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Chapter 350: Chapter 347: Beheading
Southern Mu State.
In an extremely perilous valley.
Daoli Spirit Venerable was commanding Devil after Devil to set up defenses.
Among them, a creature resembling an earthworm up to twenty or thirty meters long was constantly surging underground, digging a series of networks under the earth amidst the tremors.
There was no choice, the fall of Beimu State within a month resulted in over two hundred thousand Devils being annihilated.
More than half of these two hundred thousand Devils died under the bombardment of Sword Heavy Cannons.
Even...
They had been blasted to smithereens without even seeing the enemy, dying in vain.
This kind of loss, where they couldn’t see the enemy, or inflict any damage, was unbearable for all Devils with intelligence.
Because, they saw no hope.
Fear.
Under these circumstances, Daoli Spirit Venerable, intending to exchange depth for time, had to dispatch special Devils to dig an underground network to minimize the threat of the Sword Heavy Cannons to the Devils.
If Lingxiao Palace’s side were without the Sword Heavy Cannons, they were confident that with their numbers of about eight hundred thousand Devils, expelling and annihilating all the humans that dared step into Mu State would not be difficult at all.
"We need more Earth Tunneling Beasts,"
Daoli Spirit Venerable’s roar was echoing.
Besides Demon Demon King Gale, there were four other Demon Demon Kings by its side.
In other places, the figures of Demon Demon Kings appeared intermittently.
Within just a few years since the conquest of Mu State, the number of Demon Demon Kings had increased from two to twelve.
After all, the Demon Realm Rifts present in Mu State allowed for Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits to cross over.
Such level of a Demon Spirit could grow into a Demon Demon King even under conditions of malnourishment; it would just take a bit more time.
Given enough essence with spiritual traits to devour, they could even transform into Demon Demon Emperors.
In this period, the development of Mu State faced no constraints, giving rise to over forty Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits.
Due to the opening cycle of the Demon Realm Rift, these Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits had only recently transformed into Devils, but given another year or two, given the quantity of beings they farmed in the four states of Mu, those forty-odd Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits transformed into Devils could all grow to the extent of Demon Demon Kings.
"When the next batch of Demon Spirits arrive, some will be transformed into earth-tunneling creatures to arrange the battlefield, some into creatures with keen senses for reconnaissance, and another part into birds to patrol the skies and learn the detailed movements of those humans..."
Daoli Spirit Venerable was planning this great battle of Mu State.
But then, thinking of the birds reminded it of those War Spiritual Artifacts named "Mystic Bird Fighting Machines" crafted by that Human Clan Heavenly Monarch.
These War Spiritual Artifacts flew too swiftly, surveilling the sky at such high speeds that they destroyed all the birds acting as "eyes," causing a severe delay in their intelligence gathering.
Furthermore, the humans possessed a technique for detecting the presence of Devils, making them constantly reactive in the battle for Mu State, leading to their rapid collapse. Therefore...
"We need a type of combat unit proficient in hiding and camouflage, so we can scout these humans’ movements and ensure our information isn’t completely cut off..."
Daoli Spirit Venerable’s ferocious and terrifying pupils glinted with a light of wisdom akin to that of humans.
Upon the next opening of the Demon Realm Rift, it would transmit this message back,
Ordering other Spirit Venerables to instruct their servants to modify the "Demon Body" system.
"Rumble rumble!"
As Daoli Spirit Venerable pondered, a deafening roar seemed to come from the far end of the sky.
"Is it thundering?"
Even with the acquisition of Demon Bodies, their previous life traits as Demon Spirits made them somewhat fearful of the forcefully yang Thunder Power.
Its gaze instinctively turned towards the direction from which the thunder seemed to come.
However, before it could discern where exactly the thunder was originating from in the Sky Dome, a dazzling golden light had carved through Chang Kong, like a Meteor Star falling from the sky, bringing with it an overwhelming force, slamming fiercely into the ground.
A massive Devil King enveloped in soaring Demon Flame about a kilometer away was struck by the Meteor Star, akin to an elephant being headshot by a sniper’s bullet...
"Boom!"
A visible white shockwave carrying a mist of blood exploded from the body of that Devil King.
Its hundreds of tons of enormous bulk, under the celestial assault filled with immense Sharpness, was thoroughly pierced through.
"Roar!"
The gigantic body wailed in agony, tumbling down like a seven- or eight-storey building on the verge of collapse, carried by the force of inertia towards the ground.
But before it could fully crumble, a terrifying Power erupted from the ground.
It was the residual force from the figure that had pierced through its body and continued to plummet, beginning to release its energy.
The moment this force was unleashed, it generated an extremely violent shockwave, ruthlessly lifting the earth within tens of meters away.
Countless pebbles, layers of soil, and dust spread out in all directions under the power’s sweep.
The spreading Power further struck the toppling Devil King, its body already weighing over a hundred tons, still being blasted open, tossed, and thrown tens of meters in the opposite direction, crashing heavily to the ground.
The further spreading shockwave continued to wreak havoc, tearing apart all the flora, soil, and debris within a radius of a thousand meters, even several thousand meters.
Smaller Devils were entirely lifted off the ground, smashed thousands of meters away by the shockwave.
