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Chapter 423: Chapter 419 Sky Silver Tower
Avoiding the slashing blade light from the Martial Sect of Sky Silver Tower, Gu Jinlai didn’t pause his gaze on him for a moment.
Powered by the explosive power of Crossing the World·Four Seas, his body darted up like an arrow released from its bow, leaping over a hundred meters. With an outstretched empty hand, he sliced through Luo Zhenyu’s Supreme Spirit Sword’s sabre that had returned to his hand from the rebound of the impact.
With the sword back in hand, Gu Jinlai, still suspended in the void, hurled the flying sword out again using the Ten Directions Annihilation technique.
"Boom!"
The flying sword broke the sky, causing a sonic boom!
Though Luo Zhenyu had ascended into the void at the first contact with Gu Jinlai, the distance between them was merely over four hundred meters.
Facing the supersonic sword thrown with full force by Gu Jinlai, the Martial King, he couldn’t retrieve his Supreme Flying Sword in time and watched helplessly as Gu Jinlai’s sword rapidly spun towards him.
"No..."
"Bang!"
Blood spurted wildly.
Luo Zhenyu, four hundred meters in the void, was directly bisected by the sword, his blood mist scattering everywhere.
It was then that Gu Jinlai, who had charged forward, finally landed back on the ground, his legs slightly bending without a pause, the power continuing throughout his body.
With the street pavement cracking like a web beneath him, his figure sprung up like a tightly coiled spring, rushing back into the void.
He stretched out his hands, pulling back the top-grade Spirit Sword that originally belonged to him.
Then, he looked up sharply and, under the horrified gaze of the Primordial Spirit True Monarch from the Sky Silver Tower, his Spirit Sword spun rapidly again, hurling forward.
The Primordial Spirit True Monarch’s sabre was still in Gu Jinlai’s hand; how could he counter with sword control?
Though he dodged swiftly, he was still grazed by the "flying sword" hurled out, the Ju Feng and Gang Qi whirling on the blade enveloped him in blood mist, causing his figure in the void to lose balance.
Seeing this, Gu Jinlai hurled the flying sword in his hand with full force once again.
This time, the Primordial Spirit True Monarch had no strength to dodge and watched as Gu Jinlai enacted a scene of "returning what belongs to its master."
Only, in the fervor of "returning what belongs to its master" by Gu Jinlai, the returning flying sword perfectly achieved Man and Sword as One with the True Monarch, and in the next moment, it pierced through him.
Blood showered the sky.
"Bang!"
Gu Jinlai, having ascended into the void, solidly landed back on the ground.
The control over power granted by the Transformation Realm allowed him to perfectly dissipate his own force, without even leaving a footprint on the street.
He reached out a hand.
The top-grade Spirit Sword flew back into his hand.
Not just this top-grade Spirit Sword, Luo Zhenyu’s Supreme Spirit Sword was also steadily caught in his left hand.
Then, he turned around...
The first thing that caught his eye was the chaotic and devastated street.
Next, it was that horrified Martial Sect member that Gu Jinlai had avoided with a slash.
Sensing Gu Jinlai’s gaze, the Martial Sect member’s pupils shrank, and the fear in his heart spiked to its maximum, "Mis...Misunderstanding...Martial King, it’s a misunderstanding...I only..."
"Swoosh!"
The response to him was Gu Jinlai’s flying sword striking out once again with the Ten Directions Annihilation!
To be precise, two strikes.
The Martial Sect member faced the sword hurled by Gu Jinlai with his Essence Qi Spirit rising to its peak and unleashed a dazzling slash, cutting the hurtling flying sword in mid-air.
But he ultimately couldn’t fend off another Supreme Flying Sword thrown by Gu Jinlai right after.
"Ch!"
His body was instantly penetrated, and the powerful impact threw his body backward for dozens of meters before violently crashing to the ground.
He opened his mouth as if to say something but ultimately closed his eyes powerlessly.
Gu Jinlai’s gaze didn’t pause on him.
What he wanted to say, wasn’t important.
He simply moved forward and collected their Spiritual Artifacts one by one.
Then, he walked towards the now-closed Sky Silver Tower.
He first found that severely wounded Martial Sect member he had thrown earlier and delivered another sword strike.
Then, he approached the door of Sky Silver Tower and kicked it out.
The door, made of fine iron, shook violently, the lock embedded in the wall came off, and the entire door collapsed into the Sky Silver Tower.
"Ah!"
A piercing, terrified scream came from inside, leaving Gu Jinlai speechless.
He wasn’t there to rob a bank.
Due to Gu Jinlai’s rapid arrival, the people of Sky Silver Tower had hardly had time to fully flee.
After scanning the scene, Gu Jinlai’s gaze quickly settled on a middle-aged man who stood up tremblingly, attempting to speak.
"Sir..."
"Swoosh!"
Sword light broke through the sky.
The body of this middle-aged man was instantly pierced by Gu Jinlai’s thrown Spirit Sword.
The sound...
abruptly stopped.
He was the only Red name Gu Jinlai saw in his view.
After killing the middle-aged man, Gu Jinlai’s gaze fell on a woman dressed significantly more splendidly than others, "Who is in charge of Sky Silver Tower?"
The woman, along with many others in the scene, simultaneously looked towards the middle-aged man Gu Jinlai had just killed.
Gu Jinlai immediately understood something.
"Okay, who is the second in command?"
He asked again.
"Sir..."
This time, another corpulent middle-aged man stepped forward timidly, "I...I am..."
