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Chapter 88: Chapter 88 Confrontation
"Supreme Elder!?"
"Su Bieli!?"
Located relatively towards the rear of the charging crowd, Zhang Luu and Su Fangzheng felt a chill run through their bodies despite the summer heat, their hands and feet turning ice cold.
The Su Bieli who had just been laughing and chatting with them, claiming with every breath that Gu Jinlai would surely die today, was now being torn to shreds by the sweeping fire of the three laser beams...
An expert of the same level as them didn’t even get the chance to exchange blows with Gu Jinlai, the chief culprit, before he died on the path of the charge, not even a complete corpse left behind.
This terror made them shudder.
"How is this possible... Su Bieli was a Refining God... He died!? Killed by that kind of flame-shooting hidden weapon?"
"What is that!? What on earth is that thing, Ancient Demon, what kind of monster has he created!?"
No one answered them.
The battlefield was filled with shrill screams and cries.
And...
"Da-da-da-da-da!"
The nightmare-like sound of machine gun fire.
Gu Chifeng and his group of ten, situated upon Monument Mountain, held the high ground, taking advantage of the terrain.
The Heavenly Gang Sect and the Meteor Star Guards had nowhere to take cover.
Hundreds of people, as if grains being harvested, were swept away in batches under the fire of ten "Thunder" Gatling guns.
Bullets fired, causing even solid rocks to be shattered into dust, dirt flying everywhere.
"Ah, Ancient Demon!"
Watching this scene, Su Fangzheng’s anger made his hair stand on end.
These people were the elite of the Heavenly Gang Sect.
The death of any one of them could lead the entire sect to retaliation, but now...
Like cutting grass, they died en masse, falling into pools of blood, with most unable to leave behind a complete corpse.
This heartache, this rage, made this Refining God True Man bellow in anger, "Charge! Charge! Hurry and charge! Break through and destroy their weapons!"
He himself burst forward at full speed, his movement technique pushed to the limit.
Zigzagging and ever-changing, moving beyond the limits of ordinary human vision.
Behind him, Qi Refinement practitioners, Gang Condensation experts, and Hugging Pill Masters all exerted their full might to display their movement techniques, flying forward at top speed, some even bursting forth at a speed of sixty, seventy, or even eighty meters per second.
But...
It was useless.
There was no use whatsoever.
Each "Thunder" Gatling spat dozens or hundreds of bullets per second, and the barrage from ten machine guns interweaved together like a storm of metal that ripped everything apart, allowing no life to withstand it.
Protective True Qi allowed them to ignore arrows and common swords, but in the face of these era-ending killing machines, their lives...
Were also ended at an astonishing rate.
"Gu Jinlai!"
The bellow was like thunder.
Using his movement technique, Su Fangzheng, protected by his Supreme Treasure Armor and shielded by elders and protectors, miraculously broke through the defense set up by the ten "Thunder" Gatling guns and made it to within a hundred meters below Monument Mountain.
Gu Jinlai, standing with his sword, did not even attempt to dodge but simply extended his hand and made a gesture.
Gu Chifeng and two others immediately turned their guns around.
Eighteen gun barrels rotated quickly, flames ejecting as streaks of light resembling flying fire meteors shot towards Su Fangzheng.
But before the three guns fired, Su Fangzheng roared in anger, and a massive stone weighing several tons was kicked into the air by him, which then exploded with Gang Qi, turning into countless stone fragments and dust that swept towards Gu Chifeng and the other ten with the help of the Gang Qi.
Even though these attacks couldn’t harm Gu Chifeng and the others in their heavy armor, the dust they stirred up caused confusion and obscured their field of fire.
"Die!"
Seizing this opportunity, Su Fangzheng appeared to employ a secret technique, erupting in fury as he instantly closed a hundred-meter gap.
The fierce Sword Gang, carrying the aura of Great Bright, tore through the smoke and descended upon them.
He was less than ten meters from Gu Jinlai and the machine-gun-firing Gu Chifeng and his men.
"Not bad movement technique at all," praised Gu Jinlai.
He didn’t need to give an order.
Sounds of dragons chanting echoed from within Su Nanxing’s body.
Sighing Dragon Transformation Technique.
Divine Thought vibrated as all the True Qi within him was stimulated to the utmost, each ounce of energy exploding with twice the impact.
The moment he drew his sword from its sheath, the fierce sword light crossed dozens of meters.
Mayfly Concealing Edge.
For some unknown reason, Su Nanxing’s compatibility with the Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Sword was not high. Instead, he made rapid progress cultivating the Mayfly Concealing Edge Sword, which required nurturing and concealing the blade within its sheath.
When he secluded himself for Refining God, he began nurturing his sword.
Now as he drew his sword, the earth-shaking power of his attack, coupled with the Sighing Dragon Transformation Technique, actually subdued the strike unleashed by Su Fangzheng, the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Gang Sect.
"You!?"
Su Fangzheng, emerging from the dust and crossfire, had intended to strike with all his might, to take his enemy’s head from amidst the thousands of troops and slay the Heavenly Master Gu Jinlai. However, he hadn’t anticipated Su Nanxing’s sudden attack.
And the power of that sword...
"A Refining God!?"
By Gu Jinlai’s side...
Was there a Refining God guardian!? Why hadn’t the intelligence organization received any hint of this!?
"Boom!"
Sword Gangs collided!
It was as if ten kilograms of explosives detonated simultaneously in the void.
A ring of visible Qi blast spread in all directions, blowing away all the dust in a radius of several tens of meters.
The scattering Gang Qi struck the ground, drawing lines several meters long and a foot deep on the slopes of Monument Mountain.
With Su Fangzheng’s stride over a hundred meters for a single strike already being his last reserve, how could he withstand Su Nanxing’s well-prepared concealed sword strike? Plunging up the steep slope, he spewed blood from his mouth and fell back even faster than he had arrived.
