I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 128 - 100: Hunt? Counter-Hunt

"Hmph!"

On his shoulder, Pang Hu’s small, round face was stern. He nodded forcefully, lightning flashing in his azure eyes.

"Very good."

He had thought he would need to descend a bit for Pang Hu to see the people below. Seeing this, Gu Zheng smiled, reached out to scratch Pang Hu’s head, and returned with him to the mountaintop.

After landing, his figure shifted, and another "Gu Zheng" was pulled out. It stepped out of his shadow and continued to charge toward the Demon Fiend army.

...

’Have the uses run out?’

Amidst the Demon Fiend ranks, Qi Zhongshan’s sharp eyes scanned the perimeter, searching for "Gu Zheng".

This time, the interval was a bit long. "Gu Zheng" still hadn’t appeared.

Qi Zhongshan pondered whether he should circle back, break down the gates of Bamen County Town, and let the Demon Fiends...

"Ha, you’re finally here!"

Spotting "Gu Zheng" again, the smile on Qi Zhongshan’s old face grew even wider. "Let me see for myself just how many more times you can use that Spatial Marvel!"

The mouth of the large red gourd aimed at "Gu Zheng" from a distance.

SWOOSH!

...

"Gu Zheng" vanished.

"Gu Zheng" appeared again.

...

"Gu Zheng" vanished.

"Gu Zheng" appeared once more.

...

For the next several times, Gu Zheng risked 1 Spirit each time to send out a "Gu Zheng", all to exhaust the usage count of the large red gourd in Qi Zhongshan’s hands.

The Deceptive Appearance Equipment Effect was used to its fullest potential.

Qi Zhongshan’s mood shifted from the triumphant, sinister glee of a successful scheme, to anger and suspicion, and finally to disbelief, resentment, and sheer stubbornness.

When he raised the large red gourd for the tenth time, aimed its mouth at "Gu Zheng," and tried to release the Demon Transformation Qi from a distance, the gourd suddenly went still!

The "Gu Zheng" on the outskirts of the Demon Fiend army was moving swiftly, warily watching the movements of Qi Zhongshan, whom it had long since spotted.

It saw the old man hoist the Demon Creation Gourd for a long moment, yet no transformation qi was released.

’A chill went down his spine. ’The Big Gourd’s active uses are all gone!?’

The moment that thought arose.

SHING!

A glint of gold suddenly burst up from the ground, slashing outward and forming a thread-like Sword Gang.

A dozen or so Demon Fiends running on the ground—whether bloated, petrified, or spiky—had their ugly bodies instantly torn to pieces, splitting into dozens of chunks.

BOOM~!

The ground cracked open. Following the blast of the Sword Gang, a figure shot out from underground, streaking like lightning toward Qi Zhongshan.

"Get lost!"

Qi Zhongshan’s figure shot backward. Amidst his enraged, startled roar, he released a cloud of black-green mist.

HISSS~

SHUK!

The void itself seemed to be split in two.

In an instant, dust, Powerful Qi, mist, and Gang Qi were all effortlessly torn apart by the indomitable Sword Gang.

Qi Zhongshan felt he was moving faster than he ever had in his life, but he was still a fraction of a second too slow. The Sword Gang sliced through the arm holding the large red gourd, and it fell, cleanly severed from his shoulder.

WHOOSH~!

An afterimage flashed. Before the arm could even hit the ground, it vanished along with the large red gourd.

’The gourd is mine!’

Gu Zheng, having burst from the earth, felt a surge of triumph. The Celestial Frost Blade in his hand didn’t stop; Divine Wondrous power surged as he executed *Nine Luminaries Golden Saber*.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

One flash of the blade followed another, merging into a single sheet of light.

Refined and extended by the Celestial Frost Blade, wrapped in a chilling Frosty Cold Qi, it was finally unleashed with ferocious Sword Intent, enveloping Qi Zhongshan.

After the seventh "Gu Zheng" was gone, Gu Zheng had used Earth Manipulation to perform an Earth Escape, lying in wait underground for the right opportunity.

While he could have used the Wooden Fish to turn invisible and circle in the air, the resulting air currents could not be hidden.

It was just like how Meng Taiqi had previously discovered the invisible Pang Hu in Gu Zheng’s room.

The body and aura could be made invisible, but the flow of air and the shift in the wind could not.

But using Earth Escape to hide underground was different.

It was very difficult for Qi Zhongshan to notice, as the "Gu Zheng" clones were drawing his attention.

And the facts proved it: Gu Zheng’s ambush was a resounding success!

With the Big Gourd tucked away in his Storage Leaf, he was now unleashing his killing move.

Qi Zhongshan, now at point-blank range, had no way to dodge and could only take the attack head-on.

"ROAR!"

With a long howl, black light surged around Qi Zhongshan, forming a suit of armor to resist the Sword Gang attack empowered by Sword Intent.

TSS TSS TSS~ 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

BANG! BANG!!

Amidst the piercing, unnatural sounds, the black light shattered and dissipated into nothingness.

CLANG CLANG CLANG!

The Sword Gang overwhelmed Qi Zhongshan’s body, colliding with the gray Inner Armor he wore underneath and creating a ringing clash of metal. But this lasted for only a single breath before the Inner Armor was silently diced into several pieces by the Sword Intent.

Finally, all that was left to resist was Qi Zhongshan’s physical body, which had just broken through to the Super Body Realm.

However, the Sword Intent still penetrated his body first, churning his internal organs to pulp. The Sword Gang followed close behind, tearing through his flesh and bone and slicing clean through his body.

SQUELCH! SQUELCH! SQUELCH~

Once the rapid sound of the blade tearing through flesh had passed, over three hundred Demon Fiends surrounding Qi Zhongshan were swept up by the aftershocks of the Sword Gang’s Powerful Qi, shattering into a mess of severed limbs.

Qi Zhongshan himself stared wide-eyed, looking in disbelief at the now-visible figure of Gu Zheng.

"Sword... Sword Intent!?"

CRASH~

With a crisp cracking sound, Qi Zhongshan, just like the surrounding Demon Fiends, shattered into a pile of meaty chunks!