"Gu Jinlai, meet your demise!"
"A debt of blood must be paid in blood!"
As the Red Saber Ancestor was killed by a punch from Gu Jinlai, six elders with Upper Demon Level Physiques glared furiously and charged towards Gu Jinlai.
Each one of them held a giant axe, war blade, or iron rod, unleashing ferocious power with each strike, the might contained within each blow was enough to pulverize boulders weighing tens of tons.
Just as their attacks were about to hit, or had already hit Gu Jinlai’s body, a brilliantly intense radiance exploded out from him as the center.
"You... dare to look directly at me!?"
In an instant, Gu Jinlai seemed to transform into a resplendent Great Sun, illuminating the vast world.
"Ah! My eyes! My eyes!"
"Fire, fire, fire, fire, fire! So much fire!"
"I can’t see clearly, I can’t see..."
Great Sun Divine Light.
This was a halo skill derived from the perfection of the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Technique, the Great Sun Divine Light.
Stimulated by spiritual essence, it formed a Great Sun halo that shone for dozens of meters, blinding the spiritual perception of sentient beings.
Half a month earlier, when the Red Blood Sect elder Sun Tongxuan came to visit with two protectors, Gu Jinlai entered the hall and the two protectors felt as if they were scorched by intense flames. Gu Jinlai quickly realised that the Great Sun Divine Light might have additional harm to demon martial artists.
After commanding Su Nanxing to capture a few demon martial artists to test...
It was indeed the case.
The effect of the Great Sun Divine Light on demon martial artists was significantly stronger than on cultivators. It not only blinded them but also twisted their spiritual essence, causing them to experience visions as real as life.
In the instant he used the Great Sun Divine Light to twist the six demon elders’ perception, Gu Jinlai leveraged the advantage of his Treasure Armor, withstanding the slashes of two war blades, his power exploded underfoot, and his body shot up towards the sky.
Crossing the World·Six Realms.
Breaking out of the encirclement, his figure twisted like a fired projectile, and he plummeted towards the location of the War Sword.
An elder demon caught at this spot only felt an overwhelming presence, and looking up...
A huge, dazzling light had completely filled his "horizon."
First it flashed brightly, accompanying the sound of something shattering and heavy falling, his sight quickly dimmed.
Gu Jinlai, falling from the sky, trampled this demon elder to death, then grabbed the heavy sword.
In a state of Spiritual Explosion, the thousands of pounds of Mystic Steel Armor and heavy sword felt like nothing in his hands, yet the gravity potential energy he could unleash was enough to kill any demon protector, or even a demon elder, upon contact and injure them upon collision.
Gu Jinlai’s sudden assault on the Red Blood Sect Leader and his escape from the encirclement of six demon elders happened in a flash.
Only when he took up his sword again and turned to attack the six demon elders did Gu Chaoyang and the others snap out of their shock.
"Kill! Surround and annihilate all these devils of the Red Blood Sect, leave none alive!"
Nian Buwang issued the command.
Gu Chifeng, Gu Luochen, and others, leading the many Meteor Star Guards, swiftly charged towards the Red Blood Sect and their allies.
On the other side, Gu Chaoyang, Su Nanxing, and others responsible for the negotiations with Sun Tongxuan and various parties, quickly heard the cries of battle from this side.
Without hesitation, Gu Chaoyang immediately ordered dozens of the Gu family’s elites hidden among the thousands of captives to attack while shouting loudly.
Rockets, explosives—various kinds of equipment were brought out one after another.
Intense booms and fierce flames quickly enveloped the battlefield.
Even Sun Tongxuan and his group, who had precautions, were caught off guard by the sudden outbreak of assault from Gu Chaoyang, Su Nanxing, and others who relied on their weapon superiority, causing heavy losses to the Red Blood Sect.
During this time, some among the Three Great Families acted out of their own accord, attempting to tattle, but alas, seeing the Red Blood Sect’s retreat far exceeded their expectations, they quickly calmed down and sincerely followed Gu Jinlai’s prior promise, slaughtering Red Blood Sect disciples to atone for their sins.
Amidst the crowd, Gu Jinlai, clad in heavy armor, was invincible.
Everywhere his figure went, the Great Sun Divine Light shone, and almost no one could look at him directly.
Deprived of sight, their perception clouded, what strength did these demon martial artists have left?
Besides, Gu Chifeng, Gu Luochen, and others significantly relieved the pressure on Gu Jinlai.
Together, the eight men, plus two Gu Family Disciples who broke through again half a month ago, forming a ten-man Battle Formation and clad in Mystic Steel Armor wielding Mystic Steel Heavy Swords, charged and did not pale in comparison to those protectors with Middle-level Demon Bodies.
