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Chapter 522: Chapter 518 Perfection
Hai Feng City.
Yunhai Commerce.
At this moment, several Devas and cultivators at the Martial Saint Realm within the commerce were looking up at the sky with worried faces, where the City Protection Array cloaked the city, making them as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
Just then, a Martial King rushed over and said, "I’ve found out, it’s Gu Jinlai! He came straight to our Hai Feng City and directly attempted to assassinate the three City Lords..."
"Gu Jinlai!?"
Vice Chairman Yun Haoran quickly thought of a figure with whom he had traded, disbelief on his face: "Gu Jinlai has indeed caused a stir in Wind and Rain City recently, not only sweeping the Chi Long Territory outside Liuhuo City but also allegedly expelling Wind and Rain City Lord Zhao Hua. However, he has offended the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor of the Dragon Tears Valley, causing a demonic tide, and the high-ranking officials of the Holy Dynasty will inevitably come to hold him accountable. At this time, he still dares to provoke us in Hai Feng City!?"
"Yesterday, our Hai Feng City’s City Lord Si, Liuhuo City’s City Lord Wu, and Purple Thunder City’s City Lord Lei jointly filed a complaint against Gu Jinlai of Wind and Rain City on the grounds of disregarding the bigger picture and colluding with demonic cultists. It was precisely because of this joint complaint that we attracted his attention, leading him to come to Hai Feng City... Didn’t we try to activate the City Protection Array before, but the activation failed? That was because of him."
The Martial King said.
"This Gu Jinlai... couldn’t be aware that he cannot escape death and wants to drag the three City Lords, or even our entire Hai Feng City, to burial with him, could he? Or use the lives of the thirty million citizens of Hai Feng City as leverage to force the high-ranking officials of the Holy Dynasty to give in?"
Another Vice Chairman said worriedly, looking at the activated formation.
The formation had been activated, severing connections both inside and outside Hai Feng City.
This... was evidently cutting off everyone’s escape route from the city.
"The situation is even worse..."
The Martial King said with a wry smile: "According to some Demon Slayers working in the Demon-slaying Hall, before Gu Jinlai came to our Hai Feng City to seek accountability, he directly overwhelmed the demonic tide swept by the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor, killing a million devils with his own power, demonstrating strength comparable to that of the Strongest Void Immortal... With such terrifying power at his disposal, even the high-ranking officials of the Holy Dynasty seem reluctant to corner him, having designated the accusation against the three City Lords as false charges..."
As he spoke, there was a trace of fear in his eyes: "Now, the Holy Dynasty’s special envoy, Sword King Duanmu Yufeng, has already taken City Lord Si away, while the City Lords Wu Yan and Lei Xuanyu have been handed over to Gu Jinlai for disposal. At this moment, these two City Lords have been... executed on the spot by the Ancient City Lord..."
As soon as the Martial King finished speaking, everyone in Yunhai Commerce was profoundly shaken.
"Gu Jinlai directly overcame the demonic tide swept by the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor, and single-handedly killed a million devils!?"
"The Strongest Void Immortal!? The new City Lord of Wind and Rain City is actually a Supreme Void Immortal!? A Great Divine Ability User that makes the high-ranking officials of the Holy Dynasty bow their heads!?"
"City Lords Wu and Lei... are dead!? They were City Lords considered to be Sealed Border Officials, and now they are just... dead!?"
Devas and Martial Kings exclaimed in disbelief, their faces filled with shock.
Among them, Yun Haoran and others who had previously tipped off Lei Yuan to deal with Gu Jinlai were trembling, as if they had fallen into an ice cave.
Their greatest support, Lei Yuan, was dead.
Now that Hai Feng City had fallen into Gu Jinlai’s hands, and even the City Protection Array had been activated, everyone had become trapped like fish in a pot.
If Gu Jinlai decided to take revenge on Yunhai Commerce at this time...
Yun Haoran and the Chairman, the Vice Chairmen, and others exchanged glances, each seeing the terror in the others’ eyes.
"It’s not likely! Surely not! An important figure like the Ancient City Lord, who can speak directly to the high-ranking officials of the Holy Dynasty, should not target us specifically... We must immediately prepare a generous gift to offer to the Ancient City Lord, perhaps..."
The trembling Chairman of Yunhai Commerce was about to speak when suddenly, a terrifying pressure descended from the sky, enveloping the entire Yunhai Commerce.
Accompanied by it was a rumbling sound, like muffled thunder.
"Yunhai Commerce has bullied the marketplace, taken by force, and committed countless crimes with irrefutable evidence. Now, it will be directly investigated! Any resistance will be met with immediate execution!"
The people within the commerce turned pale.
"Is that Commander Li’s voice!?"
"Why would Commander Li..."
Before they could react, a large number of Hai Feng City soldiers had already quickly poured in.
At this moment, the entire Hai Feng City was under Gu Jinlai’s control.
Although many knew that Gu Jinlai would not stay long in Hai Feng City, with even City Lords like Wu Yan and Lei Xuanyu executed directly by him, who else would dare to defy his orders?
He intended to confiscate Yunhai Commerce, and Commander Li Shengyang, who was somewhat a backer of the commerce, was the first to lead the team into action, uprooting the commerce completely.
As Li Shengyang confiscated Yunhai Commerce, throughout Hai Feng City, the sound of thunder occasionally resounded.
Everyone could feel the terrifying energy contained within each peal of thunder.
It was an attack that no Deva could withstand.
With each thunderbolt’s strike, the fall of a Martial Sect, Monarch, or even a Martial King or Deva was assured.
