Taking It with Ease

"Boom!"

Gu Jinlai, man and sword have become one, like a peerless divine weapon descending from the sky, carrying thunder, and slashing down at the Demonic Beasts king horned dragon with incredible speed.

"Roar!"

The horned dragon clearly sensed the life-or-death crisis, but it had just unleashed its demonic flames and hurled three sharp horns at Lan Yuhua. It was in a low point after the outburst and had no time to dodge the sword light that was slashing down from the sky. It could only roar and unleash the demonic flames within its body to the extreme.

The demonic flames seemed to contain a power that scorched the spirit and annihilated reason, enough to unleash the demonic nature of any Martial King who had not yet condensed a martial will, even to the point of losing control.

But...

Gu Jinlai, they have essentially been the rulers of the heavens.

The power of martial arts will is equivalent to the fusion of a martial artist's essence, energy, and spirit. Although it is mainly spiritual will, it is mixed with the power of Qi and Blood and qi and has had some influence over the Gu Jinlai.

But Demonic Beasts...

Even if a demon king with a perfected demonic body unleashes his boiling demonic flames, he still cannot harm Gu Jinlai in the slightest.

The dazzling lightning, mixed with brilliant Sword-Ray, shattered the boiling demonic flames and then slashed fiercely into the demon king's body.

The violent force, like a meteor falling from the sky, instantly shattered the demon king's twenty-meter-tall body.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere.

The explosive force, mixed with blood mist, formed a visible shockwave that spread wildly in all directions.

"Roar!"

The Demonic Beasts king, whose demonic body was at its peak, let out a painful scream as his massive body was slammed into the ground by the inertia generated by the fusion of man and sword from Gu Jinlai.

The escaping hurricane carved sword marks into the ground within a radius of hundreds of meters, and further severed trees that were tens of meters tall.

Wood chips flew everywhere, and within a radius of a hundred meters, a nearly useless area was torn apart.

This terrifying destructive power is no less than that of a low-yield nuclear artillery shell.

"Bang!"

The giant horned dinosaur flipped onto the ground, stirring up dust and air currents.

Its powerful vitality meant that even after such a heavy blow, it did not die completely; it struggled and seemed to want to stand up again.

Although the Thunder Sword Divine Ability is somewhat lacking in killing power, its paralyzing effect cannot be dispelled in a short time.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gu Jinlai was bombarding down, rapidly expanded his body, transforming into a ten-meter giant.

Immediately afterwards, he unleashed a slash with his quasi-Dao weapon-grade battle sword...

Driven by electric current!

The single sword strike was accelerated to two, three, and further increased to ten, twenty, thirty strikes...

The sword energy whistled.

Sword Qi crisscrossed.

The demon king, who had just struggled to stand up, was as if caught in a storm of Sword Qi energy, and was instantly torn to shreds by the tempestuous sword light.

With a painful scream, the horned dragon's massive body was torn into dozens of pieces, truly a scene of flying flesh and blood.

Throughout the entire process, the demon king was almost unable to mount a decent counterattack. After being struck by the thunderous sword of the Gu Jinlai and paralyzed, it was torn to shreds with overwhelming force.

A few seconds later, when Lan Yuhua, the Primordial Spirit True Lord who had come with him, and the Martial King came to their senses, the demon king had already left without even a complete corpse.

"So strong!"

Lan Yuhua gasped.

"This... this is the power that our Martial King can possess!?"

Yuan Cuo, who possessed the strength of a peak Martial King, felt a tremor in his heart, his face filled with uncontrollable shock.

The Primordial Spirit True Lord who held the quasi-Dao artifact flying sword felt a tremor in his heart.

If every Martial King were as powerful as those Gu Jinlai, how could True Lord, who stand at the very top of the Primordial Spirit realm, possibly be on equal footing with Martial Kings?

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

At that moment, deafening roars echoed from afar.

This is when the other demon generals, and even the demon king, reacted, roaring and summoning Demonic Beasts to surround and kill Gu Jinlai and the others.

Seeing this, Gu Jinlai have not wasted any time.

Sixty thousand Demonic Beasts...

Even if his combat power surpasses that of a peak Celestial Person, once trapped, he will be worn down to death by these Demonic Beasts due to their terrifying numbers.

He immediately beheaded the demon king, leaped up, and landed on the back of the warbird in an instant.

Then, he shouted at Lan Yuhua and the others, who were still in shock from the swift and decisive decapitation strike, "What are you standing there for? Move!"

His shout jolted Lan Yuhua and the others awake.

Seeing the Demonic Beasts surging towards him like a tidal wave, he hurriedly said, "Go, go, go quickly!"

"Hit and run, that's so exciting!"

"Fly upwards, fly upwards! There are very few demonic birds left among these Demonic Beasts. Once we reach a thousand meters in the air, we can rest easy."

The group exclaimed in surprise and steered their birds straight into the sky.

During this time, Lan Yuhua mobilized the power of heaven and earth to create a strong wind, which allowed these warbirds to take off and fly even faster.

Below, the Demonic Beasts continued to roar, and the eight people could even hear the anger contained in their Demonic Beasts.

But as the crowd gradually moved away, the tension gradually eased.