With the aid of these ten people, along with the readiness of Crossing the World movement technique, Gu Jinlai was not trapped in heavy encirclement.
And as long as he wasn’t facing several or a dozen opponents at the same time, which of those demon martial artists, including elders with Upper Demon Level Physiques, could withstand his swords?
In an instant, he killed more than a dozen demon martial artists equalling Gang Condensation and Hugging Pill stages.
Seeing this, a robed elder bellowed, "Gu Jinlai, you dare betray and attack our Red Blood Sect, you will face our relentless revenge from now on! Retreat! Withdraw!"
Gu Jinlai looked around.
The Red Blood Sect’s people present radiated Karma like blood, at least thirty people of them, glowing red. Not one could be described as anything less than vile, and even if he wasn’t aiming to max out the Grand Sun Nine Refinement Visualization Method, he would never allow these people to leave alive.
Eradicate evil at all costs!
"Why wait for later, today, we shall fight to the death."
Gu Jinlai advanced with strides as big as shooting stars.
HIs steps might not be as nimble as some of the elders, but with his long legs of one and a half meters, each of his strides was nearly double that of an ordinary person.
Carrying his own gravity potential energy, he rushed quickly into the crowd of Red Blood Sect, swinging his heavy sword and bringing forth terrifying wind pressure with a swoosh. The two protectors and one elder that were swept up had exerted all their strength and burst forth with Gang Qi, but were still swept up by the violent force within the sword.
One was killed on the spot, while the other two were sent flying ten meters by the violent force within the sword blade, crashing heavily onto the ground, spitting out blood.
His gaze shifted again, explosively activating the power in his steps and shaking the earth. His body, like a cannonball, blasted towards an area where people were gathered again.
Not a single person could stop the thousands of kilograms falling from above.
Amid the screams, a Red Blood Sect elder was trampled to death, his flesh sent flying.
Although he unavoidably got hit by the Sword Gang of numerous protectors and elders...
His armor was just too thick.
The four thousand jin heavy armor, one could tell from thinking about it, how lavish the material was.
And as soon as he landed, he immediately swung his giant sword, not giving these people the chance for a second round of attacks.
Was truly like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.
Of course, the people of the Red Blood Sect were far from sheep, they might be called wolves.
But Gu Jinlai, this tiger...
Was a bona fide saber-toothed tiger.
The tiger devours the pack of wolves!
Especially since this ferocious tiger was accompanied by Gu Chifeng and ten of his kindred in heavy armor, wielding War Swords. The Red Blood Sect couldn’t form groups or Battle Formations, so they were utterly unable to put up any effective resistance.
"Run! Run! Escape to the Blood Cave!"
After yet another elder was slain by Gu Jinlai, the remaining people of the Red Blood Sect finally collapsed.
They scattered in all directions.
The upper echelon of the Red Blood Sect, as well as the disciples who followed Sun Tongxuan to take over the captives, dispersed and fled towards the interior of Qiushan Mountain at top speed.
"Not a single one to be left behind!"
Gu Jinlai ordered, leading the chase.
Both sides had thousands of people, and if the overall number of people was considered, with the captives of the Three Families present, Gu Jinlai and the Meteor Star Guard were even above the Red Blood Sect.
But the Red Blood Sect had many elites, and even though both Gu Jinlai and the Meteor Star Guard were no pushovers, killing more than eight hundred of the Red Blood Sect disciples was not an easy task.
For a time, the mountainside was overwhelmed with pursuers and escapees everywhere.
Gu Jinlai led his group for over sixty miles.
Corpses of the Red Blood Sect littered the area.
However, towards the end, fewer than forty elite members of the Red Blood Sect, led by a handful of protectors and elders, escaped into a cave.
Gu Jinlai led his group inside.
For safety, he had the Star Guards light the way and scout ahead.
As the path widened a bit ahead, shadows abruptly emerged, followed by hisses and screams.
The team of Star Guards responsible for leading the way was instantly wiped out.
A dozen demons suddenly burst forth, unleashing a bloody carnage.
From the dark depths of the cave, it seemed that even more demons were startled, with various noises and roars continuously emanating, in numbers...
Gu Jinlai had anticipated that behind the Red Blood Sect there must be demons.
And more than forty at that.
But he hadn’t expected...
The actual number of demons to be so vast!
Keep in mind that the combat power of demons is multiple times that of human cultivators.
The weakest demon is at least equivalent to the Peak of the Qi Refining Realm.
Not to mention the Middle Level Demons equivalent to the Peak Gang Condensation, the Upper Demons akin to the Peak Hugging Pill, and...
The Great Demon at the Peak Refining God!
At least a hundred demons, with such a force, one didn’t need to guess that there must be a Great Demon commanding them.
With this realization, Gu Jinlai made a split-second decision, "Retreat! Collapse the cave!"