......

Lu Ding was least afraid of arranged fights.

As a special investigator, he had the backing of Great Han's 749 Bureau, not some watered-down version like the new city's 749.

If the Mechanism Master dared reveal his location,

the very next second, Lu Ding's phone call would reach the highest levels, going straight to Secretary Qiu's office.

He'd demonstrate what it truly meant to leverage background and resources properly.

What makes a local social organization think it can challenge the official regular army?!

Lu Ding would definitely make the Mechanism Master experience what it's like when you train in boxing for a year, just starting out, standing on an open-air fighting platform ready for your first match.

Then Tyson walks up, and you're stunned, thinking he's your opponent.

But actually Tyson is just the referee.

Your real opponent is fucking Taro.

Yes, that Taro Ultraman who stands fifty-three meters tall and weighs fifty-five thousand tons.

Think you won't get beaten to death, you scumbag? Think you can survive in this world?

One flying kick, and forget your ancestral grave - he'd kick the entire mountain burying your ancestors right into orbit.

The Mechanism Master froze in place for a moment, unsure how to respond.

Going to find Lu Ding? He didn't dare - there would definitely be an ambush, and Lu Ding wouldn't even deny it. When dealing with law-breaking criminals like this, Lu Ding absolutely wouldn't bother with concepts like chivalry.

Revealing his own location for Lu Ding to come find him?

The Mechanism Master still didn't dare.

Because he didn't understand, and he was overly suspicious.

His mind was filled with question marks.

Why is he so arrogant?

How dare he be so arrogant?

Isn't he afraid I'll ambush him?

Hey!

He really isn't afraid.

He even reminded me to ambush him.

No, wait - he permitted it!!!

Damn, he's really good at pretending!!!

Frustrating, truly frustrating. Clearly it was his own possession that got stolen, not to mention the thief was now provoking him, giving him an opportunity, yet he didn't dare accept.

At this moment, though the Mechanism Master was unwilling to admit it, the fact was that Lu Ding was better at pretending than him, and had more presence too - what Lu Ding dared to do, he didn't dare.

It was that simple.

The Mechanism Master's mind raced - there's a trick, there must be a trick.

Seeing him hesitate for so long without speaking,

Lu Ding couldn't be bothered to waste time with him: "Spineless coward, get lost."

A Slash Attack flew out, cutting through the golden light-formed human head.

The communication between both sides instantly cut off.

At this moment.

In a secret room.

The young man stood frozen in place.

Lu Ding's final words had unintentionally struck his sore spot.

"I have no balls?"

"Hahahaha I have no balls?"

People often emphasize what they lack the most.

He truly had no balls - he was born a eunuch.

The so-called genius Mechanism Master, surname Jiang, given name Sheng - a very ordinary name, born in a very ordinary small town in a minor dynasty.

Under feudal society, although he was male, he was born a eunuch, unable to continue the family line.

This led to his parents developing thoughts of abandoning him from birth, planning to try for another child.

The only reason they didn't strangle him at birth was because he was handsome, and when he grew older they could sell him to wealthy masters as a catamite, or sell him into the palace.

Growing up brainwashed with these ideas, Jiang Sheng also believed this was his destined future.

Brainwashed by his parents, he looked forward to becoming a catamite for wealthy masters, and harbored even greater fantasies about the imperial palace.

But then.

Before he fully reached the appropriate age,

the dynasty Jiang Sheng belonged to was destroyed by Great Han for violating their borders, becoming one of Great Han's provinces.

After all, this was the Second Circle, where they didn't bother with things like international treaties - might makes right was the only rule.

Thus Jiang Sheng's life instantly lost all meaning.

His fantasy of entering the palace was shattered.

He blamed everything on Great Han, believing Great Han had destroyed his entire life.

From that point on, he embarked on the path of revenge against Great Han, and by chance discovered his talent for mechanism arts.

Coupled with his physical defect, he developed an obsession with modifying his body.

Something big, handsome, with personality.

All these conditions combined created the current Mechanism Master, who followed the Wuwang organization in wreaking havoc across the new city.

Simultaneously, he was also one of the few humans within the Wuwang organization.

As for the Earth Dragon Immortal's body?

This was quite understandable.

Earthworms can regenerate lost limbs and have strong recovery abilities.

As for why he didn't simply kill the Earth Dragon Immortal, it was purely because he worried that if the Earth Dragon Immortal died with resentment, it might affect the results.

After all, these things required caution.

But now, it had been stolen, and the thief had insulted his sore spot.

Jiang Sheng flew into a rage, smashing things within the secret room.

Since he was alone here, he could scream to his heart's content.

"I have no balls!!!?"

"If you hadn't stolen the Earth Dragon Immortal, I would have had balls!!!!!"

Bang bang bang bang...

Table, walls, bed, HP-1-1-1-1...

"You destroyed my hope!!!"

Bang bang bang...

"I want you dead, I want you dead!!!"

Bang bang bang...

"Just wait, just you wait, I'll make you see whether I have balls or not!!!!"

With his life's sore spot struck, Jiang Sheng went completely mad.

None of his usual pretentious elegance remained.

Furious, helpless, he even considered going to Xiankong Town to reclaim the Earth Dragon Immortal - now he didn't care whether the Earth Dragon Immortal died with resentment or not.

As long as he could kill it and retrieve the corpse.

Unfortunately.

He couldn't return now - he had other important business!!

So angry!!

Jiang Sheng was nearly choking on his own rage.

......

On the other side.

In Iron Stone Cave.

Watching the golden light dissipate, Lu Ding said to the Earth Dragon Immortal: "Trusting someone who hides his head and shows his tail like that has no future."

The Earth Dragon Immortal remained silent.

He had just witnessed Lu Ding provoking the Mechanism Master so blatantly, yet the Mechanism Master didn't even dare make a sound.

This was the difference.

At this moment, the Earth Dragon Immortal's trust in Lu Ding rose again.

"Alright, let's go, back to determine your construction scope."

Lu Ding spoke while thinking that now that they'd found the person, they just needed to return and determine the Earth Dragon Immortal's construction scope before they could begin implementing the plan targeting Chen Yan and the Rat Demon.

"Please don't let me down......"

Lu Ding silently prayed.

As the group flew outward,

Lu Ding thought to himself that Iron Stone Cave was temporarily unsafe - no one knew whether the Mechanism Master might find this place later.

If he came looking,

Fang He's situation could become dangerous.

The man had guided him here - he couldn't just use him and abandon him, right?

At minimum, he needed to ensure the other's personal safety.

Lu Ding's voice rang out: "Fang He, you should temporarily close down Iron Stone Cave to avoid that person coming back and affecting you."

Complex emotions flashed in Fang He's eyes.

But he still said: "Alright."

Iron Stone Cave was operating at a loss - he had long wanted to close it, but... if he closed it, where could he take his mother whose health condition wasn't optimistic?

The property his father left in town had long been sold off to compensate for the workers' injury and death losses.

Not only had he sold all those things, he had even borrowed considerable money.

Relatives and friends had long stopped interacting with him due to his borrowing - though he hadn't borrowed much from them, because they feared he couldn't repay.

Mostly it was loan sharks......