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Chapter 369: Chapter 366: Bait
During the Great Demon stage, Demon Demon Kings often cultivated the Undying Demon Body, and by the time they reached the Demon Demon King period, they had achieved Undying Demon Body Perfection.
Depending on the type of Undying Demon Body, it often branched into three major categories, defense, speed, and attack.
Of course, some Undying Demon Bodies possessed all three traits, leaving no weaknesses.
However, possessing all three traits meant that none of the traits were outstanding.
Yu Lian was such a case.
To compensate for this inadequacy, it focused on enhancing its attack while cultivating a second type of Undying Demon Body, specializing in long-range attacks.
Consequently, its wings transformed into Steel Wings, with each feather cast from fine iron, sturdy and sharp.
When hurled by its high-speed rotation, their power was no less formidable than a Primordial Spirit True Monarch’s flying sword.
A simultaneous volley could launch dozens, hundreds, or even thousands.
Moreover, Demons inherently possessed strong regenerative abilities; even if they launched all their feathers, it would only take a few days for them to regrow.
Today, these Steel Wings had become Yu Lian’s strongest attack method.
During his encounter with Gu Jinlai, Yu Lian’s body had already started spinning rapidly, firing hundreds of chilling beams from the two pairs of wings, tearing through the void and completely engulfing the space where Gu Jinlai charged forward.
Facing this dense barrage of Steel Feathers, Gu Jinlai, piloting the Cheng Ying Mecha, swerved rapidly, his hand wielding a long spear in a frenzy...
This was the Panwu Spear!
This time, he did not use the new Chengying Sword, but chose the Panwu Spear to confront his enemy.
This Dao Artifact did not possess the "Big and Small Ruyi" trait.
However, Dao Artifacts had some inherent plasticity and variability, and after Gu Jinlai slightly repaired it using his Spiritual Sense, the Panwu Spear had grown from less than three meters to six meters and nine.
Six meters and nine, though still somewhat unsuitable for the six meters and two Cheng Ying Mecha, was not chosen by Gu Jinlai for the spear’s own power.
He wielded the spear with the finesse of swordsmanship.
Amid a flurry of sparks, Gu Jinlai fended off numerous Steel Feathers and bravely charged toward Yu Lian, enduring the tear on the Cheng Ying Mecha by the immensely powerful iron feathers.
During the charge, the Eternal Furnace within him was fully operational, pouring intensely fierce energy into the Panwu Spear through the transmission characteristic, and as he thrust, brilliant light erupted from the tip of the spear.
It seemed as if the long spear had transformed into a massive laser cannon, with dazzling light firing from the tip, instantaneously filling everyone’s field of vision.
Of course, this firing was evidently a scatter shot.
While it had some directionality, it only lasted for about a hundred meters before completely losing control, eventually forming an elliptical shining light ball.
However, Yu Lian’s first type of Undying Demon Body ultimately leaned toward balance, possessing both defense and attack, while also being fast.
Sensing a wild fierce energy being infused and channeled into the weapon in Gu Jinlai’s hands, the Demon Demon Emperor retreated explosively at top speed, instantly moving hundreds of meters away as the blast wave dispersed.
Even so, the horrific high temperature within the light ball still fiercely irradiated Yu Lian, causing even its steel feathers to melt rapidly.
Its form was then violently blown away by the subsequent energy shockwave.
Not just him.
Gu Jinlai himself was also blasted backward by the terrifying hurricane formed after the attack.
The energy release from the Eternal Furnace had a certain directionality, but the indiscriminate damage spared no one.
At best, he faced a slightly weaker energy impact.
Thrown hundreds of meters by the hurricane, Gu Jinlai, relying on his extensive experience, forcibly stabilized himself; but before he could continue his pursuit of Yu Lian, he was gripped by a chilling sense of imminent danger.
Immediately after, from the corner of his eye, he spotted below him the giant nose of the Great Mill Spirit Venerable, growing larger by the second, stretching over thirty meters long and five to six meters in diameter, transforming into a massive wind tunnel and generating a terrifying suction force as if to swallow Gu Jinlai and the entire Cheng Ying Mecha.
This terrifying devouring force and binding power...
It was akin to a ship sailing into a whirlpool.
Or like a battleship entering a black hole.
But that wasn’t the end.
As his form was bound and about to be devoured, another figure, resembling a Western dragon, its body ablaze in red, fed a continuous flow of energy from every corner of its body into its mouth, eventually spewing from its mouth a fierce and violent blast of horrific energy.
"Not good!"
While held by the devouring force of the elephant-like Demon Demon Emperor, Gu Jinlai’s Eternal Furnace operated at full capacity, with the thrusters emitting dazzling blue light as his form flashed rapidly.
However, despite his rapid movement, the fiery breath from the mouth of the Demon Demon Emperor still struck like a beam on the shoulder of the Cheng Ying Mecha, instantly exuding high temperatures and impact, directly melting and tearing through the Immortal Essence Gold at his shoulder.
And after the Immortal Essence Gold armor was torn, the flesh on his shoulder was directly ripped apart, exposing the stark white bone within.
Combined attack!
This was the joint attack of three Demon Demon Emperors!
Each displaying their Divine Skills!
He was even fortunate to be in the Void where, due to the distance, the binding and devouring force of the elephant-like Demon Demon Emperor was limited, otherwise...
