I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 151 - 110: Retaliation

Wave after wave of invisible Power of the Soul emanated from its body, surging toward Gu Zheng.

Then, it was all blocked by the deep, ink-black scales, where it dissipated and crumbled. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Gu Zheng himself didn’t need to resist. Instead, he released his Spiritual Power, connecting with the Divine Soul fluctuations of the Black Sheep Demon.

BUZZ!!

The air distorted, sending out ripples.

"ROAR~!"

The Black Sheep Demon suddenly let out a mighty roar. Its whole body shook violently as it resisted with all its might.

But soon, its resistance vanished, and its body stopped trembling.

Finally, it obediently prostrated itself on the ground before Gu Zheng and stiffly called out, "Oka, greetings, Master!"

The Nether Heart Slave Seal was successfully implanted!

’Can I use the Slave Seal on a Demon Fiend?’ Gu Zheng had been struck by the sudden idea just a moment ago.

The main issue was the Old Ox Mountain passageway; he couldn’t stay here forever.

If the Demon Slayer Bureau headquarters couldn’t send another suitable person, then enslaving a Black Sheep Demon and taking on a Demon Traitor would make things much simpler going forward!

As it turned out, the Equipment Effect was just that awesome.

Gu Zheng only had to perform the implantation once to turn this Black Sheep Demon named Oka into a Seal Slave.

"Get up."

Gu Zheng spoke calmly. Once Oka had risen, he added, "How many Black Sheep Demons came through the passageway this time?"

"In response to Master, just the three of us," Oka replied respectfully.

Its ghastly white face turned slightly toward Mo Jiateng, green specks of light dancing in its pitch-black eye sockets.

Though it didn’t speak, the meaning it conveyed was clear.

The other two had already been killed by Mo Jiateng.

Mo Jiateng ignored it, walking to the side to stand there expressionlessly.

Gu Zheng had subdued a Demon Fiend as a Seal Slave. He couldn’t interfere, but he had the right to refuse to interact with a Demon Fiend.

’Zhang Meiyuan is one thing, but what does a Black Sheep Demon count for?’

"Was your plan this time just to deliver the ’Bosha Corpse Fire’?"

Gu Zheng also ignored Mo Jiateng and continued his questioning.

"Yes."

Oka replied respectfully, "Otu died here, so the clan decided to take revenge. They had the three of us bring the ’Bosha Corpse Fire’ to spread it around."

"Otu? The Black Sheep Demon who drove the Beast Demons out of the passageway before?" Gu Zheng said with understanding. "Now that the plan has failed, do you have a backup?"

"Yes."

Oka answered, "If the plan failed and the three of us were still alive, we were to return to the passageway, meet up with the clansmen waiting at the exit, and go to the Wilderness of Blood to lure back the Blood Spirit Demon Bats. Then we would use the passageway to invade your side, Master."

"’Blood Spirit Demon Bats’?" Gu Zheng’s brows furrowed.

This type of Demon Fiend was a Spiritual Body Type, small in size—not even as large as an adult man’s palm.

But they were fast, and numerous.

They moved in swarms, with at least ten thousand of them each time.

If the Black Sheep Demon Race really did lure the "Blood Spirit Demon Bats" over, Gu Zheng truly wouldn’t be able to stop them all.

He could no longer do what he did before: block the mountain pass exit, bombard thousands of Beast Demons, and ultimately repel them.

Because the "Blood Spirit Demon Bats" were too fast. They flew through the air and would scatter in an instant.

After flying into the county seat, they would hide inside human bodies, slowly draining their flesh, blood, and spiritual consciousness without the person even knowing.

Not unless Gu Zheng scanned each and every person with his Eyes of Golden Flame.

But by the time he spent the effort to find them all, the death toll would likely already be in the thousands.

"You’re still alive, but the other Black Sheep Demons are dead. According to the plan, if you go back, will you still lure the ’Blood Spirit Demon Bats’ here?" Gu Zheng asked.

"I would," Oka replied respectfully.

"...And what if you had all died?" Gu Zheng asked again.

Oka said, "The clansmen at the passageway entrance would notice and immediately head for the ’Wilderness of Blood’."

"...So no matter what, they’re going to bring the ’Blood Spirit Demon Bats’ over, is that it?" Gu Zheng said, annoyed.

Oka was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "This subordinate can go back and say that the ’Bosha Corpse Fire’ plan was a success, and that several of the strong humans on this side have died."

"...Won’t the Black Sheep Demons in your clan be suspicious?" Gu Zheng asked, surprised.

"No."

Oka replied, "We rarely lie, because it’s easy to be found out. But with the Divine Seal my Master gave me, I’ve discovered I can lie without any abnormalities in my mind or even my Divine Soul!"