Before he could even reach the ground, a terrifying sound of breaking the sky exploded above his head.
Accompanying it was a sensation of mortal dread that made the hairs on his head stand on end.
"Not good!"
Su Fangzheng’s eyes widened as he exerted all his strength trying to spin and leap away.
But within his field of view, a heavy sword two meters long, carrying the momentum of thunder, broke the sound barrier and ferociously shot towards him.
In his haste, all he could manage was to horizontally parry with his sword in front of him, as the overwhelming power of the giant sword blasted onto his body.
He clearly felt as if his body were like porcelain struck by a giant rock, shattering into pieces, breaking away from him. 𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝒐𝙢
This feeling...
"I..."
Su Fangzheng looked up, just in time to see Gu Jinlai slowly retracting his sword-throwing motion.
The next moment, an unprecedented tearing agony spread like an electric shock throughout his body, blood diffused, entirely devouring his consciousness.
...
"Bang!"
The giant sword, carrying its heavy momentum, smashed into the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.
"He’s dead."
On Monument Mountain, Gu Jinlai stated flatly.
He looked down.
The bodies of over four hundred Qi Refinement, Gang Condensation, and Hugging Pill Masters from the Heavenly Gang Sect and the Meteor Star Guard lay scattered along the way.
Although each one was powerful and their Protective True Qi could even withstand several bullets without death, with the Hugging Pill ones being particularly tenacious in life, resisting over a dozen or even scores of gunshots.
If this terrain were complex enough to give them ample space to evade, the ten Gatling guns may not have been able to stop them.
Unfortunately, this was a plain that stretched for more than a dozen miles.
Such terrain had no ambushes.
But likewise, there were no obstacles either.
The ten "Thunder" Gatling guns opened fire as soon as they entered the range of five hundred meters.
Five hundred meters!
It became an unforgettable nightmare for those Qi Refinement, Gang Condensation, and even Hugging Pill Masters.
Under this horrific and bloody slaughter, the wills of some Qi Refinement, Gang Condensation, and Hugging Pill individuals had been crushed, with some even turning around and running.
"Oh, not attacking anymore?"
Gu Jinlai watched as fewer than two hundred experts remained and then gazed toward the approaching encirclement of over two thousand elites: "Now, it’s our turn!"
He waved his hand, "Attack, encircle them!"
Encircle!
They, one hundred and thirty people, would encircle nearly three thousand of the enemy!
If this were a few minutes earlier, anyone would think Gu Jinlai had gone mad.
But now...
Whether it was Gu Chifeng, Gu Luochen, Gu Qingmei, or the other Gu family disciples, none of them harbored the slightest doubt in their hearts.
Their eyes were filled with fervor for their Patriarch.
This weapon...
The killing efficiency was too strong.
Let alone encircling fewer than three thousand people, even if this number were to double, they would still charge fearlessly into battle, letting the "tat-tat-tat-tat" sound resonate across the field.
"Yes!"
In a high and excited shout, led by ten Demon Martial Artists dressed in Xuan Steel Armor and carrying "Thunder" Gatling guns, one hundred thirty people aimed at the three thousand below the mountain and boldly charged forward.
"Zhang Luu."
Gu Jinlai surveyed the area.
His gaze met with Zhang Luu, who was a kilometer away with a face full of shock.
Their eyes locked on each other.
Just like the first time they had met at the Meteor Star Guard.
But back then, Zhang Luu looked down on Gu Jinlai from high above, with the attitude of someone superior.
Gu Jinlai’s fate and life were decided by his word.
But now...
As he watched Su Fangzheng, Sect Leader of the Heavenly Gang Sect, being killed by a single strike from Gu Jinlai, Zhang Luu’s heart was filled with endless fear.
"Retreat! Retreat! Withdraw!"
He ordered loudly as he quickly turned around and spurred his horse into a frenzied escape.
The horse he rode was a special breed raised by a Heavenly Master; to some extent, it was comparable to a Fierce Beast with astonishing stamina, able to cover three thousand miles day and night.
"Shoot the horse."
With Gu Jinlai’s command,
his figure leaped, jumping down from Monument Mountain, borrowing strength on the steep slopes effortlessly, landing easily at the foot of the mountain, he swept past the heavy sword and charged towards Zhang Luu.
Behind him, Gu Chifeng, Gu Luochen, and Gu Qingmei, upon receiving the order, operated the machine guns, their blazing bullets instantly killing Zhang Luu’s warhorse from a mile away.
Even though they were a kilometer apart, the bullets fired from the gun barrels still had lethal force.
Not only that, they followed Gu Jinlai down Monument Mountain as well, albeit at a slower pace; their Middle-level Demon Bodies allowed them to carry several hundred to a thousand pounds, yet still move as if on flat ground, striding like meteors.
As they charged, the "Thunder" Gatling guns in their hands never ceased firing.
Flames erupted.
Casings scattered.
Light pierced through.
Blood enveloped the area.
Together, they violently tore a bloody path between Gu Jinlai and Zhang Luu.
And Gu Jinlai’s Crossing the World movement technique was employed to its fullest.
Though he could not compare to others in weaving and bobbing with his movement technique, when it came to straight-line charging, pursuing, and fleeing...
He surpassed those with movement techniques like Level 8 Wandering Dragon.
Zhang Luu fled at full speed, yet after crossing over ten miles, Zhang Luu’s figure was still within arm’s length.
Seemingly realizing he couldn’t escape, Zhang Luu’s frantic steps abruptly stopped, and he turned around.
"Gu Jinlai!"
His eyes blazed with fury, radiating murderous intent tinged with a hint of madness: "You actually dare to pursue me alone! You’ve got some nerve!"
