I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 117 - 98: Demon Creation

Zhang Ning did the same, letting out a cold cry as he met the ferocious Demon Fiend covered in dark green spikes.

HISS~ HISS~

BANG! BANG!

The two were locked in a chaotic melee with the Demon Fiend.

Gu Zheng didn’t make a move. He simply condensed the spiritual pressure of his Super Body Realm and brought it down upon the tall, petrified-skinned Demon Fiend charging him.

THUD~!

Before the tall Demon Fiend could even get close, Gu Zheng’s pressure crushed it, slamming it into the ground. Its body writhed and an unconscious roar tore from its throat, but it was utterly unable to break free.

Yu Chengjun was dumbfounded.

Zhao Fang was also stunned.

Zhao Fang had been scared out of his wits the moment Gu Zheng walked in.

Yu Chengjun, however, reacted faster than he ever had before. But the gap between them was too vast; the instant he made a move, Gu Zheng saw everything.

At that moment, Yu Chengjun finally understood the power of the Super Body Realm.

However, in his terror, a sudden realization struck him. His eyes turned bloodshot as he glared at Zhao Fang and roared, "His name isn’t Chen Qi! You useless piece of trash! You were seen through, fooled, and deceived, and you didn’t even know it! Useless! Garbage! I should have killed you back then! Killed you!!"

"Not... not Chen Qi?" 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Zhao Fang trembled at the roar and stammered dazedly, "If his name isn’t Chen Qi, then what is it? If not Chen Qi, then what?"

Gu Zheng ignored the two of them, keeping the Demon Fiend suppressed with his pressure, his brow furrowed.

’The four names—Chen Qi, Xie Xiaoyue, Ning Dahu, and Liu Debiao—were just a ruse to fool Zhao Fang.’

Gu Zheng also knew that Magistrate Zhao the Elder had sent Wu Chunlin to the back courtyard to coax information out of the Warriors.

He had split off an illusory figure of "Gu Zheng" and hidden it in a corner. While Wu Chunlin was prying for information, the figure had telepathically instructed the Warriors to play along and give fake names.

This was a minor trick Gu Zheng had learned from Meng Taiqi.

The same went for immobilizing Yu Chengjun with a Divine Wondrous ability.

It couldn’t be considered a True Skill.

While Zhao Fang reeled from the successive blows and sank into self-doubt, Yu Chengjun could only roar in furious indignation.

What caught Gu Zheng’s attention, however, were the three names Yu Chengjun had just shouted.

"Dong Xuan’Er, Liu Ming, Lin Lang?"

"Those are human names. Did you give human names to three Demon Fiends?"

"Or are you saying... these three Demon Fiends were originally human!?"

SPURT~!

SCHLICK!

The instant the words left Gu Zheng’s mouth, An Xiaoxue and Zhang Ning slew their respective Demon Fiends, lopping off their heads.

Hearing Gu Zheng’s words, both of them shuddered, their faces filled with horror and disbelief.

"Mr... Mr. Gu, you’ve got to be joking, right?" Zhang Ning swallowed hard.

An Xiaoxue’s hands trembled, her face pale. She stammered, "How... how could a person... become a Demon Fiend?"

’This is too absurd!’

"Whether it’s a joke or not, Master Yu should know, right?" Gu Zheng’s face was calm, but a storm was raging in his heart—one he was forcefully suppressing.

"Hahaha!"

Yu Chengjun laughed maniacally. Knowing all was lost, he threw caution to the wind. He stared at Gu Zheng and shrieked with a morbid glee, "As expected of Lord Hundred Households! You guessed right! Absolutely right! The three of them were originally human. I was the one who used the Demon Creation Gourd to turn them into Demon Fiends!"

"And do you know who they were before? Demon Suppression Guards!"

"You heard me right! Just like you, they were all Demon Suppression Guards from the Demon Slayer Bureau!"

"The two who are dead were named Liu Ming and Dong Xuan’Er! The one still alive is Lin Lang!"

"Isn’t that a surprise? A delightful one, isn’t it!?"

BANG!

Zhang Ning rushed over and kicked Yu Chengjun in the chest. With a CRACK, a rib broke, and the man went tumbling across the ground.

Before he could get up, Zhang Ning was on him again, kicking and cursing, "Surprise your mother! You animal, you piece of scum, you lunatic!!"

"Hahaha~!"

Yu Chengjun ignored the kicks, laughing morbidly as he rolled around. "In this world, if you want to stay alive, you have to be a little crazy! You think you’re so noble? When the first batch of Demon Suppression Guards came, didn’t they take a huge pile of silver and split it amongst themselves!"

"Still talking back!"

Zhang Ning was furious. With two more CRACKS, he broke one of Yu Chengjun’s legs and an arm.

"This isn’t logical. It’s not possible," An Xiaoxue still couldn’t accept it, whispering to herself.

Gu Zheng said nothing. A glint of gold simply flashed in his eyes.

Eyes of Golden Flame!

Through his wondrous sight, the demonic shell of the tall, petrified-skinned Demon Fiend slowly receded, revealing its original form to Gu Zheng’s eyes.

It was a ruggedly handsome man of about thirty.

Lin Lang!

’This tall Demon Fiend... really was a person... turned into a Demon Fiend.’

Turning his head, Gu Zheng looked at "Dong Xuan’Er" and "Liu Ming."

Their original forms were also human!

’Demon Creation Gourd?’

Maintaining his Eyes of Golden Flame, Gu Zheng examined the miniature red gourd in his hand. Looking through its surface, he saw a mass of demonic energy enveloped by a powerful aura.

’Point it at someone, call their name, and if they answer, they turn into a Demon Fiend?’

Gu Zheng waved his hand, signaling Zhang Ning to stop.

"Ha... haha!"

Yu Chengjun lay sprawled on the ground. He spat out a mouthful of congealed blood and laughed morbidly. "Chen Qi... Let’s just call you Chen Qi for now. If it weren’t for that useless Zhao Fang failing to even get your real name, you would have been frozen for at least a moment when I called out to you just now!"

"And in that moment, I would have had enough time to attack, or to escape."

"If you had answered, a wisp of transformative energy would have shot out of the gourd, enveloped you, and turned you into a Demon Fiend."

"This transformative energy is formless, colorless, and silent. It’s invisible to the naked eye. Only the one holding the gourd can feel it."

"And once the transformation was complete and you became a Demon Fiend, you would have had to obey my commands and fall under my control!"

"A Demon Fiend slave at the Super Body Realm... If I had succeeded, I would have become the King of Wulong! Hahaha!"