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Chapter 267: Chapter 264 Spirit Venerable
"Dragon General Armor."
Gu Jinlai looked at the Treasure Armor he had exchanged from the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Map, nodding his head in satisfaction.
This Spirit Armor possessed not just the traits Big and Small Ruyi, tenacity, and Thousand Catties he required, but also boasted the Recovery and Thorns traits.
The Recovery trait was straightforward; even if the Spirit Armor were damaged, it could still regenerate on its own.
If supplied with materials, the recovery effect would dramatically improve.
As for the remaining Thorns trait...
It not only enhanced the armor’s toughness, elevating its defensive power, but also allowed sharp barbs to grow on the armor, harming the attacker.
If he fully activated the "Thorns" trait, those barbs would rapidly grow and spread, extending up to ten meters at their longest.
At that time, he would essentially be covered in ten-meter-long barbs.
Those barbs would frenziedly stab in every direction...
When it came to killing lesser monsters, he was essentially a killing machine.
And furthermore...
Five traits!
This was already the standard of a Quasi-Dao Artifact!
Of course, it was just the standard and not yet a real Quasi-Dao Artifact.
"Speaking of which, it’s a bit fanciful; the Thorns trait is quite useful to others, but for me, it’s not much. I would rather have another layer of tenacity—dual layers of tenacity would be enough to withstand the flying swords of a Divinity Transformation Great Cultivator."
Gu Jinlai thought to himself.
However, he knew that the difference between Spirit Artifacts and Dao Artifacts lay in the dual traits.
The reason Quasi-Dao Artifacts are much stronger than Spirit Artifacts, including those with five traits, is because they use more precious spiritual materials.
These spiritual materials inherently carry one trait. After being refined by a top-grade Heavenly Monarch, who imparts the same trait, they achieve an effect where one plus one is greater than two, thereby far surpassing the effect of Supreme Grade Spirit Artifacts.
For instance, the Spirit Sparrow Sword of Sparrow Fairy Huo Yuqing carries a dual trait of Breaking the Sky.
It is precisely because of this trait that the Spirit Sparrow Sword’s shooting leaves no trace, so much so that even Gu Jinlai finds it hard to capture the exact trajectory of this flying sword.
"I have slain a Demon King; if I were to exchange it for flying swords, let alone one Quasi-Dao Artifact, two might be possible, but Spirit Armor... its value is higher than that of Spirit Swords, the price of top-grade spiritual armor is no less than a Supreme Spirit Sword, one piece of Quasi-Dao Artifact-level Spirit Armor... is worth several Quasi-Dao Artifact flying swords."
Gu Jinlai looked for a moment, then shifted his gaze to the six Spirit Swords in his hand.
Yes.
Six.
Of the six Spirit Swords, five achieved the top-grade, possessing both tenacity and the Infinite trait, which could hold more potent energy.
While the remaining one belonged to Supreme Spirit Swords, it not only had the traits of tenacity and Infinite but also an effect of Sharpness.
Unfortunately...
To Gu Jinlai, the Sharpness effect was less useful than Big and Small Ruyi.
"The Heaven and Earth Qiankun Map actually connects to the treasury of the Daqian Dynasty only, and also, this Dao Artifact itself still has a certain forging ability, which is limited, but sufficient to meet the needs of ordinary people. However, to satisfy the Divinity Transformation, Primordial Spirit, and even Devas Realm strongmen, one must rely on the Daqian Dynasty."
Gu Jinlai waved the sword in his hand: "And from the treasury of the Daqian Dynasty, top-grade Spirit Swords with both tenacity and Infinite traits, only five are available at one go."
After all, the best attributes among top-grade Spirit Artifacts are Sharpness, Breaking the Sky, and Infinite.
Applying the tenacity trait on a Spirit Sword...
Hardly fits.
...
Mu State.
At this moment, amid a range of high mountains and ridges, ripples continuously dispersed.
These were the spatial ripples indicating an impending Demon Realm Rift.
Near these ripples, a creature resembling a mantis presided.
This mantis was five to six meters tall and stood upright.
It was most conspicuous for its pair of similarly five to six meters long bladed arms, gleaming with a chilling radiance as if nothing in the world could withstand their slicing.
Aside from this Devil, other Devils were stationed around.
Judging from the aura they emitted, each one reached the standard of an Upper-level Demon.
Some of the leading figures were no less inferior even compared to the Demon Ape Commander with the Small Achievement Undying Demon Body.
However, among these devils, the central position was not occupied by those who had achieved the Undying Demon Body among Upper-level Demons.
Nor was it occupied by that mantis-like creature seemingly on the level of a Demon King but rather by a spider with an aura just barely comparable to an Upper-level Demon.
As time passed, the Demon Realm Rift gradually formed.
However, upon formation, a Demon Spirit didn’t emerge immediately from it.
Not until the Demon Realm Rift was about to reach its maximum expansion did a part...
Or rather, a section of Demon Spirit, struggle, trying to squeeze through from the Demon Realm Rift.
But the process seemed extremely arduous.
Like a giant trying to pass through a small archway.
The violent spatial ripples constantly dispersed during the squeezing of the Demon Spirit, with many parts directly turning to dust.Just like the giant had to squeeze off its own flesh to pass through the small door.
During this process, the spider-like devil let out a pained roar, seemingly as if it was the one hurt.