Once they had completely flown out of the mountain range, Lan Yuhua and the other martial kings exchanged glances and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, I never imagined that slaying a demon king would be so easy! It's like... taking the head of a general from among ten thousand troops!"

"The two most difficult aspects of beheading the Demon King are: first, how to find the Demon King's location; and second, how to kill the Demon King while surrounded by numerous Demonic Beasts. However, these two difficulties are nothing compared to the Ancient Martial King."

"Yes, those Demonic Beasts never expected us to arrive so quickly. Before they could even gather the other Demonic Beasts, or even the Demon King, around them, we beheaded them. If they were surrounded by other Demon Kings or even Demon Generals, the difficulty of our beheading would have increased significantly!"

"Today, the Ancient Martial King taught us a valuable lesson, fully demonstrating the importance of speed in warfare!"

Several martial kings, including Lan Yuhua, spoke up, expressing their joy at the incredibly exciting operation.

Yuan Cuo, who had initially harbored some hostility towards Gu Jinlai, now looked at him with a hint of admiration.

Although he is also a King Wu, he has now reached the pinnacle of King Wu's power.

The next step is to use martial arts will to guide one's own martial arts Divine Ability to complete the physical transformation, and even reshape it, so as to be reborn and advance to the Martial Saint level.

As for further enhancements...

At this point, there's practically no more room for growth.

Even if he were given a set of Dao artifacts, he would not be able to unleash their true power without being able to mobilize the power of heaven and earth.

They will either remain forever at the level of the fourth stage of the Celestial Person, or at most approach Celestial Person fifth stage.

Or...

He was reborn from the ashes, becoming a Martial Saint and rising to become a top expert who was even slightly superior to a ninth-tier Celestial Person.

But this step is too difficult.

If given a choice, he would even prefer to possess combat power comparable to that of a peak Celestial Person, like those Gu Jinlai.

Even if I stay at this stage for the rest of my life, I will have no complaints.

"This demon king is at the peak of demonic body. Although we have only beheaded this demon king and have not yet defeated the Demonic Beasts army entrenched in this area, the contribution value has been slightly affected, but seven or eight hundred million is not a problem."

Lan Yuhua said.

"Seven or eight hundred million? That means you now have at least 1.6 billion contribution points?"

The Primordial Spirit True Lord smiled broadly, "Although Lan Yuxian captured Lei Jie, she only has 1.3 billion contribution points in the end, and there is only one day left. There is no way she can turn the tide."

"Congratulations, Brother Lan! Once you return from your advanced studies at Taihao Cave Heaven, you will at least reach the peak of the Celestial Person. If you perform exceptionally well and are accepted as a disciple by a Void Immortal, you will rise to the top in one step and have the potential to become a Saint in the future. Don't forget about us brothers then."

The other Kings of Wu offered their congratulations.

"You flatter me. No one can be 100% certain until the very last moment."

Lan Yuhua spoke modestly, while glancing at Gu Jinlai, and said, "The ability to slay this Demonic Beasts king was entirely due to the merits of the Ancient Martial King. I intend to hand over these seven or eight hundred million contribution points to the Ancient Martial King, and I will make up for the vacancies of the others in other ways."

"That's to be expected. If it weren't for the Ancient Martial King, we wouldn't have been able to kill this Demonic Beasts king at all."

"That's right. We didn't help much in beheading this Demonic Beasts king. We have no objection to giving the contribution points to the Ancient Martial King."

Several martial kings spoke in unison.

Having witnessed Gu Jinlai's formidable strength firsthand, they did not mind expressing goodwill towards Gu Jinlai top-tier expert, who was equivalent to a peak Celestial Person.

"One thing at a time, but the appropriate compensation is essential."

Lan Yuhua said cautiously.

"Contribution points..."

Gu Jinlai that he had already exchanged a large amount of Thunder Magnetic Yuan Gold thanks to the spoils from the Thunder Yuan Sect, he estimated that this amount of Thunder Magnetic Yuan Gold would be enough for the time being.

Therefore, rather than simply increasing his contribution value, he needs to improve his methods.

He immediately said, "As a top power in Fengyu City, the Lan family has a profound foundation. They should have collected some lightning-type martial saint inheritances and lightning-type Divine Ability that even the Martial Saint Academy does not possess, right? If Lan Celestial Person really intends to give me these contribution points, then just convert them into martial saint inheritances and lightning-type Divine Ability."

"Cultivation Method and Divine Ability?"

Although Lan Yuhua didn't know why Gu Jinlai needed so many Divine Ability, with his qualification to study in Taihao Cave Heaven, his status in the Lan family would surely rise. It wouldn't be difficult for him to use some of his Divine Ability to Gu Jinlai at that time.

After all, he has only ever been a martial king Gu Jinlai.

"I understand. In a certain respect, our Lan family is equivalent to an affiliated force of Taihao Cave Heaven. Besides some core top-tier Divine Ability and great Divine Ability, our Lan family does have other Divine Ability, including some superior Divine Ability. However, even superior Divine Ability belong to Taihao Cave Heaven. If the Ancient Martial King only uses them for reference, it is fine. But if he cultivates them or spreads them out..."

"I am only using this as a reference and will not share it with others."

Gu Jinlai, accurate responses have been provided immediately.

"That's good."

Lan Yuhua smiled slightly, "I won't let the Ancient Martial King down."