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Chapter 163: Chapter 160 Battle Results
"Da da da da!"
Outside Taihe City, the constant roar of gunfire filled the air.
Divine Demon martial artists riding T-Rexes, crazily sweeping fire with their Gatling guns.
It was not just the ordinary demons that couldn’t withstand the targeted killings of the "Thunder" Gatling gun, even the Great Demons couldn’t.
If they truly encountered Great Demons that were proficient in defense and couldn’t be killed even by "Thunder" Gatling guns, no matter.
There were also people like Gu Chifeng and Gu Luochen with thirty-millimeter caliber Short Range Defense Cannons.
In the forefront, Gu Jinlai, riding a Mechanical Tyrannosaurus, was like a moving fortress, constantly single killing one Great Demon after another.
Even Middle Level Great Demons couldn’t escape his pursuit and killing.
From Jade Belt River to the outskirts of Taihe City, less than three hundred miles away, countless demon and fierce beast corpses were left behind.
The demons of Yunqi Mountain Range were almost completely wiped out in the Jade Belt River sniping battle.
...
Outside Taihe City.
Gu Jinlai, looking at the city that not long ago had a population of several hundred thousand but was now in ruins, remained silent.
He could clearly see limbs and blood spilled all over in many parts of the ruins, dyeing the ground dark red.
Besides, the several counties he saw destroyed along the way...
Bleached bones litter the wilderness, not a chicken to be heard for miles.
And he knew, this scene was common in this world.
East Wood State, West Wood State, Southern Mu State, Beimu State were so.
North of Yellow State was so.
Southern Tianhe was so.
Some other places were also so.
Even...
Inside Daqian Territory things were still relatively peaceful; although the demons were powerful, humans ultimately held the dominant position.
The location pointed to by the Jade Scroll he obtained, Tianyuan Dao, was truly a place without light.
At its height, Tianyuan Dao had a population of several hundred million.
With Tianyuan Dao completely fallen, one can imagine what happened to those hundreds of millions.
"Humans... the leader of all creatures."
Gu Jinlai looked up towards the south.
There, even though there were red beams from Cold Moon Sect piercing the sky, far more massive was a dark Lucky Qi that blotted out the sky, greatly overshadowing the Cold Moon Sect.
Compared to that dark Lucky Qi, the demons of Yunqi Mountain Range were probably less than a tenth of the other side.
Once those demons digested the population from the four states and drew strength from humans—the leaders of all creatures—and became even more formidable, they would inevitably head north into Cold Moon Sect territory, and then...
"We need more ’Thunder’ Gatling guns, more artillery, more Short Range Defense Cannons."
Gu Jinlai murmured to himself.
Besides, the firepower of the artillery was not weak, but it was starting to struggle against Upper-level Great Demons.
"Demons are different from human cultivators; they typically have huge bodies, which are both their advantage and their disadvantage... Therefore, I need a larger caliber, stronger ammunition."
Gu Jinlai made a decision in his heart.
He planned to produce heavy artillery to deal with the demons.
After all, the northward march of the Mu State demons was a sure thing.
Once Cold Moon Sect could not hold back and fully retreated, they, situated to the south of Star State, would be the first to bear the brunt.
...
Gu Jinlai slowly returned, riding the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus.
Before long, Gu Chaoyang, who was in charge of logistics, caught up to him and said, "Patriarch, we have collected all of the demon corpses."
Speaking, his expression became solemn: "In this battle, we killed ten thousand and four hundred twenty-two fierce beasts, four thousand six hundred and ninety demons, among them, three thousand four hundred ninety Lower Demons, one thousand and twenty-six Middle Level Demons, one hundred seventy-six Upper Demons, and in addition, sixteen Great Demons."
"Sixteen Great Demons."
This number was a bit less than Gu Jinlai had anticipated.
If he remembered correctly, he had single-killed fourteen Great Demons himself on his pursue.
Gu Chaoyang appeared somewhat ashamed: "Apart from the Patriarch, we have too few Refining God Stage experts. After the Demon Ape Commander was killed and the remaining demons fled in all directions, it was too difficult to successfully snipe all those Great Demons, even though Gu Chifeng and Gu Luochen had Slaughter Spirit Artifacts bestowed by the Patriarch, it is still not an easy task for them to kill a Great Demon."
"Couldn’t keep up."
Gu Jinlai stated the main reason with a single word.
Demons were not like fierce beasts.
They possessed sufficient intelligence.
Although their intelligence would be influenced by their fierce nature after merging with fierce beasts, when it came to Great Demon level, this influence was much diminished.
Once they realized they couldn’t contend with the Short Range Defense Cannons in the hands of Gu Chifeng and others, no Great Demon would stupidly clash with them to the death, they would definitely hide in the complex mountainous terrains.
In such terrain...
Once Gu Chifeng and the others dared to chase into it, it’s uncertain who the hunter was, and who the prey was.
After all, Short Range Defense Cannons could search for the Divine Thoughts scattered by Refining God Immortals, but could not find demons deliberately hiding in depth.
"Among the sixteen Great Demons, thirteen were of the Lower Demon level, two were Middle Level Demons, and the remaining one was that Upper-level Demon Ape Commander,"
Gu Chaoyang said, "We have already extracted the essence blood of the Demon Ape Commander, and we didn’t waste the blood essence of those Great Demons either; at the first opportunity, martial artists who practiced the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method underwent the refinement."
Gu Jinlai nodded, "Hand over the essence blood of the Demon Ape Commander to me, and the rest... give priority to Gu Chifeng, Gu Luochen, and Gu Qingmei to use. Also, send a portion to Gu Yunxin’s side. Let’s see if this essence blood can help them transform their physique and step into the Great Demon domain."
