I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 100 - 91: The Fifth Piece of Equipment

SHHIIING!

The Sword Gang became a thin line, tearing through the air as it streaked across the young woman’s neck without warning.

"PSHHHT!"

Dark green blood sprayed from the young woman’s neck, splattering the heads and faces of those nearby.

Gu Zheng, having delivered the strike, easily dodged the spray.

Spirit Capturing!

[Demon Points +5]

WHOOSH—

After a fractional pause, the moment his Half-Spirit Soldier Battle Blade finished slicing through the young woman’s neck, Gu Zheng shot upward. He dodged the blood splatter and leaped nearly a hundred meters through the air, descending upon a man dressed as a guard in the southern corner.

SHING!

The flash of the blade bloomed, reflecting in the eyes of everyone in the open ground.

Gu Zheng struck down from above.

"WHOOSH~"

BOOM!

Powerful Qi exploded, sending dirt and gravel splattering everywhere.

The Sword Gang hit nothing but air. It struck the ground, gouging out a trench seven or eight meters long and more than a meter deep. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

The Sword Qi radiated outward, tearing through the bluestone and extending from the end of the trench as a crack that snaked for over a dozen meters more.

’So fast!’

His expression unchanging, Gu Zheng spun in mid-air. He leaped again, hurtling toward the top of a distant wall.

There, the guard who had just vanished was already running along the wall, making a swift escape.

An androgynous voice echoed across the open ground.

"Sir, must you be so merciless? Our methods might be a little extreme, capturing people to cultivate, but we haven’t killed them. If you just..."

FWOOSH—BOOM!

A Sword Gang erupted, dragging a long ribbon of Sword Qi as it slashed through the air, enveloping the fleeing guard.

The creature’s words were cut short. Its figure flickered and distorted as it dodged pathetically.

Finally, it unleashed a cloud of pink mist that began to spread through the air.

"You forced my hand!"

A shrill, furious roar echoed throughout Jinshan Temple.

The guard’s figure shot away at extreme speed, but the pink mist began to spread from the top of the wall, drifting in all directions on the wind.

"FWOOSH~~!"

Clusters of flames suddenly condensed from thin air, twisting and merging into massive serpents. With gaping maws, they wove through the sky, devouring the pink mist.

HISSSSSSS!

Wherever the Fire Snakes passed, the pink mist ignited and was annihilated in great swathes with a sizzling sound.

Gu Zheng waved his hands, Divine Wondrous energy surging from his body. He unleashed his Fire Demon Techniques, commanding the Fire Snakes to burn away the pink mist of lust that drifted through the air.

This mist of lust couldn’t penetrate his defenses; it was useless against him.

However, everyone else inside and outside Jinshan Temple—aside from Zhang Ning, who could partially resist it—would succumb. They would become slaves to their desires, descending into a chaotic orgy.

Though it wouldn’t kill anyone, once they regained their senses, they would be too ashamed to face the world.

Those with more volatile temperaments would certainly take their own lives.

The Double-Faced Hero Demon Fiend’s tactic was meant to divert Gu Zheng’s attention to facilitate its escape.

The plan could be considered a success.

Gu Zheng was delayed. He used Fire Manipulation to burn away the pink mist spreading through the air. Only after every trace of the lust-inducing vapor was gone did he resume his chase after the Double-Faced Hero Demon Fiend, bursting out of Jinshan Temple.

"Ah!"

"Murder! Someone’s been murdered!"

"What was that just now? Was there a pink mist in the sky?"

"And that cry! I couldn’t tell if it was a man or a woman!"

"..."

It had all happened so suddenly. Only after Gu Zheng vanished in pursuit of the Double-Faced Hero Demon Fiend did the crowd in the clearing finally snap to their senses, erupting in screams, gasps, and shouts.

The people near the beheaded young woman, in particular, began to scream. Ignoring the Soldiers standing guard, they scrambled backward, shrieking without end.

"Silence!"

Amid the chaos, a dark-faced lieutenant raised his voice, his tone deep as he bellowed, "Open your eyes and look! Is that a person? Do people have two faces? Is their body all slippery, like a fish? That’s a goddamn Demon Fiend!"

"..."

An abrupt silence fell.

The panicked crowd fell still, and one by one, they lowered their gazes to the young woman’s headless corpse and the head lying on the ground.

Sure enough, it wasn’t human...

"Ahem! The general’s right. Sir killed a Demon Fiend, there’s no way it was a person! Good riddance!"

"That’s right, all Demon Fiends deserve to die! Jinshan Temple colluded with them, so all of them should die too!"

"Right! A thousand-year-old temple? A prestigious and righteous sect? Virtuous high monks? They’re nothing but a pack of traitors to humanity!"

"..."

The group of male pilgrims, now calmer, started speaking up. Ignoring the ropes that bound them, they glared at the detained monks of Jinshan Temple, hurling scornful and derisive curses.

Each curse was viler than the last.

All the monks kept their heads down, silent. But in the depths of their eyes, fear, horror, and utter disbelief swirled.

Demon Fiends!

They were actually Demon Fiends!!

...

...

WHOOSH—

WHOOSH!

The mountain wind howled, and the shadows of the trees danced.

Gu Zheng’s figure flickered, crossing dozens or even a hundred meters with each step. He remotely locked onto the fleeing Double-Faced Hero Demon Fiend and pursued it past the boundaries of Golden Fate Mountain.

BOOM! BOOM!

The Double-Faced Hero Demon Fiend in the lead periodically erupted with Demon Qi, surging forward in an attempt to shake Gu Zheng.

But unfortunately for it, Gu Zheng was erupting with power too.

The explosive power of his Super Body Realm physique shattered the air, creating dull booms.

Augmented by his Divine Wondrous energy and using the perfected White Crane Soaring Technique, the distance between them steadily closed.

In the middle of the chase, Gu Zheng tossed a Rejuvenation Pill into his mouth. He circulated his energy to digest and absorb it, converting it into Divine Wondrous energy to ensure his reserves never dropped below half.

WHOOSH!

FWOOSH—

With another explosive burst of speed, Gu Zheng closed the distance to the Double-Faced Hero Demon Fiend and slashed out from afar.

The Sword Gang formed a line that seemed to pierce through space itself, catching up to the Double-Faced Hero Demon Fiend.

"BOOM!"

A sphere of green light erupted from the Double-Faced Hero Demon Fiend’s body just in time to block the Sword Gang, and the two attacks canceled each other out.

The resulting shockwave slammed into the Double-Faced Hero Demon Fiend, knocking it off balance. It tumbled into a ravine and rolled for over a dozen meters, smashing through trees and rocks along the way.