Slaying the Demon

Night.

North Gate.

When Gu Jinlai arrived here at a leisurely pace, a group of seven people were already waiting for him.

Of the seven, besides Lan Yuhua, there is one Primordial Spirit True Lord and five Martial Kings.

Seeing that Gu Jinlai arrived as promised, Lan Yuhua breathed a slight sigh of relief.

But the six people behind him looked at him with a hint of...

Hostility.

This has been the view Gu Jinlai.

Seemingly out of fear of his powerful combat strength, comparable to that of a peak Celestial Person, all six of them tried their best to hide their hostility.

"What you want."

Lan Yuhua handed over the quasi-Dao artifact, Yakumo Crystal, and a Divine Ability.

Yakumo Crystal does not require verification.

Gu Jinlai, the main focus has been on examining this Divine Ability.

In just a moment, a strange look appeared in his expression.

"The Journey of the Heavenly Dragon?"

This is actually a Movement Method -based Divine Ability.

A Divine Ability power that allows cultivators to fully integrate their own power into the flow of heaven and earth, thereby greatly reducing energy consumption and increasing flight speed.

"How."

Lan Yuhua said.

"Can."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

Divine Ability are often divided into two types: offensive Divine Ability and auxiliary Divine Ability.

Movement Method- type, amplification-type, and defense-type abilities can all be categorized as auxiliary Divine Ability powers.

But...

The most valuable are still offensive and defensive supernatural Divine Ability.

Because in Celestial Person combat, the player often gains air and ranged advantages, creating a favorable environment for dealing damage.

Given this external environment, offensive Divine Ability abilities are naturally much more cost-effective than support abilities.

Of course, once they reach the Saint realm and have a lifespan of three to five hundred years, they will have time to make up for the shortcomings caused by their lack of Divine Ability.

A true sage is one who possesses three Divine Ability: attack, defense, and Movement Method.

"Time is of the essence, so let's not waste any more time on pleasantries. I'll introduce you to our respective areas of expertise on the way."

As Lan Yuhua spoke, she and Gu Jinlai quickly arrived at the animal park not far from the North Gate.

There are already people here who have prepared tamed birds for them.

Eight people rode on eight flying birds and soon took off into the night sky.

Birds that can be tamed often have various advantages.

They are either gentle in nature, incredibly fast, or possess extraordinary endurance.

Gu Jinlai, the birds that people ride have a simple and easy-to-understand name – the warbird. These birds have a wingspan of about ten to fifteen meters, and their greatest advantage is that they can maintain a speed of five or six hundred miles per hour and fly for tens of thousands of miles continuously.

A strong wind swept across our faces.

An ordinary person would probably not even be able to ensure their own safety.

However, the weakest among the crowd were all Primordial Spirit True Lord, who sat quite steadily on the warbirds and could even communicate through Secret Method.

"This time, we are dealing with a demon king codenamed 'Horned Dragon.' It has a perfected demonic body and is accompanied by a Demonic Beasts army of 60,000. Therefore, we cannot fight them head-on. We can only blast this demon king to death with overwhelming force and then retreat as quickly as possible."

As Lan Yuhua explained, she added at the end, "Also, you can rest assured that this demon king is not a spirit lord."

"Um?"

Hearing him emphasize this point, Gu Jinlai's heart stirred. "What if it were a Spirit Lord?"

Lan Yuhua glanced at Gu Jinlai with some surprise, but then, considering his background...

"Although our Holy Dynasty can withstand the invasion of Demonic Beasts and ensure the general safety of the Holy Dynasty's territory, this safety is actually maintained under a fragile balance. The Demonic Beasts feel that it will take a heavy price to eliminate us, and we also need more time to develop ourselves and absorb the strength of the world to strengthen ourselves before we can counterattack the Demonic Beasts. Therefore, under this environment, neither side is willing to start a full-scale war."

Lan Yuhua paused to think for a moment before saying, "There is an unspoken rule that has been passed down among the upper echelons of the Holy Dynasty. Under this fragile balance, Demonic Beasts will not easily launch a demonic tide to sweep through the city, and the Holy Dynasty will not kill those demon kings who are essentially spirit lords."

