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Chapter 380: Chapter 377: Wearing Down
Gu Jinlai had always heard that Heavenly Monarch True Spirits were considered unparalleled delicacies to Demon Spirits.
However, in his encounters with various Demon Spirits, or as they were also known, Devils, he had never felt that many Great Demons or Demon Demon Kings would spare no effort for his Heavenly Monarch True Spirit.
At the very least, when faced with life-or-death crises, these Devils still maintained enough calm and rationality.
Now, watching this Demon Spirit struggling out of the mountainside despite severely depleting its demonic nature, he finally understood how tempting a Heavenly Monarch True Spirit was to Demon Spirits.
"Truly desperate."
Gu Jinlai marveled in his heart, and delivered an Eternal Heavenly Curse to it.
The brilliant burst of light was like a laser cannon, striking the Spirit Venerable Level Demon Spirit that had not completely freed itself from the mountainside.
The terrifying penetration and Annihilation Power, even a being as strong as the Spirit Venerable, was blasted apart, its spiritual essence scattering everywhere.
This sudden attack left the Spirit Venerable Level Demon Spirit momentarily stunned.
Initially trapped outside the cave, it faintly sensed that the human Heavenly Monarch’s Soul Secret Technique had limited power. Though it could block Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits, it was unlikely to annihilate one in a short period of time.
This level of Soul Secret Technique...
It could withstand it eight or ten times without much effect.
But now?
What happened to being unaffected even after eight or ten times?
Just one strike, and so much spiritual essence had already been torn and scattered.
The power of this Soul Secret Technique had almost exceeded the limit possible for a Heavenly Monarch.
"Roar!"
The Spirit Venerable let out a piercing roar.
The roar made no sound, but the vast spiritual impact spread outward like a storm, centered on it.
This surge of spiritual impact was enough to annihilate all beings within a dozen miles that had not developed Divine Thought or Spiritual Sense to level one.
Even smaller Demon Spirits, which were spiritual creatures themselves, trembled and felt as if they were about to disperse under the impact of the roar.
Fortunately, Gu Jinlai, Zhou Yi, and Zhang Lihuo were all individuals who had attained Heavenly Monarch status.
Gu Jinlai and Zhou Yi had even reached the Third Step of Heavenly Monarch, accessing the True Spirit Realm.
The shock brought by the spiritual impact was akin to standing in a sealed skyscraper and listening to a category 14 hurricane howling outside, as if the entire building was trembling and booming, yet it was not enough to cause substantial damage to their True Spirits.
Zhang Lihuo, however, had to cease extracting spiritual essence and concentrate on stabilizing his True Spirit to prevent it from being blasted away by this wave of spiritual impact.
"Heavenly Monarch Gu! We should retreat!"
Zhou Yi whispered quietly.
"Wait a moment!"
Gu Jinlai focused on the Spirit Venerable. The next moment, the Great Sun Core seemed to burn fiercely, endless light and heat started to rise crazily at the core of his Visualization, accompanied by a massive accumulation of spiritual essence!
"Is this... burning True Spirit!?"
Zhou Yi suddenly narrowed his eyes, "Heavenly Monarch Gu wants to blast kill this Spirit Venerable!? Don’t be reckless!"
"Trust the Venerable Daoist, let’s fully support him by intercepting those Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits and large Demon Spirits, and buy him time!"
At this point, Zhang Lihuo had already withstood the spiritual impact of the Spirit Venerable Level Demon Spirit. He roared and released his Soul Secret Technique, intercepting the momentarily winded Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits.
Although Zhou Yi felt that Gu Jinlai’s decision to blast kill a Spirit Venerable at the expense of damaging his own True Spirit was not worth it, his True Spirit was already ablaze and it was beyond him to stop it.
"It’s insane for a Heavenly Monarch to attempt to annihilate a Spirit Venerable."
He could not understand.
But facing a resolute Gu Jinlai, he could not interrupt, and he joined Zhang Lihuo in combating the Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits and large Demon Spirits, trying their best to prevent these Demon Spirits from interfering with Gu Jinlai and the Spirit Venerable’s confrontation.
Meanwhile, with his True Spirit burning, Gu Jinlai unleashed an even more splendid and dazzling Eternal Heavenly Curse, casting endless spiritual brilliance upon the Spirit Venerable Level Demon Spirit, blasting a massive hole into it.
The size of the wound only enraged the Spirit Venerable further.
Although Demon Spirits had no "vitals" per se, to refill the gaping hole, it had to redirect spiritual essence from other parts.
Once its body form was restored, not only did its stature drop from ninety to just over eighty meters, but the substantial demonic nature emanating from it was also somewhat diminished.
"Human Heavenly Monarch!"
The Spirit Venerable let out a resonating roar perceived through senses, its massive form struggling faster to break free from the mountainside.
"I will tear you to shreds, let your True Spirit ascend in agony, and then savor it piece by piece."
Over half of its body had already passed through the mountainside.
Even though its body was further worn down in the process, the nearly eighty-meter tall form still dominated the cave, its overwhelming spiritual pressure unabashedly filling the inside of the cave.
Seeing this, Gu Jinlai did not hesitate to draw a Qing Lian light and infused it into the consciousness figure on Qing Lian.
The next moment, his somewhat weakened True Spirit by the fierce burning flared up again.
The recondensed brilliance, as radiant as the Fierce Sun, continued to strike at the Spirit Venerable.
This scene made Zhou Yi, who had just repelled a Catastrophic-level Demon Spirit, somewhat surprised.
However, soon, he could not help but widen his eyes.
Because, following another round of super-standard Eternal Heavenly Curse unleashed by Gu Jinlai after burning his True Spirit, his weakening True Spirit flared up violently once again.
