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Chapter 215: Chapter 212 Surprise Attack
"The Heavenly Spirit Pearl is indeed a treasure from the Aries Star Palace, it truly did not disappoint me."
In the inn, as the sky grew brighter, Gu Jinlai opened his eyes.
The once brilliant and radiant Heavenly Spirit Pearl in his hand had now become dull and lightless, devoid of any divine anomalies.
In contrast, his spiritual sense surged.
At this moment, he could truly be considered a veritable Heavenly Monarch.
Because his True Spirit had already crystallized, his spiritual sense seemed to become "heavier."
While he grew increasingly distant from the ability of a Divinity Transformation Cultivator to control their sword and change direction swiftly, it had become so tangible that it seemed as though it could "touch" the physical world.
However, he knew this feeling of "touch" was merely an illusion caused by the growth of his spiritual sense.
To truly be able to change the form of matter with spiritual sense, that was the domain of the creator.
He was still one step away from actually touching the True Spirit Realm, standing at the threshold of that particular realm gate.
"With the aid of Qingguang, I could indeed touch the True Spirit Realm, and moreover, the duration of Qingguang lasts ten seconds. Although brief, in life-and-death combat, ten seconds can achieve a lot. Unfortunately, in the end, this is not truly my own power."
Gu Jinlai mused to himself.
Feeling the explosive increase in the strength of his spiritual sense, he quickly activated the Eternal Furnace.
Instantly, a continuous stream of Heavy Hydrogen and Super Heavy Hydrogen was synthesized and transformed into energy that poured into his body through Co-spirit Aggregation.
Due to the growth of his spiritual sense, the amount of Heavy Hydrogen and Super Heavy Hydrogen he could co-spirit had increased manifold compared to before, resulting in a geometrical increase in the energy he could gain—one refinement now equated to four or five times that of the past.
Moreover, with the energy becoming massive, when channeled into the Cheng Ying Sword through transmission characteristics and unleashed, the explosive power also increased significantly.
If previously he had some doubts whether he could directly kill Upper-level Demons like the Demon Ape Commander who had cultivated the Undying Demon Body, now...
If one came, he would slay one!
If two came, he would slay a pair!
"In my interactions with Artifact Spirit Purple Sun, he didn’t just perform energy release through microelement fusion right before me once, but many times, greatly broadening my horizons, and also inspiring me on how to apply such energy releases... Considering my current spiritual intensity... If given a few breaths’ worth of time for preparation, I could accumulate a large amount of energy from the aggregation of Heavy Hydrogen and Super Heavy Hydrogen, and if I used the transmission characteristics to channel all this energy into the Cheng Ying Sword and strike with all my might... The eventual energy release would be equivalent to..."
Gu Jinlai did some quick calculations and soon arrived at a startling conclusion.
A hundred tons!
An energy release akin to nearly a hundred tons of explosives detonating simultaneously!
This kind of power was enough to lift boulders and dust a kilometer into the sky, with a kill radius extending over six hundred thousand square meters.
The shockwave formed would even be perceived by living beings two hundred li away, potentially shattering fragile glass and porcelain.
This kind of power...
"Not to mention Upper-level Demons, even a Demon King might be blasted to death by a single sword strike, and such a wild release of power at once... Even I may not necessarily withstand it."
Gu Jinlai had already imagined the scene of a nuclear explosion with every strike when conceptualizing the Eternal Furnace.
He never thought it would come to fruition so swiftly.
A hundred-ton magnitude was no less than a small tactical nuclear bomb.
To destroy a city with a similar attack would not take much time.
After all, this kind of attack was almost without any cost for him.
With his current strength of spiritual sense, maintaining a hundred or so strikes was not much of a pressure; at worst, he would just breathe in more cold air to replenish the consumed Hydrogen Element in his body.
"With the combination of Eternal Furnace and the transmission characteristics, my attack power is now no less than any Deva, perhaps even surpassing Devas. The only issue is..."
Gu Jinlai’s pleasant thoughts lasted only a moment before he had to face reality: "The transmission characteristic can only transfer energy to targets that are linked with my co-spirit, meaning it is destined to be a close combat skill. Besides, when such a ferocious energy is released, it does not differentiate between friend and foe, in other words, it is like knocking on an enemy’s head with a small tactical nuclear bomb, you have to use such a close-range knocking method to detonate the bomb, and then, both you and the enemy bathe in the light of the nuclear blast..."
What made him helpless was his Great Sun True Demon Body.
The Great Sun True Demon Body wasn’t any defensive Undying Holy Body; what it increased was strength, explosiveness.
Once he utilized this kind of indiscriminate explosive attack, his massive volume meant that he was exposed to a larger area of the explosion, and if things went wrong, he might not have killed the enemy but ended up blowing himself up first.
So, even though he possessed this super killing move, due to its immense power, he would have to use it with restraint in the future.
"No, that’s not it."
Gu Jinlai seemed to realize something: "I have the Eternal Furnace, which can be reforged and thus..."
This was a trump card.
Moreover, he could slowly learn to control his firepower output, seeking the midpoint between his own defense and the explosion of energy.
"In other words, I need more practice."
Gu Jinlai said.
And what better practice than actual combat?
Right away, Gu Jinlai restored his own state.
