My starting summon is a small skeleton - Chapter 419: 416 Golden Thunder

Chapter 419: 416 Golden Thunder

“She can’t possibly be dead!”

Lu Wu was absolutely certain about this.

Although his understanding of Zhang Yunyi was not vast, he was very clear that this woman was shrouded in layers of veils that were difficult to peel away.

She was definitely a BOSS-level character who operated behind the scenes, stirring up chaos in the world.

When someone suddenly told Lu Wu that she had died, there was no way Lu Wu would believe it, not even if he were beaten to death.

To Zhang Yunyi’s subordinates, it appeared that Lu Wu was somewhat unwilling to accept reality.

Or perhaps, Lu Wu had never witnessed the fall of the Destructive Spear.

Had Lu Wu arrived a few hours earlier and personally witnessed the scene where the spear capable of erasing everything fell, he would not have uttered such naïve words.

Of course, at that moment, no one dared to correct Lu Wu.

After all, his power lay openly before them.

Not knowing where Lu Wu stood, they each did not want to provoke him.

They simply hoped that Lu Wu would leave soon.

However, Lu Wu showed no intention of leaving.

After murmuring to himself that it was impossible, he strode to the spot where Zhang Yunyi had been pierced through, gently extending his hand to touch it, hoping to collect some clues.

But he had arrived a bit too late, and the power of the Destructive Spear had been too strong.

All he could now touch was an extreme evil energy.

“It seems impossible to confirm from this whether she is truly dead or not,” he concluded.

After a bout of searching, Lu Wu could only stand up regretfully and look towards Zhang Yuechu nearby.

“You know where her office, research institute, or her treasure vault or secret base might be, right?”

From the moment Lu Wu had arrived, Zhang Yuechu, whose eyes had been fixed on Lu Wu without shifting, immediately nodded her head, “I know!”

“Good, then take me there!”

Lu Wu’s words made the expressions of Zhang Yunyi’s subordinates present change.

Especially the middle-aged man who had just taken the lead against Zhang Yuechu, his face became extremely somber at this moment.

He even clenched his fists, seeming to gather his emotions, ready to say something.

But remembering the golden dragon’s insane assault and seeing the entire Governor Mansion collapse after Lu Wu’s descent, the middle-aged man ultimately said nothing, stiff as a wooden statue, and watched as Lu Wu and Zhang Yuechu left.

“What do we do now?”

As soon as Lu Wu and his group had left, those who had just been with the middle-aged man crowded together.

“What were all our previous efforts for, if not for Zhang Yunyi’s treasure vault?

Now that he has arrived, haven’t all our hopes been dashed?”

“What else can we do? Can you defeat him? We can only let it go!”

“Well, after all our trouble, not only did we gain nothing, but we’ve also offended Zhang Yuechu.

No, this won’t do; we cannot just let this go.

If we do, won’t we have suffered for nothing? In the future, we’ll have to face Zhang Yuechu’s vengeance.”

“Contact the Alliance!”

The middle-aged man finally bit down hard on his words, “Isn’t the Alliance offering a reward for Lu Wu? Contact the Alliance, they won’t remain indifferent, this is our only chance…”

The middle-aged man hadn’t finished speaking when suddenly he felt the light above his head dim.

They instinctively looked up, their faces turning pale.

Above them, a massive blue bird had appeared, and the moment they looked up, the blue bird above their heads let out a breath.

In the next instant, the entire conference room was completely frozen.

All the high-ranking officials of Jiangbei died within this icy enclosure.

The extreme coldness lowered the temperature by twenty degrees around the Jiangbei Governor’s Mansion, and within this small range, it even started to snow.

Lu Wu did not even turn his head back.

Having experienced Dudu dying in front of him once, Lu Wu’s character underwent a tremendous transformation.

His heart gradually became cold, and he began to hold a dismissive attitude towards other lives.

To Lu Wu now, killing a few people felt no different from crushing a few ants.

Not to mention, these were a bunch of annoying ants.

Zhang Yuechu, on the other hand, glanced back once, but she didn’t care much about the lives and deaths of that group either.

After all, she hadn’t forgotten how those people had just treated her.

Under Zhang Yuechu’s guidance, Lu Wu first went to Zhang Yunyi’s office.

Upon arriving at the office, Lu Wu began a thorough search, however, after one round, Lu Wu really didn’t gain much.

