I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 84 - 78: Deserve Death

"A cat stole the Wooden Fish?" Xiao Dutian asked in confusion. "You’re saying a Spirit Beast Cat stole the Wooden Fish?"

"Xiao, don’t listen to his nonsense."

Gu Zheng snapped, "That Wooden Fish ran up the mountain by itself. The Spirit Beast Cat was just passing by and grabbed it."

"And you said you didn’t know it!"

Mo Jiaxin growled, "The Wooden Fish is ours. How could it have run out on its own? It was obviously your cat that stole it from my Spiritual Object Pouch! Tell me, where are the cat and the fish!"

"I’m talking to you nicely right now. Don’t force my hand!"

"Then by all means, make your move," Gu Zheng said, his face an emotionless mask.

"Fine!"

Mo Jiaxin let out a savage laugh. "Since you’re courting death, I’ll be happy to oblige!"

WHOOSH~

SWISH!

Mo Jiaxin lunged at Gu Zheng from the front, and at the exact same moment, Mo Jiali attacked from the side.

They moved at the same incredible speed, their attacks different but linked.

They were using a combination attack.

Attacking from the front and the side, they sealed off Gu Zheng’s escape routes, leaving him no choice but to block.

SHIIING!

Gu Zheng spun on the spot. A Divine Wondrous power surged through his Celestial Frost Blade as he unleashed a slash that cut through the air in a perfect arc.

The charging Mo Jiaxin and Mo Jiali were both struck at the same time, spraying blood.

They scrambled back in a frantic retreat.

When they finally stopped, their expressions were grim.

"Fine. We’ll remember this!"

From a distance of over thirty meters, Mo Jiaxin and Mo Jiali each clutched their bleeding arms, glaring angrily at Gu Zheng.

"Just you wait! You just wait!"

SWISH~

Gu Zheng suddenly lunged forward.

He exploded forward at his top speed. The Celestial Frost Blade in his hand erupted with a blinding light that formed a single, straight line.

In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Mo Jiaxin, his blade slashing down.

"Get away!"

Mo Jiaxin forgot to dodge—or rather, he couldn’t dodge—and stood frozen in terror.

But Mo Jiali uncannily sensed his brother’s danger and launched a Flying Claw at Gu Zheng from the side.

CLANG~~!

The Flying Claw was sent flying, erupting in a shower of sparks.

Successfully rescued, Mo Jiaxin shot backward in a hasty retreat.

Mo Jiali retreated with him, turning to flee the moment his attack was launched.

SWISH!

WHOOSH!

WHOOSH~!

Suddenly, several figures shot past them from behind like lightning, blocking their escape.

"Commander Gu, we’ll lend you a hand."

Zheng Xiting, He Zheng, Yang Shouyun, and Jin Yanzi shouted in unison.

They attacked in unison as they spoke, intercepting Mo Jiaxin and Mo Jiali.

"Get out of our way!"

The anger and astonishment on Mo Jiaxin and Mo Jiali’s faces gave way to panic.

Misjudging Gu Zheng’s strength was their mistake.

Just as Gu Zheng remembered them, they also remembered him. He was the fool who had acted as the vanguard for their group, the first one to charge into the swamp and kill Terrain Monsters.

It was precisely because of this memory that they hadn’t taken Gu Zheng seriously, believing he was no threat.

It wasn’t until they suffered a setback that they realized Gu Zheng was far from simple.

Even so, they were not afraid.

’Being unable to defeat Gu Zheng is only temporary.’

’Once we finish gathering our strength and combine our wills, we can unleash our Bloodline Power and absolutely crush him.’

’But gathering strength takes time!’

’We weren’t afraid of Gu Zheng alone; we could have escaped.’

But with Zheng Xiting, He Zheng, Yang Shouyun, and Jin Yanzi intervening, escaping would be difficult.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

BOOM! BOOM!

The clash of blades, swords, fists, and Spear Auras, along with the violent sounds of impact, echoed endlessly.

The resulting shockwaves swept through the mountain forest, shredding vegetation and kicking up large swathes of dirt and rubble that flew into the air.

SHIING!

The light from Gu Zheng’s Celestial Frost Blade was the most dazzling and blinding.

