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Chapter 517: Chapter 513: Supplies
Under the leadership of Si Xinghui, the group quickly arrived at the Demon-slaying Hall.
Compared to the overbearing Jin Fantian, the Demon Slayer Hall Master in Wind and Rain City, the Hall Master in Hai Feng City was merely an ordinary Saint, no match for Si Xinghui in status.
After all, Hai Feng City belonged to one of the Inner Ring Twelve Cities, and the number of devils surrounding it wasn’t considered high; there was no need to waste a Peak Saint in the position of the Demon Slayer Hall Master.
"Please proceed."
Gu Jinlai promptly took out the Demon Slaying Order.
The Demon Slayer Hall Master of Hai Feng City took the token and quickly activated the Heavenly Shadow Instrument.
As the Heavenly Shadow Instrument activated, Si Xinghui, along with Wu Yan and Lei Xuanyui who were also brought along, simultaneously widened their eyes. 𝔫𝔬𝖛𝖕𝔲𝖇.𝖈𝖔𝖒
They were aware that Gu Jinlai had slain the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor and dozens of Demon Emperors by himself, clearing out a million devils, but they weren’t clear on how exactly he had managed it.
Seeing is believing.
Now that they could see for themselves, they didn’t want to miss any details.
Accompanied by the images projected by the Heavenly Shadow Instrument, the first scene that entered their gaze was a tide-like surge of monsters flooding forward.
Even though most of these devils were ordinary, with Great Demons only making up about one to two in ten, such an enormous number...
Even Saints and top Divine Power users like Si Xinghui, even with a Divine Weapon, couldn’t help but feel tingles on their scalp.
If the devils had air superiority, forcing them to fall into the middle of these devils and fight them to death...
They would definitely be exhausted by the incessant waves of devils until every bit of their energy was drained.
Once energy was drained, even a Saint Body could not be maintained, then how could they possibly withstand the biting of those devils?
This densely packed devil scene continued for a while. Accompanied by the thunder roaring, five figures appeared before their eyes all at once.
"It’s the Demon Emperors! Five Demon Emperors!"
Si Xinghui’s mind trembled, "These Demon Emperors have formed an array, and even if I wield a Divine Weapon capable of unleashing Seventh-Rank power, it would still not necessarily be possible to crush these five Demon Emperors in a short time. As for Gu Jinlai..."
As for Wu Yan and Lei Xuanyui, it was even more unbearable.
Blocked by five Demon Emperors ahead, and below were a million surging devils...
This situation would be a dead-end for them.
The next moment, they already saw Gu Jinlai’s method of breaking the situation.
He transformed into lightning and bypassed the blockade of the five Demon Emperors directly. His gaze shifted and landed directly on...
"It’s the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor!"
"The Dragon Tears Demon Emperor has appeared!"
"Gu Jinlai, he actually really killed the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor while being surrounded by numerous Demon Emperors and Demon Kings!? I thought it was because the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor was arrogant and was killed by him when trying to intercept Gu Jin alone..."
The hearts of the three City Lords were deeply shaken.
Killing the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor amid a group of Demon Emperors, as well as luring the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor out to kill him alone, are fundamentally different concepts.
This is like when fighting a BOSS, there’s only a lone BOSS, and next to it, there are several elite minions.
The difficulty is starkly different.
Before they had time to be astonished that the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor and numerous Demon Emperors and Demon Kings entered the scene at the same time, a vivid and brilliant radiance had already completely filled the recorded scene on the Heavenly Shadow Instrument.
In that splendid radiance, everyone could vaguely see the body of the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor, which had undergone numerous modifications and was unmistakably powerful, being directly "slapped" into dust.
"The Dragon Tears Demon Emperor... dead?"
Just died like that!?
Without any room to fight back, directly crushed by this fierce and splendid radiance into nothingness!?
Even though they were mentally prepared, when Si Xinghui, Wu Yan, and Lei Xuanyui actually witnessed this scene, they still felt their minds go blank, just like the dazzling brilliant white light before them.
"Great Divine Power... the real Great Divine Power..."
Wu Yan’s form began to tremble slightly.
Great Divine Power!
In the Void Immortal Stage, they are only second to those Supreme Void Immortals who own Divine Weapons!
"How... possible..."
Si Xinghui too, had a ghastly pale look.
Yet this wasn’t the most unbelievable part for them. What was more terrifying were the subsequent flashes of intense light that kept shining forth.
This is...
Light similar to Great Divine Power!
Every flash of light resulted in at least one Demon Emperor being crushed into dust, and at the same time hundreds, even thousands, if not tens of thousands of devils were obliterated by the released energy.
Similarly, each flash of light was like a heavy hammer, harshly striking their hearts, making their hearts tremble painfully.
Following that, they found it difficult to breathe.
"A single Great Divine Power level attack could be said to use external force, Dao Artifact, Divine Weapon, but releasing two, three times in succession... this is the standard of a Great Divine Power user!"
Wu Yan murmured somewhat discomposedly, "Great Divine Power user! Great Divine Power user! This is... the power of a Great Divine Power user!"
Compared to Wu Yan, Si Xinghui was even more terrified.
Even powerful Great Divine Power users could not possibly release Great Divine Power with such frequency.
Their each time releasing Great Divine Power took a considerable amount of preparation.
