Rampant Onslaught

Gu Jinlai thought of Fang Que, Qin Guichuan, and Yang Shengping, whom he had seen earlier.

He then thought of Wang Dongyu, whom he had personally killed, and the Meteor Guard soldiers.

These individuals shared a significant characteristic.

A high red name rate.

Much higher than in Starlight City.

At the time, he had assumed it was because the Meteor Guard had to suppress the cultivation world, accumulating a lot of killing intent, which is why everyone was entangled with karma.

Now it seemed…

The truth was about to emerge.

Those who aided the wicked, even if they didn't directly participate in the killing, still accumulated karma.

It was just a matter of degree.

"I can't grasp it."

Gu Jinlai stood up, bracing his hands on the desk, leaning forward slightly. "I want to try."

Zhao Fan did not choose to confront Gu Jinlai directly. Instead, he lowered his head.

He was merely an insignificant part of the colossal interest group that was Lingxiao City.

This trip…

Was only to deliver a message.

The message delivered, he did not linger. "This is just a suggestion. You are the superior officer, and the decision rests with you."

After speaking, he bowed and took his leave.

With Zhao Fan gone, Gu Jinlai remained alone for quite some time.

After a good ten minutes, he turned his attention back to the materials Zhao Fan had provided and picked them up to examine.

The documents detailed, in a manner that left no evidence, the participants in the Crimson Blood Gate incident, as well as the energy possessed by those behind them.

The magnitude of this energy was such that not only the current Gu Jinlai, but even Gu Jinlai in his prime, when he was an elder of the Purgatory Demonic Sect, would never have dared to intervene lightly.

Otherwise, a single misstep, even for him as a Spirit Refining Titan, could have resulted in him being crushed into dust amidst this power struggle.

"So, in the final analysis, it only proves one thing: I, who originated from Earth, received a good quality education and moral education since childhood… It's fine if I didn't know, but since I do know…"

Gu Jinlai casually tossed the documents onto the desk. "I cannot stand to see such suffering in the world."

He stood up and scrutinized himself.

After a while, he suddenly said, "I really am a good person, hahahaha."

With that, he let out a hearty laugh and left the Meteor Guard mansion, heading straight for the courtyard not far from the residence, which was dedicated to forging.

The courtyard had always been managed by Gu Junxiu and Gu Junlei. They were skilled in artifact forging, and Gu Jinlai had allocated one hundred thousand taels of silver for them to spend. When Gu Jinlai arrived at the courtyard, the two, having received the news, had already displayed their completed works in the main hall of the courtyard.

"Ancestor."

Gu Junxiu bowed and gestured with his hand. "For the past month, I have led everyone in forging armor day and night without a moment's rest. Today, we have completed ten sets of armor and four swords. Please inspect them, Ancestor."

Gu Jinlai approached a set of heavy armor.

This set of heavy armor was forged from Osmium-Iridium Alloy. As it had not yet undergone spirit bonding, it appeared quite rough and its composition was poor.

In terms of quality, it was not as good as his previous Treasure Armor.

However…

Gu Jinlai had intended for Gu Junxiu and Gu Junlei to forge the basic molds; the intricate work would still be up to him.

He stepped forward and lifted the heavy armor, whose chestplate alone was over two meters tall. He nodded with satisfaction at its weight.

Next, he moved to the two-meter-long greatsword. He lifted it with one hand, clearly feeling its heaviness.

This was even before spirit bonding, which would have allowed it to fully mature into osmium metal, making the sword even heavier.

"Good."

Gu Jinlai nodded with satisfaction.

He then turned his attention back to the set of Treasure Armor.

He had cast both the Treasure Armor and the greatswords according to the standards of the Great Sun True Demon Body.

"I will choose the best set from these ten sets of Treasure Armor and four greatswords for spirit bonding. In the future, I will find a way to refine them into Spirit Artifacts, making them weigh thousands of pounds."

Gu Jinlai said.

Speaking of Spirit Artifacts, he felt a headache coming on again.

Spirit Artifacts took too long to form.

Relying on Celestial Masters for spirit bonding and infusion, it might take ten years to forge even one Spirit Artifact.

But the various mysteries of Spirit Artifacts were incredibly enticing.

Compared to Treasure Artifacts, their greatest characteristic was their supernatural abilities.

If a thousand-jin heavy armor were refined into a Spirit Artifact, it could weigh ten thousand jin, its size could be adjusted at will, and it could change as its user desired.

