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Chapter 520: Chapter 516 Disposal
Duanmu Yufeng, Duanmu Yao, Si Xuanyuan, Si Xinghui, and others quickly departed.
They did not even care to stay for the appointment of the next City Lord of Hai Feng City.
Gu Jinlai watched them leave one by one, his expression carrying a hint of strangeness.
What they did not know was that after Duanmu Yufeng and Duanmu Yao left, their conversation was fully discerned by Gu Jinlai through the trait of the Child of the Stars.
"Using my hand to fight against the Star Trace Demon God to death? Firstly, I can use my power to probe the depths of the Devils, and secondly... they can also use the Star Trace Demon God to eliminate me. Even if I and Star Trace Demon God are both heavily injured, they could still benefit as bystanders and permanently solve the threat I pose?"
He pondered in his heart.
This tactic, why does it seem so familiar?
So...
When a person, or a power, loses its necessary aggressive sharpness, does it gradually develop the illusion that scheming is more important than cultivation and martial force?
Thereby subconsciously diminishing the role that martial force could play?
Or perhaps, they assume everyone will adhere to his rules and continue playing with him within his established rules and safe zone?
"If this were on Blue Star, where major countries maintain nuclear deterrence and dare not act rashly, such a scenario would be understandable, but this is a world that unites thousands of mighty forces."
In collective decisions, even if a wrong decision is made temporarily, there are still others who will strategize, help the collective discover and correct mistakes, or at least, make arrangements in advance to minimize the impact of the wrong decisions.
But for individual power...
Their actions are entirely dependent on their own will.
Once rationality is controlled by emotions...
There are no others to help them recover or correct.
And the consequences they ultimately cause are inevitably of an unforgiving and destructive nature.
Gu Jinlai withdrew his gaze from Duanmu Yufeng and the others.
Regardless of whether they had their own schemes, his goal had been achieved.
By demonstrating his own strength, he had intimidated the Holy Dynasty, making them dare not act rashly and acknowledge his control over Wind and Rain City.
Thinking this, he turned his gaze towards the Liuhuo City Lord Wu Yan and Purple Thunder City Lord Lei Xuanyu.
Si Xinghui, who had the background of Taiao Cave Heaven, was taken away by Si Xuanyuan, but Wu Yan and Lei Xuanyu...
Although they also have the backing of the Void Immortal Level, clearly, their backing was not strong enough to risk offending a Supreme Void Immortal to protect them.
After sensing Gu Jinlai’s gaze, the two Saints’ faces grew even paler.
Suddenly, Lei Xuanyu seemed to think of something and quickly said, "Thunder Magnetic Gold! Ancient City Lord, don’t you need a lot of Thunder Magnetic Gold? I know a place where there is a significant amount of it!"
He hastily continued, "Our Purple Thunder City was originally established due to Thunder Magnetic Gold and in an attempt to broaden our city’s advantages, I once conceived the idea of monopolizing the Thunder Magnetic Gold market. However, due to the low production of Thunder Magnetic Gold in our city, I had to look elsewhere. After years of searching, I have detected the direction of a Thunder Magnetic Gold vein, but this vein has spread into the territory of the Black Fire Demon Emperor. We have been establishing connections with the Black Fire Demon Emperor while continuing to survey..."
He quickly corrected himself, "Of course, with the City Lord’s power, you can completely ignore this Demon Emperor, annihilate him, and it won’t be long before we can locate this vein."
"Establishing connections with the Black Fire Demon Emperor..."
Gu Jinlai looked at the Dark Red Qi covering Lei Xuanyu and didn’t need to guess what kind of method he used to establish those connections.
"Surveying the vein doesn’t require the personal involvement of a city lord like you. Professional matters should be left to professionals, and you... have no value."
Gu Jinlai said.
"Ancient City Lord..."
Lei Xuanyu’s pupils dilated, his eyes filled with fear.
"Lei Xuanyu, run!"
The next moment, Wu Yan roared in a low voice, rapidly producing and enlarging a blood-jade-like bracelet in his hand. Ferocious, violent energy erupted from the bracelet. It seemed as though certain Great Dao rules resonated with the bracelet, gathering infinite energy and directly forming a splendid sea of fire.
Within the sea of fire, an illusion of the Divine Beast Bifang materialized, roaring up at the sky, fierce flames and light bursting from its body. Its majesty, even in comparison to Gu Jinlai’s usual state of nuclear fusion power, was not much inferior.
But before the light and heat could fully spread, Gu Jinlai’s Thunder Light Domain spread out.
Primordial Magnetic Divine Light circulated, the suddenly condensed illusion of Bifang within the sea of fire was compressed layer by layer, from a suddenly bursting fireball of over a hundred meters, quickly squeezed to barely the size of a basin.
The internal illusion of Bifang was also crushed during the compression process.
However, as Gu Jinlai suppressed the illusion of the Divine Beast Bifang, Wu Yan had already surged a wave of firelight, rushing unimaginably fast to the ends of the heavens.
While Lei Xuanyu, who had shown a certain value, could not escape death, since he had killed Liu Feihua, a True Disciple of Li Yang Cave Heaven, Gu Jinlai definitely would not give him a way out.
Thus, Wu Yan decisively produced a Divine Weapon, launching his strongest strike, immediately using Forbidden Technique, and sparing no expense with the method of burning his Sacred Body, all in order to flee Hai Feng City as quickly as possible.
Regrettably...
