Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal
Chapter 503 - 499 Blood Contract Curse

Chapter 503: Chapter 499 Blood Contract Curse

"The end of the crossbow?"

Gu Jinlai was taken aback.

This phrase...

sounded very familiar.

The last time, in the Chi Long Territory, the Demon Emperors had also mentioned it more than once.

At that time, he had deliberately lowered his efficiency in killing to gather enemies more conveniently.

This time...

Was it because he did not want to use something like nuclear fusion, a non-discriminatory attack method, to damage the Demon-slaying Hall’s Array, fearing that the scattered Fierce Flames might hurt the innocent, so he stopped the release of nuclear fusion energy and switched to the comparatively weaker Thunder Light Domain?

Gu Jinlai knew this.

Zhao Hua knew this as well.

After the release of the nuclear fusion energy, he initially thought that Duanmu Shan had won and had killed Gu Jinlai, but instead, Duanmu Shan was at a disadvantage!

Her situation was perilous.

Remembering how Gu Jinlai had pushed through the Chi Long Territory, releasing his Top Divine Power imbued with terrifying bright light and high temperatures of Fierce Flames countless times, his eyes grew somewhat crazed.

Helping Duanmu Shan against Gu Jinlai, he would definitely not escape death.

And if he just watched Duanmu Shan die, she would leave the Blood Contract Curse on him, and then he would face the pursuit of the entire Holy Dynasty, even from the six great Cave Heavens behind it.

Either way, it was death.

This situation gradually made the Wind and Rain City Lord’s eyes grow crazed: "Why must you force me! Why must you all force me!"

"I’ve said it before, collaborating with devils can yield greater benefits, and it’s the only way out for our Human Clan. Those high up in the Holy Dynasty only think about themselves, they do not care whether we live or die! Better to betray to a foreign land than to our own masters! For them, it doesn’t matter even if all of us die, as long as they can live comfortably."

At this moment, Wu Tianya’s voice sounded: "Just like now, Duanmu Shan knows that confronting Gu Jinlai is sending you to your death, yet she still forces you to die, and if you don’t die for her, she will kill you, and you still tolerate it!?"

Zhao Hua’s breathing became rapid, and his eyes turned bloodshot.

"As Wind and Rain City Lord, if you are willing to defect with the City Protection Array’s layout to the Demon God behind me, he can absolutely protect your safety! With the Demon God, even if you carry the Blood Contract Curse, do you think the people of the Holy Dynasty Royal Family will dare to be reckless in the Demon God’s land?"

The voice of Wu Tianya echoed like a devil’s whisper constantly around Zhao Hua: "As for wanting to govern the populace, continuing to be the exalted City Lord? That’s very simple too! There are many of our Human Clan in the state of the great Demon God; these people need someone from the Human Clan to govern them, and you, as the one who brought the Array Formation Map to him and made great contributions, continuing to govern a city is not difficult at all. Why be a servant to those six Great Cave Heavens that don’t care about our life or death?"

"Array Formation Map..."

Zhao Hua’s eyes flashed with struggle.

The City Protection Arrays used by the Outer Ring Thirty-Six Cities of the Holy Dynasty were all the same.

Although Divine Weapons were the core of the City Protection Arrays, and the Royal Family also had the capability to control the City Protection Array directly over the City Lords... but...

If he really leaked the layout of the Array, devils could specifically target the City Protection Arrays of the Outer Ring Thirty-Six Cities.

And once they lost the support of Array power...

Any Demon Emperor accompanied by elites could breach any of the giant cities with populations over a hundred million.

And with the Holy Dynasty not having enough Void Immortals to guard each city, the entire dynasty would be forced to contract their defenses and move towards the Inner Ring.

In this process, countless families would be torn apart, and numerous lives lost.

Though Zhao Hua was ruthless in achieving his goals, he still retained a bit of humanity...

But at this moment, Duanmu Shan’s Divine Thought surged out again: "Zhao Hua! Are you deaf!? I am the Sixth Princess of the Holy Dynasty! The future heir to the throne! If I die, all your Zhao Family, all of you must be buried with me!"

This statement made the barely rational Zhao Hua’s eyes widen with rage, and he yelled, "Bitch, shut your mouth!"

He stared intensely at the Demon-slaying Hall, his Divine Thought pulsating with madness: "If not for you, this bitch, coveting the inheritance of Li Yang Cave Heaven, and colluding with Jin Fantian, bypassing me, the City Lord, to go after Gu Jinlai, how could you have forced yourself into this situation!? Now that Jin Fantian and his people are dead, and you are about to be killed by Gu Jinlai, you think of me!? You want to force me to fight Gu Jinlai to the death for you!? Where in the world is there such a good deal!"

Upon saying this, Zhao Hua felt an unprecedented exhilaration and the gloom in his heart was swept away in that moment.

He burst out laughing madly: "Bitch, go to hell, whether it’s the Sixth Princess or the Seventh, I don’t care! I’m rebelling, hahahaha!"

After speaking, he forcefully manipulated the power of the City Protection Array, solidifying the defense of the Demon-binding Array of the Demon-slaying Hall.

Instantly, the Array that was on the verge of collapse suddenly stabilized.

For this, even if the stored energy of the City Protection Array was consumed multiple times faster, he was unrelenting.

"Zhao Hua!"

A reluctant shout came from within the Array by Duanmu Shan.

"Go!"

Zhao Hua rounded up the power of the Array, and at the first opportunity, he dashed towards the City Lord Mansion.

"City Lord Zhao made a wise decision,"

Wu Tianya followed Zhao Hua and bowed to him, "With Gu Jinlai still not emerged, let’s leave immediately, do not delay!"

