Sweeping All Before Him

Fire City.

At this time, Ji Lie had already arrived in the city with his troops.

Upon receiving the news from Gu Jinlai, he went directly to the City Lord Mansion.

Since Wu Yan had taken his capable lieutenant Wu Shu to Hai Feng City, the person currently in charge of the City Lord Mansion was a Celestial Person named Ye Hua.

He was exceptionally talented from a young age, showing the potential to become a saint. He was eventually recruited by Wu Yan and became his son-in-law, as well as Wu Yan's most trusted person.

While stationed in Liuhuo City, he received news earlier than Wu Yan that Gu Jinlai had defeated the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor and single-handedly wiped out a million Demonic Beasts.

Therefore, he dared not stop Ji Lie and the others, who represented the Gu Jinlai.

Not to mention that Ji Lie also has proof from Gu Jinlai, which is something that Wu Yan, the city lord of Liuhuo City, personally admitted.

He arrived at the treasury of Flowing Fire City almost without any hindrance.

Then...

Take whatever you see.

Put them all into the storage ring.

This scene immediately changed Ye Hua's expression. "Everyone..."

"What? The things we took were permitted by your city lord. Are you trying to make decisions on your city lord's behalf and go back on your word?"

Ji Lie immediately shut him down.

"I...I didn't mean that, it's just...some of the things you took don't seem to belong to one of those six types of supplies..."

Ye Hua hesitated.

"The three of you are each responsible for providing 2,000 portions of each of the six materials. But look, there are only 110 portions of Thunder Magnetic Essence left, while you should have provided a full 2,000 portions. Since there isn't enough Thunder Magnetic Essence, I naturally have to supplement it with other materials. Don't you think so?"

Ji Lie explained logically and with evidence.

"This..."

Ye Hua was unable to refute it for a moment.

But after a while, he realized something and quickly said, "That's not right. Even if you supplement with other materials, you've taken too much, haven't you?"

"Not much."

Ji Lie said, "The price of Thunder Magnetic Essence Gold has soared to 14 million per unit recently. I think Vice City Lord Ye is aware of this. How much is Immortal Refined Gold worth? I heard that the internal price is only 5 million per unit. Three units of Immortal Refined Gold are equivalent to one unit of Thunder Magnetic Essence Gold. Therefore, it is reasonable for us to take 5,000 units of Immortal Refined Gold from your Flowing Fire City warehouse."

"You..."

A hint of anger flashed in Ye Hua's eyes.

"What? This was promised by your city lord himself. You don't actually want to give it to him, do you?"

Ji Lie said meaningfully, "Vice City Lord Ye, you don't want your Flowing Fire City to end up like Dragon Cry Valley, do you?"

He paused slightly, then said, "Or do you think the power of Blazing Fire City is stronger than the million-strong demonic tide stirred up by the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Hua's anger was immediately suppressed.

The same events that happened in Flowing Fire City also occurred in Purple Thunder City.

There was indeed a Saint in the City Lord Mansion of Zilei City, but under Lei Xuanyu's constant "orders," this Saint did not dare to make the slightest move and could only watch helplessly as Liu Feiyun and others emptied the entire City Lord Mansion.

As for Haifeng City...

As a relatively stable inner-ring city, Haifeng City has a richer supply of various resources than Liuhuo City and Zilei City. After Qi Sheng led his men around the warehouse, they managed to empty only half of the treasure vault, leaving more than half of the resources remaining.

Such wealth is truly astonishing.

Gu Jinlai received the news from Qi Sheng: "Truly worthy of being called Haifeng City, its profound heritage Non-Self Fengyu City, an outer ring city, can compare to."

Si Xinghui forced a smile, "I'm glad you're satisfied."

In reality, Gu Jinlai have not been very satisfied with this.

He cleared out Liuhuo City, Zilei City, and Haifeng City, but the amount of Thunder Magnetic Yuan Gold he obtained was not as much as he had imagined.

There are only 440 copies.

Yes!

It's less than half of the amount of Thunder Magnetic Element Gold he lacks.

There are only five or six thousand portions of Thunder Magnetic Yuan Gold circulating in the entire Holy Dynasty market. Even including the portions held by various major forces, the total number is less than twenty thousand.

Those who store Thunder Magnetic Essence are often the Six Great Grotto-Heavens and the Void Immortal forces that are second only to the Six Great Grotto-Heavens. In major cities and merchant guilds, unless someone makes a large-scale purchase, like in Wind and Rain City, the total amount of Thunder Magnetic Essence collected in the entire city is only one or two hundred portions.

In order to collect three thousand portions of Thunder Magnetic Yuan Gold, Duanmu Shan had already bought up almost all the Thunder Magnetic Yuan Gold circulating in the market.

Even with her status as a royal princess, it would take her a considerable amount of time to gather another three thousand portions of Thunder Magnetic Gold.

This demonstrates the scarcity of Leici Yuanjin.

In addition, in order to gather enough Thunder Magnetic Essence to sell to him, Zi Lei City had already made a round of purchases in Zi Lei City and even the surrounding cities. Under these circumstances, even after sweeping through three or four cities, they still couldn't gather a mere nine hundred portions of Thunder Magnetic Essence.

This caused Gu Jinlai, who planned to use the Thunder Magnetic Essence he obtained after plundering the four cities to perfect his Chaotic Starlight Body cultivation, to make a mistake.

He miscalculated, so naturally he wasn't in a good mood.

