I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 135 - 102: You Forced My Hand

Gu Zheng’s gaze pierced through the horde of corpses, landing on a three-meter-tall mountain of bodies in the center of the house.

SHWIIING~!

The Celestial Frost Blade left its sheath as Divine Wondrous energy surged. The Sword Gang abruptly condensed into a fine line, empowered by Sword Intent. With a flash of light, it tore through the air, sliced into the pile of corpses, and shredded a red ball of flesh within.

The half-man-tall red ball of flesh was covered in tentacles. As the Sword Gang sliced through it, tentacles fell to the ground, and the ball itself was split into more than ten pieces.

BOOM~

"ROAR!!"

A corrosive fog suddenly exploded outward, followed immediately by an enraged roar that echoed throughout the town and reverberated through the mountains.

SWOOSH~

A red shadow darted away. The furiously burning Meatball Demon Fiend, while regenerating, shot out from the pile of corpses, crashed through a wall, and fled toward the back mountain.

No matter how furious it was, its life was more important.

But compared to before, it was clearly much more panicked now.

’He’s caught up!’

’Gu Zheng actually caught up so quickly!’

"ZING! ZING! ZING~"

The Sword Gang, forming fine lines, crossed the space to block the Meatball Demon Fiend’s escape route, completely surrounding it.

"Your speed has slowed."

A cold glint flashed in Gu Zheng’s eyes. He didn’t hesitate to expend his Divine Wondrous energy to condense the Sword Gang, first trapping the Meatball Demon Fiend, then compressing and slicing inward from the outside.

SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT!

The Meatball Demon Fiend shattered into dozens of pieces. Amidst its screams, it rapidly healed and reformed.

ZING! ZING! ZING~

The Sword Gang sliced again, dicing the Meatball Demon Fiend.

The latter shrieked, releasing its corrosive fog in an attempt to escape.

But it was useless.

Gu Zheng was containing it from a distance, an operation that consumed a great deal of Divine Wondrous energy.

Even at the cost of this heavy expenditure, Gu Zheng was determined to completely obliterate the Meatball Demon Fiend.

ZING! ZING! ZING~

"ROAR!"

ZING! ZING! ZING~

"ROAR!!"

Slicing, shrieking, regenerating and re-forming; slicing, shrieking...

The three steps repeated, again and again, without pause.

Halfway through, Gu Zheng swallowed a single Rejuvenation Pill, circulating his energy to absorb it and replenish his reserves.

The Meatball Demon Fiend finally couldn’t take it anymore.

Already severely wounded and having recovered less than a tenth of its strength, it completely exhausted its power. The next time it was shredded into pieces, they fell to the ground and did not regenerate or reform.

But Gu Zheng didn’t stop. He unleashed his Fire Demon Techniques, igniting the fleshy chunks, which went up in a roaring blaze.

Spirit Capturing!

[Demon Points +3]

’Finally dead.’

The remaining Demon Essence only provided 3 Demon Points.

Gu Zheng maintained the surge of his Divine Wondrous energy, watching as the fleshy chunks burned completely to ash.

Only then did he turn and leave, returning to the large auditorium in the center of town.

"FWOOSH~!"

He used Fire Manipulation to conjure balls of flame, igniting the nearly one thousand corpses that littered the inside and outside of the auditorium.

Amidst the roaring flames and thick smoke rising to the sky, Gu Zheng soared into the air, circled around, and returned to the hillock outside the town.

SWOOSH~

Landing lightly, Gu Zheng called out to Tang Jingtiao, Xu Heng, and the other three, "It’s taken care of. Do you want to go take a look?"

"...Congratulations, My Lord!"

Tang Jingtiao, Xu Heng, and the other three first congratulated him in unison.

Then, Lv Yan said awkwardly, "We’ll... we’ll stay here."

"There’s not much to see. The people in town are pretty much all dead," Gu Zheng replied nonchalantly.

The five of them, "..."

This... this...

Awkward, Tang Jingtiao, Xu Heng, and the other three lowered their heads, not daring to say a word.

"Alright. Next step, we find the Demon Fiends you were tracking."

Gu Zheng changed the subject. "Compared to Scattered Demons, the Wise Demon Race is a much greater threat."

"Yes, yes."

Liang Tianpeng wiped the sweat from his face and nodded. "Donghe, let your treasure do its thing."

"...Alright."

Chen Donghe called over the pocket-sized mouse that was lying on a nearby rock, eating soybean oil. He then took out a wisp of a Demon Fiend’s aura for it to sniff.

"SQUEAK SQUEAK~!"

The pocket-sized mouse licked its paws, memorized the aura, then climbed up a tree and sniffed the air in all directions.

A moment later, it dashed toward the mountain peak.

Chen Donghe hurried after it, with Xu Heng, Lv Yan, and the others following behind.

Gu Zheng brought up the rear.

Just like on their way here, the pocket-sized mouse led the way, and the group of six followed.

They crossed over mountains, forded rivers, and headed straight north.

That’s right, the Wise Demon Race that Liang Tianpeng’s group of five had been tracking was also in Divine Water County.

