Lu Ding's previous battle footage, Louis had seen it before - his techniques were indeed powerful!
But!!!
Absolutely not as physically strong as what he displayed today.
Aside from the charged slash attack, Louis wasn't afraid of any other move.
Facing his question,
Lu Ding concealed a small part of the truth as he said: "It's a minor spell I just learned and haven't used yet. I heard it has decent power so wanted to try it out. Don't worry."
Louis grew cautious.
If he heard it has decent power, that meant the power was actually quite substantial.
But considering Lu Ding said he just learned it, it probably wasn't literally just now, but rather recently.
If it was recently learned, the proficiency shouldn't be particularly high...He probably... could handle it!!
Fine, he lost in physical combat, but at least in technique exchanges, they should be evenly matched.
Louis adjusted his stance.
Rubbing his still aching ribs, he slowly rose to his feet.
"Alright, bring it on."
When saying this, the White Eagle Divine Son wasn't exactly filled with fighting spirit, but he showed no fear either.
The two flew up into the sky.
Louis began forming hand seals while saying: "Lu Ding, this move of mine is called Sacred Light Wings Unfurled. It's extremely powerful, so you'd better be careful."
As he spoke,
Louis raised the completed hand seal to his brow.
Sacred white feathers descended like rain.
Those dozen-meter wings spread open, awakening the slumbering angel within as he hugged his chest and slowly raised his head.
Sacred light illuminated the darkness.
Heaven descended upon the mortal realm.
The holy wings ignited with pure white flames, adding fuel to the sacred light that filled heaven and earth.
The eternally burning wings would deliver mortals from earthly corruption.
This was the White Eagle Angelic Divine Son!!!!
Louis spread his arms, accentuating his fully extended wings.
Lu Ding saw his wind-up finally finish.
He raised his hand.
Louis thought he would form hand seals, but instead Lu Ding directly pressed his hand into the space before him.
What did this mean? Wasn't he going to form seals?
Louis felt confused.
Then he heard a "humming" sound.
It resonated in his ears, resonated throughout heaven and earth.
The world that had been illuminated by sacred light instantly flickered between darkness and light, as if the scene was stuttering.
A life-threatening crisis frantically attacked Louis's sixth sense.
He instinctively stepped back, his eyes firmly fixed on Lu Ding's bulging veins in his palm.
His serious expression gradually turned to horror as Lu Ding slowly pulled something out.
The white light between heaven and earth was gradually devoured by the black light emerging from Lu Ding's hand.
Watching space distort,
A great sun emitting ink-black light was pulled out by Lu Ding and held aloft in his hand.
All light between heaven and earth extinguished.
The sacred light on Louis's body was continuously suppressed until it couldn't even illuminate a meter around him, until it suddenly vanished completely.
Welcome to the world of darkness.
Looking at Lu Ding holding the Black Devours Sun with one hand, appearing both divine and demonic,
Louis's heart sounded the retreat.
The world that had been illuminated by sacred light instantly flickered between darkness and light, as if the scene was stuttering.
A life-threatening crisis violently attacked Louis's sixth sense.
He instinctively stepped back, his eyes fixed unwaveringly on Lu Ding's bulging veins in his palm.
Louis didn't hesitate for even a second, immediately turning around and fleeing!!!!!
The angelic divine wings fluttered with afterimages.
In the blink of an eye, he had already fled thousands of meters away, and with another blink, disappeared without a trace.
Simultaneously,
On the ground, An Wuyang received a message.
[Louis: Mr. An, please tell Mr. Lu that my previous words were just joking, not to be taken seriously. We will always be friends. Please pretend I was never here tonight]
Retreating without even fighting.
How embarrassing!!!!
But there was no choice - if he really took that black sun attack head-on, he would die!!
Life is more important than face.
But he was afraid Lu Ding might not understand his meaning.
He repeated it again.
[Louis: You must help me convey this - I wasn't here tonight]
'Don't tell anyone'
At this moment, Lu Ding descended from the sky, and the city's lights once again illuminated the land below.
An Wuyang raised his phone to show him the message.
Lu Ding felt somewhat disappointed.
He had wanted to test it out.
The angelic divine wings flapped so fast they created afterimages.
He would have just formed it and thrown it immediately, definitely wouldn't have let him escape.
But since he already ran away, chasing him down would be bullying.
Lu Ding thought about it - wasn't this perfect?
He could make him cooperate with his plan.
Taking the phone,
[This is Lu Ding. Lord Louis, could you...]
When he typed these three words, Lu Ding thought for a moment, chose to delete and retype.
[This is Lu Ding. Lord Louis, I need to trouble you with something]
[Louis: Please speak, Mr. Lu]
[After I leave, could your side say that supporting the Kim Yeon-ju sisters was your original intention?]
[Louis: I may need to discuss this with others]
[Lu Ding: Still need discussion? Then I'm not in a hurry to leave. I'll join the discussion too - at the military base, right? I'll be right there]
[Louis: No discussion needed! I agree!]
Seeing this, Lu Ding smiled.
This whole situation...
Sigh........
He didn't want to be like this either.
Why make it so difficult...
Simultaneously,
At Tianxing Group.
Many of Wei Gao's high-level officials had already gathered, and the hidden, slumbering old monsters of Tianxing Group had also come forward to make their appearance.
Except... Gong Cang was absent.
At this moment, he was in a standoff with Kim Yeon-ju.
Glancing at his watch,
"Five minutes, Miss Yeon-ju. I can only give you five minutes."
Kim Yeon-ju wordlessly drew her long sword, its sharp sword energy stirring up dust that scattered everywhere.
She raised her sword toward Gong Cang, whose eyes remained calm.
The two looked at each other in silence.
At this moment,
Even someone as cunning as an old fox like Gong Cang couldn't quite figure out what Kim Yeon-ju intended to do.
He was Tiancha, while she was merely Shen Gong - pointing a sword at him?
This... could it be she didn't want to live?
The next second,
Kim Yeon-ju twirled her sword into a floral pattern, then presented the hilt to him.
"Mr. Gong, if you're unwilling to support me, then please kill me."
Gong Cang froze in place, staring blankly at the sword hilt.
No... you...
He had speculated that Kim Yeon-ju might rely on Lu Ding's support and mindlessly say, "If you don't support me, I'll kill you."
Or perhaps attempt seduction, deception - he had considered everything.
But he never expected this kind of development.
Others would say, "If you don't support me, I'll kill you," but with Kim Yeon-ju, it became, "If you don't support me, then you kill me."
Hearing these words, anyone would be utterly confused.
A classic case of random punches defeating a master martial artist.
This was the first time he'd encountered this kind of self-destructing truck negotiation style.
Gong Cang thought it over and over.
Butler's etiquette had influenced him for decades, even a century - he had never sworn or acted inappropriately.
But today,
Gong Cang broke his composure.
He helplessly cursed: "Fuck it..."
Then he unbuttoned his butler uniform, loosened his tie, took a deep breath, and snatched the sword hilt.
But he didn't strike. Instead, he turned and walked away, leaving only one sentence: "You wait!"
Then he headed deep into Tianxing Group's headquarters.