At the epicenter, an almost forty-meter-diameter, five- or six-meter-deep crater formed rapidly, resembling a meteorite impact site.
Standing in the center of the pit...
Was none other than a metal giant that had descended from the heavens, its form still towering at four meters tall even in a crouching position.
The passage through the giant Devil King’s body had not left a single drop of blood on the giant.
Or rather, the high temperatures and energy released upon impact had evaporated any trace of blood.
What was now before everyone’s eyes was only a science-fiction spectacle, overflowing with golden light.
...
Seeing this metallic giant that had suddenly appeared, Daoli Spirit Venerable’s fierce face tightened, his pupils constricting sharply. 𝔫𝖔𝖛𝖕𝔲𝔟.𝔠𝖔𝖒
"Gu Jinlai!"
At the same time, the remaining Demon Demon Kings also peered through the lingering dust, their emotions violently fluctuating.
"It’s that Human Clan Heavenly Monarch!"
"He’s here! How did he get here!?"
However, Gu Jinlai, clad in Cheng Ying Mecha, paid no attention to the astonishment of these Demon Demon Kings.
He stood erect, gazing straight ahead, gripping the new Cheng Ying Battle Sword in his hand.
Indeed, worthy of the place with the densest black Lucky Qi, it was actually home to six Demon Demon Kings.
In the next moment, the force beneath his feet erupted thunderously.
He charged forward with large strides.
Propelled by the blue light of the engine’s jets, his speed instantly soared to its limit.
He seemed like a supreme Divine Sword, fearlessly drawn from its sheath.
Kilometer acceleration!
The golden figure, amidst a white wave of Qi and roaring, shattered the lingering dust and debris around him, almost instantly appearing in front of Daoli Spirit Venerable.
"Not good!"
Daoli Spirit Venerable’s complexion drastically changed. All four feet moved at once, laterally shifting at the highest speed, while his twelve arms, like twelve sharp weapons of slaughter, simultaneously stabbed toward Cheng Ying Mecha, instantly forming an attack like a net of heaven and earth, sealing off the entire space ahead.
All Swords Return to the Root·Ten Directions All Destroyed!
Gu Jinlai’s own strength, augmented by the thrust of the engine, allowed him to swing his Battle Sword before the twelve arms’ blockade was fully formed.
The high-speed rotating War Sword instantly severed three of the Demon Demon King’s arms and sent four flying.
But the advantage of twelve arms was still considerably huge.
Three of the remaining five arms, like sharp blades, fiercely struck his body.
Even with the Immortal Essence Gold’s strong defense, it still left marks from the Demon Demon King’s blows.
The concussive force, through the Immortal Essence Gold Battle Armor, hammered his body; while it didn’t cause injury, it nonetheless made his blood surge.
Especially from three directions, the attacks made him lose his balance while at full charge, almost unbalancing him due to the huge power contained in the arms.
At the critical moment, the Eternal Furnace within Gu Jinlai activated, and the engines at his back fired at full power. Under the burst of blue light, he, who was clearly about to lose balance, accelerated suddenly, and instantly burst forth from the nine arms of the Demon Demon King...
"Roar!"
At this time, the other four Demon Demon Kings seemed to have finally noticed the commotion here.
Seeing Gu Jinlai almost severely wounded by Daoli Spirit Venerable, they roared simultaneously, charging toward this direction at the fastest speed, their bodies erupting wildly with Demon Flame.
"Human!?"
"He is not as strong as we thought, kill him!"
"Gu Jinlai! Today is your day to die, I’ve never devoured a human with a True Spirit before."
The Demon Kings roared, their voices echoing through the forests.
From the boiling turmoil of their Demonic Qi, it was clear that three of these Demon Demon Kings had achieved Perfection in cultivating their Undying Demon Bodies.
Such momentum...
"Too strong! Worthy of being Demon Demon Kings with Perfect Undying Demon Bodies, comparable to Top Devas, even Peak Heavenly Beings," Gu Jinlai couldn’t help but utter.
The enemy was too strong.
This meant he could not leave their corpses intact.
Five Demon Demon Kings.
Their Essence Blood alone could create how many Demon God Guards with Intermediate War General or even Top-grade War General physiques?
Seeing the spider-like Demon Demon King and the remaining four Demon Kings roar and charge, their boiling Demonic Qi would’ve appealed to any Devas’ desires, but Gu Jinlai, with a backward grip on the new Cheng Ying Sword,
His feet’s power exploded, and as the blue light of the engine at his back jetted out, the War Sword in his hand thunderously slashed down towards the oncoming Demon Demon King.
Seeing Gu Jinlai not fleeing, Daoli Spirit Venerable was overjoyed. A huge amount of extremely tenacious spider silk was brewing inside it, "I will bind him, you all..."
"Buzz!"
Light!
Daoli Spirit Venerable hadn’t finished speaking, even the spider-web had yet to be fully spat out, when a dazzling brilliance that stripped everything in the world of color completely overran its vision and perception.
Accompanying the intense light was searing heat.
A temperature no living creature’s flesh and blood could withstand.
In such heat, even as a Demon Demon King transformed from a Spirit Venerable, it clearly felt its form rapidly burning to ash.
"Ah!"
It only had time to activate its final spiritual trait and let out a wrenching scream before its form was utterly consumed by the radiant light.