After saying that, he sighed, "Compared to Demonic Beasts, our Holy Dynasty is still a bit weak. In recent years, the number of cities built by the national sages is not actually forty-nine, but fifty-five. Those six... it is said that they were destroyed because they wiped out the demon kings and demon emperors transformed from spirit lords, which ultimately attracted the demon emperor's attention."

Lan Yuhua's words made Gu Jinlai's pupils shrink.

He had always believed that the Holy Dynasty, backed by the six great grotto-heavens and possessing dozens of Void Immortal realm experts, had carved out its own territory from the jaws of Demonic Beasts through sheer force. But now it seemed...

That doesn't seem to be the case.

"As demon slayers of the Demon Slayer Hall, if you encounter Demonic Beasts transformed from a Spirit Lord, are you going to show mercy?"

Gu Jinlai, he has spoken in a deep voice.

"Hold them back? How could that be?"

Lan Yuhua chuckled and said, "For Spirit Venerables, their ability to maintain the form of a Demon King is extremely short. Each Spirit Venerable is basically a Demon Emperor, or even a Demon Emperor-level being. If we really encounter one, it's basically a death sentence. Apart from those national saints and peak saints, who dares to say that they are confident in killing a Demon Emperor transformed from a Spirit Venerable?"

At this point, he lowered his voice slightly. "Moreover, if there is any hope of killing a wild Spirit Lord, it would be an incredible fortuitous opportunity for any Demon Slayer!"

Gu Jinlai listening, Gu Jinlai nodded, but he also gained a new understanding of the Holy Dynasty's situation.

The birds flew through the sky for more than nine hours before arriving at a place of towering mountains.

Because flying Demonic Beasts are few in number, humans often have an aerial advantage when fighting Demonic Beasts, which forces the Demonic Beasts to hide in deep mountains and ancient forests on ordinary days.

Furthermore...

Demonic Beasts themselves also have a need for food.

Especially for low-level Demonic Beasts, whose instincts have not been fully tamed, the rich and resource-rich deep mountains and marshes have become their hunting grounds.

"The place where that demon king resides is just ahead."

Lan Yuhua explained the tactics, "Although Demonic Spirit don't particularly like transforming into demonic birds, every demon king has a demonic bird by their side for reconnaissance. When we get close to the demon king's location, we..."

"Just charge straight in."

Gu Jinlai said to Lan Yuhua, "Didn't you say you wanted a quick victory? Go straight there, lure out that demon king, and behead him."

He possesses the Qian Tian purple qi Jue (a magical technique).

Although the vastness of the Holy Dynasty and the varying fortunes of its cities created obstacles, making it difficult for him to see beyond the Holy Dynasty.

But now that we're outside the Demon King's stronghold, we can roughly gauge the "qi" inside.

There is no danger.

Lan Yuhua was slightly taken aback upon hearing this Gu Jinlai explanation, and hesitated, saying, "This... what if that demon king doesn't show himself, and we're surrounded again..."

"You just said that there aren't many demonic birds around the Demon King. If we clear out all the demonic birds, we'll still have a complete escape route even if we're surrounded."

Gu Jinlai paused, then said, "Moreover, it's already dawn. It will take us half a day to get back. If we can't find and kill that demon king within a day, you will lose your spot for further study at Taihao Cave Heaven."

"The eight of us are going to attack a Demon King's army of 60,000? That's insane."

The peak Martial King standing next to Lan Yuhua couldn't help but say.

A dozen or so Demonic Beasts can kill a general. Although a martial king is much stronger than a general, if he is surrounded by hundreds or thousands of Demonic Beasts, he will still die.

Sixty thousand Demonic Beasts...

Even if these 60,000 Demonic Beasts were just ordinary Demonic Beasts, they would be more than capable of killing ten peak Martial Kings.

Not to mention that these Demonic Beasts must also include a large number of demon generals and demon commanders.