Her office was filled with affairs and documents related to Jiangbei, and the most suspicious item was a photograph tucked in a drawer.

Lu Wu picked it up and saw it was a group photo of two girls.

One was Zhang Yunyi, and the other was Jiang Yuexing.

They did not differ much in appearance, but their temperaments were worlds apart.

Whether it was Jiang Yuexing’s vibrant essence or Zhang Yunyi’s quiet elegance, Lu Wu found it hard to reconcile their past and present as one.

However, it was clear that the relationship between Zhang Yunyi and Jiang Yuexing must have been good.

At least, it was good when the photo was taken.

As for now, that was harder to say.

After casually putting the photo back, Lu Wu left the office, ready to move on to the next location.

Halfway through, Lu Wu suddenly returned, opened the Gate of the Undead casually, and with a wave of his hand let several Sword Qi fall neatly, cutting out the entire hundred-square-meter office. He then threw the whole office into his base.

Simultaneously, he notified the 72 in the base to check it again.

Seeing Lu Wu’s actions, Zhang Yuechu watched, but didn’t say anything.

It seemed she didn’t care much; she appeared more interested in Lu Wu than his actions.

Her eyes kept lingering on Lu Wu, to the point that it made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

After moving Zhang Yunyi’s office, Lu Wu sequentially went to Zhang Yunyi’s bedroom and what was both Zhang Yunyi’s and Jiangbei’s treasure vault.

This time, Lu Wu didn’t bother to investigate on his own but directly moved both locations, tasking the 72 with the search.

Because what he wanted at that moment wasn’t materials, but bits of intelligence.

Such intelligence-gathering work would be done better by the 72 than by Lu Wu himself.

After emptying out those three places, Lu Wu turned to look at Zhang Yuechu, who had been watching him all this time.

“Is there any other place?”

Zhang Yuechu tilted her head and thought for a moment.

“She seems to have another base, but I’m not quite sure where it is—it will take some time to investigate.”

Lu Wu’s brows raised as he squinted and pondered for a moment.

“Then, may I entrust this matter to you?”

“Yes!” Zhang Yuechu nodded her head.

Following that, the meeting between the siblings came to an end.

Lu Wu promptly turned and left.

Leaving Jiangbei behind, Lu Wu returned to Jiangnan.

He had two reasons for returning to Jiangnan. One was to see Jiang Yuexing.

He wanted to gather some information from Jiang Yuexing, and the other was to move his research institute.

That place had been his residence, and after he faked his death, it had been occupied solely by Dudu. So, it wasn’t just filled with his and Dudu’s memories; it might even contain clues about why Dudu had climbed Elder Mountain.

Coincidentally, Lu Wu wasn’t the only one who thought this.

When he arrived at his research institute, his brow immediately furrowed.

He discovered that his research institute had been sealed off.

Just this alone didn’t make Lu Wu frown. What really made him frown was the discovery that a large number of people were inside the institute who shouldn’t have been there.

At that moment, this group of people was working tirelessly both day and night.

They were investigating every inch of Lu Wu’s institute.

People had entered Lu Wu’s study, the Cultivation Room, and even Dudu’s bedroom, which were not open to the public, more than once to rummage through them.

This sight provoked Lu Wu, souring his already grim mood further.

Suppressing his rage, Lu Wu entered his institute.

“Who’s there?”

As soon as Lu Wu entered, he was immediately stopped.

“This is a restricted area, no one may enter without the Governor’s authorization!”

“Governor? Authorization? No one may enter?”

Upon hearing this, Lu Wu couldn’t help but laugh.

“What great authority Jiang Yuexing wields!”

The faces of the two guards who had stopped Lu Wu changed; they were about to say something when Lu Wu looked up, and as the guards recognized his face and were about to speak again, an unimaginable pressure descended upon them.

More precisely, it fell on everyone present within Lu Wu’s institute.

Inside Lu Wu’s study, a King-level powerhouse who had been overseeing operations was instantly forced to kneel by this pressure.

“You have half an hour to restore my research institute to its original state and then all of you get out,” Lu Wu’s voice echoed in everyone’s ears.

The pressure on them disappeared immediately.

With their freedom restored but their hearts filled with that recent fear, the group outperformed themselves out of terror.

Within twenty minutes, they had restored Lu Wu’s research institute to its original condition.

Everyone trembled as they walked out of Lu Wu’s institute, and throughout the entire process, including the leading King-level powerhouse, none dared to make any rash moves.