He stared at Si Xinghui, his eyes darting around.

Si Xinghui's heart trembled, and he quickly smiled apologetically, "Lord Gu, please feel free to ask for anything. We were in the wrong first, but as long as it is within our power, we will do our best."

"Is that so? Our Wind and Rain City recently fought a great battle against the Demonic Beasts of Dragon's Cry Valley, killing a million Demonic Beasts in one battle. Although we won, the price we paid was not small. Many places are in ruins and need the support of friendly cities."

It Gu Jinlai.

Si Xinghui gasped.

To annihilate a million Demonic Beasts in a single battle?

They won, but at a considerable cost!

If he hadn't just seen the effects projected by the Sky Image Projector, he almost would have believed it.

But...

That's not the point.

The key point is...

Si Xinghui nodded in deep agreement. "I understand, I understand. I will immediately mobilize the supplies and hand them over to the city lord of Gu for use in supporting the reconstruction of our brother city."

"Then thank you very much, Lord Si. I see that the supplies in the City Lord Mansion warehouse are basically what Fengyu City needs, so I had someone take them away. Don't worry, these things are considered as aid from friendly cities. Once Fengyu City has developed and recovered, they will be returned."

Gu Jinlai nodded in satisfaction.

Si Xinghui's lips twitched. After a long while, he tentatively said, "Many of these supplies were specifically requested by Taihao Cave Heaven..."

"Is there a problem?"

Gu Jinlai interrupted him directly, and his gaze fell on him.

"No problem, you can take everything with you, there's no issue at all."

Si Xinghui also made an extremely decisive decision.

This put Gu Jinlai at a loss for what to do next.

If I had known this would happen, I should have taken action without giving them a chance to speak.

But...

To punish someone without teaching them is cruelty!

If he truly disregards reason and indiscriminately kills, how is he any different from those in power in the Holy Dynasty?

"Buzz!"

Just then, at the edge of the sky, a streak of light pierced through the air.

Two massive auras surged forth in accompaniment.

Upon sensing these two auras, Wu Yan, Lei Xuanyu, and Si Xinghui all showed expressions of surprise and delight.

"They're here!"

"Supreme Master Si Xuanyuan has finally arrived! That's wonderful!"

However, this look of surprise only lasted for a moment before gradually fading away.

"Why are there only two?"

"The other person... judging from their aura, it's Sword King Duanmu Yufeng!?"

"It's Duanmu Yufeng's aura... This royal member known as the Sword King is not weak in combat, but at most... he's only slightly stronger than Si Taishang, and at most a top-tier Void Immortal."

A top-tier Void Immortal and a high-level Void Immortal!?

This lineup is in no way inferior to the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor.

But how do we deal with Gu Jinlai, who seems to have displayed the power of a great Divine Ability being?

Is this suicide mission?

Gu Jinlai didn't speak, but only glanced at Duanmu Yao.

Lady Shunguo immediately looked extremely embarrassed.

Duanmu Yufeng was the one she summoned.

The death of the Sixth Princess, Duanmu Shan, was taken very seriously by the Holy Emperor of the Holy Dynasty, Duanmu Ren, who directly entrusted the matter to the Sword King, Duanmu Yufeng, who possessed top-tier Void Immortal combat power.

Duanmu Yufeng sensed something was amiss and sent Duanmu Yao to infiltrate Fengyu City to investigate.

After a patient investigation, Duanmu Yao discovered that the culprit behind this incident was Gu Jinlai.

In order to gain the support of many saints and martial saints in Fengyu City and overthrow the city lord Zhao Hua to take his place, Jin Fantian contacted Duanmu Shan under the pretext of seizing the inheritance of Liyang Cave. The two joined forces to besiege and kill Gu Jinlai.

In the end, Gu Jinlai displayed a power far exceeding Duanmu Shan's imagination, and Jin Fantian, Cao Wudao, and others were all wiped out.

The reason she spent several days trying to sort things out was mainly because she couldn't understand why Duanmu Shan's blood pact Curse was on Zhao Hua, the former city lord of Fengyu City, and not on Gu Jinlai.

Looking back now, those Gu Jinlai and were true immortals who had transformed into cultivators must have had sophisticated methods to dispel the blood pact Curse.

Everything has come to light.

The real culprit has been identified.

The only problem right now is...

This real culprit seems ridiculously strong.

The Holy Lord Duanmu Ren entrusted Duanmu Yufeng with this matter, practically treating the murderer as a nascent immortal. However, he never expected...

The murderer didn't need to be regarded as a mere immortal.

He is a virtual immortal.

He still stood at the pinnacle among the Void Immortals, and was crowned as the supreme Void Immortal with great Divine Ability.

"Call out!"

His figure soared through the air.

Si Xuanyuan and Duanmu Yufeng landed simultaneously above Haifeng City.

Upon seeing the two arrive, Duanmu Yao disregarded everything else and immediately transmitted her thoughts, saying, "Brother, didn't I secretly tell you that the power of this Gu Jinlai far exceeds our expectations? Only by asking the ancestors to personally take action can we hope to suppress and kill him."

"Please calm down. We have already informed the Ancestor about the situation here. The matter... does not necessarily require fighting and killing to resolve."

Duanmu Yufeng transmitted his voice, and at the same time, his gaze turned to Gu Jinlai. There was no trace of arrogance on his face. Instead, he cupped his hands with a smile and said, "Elder Gu Jinlai Gu Jinlai Liyang Cave Heaven? I have long admired your name!"