He closed in on Mo Jiaxin. A Divine Wondrous power surged frantically, empowering the Spiritual Soldier as he unleashed Frenzy Battle·Celestial Blade Slash.

"No!"

SPLURT~!

As Mo Jiali let out a bloodcurdling scream, Mo Jiaxin’s head was severed. Blood geysered from the neck of his headless corpse, spraying high into the air.

SHINK! SHINK!

Almost simultaneously, the blades of Zheng Xiting and Jin Yanzi plunged into Mo Jiali’s body.

They brought a spray of blood with them as they were pulled free.

Mo Jiali staggered, desperately trying to flee.

WHOOSH~

Gu Zheng shot past him, blade in hand.

SPLURT~!

Another defiant head flew from its neck, tossed high on a spray of blood.

Mo Jiali’s headless body swayed twice before falling stiffly to the ground with a heavy THUD.

And with that, the battle was over. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

In less than a minute, the two brothers, Mo Jiaxin and Mo Jiali, had been cut down, both beheaded on the spot.

Dugu Feixue and Xiao Dutian, who had been fighting the brothers for ages, could only stare, dumbfounded.

When they snapped out of it, they looked at Gu Zheng and his four companions—Zheng Xiting, Jin Yanzi, Yang Shouyun, and He Zheng—with undisguised apprehension.

"...Gu, who are these four?" Xiao Dutian asked, his gaze shifting to Zheng Xiting and the others.

"Righteous passersby," Gu Zheng replied nonchalantly as he calmly sheathed his Celestial Frost Blade.

’Righteous passersby?’

Zheng Xiting, Jin Yanzi, Yang Shouyun, and He Zheng exchanged glances, wry smiles on their faces.

"Thank you, four righteous heroes, for your assistance."

Gu Zheng cupped his fist in a salute. "I have other business to attend to, so I must take my leave. Once we’re out of this Domain, I will host a banquet to thank you all. I hope you will honor me with your presence."

"...There’s no need for all that trouble. It was nothing, Commander Gu," Zheng Xiting said with a smile.

"He’s right. Those two from the Mo Family were no saints," Jin Yanzi added. "They started killing people the moment the Celestial Change began, using the corpses to activate their Bloodline Power. We’ve long found their beastly actions intolerable."

"Then they certainly deserved to die."

Gu Zheng nodded.

He didn’t know how one could use corpses to activate Bloodline Power, but judging from the expressions on the faces of Xiao Dutian and Dugu Feixue, Jin Yanzi was telling the truth.

SWISH~

An afterimage flashed by.

Pang Hu, who had vanished, reappeared by Gu Zheng’s side with the Wooden Fish in his mouth. His azure eyes glanced over the corpses of Mo Jiaxin and Mo Jiali, his expression one of pure contempt.

Zheng Xiting and the other three were unfazed, as they had seen the cat before.

Xiao Dutian and Dugu Feixue, however, stared wide-eyed.

"Gu, is that..."

"The Spirit Beast that caught the Wooden Fish," Gu Zheng finished for him, glancing down at Pang Hu. "But I don’t think he stole it."

As he spoke, he crouched down to examine the bodies of Mo Jiaxin and Mo Jiali.

He found two pouches made of a special material. One of them had a hole in the bottom.

"The Spiritual Object Pouch sprang a leak?"

Zheng Xiting narrowed his eyes.

Xiao Dutian’s eyes lit with realization. "So that’s why the Wooden Fish suddenly vanished! Mo Jiaxin’s Spiritual Object Pouch must have torn, and the Wooden Fish escaped by itself."

"So, the Wooden Fish is his now."

Gu Zheng tossed the intact pouch to Zheng Xiting and then pointed at Pang Hu. "The Wooden Fish escaped and became free. He caught it, so it’s his spoil of war."

"That’s only natural," Xiao Dutian said with a smile.

Dugu Feixue remained silent.

Regardless of how things had transpired, the Wooden Fish was now in Pang Hu’s mouth, which made it his.

Gu Zheng wanted to go see the Rule Array Hub, so he didn’t say any more.

With a call to Pang Hu, he leaped straight into the air.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Using Triple Jump, he glided through the air, covering several miles.

Then, Gu Zheng saw the Rule Array Hub.

The instant he saw it, he understood why Xiao Dutian had told him so readily where the Rule Array Hub was!