I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 150 - 110: Retaliation
Outside Mutun County.
On the road to Old Ox Mountain.
"Ah! Stay back! Stay back!"
"Wang, you son of a bitch! Why won’t you leave me alone even in death?"
"Run! Go find the Demon Suppression Guard!"
"..."
Gasps, screams, and cries mingled, echoing down the road and through the forests on either side.
As Gu Zheng soared through the air, he saw hundreds of people being chased by about twenty figures. These figures were engulfed in blue and white flames, their bodies swaying. Unintelligible roars escaped their throats, their pupils were grayish-white, and a rotten stench poured from their bodies.
SWOOSH!
He descended from the sky.
Gu Zheng observed the twenty or so people up close, focusing on the blue-and-white flames covering their bodies.
SHING~
He activated his Eyes of Golden Flame, scanning each of the burning individuals.
The outer flames were platinum-white, the inner ones a deep blue.
They spread on contact, were highly aggressive, and emitted a putrid stench.
’It’s unmistakable. This is Bosha Corpse Fire!’
With a flicker of his body, Gu Zheng dodged an attack from two of the living dead, his sharp brows furrowing.
’The Black Sheep Demon Race’s revenge is truly vicious.’
Under the gaze of his Eyes of Golden Flame, Gu Zheng instantly understood the origin and abilities of the blue-and-white fire.
Whether it was an ordinary person or a cultivator at the Alien Body, Super Body, or even Heroic Body Realm, anyone tainted by even a single spark of this Bosha Corpse Fire would suffer a terrifying assault. Their consciousness would slip away, and their flesh would begin to rot.
That’s right. These "living dead" only looked the part; they weren’t completely dead yet.
Within the first three days of infection, their consciousness remained, though they couldn’t control their own bodies.
The rot had not yet reached their internal organs, affecting only the skin and muscle. They could still be saved.
How to save them?
Smear their entire bodies with mud and leave it for a day and a night. That would extinguish the fire!
But not just any mud. It had to be ancient sludge that had settled at the bottom of a lake for at least three hundred years.
The older, the better.
The bottom of a lake, not a river or a stream.
Simply put, the sludge had to remain completely still while underwater.
It had to be stationary.
Only after three hundred years of undisturbed sedimentation would the sludge produce a few wisps of Earth Yin Water Qi.
The Earth Yin Water Qi was what truly extinguished the Bosha Corpse Fire!
Mud that had been still for at least three hundred years... such a thing existed, but where could one find it on such short notice?
As it happened, Gu Zheng knew exactly where to find some.
The Yunmushan Reservoir!
’It must be fate...’
Just a few days ago, the Cyan Scale Demon had blasted a hole in the Yunmushan Reservoir, causing a massive flood.
Now, the Black Sheep Demon Race had secretly unleashed the Bosha Corpse Fire.
And Gu Zheng had recognized the Bosha Corpse Fire!
It was all connected. One could say the Black Sheep Demon Race’s plot had failed before it even truly began!
"WHOOSH~"
A surge of Divine Wondrous stirred up a gale that enveloped the twenty-some infected people, lifting them off the road and moving them into a ravine.
BOOM! BOOM!
He dropped several massive boulders at the ravine’s entrance, blocking the way.
Gu Zheng shot into the sky. While heading for Divine Water County to excavate mud at the Yunmushan Reservoir, he used Mind-Spirit Sensing to send a message to Mo Jiateng. He ordered his Seal Slave, who had just reached the Super Body Realm, to search for the Black Sheep Demon Race members coming out of the Old Ox Mountain pass.
After consuming a Divine Essence Source Fruit, Mo Jiateng had successfully broken through to the Super Body Realm.
He was currently consolidating his realm and hadn’t left Sishui Prefecture.
Upon receiving Gu Zheng’s message, Mo Jiateng immediately sprang into action.
He began circling Old Ox Mountain, sensing for the aura of Demon Fiends!
The aura emitted by the Black Sheep Demon Race was similar to that of ordinary sheep—it carried a foul, gamey stench.
...
「Meanwhile.」
Gu Zheng flew at top speed and descended upon the Yunmushan Reservoir.
After the breach had appeared, the water in the thousand-year-old reservoir had almost completely drained out.
Some areas had already bottomed out, revealing large fish flopping around.
Holding his breath, Gu Zheng unleashed a surge of Divine Wondrous, telekinetically digging up large clumps of rotten sludge and wrapping them in broad leaves he had plucked on his way over.
Gu Zheng had no intention of putting this foul sludge into his Storage Leaf and having its stench linger.
He wrapped them in the broad leaves and bound them with vines, one bundle after another.
After making a hundred bundles, Gu Zheng finally stopped. Carrying the sludge, he flew back toward Mutun County.
He first went to the ravine and delivered a large bundle of rotten sludge to each of the twenty-some people who were afflicted, burning in the Bosha Corpse Fire. The bundles descended from the sky with a SPLAT, burying the individuals in mud.
Just as he finished dropping the twenty-odd bundles of mud, Gu Zheng received a message from Mo Jiateng.
The Black Sheep Demon Race had been found!
SWOOSH~
WHOOSH!
Carrying the remaining bundles of mud, Gu Zheng unleashed a surge of Divine Wondrous and flew over at top speed.
When he found Mo Jiateng, the newly-promoted Super Body Seal Slave was overpowering a member of the Black Sheep Demon Race.
Not far away, the corpses of two other members of the Black Sheep Demon Race lay on the ground.
Gu Zheng walked over slowly.
Spirit Capturing!
[Demon Points +5]
[Demon Points +6]
With the Demon Points secured, Gu Zheng stepped aside and quietly waited for Mo Jiateng to finish the final kill.
It was true that the Black Sheep Demon Race could manipulate minds, but Mo Jiateng’s will was not weak.
Furthermore, as a Super Body Realm expert, he could intimidate a late-stage Rank One Black Sheep Demon with the sheer pressure of his advanced lifeform.
However, after watching for a moment, Gu Zheng suddenly had an idea and shouted, "Stop!"
SWOOSH~
Mo Jiateng, who was just about to finish off the last Black Sheep Demon, froze his hand and retreated.
"Don’t kill it yet."
Gu Zheng walked over slowly, looking at the Black Sheep Demon. Just a moment ago it had collapsed wretchedly, but now it was climbing back to its feet. It stood about 1.7 meters tall.
With its skeletal face, it was impossible to tell if it was young or old.
But its age didn’t matter.
BUZZ~!
The air rippled.
Gu Zheng unleashed his full aura. The oppressive power of the Super Body: Celestial Ladder instantly enveloped the Black Sheep Demon.
THUD!
The Black Sheep Demon fell to its knees again, letting out a sharp, guttural roar.
