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Chapter 228: Chapter 225 Annihilation
"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"
The sword light broke the sky!
Thirteen Divinity Transformation Cultivators, and two...
No, to be precise, three Primordial Spirit Monarchs acted simultaneously. Such an array was astonishing.
Let alone Primordial Spirit Monarchs, even if a Deva were to appear in person, they would choose to temporarily dodge the blow instead of clashing head-on to the death.
However, at this moment, Gu Jinlai had no way to dodge.
This instant, there was a trace of regret in his heart.
Yes!
Regret.
"I forgot to have Xin Tianqi bring my War Armor back for me. I can refashion it, but not the Spirit Armor—such a colossal sum of money."
He was planning to cast the Cheng Ying Mecha from Immortal Essence Gold and was facing an astronomical funding gap. A piece of top-grade spiritual armor, worth at least tens of millions, covered at least one percent, or even more, of the shortfall.
As for the Cheng Ying Sword in his hands...
There was no way around it.
That was the price for using this Killing Move.
The stronger the weapon bearing the energy, the more energy it could contain.
Naturally, if his Spiritual Sense’s intensity increased and his control improved, he would be able to slightly reduce the requirements for the bearer.
But now...
"I hope I can recover some of my investment after taking down Dragon Sparrow Manor."
This thought flickered through Gu Jinlai’s mind.
In his hand, the "Qian Ye" manifested by the Cheng Ying Sword had reached its peak rotation.
The incoming flying swords that were being shot toward him were bombarded and repeatedly deflected.
But...
There were too many flying swords.
Thirteen Divinity Transformation Cultivators acting at once, who could withstand that?
Not to mention the presence of Long Xiangtian, Ye Qianqiu, and Huo Yuqing—three great Primordial Spirit Monarchs.
Even more so, Gu Jinlai had to divert the majority of his focus to keep the Spirit Sparrow Sword trapped.
In one breath, six flying swords had broken through the "Qian Ye" defense, striking his body one after the other.
Four of these six swords contained sharpness traits, and his Spirit Armor simply could not hold back their penetration.
The flying swords that pierced through the Spirit Armor continued their momentum unabated, leaving bowl-sized bloody cavities in his body.
If it weren’t for his current use of the Great Sun True Demon Body, which seemed to also amplify his life force, any human cultivator, even those of Refining God or Divinity Transformation, would have long perished on the spot under such injuries.
...
"He can’t hold on! He’s done for!"
Seeing Gu Jinlai with little power left to resist under the flying sword barrage, everyone from Primordial Spirit Monarchs to Refining God Immortals to Hugging Pill Protectors on Dragon Sparrow Manor was elated.
"Hahaha."
Long Xiangtian laughed loudly, "I mock Gu Jinlai’s poor planning and Xin Tianqi’s lack of wit. They thought they could take down our Master Yuqing here through an ambush, not realizing the master had already seen through all his schemes and plots, launching a full-force assault to break all spectral and demonic tricks!"
"Now Gu Jinlai is nothing but a skeleton in the tomb. Once he dies, the rest of Star State’s people are just as good as vassals up for sale. Truly, fortune favors us!"
Manor Master Long Yinfeng’s face was also filled with joy.
He originally thought that after being forced out of Dragon Roar City by Star State’s cannon power, this battle would end up harming both sides. But unexpectedly...
Gu Jinlai actually pulled such a move.
Trying to implement a plan against their Patriarch Huo Yuqing, aiming for a decisive strike.
But now, before he could even make his move, he had been detected by the patriarch, encircled, and trapped in a situation with no escape.
Ye Qianqiu, watching this scene, couldn’t help but recall all the information about Xin Tianqi and others retreating before their charge. Among those people...
Seemed to also be Gu Jinlai.
But why did he reappear here?
Was he truly intent on laying a trap for their Master Huo Yuqing with a feint within a feint?
But since Xin Tianqi and others had retreated, it indicated that Gu Jinlai also knew that their group, numbering over a thousand, was surging in. To assassinate a Peak Primordial Spirit Monarch in a crowd of a thousand?!
Did he really think himself the world’s foremost master assassin?
Could there be other schemes afoot?!
Ye Qianqiu glanced at Gu Jinlai, who had been struck by several swords, bleeding profusely, and while he still looked imposing, it was clear he was on his last legs, and in the end...
Ye Qianqiu shook his head.
With injuries as severe as Gu Jinlai’s, even if a Deva were to descend from Dragon Ascending Mountain, he could not be saved.
No matter how one looked at it, Gu Jinlai was undoubtedly doomed.
And considering the significance of Gu Jinlai in Star State...
Even if Star State had some other plot or ruse, or even intended for an ultimate one-for-one trade with Patriarch Huo Yuqing of Dragon Sparrow Manor, it would be worth it.
They would have to proceed with the conspiracy.
"Patriarch, when a lion fights a rabbit, it still goes all out. Let us use the Sighing Dragon Transformation Technique and kill him with a single stab to prevent any further complications!"
Ye Qianqiu spoke aloud.
Huo Yuqing gave him a glance, pondered for a moment, and decided to err on the side of caution.
With Gu Jinlai’s death, Star State would inevitably be leaderless, and even if there was Xin Tianqi left...
She and Long Xiangtian would have more than enough to deal with him.
With that thought in mind, the Sparrow Sword Immortal seemed to emanate waves of dragon chants from her body.
The Sighing Dragon Transformation Technique!
Overseas Tianyuan Dao’s town sect secret technique!
A Burst Technique that can make one’s True Yuan power skyrocket without too many side effects.
