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To be honest, this is quite unexpected, Gu Jinlai.

He had assumed that the person who would use the city's protective array to deal with him would be the city lord, Zhao Hua.

Unexpectedly...

She turned into this sixth princess?

Or perhaps it was Jin Fantian, the Lord of the Demon-Slaying Hall, who lured the Sixth Princess here?

"Call out!"

At this moment, the void trembled.

One by one, figures that were already not far from the Demon Slayer Hall descended.

Of the four giants of Wind and Rain City, Zhao Hua and Wu Tianya were not present; only Cao Wudao and Jin Fantian, who was already located in the Demon Slaying Hall, were there.

But the nine Martial Saints...

Of the eight Martial Saints, seven actually came.

Even Fang Yan, who had originally stood by Wu Tianya, arrived at the scene.

Seven Martial Saints, two Saints...

No!

Including Duanmu Shan and Gu Siliang, they should be the Four Great Sages!

This lineup is almost equivalent to all the top experts in Wind and Rain City coming out in force.

This shows just how many people's interests have been violated by the unbridled sweeps of outer city walls Gu Jinlai.

Eleven top experts, plus the Demon-Slaying Hall formation and the city-protecting formation activated simultaneously...

At this moment, the city of Wind and Rain has become a vast and inescapable net.

Upon seeing the arrival of the saints and martial saints, Jin Fantian breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Gu Jinlai this invincible being who is suspected to have the combat power of a seventh-level or even eighth-level Saint, even he, as a peak fifth-level Saint, is under immense pressure.

Now that everyone has arrived and the city's protective formation is being activated, no Gu Jinlai has yet managed to take advantage of the three breaths before the formation is fully activated to rush out of the Inner City at top speed. Jin Fantian can finally say that the overall situation is settled.

"Ancient Martial Saint, don't blame me. If you have to blame someone, blame yourself for not seeing the situation clearly and offending almost everyone in our Wind and Rain City."

Golden Heavenly Dao.

"Gu Jinlai, you killed my successor Heavenly Gang and cut off my path to survival. Did you ever imagine that this day would come?"

Cao Wudao said coldly.

"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad! Gu Jinlai, you have been rampant in the outer city for far too long. Now, it is time to pay the price."

Mu Changsheng said calmly.

"During this time, the voice of my daughter Qingge before she died has been echoing in my mind. Gu Jinlai, you killed her in front of me. This blood debt can only be repaid with blood."

Fang Yan's eyes were also filled with murderous intent, as if he wished he could skin and tear apart Gu Jinlai.

"Fang Qingge? I killed her, and I feel no remorse whatsoever! Do you know how many families have been torn apart by her over the years? Just because the man she loved abandoned her to pursue his career in the capital, every loving couple she saw couldn't escape her clutches. She even had a woman, a renowned talented woman in the West District, raped and murdered in front of her husband on his wedding day, and afterwards, she had both families executed. A woman like that deserves to die a hundred times over..."

Indifference has prevailed Gu Jinlai.

"Shut up!"

Fang Yan roared, "These lowly people are born every year, and even if they stop having children, there will be refugees from the outside world coming to live with them. How can their lives compare to my daughter's?!"

"Outcasts? In my eyes, you are no different from them."

Looking at this Martial Saint from the Martial Saint Academy, Gu Jinlai, "At least, when I kill her, she will scream in agony and beg for mercy."

"Gu Jinlai..."

Fang Yan roared, wishing he could rush out immediately and grind all the Gu Jinlai to dust.

However, he was rational and knew that he was no match for Gu Jinlai. He immediately turned to the Sixth Princess Duanmu Shan and said, "Your Highness, you have heard that Gu Jinlai has become a madman and has no value in recruiting him. Please take action and use the power of the city's protective formation to kill him on the spot."

"Please, Your Highness, grant me the authority to the Demon-Binding Array of the Demon-Slaying Hall at any time."

Jin Fantian also cupped his hands in greeting and smiled to express his attitude.

Over the years, Zhao Hua has bound everyone in the city to his cause through shared interests, making his position as city lord impregnable, even for a peak saint like himself.

However, the Gu Jinlai emergence of such a figure, which forced Zhao Hua to bow down and submit, especially after the death of his trusted confidant Zong Yan, gave Jin Fantian an opportunity to make everyone see clearly that the so-called interests they held in connection with Zhao Hua were actually worthless.

Before his throne as city lord, everyone's interests would be abandoned.

Therefore, while secretly contacting the Sixth Princess and explaining the matter of Gu Jinlai and Liyang Cave to her, he also secretly united with Cao Wudao, Fang Yan, Mu Changsheng, Yue Qunshan and other people who had direct conflicts of interest with Gu Jinlai, making them realize that only he, a local, could truly stand with them and thus drive Zhao Hua off the position of city lord.

At the moment...

Looking at Cao Wudao and the seven Martial Saints beside him, he understood that his power was now established.

He only needs to kill Gu Jinlai and then use the power of the Sixth Prince to force Zhao Hua to step down. At that time, he will become the new city lord of Fengyu City.

"No rush."

Duanmu Shan waved her hand.

The city-protecting formation was already in operation. At this moment, she could clearly feel that as long as she had a thought, she could empower herself and the people she wanted to empower with the "spiritual energy" drawn by the city-protecting formation, thereby greatly increasing the Divine Ability power they could unleash.

It can also weaken the connection between other people and the power of heaven and earth, thereby weakening his power in all aspects.

Not only that, but she can also activate the divine weapon she carries, releasing the "Dao" power contained within it, thus gaining combat power comparable to a Void Immortal.

