Chapter 1165: Dance of Destruction, Shiva's Signature Move, Satisfying Power, Unsatisfying Origin

With a flash of light.

[Divine Ability: Krishna Lifts the Mountain]

[Krishna Lifts the Mountain: Raises mountains with a single gesture, strength flows through...]

Lu Ding: .......

"I just don't get it. A spell spawned from a demon, washed over and over again with my damn refining, and it keeps hooking up with those Indian mythology vibes."

But he had to admit, Indian mythology had some wild imagination. Wild in a completely inexplicable way.

Lu Ding refused to accept this.

Wash it again! Pay eight, colorless large crystals. Pay sixteen, pay thirty-two, pay sixty-four, pay one hundred twenty-eight, pay two hundred fifty-six.

Lu Ding was getting hot under the collar.

When he watched his reserve of colorless large crystals drop from over eight hundred to three hundred forty-two, he calmed down.

On the Golden Finger.

[Divine Ability: Dance of Destruction]

[Dance of Destruction: Also known as the War Dance of Annihilation. Once activated, it channels pure destruction. Enormous consumption, unstoppable force.]

Speechless, Lu Ding laughed.

The thing was, it really was a good thing. It just carried a hint of shamelessness with it.

Lu Ding had said don't come, don't come, yet it kept feeding him Indian stuff.

This [War Dance of Annihilation] was the signature move of one of the three supreme gods on the Indian side, Shiva. The other two were Brahma and Vishnu.

Among them, Shiva had the worst temper. The guy was a live firecracker.

If you said one word he didn't like, he'd dance and end the world. His wife had a temper too, his third mistress had a temper, his fourth and fifth, they all had tempers. Basically, anything that had anything to do with him was a firecracker.

Though he was dismissive of it.

At least the style points weren't low, and the power was fierce. The only downside was the consumption.

He'd make do with it.

But even as he said that, Lu Ding's mind was still wandering.

"What if I wash it one more time..."

Unfortunately, though the thought was there, he didn't have enough colorless large crystals left.

This refining thing was truly addictive.

Lu Ding closed the Golden Finger.

He formed a hand seal.

With 'Strength' as the core, [Water Dao System] extended and permeated outward to the surrounding area. [Touch of Gold Turns to Stone] changed essence and reorganized matter. Finally, [Qi of the Ticket Wind] condensed it all into a single grasp.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him instantly converged. Qi condensed into liquid, liquid condensed into solid. Then...

THUD!!!

A massive spirit stone the size of a small mountain slammed onto the scorched earth of Niuxin Village.

Lu Ding flicked his finger with [Way of the Jinche], splitting it into small pieces, and loaded them into the Red Coffin. Since this place was now dead land anyway, no one could enjoy this spiritual energy. Might as well benefit himself.

Spiritual energy collected.

Squeezed every last drop of value out.

Lu Ding casually pulled out the gourd the Ancestral Master's Wife had given him from the Red Coffin and shook it a few times.

Hey, quite a bit!

He then unrolled the Jade Slip he'd gotten from the Village Chief of Niuxin Village.

Lu Ding looked over the intelligence on it again.

The problem now was, he knew who the people were, and he knew where they were located.

But...

Lu Ding was a stranger in these parts. He didn't know the directions.

How was he supposed to handle this?

Jade Slip in hand, Lu Ding looked around at the surrounding mountains. They all looked the damn same.

He could come here because the Niuxin Village mission had specified the location of this place. But the locations on the Jade Slip, he didn't know...

If he found someone to lead the way...

He swept his spiritual sense outward.

All over the mountains, aside from She Shilan who had already left, he couldn't see a single person.

That one's convictions weren't firm anyway. Lu Ding certainly didn't want to get tangled up with her again.

He spread his spiritual sense further out.

Suddenly.

In the sweep of his spiritual sense, Lu Ding spotted a chubby little girl walking alone through the wilderness, wiping her tears as she walked. She wore fairly expensive-looking clothes, was clean and neat, yet had no cultivation whatsoever.

"Wuwuwu... Mother... Mother... Father doesn't want me anymore, Mother... wuwuwu, Fatty misses you so much... wuwuwu..."

As she cried, she pulled out a piece of pastry and stuffed it into her mouth: "Mung bean cake is so delicious, wuwuwu... Mother..."

Amid her tearful cries.

The girl heard a loud bang and jumped in fright.

Before her eyes, out of nowhere, a breathtakingly beautiful... man had appeared.

For a moment.

The girl stared, utterly enchanted.

Lu Ding was rather pleased with himself. At least this person's reaction proved his character model was on point.

It also made it more convenient to get her help with directions and navigation.

Lu Ding was just about to speak: "You..."

The girl spun around and ran, wailing at the top of her lungs, not the least bit swayed by Lu Ding's beauty.

Lu Ding flashed forward and used spiritual energy to control her from a distance, avoiding any physical contact. After all, the Demon Continent was still a feudal society, fairly conservative.

The girl struggled and screamed: "Don't touch me! Don't touch me!!! DON'T TOUCH ME!!!!!!"

Lu Ding: "I'm not touching you! I'm not touching you! I'M NOT TOUCHING YOU!!!! Listen to me!! I'm lost, I need your help, I'm not a bad person!!"

"If you guide me, I can grant your wish."

Hearing this, the girl's emotions calmed down a bit: "Grant my wish?"

Doubt meant desire. Desire meant conditions could be negotiated.

Lu Ding nodded: "Yes, any wish within my power. Of course, the interpretation rights belong to me. You can't go overboard."

The girl opened her mouth.

Lu Ding waited expectantly for her to speak. But she just stood there, mouth hanging open, like she was stuck, saying nothing for the longest time.

The two just stared at each other.

After quite a while, the girl finally spoke: "I... I don't think I have any wishes."

Lu Ding: .......

"Then save your wish for later. Think about it and tell me when you come up with one. For now, point me in the right direction. Do you know where Guan Family Grave is?"

The girl shook her head: "No."

Lu Ding spoke again: "Do you know where Tonghe Town is?"

The girl shook her head: "No."

Lu Ding frowned: "What about Huang'er Village?"

The girl still: "No."

Lu Ding looked her up and down. Was this girl messing with him? "Then you at least know where your own home is, right?"

This time the girl nodded: "This one I know! In Wushuang City!"

Lu Ding: Oh!!!!

Wushuang City worked too.

According to the Jade Slip, there was someone named Jin Tianran in Wushuang City. Whether he was a demon or a human traitor, either way, going there to kill him was all that mattered!

Lu Ding spoke: "Then where is Wushuang City? Point me the way, and I'll take you."

The girl went back to shaking her head: "Don't know."

Lu Ding was getting annoyed: "You don't know anything! Then how did you end up here!?"

The girl's mood instantly sank. Tears silently flowed down her cheeks. But she didn't scream or shout. She simply said: "I don't know why I'm here either. Uncle Wu said the family can't keep me anymore. The matriarch wanted him to kill me."

"He said he knew I wasn't stupid, just a bit slow. I could understand what he meant. He told me that when my mother was still alive, she had shown him kindness, so he couldn't do something that repaid kindness with enmity."

"But he couldn't ignore his own future either. So he could only bring me out here, let me flee far away. He said he'd find a suitable target to kill and go back to report to the matriarch."

"He told me to never return to Wushuang City again."

"I never offended anyone. They bullied me, and I endured it all. But they hit my Huahua."

"Poor Huahua... Sister Yu took a stick and hit her on the head. There was so much blood. She chased her away. But when I called her, she came running back wagging her tail, wuwuwu. Huahua was so silly. Huahua died........."