I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 42 - 36: Demon Slaying

THUD~!

Liu Baozi’s legs gave out, and he collapsed to his knees. His voice trembling and laced with sobs, he cried out, "It... They made me do it! They forced me!"

WHOOSH~

Tao Liu spun around and lashed out with a kick. With a whistle, his foot connected with Liu Baozi’s neck, snapping it with a sickening CRACK.

"Ha, is that how you vent your anger?"

Inside the pavilion, one of three Lizard Race Demon Fiends—the one with three yellow stripes on its chest—spoke in a hoarse, accented version of the official human tongue. "What a waste to kill him like that," it rasped mockingly. "Human flesh is most fragrant when freshly killed. The texture is sublime."

As it spoke, there was a CRUNCHING sound. It stuffed the half-thigh it was holding in its sharp claws into its mouth and swallowed it whole, bones and all.

CREAK~

Diagonally across from them, the door of a closed building opened. A Lizard Demon with two yellow stripes on its chest emerged, holding the corpse of a child in its sharp claws. Fresh blood dripped from the corners of its mouth as it chewed. It looked toward Gu Zheng’s party and said, "You’re finally here."

"You damned beasts!"

Wu Kun’s eyes turned bloodshot. With a low roar, he drew his blade and charged. "Kill—"

WHOOSH~

The air suddenly whistled.

An invisible figure abruptly attacked Wu Kun from the side.

SHING!

Almost simultaneously, a flash of white sword light pierced the air, stabbing like lightning toward the moving, invisible figure.

"TCH~"

BANG!

A massive burst of Powerful Qi erupted like a flash of fire, forming a shockwave that sent dust exploding into the air.

Forced back, the invisible figure attacking Wu Kun was revealed.

It was another Lizard Demon with two yellow stripes on its chest!

"They can use Invisibility! They’re in pairs, coordinating their attacks!"

Yan Hongxue cried out, never breaking stride. Her longsword flared with a dazzling light as she pressed her attack against the revealed Lizard Demon.

"Understood!"

An Xiaoxue, Chen Zhizhen, Tao Liu, and Wu Kun—who had forced himself to calm down—responded in unison.

They quickly formed pairs and charged toward the pavilion.

"Zhang, you three take the one by the door!"

Gu Zheng shouted as he moved.

"Right!"

The Great Han and his two companions had just shouted their assent when Gu Zheng, already a step ahead of An Xiaoxue’s party of four, unleashed his Celestial Frost Blade. A ferocious Sword Gang erupted from it, slashing toward the Lizard Demon with three yellow stripes on its chest.

Its aura was the most potent of them all.

As expected, it was also the strongest, and Gu Zheng felt a faint sense of threat from it.

BOOM!

Frenzy Battle Saber Technique—Frenzy Battle Slash.

The Sword Gang, condensed from a surge of Divine Wondrous power, sealed off all of the Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon’s escape routes—front, back, left, right, above, and below.

"Heh~"

The Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon scoffed, exhaling sharply. It met the attack head-on with its thick, sharp claws.

"BANG~!"

Powerful Qi exploded, shaking the entire pavilion.

As dust filled the air, the shockwave sent the other two Lizard Demons flying backward to the left and right.

An Xiaoxue, Wu Kun, Tao Liu, and Chen Zhizhen, who were in the middle of their charge, were also driven back by the invisible force.

The Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon bore the brunt of the impact. The violent energy ravaged its massive body, shearing off dozens of scales and sending it staggering back into one of the pavilion’s stone pillars.

THUD~

SWOOSH!

The dull thud had barely faded when Gu Zheng moved again, closing in on the Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon. He activated his Bronze Elephant Body. His left arm underwent a Bronze Transformation, swelling in size. Before anyone else—including the Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon itself—could fully react, he threw a vicious punch.

"BOOM!"

The Barbaric Force of a punch weighing tens of thousands of pounds slammed squarely into the Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon’s chest, right where its heart should be.