Zhao Hua glared at Wu Tianya.

Considering he would need Wu Tianya’s connection to meet that Demon God, he eventually said nothing. To Zhao Liang, he commanded, "Notify our trusted staff to quickly withdraw, save as many as possible, as for us, don’t worry about anything, just leave Wind and Rain City at top speed."

"Yes."

Although Zhao Liang felt some aversion to defecting to the devils, once Zhao Hua bore the Royal Family’s Blood Contract Curse, it was clear they had no place in the Holy Dynasty, and for survival, he too agreed.

The Demon-slaying Hall enveloped by the array.

Because both Duanmu Shan and Zhao Hua were transmitting messages through Divine Thought, Gu Jinlai was unable to detect their communications, suddenly sensing that the array of the nearly collapsing Demon-slaying Hall had been fortified.

Before him, the Sixth Princess unexpectedly went mad.

"Zhao Hua!"

She uttered a cry filled with hatred.

Seeing that the killing power of the Thunder Light Domain was somewhat unsatisfactory, to avoid wasting too much time and risking changes, the Eternal Furnace within him operated once again.

This time, he directly released the South Fire Divine Light, which he had not mastered very skillfully.

Although he was unskilled, drawing energy from the Eternal Furnace at the Perfect Level to form a giant light pillar of several meters in diameter that shone upon the Golden Bell raised by Duanmu Shan, the bell still began to melt visibly.

"Ah! No! Stop! Ancient Martial Saint, please stop!"

This scene instantly escalated the fear in Duanmu Shan’s heart to the utmost.

Her face no longer bore the pride of a Royal Princess looking down from her throne.

Her heart was filled with regret.

Why had she been bewitched by Jin Fantian to travel thousands of miles to Wind and Rain City to court death, given that this force led by Gu Jinlai was capable of fleeing from Devil’s pursuit to the Holy Land and even flatly pressing through the Chi Long Territory?

"Gu Jinlai, killing me brings you no benefit. Instead, you will be cursed by our Royal Family. With this curse, unless you achieve the True Immortal Dao Fruit, no matter where you flee, you will face relentless pursuit from the Royal Family’s elite... Let me go, I assure you I will harbor no thoughts of revenge for today’s events, and I will also do my utmost to gather the three thousand units of Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold you desire!"

Gu Jinlai said nothing.

The energy from the Eternal Furnace continuous poured into the South Fire Divine Light.

The Golden Bell upheld by Duanmu Shan resembled a space battleship targeted by a laser cannon.

Golden light burst forth.

One breath, two breaths...

Even though Duanmu Shan had stimulated the might of the rhombic Divine Weapon to its limit, three breaths later, the South Fire Divine Light still melted the significantly enhanced Dao Artifact.

"No!"

In the instant the Golden Bell melted, Duanmu Shan knew she was doomed; with a hate-filled scream, she suddenly burst into a blood mist, "Gu Jinlai, Zhao Hua, the Holy Master and the Venerable Daoists will not let you off, I will wait for you below the nine springs."

In this resentful scream, the blood mist unbelievably split in two, part shooting towards Gu Jinlai and the other towards the Demon-slaying Hall enveloped in the array.

"Hmm!?"

Gu Jinlai’s thoughts flickered, and the Thunder within the Thunder Light Domain struck down at nearly the speed of light.

However, when this thunder and the blood mist collided, it passed directly through the mist as if the blood did not exist.

"This is..."

The blood-tainted spirit bypassed the void, instantly contaminating Gu Jinlai.

Just as Gu Jinlai recognized this power, the True Spirit in him that had been forcefully sealed, as if stimulated, burst forth a stream of Spirit Light.

Under the illumination of the Spirit Light, the blood mist dissolved like snow under the fierce sun in an instant.

"This is a technique similar to those of the Heavenly Master, directly contaminating another’s Life Spirit Light!"

Gu Jinlai quickly identified it.

The next second, something occurred to him, "Not good!"

The instinctively retaliatory True Spirit was forcefully sealed again.

But clearly...

The movement of the True Spirit had once again caught the attention of some terrifying entity.

The depths of the Spirit Realm churned, a terrifying power targeting the spirit rapidly focused its gaze in this direction, attempting to descend.

The Aries Star Lord.

Although more than half a year had passed, to life forms without the concept of "death" and only wandering in the Spirit Realm, half a year was so brief it seemed but a moment.

During this time, he had never stopped perceiving Gu Jinlai.

Now that Gu Jinlai had been hit by a Blood Contract Curse, and his True Spirit sensed the contamination and instinctively shattered it, it immediately attracted the attention of the Aries Star Lord.

The destruction that the true body of a Spirit Realm Life such as the Aries Star Lord, spanning thousands of kilometers, could bring upon descending was more terrifying than the arrival of a Spirit Venerable or a Ruins Beast, instantly devouring the spirit of many beings in Wind and Rain City.

Indeed!

If an existence like the Aries Star Lord descended forcibly in its true form from the Spirit Realm without a suitable vessel, the destruction it caused would be even more horrifying than that of a Spirit Venerable or Ruins Beast passing through.

And clearly, Gu Jinlai was not prepared to willingly become its vessel.

He took a deep breath and rapidly sealed his True Spirit.

This demon-refined, Primordial Chaos impeccable True Spirit’s every fluctuation completely ceased, not leaking the slightest trace.

Immediately, that "peeping" gaze dissipated somewhat.

But even so, he could still feel an indescribable terror looming over him.

It seemed as if in another world, a horrifying existence roamed continuously, unaware of when it might suddenly notice his location and forcibly descend.