"I’m here to withdraw money on behalf of the Zhou Family, here’s the deposit book, any issues?"
Gu Jinlai presented Zhou Ming’s deposit book.
"No... no problem..."
The middle-aged man shuddered and hastily said, "However, we do not have that many Silver Taels right now... We might need to arrange it from other sources..."
"A silver tower yet unable to produce two hundred million taels?" 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝑚
Gu Jinlai looked at the middle-aged man.
This man had only attained the Qi Refining Realm, but with his expertise in the Heavenly Master Path, he could tell that he was not lying.
"How much do you have now?"
"Three... three million one hundred and sixty-one thousand taels."
The middle-aged man said, trembling, "About thirty million in large denomination silver notes."
"Bring them out."
Gu Jinlai said, "Also, prepare enough silver coin. We will return for it in ten days."
"Yes, yes, yes."
The middle-aged man quickly agreed.
Soon, the middle-aged man had withdrawn thirty million taels from the silver vault.
In the Holy Dynasty, silver notes are used for large transactions, but gold and broken silver were also available.
"Remember, don’t say I didn’t give you a chance, you have ten days to gather the money."
Gu Jinlai spoke while turning to leave the Sky Silver Tower.
At that moment, outside the Sky Silver Tower, the troops of the City Guard Army brought by Luo Zhenyu had not yet departed, yet their gazes toward Gu Jinlai were filled with fear and anger, yet they dared not approach due to his superior strength.
"Let’s go."
Gu Jinlai led Zhou Ming away from the scene.
Once they had left, an old man emerged from one side, his expression somewhat gloomy.
He looked in the direction Gu Jinlai had left and then entered the Sky Silver Tower through another entrance.
"Lord Zhang... you... you’ve arrived..."
Inside the Sky Silver Tower, a Refining God Immortal was waiting anxiously.
Zhang Guangming, one of the four great Martial Kings of the Zhang family.
Though his tenure as Martial King was not long, he was of high seniority, even the first expert of the Zhang family, said to possess the power of a Peak Martial King, Zhang Zhongshan, was one of his juniors.
"A Martial King cannot possibly be some unknown nobody, check, find out exactly who this person is."
Zhang Guangming said gravely.
He had arrived when Gu Jinlai entered the Sky Silver Tower to withdraw money.
However, after seeing the corpses of Luo Zhenyu and two Primordial Spirit Monarchs, including three great Martial Sect masters, he dared not act recklessly.
From others, he had already learned about the battle involving five people and knew that Gu Jinlai had defeated all five almost effortlessly.
This kind of power...
was perhaps not much less than that of a high-level Martial King.
Even if he showed himself, he might not be able to handle the opponent.
"According to news from the Luo family... this man claims to be Gu Jinlai... He has not been in Wind and Rain City for long and regards Wind and Rain City as the hope of humanity, intolerant of some... who completely fail to understand flexibility. After learning about the matter of Zhou Ming, he attacked the Luo family, killed more than twenty of the Luo family’s experts, and then turned to our Sky Silver Tower..."
The Refining God Immortal said.
"Gu Jinlai?"
Zhang Guangming pondered for a moment, soon recognizing his identity.
Indeed, he was a newcomer to Wind and Rain City for less than two months, currently studying at the Martial Saint Institute.
However, his actions...
were indeed extremely intolerant of evil.
While still studying, he joined the Sweeper Team and became a Sweeper, and within a month as Sweeper, he had hunted several Out-of-Controls and Demonic Cultists.
Recently, due to the retaliation of a Demonic Cultist, he was severely injured.
Later, due to some internal issues, it was said that he was disliked by the captain of their Sweeper Team, Lan Yuxian, who simply gave him a month’s leave.
As a result...
He couldn’t even last a month before he stirred up trouble in the Outer City District, still naively trying to uphold justice for those people from the Zhou family?
"Stupid fool."
Zhang Guangming could not help but curse.
Of course, he was privy to the Zhou family matter.
After all, it involved two hundred million Silver Taels.
Their Zhang family had set deep roots in Wind and Rain City and had many businesses, with annual profits of only about three or four hundred million.
This was also why they took the risk to let the Luo family wipe out the Zhou family.
He just did not expect this to provoke Gu Jinlai.
"Just a mere high-level Martial King, and he thinks he’s invincible?"
A murderous look flashed in Zhang Guangming’s eyes.
However, after a moment, the murderous intent in his eyes was restrained.
Gu Jinlai not only had power close to that of a high-level Martial King, but he was also a Sweeper.
The Sweeper Department had just been established, and the death of any Sweeper would cause a huge outcry.
This could be seen from how all the teams were currently frantically hunting down those who had killed Sweepers recently, like Shang Tielong and Ji Lie.
If their Zhang family really killed Gu Jinlai...
It would definitely draw much attention to the Zhang family.
Given the intense methods the Zhang family had used to amass wealth over the years, even eradication was not an exaggeration.
Though the high-level officials of Wind and Rain City would not, for the sake of so-called brightness and justice, judge the Zhang family, the fact that the Zhang family had accumulated a considerable amount of assets over the years could not be overlooked.
If given a sufficient reason, it wouldn’t be impossible for some high-ranking figure to take advantage and act on the matter.
Considering this, Zhang Guangming exhaled, "It looks like we need to have a talk with this Gu Jinlai. Those thirty million taels, consider them a payoff. I hope he learns to be content, otherwise..."
A sinister gleam flashed in his eyes.
What of a Sweeper?
The Zhang family, would not accept any threats from the weak.
