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Chapter 178: Chapter 175 Pursuit
"Stomp!"
Gu Jinlai steadied his stance, overcoming the momentum.
"To confront me head-on, someone possessing a Middle-Level Great Demon Body and whose direction of strength enhancement is aligned with that of a Demon God Warrior, you are truly courageous."
He looked at the figure whose bones had shattered under the impact of his strength, now deformed beyond human recognition...
In a haze...
The Primordial Spirit True Monarch seemed to be tilting his head, looking towards the east.
That was the direction of Dragon Sparrow Manor.
Maintaining this posture, he weakly opened his mouth: "My entire life... has been dedicated to her... fighting for her... sacrificing for her... I have no regrets... no..."
Before Wang Yinfeng could finish his words, Gu Jinlai lifted his foot and stomped down on his head.
"Boom!"
The head shattered.
The speech of this Supreme Elder from Dragon Sparrow Manor came to an abrupt end.
"Supreme Elder!"
Not far away, cries of shock, anger, and sorrow erupted from the Divinity Transformation Cultivators who had just managed to escape from the onslaught of Gu Chifeng and others.
One of them seemed ready to rush forward to fight Gu Jinlai in a desperate attempt, but another person held him back.
The group quickly fled in the direction opposite of Lingxiao City.
"Regardless of how selflessly or nobly you present your case, to me, you’re nothing but a bunch of despicable assassins, a group that colludes with devils and harms your own kind. For people like you, dying a clean death is nothing to lament over."
Gu Jinlai crushed Wang Yinfeng’s head underfoot, then wiped his foot on the ground.
As he watched the surviving Divinity Transformation Cultivators flee, he issued an order to Gu Chifeng and the others: "Pursue them!"
He then took the lead, with explosive power from underneath his feet, his Crossing the World movement technique creating a sandstorm as he directly rushed towards the six survivors.
The gentle sunlight bathed him, stimulating the transformation of the super heavy hydrogen within his body, which his spiritual nature guided into the Eternal Furnace, transforming into a powerful and incessant force that infused every corner of his body, sustaining the consumption of the Great Sun True Demon Body.
For a moment, a faint golden light seemed to cloak him, making him appear even more solemn and holy.
Passing by his Cheng Ying Sword, he waved his hand through the air.
Spiritual attraction.
The Cheng Ying Sword vibrated rapidly, flying into his hand.
Less than a breath after it landed in his hand, he reactivated the sword’s trait and hurled it with force.
The sword blade spun, colliding and rubbing against the air, emitting a thunderous, piercing screech.
"Be careful!"
An elder from Dragon Sparrow Manor who had achieved Divinity Transformation bellowed.
The sword light whistled.
Two flying swords launched simultaneously to intercept the Cheng Ying Sword.
"Bang!"
Firelight burst forth.
The clash between the War Sword and the flying swords produced an effect akin to mutual destruction.
The two flying swords were forcefully deflected, scattered amid the Flying Fire Meteors, while Gu Jinlai’s Cheng Ying Sword was also knocked off course and plummeted towards another direction.
And that direction...
Was actually towards the very Divinity Transformation Cultivator who had launched the flying swords to intercept.
This way of falling defied the laws of physics.
However, being a top expert capable of reaching the Divinity Transformation Realm, the elder from Dragon Sparrow Manor reacted swiftly, his Gang Qi bursting forth, instantly releasing a dozen Sword Gangs.
The whistling Sword Gangs were sharp enough to slay a Hugging Pill stage cultivator with each strike.
Even though the Cheng Ying Sword contained the "Thousand Catties" trait, the barrage of Sword Gangs stopped it in its tracks, eventually causing the sword to burst apart and be deflected to the side.
To his relief, the Divinity Transformation Elder let out a deep breath.
"Be careful!"
At that moment, another shrill shriek was heard.
Along with it was a pressure that seemed to solidify the air around.
The Divinity Transformation Elder realized what was happening and looked up in horror.
A massive figure cast a suffocating shadow, thundering down upon him.
