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Chapter 120: Chapter 117: Facing Two Enemies Alone
Ten miles outside Sunset City.
Gu Jinlai, along with Gu Luochen and Gu Qingmei, and a group of others, halted.
"Check your own equipment,"
Gu Jinlai commanded.
Upon hearing his words, everyone began to inspect their equipment once again.
Meanwhile, Gu Jinlai placed his hand on a Short Range Defense Cannon, imbued it with True Spirit Possession, and skillfully activated the cannon.
Having activated the Short Range Defense Cannon, he initiated its radar search function, swiftly scanning and detecting several Divine Thought Fluctuations.
Among them, two Divine Thought Fluctuations were significantly stronger than the other four.
The key point was that both Divinity Transformation Cultivators were located in the same place, not giving Gu Jinlai the chance to defeat them one by one.
"To speak of two Divinity Transformations is to face two Divinity Transformations; Cold Moon Sect is clearly determined to fight a tough battle against us."
Gu Jinlai’s face was serious.
This tough battle was also the bottom line drawn by the Cold Moon Sect.
If Gu Jinlai could manage to defeat the two Divinity Transformation Cultivators and the four Refining God Immortals of the Cold Moon Sect, leading their elite forces, from then on the Cold Moon Sect would no longer have designs on the four cities...
Or more precisely, they would no longer resort to such a crude and barbaric approach to forcefully attack the four cities.
As for other methods—underhanded sabotage and infiltration—they would certainly not cease.
Yet, if Gu Jinlai could not defeat the line-up they put forth...
What awaited them would inevitably be an even greater number of masters dispatched by the Cold Moon Sect.
"The main function of the Short Range Defense Cannon is to defend against missiles; both its range and lethality are not notable. If only we had multiple rocket launchers... with an effective range of tens of kilometers and a blast radius covering over a million square meters, they would undoubtedly be much more useful than Short Range Defense Cannons..."
Gu Jinlai, watching the two targets detected by the radar, couldn’t help feeling regretful.
Another day of regretting not reading enough books.
However...
Now that contact with Blue Star had been established, should he ask for more technical support from there?
If he were to only request rocket launcher technology...
It might somewhat affect the credibility of his "alien" identity.
Reining in his thoughts, Gu Jinlai’s gaze turned to Gu Luochen and the others: "Next, we’ll lay out our tactics. We must get as close to Sunset City as possible, but whether it be Divinity Transformation or Refining God, their perception is extremely sensitive. We must be ready to be discovered and engage in battle at any moment."
"Affirmative."
Everyone on the field responded in unison.
The group advanced swiftly.
However, just as Gu Jinlai had predicted, the Divinity Transformation and Refining God Cultivators were extremely sensitive to the approaching crisis.
Add to that the fact that the Cold Moon Sect anticipated an attack from Lingxiao City in the near future, thus on high alert; moreover, each of Gu Jinlai’s group, without exception, was clad in heavy armor, which was too noisy.
When they were still a mile away from Sunset City, chaos had already erupted on the city walls.
"Accelerate! To the city!"
Gu Jinlai ordered.
His figure began to rapidly expand, taking on the form of a giant over three meters tall in the blink of an eye.
The Great Sun True Demon Body.
Because he was wearing Spiritual Artifact Armor, his body was filled with metallic hues, and from a distance, he looked like a machinic giant.
Holding a Short Range Defense Cannon in each hand, weighing several tons apiece, he led over a hundred Demon God Warriors clad in heavy armor, with the foremost ten or so also carrying Gatling Guns, in a full-speed charge.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
The shouts spread in all directions.
Especially within Gu Jinlai’s perception, a faint but ripple-like energy swept out, followed by two high-energy Divine Thought responses rushing up from the center of the city and roaring towards the sky.
"Flying swords incoming!"
Gu Jinlai let out a low shout, fiercely setting the Short Range Defense Cannons on the ground. His True Spirit Power surged as he tried his utmost to lock onto the two attacking flying swords.
Both flying swords changed pace, one fast and the other slow.
The Divine Thoughts on the faster sword were boiling like flames, burning fiercely.
In the process of the Divine Thoughts igniting, the speed of the flying sword climbed rapidly: six hundred meters per second... seven hundred... eight hundred... nine hundred...
The piercing screech was so clear that Gu Jinlai, Gu Luochen, and others outside the city could hear it distinctly.
On the other flying sword, the Divine Thought Fluctuations were also fiercely boiling, but it left no trace in the void.
Not even the sound of breaking the sky was heard, as if it didn’t exist at all.
Yet in Gu Jinlai’s "Divine Thought Detection" vision, everything was clear.
And the speed of this sword was also not slow, reaching nearly twice the speed of sound at seven hundred meters per second.
The two swords, one leading and the other following, were stealthy and fast as they simultaneously advanced toward their target. Gu Jinlai had to exert his True Spirit Power to its limits.
The substantial consumption of True Spirit made the "life" aura of the Short Range Defense Cannons increasingly intense.
It seemed that in response to the thoughts and wishes in the "True Spirit" host’s heart, the "spiritual life" that formed the Short Range Defense Cannons likewise surged with fighting spirit, stimulating all its capabilities.
"Zzzz!"
The sound of metal friction began.
The next moment, intense flames sprayed from the eleven barrels of the Short Range Defense Cannon.
Dark Red radiant arcs tore through the void.
The target...
Was set on the swiftly approaching flying sword, Lingfeng.
Seemingly aware it had been detected,
The flying sword Lingfeng in the void suddenly shifted, its trajectory altering from a straight line to a curve.
It shot forward in an "S" shape through the barrage of fire from the Short Range Defense Cannon, its speed still climbing in the rush!
