I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 166 - 115: On-the-Spot Breakthrough, Promoted Again
For Gu Zheng’s two previous missions, the reports were handled by ordinary Internal Affairs staff, who would infuse their descriptions with Divine Wondrous power and upload them to the Treasure Mirror.
This time, his treatment had improved.
A Hundred Households from Internal Affairs named Liangqiu Ren personally channeled his Divine Wondrous power to recount the events and upload them to the Treasure Mirror, all while a group of other Hundred Households who happened to be free looked on.
When the Treasure Mirror confirmed it was true that Gu Zheng had slain the second-rank earthworm Demon Fiend and, in the process, destroyed the Rule Array Hub, the spectating Hundred Households erupted.
"Damn, it’s actually true!"
"His luck is insane! To think the Rule Array Hub was actually inside the Demon Fiend’s stomach."
"It’s enough to make you sick with envy. We’re out there hunting Demon Fiends just to scrape together a few Minor Merits, and then there’s Gu, raking in dozens of Great Merits in one fell swoop."
"Gu has killed his fair share of Demon Fiends, probably more than either of us."
"Still, nothing beats the satisfaction of destroying a Rule Array Hub outright!"
The Hundred Households murmured amongst themselves, their faces a mixture of different emotions.
Setting aside everything else, just destroying the Rule Array Hub and eliminating the Domain was worth a whopping fifty Great Merits!
This was because a Domain that transformed into a passage posed a permanent, long-term threat.
That’s why the merit awarded for it was the highest possible for a single act.
However, while the other Demon Suppression Guards were envious of these fifty Great Merits, it wasn’t a feat just anyone could accomplish.
In fact, far more people died in the attempt.
Besides, Gu Zheng’s other accomplishments were just as impressive.
Destroying the Demon Creation Gourd, thus preventing hundreds of thousands from turning into Demon Fiends, killing an enemy Spy, and saving Wulong Mansion: a total of thirty-five Great Merits.
Hunting down a second-rank Demon Fiend, carving through a mountain to divert the flood from the collapsed Yunmushan Reservoir into the Celestial Water River, and saving the three counties of Divine Water and Cold Yin: twenty Great Merits.
Defending Mutun County, slaying several thousand Beast Demons, and repelling the Black Sheep Demon Race’s invasion, forcing them back through their passage, too terrified to show their faces: twenty-two Great Merits.
Entering Four Directions Prefecture City and eliminating over two hundred members of the Demon Spirit Race: another three Great Merits.
Added to his previous seventy Great Merits, that was a total of two hundred Great Merits!
For a Hundred Households of the Demon Suppression Guard to be promoted to Thousand Households, two conditions had to be met.
First, they must accumulate one hundred Great Merits.
Second, their Cultivation must reach the Super Body·Radiant realm.
Gu Zheng’s merits had already doubled the requirement.
"Tsk, impressive. Two hundred Great Merits."
"A pity his realm isn’t high enough. Otherwise, we’d be looking at a new Thousand Households."
"At the rate Gu Zheng’s power is growing, he’ll be promoted to Thousand Households in half a year at most!"
...
The group sighed with emotion.
Having finished uploading the information to the Treasure Mirror, Liangqiu Ren also cupped his fist toward Gu Zheng and said encouragingly, "Hundred Households Gu, there’s no need to be discouraged. I’m confident that after your next mission, you’ll have what it takes to be promoted to Thousand Households!"
Gu Zheng wasn’t dejected or discouraged.
He glanced at the surrounding crowd and asked calmly, "Can I break through right now?"
"Huh?" Liangqiu Ren was taken aback, confused. "Hundred Households Gu, what do you mean...?"
Gu Zheng didn’t answer. He simply strode out of the room and into the courtyard.
After coming to a stop, he focused his mind on his panel.
He spent his Demon Points, raising his Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Spirit from their original 285 all the way to 300!
BOOM—
A thunderous crack echoed from the clear sky, startling the entire Demon Slayer Bureau and even half the State City.
As he spent the points, the breakthrough simultaneously boosted all four of his stats. A berserk energy instantly erupted, stimulating his body and triggering a frantic transformation. Gu Zheng felt a sore, numbing, and bloating pain all at once.
HISSSSSS—
Streams of hot air escaped from his open pores, swirling around his body. They formed a vortex, radiating waves of heat and condensing into a mist that spiraled around him before shooting straight toward the heavens.
BOOM!
A dull boom echoed from the sky overhead.
A vast expanse of clouds shattered into countless fragments under the impact of his pure, fierce, and domineering aura, slowly dissipating in the wind.
In the courtyard, Gu Zheng stood with his eyes closed, letting the immense energy surge through him. His bones hummed under the strain, his muscles swelled, his fascia tightened, and his skin glowed a burning crimson. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
His Perfection-level All Heaven Jade Void Skill Super Body Chapter circulated repeatedly, dissolving and absorbing the energy. It cycled both inside and outside his body, taking in every last wisp.
[Gu Zheng]
[Realm: Super Body·Radiant]
[Strength: 300/399]
[Agility: 300 (+5)/399]
[Constitution: 300/399]
[Spirit: 300/399]
[Divine Wondrous: 179.5]
[Demon Points: 336]
[Demon Techniques: Super-speed Self-healing, Spirit Capturing, ..., Fire Manipulation, Steel Claw, Water Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Spear of the Soul]
[True Skill: All Heaven Jade Void Skill Super Body Chapter (Perfection), ..., White Crane Soaring Technique (Perfection), Nine Luminaries Golden Saber (Perfection), Hundred Beasts King Fist (Perfection), Bibo Smoke Mist Technique (Perfection)]
[Equipment Effect: Bronze Elephant Body (Deactivated), Nether Heart Slave Seal, Deceptive Appearance, Lord of Hundred Insects, Eyes of Golden Flame]
...
Super Body·Radiant!
He had broken through another minor stage, increasing his power across the board.
Originally, Gu Zheng had planned to wait another month or two before breaking through, even though he had already accumulated enough Demon Points to reach Super Body·Radiant.
After all, it had only been a few days since his breakthrough to Super Body·Vajra. To now cross the Super Body·Celestial Ladder stage and break through to Super Body·Radiant was far too high-profile and would surely attract jealousy and resentment.
But times had changed.
His trip to Four Directions Prefecture City, where he destroyed the Rule Array Hub, had indirectly caused Zhong Tianlang to fall into a deep slumber, and there was no telling when he would awaken.
Gu Zheng wasn’t afraid, but he had to take precautions.
Relying on the reputations of Meng Taiqi and Xie Bisheng could protect him for a time, but not forever.
’Would the King of Lie Mountain come after him? He didn’t know. If he did, how would he make his move? He had no idea about that either.’
’Instead of placing his hopes in others, it was better to rely on his own strength.’
’What he needed now was not to be low-key, but to be high-profile!’
’The more of a spectacle he made, the more his enemies would fear him!’
...
"How is this possible!"
"Super Body·Celestial Ladder? No, this is Super Body·Radiant! Gu Zheng actually broke through to Super Body·Radiant! Wasn’t he just at Super Body·Vajra?"