His True Yuan burst forth, and as he struck the Cheng Ying Sword with Sword Gang to deflect it, Gu Jinlai had already covered the hundreds of meters between them.
"Not good!"
The color drained from the Divinity Transformation Elder’s face as he promptly retreated, launching a Divine Thought: "Sword, come to me!"
"Buzzing!"
A brilliant and dazzling light burst forth from Gu Jinlai.
At that moment, Gu Jinlai, like a small giant, seemed to have summoned the arrival of the Great Sun; boundless light poured forth lavishly, filling his entire field of vision with its brilliance, which...
Suddenly caused his thoughts to freeze.
Great Sun Divine Light!
"Rumbling!"
As he was immersed in the brilliant light, unsure of how long he had been lost in it, a sound of Gang Qi exploding into disarray boomed.
"It’s wrong, I’m being hunted by Gu Jinlai!?"
With the help of the booming sound, the Divinity Transformation Elder snapped open his eyes.
Before him was a fist so large that it filled his entire field of vision.
Through his peripheral vision, he saw Gu Jinlai launching his hand, clutching a flying sword that was shooting towards him, seemingly to come to his aid.
Was that his Junior Brother Long Feiyu’s Flying Light Sword?
The sound he had heard was the shockwave caused by Gu Jinlai’s right hand forcefully intercepting the Flying Light Sword, the Power exploding in the Void.
Unfortunately, this sword strike assistance...
Couldn’t prevent Gu Jinlai’s diving figure from continuing its pounce.
"I..."
The elder, coming back to his senses, wanted to do something, but it was already too late.
The next moment, the ferocious Fist Force, carrying the might of thunderous power, struck his body.
In that instant, he felt as if his body was being utterly torn apart by irresistible force, and then...
His consciousness faded.
"No!"
Not far away, Long Feiyu watched in horror as Gu Jinlai killed his mentor with a single punch, and let out a mournful howl.
From a young age, he had lived under his mentor’s care, treated almost like a father, but now...
"Gu Jinlai!?"
The Divinity Transformation Cultivator roared in anger, unleashing the power of the Yin God in an attempt to retrieve the flying sword.
"Such fury and grief, yet you have forgotten that it is you who are the true instigators of this strife!"
Gu Jinlai let out a low shout, the brilliant radiance around his body coalescing at lightning speed into a violently blazing column of light. It carried flames that could purify all matter, furiously scouring the flying sword he held in his hand, as well as the Yin God of Long Feiyu that clung to the sword.
Eternal Heavenly Curse!
"Ahh!"
Under the bombardment of this Soul Secret Technique, the Yin God of the Flying Light Sword Master Long Feiyu melted away like snow under the fierce sun, swiftly dissipating.
He himself couldn’t help but let out a series of piercing screams.
"Want your flying sword? Take it back!"
After eroding away the Yin God Power contained in the flying sword, Gu Jinlai shook his large hand, and the flying sword, resembling a child’s plaything, rapidly spun and shot out. After tearing through the air leaving a trail like white surf, it instantly penetrated the head of Long Feiyu, who was a thousand meters away suffering a backlash.
"Junior Brother Long!"
From even further away, upon witnessing this scene, the remaining three Divinity Transformation Elders of Dragon Sparrow Manor let out mournful cries.
But no one stopped to fight Gu Jinlai to the death anymore.
"Escape! Scatter and flee!"
"Return to Dragon Sparrow Manor, and seek judgment from the Supreme Elder!"
"Gu Jinlai! I swear! The pain you’ve inflicted upon our Dragon Sparrow Manor today, I, Jin Que, will make you repay it tenfold, a hundredfold!"
One Divinity Transformation Cultivator after another roared, pushing their movement techniques to the limit and sprinting at full speed in three different directions.
Gu Jinlai watched the four of them, his gaze shifting away from Su Wen, whom he had been about to pursue.
"Jin Que, is it."
The power under his feet erupted once more, and his form was like the wind...
Like a hurricane.
In a rumbling surge that picked up sand and dust, he chased after the Divinity Transformation Elder of Dragon Sparrow Manor who had sworn to the heavens.
