I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 146 - 108: Why

Spirit Capturing!

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Spirit Capturing!

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Spirit Capturing! Spirit Capturing!

Gu Zheng killed without rest, bursting forward in dashes. As his figure flickered about, he never forgot to use Spirit Capturing, absorbing the scattered Bloodshed.

Some of the Bloodshed was absorbed even as it splattered through the air.

AWOO—

ROAR!

Fire Wolves howled, Two-headed Tigers roared, and Long-haired Oxen bellowed. Over ten thousand Demon Fiends gathered, charging forward in relentless waves. The furious momentum of their onslaught was like a raging sea, and Gu Zheng was a lone boat, dashing back and forth amid the churning, chaotic, and seemingly endless tides.

Wave after wave of oppressive force slammed into his body. Wave after wave of tyrannical aura invaded his Spirit.

Gu Zheng activated his Bronze Elephant Body and resisted tenaciously, his hands never pausing for a moment.

But in the process of fighting back, he was honing the Realm Power of his striking fists again and again.

The impact from the tens of thousands of Demon Fiends served as the perfect whetstone, polishing Gu Zheng’s own Fist Intent.

Then, to his surprise, Gu Zheng discovered that the dark, ink-colored scale he carried against his chest had begun to grow warm, helping him dispel the oppressive spiritual invasion.

This scale from a second-tier Cyan Scale Demon could shatter even Sword Intent. Gu Zheng carried it with him just in case.

He never imagined he would actually have a use for it!

The scale rested against Gu Zheng’s chest, shifting up and down as it neutralized wave after wave of the tyrannical aura, helping him hone his Fist Intent more gently.

SWOOSH—

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM—

His figure flickered as he charged back and forth, throwing one punch after another. Each punch caused one to three Demon Fiends to explode, bursting into countless pieces of flesh.

Low-level Demon Fiends could indeed win through sheer numbers.

But that depended on the strength of their opponent and how much stronger that opponent was.

If the power gap was too large, no amount of numbers could save them from being target practice.

BOOM!

At a certain moment, as if guided by an epiphany, Gu Zheng suddenly gathered his Divine Wondrous power, Spirit, will, and Barbaric Force, converging it all into a single point on his fist and unleashing it.

In that instant, his fist erupted with a dazzling light and a wild, destructive aura. It pierced the void, leaving behind a clear channel. The channel swirled outward, growing from small to large, until it formed a cone-shaped blast zone of Fist Force. This zone, reaching twenty meters in diameter at its widest, stretched for over three hundred meters.

All the Demon Fiends within this area, with their ferocious, massive bodies, were instantly crushed, exploding into a rain of blood and gore.

The Demon Fiends outside the blast zone were also struck with extreme terror and tried frantically to retreat. But the horde behind them was just as dense, making retreat impossible. They could only be pushed forward.

AWOO—

WHIMPER!

Cries of panic and terror were lost amidst the earth-shaking roars, swallowed up without making a single ripple.

Swept along by the tide, these terrified Demon Fiends charged toward Gu Zheng, only to be blasted into a bloody mist by the next wave of Fist Force.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!

Punch after punch, each one striking a wider area and a greater distance than the last.

He no longer needed to engage in close-quarters combat, smashing the Demon Fiends’ heads and bodies with his fists.

Having successfully comprehended Fist Intent, Gu Zheng could now obliterate targets from tens, hundreds, and up to nearly five hundred meters away.

This plot by the Black Sheep Demon Race had inadvertently helped Gu Zheng successfully hone his very own Fist Intent.

Furious Fist Intent!

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RUMBLE...

The ground was still trembling.

But the number of Beast Demons charging down from Old Ox Mountain was starting to dwindle.

A member of the Black Sheep Demon Race descended from Old Ox Mountain, leaping and weaving through the ranks of the other demons. It was just over 1.7 meters tall and wore a black robe of coarse cloth. Its face was devoid of flesh, revealing a skeletal visage with green lights flickering within two dark, empty eye sockets. Two sharp black horns protruded from its head, and its five-fingered hands were covered in wrinkled, thick skin with nails as sharp as daggers.

As it scanned its surroundings and sniffed the air, it opened its triangular mouth full of sharp teeth and spoke in stilted human words, "So this is the human world? It smells delicious, indeed!"

"But why don’t I smell any human blood? Only the scent of this low-level trash like the Long-haired Oxen and Fire Wolves?"

"Hm? Wait, who is that?"

Suddenly, the green lights in the Black Sheep Demon’s empty sockets flared brightly. It gazed across the void toward the open area to the south, where a figure was moving rapidly, weaving through the hordes of Long-haired Oxen, Fire Wolves, and other Demon Fiends. Everywhere the figure passed, it left a trail of severed limbs or a rain of flesh and blood.

"Is that... a human expert?"

The green lights in the Black Sheep Demon’s eye sockets began to burn like flames. It slowly raised the Sheep Skull Staff it held in its hand.

"A second-tier human expert? Let me see just how strong your Mental Will Power is. Is it as powerful as your Physical Strength, or is it pathetically weak!"

HUMMM—!

The Sheep Skull Staff trembled slightly. An invisible wisp of energy spiraled up from its base, converging at the tip.

WHOOSH!

The wisp of energy tore through the turbulent Powerful Qi, pierced the void, and shot straight toward Gu Zheng.

Its accuracy was astonishing, as was its speed.

Gu Zheng was hit the very instant he sensed it.

But at the moment of impact, the dark, ink-colored scale on his chest suddenly spun on its own. It grew scorching hot and unleashed an invisible field of energy that blocked, dispelled, repelled, and shattered the incoming attack!

The entire process took but a single instant.

In that one instant, Gu Zheng was spared from the invisible spiritual—

’Or was that a mental attack?’

’Where did that mental attack come from?’

’The Black Sheep Demon Race!’

’A Life Level One Black Sheep Demon has come out of the passage, and it’s right here on Old Ox Mountain!’