civilians were still asleep.
Upon hearing the alarm, they shot awake.
“Holy sh*t, honey, wake up! It’s a two-level warning!!”
“Dad! Mom! Get up, there’s an earthquake coming!!!”
“Hurry, hurry! Grab the kid—no ti to run! We’ll hide in the bathroom!!”
anwhile.
Inside 749’s logistics and communication departnt—
Reports poured in one after another.
“Report! The high-damage earthquake warning has been triggered!”
“Report! Satellite feed is active! Visuals confird!”
“Report! The communication barrier is online! Interception functions confird!”
“Report! Road lockdown orders have been issued! The entire 10-kiloter area surrounding Haoyuan Phase 2 construction site is sealing off! Estimated completion in 10 minutes!”
“Report! Cleanup teams have assembled and are en route to Fengyang District!”
“Report! Ergency response protocols activated!”
“Report! Urgent directives sent out—covering all of Yunhai City! Precisely delivered to every single 749 investigator!!”
A woman, arms crossed, gazed at the massive screen displaying battle data and live combat footage.
“How many years has it been since we’ve had a battle this big... A Wild God leading a Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts... Gods mixed in with monsters and demons, demanding people be buried with them...”
“A god should stay in the domain of gods. Monsters and demons should remain where they belong.”
“If you couldn’t pass the Tribulation of Man, who can you bla?”
“Tribulations are yours to bear. What, you think you can only succeed, never fail? This is fate.”
As 749’s communication departnt chief, of course, she knew that Lu Ding was responsible for the Stubborn Stone of Nanshan’s death.
But so what?
It wasn’t even a matter of not knowing in advance.
Even if they had known beforehand—the result would have been the sa.
It was called a tribulation for a reason.
Failing it—should that really be a surprise?
Besides, trading a stubborn rock from Nanshan for Lu Ding—a monstrous genius with terrifying talent, an unshakable work ethic, and zero tolerance for demons and ghosts—
That’s an absolute steal!
To put it bluntly, everything is predestined.
The ergency ssage was sent out, and imdiately, all available 749 investigators in Yunhai started rushing toward Fengyang District.
That’s the advantage of fighting on ho turf.
"A Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts" might sound like a huge horde,
But don’t forget—this is Yunhai, the ho base of the 749 Division!
Trying to outnumber them in their own backyard? That’s just asking for death.
Most of the 749 investigators might not be as straightforward and efficient as Lu Ding when handling things,
But when it cos to dealing with monsters and enemies,
They never fight alone.
Charging in together—that’s the norm.
anwhile,
Far away in Baofan District, Lu Ding also heard the sharp earthquake warning.
Yan Feifan jumped up, grabbed his phone, and shouted,
“Brother Lu, Fengyang District just started a fight!!!”
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