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Chapter 82: Chapter 82: Massacre
"Impossible!?"
Yan Xuejian’s body shattered under the blow of the War Sword, blood splattering onto Yang Kan, who was battling him, sending a shiver through the heart of this Golden Robed Elder from the Purgatory Sect.
Looking at Gu Jinlai’s nearly three-meter-tall figure, he couldn’t help but draw a sharp breath.
This strong!?
He had always heard that the Great Demon Body was formidable and only those at the Peak Refining God level could contend with it, but he hadn’t expected...
That it was indeed so.
Displaying the Great Sun True Demon Body, Gu Jinlai brought a pressure not a whit less than that of the Peak Refining God, Red Robed Elder—Xue Wuqing.
With such a powerful existence drawing all eyes to him, why should they worry about not being able to capture Baihe City?
"Uncle Yan!?"
At this moment, Su Tong let out a mournful cry.
Her eyes were filled with helplessness and fear.
"Good! Good! Good!"
Yang Kan, invigorated, repeatedly exclaimed in threes: "I knew Elder Gu would not disappoint us!"
Immediately after, his gaze turned toward Su Tong, "Now, kill her!"
"Are you teaching me what to do?"
Gu Jinlai’s thick, oppressive voice rang out.
His immense figure cast a shadow, enveloping Yang Kan’s body.
"What?"
Yang Kan was slightly startled, then his complexion changed, "Gu Jinlai, don’t forget, Elder Xue is still watching from the side, you..."
He didn’t finish his sentence before the ground under Gu Jinlai shook violently.
His massive figure swung the four-thousand-jin heavy Alloy Battle Sword with the momentum of thunder, slashing down at Yang Kan.
"As a fellow Golden Robed Elder, what gives you the right to instruct me!"
"Boom!"
The Sword Blade clashed fiercely with the air until it broke through the air resistance, creating a thunderous roar.
In an instant, Yang Kan’s scalp exploded, acutely experiencing the same trembling that Yan Xuejian had just faced.
Gu Jinlai...
Was going to kill someone!
To kill him, Yang Kan!
And under circumstances where there was no retreat after killing Yan Xuejian!
"Gu Jinlai, have you gone mad!?"
Yang Kan let out a long howl, his True Qi boiling over, his curved sword emitting a visible, blood-red Sword Gang several meters long.
Blood Kill·Half Moon!
"Boom!"
It was as if a thunderclap echoed in the void.
Gu Jinlai’s War Sword collided with the blood-red Sword Gang, shattering it effortlessly.
The scattered Gang Qi sprayed out in all directions, carving the ground, and stirring up stone chips as it plowed out more than a dozen furrows, some even several meters in length.
A steward, standing too close, had his body torn apart by a burst of Gang Qi, his blood misting into the air.
Yang Kan, directly in the line of fire, trembled violently, his hands gushing blood.
"This power..."
A chill ran through Yang Kan’s heart.
If it weren’t for his profound cultivation and the fact that the treasure sword in his hand had reached the level of a Supreme Treasure, that one strike would have been enough to obliterate him.
Gu Jinlai’s demon body...
Was this strong!?
Such ferocity was outstanding even among Great Demons.
Why didn’t anyone tell him!?
Wasn’t it said by the intelligence department that he had switched to training as a Heavenly Master?
Didn’t his victory over the Three Great Families and the encirclement of the Red Blood Sect rely on a kind of killing weapon called gunpowder!?
The demon body was just an auxiliary.
This is an auxiliary!?
Before Yang Kan had time to adjust from the violent power contained in that sword strike, Gu Jinlai’s second sword followed swiftly on its heels.
"I give the Purgatory Sect a sliver of respect, and you overstep your bounds?"
The voice came mixed with the sonic boom of the War Sword, shaking one’s soul.
Yang Kan felt the hairs on his skin stand up as he retreated as fast as he could, his eyes wide as he bellowed, "Gu Jinlai! Stop! You killed Yan Xuejian and cut yourself off from the Meteor Star Guard, how dare you attack me!? Do you want to incur the endless pursuit of the Purgatory Sect!?"
"Bang!"
The floor cracked.
Dust billowed.
Gu Jinlai’s speed burst forth like that of a cannonball piercing the air, Crossing the World, and with a suffocating oppression, he covered Yang Kan within it.
"What are you, that you can represent the Purgatory Sect?"
The War Sword howled!
"Besides, the one who killed you would be the Meteor Star Guard, what does it have to do with me, Gu Jinlai?"
The Sword Blade broke through the air.
White waves exploded.
The overwhelming oppression that came rolling in filled Yang Kan with a terror more horrifying than that of Xue Wuqing.
In his fear, he couldn’t help but let out a cry of alarm and anger, "What on earth do you want to do!?"
What responded to him was a dazzling, resplendent radiance that accompanied the sword light.