Most of the savage force was deflected by its scales, breaking bones and sending scales flying, but a portion of it penetrated its body, shattering the Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon’s internal organs.

Its three-meter-long body was launched into the air. Blood sprayed from its mouth, and its scarlet eyes bulged with a mixture of shock, fury, and madness.

BANG!

THUD~

The Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon was thrown over ten meters, smashing through a rockery and a courtyard wall before crashing into a pile of rubble. The leaking Powerful Qi that trailed in its wake was incredibly sharp, shredding plants and flowers and sending dirt flying everywhere.

SWOOSH!

Sprinting at top speed, Gu Zheng pursued the Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon and closed the distance once more. His Celestial Frost Blade glowed brilliantly, and wrapped in its Sword Gang, he thrust it directly at the wound on the Demon Fiend’s chest.

"SWISH~"

The Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon, lying in the rubble, suddenly vanished. A thick, black, serpentine tail whipped toward Gu Zheng from behind, its passage through the air like the shriek of a vengeful ghost.

SWOOSH~ SWOOSH!

Gu Zheng sidestepped left and right with lightning speed, dodging the sweeping tail. With a SQUELCH, his Celestial Frost Blade plunged between the broken bones in the Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon’s chest wound—and got stuck.

"ROAR!!"

A roar from point-blank range blasted him in the face, spraying him with foul, bloody saliva.

Gu Zheng twisted his wrist, trying to pull the Celestial Frost Blade free as he retreated.

BANG!

But the Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon pursued relentlessly. Ignoring the wound in its chest, it swung its two thick forelimbs, their sharp claws moving like a pair of Divine Weapons, tearing through the air to overwhelm Gu Zheng.

Its thick thighs produced shocking explosive power and astonishing speed.

Combined with its Invisibility, it pounced on Gu Zheng, aiming for the kill.

SHING SHING SHING~

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

Gu Zheng dodged and parried simultaneously.

Frenzy Battle Saber Technique—Frenzy Battle Linked Blades.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

A sharp Sword Gang radiated from his body, serving as both offense and defense as he clashed head-on with the Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon in a contest of Barbaric Force.

’In that moment, Gu Zheng was thankful he had cultivated this True Skill Saber Technique when he did.’

’Back in Qingshi County, if I’d run into a Demon Fiend with the strength of a Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon, I would have had no choice but to activate my Bronze Elephant Body and meet Barbaric Force with Barbaric Force, defense with defense.’

’But now, I can fight it to a standstill with my Saber Technique alone.’

The power of his Frenzy Battle Saber Technique at the Great Success Realm exceeded his expectations.

’In human terms, the Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon’s strength is probably at the late stage of the Alien Body realm. In any case, it’s stronger than a Mountain-Shaker Alien Body.’

Gu Zheng had caught it off guard with his initial burst of speed, but now that the Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon had recovered, man and Demon Fiend were evenly matched.

At least in terms of combat power, there was little difference between them.

"ROAR~!"

A face-to-face roar slammed into Gu Zheng, the frenzied aura of the Demon Fiend assaulting his senses and even his mind.

The Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon, realizing its Invisibility had no effect on Gu Zheng, was now trying a Sonic Attack.

Gu Zheng didn’t even grunt. He held his breath, focused his mind, and channeled his Divine Wondrous power into the Celestial Frost Blade. He condensed his Sword Gang and continued to hack at the Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon, sending scales flying with every blow.

’The Three-Striped Lizard Snake Demon’s defense is tougher than I thought, too.’

’And what’s more, it seems completely unaffected by the injuries from my earlier punch.’

’Is this Lizard Demon’s heart just that tough, or is it not located where it should be?’

SHING SHING SHING~

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

"CRACK~"

Amidst his thoughts, Gu Zheng heard an odd cracking sound. He reacted instantly, throwing himself backward and leaping high into the air.

But he was a step too late. With a final BANG, the Celestial Frost Blade in his hand shattered into several pieces.

His blade was broken!