The whole procedure lasted for more than ten minutes, until the Demon Realm Rift was about to close, the Demon Spirit then made a decisive move, abruptly severing its own body.
Yes!
As if slicing its body into two halves.
Abandoning the parts of its body that had not fully passed through the Demon Realm Rift.
And those who completed the crossing swiftly surged into the body of the spider-like devil.
With the influx of these parts of the Demon Spirit, the spider-like devil shook violently, its form rapidly changing.
In this process, not only did its size increase from about six meters to fourteen meters, but its body also became elongated from being bloated.
This is... the Undying Demon Body!
In the state of the Undying Demon Body, the devil, like a human, adopted a standing form.
The eight spider legs behind it stretched out like arms and, under the enhancement of the Undying Demon Body, split and grew to sixteen.
But these spider legs were not like the fluffy ones of a normal spider; instead, they were filled with a metallic luster.
As if they were cast from brass.
During this transformation, all of the devils quietly waited; no other sounds occurred.
It was not until these changes were completed that the devil, now fourteen meters tall, began to wave its spider legs...
Or rather, its arms, weaving a dense web of light and shadows on the ground.
Out of the sixteen spider legs, aside from four used for running, the other twelve completely transformed into arms.
With each wave, it was like twelve spears and swords savagely stabbing and slashing through the void before them.
Every strike caused the void to explode with air, emitting a series of shrill screeches.
The mantis-like devil, especially perceptive, lifted a massive stone several tons heavy, high in iron content, and hurled it towards the spider-like devil.
However, before the huge stone could even get close to its form, the twelve metallic-hued arms struck simultaneously, and the giant stone was instantly pulverized into dust amidst a blur of afterimages.
Watching the spider-shaped devil perfectly controlling its body, the mantis devil hurried forward, uttering a stream of language that humans surely would not understand, "Congratulations, Daoli Spirit Venerable, on a successful crossing and smooth descent."
"This rift is ultimately too small. Even though this is the third attempt, my true body is still unable to completely cross over,"
reverberated the voice of Daoli Spirit Venerable.
Spirit Venerable.
Demon Spirits are differentiated into small, medium, large, and catastrophic types.
Among them, large type Demon Spirits possess the potential to become a Demon King, catastrophic type Demon Spirits only need two to three, or at most three to five years to step into the realm of Demon Kings and can further ascend to become Demon Emperors, or even Demon Imperials in the future.
And Spirit Venerable...
It is an existence even more terrifying than the catastrophic type Demon Spirits.
"It might take as few as two times or as many as three times, which means a maximum of six years, the spirit of the Venerable will be perfected, and by then..."
"It will be the time for us to completely sweep over this world."
Daoli Spirit Venerable stated solemnly.
It waved its twelve arms with extreme proficiency.
And its four legs provided it with an astonishingly impressive speed.
Its movements were quick and nimble, displaying none of the awkward slowness of a spider, making it much more agile than many bipedal creatures.
Especially since...
This devil, based on a spider, undoubtedly had long-range attacking abilities like spinning webs.
One could imagine, once it appeared on the battlefield, the terrifyingly lethal effect it would bring.
After a moment’s adaptation, Daoli Spirit Venerable turned its gaze to the mantis-like devil, "Yafan, where is Gale?"
"It led the troops out of Mu State and went to the north, towards a place called Star State. There appeared a Heavenly Monarch, holding high the Heavenly Master Flag, seemingly planning to establish a Heavenly Master’s Holy Land,"
the mantis-like devil Fani replied.
"At this time?"
Daoli Spirit Venerable’s consciousness fluctuated with displeasure.
"I know that the arrival of the Spirit Venerable is important, and before you grow into full strength, we need to avoid acting rashly to not draw attention. However, our purpose here is to exterminate those Heavenly Masters, Heavenly Monarchs, and creators. Now that someone is holding high the flag of the Heavenly Monarch, if we remain indifferent, that would truly arouse suspicion,"
explained Yafan: "Gale knows what it is doing and will show enough power to draw the attention of the strong from the north."
"I hope so. If it acts impulsively bringing forth a crisis, don’t blame me for being ruthless,"
Daoli Spirit Venerable’s consciousness wavered with a killing intent.
"It will never affect your smooth arrival, Spirit Venerable."
Fani quickly reassured.
...
Meanwhile.
A grand victory celebration was taking place in Starlight City.
This time, Gu Jinlai led his troops from Yuntian City to counter the massive army of devils...
Though the actual number was only seventy to eighty thousand, this did not prevent Gu Jinlai and others from using the figure of one hundred thousand for propaganda.
After all, when the devils broke through Tianhe, their numbers were indeed close to one hundred thousand.
The battle at Yuntian City crushed a hundred thousand devils, capturing over forty thousand devil corpses.
On the side of Lingxiao City...
The casualties numbered less than ten.
Moreover, these casualties were not from direct combat with the devils but other factors.
Such a splendid victory was more inspiring than the defense battle at Baihe City.
When one after another, the corpses of the Great Demons were brought back to Starlight City for exhibition, everyone in Starlight City cheered.
The fear of devils in everyone was dispelled instantly.
Along with this, the confidence in the rule of Lingxiao City over Star State reached an unprecedented level.
At this moment, everyone’s confidence in the future of Star State was boundless, firmly believing that Star State would eventually unify Tian Nan, achieving the grand revival of the Human Clan throughout the states of Tian Nan.
