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Chapter 135: Chapter 132 Demon Body
Gu Jinlai surveyed the surroundings.
Even though Baihe City had over ten thousand troops guarding it, under the attack of Gu Jinlai and five others, and without a leader like Xue Wuqing to strategize, defeat was inevitable.
Six people defeated an army of ten thousand.
It sounds unbelievable, but there was an era in the Central Earth of Blue Star when over a thousand were defeated by seven people.
At that time, both sides were similarly equipped.
Nowadays, Gu Jinlai’s side, with six people armed with machine guns and short range defense cannons, and each wielding a gun with at least a middle-level demon body, could retreat while fighting without fearing being surrounded. Defeating ten thousand was within reason.
Gu Jinlai searched among the fleeing troops for a moment and, unable to find any Red names, decided not to waste more time.
He searched the well-preserved body of Zhou Yunyi for a while, obtaining some silver taels and a movement technique.
It was better than nothing.
Then, he turned around and went against the flow of people returning to Baihe City.
As for whether going against the flow would impact him...
In a chaotic battlefield, where everyone was panicking without knowing where to run, imagine a figure three meters tall, clad in heavy armor, carrying a giant sword over two meters long, with metal-colored armor stained with fresh blood, coming towards them...
In such a situation, anyone would know to run as far as possible.
Therefore, Gu Jinlai’s return journey was unimpeded.
Even more, sunlight fell on him and stimulated the Eternal Furnace within his body through the Great Sun radiation, continuously supplying energy to his Great Sun True Demon Body and somewhat alleviating the fatigue from the fierce battle he had just fought.
While carrying the sword and returning, he also diverted part of his divine sense into the spiritual world.
Tan Qingquan, Ye Yiren, Xue Wuqing, and Zhou Yunyi were all Red names.
Xue Wuqing had even reached the Dark Red Level.
The four together provided Gu Jinlai with five streaks of Qingguang.
Additionally, during the assault on Baihe City, Gu Jinlai deliberately sought out Red names to kill, bringing the total amount of Qingguang he possessed to sixteen.
However, even though he tried to minimize harm to ordinary people during the attack, the direct and indirect karma from those who died or were injured due to him still accumulated his karma to eighteen layers.
"Indeed, attacking a city should be left to the subordinates; I should just focus on hunting down the leaders in Refining God and Divinity Transformation," Gu Jinlai mused.
The casualty rate from attacking cities was too high, and his karma would increase rapidly without careful attention.
In contrast to Refining God...
The Cultivators of Star State Capital and Dragon Sparrow Manor were somewhat okay, with less than half being Red names.
But for forces like Purgatory Sect, Cold Moon Sect, and Netherworld Sect, out of three Cultivators, two would definitely have Red names.
Those without Red names mostly stayed behind to maintain their territories or train disciples and seldom came out for missions, making it less likely for Gu Jinlai to encounter them.
Considering he still wasn’t confident enough to confront a Primordial Spirit True Monarch, he used four streaks of Qingguang to reduce his karma to fourteen layers.
"Speaking of which, I’ve always kept my karma around fourteen layers, but I was still targeted by a Divinity Transformation Cultivator; thus, this effect isn’t very reliable," Gu Jinlai quipped.
After reducing four layers of karma, twelve streaks of Qingguang remained.
Same old rule.
He kept two for recovering the spirituality of the True Spirit in critical moments.
The remaining ten streaks...
With a thought, all ten streaks of Qingguang fell onto the golden orb that represented the "Eternal Furnace."
"Buzz, buzz!"
Gu Jinlai’s mind cleared up.
The operation of the Eternal Furnace inside his body became even more efficient. Moreover, the power flowing from the Eternal Furnace could even extend directly through the True Spirit as a medium and affect objects maintaining the Co-spirit.
This trait...
Charging.
Gu Jinlai quickly realized something.
He could use the Eternal Furnace within his body to charge other co-spirit objects and lifeforms through the True Spirit.
Gu Jinlai softly perceived this newly derived divine trait.
And the information represented by this cultivation technique also subtly changed.
Eternal Furnace: Entry-level → Small Achievement.
Derived Trait: Transmission.
...
Gu Jinlai stood still, quietly sensing the variety of changes brought about by the breakthrough of the Eternal Furnace to Small Achievement.
"The conversion efficiency for hydrogen has increased threefold!"
Gu Jinlai took a deep breath.
The hydrogen contained in the air, absorbed by the Eternal Furnace and converted into heavy hydrogen and super heavy hydrogen through the radiation of the sun.
Meanwhile, the spirituality in his soul continuously permeated and washed over the newly derived heavy hydrogen and super heavy hydrogen, quickly completing the co-spirit with these elements.
The next moment, the Great Sun manifested within the True Spirit, visualizing a scene almost like a supernova explosion. The high temperatures emanating at the spiritual level acted upon the co-spirited heavy hydrogen and super heavy hydrogen, making them believe they were in temperatures of several hundred million degrees, instantly completing fusion.
The terrifying energy released in this process surged violently, buffeting Gu Jinlai’s body and tempering every cell and acupoint.
For a time, his body’s surface seemed to radiate a splendid golden light, looking divine and dazzling.
Under this golden light, the surrounding temperature soared rapidly.
The air twisted under this intense heat.
The grass under his feet spontaneously combusted without flame.
Even a piece of chemical cloth ten meters away from him was quickly ignited.
If someone were to approach within ten meters of him at this moment, just one breath would be enough to scorch, and even incinerate, them.
"Whew!"
