Battle Spoils

"Da da da da!"

Outside Taihe City, the sounds of gunfire and cannons continued to resound.

One by one, the Gods and Devils warriors riding Tyrannosaurus Rex, carrying Gatling guns, unleashed a frenzied barrage of fire.

Let alone ordinary Demonic Beasts, even powerful Demonic Beasts cannot withstand the focused fire of the "Thunder" Gatling gun.

If you really encounter those powerful Demonic Beasts who are skilled in defense and can't even be killed by the "Thunder" Gatling gun, it's okay.

There are also close-in weapon systems with a caliber of up to 30 millimeters, such as the Gu Chifeng and Gu Luochen.

Further ahead, Gu Jinlai, riding his MetalGreymon, was like a mobile fortress, relentlessly slaying one great Demonic Beasts after another.

Even a mid-level Demonic Beasts could not escape his pursuit.

Within a distance of less than three hundred li from the Jade Belt River to the outskirts of Taihe City, countless corpses of Demonic Beasts and ferocious beasts lay scattered.

The Demonic Beasts of the entire Yunqi Mountain Range were almost completely wiped out in the Jade Belt River ambush.

Outside Taihe City.

Looking at this city, which not long ago had hundreds of thousands of inhabitants but is now reduced to ruins, people from Gu Jinlai remain silent.

He could clearly see many severed limbs remaining in the ruins, and the ground stained Dark Red with blood.

In addition, there were several ruined county towns that we saw along the way...

White bones lie exposed in the wilderness, and for a thousand miles no rooster crows.

And he knew that this phenomenon was common in the world.

The same applies to East Woodland, West Woodland, South Woodland, and North Woodland.

This is the case north of Huangzhou.

This is the situation on the south bank of the Tianhe River.

The same is true in some other places.

Even...

The Great Qian Empire was relatively peaceful. Although the Demonic Beasts were powerful, humans ultimately held the dominant position.

The Jade Slip he obtained pointed to the Heavenly Origin Path, which was truly shrouded in darkness.

It should be noted that at its peak, Tianyuandao had hundreds of millions of people.

With the entire Tianyuan Dao territory falling, one can only imagine what will become of these hundreds of millions of people.

"Humans... the most intelligent of all creatures."

Gu Jinlai, people have looked up and gazed southwards.

Over there, although a red pillar of light belonging to the Cold Moon Sect shot straight into the sky, there was an even larger, sky-covering black aura that far surpassed the Cold Moon Sect's black fortune.

Compared to that black aura, the Demonic Beasts of Yunqi Mountain Range are probably not even a tenth as powerful as the other side.

Once the Demonic Beasts over there have absorbed the population of the four states and become even stronger by drawing upon the spirituality of humans—the most intelligent of all beings—they will inevitably head north and invade the territory of the Cold Moon Sect. At that time...

"We need more 'Thunder' Gatling guns, more grenade launchers, and more close-in weapon systems."

From Gu Jinlai, they have murmured to themselves.

In addition, although the howitzer is powerful, it is already struggling to deal with high-ranking Demonic Beasts.

"Demonic Beasts are different from human cultivators. They generally have a huge size, which is both their advantage and their disadvantage. Therefore, I need larger caliber and stronger shells."

Gu Jinlai, a decision has been made in my heart.

He planned to produce heavy artillery to fight the Demonic Beasts.

After all, it was a foregone conclusion that the Demonic Beasts of Muzhou would head north.

If the Cold Moon Sect is unable to withstand the attack and retreats completely, they, located in the south of Star Province, will be the first to suffer.

Gu Jinlai, they have slowly returned aboard mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Before long, Gu Chaoyang, who was in charge of logistics, caught up with them. "Ancestor, we have had all the Demonic Beasts corpses collected."

As he spoke, his expression turned solemn. "In this battle, we killed 10,422 ferocious beasts and more than 4,690 Demonic Beasts, including 3,490 lower-level Demonic Beasts, 1,026 middle-level Demonic Beasts, and 176 High-ranking Demonic Beast. In addition, there were 16 great Demonic Beasts."

