I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 125 - 100: Hunt? Counter-Hunt

Only they themselves could control these Demon Fiends.

Even if someone else got the gourd, they wouldn’t be able to command them.

The previous two, Yu Chengjun and Wu Qian, had been cooperative. They summoned their Demon Fiends without any nonsense.

Because of this, Gu Zheng had memorized the fluctuations of energy that their small red gourds emitted when they summoned the Demon Fiends.

But Gao Changgong was playing tricks!

The energy fluctuations he had just sent out at the beginning of the summoning were mostly different from what Yu Chengjun and Wu Qian had released.

Clearly, this guy still hadn’t given up. He was trying to pull something!

...

"Hahaha!"

His scheme exposed, Gao Changgong dropped all pretense and laughed hysterically. "You’re incredible, Lord Hundred Households, truly incredible! You even noticed such a subtle anomaly in the fluctuations. But it’s a pity! Even if you found out, what can you do to me?!"

His laughter suddenly intensified, turning into a vicious roar. "If you’ve got the guts, then kill me! Go on, kill me! Stomp my head in!"

"Hahaha!!"

Gao Changgong laughed with wild abandon, his eyes filled with madness. "What, lost your nerve? You need my cooperation to summon the Demon Fiends, don’t you? If I die, you’ll have to search for them all over the mountains, wasting your time and energy. You want to solve this all at once, in one clean sweep, and for that, you need me!"

"Since you need my cooperation, you’d better be a little more polite!!"

Gao Changgong sneered. "First, get your foot off me!"

Gu Zheng retracted his foot.

"Hahaha!"

Gao Changgong let out a triumphant, hysterical laugh. He slowly turned his head to look at Gu Zheng and issued another command. "Next, carry me on your back! You chopped off my legs and crushed one of my hands, did you think—"

"Huh? What are you doing? What are you doing?!"

Gao Changgong suddenly screamed, a flash of terror in his eyes as he tried to move his body.

His entire body abruptly went rigid, his gaze locking with Gu Zheng’s.

He was still shouting, but his voice slowly trailed off. The struggle, madness, and defiance in his eyes gradually vanished, replaced by clarity, reverence, and submission...

"Greetings, Master!"

Lying on the ground, Gao Changgong called out obediently, "Forgive your subordinate’s rudeness. I am unable to rise and bow."

"Summon the Demon Fiends here," Gu Zheng said coldly, his face impassive.

"Yes!"

Gao Changgong raised the small red gourd that had fallen beside him with one hand. Focusing his Spirit, he activated the gourd, releasing strange fluctuations of energy that spread out in all directions, circle after circle, wave after wave.

This time, the fluctuations were identical to the ones Yu Chengjun and Wu Qian had produced.

Having been branded with the Slave Seal, he now naturally obeyed Gu Zheng’s every command!

Gao Changgong thought he had found leverage, believing Gu Zheng wouldn’t dare to kill him.

Gu Zheng decided to grant his wish—by giving him a Nether Heart Slave Seal!

However, Gu Zheng had no intention of keeping Gao Changgong as a subordinate permanently.

He waited until the strange energy fluctuations had spread to their maximum range, over sixty li.

Once the task was complete, Gu Zheng stomped down and crushed Gao Changgong’s head, sending him to meet his ancestors.

Although it wasted a Nether Heart Slave Seal, the feeling was immensely satisfying, and his mind felt clear!

"RUMBLE~"

The ground trembled and dust filled the air.

Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of Demon Fiends swarmed in from all directions, converging on the valley.

SWOOSH!

Gu Zheng soared into the air, circling above.

Once most of the Demon Fiends had gathered, his Divine Wondrous power surged. He unleashed his Fire Demon Techniques, projecting and condensing a furious, flaming dragon dozens of meters long, which then dove into the horde of Demon Fiends.

"BOOM!"

"BANG~"

"CRASH!"

The muffled explosions echoed far into the night.

The roars of the Demon Fiends, accompanied by the thick smell of smoke and fire, resounded across the sky.

「A quarter of an hour later.」

All the Demon Fiends had been dealt with, reduced to ashes.

Dust to dust, earth to earth.

SHIING~!

Gu Zheng drew his saber, slashed the small red gourd to pieces, and then crushed the fragments completely.

Then, Spirit Capturing!

[Demon Points +572]

’Less than half of what Yu Chengjun and Wu Qian had?’

Gu Zheng’s brows furrowed. ’Gao Changgong deserved to die. This guy harmed far more people!’

The fewer Demon Points obtained from a Demon Creation Gourd, the more of its energy had been used.

Compared to Yu Chengjun and Wu Qian, Gao Changgong was undoubtedly more ruthless.

’That bastard got off too easy.’

Gu Zheng regulated his breathing, suppressing his anger.

A moment later, he turned and left the valley.

...

Luotian Sect was dealt with, and Gao Changgong was eliminated.

Next up was the Badao Sect in Bamen County, and Gao Batian.

「After resting for half a day.」

He took a Rejuvenation Pill to replenish his spent Divine Wondrous power.

Gu Zheng called An Xiaoxue and Zhang Ning, and they rushed to Bamen County overnight.

When night gave way to the bright light of day, the three of them arrived outside the Bamen County seat.

However, before they could even enter the city, they saw a massive army of Demon Fiends from a distance, roaring and howling as it marched along the main road outside the city, heading west.

"This is..."

On a hill, Zhang Ning’s eyes widened in horror. "These Demon Fiends have already been summoned? What is Gao Batian trying to do? No, wait! There are too many of them, at least a hundred thousand!"

"At least a hundred thousand... Could it be that the Demon Fiends from Xiongying County have come over to merge with those from Bamen County?" An Xiaoxue guessed, her expression changing. "Don’t tell me the mastermind behind all this has mobilized the Demon Fiend army ahead of schedule, preparing to move out of the prefecture?"

"We’ve been exposed."

Gu Zheng’s brows knitted together. "I don’t know how the news leaked, but the mastermind definitely knows we’re here. Xue was right. This scene before us is clearly the mastermind mobilizing the Demon Fiend army ahead of schedule to leave the prefecture!"

"Turning people into Demon Fiends and then summoning them requires Du Yanjun and Gao Batian to act personally. Does that mean the two of them are in that army right now?" Zhang Ning’s mind raced.

"Not just Du Yanjun and Gao Batian. The mastermind is most likely there as well."