Each surprise surge of lightning sent shivers down the spines of the cultivators in Hai Feng City.
Yet, not a single person dared to stand up to stop it.
The Deputy City Lord and Domain Master of the City Lord Mansion quickly submitted a list of all the people from Wind and Rain City who had sought refuge in Hai Feng City, only hoping that Gu Jinlai would purge and execute those refugees quickly and leave satisfied. 𝔫𝔬𝖛𝖕𝔲𝖇.𝖈𝖔𝖒
As for those families and powers that harbored people from Wind and Rain City...
After Gu Jinlai swiftly struck down a few of them in a short period, the rest learned their lesson.
They actively handed over the refugees from Wind and Rain City without any delay.
In doing so, they actually prevented Gu Jinlai from making any arbitrary moves.
His actions in Hai Feng City did not have moral or spoken justification.
Moreover, he was not yet ready to completely sever ties with the Holy Dynasty and wage all-out war.
His execution of those who harbored Wind and Rain City refugees had a barely acceptable rationale.
The confiscation of Yunhai Commerce was likewise because they had found their own way to offend him.
But if he were to strike down other Red Names without reason, he would undoubtedly be seen as wantonly slaughtering the innocent in the eyes of the Holy Dynasty.
Under these circumstances, even if the Holy Dynasty did not want to reveal its hand against him, it would have no choice but to intervene.
Therefore, after he had swept through Hai Feng City and personally judged and executed hundreds of people, he had to leave Hai Feng City with regret.
He needed to hurry to Liuhuo City.
Compared to judging the criminal elements of Hai Feng City without clear authority or eloquence, in Liuhuo City...
He was the City Lord.
Cleansing the city of its evil was a responsibility inherent to the City Lord.
To prevent those filled with malice in Liuhuo City from getting wind of his actions and fleeing in advance, after staying a day in Hai Feng City, Gu Jinlai led his team and arrived in Liuhuo City ahead of time.
Once in Liuhuo City, he immediately took control of the Array Core, activated the City Protection Array, and carried out a ten-day Thunderstorm operation.
However, he only watched closely for the first three days, using the momentum of thunder and lightning to nearly plow through the upper echelons of Liuhuo City.
After removing all the thorns, the remaining work could be entrusted to Qi Sheng, Liu Feiyun, Ji Lie, and others.
He just needed to take some time each day to personally conduct some trials.
...
Inside the Cultivation Room of the Liuhuo City Lord Mansion.
Gu Jinlai once again refined over four hundred portions of Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold he had newly scavenged.
At this moment, he could clearly sense that his Chaotic Star Light Body was only one step away from Transformation.
He just needed to collect some more Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold...
No!
Gu Jinlai sensed his Spirit realm.
In Hai Feng City, he had no legitimate stand, and although he judged many under the pretext of apprehending fugitives from Wind and Rain City, he still obtained only about a hundred strands of Qingguang.
As for Liuhuo City...
Now, on the fourth day of the Thunder action, his count of Qingguang had risen to four hundred and twenty strands.
If he were willing to invest a portion of these four hundred and twenty strands of Qingguang into the Chaotic Star Light Body, even without the use of Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold, he could achieve the breakthrough of the Chaotic Star Light Body and complete the transformation into an Innate Divine Beast in human form.
However...
"It’s somewhat wasteful,"
said Gu Jinlai.
Using Qingguang instead of Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold was too extravagant.
Though he had a bounty of Qingguang now, he had not forgotten the tough days he had experienced along the way.
Moreover, Qingguang was not Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold.
It merely allowed him to bring the Chaotic Star Light Body to Perfection and transform into an Innate Divine Beast in a manner similar to "premature birth."
The energy that was lacking would still need to be replenished eventually.
Just like when he Cultivated the Grand Sun Nine Refinement Visualization Method, although he managed to condense his True Spirit, which was tantamount to a Heavenly Monarch, in reality, his Spiritual Sense strength did not truly reach that of a Heavenly Monarch until after he came out of the Aries Star Palace and obtained a Heavenly Spirit Pearl.
"However, my current situation can hardly be considered leisurely,"
Gu Jinlai pondered for a while and his gaze returned to the Mahayana Stage of the "Chaotic Star Light Body."
Although the Six Great Cave Heavens behind the Holy Dynasty had temporarily submitted, it was clear that they had not truly given up their malicious intentions towards him.
In addition, after slaying the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor, the Star Trace Demon God would not let bygones be bygones.
There was no telling when this Demon God would come to fight him in a battle of life and death.
Although he considered himself among the top of the Void Immortal Stage, facing a Demon God comparable to a settled True Immortal...
He still fell quite short.
Moreover...
"I’ve always believed that resources used are good resources. Qingguang, precious though it may be, can still be obtained in the future, but should anything happen to me..."
With that thought, strands of Qingguang were quickly channeled by him and poured into the Chaotic Star Light Body.
All at once, the Chaotic Star Light Body seemed to undergo some kind of indescribable optimization.
The Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold Power that had been accumulated inside his body was utilized in a more rational and even way to promote the Transformation of his Body.
During this Transformation, Gu Jinlai could clearly feel that his special telepathy with the heavens and earth became much clearer.
And the trait of the "Child of the Stars" on his body was even more radiant.
When this telepathy reached its peak...
"Boom!"
An endless stream of thunder light burst forth from within him.
The next moment, even though he did not activate the trait of the Child of the Stars, his figure easily merged into some special power between heaven and earth, seemingly becoming a part of that force.
This was...
The way of heaven and earth.
Starlight.
Chaotic Star Light Body: Mahayana→Perfection.