"Sixteen great Demonic Beasts."

This number is less than expected in both Gu Jinlai.

If he remembered correctly, he had killed fourteen great Demonic Beasts along the way.

Gu Chaoyang felt somewhat guilty. "Besides our ancestor, we have too few experts at the Spirit Refining Realm. With the Demon Ape Commander killed and the remaining Demonic Beasts scattered and fleeing, it is too difficult to successfully kill all those great Demonic Beasts. Even though Gu Chifeng and Gu Luochen have the killing Spirit Artifact bestowed by our ancestor, it is still not an easy task for them to shoot down a single great Demonic Beasts."

"We can't catch up."

The main reason can be summed up in a single sentence Gu Jinlai.

Demonic Beasts are not ferocious beasts.

They possess sufficient intelligence.

Although their intelligence is affected by their bestial nature after merging with ferocious beasts, this effect is much smaller when they reach the level of great Demonic Beasts.

When they realized they couldn't fight against the close-in weaponry in the hands of Gu Chifeng and the others, no great Demonic Beasts would be foolish enough to continue fighting to the death. They would definitely hide in the complex mountainous terrain.

That kind of terrain...

Once Gu Chifeng and his group dare to pursue them, it's hard to say who will be the hunter and who will be the prey.

After all, close-in weapon systems can search for the Spirit Refining True Person Immortal, but they cannot find Demonic Beasts that are deliberately hidden.

"Among the sixteen great Demonic Beasts, there are thirteen lower-level great Demonic Beasts, two middle-level great Demonic Beasts, and the remaining one is the high-level demon ape leader."

Gu Chaoyang said, "We have already extracted the Essence Blood of the Demon Ape Commander, and we did not waste the Essence Blood of those great Demonic Beasts either. We immediately had martial artists who cultivated the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Technique refine it."

Gu Jinlai nodded. "Give me the Essence Blood of the Demon Ape Commander. As for the rest... give priority to Gu Chifeng, Gu Luochen, and Gu Qingmei. Also, send a portion to Gu Yunxin and see if this Essence Blood can help them transform their bodies and step into the realm of great Demonic Beasts."

"We will follow the arrangements of our ancestors."

Gu Chaoyang nodded.

The best resources should be given to the ancestors first, so that the strong can become even stronger. No one would object to this.

Moreover, without the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method provided by the Ancestor, and the occasional cleansing of their demonic nature with the power of the Great Sun, they would not have achieved their current glory.

At this moment, Gu Jinlai seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Gu Chifeng and Gu Qingmei, have you completed the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Technique?"

"Yes, it's been about half a year since the breakthrough."

"The two of them will stay by my side from now on, and I will personally teach them the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Technique."

This Gu Jinlai.

If one can advance further after achieving minor success in the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Technique and enter the realm of major success, one can develop the Divine Ability the Great Sun True Demon Body.

With the power of the Great Sun True Demon Body, they will be able to not only contend with Nascent Spirit Transformation cultivators, but also be invincible in the Spirit Refining stage.

"Yes."

"In addition, bringing back the corpse of the Demon Ape Commander will make excellent propaganda material."

Gu Jinlai said that "the people of Baihe City, Changjun City, Lingxiao City, Yuanhua City, and Sunset City should all know just how powerful our five Lingxiao cities have become."

"Clear."

Gu Chaoyang responded with some excitement, "Leave it to me. I will make the people of the five cities feel honored, proud, and honored to have the Ancestor and the rule of the Gu Clan."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

Coming from Blue Star, he clearly understood the importance of publicity.

On his way back to Baihe City, he was still thinking about a question.

He had already experienced firsthand the power of the high-ranking Demonic Beasts.

Especially the high-ranking Demonic Beasts who have condensed an indestructible demonic body.

If it weren't for the fact that the demonic ape leader was wounded by the armor-piercing bullet first, he wouldn't have been able to kill this terrifying being at all.

