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Chapter 379: Chapter 376: Demon Realm Civilization
This was a place...
similar to an underground space.
Gu Jinlai swept his gaze across it.
In the thronging hundreds of Demon Spirits, not a single Catastrophic-level Demon Spirit could be found.
There were only a dozen or so large Demon Spirits.
With such quality, what was the use of having more in quantity?
Gu Jinlai was worried whether the spiritual energy released from their dispersion would be sufficient to help him repair the Cheng Ying Mecha.
"Now we have a problem, there are too few Demon Spirits,"
Zhang Lihuo said.
However, upon saying this, his expression turned somewhat strange.
Since when did they, the human Heavenly Masters, actually complain about too few Demon Spirits?
"We have three Heavenly Monarchs, and the true spirits of a Heavenly Monarch have a great allure to Demon Spirits, especially in the Demon Realm. They are like a candle in the darkness, it shouldn’t take long before some Demon Spirits rush over,"
Zhou Yi said.
"Let’s kill these Demon Spirits first,"
Gu Jinlai whispered.
As he spoke, he suddenly strode forward.
He didn’t even need to use the Eternal Heavenly Curse, maintaining the radiance of the Great Sun Eternal Radiance, wherever he went, those Demon Spirits would be annihilated.
Be it the large Demon Spirits or the smaller ones, under the radiance of his Three-step Heavenly Monarch Great Sun Eternal Radiance, all were incinerated into ash, with their dissipating demonic nature refined into spiritual energy, which was then infused into the Cheng Ying Mecha.
However, Demon Spirits possessed intelligence on their own.
Realizing these three humans were too powerful to contend with, they shrieked and scattered, racing in all directions.
This situation significantly increased the difficulty for Gu Jinlai to gather enough spiritual energy.
"This won’t do, at this rate, we won’t be able to gather enough spiritual energy to repair the mecha before the Qiushan Rift closes,"
Gu Jinlai said, "Although the expansion of the Qiushan Rift over the years has extended the opening time, it’s less than an hour. We cannot just passively wait for Demon Spirits to come to us. Lord Zhou, Heavenly Lord Zhang, you wait here. I will scout the surrounding area to see if I can drive some powerful Demon Spirits here."
"Go scout around..."
Zhang Lihuo was somewhat worried.
But considering the impact on Lingxiao Palace if the Cheng Ying Mecha couldn’t be repaired, he eventually could only say, "Be very careful."
Gu Jinlai nodded, took a big stride and leapt, dashing out of the cave that seemed like an underground space in no time.
As he burst out of the cave, the first thing that appeared before him wasn’t an endless, desolate landscape, reminiscent of an apocalyptic wasteland, but a high mountain.
A high mountain with an excellent view.
The cave was seemingly located right at the summit of a great mountain.
However, this was not the main point; the main point was that when Gu Jinlai rushed out of the cave and looked around, what appeared before him was not the commonly seen Demon Spirits.
But a city!
A city filled with the air of civilization!
Although the city’s style was completely different from Blue Star and Qiantian, what caught the eye were countless...
buildings resembling insect cocoons made of metal, occasionally spotted with towering spires resembling the spikes on giant creatures.
Although the style was weird, these buildings were clearly filled with the air of civilization.
"Civilization of the Demon Realm?"
Gu Jinlai murmured to himself.
He had always known that Demon Spirits in the Demon Realm possessed intelligence and had their own civilization, but like now, seeing a city belonging to "Demon Spirits" and buildings drastically different from human civilization, he still felt an indescribable shock.
"Wait a minute!"
At that moment Gu Jinlai seemed to think of something, "Demon Spirits, strictly speaking, belong to spiritual creatures. If they really needed to build cities... would they use buildings?"
Before he could figure out this question, intense spiritual fluctuations came from afar.
Or perhaps, demonic fluctuations.