Nine hundred meters! Nine hundred thirty meters! Nine hundred sixty meters! Nine hundred ninety meters!
In the end...
The top speed of Lingfeng Sword broke the thousand meters per second barrier.
Despite the slower efficiency in breaching due to the change in route, under such terrifying sword speed, the distance between the two kept shrinking.
One thousand meters! Eight hundred meters! Six hundred meters! Four hundred meters!
Through the blur, Gu Jinlai seemed to see the visible white ravine created by the flying sword tearing through the atmosphere.
"Can’t block it!"
Gu Jinlai looked at the flying sword.
A Short Range Defense Cannon couldn’t block this flying sword!
It wasn’t that the flying sword was too fast, but...
Agility!
Unpredictable agility that made no sense!
It was fine when it started with an "S" shaped maneuver, but later, the flying sword even displayed an abrupt "Z" shaped turn.
Completely defying the laws of physics.
Seeing that the flying sword was about to hit him squarely in the next second, Gu Jinlai’s True Spirit burst forth, and the second Short Range Defense Cannon, which had been activated for defense against another flying sword, fired immediately.
"Zzzzzz!"
The sudden roaring startled the Lingfeng Sword, which was flying nearly at triple the speed of sound.
Even with the White Elephant behind him reacting at the utmost speed and changing directions quickly, the torrent of bullets still caused sparks to fly.
"Whoosh!"
The sword blade spun rapidly!
The flying sword shot straight into the clouds, with the shockwave scattering, and brazenly broke the sky at nearly triple the speed of sound.
After bursting a thousand meters into the air in an inverted "U" shape, it took advantage of the falling momentum to shoot down at him again.
The speed...
Hadn’t slowed in the slightest.
Not only that but at this time, another flying sword, the Shadow Sword, had quietly approached within two thousand meters of Gu Jinlai.
Two flying swords, from two different angles, carrying shrill thunder, came shooting down, and if they combined...
Even a body as strong as a Great Demon Level could hardly avoid being killed by a single strike.
The key point was...
Gu Jinlai couldn’t block it!
He couldn’t block two flying swords at the same time.
Even if both Short Range Defense Cannons were firing at full power, he could only watch helplessly as the distance between the two flying swords closed in!
One thousand meters! Six hundred meters! Three hundred meters! One hundred meters...
"Open!"
Gu Jinlai let out a low roar.
Just as the two flying swords were about to strike within a hundred meters around him, a burst of dazzling Divine Light suddenly exploded from his body, and behind him appeared the phantom of a Great Sun, intense and radiant, emitting endless light and brilliance.
That was...
Eternal Divine Light!
What is a flying sword?
It’s a Spiritual Artifact specially crafted to match the Yin God Master’s refinement.
The essence of a Spiritual Artifact is "Spirit"!
And Eternal Divine Light is a Soul Secret Technique specifically targeting "spirits"!
It can annihilate not just Demon Spirits but also True Spirits!
Which means souls!
Although the damage it inflicted on souls wasn’t as specifically restrictive as against Demon Spirits, when the dazzling and brilliant Great Sun Divine Light burst forth from the radiant Great Sun behind Gu Jinlai, both the Lingfeng Sword and the Shadow Sword had their spirituality affected at the same time.
This influence caused a slight disturbance in the control exercised by the two Divinity Transformation Cultivators over the swords.
Such a disturbance let the Lingfeng Sword, which had soared thousands of meters into the sky and was diving down at more than triple the speed of sound, to be completely locked on.
"Zzzzzz!"
Fire blasted forth.
Shells from the two Short Range Defense Cannons fell to the ground like a waterfall. 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓅𝓊𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
In an instant, the Lingfeng Sword, which had once again reached three hundred meters in front of Gu Jinlai, was struck with several hundred bullets.
Even though the Lingfeng Sword was made of extraordinary material and was incredibly sturdy, it still shattered under the barrage of bullets, splintering into countless pieces of iron.
In the midst of the White Elephant Yin God’s wailing from the Lingfeng Sword, those iron splinters followed the inertia of their fall and shot out, raising dust around Gu Jinlai.
At that moment, the other silently approaching Shadow Sword reached right in front of Gu Jinlai.
It moved so fast that Gu Jinlai had no time to draw his sword; all he could do was tilt his body slightly...
And at the same time, he pushed the brilliance of the Great Sun Divine Light to its limit.
"Boom!"
The shockwave dispersed.
The terrible speed bestowed by the Yin God Sword Control, combined with the force of the Gang Qi carried by the sword itself, slammed into Gu Jinlai’s body.
For a moment, Gu Jinlai felt as if he had been hit by an armor-piercing bullet.
Penetrative power and explosive damage erupted simultaneously at the point where the flying sword struck, instantly tearing through the Xuan Steel Armor on his body, which had a defensive power on par with Supreme Treasure Armor.
The sword blade was sharp and continued to pierce into Gu Jinlai’s body, penetrating his shoulder blade that had been greatly reinforced and had a density comparable to fine iron, leaving a bowl-sized blood cavity, and exiting through his back shoulder.
"Whoosh!"
The sword blade moved away.
A bowl-sized blood cavity!
Right on the shoulder blade, near the collarbone, such an injury would have meant half a shoulder blown away for an ordinary cultivator, and even part of the neck would have been sheared off.
Even for a Refining God Immortal, who could instantly control every minute part of his body, such a severe injury could lead to a dangerous chance of death.
But Gu Jinlai...
At a height of three meters two, his body was proportionally larger than an ordinary person, and the demon body was renowned for its astonishing defensive power.
Even though the sword pierced his shoulder and the carrying force made him stagger back several steps, leaving several footprints on the ground...
He withstood it.