Years ago, Dragon Sparrow Manor paid a huge price to trade for this secret technique from Tianyuan Dao, securing it as the foundation for the manor’s position among the top forces.
With this technique’s activation, Huo Yuqing’s momentum climbed higher and higher...
"That should be about right!"
Witnessing this, Gu Jinlai took a deep breath.
Although the Cheng Ying Sword could still withstand more, he himself was almost at his limit.
With the flying swords from three Primordial Spirit Real Persons and thirteen Divinity Transformation Cultivators hammering down, even Devas would have to avoid their sharpness—what more for him, a Demon God Warrior whose physique was only equivalent to a Middle-Level Demon?
As he took in a sharp breath, all the heavy hydrogen and super heavy hydrogen within these gases were swiftly refined, and the heavy hydrogen and super heavy hydrogen contained in his blood were also squeezed out.
The operation of the Eternal Furnace reached an unprecedented peak at this moment.
Overload state!
In this overloaded condition, he could distinctly feel the power of the Eternal Furnace surging out, penetrating his entire body, and gradually merging with his flesh.
As the two combined, the power within the operating Eternal Furnace continuously dissipated from his body.
His ears, mouth, nostrils, and eyes—all burst forth with dazzling golden light as he began to energize at a rapid pace.
This sudden change was immediately noticed by Ye Qianqiu, who was on high alert.
"This is..."
He watched as Gu Jinlai, glowing all over and charging at full speed toward Huo Yuqing, who was closest to him, and suddenly realized something, "Self-destruction! He’s going to self-destruct!"
In fact, there was no need for his warning.
The energy intensity now emanating from Gu Jinlai had surpassed the limits of any Monarch or Heavenly Monarch.
That intense and violent energy fluctuation filled even Huo Yuqing with dread.
Mutual destruction!?
Was Gu Jinlai really resolved to perish together with her, which was why he stayed behind to ambush her?
Retreat!
Without a moment’s hesitation, Huo Yuqing’s figure shot back.
But almost at the same time as she retreated at full speed, Gu Jinlai, almost in a semi-energetic state, suddenly threw the Cheng Ying Sword in his hand.
Infused with the boiling energy from his entire body, the sword shot out like a bullet from an electromagnetic cannon, accompanied by a flash of brilliant golden light, directly aiming for Huo Yuqing.
It felt as if he performed a forbidden technique, burning all his Essence Qi Spirit in a desperate move.
As the Cheng Ying Sword was fired, his other hand immediately grabbed the fiercely struggling Spirit Sparrow Sword, and threw it with tremendous force in the opposite direction of Huo Yuqing.
"Watch out for the flying sword!"
A roar from Long Xiangtian reached Huo Yuqing’s side.
His flying sword spun rapidly, chasing the Cheng Ying Sword at top speed, seemingly trying to intercept it.
And Huo Yuqing also pushed her movement technique to the limit.
Like a true Spiritual Sparrow, erratic and unpredictable, she teleported, in a manner of speaking, to a spot ten meters away, right as the Cheng Ying Sword was about to strike her, letting the sword pass by her side.
"I dodged it!"
Huo Yuqing’s eyes filled with irrepressible relief.
In her heart, an excitement akin to a narrow escape from death surged.
Long Xiangtian’s flying sword had already arrived.
As long as she dodged this attack, no matter what else might be hidden in Gu Jinlai’s heavy sword throw, Long Xiangtian’s flying sword would be able to intercept it immediately, buying her an immensely precious reaction time.
She had survived what seemed to be Gu Jinlai’s desperate, life-ending sword toss, powered by the burning of his Essence Qi Spirit.
But before the joy and excitement of that narrow escape could spread...
The next moment, an intense light strong enough to fill heaven and earth flashed by her side.
Before she could react, the scorching white brilliance, impossible to describe with words, entirely engulfed her figure.
Her supreme-grade spiritual armor, protective True Qi, and life-saving items activated on contact were useless in front of this radiant, scorching white light. They were incinerated into ashes by the terrorizing heat.
Ashes, too, was she—the Dragon Sparrow Manor’s number one fighter, known as the Sparrow Sword Immortal, a Peak Monarch.
And in less than an instant after Huo Yuqing was reduced to ashes, the scorching white light immediately pounced on the flying sword that Long Xiangtian had shot towards her.
Even though this flying sword reached the level of a supreme-grade Spirit Sword, possessing the traits of Breaking the Sky, Infinite, and Tenacity.
Yet, it meant nothing in front of the dazzlingly bright light.
Like a sandcastle in the face of a tsunami... 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓅𝓊𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
The moment it was touched by the scorching white light, it disintegrated to nothingness.
Then, the scorching white light spread even faster, crazily compressing the air around it.
Due to its speed being well beyond the speed of sound, the air was ruptured, forming visible white rings.
To the others from Dragon Sparrow Manor, it was as if a sun had suddenly appeared in front of them!
Yes, it was as if someone had brought down the brilliant Fierce Sun that always hung in the sky dome, causing it to crash onto the Earth.
In an instant, the radiance blurred everyone’s vision, blinding countless onlookers.
In the center of the intense light, countless waves of high temperatures reaching thousands of degrees, carrying flames capable of burning everything, wrapped in the shockwave of piercing through the air, spread wantonly in all directions from the center of the territory where thousands from Dragon Sparrow Manor had been surrounded.
Annihilation!
Annihilation!
Annihilation!
Everything in its path—flora, fauna, martial artists, cultivators—all annihilated.
