Total Annihilation

"Call out!"

Above the sky, two black bird fighter jets, like sword lights tearing through the sky, roamed freely in the sea of clouds.

An occasional dive and strafing can take the lives of several, or even a dozen, Demonic Beasts.

And attached to the Xuan Bird fighter jet is none other than the True Spirit from Gu Jinlai.

Although the Xuan Bird fighter's cannons cannot harm high-ranking Demonic Beasts, its astonishing speed makes it far more efficient at killing in this kind of battle royale than any other aircraft ever deployed in Gu Jinlai.

The slaughter lasted for a moment, Gu Jinlai, possessed by the True Spirit, seemed to sense something. With a surge, the engine spewed out dazzling blue flames, swept past the Demonic Beasts horde, and flew straight towards the front where the Demonic Beasts were fleeing.

In just a moment, he saw a huge military formation here, like a reef in a torrent, constantly resisting the onslaught of Demonic Beasts.

Among them were numerous Primordial Spirit True Lord and Spirit Transformation Grand Cultivators whose Sword Qi soared into the sky.

Each eruption plowed a sword mark tens of meters long into the Demonic Beasts horde.

Wherever the sword left its mark, all the Demonic Beasts were shredded to pieces, their flesh and blood flying everywhere.

"This is... Yellow Heaven Sect?"

Gu Jinlai quickly discerned the identities of the group.

Yellow Heaven Sect.

Yellow Heaven Sect's people actually showed up here.

Moreover, four of the five Primordial Spirit True Lord have arrived.

There are also several Spirit Transformation stage cultivators.

Furthermore, the entire battle formation of 20,000 men was almost entirely composed of elite troops...

He quickly guessed what it was.

Yellow Heaven Sect wanted to wait until Lingxiao City and the Demonic Beasts were both severely weakened before stepping in to clean up the mess.

If the Heavenly River Demonic Beasts win, they wouldn't mind joining forces to defeat the heavily damaged Demonic Beasts, or at least drive them out of Huangzhou and severely weaken the Heavenly River Demonic Beasts, ensuring that the Demonic Beasts will have difficulty causing trouble again in the coming years.

If Lingxiao City wins...

They will definitely kick someone when they're down.

It dealt a fatal blow to the already weakened Lingxiao City.

After all, if it weren't for the variable of "Gu Jinlai", according to Gu Chaoyang's calculations, although Lingxiao City could defeat these Demonic Beasts, the final result would only be a Pyrrhic victory.

After a Pyrrhic victory, Lingxiao City was once again swept away by the Yellow Heaven Sect with overwhelming force...

It is likely that, apart from him and a handful of others, all of Lingxiao City's trump cards will be lost in this great battle.

Without these elite troops and without any subordinates, he would undoubtedly become a commander without men. How would he then contend with the superior numbers of the Yellow Heaven Sect, and how would he defend the two states of Jiangzhou and Star Province?

"Heh, since you Yellow Heaven Sect are willing to help me fight against the Demonic Beasts, I will naturally grant your request."

Gu Jinlai.

The two Xuan Nu fighter jets quickly returned, one to the left and one to the right, hunting down the Demonic Beasts fleeing in the left and right directions, controlling their escape routes, and causing them to rush onto the Yellow Heaven Sect formation.

At the same time, the Demon God's guards also slightly changed their tactics, from killing as many Demonic Beasts as possible to driving the Demonic Beasts away towards the Milky Way while protecting themselves.

Reason...

Naturally, this was to prevent Demonic Beasts from scattering and causing widespread suffering around Yuntian City.

Under the control of the Gu Jinlai and the demon god's personal guards, the remaining 20,000 to 30,000 Demonic Beasts who escaped the range of the sharp swords and heavy cannons all rushed towards the reef that Yellow Heaven Sect's army formation had transformed into.

The initial wave of over eight thousand Demonic Beasts was barely held up thanks to the personal intervention of Spirit Transformation Grandmasters and Primordial Spirit True Lord.