Had he been directly hit by the fiery breath of the dragon-like Demon Demon Emperor, the entire Cheng Ying Mecha would likely have been completely destroyed.
And without the Cheng Ying Mecha...
Forget the three Demon Demon Emperors; even those Demon Demon Kings below could easily tear him to pieces.
"Is this the strongest method of humans?"
Located on the ground, the Great Mill Spirit Venerable, whose iron feathers had been partially dissolved but who had avoided a fatal blow due to timely evasion, wore a smile on his face.
"Even Yu Lian could avoid his strongest strike in time, let alone myself?"
Bear in mind, the Great Mill Spirit Venerable itself was a Demon Emperor proficient in defense.
Back in the Holy Land of Cangshan Mountain, even a Saint without a Dao Artifact couldn’t break through its defenses.
Just from this alone, one can see how strong its defenses were.
"Now, this human Heavenly Monarch can go die! Yu Lian, shift the battlefield to the ground!"
The Great Mill Spirit Venerable quickly communicated this thought through a special method.
On the other side, Gu Jinlai, who had just narrowly avoided the combined strike of the three Great Demon Emperors, suddenly came to a realization.
"I want to kill the three Great Demon Emperors, and they, in turn, want to kill me because, in their eyes, the enemy has never been just me alone but also includes other forces of the Qiantian World. Therefore, by killing me in a decapitating manner and crushing the power of the Lingxiao Palace with the least cost, they can ensure enough power to sweep through Qiantian and completely take it over!"
Since the three Demon Emperors also wanted to put him to death and had even mobilized three Demon Emperors to ensure nothing went wrong...
He could completely use himself as bait, lure the three Great Demon Emperors to gather, and then launch a fatal attack to crush the three Great Demon Emperors in one fell swoop.
"Time comes when the world is united."
This phrase flashed through his mind.
Seeing the gigantic Demon Emperor, whose nose seemed to turn into a black hole, devouring all the scattered firelight and clouds, Gu Jinlai decided to act accordingly.
Suddenly, streams of firelight burst from the Cheng Ying Mecha.
It was as if some internal structure of the mecha was about to be destroyed.
Under such circumstances, the original form of Gu Jinlai, which could break out of this devouring force, began to shake, and his speed visibly slowed.
"Blast him down! Calon, prepare the strongest strike!"
The Great Mill Spirit Venerable quickly conveyed the order to the two Demon Emperors through a special language.
The Demon Emperors receiving the order also began to move.
Like a mighty dragon, Calon’s body glowed red again, with terrifying energy beginning to gather around it.
Gu Jinlai continued to pour energy into the Panwu Spear, seemingly attempting to counterattack.
However, perhaps due to the Cheng Ying Mecha’s structure being damaged, the energy fluctuations on his body were irregular, unable to release perfectly.
The Great Mill Spirit Venerable "felt" the changes in Gu Jinlai’s energy, being extremely cautious in his mind.
Always ready to avoid his deadly strike.
Just then, the blasted-off Yu Lian, not caring that many parts of his body were melted by fierce flames, spun his body again and suddenly flung out hundreds of refined iron feathers.
Each feather was like a flying sword shot by a Primordial Spirit True Monarch, tearing through the void.
The Great Mill Spirit Venerable even slightly shifted his Devouring power toward those iron feathers, causing the already extremely fast iron feathers to accelerate even more, eventually enveloping Gu Jinlai’s figure completely like a storm.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Firelight burst forth.
Despite Gu Jinlai’s best efforts to evade, in an instant, over a hundred iron feathers struck the Cheng Ying Mecha, with dozens of iron feathers sticking onto the Cheng Ying Mecha.
Some iron feathers even penetrated through gaps and spots melted by Calon’s fiery breath, piercing through the Cheng Ying Mecha and hitting Gu Jinlai’s body.
In no time, Gu Jinlai’s situation became extremely perilous.
From a distance, Lu Zhanxian, Zhou Yi, Zhang Lihuo, and others, seeing this scene, filled with horror said, "Not good! The Palace Master is..."
"Save Heavenly Monarch Gu!"
"Venerable Daoist Elder! Quick, retreat!"
Amidst cries of horror, they struggled to break free from the Demon Kings entangling them, trying their utmost to rush over and save Gu Jinlai.
"Block them!"
The Great Mill Spirit Venerable commanded the flying Demon Kings, but his gaze was fixed on Gu Jinlai.
There was not a trace of carelessness in his expression.
At this moment, within the Cheng Ying Mecha, Gu Jinlai’s figure spun, unexpectedly no longer resisting the Great Mill Spirit Venerable’s Devouring Divine Skill, but instead crashing down toward the Great Mill Spirit Venerable like a meteor, even letting out a long scream, "Die!"
"Thinking of a jade and stone burn together?"
The Great Mill Spirit Venerable sneered coldly. He immediately stopped using his Divine Skill, revealing an unbelievable agility as he rapidly retreated.
Almost simultaneously with his retreat, the original figure of Gu Jinlai, which had charged towards the Great Mill Spirit Venerable, suddenly...
faked a move, dramatically pulling up his speed and seeming ready to escape into the clouds at the fastest speed.
This turn of events momentarily stunned the Great Mill Spirit Venerable.
The next moment, he suddenly woke up.
"Not good! It’s a trap! Chase!"
