Dragon Sparrow Manor

Purgatory Sect.

Lu Dengxian looked at the message personally sent by Lu Zhanfeng and couldn't help but sigh.

Beside him, Shi Chen and Sha Wujin, who had fought against Gu Jinlai, were also present, and at this moment, they also appeared somewhat silent.

After a long while, Shi Chen, who had first clashed with Gu Jinlai, sighed, "That Demon Ape Commander of the Yunqi Mountains actually died at the hands of Gu Jinlai."

He looked at Lu Dengxian and said, "If I remember correctly, back then, the three Primordial Spirit True Lord of Longque Mountain Villa, Wang Yinfeng, Ye Qianqiu, and Ye Wuxia, personally took action to try to kill this demonic ape leader. As a result, the demonic ape leader withstood the attack from the flying swords of the three True Lords, destroyed Ye Wuxia's flying sword, and hid in a crevice a hundred meters deep, making them dare not take another step forward."

"Yes."

Lu Dengxian nodded. "High-level Demonic Beasts, especially Demonic Beasts who have achieved the Undying Demon Body, possess astonishing defensive and regenerative abilities. Even the flying swords of Primordial Spirit True Lord are difficult to kill them with a single strike. On the contrary, if they seize an opportunity, they can destroy the flying swords of Primordial Spirit True Lord, turning True Lord into toothless tigers. For example, Ye Wuxia lost the ability to fight after her flying sword was destroyed. Otherwise, if she had gotten close to a Demonic Beasts, she would have been killed in one blow."

Unless one cultivates to the point of becoming Celestial Person, every action one takes will contain the power of heaven and earth.

Otherwise, if a cultivator tries to fight a high-ranking Demonic Beasts who has cultivated an indestructible demonic body head-on, he is courting death.

Even Celestial Person would find it difficult to directly confront the Demonic Beasts King.

At best, they can only avoid being killed in the first encounter.

The battle between the Celestial Person and the Demonic Beasts king also relied on the power of flying swords to create a vast expanse of heaven and earth, allowing them to bombard their targets from afar.

The two are like archers and heavily armored infantry, difficult to compare.

"Although Gu Jinlai killed the demon ape leader while he was injured by the cannon fire, his strength... should be no less than that of a high-ranking Demonic Beasts. Moreover, he has comprehended the essence of the realm, making him more troublesome than a high-ranking Demonic Beasts in some aspects. After all, a high-ranking Demonic Beasts cannot hide and sneak into the cultivation place of Primordial Spirit True Lord, but Gu Jinlai can."

Lu said casually.

"When I fought him, he wasn't this strong yet..."

Stone sinks into the road.

"All I can say is that he has grown up too fast."

Sha Wujin sighed in agreement.

"Alright, you all understand what Lu Zhanfeng means. He means that from now on, we can no longer treat Gu Jinlai as an ordinary elder or even an ordinary veteran, but should place him on an equal footing. What do you think?"

Lu said casually.

Shi Chen and Sha Wujin exchanged a glance, and after a moment, they hesitated before saying, "If Gu Jinlai has truly reached the level of a high-ranking Demonic Beasts, then he is comparable to Primordial Spirit True Lord among us cultivators. Even if he has not reached the level of a high-ranking Demonic Beasts, his status as a Heavenly Monarch alone is enough to put him on par with any Primordial Spirit True Lord... I think... we should ask the Supreme Elder to make the decision."

Lu Dengxian looked at the two of them and vaguely realized something.

The scene before my eyes...

Something feels strangely familiar?

When Gu Jinlai had just killed Tan Qingquan and demonstrated combat power surpassing that of a Nascent Spirit Transformation cultivator, the hall masters of the Conquest Hall, the Supervision Hall, the Elder Hall, and the Guardian Hall seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Currently, those who dare not easily express their opinions have changed from the hall masters in charge of doing things to the elders of the Purgatory Sect's decision-making level.

At this moment, Lu Dengxian deeply felt the true weight he possessed throughout Gu Jinlai.

Blue State.

Cold Moon Sect.

In this palace complex that occupies almost half of Blue Moon City, a middle-aged man is looking through a piece of intelligence in the garden.

"Commander Demon Ape."

The middle-aged man turned his gaze to the two people in front of them.

If people from Gu Jinlai were here, they would definitely be able to recognize them...

It was none other than Bai Xiang and Wu Chenzi, the two Spirit Transformation cultivators who had assassinated him with flying swords during the battle of Sunset City.

"Sect Master, there has never been anyone this strong Gu Jinlai."

Bai Xiang said with certainty, "That time, Wu Chenzi and I joined forces and broke through the defense of his killing Spirit Artifact, almost killing him on the spot."

Middle-aged man...

Fang Linghai, the sect leader of the Cold Moon Sect, turned his gaze to Wuchenzi.

That gaze put Wuchenzi under a lot of pressure.

Unlike the Purgatory Sect, the Cold Moon Sect...

Or rather, in most Devil Dao Sect, the sect leader is often a powerful individual.

Even those sect leaders who dislike managing affairs often appoint a deputy sect leader to assist them, rather than relinquishing their sect leader authority.

Fang Linghai, for example, is a true primordial Primordial Spirit True Lord.

No one in the entire Cold Moon Sect was confident that they could defeat him.

Even the other Grand Elders at the Nascent Primordial Spirit Realm were no exception.

"I think... at the time, we might have misunderstood."

Under Fang Linghai's gaze, Wuchenzi responded with deep thought.

"Um!?"

The white elephant looked at Wuchenzi with surprise.

