Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal-Chapter 49: The Fierce Onslaught

Gu Jinlai thought of the people he saw earlier, like Fang Que, Qin Guichuan, and Yang Shengping.

Then he thought of Wang Dongyu and the Meteor Star Guards he had personally slain.

All these people had one significant trait in common.

They had a high rate of Red names.

Much higher than in Starlight City.

He had thought it was because the Meteor Star Guard were suppressing the Cultivation World and had accumulated a lot of karma from killing, which was why everyone was burdened with it.

But now, it seemed...

that the truth was about to reveal itself.

Those who abetted tyranny, even if they had not directly participated in the slaughter, still accumulated karma.

It was just a matter of how much.

"I can’t control it,"

Gu Jinlai stood up from his desk with his hands braced against it, leaning slightly forward, "I want to give it a try."

Zhao Fan did not choose to confront Gu Jinlai directly but instead lowered his head.

He was just an insignificant part of the huge interest group that was Lingxiao City.

This trip...

was merely to deliver a message.

Having delivered the message, he did not stay long, "It was just a suggestion. You’re the Shangguan, the decision is in your hands."

After speaking, he performed a salute and took his leave.

Once Zhao Fan left, Gu Jinlai stayed alone for quite a while.

It took him about ten minutes before he refocused his attention on the information Zhao Fan had provided and began to review it.

The report detailed the participants in the Red Blood Sect incident in a manner that would not leave any evidence, as well as the power and the backing behind those people.

The magnitude of this power was so great that not just the current Gu Jinlai but even in his heyday as an elder of the Purgatory Demon Sect, he would not dare to get involved carelessly.

Otherwise, a single misstep could crush even a Refining God Giant like him in this power struggle.

"So ultimately, it only proves one thing, that I, who come from Blue Star, having received a good quality education and moral upbringing... would be better off not knowing, but now that I do know..."

Gu Jinlai casually tossed the report onto the desk, "I cannot bear to see such human suffering."

He stood up, taking a moment to reflect on himself.

After a while, he suddenly said, "It turns out I really am a good person, hahaha."

With that, he laughed heartily, leaving the Meteor Star Guard Mansion and heading straight to a nearby courtyard responsible for artifact casting.

The courtyard had always been manned by Gu Junxiu and Gu Junlei, who were masters in artifact casting. Gu Jinlai had allocated them ten thousand silver taels to squander, and by the time he arrived, the two had already displayed their work in the main hall upon receiving news of his approach.

"Patriarch,"

Gu Junxiu greeted him and gestured, "In this past month, I have led our team to forge armor day and night without rest. As of today, we have produced ten sets of armor and four swords for the Patriarch to inspect."

Gu Jinlai approached a set of heavy armor.

This set, cast from an osmium-iridium alloy, appeared crude and of poor quality due to the lack of co-spirit. Its quality had yet to match the Treasure Armor he previously owned.

But...

Gu Jinlai had intended for Gu Junxiu and Gu Junlei to cast merely the embryo plate; the refined work would rely on his own efforts.

He stepped forward and lifted the breastplate of the heavy armor, which stood over two meters tall. Satisfied with its weight, he nodded approvingly.

Then he went over to the heavy sword, which was two meters long, and lifted it with one hand, feeling its heft.

This was before he had infused it with spirit to fully mature it into osmium metal, which would make the sword even heavier.

"Good."

Gu Jinlai nodded, content.

He turned his attention back to the set of Treasure Armor.

The Treasure Armor and Treasure Sword were both cast to the standards of the Great Sun True Demon Body.

"I will choose the best quality set out of the ten sets of Treasure Armor and four Treasure Swords to infuse with spirit. In the future, I will even try to refine them into Spiritual Artifacts so they will weigh a thousand catties,"

said Gu Jinlai.

Speaking of Spiritual Artifacts, he again felt a headache coming on.

Spiritual Artifacts took too long to form.

With Heavenly Master infusion and spirit injection, it could take ten years to refine a single Spiritual Artifact.

Yet the myriad mysteries of a Spiritual Artifact were particularly alluring.

Compared to treasure weapons, their greatest characteristic is that they possess divine qualities.

A suit of heavy armor weighing a thousand catties, once refined into a spiritual device, could weigh up to ten thousand catties, be adjusted in size at will, and transform as desired.

The Purgatory Sect Master Lu Dengxian owned a top-grade Spiritual Device named Tianhe Armor.