"I will follow the Patriarch’s arrangements."
Gu Chaoyang nodded his head.
Good things are prioritized for the Patriarch’s use, to strengthen the strong even further; no one would object to this.
Besides, without the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method provided by the Patriarch and the occasional cleansing of their demonic nature with the Power of Great Sun, how could they have achieved today’s glory?
At this moment, Gu Jinlai seemed to remember something and asked, "Gu Chifeng and Gu Qingmei have achieved a Small Achievement in the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method, haven’t they?"
"Yes, they made a breakthrough about half a year ago."
"The two of them will stay by my side from now on, I will personally guide them in the cultivation of the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method,"
Gu Jinlai said.
If one could make further progress after achieving a Small Achievement in the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method to step into the Mahayana Domain, it would give rise to the Divine Power Great Sun True Demon Body.
With the power of the Great Sun True Demon Body, they wouldn’t be merely talking about contending with Divinity Transformation Cultivators—an unrivaled existence at the Refining God Stage was within their reach.
"Yes."
"Also, bring back the corpse of the Demon Ape Commander; it’s very good material for propaganda,"
Gu Jinlai said, "The citizens of Baihe City, Changjun City, Lingxiao City, Yuanhua City, and Sunset City should all know to what extent we from the Lingxiao Five Cities have become powerful."
"Understood."
Gu Chaoyang replied somewhat excitedly, "Leave it to me. I will make the citizens of the Five Cities feel honored, proud, and exalted for having the Patriarch and the rule of the Gu family."
Gu Jinlai nodded his head.
He, who came from Blue Star, was very clear about the importance of propaganda.
On the way back to Baihe City, he continued to ponder a problem.
He had a deep understanding of the strength of Upper-level Demons.
Especially those that had condensed an Undying Demon Body.
If it wasn’t for the fact that the Demon Ape Commander was initially injured by an armor-piercing bullet, he would not have been able to kill this fearsome being at all.
During the fight with the Demon Ape Commander, he had also recognized his own shortcomings.
"Explosive power,"
Gu Jinlai said, "My explosive power is insufficient."
Immediately after, he thought of the clever use of inheritance characteristics during the fight with the Demon Ape Commander.
"Transmission allows me to pass the strength from within my body through a co-spirit to other co-spirit items. By using the War Sword and releasing the power formed by the fusion of heavy hydrogen and super heavy hydrogen in the Eternal Furnace all at once, I directly blew the body of the Demon Ape Commander apart—its power was astonishing...,"
He felt that after returning, he needed to thoroughly study the application of this kind of power.
The Eternal Furnace, as a Golden Technique, still had a lot of potential worth his exploration.
"This great battle has brought us not just the demon blood essence, but also a huge harvest—the Merit Points earned from slaying the demons..."
Gu Jinlai thought about the number of demons that died by his hand in this battle.
Especially that Demon Ape Commander...
"It won’t be hard to exchange for two or three Supreme Grade Spirit Artifacts."
Just in time, his War Sword, which had only the trait of the Big and Small Ruyi Scepter, was already somewhat unable to keep up with his pace.
If he could add tenacity and sharpness to its traits...
Perhaps this time, fighting against the Demon Ape Commander wouldn’t have been so perilous.
"After refining the demon blood essence of the Demon Ape Commander to condense a Middle Level Demon Body, I will make a trip to Changjun City,"
Gu Jinlai looked up, spurring on the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus Gu Ya to return to Baihe City.
...
The matter of the Mu State Demons sweeping over the Yunqi Mountain Range attracted the gaze of countless powers from Star State.
Compared with Gu Jinlai’s mobilization of troops into Red State, this defense battle of Baihe City was even more significant.
The confrontation between Gu Jinlai and the Purgatory Sect belonged to an internal war among human forces, but the initiation of a beast tide by the Mu State Demons was a battle for the survival of species.
This was why both the Meteor Star Guard and Purgatory Sect had organized an elite force to assist.
...
However, before Cheng Wanli, who led the Meteor Star Guard, could reach Baihe City, the outcome of the battle had already spread.
Looking at the report in his hands, Cheng Wanli almost thought someone was joking with him.
"The Battle of Baihe City is over? Gu Jinlai’s side engaged in direct combat with the demons at Jade Belt River, twenty li outside of Baihe City, slaying over ten thousand Fierce Beasts and more than four thousand six hundred demons, among which included sixteen Great Demons with that sovereign of the Yunqi Mountain Range, known as the Great Commander of the Star State Demons, the Demon Ape? And their casualties... are less than a hundred people!?"
Cheng Wanli looked at Tang Qing, the Star Patrol Envoy who had brought him the news, "Less than a hundred casualties, nearly five thousand demons slain? Is this report true?"
"It’s true,"
Tang Qing nodded with a grave expression, "Gu Jinlai, using his status as the Star Master, dispatched Meteor Star Guards from various cities to help in the battle, with many of the Star Guards witnessing it firsthand... It’s said that in this battle, he not only used a large number of Slaughter Spirit Artifacts but also produced a new type of weapon, a War Spiritual Artifact called Artillery. This Spiritual Artifact has a slow rate of fire, but its attack range exceeds twenty li, even more extensive than a Divinity Transformation Cultivator’s flying sword."
"Exceeds twenty li!?"
Cheng Wanli’s pupils shrank drastically. 𝔫𝖔𝖛𝖕𝔲𝔟.𝔠𝖔𝖒
"Yes, relying on the War Spiritual Artifact, they severely injured that Upper level Great Demon Level commander, allowing Gu Jinlai to finally kill it."
Upon saying this, Tang Qing sighed, "It’s unbelievable. They have truly managed to repel the attack of tens of thousands of demons from the Yunqi Mountain Range with the power of the Five Cities."