"At that time, our flying sword did break through the defense of the Gu Jinlai killing Spirit Artifact. However, according to the information on it, the Gu Jinlai did not use the killing Spirit Artifact to kill the Demon Ape Commander, but rather his own strength. In other words, he was not a traditional Heavenly Lord who completely relied on external objects."

Wuchenzi composed himself and said calmly, "Like Demonic Beasts, he possesses Demonic Beasts body and has achieved a very high level of mastery. Judging from his ability to suddenly transform into a giant over three meters tall, this is clearly a sign that he has cultivated an indestructible demonic body. To cultivate an indestructible demonic body, one needs to reach the level of a mid-level great Demonic Beasts. In other words, he can rival a mid-level great Demonic Beasts with just his physical body. We just hadn't thought of it that way before."

"You mean, breaking through his killing Spirit Artifact's defenses is just the beginning of another round of battle?"

The white elephant's pupils contracted.

Wuchenzi nodded.

"How is this possible..."

The white elephant found it somewhat hard to accept.

Clearly...

Last time, he was almost able to kill Gu Jinlai, but now he knows that his so-called "almost" was just wishful thinking. For Gu Jinlai, who has the body of a mid-level great Demonic Beasts, such injuries are nothing.

If they hadn't run fast, they would have died at the hands of Gu Jinlai.

This huge sense of disappointment naturally made him feel bad.

"This explains why people have risen rapidly after leaving the Purgatory Sect Gu Jinlai."

Fang Linghai said in a deep voice, "A long time ago, Gu Jinlai had already embarked on the path of Demonic Beasts warrior. He left the Purgatory Sect... because he was about to break through to the Great Demonic Beasts Realm and could no longer suppress the Sha Qi on his body. In order to avoid being noticed by the people of the Purgatory Sect, he applied to be transferred to Changjun City."

Upon hearing Fang Linghai's words, Wuchenzi and Baixiang immediately felt...

Very likely!

Gu Jinlai, it was only after going to Changjun City that they developed the body of a great Demonic Beasts.

Once the lower-level Demonic Beasts body has been tempered to its limit, he orders his disciples to continuously hunt down Demonic Beasts in the surrounding area, accumulate strength, and allow their bodies to break through again, stepping into the realm of middle-level Demonic Beasts.

It was during that time that Gu Jinlai revealed his indestructible demonic body and annihilated all his opponents.

First it was the Crimson Blood Sect, then the Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Gang Sect, Zhang Lu, the Star Master, and so on.

"Gu Jinlai... now they not only possess the physique of at least a mid-level Great Demonic Beasts, but are also said to have comprehended the essence of the art..."

The white elephant's face was somewhat pale.

With these two factors combined, even a Spirit Transformation cultivator like him is practically helpless against him.

If he also possesses some kind of exquisite Movement Method...

No!

He has already made up for his weakness in Movement Method.

Tan Qingquan and Ye Yiren, who died at his hands, are the best examples.

"The physique of a mid-level great Demonic Beasts, the comprehension of intent..."

Fang Linghai frowned.

After a long while, he finally sighed.

Not to be trifled.

"We can only put the matter of Star Province aside for now. Our focus is on two things: the Divine Sword Tournament and gathering the experts who have fled from the four major wood states as soon as possible, and building fortresses on the borders of the two states to prevent Demonic Beasts from moving north."

As Fang Linghai spoke, he turned his gaze to Bai Xiang and Wu Chenzi: "You two should go north and assist the Supreme Lord."

Clearly, he no longer intends to provoke this powerful neighbor in the short term.

Bai Xiang and Wu Chenzi exchanged a glance, but dared not disobey Fang Linghai's order, and retreated in response.

The Cold Moon Sect, the Purgatory Sect, and even the Yellow Springs Sect and Yellow Heaven Sect, which have occupied the five cities for Gu Jinlai but are not directly adjacent to each other, reacted differently when they received the news.

However, Longque Manor and the Governor's Mansion appeared extremely astonished.

Especially Longque Mountain Villa.

After receiving the information, the manor lord, who was at the Spirit Transformation Realm, read it several times before daring to confirm it, "The overlord of the Cloud Rising Mountains, that high-level Demonic Beasts ape, was actually killed by Gu Jinlai?"

"Yes."

Opposite him was the Snow River Sword Master, who had nearly attempted to assassinate him in the Gu Jinlai.

At this moment, the beautiful woman's eyes were filled with apprehension. "We originally intended to use the power of Demonic Beasts to weaken, or even kill, Gu Jinlai, and then, when they were nearly exhausted, head south to occupy cities like Taihe and Baihe. But we never expected that Gu Jinlai and his Lingxiao City would be so powerful..."

As she spoke, she glanced at her manor lord and said, "This matter... I'm afraid we need to consider it carefully."

"Take a long-term view? Why should we take a long-term view!"

Manor Lord Long Yingfeng laughed loudly, "Great thing, great thing, this is a tremendously good thing!"

"Good news?"

"With the death of the Demon Ape Commander of the Yunqi Mountains, and the slaughter of several thousand Demonic Beasts, how many are left? We can completely divert the forces originally intended to intimidate the Yunqi Mountains to the Star Province battlefield. While the Cold Moon Sect, Yellow Spring Sect, Purgatory Sect, and other forces are preoccupied with other matters, we can expand our territory to our heart's content!"

As Long Yingfeng said this, a glint of light flashed in his eyes. "This is simply a godsend!"

Upon hearing this, the Snow River Sword Master seemed to...

At this moment, an elder walked in. "Master, people from the State Governor's Mansion have come, hoping to cooperate with us again."