And their location was in the northernmost part of Divine Water County.

When the pocket-sized mouse finally stopped, the group was standing on a low slope on the north side of a basin’s center.

"SQUEAK SQUEAK~!"

Facing a patch of forest a hundred meters away, the pocket-sized mouse gestured with its paws and squeaked twice.

"We’ve found the Cyan Scale Demons!"

Chen Donghe scooped up the pocket-sized mouse, tucked it into his robes, and turned to Gu Zheng, saying excitedly, "Lord Gu, according to our tracking and investigation, the strongest of this group of Cyan Scale Demons hiding in the forest ahead is at the peak of the first rank..."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go wipe out the whole nest," Gu Zheng interrupted with a wave of his hand.

"Thank you, My Lord!"

Chen Donghe bowed in gratitude.

Tang Jingtiao, Liang Tianpeng, and the other two followed suit, bowing their thanks.

The task of a Demon Hunter is to find Demon Fiends and confirm their location.

But if they could also kill the Demon Fiends after finding them, their merits would naturally increase.

In the past, they had no choice. After confirming the Demon Fiends’ whereabouts, Chen Donghe’s group would have to retreat.

But now, with a Super Body Realm expert like Gu Zheng around, what was there to fear!

SWOOSH~

SWOOSH!

They moved quickly, stirring up the sound of rushing wind.

Tang Jingtiao, Xu Heng, and the other three were the first to charge into the forest the pocket-sized mouse had indicated.

Less than a hundred meters in, they saw four Demon Fiends—one large and three small—walking deeper into the woods.

Cyan-green scales covered their entire bodies. They walked upright on two thick legs, just like humans. They had no hair; instead, a wrinkled membrane covered their entire heads and necks. Their scarlet eyes and ferocious faces protruded outward.

They had sharp claws on their hands for lifting and grabbing, and a short, drooping tail also covered in scales. The tip of the tail was like a spike, glinting with a cold light.

Of the one large and three small ones, the large one was about 1.9 meters tall, while the small ones were around 1.3 to 1.4 meters.

One of the small ones was happily gnawing on a human arm held in its claws, its mouth smeared with blood.

"SHIING!"

With a flash of his blade, Liang Tianpeng dashed forward and lopped off the small Cyan Scale Demon’s head with a single strike.

"Yaa~!"

"ROAR!!"

The sudden attack from Tang Jingtiao, Lv Yan, and the others startled the remaining three Cyan Scale Demons.

The large one roared in shock and anger, brandishing its sharp claws as it attacked Chen Donghe and let out a piercing shriek to call for help.

The two remaining small ones grabbed a cloth sack full of human limbs and took off running.

But they didn’t get more than a few steps before Tang Jingtiao and Xu Heng caught up and decapitated them.

The large Cyan Scale Demon was also quickly killed by the combined efforts of Liang Tianpeng, Lv Yan, and Chen Donghe.

After dealing with the one large and three small demons, Liang Tianpeng’s group of five continued to charge deeper into the forest.

Halfway there, they encountered a large contingent of Cyan Scale Demons rushing to provide support, and a fierce battle erupted.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Just then, a flurry of blade light suddenly descended from the sky, covering a large area of Cyan Scale Demons.

As the light flashed past, severed limbs flew through the air, and Demon Blood sprayed everywhere.

Of the dozens of Cyan Scale Demons that had rushed out, not a single one was left intact; they had all been sliced into countless pieces by the Sword Gang.

Spirit Capturing!

[Demon Points +4]

[Demon Points +6]

...

’What a huge haul!’

"It’s a human Super Body expert!"

A dark, hoarse voice cried out in terror. A two-meter-tall Cyan Scale Demon that had been rushing from the rear came to an abrupt halt. Its vertical pupils dilated and constricted as it stared intently at Gu Zheng, who was standing atop a tree.

"Retreat! Everyone, run!"

This two-meter-tall Cyan Scale Demon, whose scales were a darker shade, roared hoarsely.

After roaring, it fixed its scarlet vertical pupils on Gu Zheng and spoke with difficulty, "Human, let us go, and we promise to never harm humans again. How about it?"

"Ha, you dare to negotiate at a time like this?" Liang Tianpeng sneered.

"If you don’t let us—"

WHOOSH~

A speck of golden light suddenly flashed, streaking through the space between the two-meter-tall Cyan Scale Demon’s eyebrows.

PFFT!

RIIIP~

With a crisp sound, the two-meter-tall Cyan Scale Demon’s powerful, sturdy body was instantly split in two, torn apart down the middle from its brow as if it were a sheet of paper.

Spirit Capturing!

[Demon Points +8]

"Noisy."

Gu Zheng calmly sheathed his blade. "No need to waste words on them. Kill them all."

"YAA~!!"

The dozen or so Cyan Scale Demons behind the two-meter-tall one shrieked in fury.

One of them, which had a small, pot-bellied stomach, stared with scarlet eyes and screeched in a stiff, sharp voice, "Humans, you forced our hand!"

"Demon Fiends will be Demon Fiends. Facing death, you still dare..."

BOOM!