It was refined from Heavenly Star Gold.

Heavenly Star Gold is extremely sturdy, but it lacks flexibility.

Lu Dengxian’s Tianhe Armor, as a top-grade Spiritual Device, has two divine attributes.

The first attribute, it could be soft or hard.

It’s said that when Tianhe Armor is stimulated to the extreme, it’s like a layer of golden gauze or like a stream of water, circling around one’s body.

This divine attribute perfectly solved Tianhe Armor’s lack of flexibility.

The second attribute, it could expand or shrink.

To ensure defense, Lu Dengxian’s Tianhe Armor stands three meters tall and weighs three thousand catties when fully formed.

With the divine attribute of adjusting size at will, this Tianhe Armor perfectly fits his body, allowing him to move freely.

At the moment, Lu Dengxian constantly has the Heavenly Masters working on perfecting the third divine attribute of this Spiritual Device.

That is, to reduce its weight to conserve physical energy.

Once this flaw is remedied, and Tianhe Armor ascends to a Supreme Grade Spirit Artifact, even an average person wearing it could probably render a Hugging Pill Master helpless.

"Although devils leave behind some spirituality when they die, the quantity is too small. If one could delve deep into the Demon Realm and kill the Demon Spirits that have not yet entered the bodies of Fierce Beasts, extracting their spirituality for evolution into the treasure armor, the efficiency of transforming treasure armor and swords into spiritual devices could increase by bounds and leaps."

Gu Jinlai now had control over the Great Sun Eternal Soul Secret Technique and possessed the power to kill Demon Spirits.

However, venturing deep into the Demon Realm...

was just a joke.

"Patriarch, besides the treasure armor, these molds you requested have also been cast."

Gu Junxiu once again brought out a few objects from the side.

It was a Model 1130 Short Range Defense Cannon and a six-barreled Gatling Gun.

To be exact, they were models.

Although the Model 1130 Short Range Defense Cannon had radar and displays, it was just for show.

It was completely unusable.

But Gu Junxiu’s craftsmanship was still impressive; anyone who didn’t know better might think these were the real deal based on their metallic luster.

After inspecting them, Gu Jinlai nodded with satisfaction: "That was quick."

"Once the Patriarch orders it, we naturally exert all efforts," Gu Junxiu modestly said.

"Next, set aside the casting of treasure armor and swords for now, I want you to focus on producing as many bullets as possible."

After pondering for a moment, Gu Jinlai added, "I will requisition a batch of people from the family. Since we lack automated processes, the bullets can only be made by hand. Regarding the standards, you two will strictly oversee them for me."

At this point, his tone became grave, "Especially the gunpowder formula, it must not be touched by anyone outside the three of us."

"Yes."

Gu Junxiu nodded solemnly.

"Good. Once the family’s people arrive, get to work on the bullets with full effort. Let’s set a small target first, make ten thousand of them."

Gu Jinlai said, "To ensure that the formula isn’t lost, from now on, I will have Gu Chifeng lead a team to be responsible for your safety."

"We will follow the Patriarch’s orders to the letter."

Gu Junxiu and Gu Junlei bowed respectfully.

Gu Jinlai gave some additional instructions regarding the details, and then had someone carry away the treasure armor, treasure sword, and the models of the Gatling and the Short Range Defense Cannon as he returned to the Meteor Star Guard Mansion.

Currently, the treasure armor, as well as the bullets and the treasure sword that Gu Junxiu and others were casting, were all very crude.

Especially for something as delicate as bullets, the qualified rate of those they made was estimated to be less than ten percent.

Even if they passed inspection, due to using raw gunpowder, they couldn’t reach the power level Gu Jinlai anticipated.

In the end, he would still have to rely on the co-spirit method to "awaken" those bullets, optimize the gunpowder and structure, and have them automatically develop into qualified bullets.

The same went for the Gatling gun.

He still had many techniques that needed supplementation through co-spirit.

"It looks like I’ll need to acquire some more Qingguang to enhance the Grand Sun Nine Refinement Visualization Method so I can condense more Spiritual Sense," Gu Jinlai thought to himself.

...

When he returned to the Meteor Star Guard Mansion and barely had time to start working, Gu Chaoyang hurriedly arrived: "Patriarch, Fang Que is leading a host of Star Guards and Wang Family experts, and they are menacingly marching towards our western city."