During his battle with the demonic ape leader, he also realized his own shortcomings.

"Explosive force."

Gu Jinlai have said, "My explosive power is insufficient."

Then, he thought of how to cleverly utilize the inherited characteristics from his fight with the Demon Ape Leader.

"The Transmission ability allows me to transfer the power within my body to other shared spirits through the shared spirit. Using my battle sword, I unleashed the power generated by the fusion of deuterium and superdeuterium in the Eternal Furnace in one go, directly blasting the Demon Ape Commander's body in two with astonishing force..."

He felt that he needed to study the application of this power carefully when he got back.

As a golden-level Cultivation Method, the Eternal Furnace still has a lot of potential for him to explore.

"Besides the Demonic Beasts Essence Blood, this great battle also yielded a huge reward: the merit points gained from slaying Demonic Beasts..."

Gu Jinlai, people have thought of the number of Demonic Beasts who died at his hands in this great battle.

Especially that demonic ape leader...

"Replacing two or three top-grade Spirit Artifact is not difficult at all."

Unfortunately, the sword in his hand only had the characteristic of being able to change size at will, which was already starting to fall behind his pace.

If we were to add the characteristics of toughness and sharpness...

Hopefully, this battle with the Demon Ape Commander won't be so dangerous.

"After refining the Demonic Beasts Essence Blood of the Demon Ape Commander and condensing it into a mid-level Great Demonic Beasts Body, I will go to Changjun City."

Looking up from Gu Jinlai, Gu Jinlai drove the mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex Guya back to White River City.

The Demonic Beasts rampage in the Yunqi Mountains has attracted the attention of countless forces in Star Province.

Compared to the Gu Jinlai troops have been sent to invade Chi Province, this battle to defend Baihe City is far more important.

The clashes between the Gu Jinlai and the Purgatory Sect were civil wars between human forces, but the beast tide launched by the Demonic Beasts in the Cloud Rising Mountains was a struggle for the survival of the race.

This is why even the Meteor Guard and the Purgatory Sect organized an elite team to go to the rescue.

However, before Cheng Wanli, the leader of the Meteor Guard, could arrive in Baihe City, the results of the Battle of Baihe City had already been reported.

Looking at the intelligence report in his hand, Cheng Wanli almost thought someone was playing a joke on him.

"The Battle of Baihe City is over? In Gu Jinlai, a battle between the two sides at the Jade Belt River, twenty miles outside Baihe City, and the Demonic Beasts fought head-on, slaying tens of thousands of ferocious beasts and more than 4,600 Demonic Beasts. Among these Demonic Beasts were sixteen great Demonic Beasts, including the overlord of the Yunqi Mountains, the demon ape known as the Demonic Beasts Commander of Star Province? And their casualties... were less than a hundred!?"

Cheng Wanli looked at Tang Qing, the Star Patrol Envoy who had brought him the news. "Less than a hundred casualties, nearly five thousand Demonic Beasts killed? Is this intelligence true?"

"It's true."

Tang Qing nodded solemnly. " From Gu Jinlai, as the Star Envoy, he mobilized the Meteor Guards from various cities to assist in the battle. Many Meteor Guards witnessed this firsthand... It is said that in this battle, he not only brought out a large number of killing Spirit Artifact, but also produced a new type of weapon, a war Spirit Artifact called a grenade launcher. This Spirit Artifact has a very slow attack frequency, but its attack range exceeds twenty miles, which is even better than the flying sword of Spirit Transformation cultivator."

"More than twenty miles!?"

Cheng Wanli's pupils contracted sharply.

"Yes, by using the war Spirit Artifact, we severely injured that high-ranking Demonic Beasts- level leader, Gu Jinlai managed to kill him."

Tang Qing sighed, "It's unbelievable that they actually managed to defeat the attack of tens of thousands of Demonic Beasts from the Yunqi Mountains with the combined strength of five cities."