After a while, the intense and dazzling golden light around Gu Jinlai dispersed, and he also exhaled a hot breath.
"Overbearing."
Gu Jinlai declared.
The hydrogen conversion efficiency of the Eternal Furnace had increased significantly, so much so that his body was somewhat unable to withstand it anymore.
With this power rate continuing...
Coupled with medicinal herbs that condition the body, his physique could escalate to a level comparable to a Middle Level Demon within a year at most.
"When I had the Lower Demon Body, assisted by heavy armor, I could already withstand flying swords without dying. Upon forging a Middle Level Demon Body with heavy armor reducing the impact, flying swords lacking the ’Sharpness’ trait will already struggle to penetrate my body. If my Spirit Armor possessed the ’Tenacity’ trait instead of ’Big and Small Ruyi,’ it would be even more immune to ordinary flying swords."
This is the strength of a demon body.
"At the stage of Middle Level Demon, demons can cultivate special magic skills to condense an Undying Demon Body, possessing world-shocking recovery abilities.
Upon advancing to the realm of Demon Demon King, the Perfect Demon Body’s strength rivals a Saint’s Undying Holy Body."
Indeed.
A Demon Demon King condensing an Undying Demon Body could rival a Saint’s Undying Sacred Body.
However, because Demon Demon Kings struggle to comprehend the momentum of Heaven and Earth like cultivators do, they cannot compete with real Saints.
But based on their formidable bodies alone, fighting Devas is not a difficult task.
This is also why the Demon Demon King of Mu State could sweep through four states unstoppable, and the Demon Demon King of Tianhe could block the north and south, causing countless people to sigh upon seeing the river.
Unless a Saint intervenes, a Demon King is nearly invincible.
And as for Saints...
Since the chaos under Emperor Tianji, the only remaining Saint in the Daqian Royal Family has been Imperial Advisor Tai Yuan.
"I am not far from achieving a Middle Level Demon Body. The cultivation method for the Undying Demon Body needs to be prioritized soon."
Gu Jinlai pondered.
In fact, the ultimate form of the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method he practiced manifested a ten-zhang-high True Body of the Great Sun True Demon, which is a type of Demon Body.
This is also the ultimate form of the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method.
But this Undying Demon Body seems to lean more towards strength.
Initially, he relied on the Great Sun True Demon Body with the Middle Level Demon Body to smash the Great Demon Body of Red Saber Ancestor.
Late, whether it was Zhang Luu at the Refining God Peak or Yun Guantian, the Refining Demon Hall Master, once they confronted the Great Sun True Demon Body, they couldn’t even withstand a single strike from him."
However, what Gu Jinlai wanted was an Undying Demon Body oriented towards defense.
One must stand firm to have output.
Especially since he himself could already create powerful weapons.
"Old Patriarch."
Gu Jinlai had yet to return to the City Lord Mansion when Gu Luochen and Gu Chaoyang had already greeted him.
Seeing Gu Chaoyang appearing in Baihe City, Gu Jinlai was somewhat surprised, "So soon? Even if it’s a forced march, the army wouldn’t arrive until tomorrow afternoon, right?"
"We led the finest thousand men, lightly equipped and spared no horses, arriving at Baihe City ahead of everyone else."
Gu Chaoyang said with a smile, "After all, we don’t need to storm the city."
Gu Jinlai then realized.
If they didn’t carry supplies and didn’t reserve the strength of the men or horses, catching up to Baihe City half a day late was indeed not difficult.
After all, he had arrived last night but rested for a day to launch an attack at noon.
"Then take over the defense of Baihe City."
Gu Jinlai instructed.
"It’s already been arranged,"
said Gu Chaoyang.
Gu Jinlai nodded.
Gu Chaoyang always handled these trivial matters well; there was no need for him to worry.
"Are the resources of Baihe City still intact?"
"Yes,"
Gu Luochen affirmed emphatically, somewhat excited, "The Purgatory Sect clearly wanted to make Baihe City their main base. All sorts of living, military, and cultivation resources are available, far exceeding those of Yuanhua City."
"That’s normal, Baihe City itself is a major city, and it’s also the main base of the Purgatory Sect here, being wealthier is within reason,"
Gu Jinlai commented, then told Gu Chaoyang, "Since you’re here, draft a letter for me to send to Zhao Qian, to be handed to the Sect Master, saying that the death of Tan Qingquan was caused by Ye Yiren of the Taihe Sword Sect and that they perished together..."
He added some details.
Gu Chaoyang quickly noted everything down.
However, Gu Luochen, who was standing aside, listened with a strange expression.
After Gu Jinlai finished describing, he couldn’t help but say, "Old Patriarch... One of the parties involved, Sha Wujin, has escaped Baihe City. He witnessed the entire event..."
"Oh, then we must hurry to send the letter over to avoid putting the Purgatory Sect in an awkward position."
Gu Jinlai said calmly.
"Does the Old Patriarch mean... even after losing an Elder, the Purgatory Sect won’t wage a full-scale war against us?"
Gu Luochen widened his eyes.
"Isn’t that expected?"
Gu Jinlai shrugged, "It’s just an Elder who died, not a Supreme Elder."
"..."
Gu Luochen opened his mouth but ultimately...
had nothing to say.
He was somewhat unable to grasp the situation at hand.
At this moment, Gu Jinlai seemed to have thought of something, "Tan Qingquan invited the attack on me... no, the Divinity Transformation Great Cultivator who perished with Tan Qingquan was Ye Yiren of the Taihe Sword Sect?"