Quick ones took one or two breaths; slow ones might even take up to thirty seconds.
But Gu Jinlai...
If it weren’t for the subsequent flashes of brilliance, which were noticeably weaker than the blow that had killed the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor, he might even believe Gu Jinlai was a True Immortal.
A True Immortal in the world!
Only a True Immortal in the world could release Great Divine Powers continuously like ordinary divine skills.
No!
He was a True Immortal in the world!
Because...
Even though the divine power of the subsequent releases had decreased compared to the first major blow, the number was too great!
Dozens, hundreds, even hundreds of times!
This definitely wasn’t the power that someone at the level of a Great Divine Ability User could possess!
Only those whose bodies could merge with energy, who were constantly interacting with heaven and earth, and even directly drawing from the power of heaven and earth to unleash divine skills, could afford such extravagance!
"Reincarnation of a True Immortal! Reincarnation of a True Immortal! Gu Jinlai, you are definitely the reincarnation of a True Immortal!"
At this moment, Si Xinghui was utterly convinced of Gu Jinlai’s identity and had not a shred of doubt left, "In some aspects, he even retains the essence of a True Immortal! He can manipulate some powers exclusive to True Immortals in the world!"
"Buzz, buzz!"
Above the Heavenly Shadow Instrument, the brilliance flowed.
With all the images displayed completely, a series of numbers quickly calculated.
"Three trillion and forty-nine billion..."
This number was astoundingly large.
But remembering the number of devils Gu Jinlai had killed in that battle, Si Xinghui felt it was completely within reason.
"Three trillion."
Gu Jinlai slightly nodded his head.
Although because the upper echelons of the Holy Dynasty didn’t want to break ties with the devils completely, and the contribution value assigned to the top devils didn’t fully correspond to their strength and status, still, by killing Demon Emperors, Demon Kings, and over a million ordinary devils, Gu Jinlai’s contribution value had soared to three trillion.
"Heavenly Shadow Instrument verification, three trillion contribution points, I plan to exchange all these points for the cultivation resources I need. Please, three City Lords, help me prepare the goods I need,"
Gu Jinlai’s gaze shifted to Si Xinghui, Wu Yan, and Lei Xuanyu, grinning, "The three City Lords wouldn’t disagree, would they?"
Looking at Gu Jinlai’s gaze...
And remembering the sight of the top Demon Emperors, hardly inferior in power to them, being swatted like flies and effortlessly slain, the three City Lords who governed the lives of hundreds of millions swallowed hard, their voices trembling slightly, "Not... not at all... absolutely not..."
"Since you dare not, then go prepare."
Gu Jinlai said, "Three trillion contribution points, if exchanged for various cultivation materials... even at twenty million a piece, can be exchanged for fifteen thousand pieces..."
Speaking, his tone paused, turning to the three, "But you three had falsely accused me just now, even causing the Holy Master to wrong a loyal subject by listing me among the followers of the Demon Sect. Wouldn’t it be reasonable for me to ask for some compensation for mental distress?"
As powerful as the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor was, he couldn’t escape being killed by a slap from Gu Jinlai; at this moment, the three were truly terrified.
If Gu Jinlai was asking for compensation, then most likely their lives could still be spared.
Momentarily, the three nodded their heads as quickly as possible, "Not unreasonable, not at all unreasonable! Not in the slightest!"
"I am not someone unreasonable. These precious cultivation materials are theoretically twenty million contribution points each, but there is a lot of markup in there, and I don’t wish to explore exactly how much. Three trillion contribution points, just give me three thousand sets of materials,"
Gu Jinlai said, directly stating, "I need six sets of treasures: Immortal Essence Gold, Heavenly Spirit Wood, Floating Water, Six Yang Flame Crystal, Black Lustrous Divine Stone, and Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold, six thousand units of each, valuing precisely three trillion."
This figure outright made the hearts of the three city masters tremble.
Six thousand units.
To actually gather these materials...
They would absolutely have to drain their resources.
This was essentially making a choice between preserving their lives or their wealth.
"Six types of treasures, six thousand units each?"
It was Lei Xuanyu who calculated carefully, hesitated, and cautiously said, "This... might you have miscalculated..."
"I miscalculated?"
Gu Jinlai did some recalculations, his tone leaving no room for doubt, "I didn’t miscalculate. The treasures I want are the Five Elements Treasure, six thousand units of each, any problem?"
Lei Xuanyu was about to say something else, but Si Xinghui had already quickly intercepted, firmly saying, "No problem, definitely no problem."
After all, delay first.
Gathering the materials would also take time.
Wu Yan, recalling that envoys from the Taiao Cave Heaven were on their way, also heavily nodded.
Although they felt that even if the Venerable Daoist Si Xuanyuan from the Taiao Cave Heaven arrived, he probably wouldn’t be of much use, but what if?
What if those Supreme Elders came with some powerful treasures that could deter Gu Jinlai from acting rashly?
Or perhaps, take the opportunity to activate the City Protection Array while the Venerable Daoist and Gu Jinlai were battling?
Hope was still necessary.
Otherwise, they were no different from salted fish.
"It seems all of you agree."
Gu Jinlai nodded in satisfaction, took out another Video Stone, "With your verbal acknowledgment, then, my subordinates who have gone to Liuhuo City and Purple Thunder City can directly collect the items."