As he passed by the Cheng Ying Sword, it was swiftly drawn by his spiritual attraction and flew into his hand.
This scene, witnessed by Su Wen, naturally allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.
He dared not speak, running madly with his head down, only wanting to get as far away from Lingxiao City as possible, the further the better.
In the future...
Never to return.
As for that Elder Jin Que who had sworn to the heavens...
His face turned pale.
Without any hesitation, his secret technique erupted, his already extreme speed surging, rapidly widening the thousand-meter gap between him and his pursuer.
Seeing this, Gu Jinlai had no intention of changing his target.
Relying on his Mental Realm and even his understanding of the momentum of all living beings, he firmly locked onto the Qi of this Divinity Transformation Cultivator and sprinted with long strides.
Chase!
Pursue without relent!
One thousand meters, one thousand five hundred meters, two thousand meters...
After chasing for dozens of miles, the distance between them stretched beyond four miles.
However, as time went on, the secret technique of the Divinity Transformation Cultivator from Dragon Sparrow Manor ultimately couldn’t last.
Furthermore, in terms of physical endurance, cultivators couldn’t compare to Demon God Warriors.
His speed gradually slowed down.
By the time this chase had covered over a hundred miles, the frenzied speed of Jin Que had reduced to less than half of his peak, and the gap between them was swiftly narrowed to within a thousand meters.
"Gu Jinlai!"
A glint of resolution flashed through Jin Que’s eyes.
He couldn’t escape!
He couldn’t escape at all!
He suddenly turned around, fixing a stern gaze on Gu Jinlai, as the Essence Qi Spirit within him began to burn fiercely, all of it pouring into the flying sword in his hand.
When the distance between them was only five hundred meters, an unprecedented brilliant sword light burst from the flying sword.
"Kill!"
With a howl, this strike seemed to embody the lifelong conviction of a Divinity Transformation Great Cultivator.
"Sword technique! No life, no death, no sword, no self!"
"Whoosh!"
The Cheng Ying Sword was flung out directly by Gu Jinlai.
With extreme precision, it struck the flying sword that contained the fatal blow of a Divinity Transformation Great Cultivator.
"Boom!"
Flames burst forth, and a wave of Qi visible to the naked eye spread out from the point of impact, the scattered Sword Qi ruthlessly slicing all the grass and shrubs in a several ten meters radius into dust.
A single strike...
The Cheng Ying Sword, thrown by Gu Jinlai with the Ten Directions Annihilation Technique, was actually blasted away by Jin Que’s flying sword.
"Hm!?"
Gu Jinlai’s eyes narrowed.
After knocking away the Cheng Ying Sword, the streak of sword light barely slowed down.
With the unyielding aura contained within the flying sword charging forward, it quickly approached Gu Jinlai to within a hundred meters.
A Great Sun silhouette emerged.
The Eternal Heavenly Curse roared out, colliding fiercely with the flying sword imbued with a tragic will and the light of the Eternal Heavenly Curse. Incredibly...
It broke through the radiant splendor of the Eternal Heavenly Curse and entered within.
"Mental Realm?"
Gu Jinlai instantly realized something.
His expression turned icy: "What a joke!"
An invader! Dare to harbor such fighting will!
It seemed that they truly believed everything they did was right, forming a conviction, unyielding!
"You... are beyond redemption!"
Gu Jinlai seemed enraged, murder intent boiling over, his form taut like a bow as he threw a fierce punch forward.
The Fist Force, mixed with terrifying intent to kill, whirled out violently, bursting open the void for tens of meters ahead and grinding all grass and debris on the ground into powder.
Under the dual assault of this Fist Force and killing intent, the flying sword that had repelled the Cheng Ying Sword and withstood the Eternal Heavenly Curse shook violently and, like an arrow at the end of its flight, finally came to a halt as all its power was consumed by the Fist Gang.
And then...
It fell to the ground in front of Gu Jinlai.
Similarly depleted of all vitality was Jin Que of the Dragon Sparrow Manor, a Divinity Transformation Great Cultivator.
His form, following the spent flying sword, plummeted and he collapsed face upward.