"Ancient Martial King, are you confident?"

Lan Yuhua turned her gaze to the Gu Jinlai.

Gu Jinlai, people have been looking down at the massive horde of Demonic Beasts.

He has now mastered the Thunder Sword and reached the minor completion stage of the Magnetic Divine Light. His weapon has also been upgraded to a quasi-Dao weapon, which is more than enough to deal with a Demon King with a perfected Demon Body.

"I'm confident I can find that demon king. Once we find him, Lan Yuhua, you'll be the first to attack and draw his initial attack. The rest... I'll take care of."

This Gu Jinlai.

"We can rest assured after hearing these words from the Ancient Martial King."

Lan Yuhua's spirits lifted, and he turned to the other Martial Kings: "Gentlemen, I entrust this to you."

"You're too kind, Celestial Person."

"We will do everything in our power to cooperate with Lan Celestial Person and the Ancient Martial King."

"Hahaha, charging into 60,000 Demonic Beasts to slay their demon king, this tactic is crazy, but also exciting."

The other Kings responded with a toast.

At that moment, the group managed to regain their composure.

After the treatment was completed, it was already broad daylight.

Without further hesitation, the eight men, like eight sharp swords, plunged straight into the mountain range where the Demon King resided.

The intrusion of human cultivators quickly provoked the roars and howls of many Demonic Beasts.

Just as Gu Jinlai, Lan Yuhua and others had guessed, the number of demonic birds in the Demon King's army was not large, at most a hundred or so.

And there wasn't a single demon king-level bird.

Under the combined attack of that Primordial Spirit True Lord and Lan Yuhua, these demonic birds could not even get close to them and were all annihilated.

While Lan Yuhua was slaying the demonic bird, Gu Jinlai was also using the Qian Tian purple qi Technique at full power to search for the location of the demon king.

During this time, a large number of Demonic Beasts roared incessantly, and Demonic Beasts even used various long-range methods to try to blast the people on the flying birds down.

However, each person on the flying bird possessed the cultivation level of a Martial King, and coupled with their location hundreds or even nearly a thousand meters in the air, ordinary Demonic Beasts' ranged attacks were ineffective against them.

The eight people traveled less than a hundred miles through this void. It Gu Jinlai that they had finally "seen" something, and suddenly pointed in a direction. "Over there."

"Walk!"

Lan Yuhua's spirits lifted, and she steered her flying bird toward the direction that had been pointed to Gu Jinlai.

Just a few dozen miles away, a Demonic Beasts over twenty meters long, resembling a velociraptor but with numerous sharp spikes on its back and head, appeared in everyone's sight.

"This is the Demon King 'Horned Dragon'!"

Lan Yuhua's eyes sparkled with surprise.

Did they really find it?

The Demonic Beasts hadn't even had time to gather before they found the Demon King.

"Make your move."

From Gu Jinlai, commands have been issued.

Upon hearing this, Lan Yuhua immediately leaped up. The immense aura of Celestial Person was not yet pervasive, and a quasi-Dao artifact-level flying sword hovered in front of him. Furthermore, powerful forces of heaven and earth continuously poured into the flying sword, quickly attracting the attention of the Demonic Beasts king.

"Roar!"

The Demonic Beasts king roared, instantly sensing the presence of the enemy above it.

One Celestial Person, one Primordial Spirit True Lord, and the rest...

They were all King Wu.

King Wu, who dared to land, would be annihilated by his sons' numerical superiority.

Instantly, its gaze locked onto Lan Yuhua, roaring as it swung its head violently. Accompanied by an explosion of demonic flames, three of its sharp horns detached from its body and shot towards the sky, piercing the sound barrier and creating a thunderous roar, like flying swords piercing through the void.

Almost at the same time that the Demonic Beasts king locked up Lan Yuhua and launched an attack on him, Gu Jinlai moved.

Moves like thunder.

"Boom!"

With a deafening roar, he seemed to transform into a real thunder sword, becoming one with the sword, and slashed down at the Demonic Beasts king named "Horned Dragon".