Familiarity

"Since humanity has chosen to deliver the culprit known as 'Gu Jinlai' right to our doorstep, it's not appropriate for us to intervene."

The Dragon Cry Demon Emperor said with regret, "The Venerable One does not allow us to initiate a war, so we cannot attack human cities. Otherwise, if we could conquer one or two cities, all our people would be able to enjoy a feast."

At this moment, the Sword Feather Demon Emperor glanced around and quickly thought of something, "My lord, although we cannot conquer human cities and feast to our hearts' content, it is not a problem for us to have a good meal."

The demonic bird quickly said, "When I came here, I discovered that the human army of Wind and Rain City had already assembled, numbering over 100,000, and was heading in our direction. These people are all the elite of Wind and Rain City. If we can devour them all, it will be a very nutritious and delicious meal."

"Oh? Over a hundred thousand troops have left Wind and Rain City?"

The Dragon Cry Demon Emperor's eyes lit up.

Overjoyed.

"Wind and Rain City not only dares to oppose us with the strength of a single city, but also dares to leave the city? This is truly..."

Even the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor didn't know how to describe it.

"Those people whom the human race calls cultists or out-of-control individuals are all like this. They are all self-righteously willing to sacrifice their lives for the human race. Tsk tsk, they have been brainwashed without even realizing it."

"Hahaha, not bad, that's how the Demon Cult is. Although some of their actions in fighting to the death for their people are admirable, but..."

The Dragon Cry Demon Emperor shook his head with a smile, "At this moment, I actually hope that the human named Gu Jinlai can be stronger and escape from the encirclement and killing of those human experts, and come to me. Then I will tell him that we never intended to go to war with the human race. I wonder what his expression will be."

"At that time, his emotions were undergoing intense changes, and his spirit was boiling. He must have become incredibly delicious. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water."

A burly demon emperor spoke, his face filled with drooling desire.

"All of this is thanks to Venerable Star Mark!"

The Dragon Cry Demon Emperor said, "If the name of Venerable Star Mark had not been used, those high-ranking human race members would never have bowed their heads so quickly. They would have had to put on an act at least, and we would not have had the opportunity to witness such a good show."

As he spoke, he became even more fervent about achieving the status of a high-ranking Spirit Lord and forging the body of a Demon God.

The body of a demon god has no life characteristics; it is like a tool that can be crafted however one pleases, making it so powerful that it has virtually no upper limit.

Pity...

Only a high-ranking spiritual lord can be powerful enough to drive a demonic body without life characteristics with their own spirituality.

After pondering for a moment, the Demon Emperor said, "Although the humans of the Holy Dynasty will send that human named Gu Jinlai to our door in exchange for our retreat, since they've already come, we can't let these tens of thousands of people go, even if we don't break through the city."

With a command, it said, "Summon my elite guards. Let's devour those tens of thousands of humans first, as a treat!"

"Yes."

The demon emperors, upon receiving the order, were immediately invigorated.

Soon, one after another, demon kings and demon emperors were summoned and gathered together.

There is also a large group of Demon Generals.

These elites are the personal guards of the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor, and also the source of his invincible confidence.

Located within the guard group, as long as it doesn't encounter those six illusory immortals wielding divine weapons, it can at least ensure a safe retreat against any opponent it might not be able to defeat.

Just as the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor was gathering his personal guards, intending to concentrate his elite forces to attack the hundreds of thousands of human troops, a demon emperor with eight tentacles seemed to sense something and suddenly said, "My lord, my subordinates have sent word that a human is flying towards our direction at an extremely fast speed..."

Then he received another message: "There are two groups of humans. One group is flying ahead, and the other group of dozens of humans is following dozens of miles behind..."

"One person in front, dozens behind..."

The Dragon Cry Demon Emperor quickly realized something and sneered, "I'm familiar with this scenario. This is the decapitation tactic that humans love to use. By killing me, the leader, they hope to make us collapse without a fight."

Its massive body, towering over thirty meters tall and reaching forty or fifty meters with its sword wings raised, slowly straightened up. "How dare a mere person commit decapitation! What audacity! I'll stand here and wait for that human to come. I want to see what makes this human think he can kill me, with twenty-two Demon Emperors, hundreds of Demon Kings, and thousands of Demon Generals surrounding me? Does he think he's some kind of ethereal immortal wielding divine weapons?"

"My lord, you should still be careful. According to those little guys who escaped from Chilong Territory, this human possesses a powerful area-of-effect Divine Ability. This Divine Ability is extremely powerful. You may not be afraid, but... those of your kind who are not good at defense may not be able to withstand it."

"One of the demon emperors suggested."

Its words reminded the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor of what he knew about the battle at Chilong Territory.

He then said, "Then let everyone disperse first..."

Before it could finish speaking, it sensed something and suddenly looked up towards the horizon.

At the edge of their field of vision, a flash of lightning seemed to appear.

Each flash seemed to travel five or six miles.

And the flashing frequency is extremely astonishing.

When the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor sensed this aura, the bolt of lightning was already almost upon it.

"Such speed! This is... that human!?"

The Dragon Cry Demon Emperor was shocked; such speed...

"Daqiu! You lot, go and test this human's abilities!"

The Dragon Cry Demon Emperor gave the order.

"Yes."

The five demon emperors who were called out responded simultaneously, their massive bodies soaring into the sky, forming a battle formation as they charged towards the bolt of lightning in the heavens.

