Invincible Immortal Cultivator in the City-Chapter 575 - 574: Scheming

And at this moment, far away from the Gu Country Imperial City, a figure was sprinting through the mountains and forests at extremely high speed.

The man was very fat, resembling a bouncing ball, and when he sprinted, it looked like a giant meatball rolling on the ground.

On the fat man’s back, there was a young man whose condition seemed a bit off, his complexion pale, eyes tightly closed, and his breath was very weak.

The two people were Zhou Fatty and Lin Hao.

"I said, I said, there was no need for you to vie with that old geezer. Why didn’t you call me out? If I were there, it wouldn’t have come to this."

"Is the Power of Laws something to be used so casually? Your body, how could it withstand such powerful Law Forces, and this is not the Eternal Life Realm."

"Fortunately, I ate all the elixir materials in your cauldron; recovery was quick, otherwise both of us would have died here today, think about it, it’s really not worth it."

While running, the fat man kept nagging, but his eyes were filled with anxiety.

However, in no time, Lin Hao opened his eyes and took a deep breath while lying on Zhou Fatty’s back.

"Damn, my body feels completely hollowed out, and I still couldn’t grasp the true meaning of the Taoism in the Three Realms, otherwise using the power of the Laws would have been as easy as playing."

In the last moment, Lin Hao used the Thunder and Lightning Laws. Unlike the times on Earth at Resurrection Island, he had only simply utilized the Power of Laws back then, the power was far less potent than today. The Power of Laws he summoned today was extremely powerful, even people like the Gu Country ancestors suffered losses.

But, Lin Hao also paid a heavy price.

His True Qi was completely drained in an instant!

That was True Qi, not the Primordial Qi that ordinary cultivators cultivate!

Had it not been for Lin Hao planning early on to release Zhou Fatty from the Divine Cauldron, in his extremely weakened state with only a breath left, and had it not been for Zhou Fatty quickly recovering after eating a treasure vault’s worth of medicinal materials and elixirs from the Gu Country Treasury, he might have truly been killed by the Gu Country ancestor by now.

Even now, Lin Hao could still hear the cursing Zhou Fatty uttered under the cover of lightning as he carried him out of the deep pit.

Clearly, the Gu Country ancestor had the opportunity to leave Lin Hao behind in that situation.

It all felt like a dream, Lin Hao truly gambled this time.

At this very moment, inside the Gu Country Palace.

The soldiers were clearing debris and bloodstains, transporting piles of corpses away.

Inside the imperial courtyard, the Gu Emperor’s face was cold, and he knelt on the ground silently.

Before him, three elderly men were sitting, equally silent.

"Gu Country is in peril."

Returning from a fierce battle outside the city, the Gu Country ancestor walked back like an ordinary mortal.

Embarrassed, when he entered the courtyard, he said just that.

In fact, the other three elderly men had already known the outcome, as they had sensed everything that happened outside the palace.

"Where is the Queen?"

The Gu Country ancestor walked step by step into the courtyard, sat beside the other three elders, and then glanced at the Gu Emperor before asking solemnly.

Queen?

Mentioning the Queen, the Gu Emperor’s old face turned red, the corners of his mouth twitched, and then he suddenly knocked his head on the ground.

He was really too embarrassed to say that his Queen had been made to faint by the fleeing Lin Hao tonight and was still unconscious in the room, unresponsive to several calls.

"Fools! Useless trash! Is my great Gu Country going to be ruined by your hands?" One of the elders released his aura, immediately located the Gu Queen, and his face turned extremely ugly as he abruptly stood up.

The Gu Emperor did not dare to breathe heavily and just buried his head deeply into the ground.

After a while, the four elders of Gu Country quieted down.

"This time, the opponents are strong!" An elder of Gu Country took a deep breath, unconsciously clenching his fists.

The Gu Emperor’s ears twitched, his heart shocked.

Even the elder said the opponents were strong; what kind of existence was he facing? Earthlings? Are Earthlings so powerful?

Lin City!

For some reason, the name suddenly popped into the Gu Emperor’s mind.

What’s more, he remembered that the Earthlings had sent back his Deputy General with ears and nose cut off, threatening to annihilate their Gu Country!

"Elder, I’m afraid it won’t be long before the Earthlings launch a major attack on our Imperial City, what should we do?" The Gu Emperor suddenly began to feel fearful.

Earthlings, being wanted across all planes by the Divine World, was no ordinary matter; now, the Gu Emperor smelled a hint of danger and began to feel fearful.

"What is there to fear?"

The elder of Gu Country saw the fear in the Gu Emperor’s mind at a glance, narrowed his eyes, and said sternly: "Although the Earthlings are strong, you must know that they are a race wanted by the Divine World, and such a race has no future. Moreover, to deal with them, we can still get support from the Divine World."

"What does the elder mean?" The Gu Emperor was somewhat puzzled, looking up at the elder, still not quite understanding.

"They have offended an unprecedented entity, very likely from the Eternal Life Realm higher than the Divine World. I don’t believe they can be more overbearing than the Eternal Life Realm." The elder of Gu Country sneered repeatedly, even appearing very proud: "The greater the challenge, the greater the opportunity. If we oppose the Earthlings, who knows, we might even surpass the Divine World and establish contact with the higher Eternal Life Realm!"

The elder of Gu Country suddenly became excited, his eyes gleaming.

The Eternal Life Realm, that is the ultimate goal of all Cultivators, to be able to contact the powers of the Eternal Life Realm would definitely greatly enhance the strength of the Gu Country, yielding rapid progress, and making all sacrifices worthwhile!

The Gu Emperor also realized this, his eyes equally gleaming, extremely excited, but upon further thought, he became somewhat unsure: "But how do we contact the powers of the Eternal Life Realm? Moreover, the Earthlings will soon attack us; I’m afraid we won’t have time to contact the Divine World or even the Eternal Life Realm, right?"

People of a lower plane cannot actively contact those of a higher plane; only a powerful entity from a higher plane can tear through space or use a Divine Artifact to break through and establish contact. The Gu Emperor knew that to contact the Divine World or the Eternal Life Realm, they could only wait.

Wait until the situation with the Earthlings in the Upper Realm Plane becomes unmanageable or they are eliminated!

But can Gu Country afford to wait?

The Gu Emperor frowned: "Does that mean we should abandon the city, let the Earthlings find other forces to fight, and we benefit from their strife?"

"No!" The elder of Gu Country shook his head: "If we do nothing and give up now, it will likely backfire. Don’t think the people of the Eternal Life Realm are fools. We cannot retreat, but rather must fight to the death. However, we need to preserve what needs to be preserved."

"Then... I will have the other five countries come, we can’t let them just watch from the sidelines! Gathering the power of the Six Countries, those Earthlings might not be able to win!" A brilliant idea suddenly lit up in the Gu Emperor’s eyes.

The elder of Gu Country nodded, not saying much.

Subsequently, the Gu Emperor sent envoys to the five neighboring countries in haste, and two days later, Lin Hao and his companion finally returned to Lin City.

Resource distribution ramped up as the Earthlings worked overtime to produce ammunition, a great battle looming ever closer.

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