’The Nether Heart Slave Seal has this function too?’

Surprised and suspicious, Gu Zheng looked at Mo Jiateng.

"Yes, Master," Mo Jiateng responded respectfully. "When this subordinate lies to outsiders now, they can’t detect it at all, not even those in the Heroic Body Realm!"

’Excellent!’

Gu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. "Alright then, here’s the plan. Wait two days before you go back. When you return, tell them that the number of people who died from the ’Bosha Corpse Fire’ over here exceeded ten thousand. Among them, five were at the Super Body Realm, and over a hundred were at the Alien Body Realm."

’Might as well exaggerate~’

’If letting the Black Sheep Demon Race feel like their "revenge" was a success allows them to vent their anger, what’s the harm in exaggerating a bit?’

"Yes!"

Oka responded respectfully.

Mo Jiateng remained expressionless.

"In addition, since we ’lost’ so many people, the Government Office is furious and has dispatched a large army to guard the passageway exit."

Gu Zheng continued, "After you go back, you must find an excuse, find a way to convince the Black Sheep Demon Race not to send any more Demon Fiends here to cause trouble. If you really can’t persuade them, you must come with them. As soon as you arrive, send me a message immediately!"

"Yes," Oka replied. "This subordinate understands!"

This was a precaution.

Just in case the Nether Heart Slave Seal’s Mind-Spirit Sensing and message transmission didn’t work once Oka entered the passageway and returned to the Demon Realm.

Having considered the worst-case scenario, if something still went wrong, Gu Zheng’s conscience would be clear.

...

There was some of the "Bosha Corpse Fire" that Oka had brought left over.

It was kept in a small jar made of bone, where blue and white light mingled, pulsing slowly.

To set the fire, it needed to be ignited and guided with a special Bone Staff.

Gu Zheng accepted it without hesitation, storing it in one of the compartments of his Storage Leaf, along with the special Bone Staff and the thousand-year-old rotten mud.

This Anomalous Fire, which ignored cultivation realms, could be just as devastating to Demon Fiends if used correctly!

Since he could both ignite it and extinguish it, Gu Zheng had nothing to fear.

Oka waited two days, then returned to the passageway and went back to the Demon Realm.

Then, Gu Zheng discovered that the Nether Heart Slave Seal could still use Mind-Spirit Sensing to transmit information across realms.

’Does the distance calculation have nothing to do with the world one is in?’

As long as the passageway existed, it could transmit.

This was good news.

Oka quickly sent back a message: the elders and the Clan Leader of the Black Sheep Demon Race had all believed the story Gu Zheng concocted!

They even decided to relocate their clan’s territory, in case the humans on this side also used some other means to get revenge.

Amused, Gu Zheng finally relaxed completely.

It was at this exact moment that the person dispatched by the Demon Slayer Bureau headquarters arrived from the State City to garrison Mutun County.

Gu Zheng was very familiar with the person who came, though he was a bit surprised.

"You’re healed?"

Gu Zheng sized up Yan Hongxue, who looked valiant and heroic in her military attire, and asked with a smile, "And you’ve been promoted to Commander."

"If I didn’t get promoted, I’d be unable to keep up with you, Mr. Gu."

Yan Hongxue joked for a moment before replying with a serious expression, "My master gave me a Treasure Pill, which sped up my recovery and also helped me break through to Alien Body Shadow. I can only say it was mostly due to luck."

"Luck is a part of strength."

Gu Zheng said gravely, "The fact that you could break through to Alien Body Shadow is a testament to your ability. However, while the passageway here in Mutun County is Tier 1, the Demon Fiends that have come out have been at the peak of Tier 1. Why didn’t headquarters send someone at the peak of the Alien Body realm to stand guard? Instead, they sent you, who just broke through to Alien Body Shadow."

"We can’t help it, we’re short-staffed."

Yan Hongxue sighed. "Domains are appearing frequently all over the place, and Demon Fiends are running rampant. Everyone at headquarters is swamped, they’ve even dispatched half of the logistics personnel."

"By the way, Mr. Gu."

As if remembering something, Yan Hongxue’s expression turned serious and she said, "When I was coming here, Thousand Households Wang Xianyi from the Command Headquarters, Lord Wang, asked me to give you a message."

"Wang Xianyi?"

Gu Zheng pondered for a moment. ’I don’t know him.’ "What was the message?"

"Grand General Meng has issued an order: After Gu Zheng returns from Mutun County, he is not to go to the State Headquarters, but is to proceed directly to Changying Prefecture, Kai Valley County, to guard the Qingtanshan passageway twenty li east of the county seat!"

’Hm?’

’He wants me to go guard a passageway?’