At this moment, she was certain of victory, with no doubt about it.

Therefore, she turned her gaze back to Gu Jinlai and sneered, "Gu Jinlai, now, I want to ask you a question: Do you regret not accepting my invitation?"

"You're not in a hurry, but I am."

Gu Jinlai slowly drew out the Cheng Ying Sword, a quasi-Dao artifact. "Forget about regrets. Let's make our move quickly. We need to attack together. I'm in a hurry. Before the humans from Chilong arrive, let's give them a peaceful Fengyu City to resist the demonic tide stirred up by the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor."

"Truly stubborn and incorrigible!"

Duanmu Shan's expression immediately turned cold and stern. "Gu Jinlai, since..."

"Boom!"

Thunder roared!

The power of the Lightning Domain was like a huge network, spreading out from the center of the Gu Jinlai in an instant. Under the operation of the Chaotic Star Body, countless bolts of lightning were released from his body. Through the Lightning Domain, a divine power, it resonated with the power of Divine Ability and earth in the outside world, causing the power of lightning in the domain to surge wildly, and visible silver lightning bolts ran rampant.

"I told you, I'm in a hurry!"

Amidst the sounds of the Gu Jinlai, Lei Long condensed his sword, transforming it into eleven sword shadows that bombarded the Four Saints and the Seven Martial Saints.

"Gu Jinlai, you have been courting death!"

Duanmu Shan let out a sharp shout and immediately retreated.

As she retreated, a high-grade Dao artifact representing her royal status was activated. Her spirit and will seemed to merge with the entire Wind and Rain City's grand formation. In an instant, she manipulated the power of "spiritual energy" and poured it into Jin Fantian, Gu Siliang, Cao Wudao, Mu Changsheng, Fang Yan, and others.

At the same time, she also mobilized the power of the formation to strip the Thunder Domain, a divine Divine Ability that leans towards the Divine Abilities of Celestial Person and man, from its resonance with the world, causing the brilliant lightning power that this domain originally erupted to plummet, almost falling to the level of an ordinary Divine Ability.

As Gu Siliang summoned a Dao artifact resembling a golden bell, a unique golden ripple erupted, and the eleven greatly weakened lightning swords were completely crushed by the ripples emanating from the golden bell.

"You've been enhanced! Charge! Kill him!"

Duanmu Shan's divine sense resonated in everyone's perception.

In fact, without her reminder, everyone had already felt the amplification after being empowered by the formation.

Although this boost was evenly distributed among the eleven people, and the boosting item she used was not a suppressing divine weapon that matched the formation, even so, everyone clearly felt their combat power increase.

It has climbed at least two stages!

Furthermore, the Divine Ability from Gu Jinlai have been weakened by the city-protecting formation, so they are probably at the second level.

In other words, Jin Fantian, who was originally only equivalent to a peak fifth-tier saint, was able to unleash seventh-tier power. Looking at Gu Jinlai...

Even if he originally possessed power comparable to an eighth-tier saint, at this moment he would be suppressed to the level of only a sixth-tier national saint.

"Gu Jinlai! Give me back my son's life!"

Before Jin Fantian could make a move, Cao Wudao, the commander of the city guards, let out a fierce shout, his body rapidly expanding to a thirty-meter-tall saintly form. A treasure cauldron appeared above his head, and inside the cauldron, a fiery creature resembling the sacred beast Vermilion Bird soared into the air, rushing straight towards Gu Jinlai to kill him.

This is his supreme Divine Ability he has cultivated to perfection—Vermilion Bird Fire Wings!

The Dao artifact he summoned, resembling a precious cauldron, was also of superior quality and was named the Flame Emperor Cauldron, adding to its Divine Ability power and majesty.

In addition, the city's protective formation amplifies the effect...

The illusory image of the Vermilion Bird, engulfed in blazing flames, seemed to transform into the true sacred beast, the Vermilion Bird. As it swooped down, the flames engulfed the sky, suffocating all who beheld them. Its wings flapped, and fire spontaneously ignited in the void.

"Boom!"

Thunderous shockwave.

In the void, ten thousand thunderbolts erupted simultaneously.

The power of the lightning field has been pushed to its limit Gu Jinlai.

Countless bolts of lightning crashed down upon the Vermilion Bird's fiery wings, shattering the Vermilion Bird's shadow inch by inch until it crumbled.

However, each of these lightning bolts was weakened and suppressed as it was unleashed. Although the Vermilion Bird's shadow was constantly shattered and spewed out a large amount of flames, it was still unable to completely dismantle this Divine Ability.

In the end, the Vermilion Bird phantom, with only one-tenth of its power remaining, crashed down in front of Gu Jinlai and was shattered by the force of his punch.

However, the shockwave from the blazing flames still swept over him, but thanks to the Cloud Flame Robe, it did not cause him any real damage.

Despite this, Jin Fantian, Fang Yan, Mu Changsheng and the others still couldn't hide their joy.

"Good!"

"Does this Gu Jinlai truly possess combat power comparable to an eighth-tier Saint?! I really don't know how he cultivated! However, under the city-protecting formation, even if he were truly an eighth-tier Saint, he would be suppressed to the level of a sixth-tier National Guardian Saint. All of them would be strengthened by two tiers, with the weakest being equivalent to a top-tier Martial Saint of the third tier of Sainthood!"

"You're Gu Jinlai, no matter what!"

Without further hesitation, the saints and martial saints activated their martial will and immortal golden bodies simultaneously, unleashing a vast and violent aura that roared and crisscrossed the entire Demon Slaying Hall.