I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 59 - 53: Overpowering the Super Body

BAM! BAM! BAM!

The night wind blew under layers of dark clouds.

A figure like a great bird leaped and glided high in the air. The aftershocks from his explosive bursts of Powerful Qi rippled outward, spreading in one ring after another.

Gu Zheng faced the cold wind, using his Triple Jump to glide through the air in a straight line toward the county seat where Cao Handing was located.

Meanwhile.

Zhang Meiyuan was also facing the night wind, flying high in the sky and passing through layer after layer of clouds.

The air currents whistled around him. On both of his arms, a wing-like pattern shimmered and glowed.

In terms of speed, Zhang Meiyuan was faster, and he made much less noise.

A Marvel—the Wings of Flight!

One of the few remaining family heirlooms of the Zhang Family.

WHOOSH!

WHOOSH~

Under the full moon, the two men arrived outside Cao Handing’s garrisoned county seat from different directions, one after the other.

THUD!

Gu Zheng descended from the sky, landing halfway up a mountain.

Even though he controlled his strength, the force of his landing still smashed a crater in the ground, sending dirt and rock flying and making the earth tremble.

The chirping of the surrounding insects came to an abrupt halt.

SWISH~

Zhang Meiyuan did not land, instead continuing to fly into the town.

Soon, cries of alarm and shouts erupted from within the town.

The next moment, two figures shot out from above the county seat, one chasing the other.

Zhang Meiyuan was in the lead, with Cao Handing close behind.

WHOOSH!

A powerful wind swirled, scattering the air currents.

Zhang Meiyuan slowly descended from the sky and landed behind Gu Zheng.

CRUNCH~

Cao Handing smashed a boulder blocking his path with a single punch. He stopped ten paces from Gu Zheng. His sharp eyes pierced the darkness, and as he made out Gu Zheng’s face and figure, his eyebrows shot up. A trace of surprise flickered across his composed face.

"You?"

Cao Handing’s voice was deep. "You’re Gu Zheng, right? Just a squad leader under that Yan Girl. What’s so important that you’d lure me out this late at night?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhang Meiyuan behind Gu Zheng and frowned. "And who is this with you?"

Gu Zheng didn’t answer.

He simply took off his plain long shirt and trousers, handing them to Zhang Meiyuan.

He was left with only a loose cotton cloth wrapped around his waist.

"Heh~"

Cao Handing took in the scene and couldn’t help but chuckle. "So you lured me out here just to strip—"

WHOOSH-BOOM!

A fierce wind erupted as the sound of tearing air rang out.

Gu Zheng’s skin turned the color of bronze. He crossed the ten-pace distance in the blink of an eye, and the instant he was in front of Cao Handing, he threw a punch.

BAM~!

A muffled thud, accompanied by an explosion of Powerful Qi, echoed in the night.

Cao Handing caught Gu Zheng’s fist with a single palm.

"You—"

WHOOSH!

Powerful Qi tore through the air, letting out a strange sound as it warped the space around it.

Gu Zheng swung his left arm. His body seemed to swell in size as he unleashed five times his previous strength.

A tyrannical and ferocious Fist Force exploded right under Cao Handing’s nose.

BOOM!!

The heavy impact vibrated through his eardrums.

The blow snapped Cao Handing’s head back, and he stumbled backward uncontrollably.

But in the space of a breath, the aura around him surged. It was like a pot of boiling water blowing its lid off. White steam shot out from his open pores with a series of hisses.

Billowing heat, carrying the terrifying temperature of an exploding furnace, engulfed Cao Handing. It coiled and danced around him before surging madly toward Gu Zheng.

"You... are courting death!"

His no-longer-concealed roar of shock and fury echoed through the forest. Cao Handing retreated five steps, then his legs planted themselves like pillars, stabilizing his powerful frame.

SWOOSH!

His arms, glowing with a deep red light and wrapped in a whistling sound, shattered the air as they came smashing ferociously toward Gu Zheng.

The force was immense, the speed incredible—it was over in less than a blink of an eye.