However, as the second wave of more than 10,000 Demonic Beasts arrived, Yellow Heaven Sect's 20,000 elite troops gradually became a lone boat, and a large number of Demonic Beasts rushed into the battle formation, causing casualties.

When the last wave of over six thousand Demonic Beasts arrived, it was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, causing Yellow Heaven Sect to suffer a complete defeat.

Finally, at Zhang Lingjian's command, Yellow Heaven Sect and his group were also plunged into a battle for survival.

Lingxiao City hunts down Demonic Beasts!

Demonic Beasts are chasing Yellow Heaven Sect!

The three forces have drawn up a battle line that stretches for hundreds of miles north of Yuntian City.

This tug-of-war lasted for more than a day and a night.

Thanks to the Yellow Heaven Sect's intervention, most of the 20,000 to 30,000 fleeing Demonic Beasts were caught up and killed by the Demon God's personal guards.

In the end, at most three or four thousand Demonic Beasts managed to escape.

As a result, Yellow Heaven Sect's Fighting God Legion was completely wiped out.

The elite Qi Refining, Gang Condensing, Core Forming cultivators who followed Yellow Heaven Sect were almost all killed or wounded. Only those direct descendants who had good relationships with the elders and True Lord managed to break through the encirclement.

Even True Person of Spirit Refining and Great Cultivators of Spirit Transformation suffered losses of more than half.

Although they had achieved considerable cultivation, they ultimately did not possess the ability to fly like the Primordial Spirit True Lord.

Once surrounded by a surging tide of Demonic Beasts, whether they are at the Spirit Transformation or Spirit Refining, death awaits them.

The only ones who were unharmed were the Primordial Spirit True Lord who could fly on swords.

They didn't even experience the situation of their flying swords being damaged or their Primordial Spirit being severely injured.

Aside from being extremely exhausted, there were no other substantial injuries.

Since Yellow Heaven Sect escaped, the corpses of the Demonic Beasts they had previously killed naturally became spoils of war for Lingxiao City. A large amount of their Essence Blood was refined and sealed into specially made Spirit Artifact.

Maple Leaf City.

Yellow Heaven Sect is a famous tourist city in the central part of the country.

It gets its name from its location at the foot of Maple Mountain and the fact that the mountain is covered with red maple leaves.

At this time, Yellow Heaven Sect and his group retreated to this city.

However, compared to the imposing 20,000-strong army that set off from Huangtian City, the remnants who fled to Maple Leaf City for refuge were in a much more wretched state.

"How could this happen, how could this happen..."

Yu Fan, who had narrowly escaped back to Maple Leaf City, looked at the group of less than a hundred people around them and felt utterly dejected.

A hundred people!

Twenty thousand people went out, and one hundred came back!

No!

There are fewer than one hundred people!

Although some disciples might still be alive, but failed to escape back to Maple Leaf City with the group, the heavy loss still caused Yu Fan a suffocating pain.

"It's over... it's all over... After these two bloody battles, even counting the elders who are recuperating in Huangtian City, we Yellow Heaven Sect only have six Spirit Transformation Grand Cultivators left, and only twenty-three Spirit Refining True Person left..."

Another elder's face was also filled with pain. "Nearly a century of accumulation, all gone in one day."

"Gu Jinlai! Through Gu Jinlai!"

The painful cries of the two elders spurred Zhang Lingjian, the sect leader of the Yellow Heaven Dao Sect, into a furious roar filled with burning hatred, "All of this is the result of Gu Jinlai and his Lingxiao City!"

"If Lingxiao City hadn't spread the word that the Tiannan Alliance was about to take Yellow Heaven Sect against the Tianhe Demonic Beasts, the Tianhe Demonic Beasts wouldn't have attacked our Yellow Heaven Sect first, causing us two heavy losses."

Zhang Taiping's eyes were bloodshot, and his whole body was surging with murderous intent. "No one can fool us, Yellow Heaven Sect. All those who plot against us will pay a bloody price!"

As for the fact that he had colluded with the Demonic Beasts of the Milky Way in the very beginning, he completely forgot about it.