Demon Spirits sent out warning signals in a way that Gu Jinlai completely couldn’t understand. Following that, numerous Demon Spirits appeared in his field of vision.
Medium-sized Demon Spirits, large Demon Spirits, Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits, and even...
Spirit Venerates!
Many Demon Spirits, with sizes ranging from ten meters, to dozens, and hundreds up to even several hundreds of meters, swept towards him from the direction of the city.
Thousands of them.
Even though Spirit Venerates over a hundred meters were not common, the number was definitely more than five.
"Five Spirit Venerable Level Demon Spirits!"
Gu Jinlai’s face paled.
These were just the Spirit Venerates he could see at the moment.
This was definitely not a friendly place.
"Get back."
Without hesitation, Gu Jinlai turned and sprinted back towards the cave.
Demon Spirits, being spiritual creatures, could pass through a large amount of rocks, trees, rivers, and streams.
But, all things have spirits.
Plants, mountains, and rivers were no exception.
Although Demon Spirits could pass through mountains, rocks, and even forests and rivers, they were also affected, depleting their own spiritual essence.
Like those hiding in bunkers several hundred meters, or even kilometers deep, Demon Spirits can’t just shuttle in relying on their characteristics of spiritual life.
"Whoosh!"
Gu Jinlai’s form flashed rapidly, quickly reaching the site of the Qiushan Rift.
Noticing Gu Jinlai’s serious expression, Zhou Yi promptly asked, "What happened?"
"This place is a land of extreme peril. Once I appeared, the Demon Spirits of the Demon Realm sensed my presence. Through a unique method, they summoned a large number of surrounding Demon Spirits. I saw more than five Spirit Venerable Level Demon Spirits; be prepared to retreat at any moment,"
Gu Jinlai hurriedly said.
"Spirit Venerable Level Demon Spirits! And five of them!?"
Zhou Yi and Zhang Lihuo couldn’t help but widen their eyes in shock.
"How is that possible? Spirit Venerables are quite rare in the Demon Realm. It is said that thousands of years ago, the creators led an expedition deep into the Demon Realm, and it was rare to encounter even one Spirit Venerable within one or two months."
Zhou Yi said.
"There are three possibilities."
Gu Jinlai said, "One is that the number of Spirit Venerables is indeed scarce; even the creator had difficulty encountering one in the Demon Realm after milling around for a month or two. The second possibility is that back then, the Spirit Venerables sensed the presence of the creator and swiftly avoided them, and the third possibility..."
Zhou Yi felt a sinking feeling in his heart, "A thousand years of accumulation leading to a significant increase in the number of Spirit Venerables?"
Immediately, he couldn’t help saying, "Demon Spirits require a huge amount of spiritual energy to grow. Given the scarcity of spiritual energy in the Demon Realm, it shouldn’t be possible for a large number of the originally rare Spirit Venerables to appear over a thousand years..."
After speaking, his pupils shrank, "The Human World, the Demon Realm has almost completely breached our world."
"The Human World."
Gu Jinlai knew what Zhou Yi meant.
Their world was teeming with countless living beings.
Humans, being the leaders of all things spiritual, were no exception, and neither were other beings.
By devouring a large number of intelligent spiritual creatures, the strength of the Demon Realm had experienced explosive growth, and the number of Spirit Venerables had greatly increased...
It seemed this was the most accurate answer.
However, Gu Jinlai couldn’t help but think about those strange buildings.
Demon Spirits presumably would not need these structures filled with a sense of civilization.
Then...
"Be careful, the Demon Spirits are coming!"
Zhang Lihuo shouted loudly.
"Anyway, we need to repair the Cheng Ying Mecha. With three Spirit Venerables in a formation of one at the front and two at the back, I will block and severely damage several Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits while engaging that Spirit Venerable, you guys will then guide the spiritual energy from these Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits into the Cheng Ying Mecha to complete its repairs,"
Gu Jinlai said.