"This..."
Zhou Yi could not help but say, "What structure is Heavenly Monarch Gu’s True Spirit made of? Can it really endure this much burning?"
Zhang Lihuo, however, appeared unsurprised.
He remembered that the last time he fought against the Demon Spirit in the Demon Realm, Gu Jinlai’s True Spirit had fluctuated four or five times.
And this was only the third time.
Indeed...
Gu Jinlai’s True Spirit seemed to be depicting a life journey filled with calm fluctuations, rising and falling.
Though there were some twists and turns.
But his True Spirit had never been completely "burned" away.
By the time the sixth Six Dao Heavenly Curse struck the body of the Spirit Venerable, it had already lost its earlier arrogance and anger and, instead, exhibited some fear and panic.
Its initially massive body, measuring about ninety meters, had drastically decreased, falling to just over forty meters.
This size was now only equivalent to a somewhat powerful Catastrophic-level Demon Spirit.
Normally, this Spirit Venerable would have attempted to flee, but somehow...
Gu Jinlai’s attacks seemed slow but were actually fast.
The Six Dao Heavenly Curse was released in just two breaths’ time.
This Demon Spirit had been previously stuck in the mountain wall, with no chance of escape.
As for returning...
It would also take time to drill back into the mountain wall.
After enduring the sixth exceptionally powerful Six Dao Heavenly Curse, this Spirit Venerable Level Demon Spirit finally darted out from the mountain wall, but it could no longer afford to devour Gu Jinlai, the Heavenly Monarch’s True Spirit.
After passing through the mountain wall, it fled at top speed towards the outside of the cave.
But then, the seventh exceptionally powerful Six Dao Heavenly Curse thundered down.
Gu Jinlai’s form advanced rapidly, unleashing the Great Sun True Demon Body and the continuous shine of the Great Sun Divine Light illuminating in all directions.
This brilliance also inflicted considerable damage on spiritual beings, though it did not reach the extent of the Great Sun Eternal Radiance Technique, but was enough to prevent ordinary large Demon Spirits from approaching.
As for the Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits...
While they could injure him, the damage they caused was limited.
Under these circumstances, he was almost alone as he charged into the group of Demon Spirits, his blazing True Spirit continuously forming one Six Dao Heavenly Curse after another, battering the fleeing Spirit Venerable.
Finally, after the Demon Spirits equivalent to a Heavenly Monarch’s total spiritual power were devoured, his tenth Six Dao Heavenly Curse struck the Spirit Venerable.
Consecutive ten exceptionally powerful Six Dao Heavenly Curses finally exceeded the defensive limit of this Spirit Venerable Level Demon Spirit. 𝚗ov𝚙𝚞𝚋.c𝚘m
"This isn’t the power a human Heavenly Monarch should have... A human Heavenly Monarch has achieved a new evolution..."
Under an unwilling roar, the spiritual body of this Demon Spirit thunderously collapsed.
In the moment of the collapse of this Spirit Venerable Level Demon Spirit’s body, Gu Jinlai, and indeed everyone’s spirit perception, seemed to have witnessed a miniaturized Supernova Explosion, an infinite brilliance of spirituality released from the collapsing body of the Spirit Venerable, carrying an annihilating impact sweeping in all directions, washing over all spiritual beings.
"Hiss hiss hiss!"
The nearby large Demon Spirits and Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits exclaimed loudly, terrified into fleeing in all directions.
Gu Jinlai, the one directly hit, felt his True Spirit tremor.
Even though his True Spirit had already crystallized, it still developed cracks under this wild spiritual impact.
"Is this the scene of a Spirit Venerable Level Demon Spirit’s fall!?"
Gu Jinlai’s face changed.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yi and Zhang Lihuo, who were in the distance and felt the shock from the dazzling spiritual brilliance, widened their eyes.
"Was it killed? Heavenly Monarch Gu... really killed a Spirit Venerable Level Demon Spirit!?"
Zhou Yi’s face was filled with disbelief.
Spirit Venerable!
This was a Spirit Venerable!
In a one-on-one fight, only the creator could annihilate such a terrifying being.
Even the Great Sky Lord, unless several people joined forces, would not dream of having the power to eradicate a Spirit Venerable.
But now...
"Truly worthy of the title Supreme Elder."
Zhang Lihuo, even though he had great confidence in Gu Jinlai, still filled his eyes with astonishment at this moment.
Gu Jinlai did not respond to the shock Zhou Yi and Zhang Lihuo, the two Heavenly Monarchs, experienced. Instead, with a thought, an eleventh Qingguang was infused, and it seemed that the cracks on his True Spirit were rapidly moistened and repaired.
Shortly after, his eyes emitted a beam of light, quickly focusing on a small dark purple crystal left by the self-destructed Spirit Venerable, the size of a pigeon’s egg.
"Demon Soul Crystal."
The core material for cultivating Forbidden Ruined Beasts.
Beyond that, the Demon Soul Crystal also had many wonderful uses and had once become an advanced currency in transactions among creators, its value far exceeding any other spiritual material.
He quickly stepped forward to take the Demon Soul Crystal into his hand, and then, the Great Sun Eternal Radiance Technique erupted.
The spiritual brilliance swept expansively.
Under the screams of numerous large Demon Spirits and Catastrophic-level Demon Spirits, Gu Jinlai strode forward rapidly, soon reaching the side of the Qiushan Rift.
"Objective achieved, let’s go!"
Gu Jinlai called out sharply, swiftly stowing the Cheng Ying Mecha into the Qiankun Ring.
Afterward, the three Heavenly Monarchs didn’t hesitate for a moment, leaping into the spatial rift leading to Qiushan Mountain.