No matter how powerful the Divine Weapon in Wu Yan’s hand was, since it was not bound to him, what percentage of its potential power could it unleash?
His full effort barely reached the threshold of a Seventh-Rank Saint.
After Gu Jinlai easily suppressed him with the Thunder Light Domain, the Eternal Furnace operated, churning out an energy more terrifying than that of the Divine Beast Bifang’s illusion. Instantly, a beam of South Fire Divine Light, akin to a laser cannon, swept across the void, hitting Wu Yan, who had just escaped dozens of miles away.
The violent energy and high temperature instantly pierced and melted Wu Yan’s Sacred Body, burning half of his body to ashes along with it.
"He’s still breathing, Qi Sheng, I’ll leave him to you."
Gu Jinlai said to Qi Sheng and the others from Li Yang Cave Heaven.
Qi Sheng took a deep breath and respectfully performed a ceremony: "Thank you, Supreme Elder."
Immediately after that, his figure trembled slightly as he clenched his teeth and flew at full speed towards the dark flames where the Sacred Body was disintegrating and the Body falling apart, unable to even levitate.
The others quickly followed behind him.
Then, his gaze shifted towards Lei Xuanyu.
"Why didn’t you run?"
"With the Ancient City Lord suppressing this era with the power of the Strongest Void Immortal, even the Holy Dynasty Royal Family has to temporarily avoid your sharp edge. I, a mere Saint, how could I dare to hope to escape with my life in front of the Ancient City Lord?"
As Lei Xuanyu spoke, although there was fear in his expression, he sincerely added, "I still have value! Like you, Ancient City Lord, I too am a refugee from the outside world. I was born in Xuanyou Sacred Land, and I also hold the True Immortal Inheritance of Xuanyou Sacred Land in my hands. Although I know such a thing isn’t of great value to you... once, Xuanyou Sacred Land had obtained a relic left by the creators, where...there was a Floating Island constructed by the creators, a Floating Island that was ninety percent complete."
"Floating Island"
This is one of the greatest creations of the Heavenly Master Civilization.
In terms of cost-effectiveness, it may not compare with Heavenly Dragons or Ruins Beasts as a unit of war, but it is a demonstration of the strong foundation of the Heavenly Master.
A Floating Island is equivalent to an extra-large base.
And an extra-large base that can move.
This world is so vast, extending countless millions of miles, yet it is firmly controlled by the creators because of their Floating Island and Star Gate Technology.
"For a thousand years, the technology to manufacture Floating Islands has been passed down. Not universally known, but basically within the grasp of most forces, yet not a new Floating Island has been built, the reason being the excessively high cost of constructing a Floating Island! Only during the era of the creators, when they gathered resources from... no, not just one realm, including resources from beyond this realm, were they able to complete such miraculous creations."
Filled with awe, Lei Xuanyu’s voice continued, "Such a Floating Island, which is ninety percent complete, its value cannot simply be measured in money. Trillions, hundreds of trillions...these figures cannot begin to describe its worth..."
"Boom!"
Before he could finish his words, the terrifying thunder light quickly gathered, brewing...
Suddenly, his expression froze.
"Ancient City Lord!?"
Under his somewhat incredulous gaze, the thunder descended from the sky.
Within the Thunder Light Domain, it seemed as though numerous Swords of Thunder struck down, instantly engulfing his figure completely.
"I share no common cause with evil."
Gu Jinlai calmly stated.
Following that, with a wave of his hand, the thunder light dispersed.
Lei Xuanyu turned to charcoal, but on his body...
many things remained intact.
As Gu Jinlai’s cultivation continuously increased, so did his control power over himself, allowing him to preserve spoils of war even when dealing with enemies at the level of a Saint.
"The City Lord truly upholds noble principles."
The Devas Xuanzhen, who had also followed, said behind Gu Jinlai.
Gu Jinlai did not explain.
Lei Xuanyu actually did not have good intentions.
What he initially said about the Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold might not even be true.
Moreover, he lured the Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold into the territory of the Black Fire Demon Emperor with the purpose of igniting a battle between him and this Demon Emperor.
A Demon Emperor...
With his strength, he naturally did not fear.
But which Devil among those who reached Demon Emperor level did not stand behind a Demon God?
Black Fire Demon Emperor was no exception.
Behind it stood the Xuan Yang Demon God.
The remaining Floating Island...
Was more like a pie in the sky.
Xuanyou Sacred Land had been annihilated; even if there really was a Floating Island, the best outcome would be it being seized by devils.
Or even...
Devils directly destroying the Floating Island wouldn’t be odd.
After all, they loathed the creations of the Heavenly Master.
In such a case, if he truly believed Lei Xuanyu’s words and let him live, whenever an opportunity arose, he would definitely have fled as far away as possible.
Without an opportunity, he would have created one.
Better to eliminate him once and for all.
Having dealt with the City Lords of Liuhuo City and Purple Thunder City, Gu Jinlai’s gaze inevitably turned towards Hai Feng City.
Currently, Hai Feng City didn’t even have a City Lord...
"I remember many people from my Wind and Rain City fled to Hai Feng City for refuge. These people committed numerous crimes in my Wind and Rain City, how can I just let them off so easily?"
Gu Jinlai commanded, "Issue my order, search for the fugitives of Wind and Rain City. Anyone in Hai Feng City who obstructs us should be regarded as an accomplice and treated as equally guilty. Anyone resisting should be executed on the spot!"