That was...
The Great Sun Divine Light.
Under the shine of this Great Sun light, Yang Kan’s consciousness seemed to blur momentarily, his thoughts slowing slightly.
"Not good!"
At this life-or-death moment, the powerful spiritual nature inherent to the All Things Spiritual Leader awakened Yang Kan from his daze.
But by this time, the void-shocking, thunderous sword light had already slashed to his front, that pure force heavy enough to break the void exploding before him.
The Golden Robed Elder’s eyes suddenly widened, an unprecedented fear and regret surging through him.
If only he could do it over...
Given a hundred chances, he would not listen to Lin Xiao’s deception, using Gu Jinlai and Su Tong as bait to carry out the grand scheme to capture Baihe City.
"Elder Gu, spare..."
"Bang!"
A burst of blood fog exploded.
The violent and pure force completely shattered Yang Kan’s body from top to bottom.
...
Stunned.
Watching Yang Kan, a Purgatory Sect Elder, being violently and brutally slain by Gu Jinlai, the atmosphere in the field suddenly froze.
The Purgatory Sect’s protectors and stewards, originally having the upper hand, watched this scene with inexplicable horror.
Many faces were filled with disbelief.
Gu Jinlai had just struck down the Venerable Daoist Yan Xuejian of the Meteor Star Guard faction from the Heavenly Gang Sect with a single sword strike, so how could he have turned against Golden Robed Elder Yang Kan in the blink of an eye...
And directly killed him with several sword strikes?
"Elder... Elder..."
"Master!?"
"Gu Jinlai, what... what exactly..."
Some of Yang Kan’s disciples glared at Gu Jinlai with rage.
"What do I want to do!?"
Gu Jinlai’s eyes, filled with annoyance, swept across everyone in the field: "The way you all scheme and plot is truly tiresome."
As he spoke, his figure ferociously pounced toward the Purgatory Sect’s protectors and elders.
Before he arrived, the chilling demon evil aura had already spread over them.
"Form the formation!"
The Peak Hugging Pill who had always followed Yang Kan roared.
Around him, five Hugging Pills stepped forward at the same time, forming a stance.
However, Gu Jinlai, manifesting the Great Sun True Demon Body with the physique of a Middle Level Demon, had already gained the strength to brawl face-to-face with Refining God Power. Now, his body strengthened to that of an Upper Demon, complemented by heavy armor and heavy sword, could even slay a Great Demon.
In such a state, the formation led by the Peak Hugging Pill had just taken shape when Gu Jinlai, with a thunderous and unstoppable momentum, crashed into it.
"Boom!"
The Gang Qi scattered, stone chips flying.
Weighing several thousands to nearly ten thousand pounds, mixed with the speed of four to five hundred kilometers per hour, he shattered the formation of those six Hugging Pills with an overwhelming force, followed by a two-meter-long War Sword sweeping across.
Wherever the sword blade pointed, even though those Hugging Pills Dharma Protectors counterattacked fiercely, sending Gang Qi shooting out, they were still cut to pieces along with their Treasure Armors.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
In an instant, the hastily-formed formation of the six Hugging Pills was engulfed in a storm of blood and carnage.
"I’ve read few books, can’t outmaneuver your schemes, inevitably living in fear under your plots, anxious and unsettled..."
The fierce clash lasted less than a few breaths and then ceased.
Covered in blood, Gu Jinlai emerged from the thickening blood mist, his body like that of a Demon God.
Behind him, the six Hugging Pills lay disfigured, their blood spilling onto the earth.
"Therefore, I’ve decided to kill you all."
To the surviving protectors and stewards of the Purgatory Sect witnessing this scene, an irrepressible fear blossomed in their eyes.
"Elder Gu...it was Yang Kan who schemed against you... it has nothing to do with us..."
One trembling protector spoke.
Elsewhere, the sudden turn of events filled Su Tong, who thought herself surely doomed, with joy akin to finding salvation in a desperate situation.
Was it the Meteor Star Guard who killed Yang Kan?
Had Gu Jinlai re-embraced his identity as the Ancient Town Guardian?
He... He truly intends to repent and turn to their Meteor Star Guard.
Under the shadow of death, she didn’t even have time to ponder why Gu Jinlai had killed Yan Xuejian first.
At this moment, all she wanted was to firmly grasp this lifeline: "Lord Guardian Gu, it’s wonderful that you’re willing to abandon darkness for light, I will definitely report to my father, and when the time comes, promote you to guardian, no, assist you in becoming the Star Master..."
Before she could finish, Gu Jinlai’s gaze suddenly swept towards her.
"I almost forgot, the Lord Guardian and the Demon Sect elder both perished together, so why are you still standing?"
He strode forward majestically, his body covered in surging Demon Flames: "Let me escort you on your journey."