Anyone who makes a mistake will never think that they are the one who is wrong.

Tao Changle's face was equally gloomy. "Although my Yellow Heaven Sect has suffered heavy losses, as long as we, the Supreme Elders, are here, we will surely be able to make a comeback!"

He waved his hand fiercely, unleashing Gang Qi that drew a sword mark on the ground. "From this day forward, Yellow Heaven Sect and Lingxiao City are irreconcilable enemies!"

A cold glint flashed in Zhao Danqing's eyes. "Although Lingxiao City defeated the Heavenly River Demonic Beasts, I don't believe they suffered no losses, especially that Crocodile Dragon King. Gu Jinlai they paid a heavy price to kill that Demonic Beasts king. If we, the Nascent Primordial Spirit True Lord, were to return to Yuntian City now, wouldn't that..."

His words made Zhang Taiping and Tao Changle's eyes light up simultaneously.

If one could slay Gu Jinlai...

Lingxiao City, which he single-handedly held up, would inevitably be leaderless. At that time, even if Yellow Heaven Sect didn't take over Star Province, it would be no problem for him to carve out a piece of the pie in Jiangzhou.

"The matter of retaking Yuntian City... probably needs to be carefully considered."

Zhang Lingjian's voice rang out.

"Why should we plan for the long term..."

Zhao Danqing instinctively retorted.

Immediately afterwards, he saw Zhang Lingjian holding a piece of jade, his face looking extremely grim.

"Have you received news from Yuntian City?"

Tao Changle immediately realized something and pressed on, "Has Gu Jinlai never been a case where both sides suffered heavy losses against that Crocodile Dragon King? And the losses in Lingxiao City aren't as severe as we guessed?"

"Yes."

A look of horror flashed in Zhang Lingjian's eyes, and his tone was filled with disbelief. "According to what they say, there are as many as seventy or eighty thousand Heavenly River Demonic Beasts, but they didn't even manage to reach the foot of Yuntian City. The Lingxiao City side relied on hundreds of sharp swords and heavy cannons to bombard Demonic Beasts, directly blasting them to pieces..."

"What?! Seventy or eighty thousand Heavenly River Demonic Beasts were defeated before they even touched the walls of Heavenly River City?"

"Hundreds of powerful swords and treasures!? Lingxiao City actually possesses so many Spirit Artifacts of war!? Even if Lingxiao City had hundreds of Celestial Masters, it would still take them eight to ten years to forge hundreds of Spirit Artifacts, right? Even with a continuous supply of Yuanling Pills, it would still take three to four years! Hundreds of Spirit Artifact of war!? This... how is this possible!?"

"Lingxiao City... is it really that terrifying!?"

Zhao Danqing, Tao Changle, and even Zhang Taiping, a peak True Lord, couldn't help but widen their eyes.

"That's not the scariest part. The scariest part is..."

A hint of apprehension, even fear, appeared on Zhang Lingjian's face. "They've already found out that the treasure used to slay the Crocodile Dragon King Gu Jinlai is the one obtained after passing the True Dragon Pass of the Aries Star Palace! That treasure that can unleash a peak-level Celestial Person attack!"

"The supreme treasure that allowed me to pass the True Dragon Gate of Aries Palace!?"

At this, the three Supreme Elders' expressions finally changed.

Zhang Taiping couldn't help but ask, "Didn't the news from the Purgatory Sect say that it was a one-time use treasure?! How can it be reused?!"

His voice trembled slightly.

That is...

An atmosphere of fear.

"Possible..."

Zhang Lingjian opened his mouth, his voice dry, and said, "Perhaps the Purgatory Sect hasn't figured out the information either."

A supreme treasure capable of unleashing a strike from the pinnacle of Celestial Person!

A treasure that could even kill the Crocodile Dragon King on the spot!

After a long while, Zhang Taiping finally said dryly, "The sect leader is right. This matter... really needs to be considered carefully."

"Yes, yes, let's take a long-term view."

Zhao Danqing and Tao Changle nodded quickly.

True Lord primordial Primordial Spirit quickly reached a consensus.