Fulfillment

Haifeng City.

Yunhai Chamber of Commerce.

At this moment, several high- Celestial Person of the Chamber of Commerce, including Celestial Realm and Martial Saint Realm experts, looked at the protective array that had enveloped the city in the sky with worried expressions, each one as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

At this moment, a Martial King suddenly arrived and said, "We've found out! It's Gu Jinlai! He stormed into our Haifeng City and ruthlessly killed the three city lords..."

"Gu Jinlai!?"

Vice President Yun Haoran quickly recalled a figure he had traded with, his face showing disbelief. "Gu Jinlai has indeed been causing trouble in Fengyu City Gu Jinlai, not only wiping out the Chilong Territory outside Liuhuo City, but also reportedly driving out Zhao Hua, the city lord of Fengyu City. However, he offended the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor of Dragon Cry Valley, triggering a demonic tide. The high-ranking officials of the Holy Dynasty will surely come to investigate and hold him accountable. At this time, he still dares to provoke us in Haifeng City!?"

"Yesterday, the three of us—the City Lord of Haifeng City, the City Lord of Liuhuo City, and the City Lord of Zilei City—jointly filed a complaint against Fengyu City for its Gu Jinlai and present actions, citing disregard for the overall situation and collusion with the Demon Cult. It was precisely because of this joint complaint that we provoked this person, which led him to come to Haifeng City... The city's protective formation was activated once before, but it failed to activate, right? That was because of him."

This is the way of King Wu.

"Throughout Gu Jinlai... could it be that he knows he can't escape death and wants to drag the three city lords, or even our entire Haifeng City, down with him? Or is he using the lives of our thirty million citizens of Haifeng City as leverage to force the Holy Dynasty's higher-ups to back down?"

Another vice president looked at the activated formation with concern.

The formation was activated, isolating Haifeng City from the outside world. This...

It was clearly an attempt to cut off everyone's escape route out of the city.

"Things are even worse than that..."

The Martial King smiled bitterly, "According to some Demon Slayers who happen to work in the Demon Slayer Hall, before Gu Jinlai our Haifeng City to demand an explanation, he directly defeated the demonic tide swept by the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor, single-handedly annihilating a million Demonic Beasts, demonstrating combat power no less than that of a supreme Void Immortal... Possessing such terrifying power, the Holy Dynasty's higher-ups seem unwilling to push him to the brink, directly labeling the three city lords' accusation as a false accusation..."

At this point, a hint of fear appeared in his eyes. "Right now, the Holy Dynasty's special envoy, Sword King Duanmu Yufeng, has already left with City Lord Si, handing over City Lords Wu Yan and Lei Xuanyu to Gu Jinlai disposal. These two city lords have already been... executed on the Gu Jinlai by City Lord Gu..."

As soon as King Wu finished speaking, everyone in the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce was deeply shocked.

"He Gu Jinlai defeated the demonic tide swept by the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor head-on, and even annihilated a million Demonic Beasts single-handedly!"

"A supreme Void Immortal!? This newly appointed city lord of Wind and Rain City is actually a supreme Void Immortal!? A powerful being who makes even the high-ranking Divine Ability of the Holy Dynasty bow down!?"

"Lord Wu and Lord Lei... are dead!? Those were two city lords who were practically regional governors! Just like that, they're dead!?"

One by one, the Celestial Person and King Wu exclaimed in shock, their faces filled with disbelief.

Among them, Yun Haoran and the others who had previously tipped off Lei Yuan to deal with Gu Jinlai trembled as if they had fallen into an ice cave.

Their biggest backer, Lei Yuan, is dead.

Now, Haifeng City has fallen into the hands of Gu Jinlai again, and even the city's protective formation has been activated, leaving everyone trapped like turtles in a jar.

If at this point Gu Jinlai were to retaliate against the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce...

Yun Haoran and the president, vice president and others exchanged glances, all of them seeing the fear in each other's eyes.

"No way! No way! A big shot like the City Lord Gu, who can speak directly with the Holy Dynasty's high-ranking officials, wouldn't specifically target us... We'll prepare a generous gift for the City Lord Gu right away, maybe..."

The president of the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce trembled and was about to speak when a terrifying pressure descended from the sky, instantly enveloping the entire Yunhai Chamber of Commerce.

Accompanying this was a sound like muffled thunder.

"The Yunhai Chamber of Commerce has committed numerous crimes, including bullying and extortion, and the evidence is conclusive. We are now taking immediate action! Anyone who resists will be killed on the spot!"

The expressions of everyone in the chamber of commerce changed drastically.

"That's Commander Li's voice!?"

"How could Commander Li..."

Before they could react, a large number of Haifeng City troops had already poured in.

At this time, the entire Haifeng City was under the control of Gu Jinlai.

Although many people know that it is impossible for Gu Jinlai to stay in Haifeng City for a long time, Wu Yan and Lei Xuanyu, who are city lords, were killed by him. Faced with his orders, how could anyone else dare to disobey in the slightest?

When he wanted to raid the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce, Li Shengyang, the military leader who was also a powerful figure behind the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce, was the first to lead the operation and uprooted the chamber of commerce.

While Li Shengyang was raiding the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce, thunderous sounds could be heard intermittently throughout Haifeng City.

Everyone could clearly feel the terrifying energy contained within that burst of thunder.

That was an attack that even a celestial Celestial Person would find difficult to withstand.

Every time lightning strikes, it is inevitably accompanied by the fall of a Martial Grandmaster, True Lord, or even a Martial King or Celestial Person Being.

Every time lightning struck, it terrified the cultivators in Haifeng City.