After coming out, the King-level powerhouse knelt before Lu Wu.

Following his lead, everyone else knelt down, prostrating at Lu Wu’s feet.

“Mr. Lu Wu, please forgive us; we were only following orders…”

“Did I say you could speak?”

Lu Wu’s icy words turned the King-level powerhouse’s face pale, his whole body trembling. He lowered his head in honest submission, not daring to utter another unnecessary word.

Lu Wu then walked into the institute and thoroughly went through it.

After completing the round, his expression had slightly improved.

Although these people had been investigating, they had not damaged anything, and the institute was mostly kept as it was, sparing their lives.

After coming out, Lu Wu gestured casually, and the group fell unconscious.

Then he carefully moved the research institute back to the Undead Base. After sorting these matters, Lu Wu went straight to the Jiangnan Governor’s Mansion.

Th𝖎ṡ 𝙘h𝗮pτ𝙚r 𝘪𝕤 p𝐨𝕤τɛ𝕕 b𝓎 𝖪𝗂𝑡ꬲ𝙣𝐨𝓋ꬲ𝐥

He wanted to see what Jiang Yuexing was up to,

Daring to take such an action.

However, as soon as Lu Wu arrived at the Governor Mansion, his brow furrowed again.

He discovered that the Jiangnan Governor’s Mansion seemed to be without Jiang Yuexing; there appeared to be a new master in charge.

“So, there’s a change in person? That explains it.”

Lu Wu’s frown relaxed as he stepped into the Governor’s Mansion, which was guarded with even more vigilance than when Jiang Yuexing was present.

Of course, with Lu Wu’s current power,

So-called tight security at the Governor’s Mansion was a joke.

Lu Wu effortlessly passed through the layers of guards and entered the mansion study.

In this study sat a middle-aged man busy dealing with various official duties.

This middle-aged man, named Huang Song, was the new Governor of Jiangnan Province.

Lu Wu took one look and thought he looked decent enough, but the dominance and sharpness that radiated from him were not to Lu Wu’s liking.

“Was it you who ordered my research institute to be sealed off?”

As Lu Wu spoke suddenly, the busy Huang Song came to and realized someone was in front of him. Upon closer inspection, his brow furrowed.

“Lu Wu? It’s you? I didn’t expect you to actually come?”

Huang Song’s words piqued Lu Wu’s curiosity, “Actually? Really come here?

You knew I would come?”

Huang Song remained calm, casually saying, “The Alliance is already aware of the incidents in Jiangbei.

The Alliance has confirmed that after the Zeroer took action, you were spotted in Jiangbei, and it was you who destroyed the Jiangbei Governor’s Mansion.

Therefore, the Alliance surmised that after leaving Jiangbei, you might come to Jiangnan.”

Lu Wu walked around the study while replying, “That’s a pretty accurate guess. Then you should also know why I came, right?”

“It’s probably concerning Lady Pang’s matter.

Regarding this, I can offer you help. I have a document here that I think you would be interested in.”

Huang Song said as he reached into a drawer to pull out a document, handing it over to Lu Wu.

Lu Wu’s eyebrows raised, and he stepped forward, reaching out to grab the document.

That’s when the unexpected happened.

The document from Huang Song’s hand suddenly disintegrated, turning into white liquid that swiftly coiled around Lu Wu.

At the same time, Huang Song slapped the table with both hands.

The seemingly ordinary desk in front of him disassembled, transforming into stakes that trapped Lu Wu, who was enshrouded by the white liquid.

Despite all this precaution, Huang Song leaped forward, exiting the study.

As soon as Huang Song left the study, it rapidly contracted into a massive prison, locking Lu Wu inside.

After doing all this, Huang Song wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and heaved a sigh of relief.

“Tricking an Epic powerhouse really isn’t easy. Luckily, he lacks experience; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been so easy to catch him.

But these three layers probably won’t hold for long; I hope they can hurry over from their end…”

Before Huang Song could finish speaking, a calm voice reached his ears.

“Are there any others?”

Huang Song’s face changed because it was Lu Wu’s voice.

“How is that possible, aren’t you trapped in…”

“Pff!”

Before Huang Song could finish speaking, Lu Wu grabbed his throat.

In the moment that Lu Wu grabbed Huang Song, the latter’s lips curled up, and gold thunder erupted instantly.

“Youngster, I’ve been waiting for a long time…”