"You... block the Spirit Venerable!?"
Zhou Yi was somewhat shocked.
"The Supreme Elder should be able to hold off for a short while."
Zhang Lihuo had some faith in Gu Jinlai, and solemnly said, "We will not let the Supreme Elder be disappointed."
In the meantime, a large number of Demon Spirits had already rushed into the cave entrance.
The leaders were unmistakably three Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits.
"In terms of devouring spiritual energy, Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits, and even larger Demon Spirits, won’t modestly yield to the Spirit Venerables. In other words, we can completely use the large and Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits to block the cave entrance,"
Zhou Yi spoke softly, "Palace Master, control the output, first severely damage these Demon Spirits, wait until the influx of spiritual energy is nearly enough to repair the Cheng Ying Mecha, then execute the final kill."
"Alright."
Gu Jinlai responded with a nod, and the Great Sun Eternal Radiance Technique was deployed.
Above his head, a Great Sun appeared, shining upon the emerging Demon Spirits at the cave entrance, causing all of them to scream miserably as a great amount of spiritual energy dissipated into the air.
Some of the larger Demon Spirits were even directly dissipated under the brilliance of the Great Sun Eternal Radiance Technique, and their spiritual energy was quickly gathered by Zhou Yi and Zhang Lihuo, refined with the Great Sun Core, and fed into the Cheng Ying Mecha.
"Buzz, buzz!"
At that moment, a strong wave of spiritual energy blasted from an unseen direction at the cave entrance, shaking and intimidating the large and Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits that were blocking the entrance.
But...
No killing occurred.
Thousands of years ago, the scholars of the Heavenly Master Lineage had already studied this. Powerful Demon Spirits, after devouring weaker ones, would be influenced by the weaker Demon Spirits, and over time, even their "existence" could be affected, requiring considerable time to eliminate the impact.
Just as Monarchs used the Will of All Living Beings to cultivate, the consciousness would gradually be twisted by the Will of All Living Beings, becoming a loss of self.
It was the same for Demon Spirits.
And as spiritual life forms, they were even more greatly influenced.
Thus, apart from a very few Demon Spirits who took the "evil path," the majority of Demon Spirits did not evolve by devouring their kind.
Given this situation, if only a few Demon Spirits were blocking in front of that Spirit Venerable, it might have just torn them apart and devoured them. But because it was slower and because Gu Jinlai controlled the pace, by the time it reached, the number of Demon Spirits in front of it had already grown to hundreds.
"It’s about time."
Zhou Yi said, "As long as we can eliminate thirty percent of these hundreds of Demon Spirits, the extracted spiritual energy will be enough to complete the repairs on the Cheng Ying Mecha."
Gu Jinlai nodded.
He no longer held back his firepower.
Within the Visualization of the Great Sun Core in his mind, endless light began to gather and aimed at a Catastrophic-level Demon Spirit that had already been burnt by the Great Sun Eternal Radiance Technique, eroding much of its demonic nature.
With one strike, the weakened Catastrophic-level Demon Spirit was blasted apart, its demonic nature scattering all around, then collected by Zhang Lihuo, refined with the Great Sun Core, and injected into the Cheng Ying Mecha.
To ensure efficiency, Gu Jinlai hardly paid any attention to those larger Demon Spirits, targeting one Catastrophic-level Demon Spirit after another for single kills.
Soon, the spiritual energy needed to repair the Cheng Ying Mecha had been gathered.
"Supreme Elder, it’s enough; we can leave now!"
Zhang Lihuo said.
Gu Jinlai nodded.
He was about to turn around and leave, but at that moment, from the left side of the mountain wall, a massive Demon Spirit struggled and "squeezed" its way out.
Even though it had lost a lot of its demonic nature while passing through the mountain wall, its size...
Was still over ninety meters.
The immense pressure far greater than ordinary Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits fully displayed the rank of this Demon Spirit.
Spirit Venerable!