A few hours later, he arrived in the inn’s main hall.
Here, everyone was already waiting.
Gu Jinlai summoned Cheng Wanli, Gu Chifeng, and others: "Dragon Sparrow Manor and several other forces are following us, evidently intending to keep an eye on us until we enter Tianhe’s territory. If we really let them follow us, we will have to face not only the threat from Dragon Sparrow Manor and those forces but also devils, and being caught between them would undoubtedly place us in a perilous situation."
"The Patriarch means to say..."
Gu Chifeng sought instructions. 𝓃𝓸𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
"Dispose of them,"
Gu Jinlai said without hesitation.
"But... among the forces that follow us, we can only confirm Dragon Sparrow Manor as an enemy. The remaining households, such as Yellow Sky Sect, Ouyang Family, Tianhai Gang, Dragon Breath Sect, Xingtian Sect, and other forces have not shown enough malice. If we rashly take action, I’m afraid we will completely offend the powers behind them."
Cheng Wanli said.
"Not showing enough malice, yet doggedly tracking us, isn’t that malice not sufficient?"
Gu Jinlai said.
"Although they are behind us, in reality, they are also on the same path as us, especially Yellow Sky Sect... just south of Tianhe... to act against them without evidence..."
Cheng Wanli hesitated.
Star State has already offended Dragon Sparrow Manor.
If they offend Yellow Sky Sect now, and even powers like Ouyang Family and Tianhai Gang where Primordial Spirit Monarchs are seated, one misstep might lead to them being attacked by all.
"Evidence?"
Gu Jinlai sneered, "Don’t forget, I am from Purgatory Demon Sect. In those days, the title of Ancient Demon was very prominent. So, as a Devil, why do I need evidence for my actions?"
He issued a direct order to Gu Chifeng and the others, "You go ahead first. I will hide in this county. Once they catch up, I will make my move."
"Patriarch,"
Gu Chifeng was startled and quickly said, "According to our recon, there are a dozen Divinity Transformation Cultivators around Ye Dongliu. You, alone..."
"This is an order,"
Gu Jinlai said flatly.
Yet, his tone was unquestionable.
Gu Chifeng, Cheng Wanli, and others who wanted to persuade him further, stiffened and replied in unison, "Yes."
Si Tianyan, seeing that Gu Jinlai’s mind was made up, could only sigh, "Heavenly Monarch Gu, please be extremely careful. With your noble status, it’s not worth it to fight Dragon Sparrow Manor to the death."
"I am aware. You go ahead first; I will follow shortly,"
Gu Jinlai said.
Si Tianyan and the others no longer spoke and left the inn with everyone else.
Gu Chifeng disguised himself and pretended to leave with the convoy as Gu Jinlai, and the group set off quickly.
Although Dragon Sparrow Manor was on full alert, they had barely left Moon State and were still somewhat distant from Tianhe; it seemed they had not anticipated Gu Jinlai would ambush them at this time.
Less than a few hours after Gu Chifeng and the others left, the massive convoy closely followed, bypassing the county to chase after Lingxiao City’s convoy.
...
By the main road.
Gu Jinlai sat quietly.
He did not bring any Short Range Defense Cannons nor did he ride the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus Gu Ya.
After all, Gu Ya’s huge size was not easy to conceal, no matter how it was hidden.
He was simply clad in Spirit Armor, clutching Cheng Ying Sword, eyes closed, nourishing his mind.
The sounds of carriages and horses gradually approached from afar.
Before long, divine thoughts spread out in all directions, extremely vigilant in their search to prevent an ambush.
Divine thoughts are different from Yin Gods; their range of perception is limited.
Moreover, the number of Refining God Immortals from Dragon Sparrow Manor in the lead was limited, unable to continuously stimulate divine thoughts to perceive their surroundings.
Under these circumstances, when divine thoughts revealed Gu Jinlai sitting by the road, the distance between him and Dragon Sparrow Manor’s convoy was already reduced to just over six hundred meters.
"Nearly every li, they use divine thoughts to probe around... they are indeed very cautious and careful,"
Gu Jinlai said calmly as he stood, his power erupting from his feet, charging directly towards the group of forces such as Dragon Sparrow Manor, maintaining some distance.
At this point, the atmosphere among the Dragon Sparrow Manor people who detected a hidden presence became evidently tense.
However, though divine thought can perceive a target, it cannot determine the target’s identity.
In the situation where it was still unclear whether it was a friend or foe, the people of Dragon Sparrow Manor also only called out "on guard" and sent out a Divinity Transformation Cultivator to summon their Yin God to probe.
By then, the distance between them had closed to four hundred meters.
At this point, divine thought perception was unnecessary, and Yin God probing was needless; they could clearly see the rapidly approaching figure using their breath and vision alone.
Especially when that figure appeared in front of the group, his stature swelled massively, transforming into a towering giant over four meters tall, a feature that was extremely distinctive...
"Enemy attack!"
"It’s Gu Jinlai! It’s Gu Jinlai! He... he’s actually here!? Could he possibly..."
"Form formation! Draw swords! Please, fellow allies, make your move!"
Suddenly, a flurry of panicked shouts erupted from the Dragon Sparrow Manor’s group.
Along with that, sword lights soared into the sky.
