I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 162 - 114: The 6th Piece of Equipment
"Your Illusion Power can’t withstand the assault of Sword Intent yet."
"Hee hee~" Hearing this, Ding Xitian giggled delicately. "Listen to you. It’s not like I was planning on using an Illusion Technique on him. If I approach him with a sincere heart, do I still have to be afraid of Sword Intent?"
"A sincere heart?"
Ding Chunjing scoffed and said no more. "In any case, just be careful. Don’t trip up in the..."
"Hm? He’s spotted us."
Halfway through his sentence, Ding Chunjing’s expression faltered. But he quickly recovered his smile, continuing to fan himself with one hand while waving to the distant Gu Zheng with the other.
"Impressive. We’re both using Illusory Bodies, yet he still spotted us so quickly."
...
"Ding Chunjing, Ding Xitian?"
Several hundred meters away, Gu Zheng paused his hunt for the Demon Spirit Race. His Eyes of Golden Flame pierced through all the mist, and upon seeing the Ding siblings, his sharp brows furrowed.
’Those two... they didn’t enter the underground caverns?’
Before, when Gu Zheng and the others left, Ding Chunjing and Ding Xitian were still following them.
But after Gu Zheng’s group entered the underground space, he hadn’t seen the siblings again.
It seemed now that the two of them never went into the caverns and had been active on the surface the entire time.
The Domain was receding.
’I wonder if Zhong Tianlang, Cheng Zong, and Gushuncheng, who went underground, have made it out yet.’
...
BANG!
In another district of the city, along with the massive boom, dirt and rock were flung into the air.
Two figures, one after the other, shot out from underground. They flew straight into the sky, only taking huge gulps of air and slowly descending after seeing the open sky above.
"HUFF... HUFF... We finally made it out."
Gushuncheng said with lingering fear as he tried to catch his breath, "If we had been two steps slower, we would have been trapped underground and left behind in the Demon Realm."
"Y-Yeah." Cheng Zong was also gasping for air, his heart pounding like a drum. His face, forehead, and even his back were covered in sweat. "Who... who destroyed the Rule Array Hub?"
"No idea."
Gushuncheng shook his head. "We’ll find out once we get out of here. More importantly, I wonder if Ping’an, Zhou Meng, and the others made it out from underground."
"And His Highness!"
Cheng Zong’s expression tensed. "I haven’t seen His Highness since the fork in the path. I don’t know if he’s okay, or if he’s made it out from underground."
"Well..." Gushuncheng hesitated. "He should have made it out, right?"
...
The underground caverns.
Deep inside.
FSSSHHH!
"SHING! SHING! SHING!"
The strange noises were incessant, and the light glinting off the spinning blades flashed continuously.
Zhong Tianlang’s face was ashen, his eyes spitting fire. He controlled three Spiritual Soldier Scimitars, sending them spinning upward to rapidly carve a tunnel straight to the surface.
"Faster, faster, faster!"
...
On the surface.
FSSHH~
A line of sword light sliced through the heads of three members of the Demon Spirit Race.
"SQUELCH! SQUELCH! SQUELCH!"
Pale blue demon fiend blood splattered into the air.
Spirit Capturing!
[Demon Points +16]
[Demon Points +20]
...
Perhaps it was due to their unique Constitution, but the energy contained within the Bloodshed of a first-rank Demon Spirit Race member was comparable to that of a second-rank from other Demon Fiends.
This wasn’t necessarily great news for others.
But for Gu Zheng, it was a pleasant surprise.
The more Bloodshed the Demon Spirit Race had, and the purer and richer its energy, the more Demon Points he would gain after killing them.
Correspondingly, the chance of extracting a Demon Technique from the Bloodshed also increased.
Ever since he broke through to Alien Body: Shadow, Gu Zheng’s opportunities to acquire Demon Techniques had become increasingly rare.
Firstly, his requirements had increased, and secondly, there weren’t enough Demon Fiends of the same type.
When he was stationed at Old Ox Mountain in Mutun County, there were plenty of Demon Fiends like the Long-haired Oxen and Fire Wolves, but their ranks were too low.
But the Demon Spirit Race was different. There were many of them, and they were high-enough rank to meet his needs.
SHING!
With a flash of his blade, Gu Zheng swung his sword and severed a support pillar.
"SQUIRT~" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
A pool of pale blue blood splattered out from the sundered pillar.
Spirit Capturing!
[Demon Points +19]
VMMMM~
His body trembled inexplicably as an intangible aura emerged from within him.
In his mind, a new Demon Technique materialized out of thin air, and he mastered it instantly.
Spear of the Soul!
After slaying more than two hundred members of the Demon Spirit Race who were rampaging and killing out of desperation, the Bloodshed he had absorbed finally allowed Gu Zheng to obtain another Demon Technique.
’Spear of the Soul?’
’A pure Spiritual Attack ability!’
"BOOOM~!!"
At the zenith of the heavens, a clap of thunder exploded in all directions.
The dim sky-curtain finished dissipating, and the rolling thunder vanished without a trace.
A brilliant golden sunbeam pierced through the clouds, spilling down from the sky and blanketing the chaotic, clamorous Four Directions Prefecture City.
The Domain had completely vanished!
SWOOSH!
SWOOSH!
SWOOSH~
From above the four city gates, figure after figure flew rapidly into the city from outside.
"All personnel, listen to my command! Looters, assailants, thieves... anyone committing any unlawful act will be killed without mercy!"
Xie Bisheng’s resonant voice, like the clashing of metal, echoed throughout the entire city.
"Yes, sir!!"
The unified response from the numerous Demon Suppression Guards rushing into the city also thundered throughout, intimidating all who heard it.
Just a moment before, cries of alarm, shrieks, and screams of agony were echoing from every corner of the city.
In an instant, they all came to an abrupt halt.