But no one dared to stand up and stop it.

The deputy city lord and domain lord of the City Lord Mansion even quickly submitted the list of all the people who had fled from Fengyu City to Haifeng City, hoping that Gu Jinlai could wipe out and kill those people who had fled from Fengyu City as quickly as possible, and leave satisfied.

As for the Lineage forces that protect the people of Wind and Rain City...

After several of them were swept away in a short period of Gu Jinlai, the remaining ones learned their lesson.

They all voluntarily handed over the refugees from Wind and Rain City without the slightest delay.

This makes it difficult for Gu Jinlai to act rashly.

His actions in Haifeng City were ultimately illegitimate and lacked legitimacy.

Furthermore, at this moment, he has no intention of completely breaking ties with the Holy Dynasty and starting a full-scale war.

He had a barely plausible reason for killing those who sheltered the refugees from Wind and Rain City.

The raid on the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce was a consequence of their prior offense against him, which led them to their own demise.

However, if one attacks other Red Name individuals without any reason, in the eyes of the Holy Dynasty, it would undoubtedly be seen as indiscriminate slaughter and indiscriminate killing of innocent people.

In this situation, even if the Holy Dynasty was unwilling to break ties with him, it had no choice but to step in and stop him.

Therefore, after sweeping through Haifeng City and personally judging and killing hundreds of people, he had no choice but to leave Haifeng City with regret.

He needs to get to Flowing Fire City as soon as possible.

Compared to the unjust and illegitimate nature of the trial of Haifeng City, the situation in Liuhuo City...

He is the city lord.

It is the city lord's responsibility to eradicate evil from the city.

To prevent the notorious villains of Liuhuo City from fleeing prematurely upon receiving the news, Gu Jinlai and his men stayed in Haifeng City for a day before arriving in Liuhuo City ahead of the others.

Upon arriving in Liuhuo City, he immediately ordered his men to take over the central array, activate the city's protective array, and launch a ten-day Thunderstorm Operation.

However, he kept a close watch on the situation for the first three days and swiftly and decisively plundered almost all of Flowing Fire City's high-ranking officials.

After removing all the troublemakers, the remaining tasks can be handled by Qi Sheng, Liu Feiyun, Ji Lie, and others.

All he needs to do is set aside time each day to personally conduct the trials.

The cultivation room of the City Lord Mansion in Liuhuo City.

They refined the more than four hundred newly acquired portions of Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold Gu Jinlai again.

At this moment, he could clearly sense that the Chaotic Astral Body was only one step away from transformation.

All that's needed is to collect some more Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold...

No!

I have sensed the spiritual world Gu Jinlai.

He held no official position in Haifeng City. Although he tried many people under the pretext of apprehending fugitives from Fengyu City, the number of Qingguang he obtained was still only about a hundred.

But Blazing Fire City...

It's only the fourth day of Operation Thunder, and his number of Clear Light has already climbed to 420.

If he were willing to take a portion of these 420 rays of clear light and invest it into the Chaos Starlight Body, he could complete the breakthrough of the Chaos Starlight Body and completely transform into a humanoid innate divine beast, even without using the Thunder Magnetic Essence Gold.

But...

"That's a bit wasteful."

This Gu Jinlai.

Using Qingguang instead of Leici Yuanjin is too wasteful.

Although he now enjoys great wealth, he has not forgotten the impoverished days he endured over the years.

Moreover, Qingguang is not a thunderous magnetic metal.

It simply allowed him to achieve perfection of the Chaotic Astral Body ahead of schedule, transforming him into a Primordial Divine Beast, in a manner similar to "premature birth."

The lack of energy will eventually have to be made up for.

Just like when he practiced the Great Sun Ninefold Refinement Visualization Method, although he condensed True Spirit, which was equivalent to a Heavenly Lord, his spiritual strength only truly reached the Heavenly Lord level after he came out of the Aries Star Palace and obtained a Heavenly Spirit Pearl.

"However, my current situation is far from comfortable."

Gu Jinlai pondering for a while, his gaze returned to the "Chaotic Star Body" at its peak.

Although the six great grotto heavens behind the Holy Dynasty have temporarily bowed their heads, they have clearly not truly given up their malice towards him.

Furthermore, since he killed the Dragon Cry Demon Emperor, the Star Mark Demon God will not let this go.

He didn't know when this demon god would suddenly appear and fight him to the death.

Although he now considers himself to be among the top in the Void Immortal stage, he is still facing a demon god comparable to a True Immortal residing in the mortal realm...

There's still a long way to go.

Furthermore...

"I've always believed that resources that have been used are the best resources. Although Qingguang is precious, there are still ways to obtain it. But what if something happens to me..."

With this thought in mind, he quickly drew upon streams of clear light and poured them into the Chaotic Starlight Body.

Suddenly, the chaotic starlight body seemed to undergo some kind of unknown optimization.

The lightning magnetic metal power that had accumulated in the body was used in a more rational and even way to promote the transformation of the physical body.

In this process of transformation, Gu Jinlai have been able to clearly feel that their special connection with the universe has become even clearer.

His "Child of the Stars" characteristic shines even brighter.

When this sensation reaches its peak...

"Boom!"

Endless lightning burst forth from his body.

The next moment, even though he hadn't activated the Star Child trait, his figure easily merged into some special power in this world, as if he had become a part of that power.

This is...

The Way of Heaven and Earth.

The brilliance of stars.

Chaotic Star Body: Great Completion → Perfection.

I spent more than three hours in the afternoon waiting for the results and queuing at the hospital, which wasted more than the allotted time.