BANG~~!

Gu Zheng met the attack head-on with his fist. As the colossal sound erupted, the released Powerful Qi coiled like a living python, slithering up their arms to engulf their entire bodies.

Cao Handing’s sleeves were instantly shredded, and the rest of his upper-body clothing disintegrated into tatters.

On Gu Zheng’s bronze skin, his knotted, incredibly dense muscles didn’t even ripple.

The two stood motionless, but the air behind each of them was pierced. Tunnels of displaced air, clearly visible, extended dozens of meters to the left and right. At their endpoints, five or six trees exploded, sending splinters and soil flying everywhere.

The ground where they stood had caved in, forming a circular depression about ten meters in diameter and seventy centimeters deep.

The bronze light and the deep red light tore at each other, clashing and advancing with incredible ferocity.

"You..."

Amidst the howling astral wind, Cao Handing’s eyes widened as he choked out, "You’re actually a Super Body..."

BAM!

Gu Zheng executed a sweeping kick, rising from below. It carried a whistling sound as it aimed for Cao Handing’s chest.

THUMP-THUMP~

Cao Handing blocked it with his hand and retreated. But the next second, he pressed forward again. Deep red light covered his body, and his fingers became like ten iron hooks. Emitting billowing steam, they tore through the air, clawing for Gu Zheng’s waist, heart, neck, and eyes.

BANG! BANG! BAM!

Gu Zheng blocked with one hand and punched with the other, unleashing the full extent of his pure physical strength.

The system panel showed: Bronze Elephant Body 60% unlocked.

He completely unleashed his explosive power and Barbaric Force, which filled his entire body. It too transformed into billowing heat, scorching the very air with its high temperature and causing it to ripple.

BOOM! BOOM!

The two clashed head-on. The shockwaves from their explosive Powerful Qi swept across the entire mountain.

BANG! BANG! BAM!

One tree after another exploded, collapsed, and shattered under the force of the Powerful Qi.

They fought from the mountainside down to the foot of the mountain, tumbling into a small creek.

SPLASH~

Water sprayed everywhere.

Gu Zheng moved with extreme speed, dodging Cao Handing’s fierce, falcon-like slashes.

As his figure flickered, an afterimage separated from him, transforming into a duplicate "Gu Zheng" that charged straight at Cao Handing.

It was so fast that by the time Cao Handing sensed something was wrong, his ten sharp fingers had already pierced "Gu Zheng" from above.

’This isn’t right!’

The thought had barely crossed his mind when a sense of foreboding struck him.

BOOM~!

A terrifyingly immense and Barbaric Force suddenly exploded from behind, a vicious kick slamming into Cao Handing’s back. He lost all control, sent flying forward.

The follow-through force was so strong he had no time to disperse it, nor could he. He smashed into the creek bed, sending up countless splashes, before his body shot out of the water and onto the bank, plowing a trench more than ten meters long.

SWOOSH!

The sound of tearing air ripped through the night.

Gu Zheng’s figure flickered as he pursued Cao Handing. His foot, wrapped in bronze light, swung through the air like an axe as he brought it down in a vicious stomp.

THUD~

The creek bank trembled. Amidst flying dirt and rock, Cao Handing had already rolled away, narrowly and clumsily dodging the attack.

WHOOSH!

Having stomped on empty air, Gu Zheng shifted his position again, closing in on Cao Handing once more.

THUD~~

Another deep footprint was left on the bank as the ground shook.

Cao Handing, covered in dirt and grime, scrambled away in another clumsy roll.

SWISH!

BOOM~~!

Moving as fast as lightning, his attack landed. A tremendous, muffled boom spread in all directions as rolling waves of Powerful Qi swept out for hundreds of meters.

Gu Zheng’s third stomp finally connected with Cao Handing.

The impact turned his face crimson. His bloodshot eyes bulged grotesquely, his limbs trembled, and blood flowed ceaselessly from the corner of his mouth.

Bronze Elephant Body 70% unlocked!