Purgatory Sect Master Lu Dengxian possessed a top-grade Spirit Artifact named the Heavenly River Armor.

It was forged from Heavenly Star Gold.

Heavenly Star Gold was extremely sturdy but lacked toughness.

As a top-grade Spirit Artifact, Lu Dengxian's Heavenly River Armor had two divine properties.

The first was its ability to be soft or hard.

It was said that when activated to its extreme, the Heavenly River Armor was like a layer of golden gauze, or like a stream of water, encircling the user.

This divine property perfectly solved the problem of the Heavenly River Armor's lack of toughness.

The second was its ability to change size.

To ensure its defense, the Heavenly River Armor was three meters tall and weighed three thousand jin when worn.

Through the divine property of adjustable size, this Heavenly River Armor perfectly conformed to his body, allowing him to move freely.

Currently, Lu Dengxian was having Celestial Masters constantly work on perfecting a third divine property for this Spirit Artifact.

That was to reduce its weight to conserve stamina.

Once this flaw was rectified and the Heavenly River Armor was upgraded to a Peerless Spirit Artifact, even an ordinary person wearing it would likely be helpless against a Core Condensation expert.

"Although Demonic Beasts leave behind spiritual remnants after death, their numbers are too few. If we could venture deep into the Demon Realm and kill the Demon Spirits that haven't entered the Fierce Beasts' bodies, extracting their spirituality and injecting it into Treasure Armor and Treasure Swords, the efficiency of transforming them into Spirit Artifacts would absolutely skyrocket."

Gu Jinlai had now mastered the Great Sun Eternal Radiance Soul Secret Art, granting him the power to kill Demon Spirits.

However, venturing deep into the Demon Realm...

That was just a joke.

"Ancestor, besides the Treasure Armor, the molds you requested have also been cast."

Gu Junxiu brought out several items from the side again.

These were a Type 1130 CIWS and a six-barreled Gatling gun.

More precisely, they were models.

Although the Type 1130 CIWS even had a radar and display screen, it was all show and no substance.

It was completely unusable.

But Gu Junxiu's craftsmanship was quite good; looking at the metallic sheen, an uninformed observer might mistake them for real equipment.

Gu Jinlai inspected them and nodded with satisfaction. "The efficiency is very fast."

"As the Ancestor commanded, we naturally did our utmost," Gu Junxiu said humbly.

"From now on, put the refining and casting of Treasure Armor and Treasure Swords aside for a moment. I want you to focus all your efforts on manufacturing a sufficient quantity of bullets."

Gu Jinlai pondered for a moment and added, "I will request a batch of people from the family. Since we lack automated processes, the bullets will have to be made by hand. For the standards, the two of you will strictly oversee them for me."

Speaking of this, his tone became serious. "Especially the gunpowder formula, absolutely no one outside of the three of us must have access to it."

"Yes."

Gu Junxiu nodded heavily.

"Alright, once the family members arrive, we'll focus on mass-producing bullets. Let's set a small goal: produce ten thousand rounds."

Gu Jinlai continued, "To ensure no details of the formula are leaked, from now on, I will have Gu Chifeng lead a team to be responsible for your safety."

"We shall obey the Ancestor's command."

Gu Junxiu and Gu Junlei bowed respectfully.

Gu Jinlai gave a few more detailed instructions and had someone carry the Treasure Armor, Treasure Swords, and the Gatling gun and CIWS models back to the Meteor Guard mansion.

Currently, both the Treasure Armor and Treasure Swords, as well as the bullets cast by Gu Junxiu and his group, were extremely crude.

Especially for something as precise as bullets, their qualification rate was estimated to be less than ten percent.

Even if they passed, due to the use of raw gunpowder, their power would not meet Gu Jinlai's expectations.

In the end, he would still have to rely on him to "bring those bullets to life" through shared spiritual connection, optimizing the gunpowder and structure, and allowing them to automatically develop into qualified bullets.

The same applied to the Gatling gun as it did to the bullets.

He still had many processes that required the supplement of shared spiritual connection.

"It seems I need to acquire more Pure Light to advance the Great Sun Nine Refinements Visualization Method, so I can condense more Spiritual Awareness," Gu Jinlai thought.

He returned to the Meteor Guard mansion and had barely started working when Gu Chaoyang hurried over. "Ancestor, Fang Que is leading a group of Meteor Guards and Wang family experts, and they are aggressively heading towards our west city."