In the void, the figure that broke through the air was none other than Gu Jinlai.

Originally, Gu Jinlai planned to ambush the enemy at Feilong Mountain, a thousand miles outside Fengyu City, but when they were about to arrive at Feilong Mountain, Xuanzhen brought news that the Demonic Beasts had slowed down.

Moreover, it was so slow that it felt like a leisurely stroll.

At this rate, it would probably take three to five days for the two sides to cross the two thousand miles of contact area.

Wasting three to five days for nothing?

Gu Jinlai, no one has ever wanted to wait.

They directly summoned the most elite Celestial Person and the Martial King who possessed the ability to fly, and flew one after the other towards the center of the Demon Tide.

After flying two thousand miles, the land before my eyes was filled with surging demonic tides, and my vision was filled with Demonic Beasts.

Just as Gu Jinlai was about to begin clearing the area, five Demonic Beasts charged out in formation, and judging by their momentum...

It seems they want to confront him head-on.

"Five Demon Emperors! One of them has already reached its peak and is about to achieve perfection in both demonic bodies. Their lineup is much stronger than the four Demon Emperors of Chilong Territory."

From Gu Jinlai, they could see through the true nature of these demon emperors at a glance.

But...

These demon emperors are vastly different from those Gu Jinlai the Chilong era.

Although the Chaotic Astral Body is not yet perfected, its control over the energy of the Eternal Furnace is becoming increasingly adept.

Facing the five demon emperors, the Eternal Furnace within his body began to operate at full power, hydrogen atoms rapidly fused, and intense, violent energy began to be conceived and accumulated within his body.

But a moment later, he seemed to sense something.

Following a gaze, it quickly passed over the five Demon Emperors and landed on a group of Demonic Beasts gathered together a hundred miles away.

To be precise...

It was a giant creature with outstretched sword wings and its body covered in metal.

"Dragon Cry Demon Emperor?"

The next moment, the lightning field spread, and he suddenly soared into the higher clouds, instantly traveling tens of thousands of meters, above the void where the five demon emperors were located.

"It's decided, you can have this package!"

With a roar of lightning, Gu Jinlai accelerated once more, his figure flashing as he passed directly over the heads of the five Demon Emperors, like a broken streak of lightning, falling towards the direction of the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor.

Before he even arrived, the terrifying energy accumulated and nurtured within his eternal furnace had already begun to surge forth.

This was the energy he had begun accumulating when he saw the Five-Headed Demon Emperor.

The dissipated energy and the light in the void complemented each other, making him seem like a shooting star crossing the void, giving the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor a sense of life-or-death threat.

"Stop him!"

The Dragon Cry Demon Emperor roared.

At the same time, dark purple demonic flames erupted from its body, propelling the sword wings that stood tall on its back. Each sword wing was over six meters long. Propelled by these demonic flames, they shot into the sky like cruise missiles, aiming to kill Gu Jinlai's figure.

The sky seemed to have been slashed with hundreds of dark purple streaks.

That contained demonic power at the level of a Spirit Lord.

Any martial saint who comes into contact with this demonic power will inevitably have all their desires aroused and fall into a state of loss of control, even if their martial will is condensed.

"Boom!"

Sword wings shot out, Gu Jinlai, figures moved like lightning, flashing rapidly.

Even though hundreds of sword wings and demonic flames covered the sky like a giant net, Gu Jinlai's figure managed to break through this net, dodging left and right. Although each flash was not far, he managed to break through the net of demonic flames by using this almost infinite teleportation technique.

Easily bypassed.

The distance between him and the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor kept closing!

Approaching!

Sixty li!

Fifty li!

Forty li!

At this moment, the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor could clearly sense the intense, dazzling energy within Gu Jinlai's body, an energy that seemed capable of destroying the world.

Once this energy is released...

"This human! He's risking his life to take me down with him!?"

The Dragon Cry Demon Emperor was shaken to his core, and roared, "Stop him! Stop him!"

As the order was given, its body rapidly retreated.

But...

Although each flash Gu Jinlai may seem to only cover a few miles, due to its high frequency, its overall speed exceeds ten times the speed of sound.

Even though the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor retreated, and one after another Demon Emperor flew into the void to intercept him, these Demon Emperors were far inferior in speed to the Thunder Dragon Transformation Technique of Gu Jinlai, and were easily left behind.

The two figures didn't separate at all; instead, they grew closer and closer...

Thirty li!

Twenty li!

Ten miles!

The Dragon Cry Demon Emperor retreated frantically, its intuition constantly reminding it of the dangers it was facing.

Stay away! Stay away! Stay away!

Otherwise, you will die!

However, the difference in speed meant that it could only watch helplessly as the Gu Jinlai rapidly magnified in its pupils.

"Don't come any closer!"

The Dragon Cry Demon Emperor roared with a ferocious expression.

Gu Jinlai paused for a moment, and seeing that the distance between them had been reduced to within five miles, he stopped approaching.

An unparalleled burst of intense energy seemed to have been blasted into a package, which, through the lightning domain and the transfer properties, was delivered directly into the arms of the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor.

The whole process was smooth and familiar.

Immediately afterwards, his figure flashed and moved at top speed.

Almost simultaneously, a radiant light, like the sun descending, descended upon him from behind.

The next moment, a powerful light, strong enough to incinerate the heavens and boil the seas, was released from the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor's face.