I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 93 - 87: Pang Hu’s Ability

What?

Cheng Zong was stunned.

He took a few steps forward and stared at the "Sun Zhenyao" before them. The man’s body twisted and swayed, his face a mix of coyness and excitement. With flamboyant waves of his hands and an affected air, he kept winking at the two of them.

"This... this..."

Cheng Zong opened his mouth, but for a long moment, he didn’t know what to say.

"Hee hee hee~"

A soft, charming, and delicate female voice that could scratch at one’s heart—yet was laced with venomous hatred—came from "Sun Zhenyao’s" mouth.

"Lord Gu, didn’t you want to slaughter us all? Come on, then! Come and kill me! Hurry up and kill me!"

As it spoke, "Sun Zhenyao" twisted its hips, puffed out its chest, and threw its entire body at Gu Zheng.

"You’re courting death!"

Cheng Zong’s expression darkened. Divine Wondrous power surged from the Half-Spiritual Soldier at his waist.

SHING~

The gleam of his blade flashed, about to envelop "Sun Zhenyao."

"Wait!"

Gu Zheng grabbed Cheng Zong’s arm, then lifted his leg and kicked "Sun Zhenyao" over. The man tumbled to the ground, rolling twice.

"Chief Sun is innocent. We can’t kill him."

Gu Zheng said in a low, solemn voice, his expression grave.

This Night Demon leader had pinpointed his "weakness"—that he wouldn’t kill wantonly—and had directly possessed a living person, occupying Sun Zhenyao’s body.

With a surge of Divine Wondrous power, a single slash would easily solve the problem, but Sun Zhenyao would die along with it.

Sun Zhenyao’s soul hadn’t dissipated yet.

He could even see Gu Zheng and Cheng Zong and hear their words.

Deep in his eyes, flashes of terror, confusion, horror, and pleas for help would occasionally surface...

However, the Night Demon leader was too cunning. With its spirit and the body merged as one, even the Mist Shadow Celestial Dragon couldn’t act.

If it burrowed into Sun Zhenyao’s body, it would destroy Sun Zhenyao’s flesh!

"We can’t kill it?"

Cheng Zong sheathed his blade, took a deep breath to calm himself, and said, "So we’re just going to let it go?"

"Of course not."

Gu Zheng’s mind raced. "First, let’s take it back and put it under guard."

When a Night Demon possesses a living person, it absorbs their energy more quickly to fuel its own growth.

During this process, the living person will slowly enter a state of Fake Death.

In the end, they become a walking corpse—one of the living dead!

Gu Zheng didn’t kill the innocent, but if he had no other choice, he could only watch as Sun Zhenyao entered Fake Death and became one of the living dead.

However, the moment he became one of the living dead would be the moment the Night Demon leader died!

Cheng Zong thought it over for a moment and understood Gu Zheng’s plan.

"Alright."

He nodded, then reached out and made a grasping motion in the air. An invisible force bound "Sun Zhenyao" on the ground and lifted him up.

"Come with us."

"What are you doing? Aren’t you going to kill me? Come on, kill me!" "Sun Zhenyao" struggled, screaming venomously. "You, surnamed Gu! Didn’t you want to wipe out my Night Demon Race? Come on, kill me! What’s wrong, have you gone soft? Don’t you dare to act? Or is your body so weak you can’t even lift your blade? You piece of..."

WHOOSH~

Gu Zheng suddenly lunged forward, tore off a corner of "Sun Zhenyao’s" clothing, balled it up, and stuffed it into his mouth to shut him up.

"That’s what he deserved!" Cheng Zong gave him a thumbs-up.

Gu Zheng smiled and ordered the Mist Shadow Celestial Dragon to return to his pocket.

Then, the two of them carried "Sun Zhenyao" toward the County Magistrate’s Office.

Along the way, Gu Zheng thought relentlessly.

But after pondering the entire way, he still couldn’t come up with a good solution.

The main problem was that he didn’t know much about the Night Demon Race, and Cheng Zong had only ever heard of this particular Demon Race.

Without understanding their opponent, it was impossible to know where to begin.

...

"What happened here?"

Back at the County Magistrate’s Office, Zhang Ning, Tao Liu, and the others immediately gathered around, staring at the bound "Sun Zhenyao" with a cloth gag in his mouth.

"It’s nothing. Chief Sun just got possessed by a Demon Fiend," Gu Zheng mentioned casually, not explaining further. He ordered, "Zhang Ning, go find some rope and tie Chief Sun up for now."

"...Alright." Zhang Ning glanced at Sun Zhenyao, then turned and ran to get the rope.

"Lord Gu, Lord Cheng, have the Demon Fiends been dealt with?"

Shi Huaiying slowly approached and asked in a low voice.

A Hundred Households, Cheng Zong!

That rank was far, far higher than his own.

Not to mention, Cheng Zong had brought a thousand Warriors, all fully armed and stationed just outside the city.

The troops of the City Defense Bureau had also been taken over.

Right now, Cheng Zong held the highest authority in Daping County.

However, what puzzled Shi Huaiying was that Cheng Zong was very polite to Gu Zheng—exceptionally so.

"Except for the one possessing Chief Sun, all the other Demon Fiends have been eliminated," Gu Zheng replied.

"That’s good, that’s wonderful!"

Shi Huaiying didn’t doubt him and was overjoyed at the news. "Thank you, my lords! If it weren’t for the two of you, my Daping County would have been finished."

"You can forget about this old man."

Cheng Zong responded calmly, "If you’re going to thank someone, thank Gu. It was Gu who completely resolved this disaster in Daping County."

"Of course. Everyone in our county, from top to bottom, will forever remember Lord Gu’s immense kindness. We will always keep it in our hearts."

Shi Huaiying gave Gu Zheng a deep bow.

"There’s no need for that, Magistrate Shi."

Gu Zheng raised a hand. "I was just doing my duty. It’s hardly an immense kindness..."

WHOOSH!

As he was speaking, Pang Hu flashed over from a distance and landed on Gu Zheng’s shoulder, its azure eyes staring intently at "Sun Zhenyao."

"Hold on a sec."

Gu Zheng thought the little fatty was getting impatient and wanted to be fed the Spirit-Eating Ants.

But the moment the words left his mouth, Pang Hu leaped from Gu Zheng’s shoulder, landed on "Sun Zhenyao’s" head, and then lifted its short little leg.

SMACK~!

It slapped "Sun Zhenyao" on the head.

"AHHH!!"

The gagged "Sun Zhenyao" suddenly let out a sharp shriek. The force of his breath blasted the cloth from his mouth as he let out a blood-curdling scream.

Hmm?

Gu Zheng was startled and was just about to scold it.

WHOOSH!

A shadowy mass suddenly emerged from Sun Zhenyao’s body.

Visible to the naked eye, it shook violently, swaying from side to side, screaming and trembling.

’...Spirit Capturing!’

Although he didn’t know what was happening, Gu Zheng seized the opportunity and used his Demon Technique on Sun Zhenyao.

The trembling, screaming Night Demon leader was immediately caught by the Absorption and pulled from Sun Zhenyao’s body.

CLANG!

Cheng Zong was also quick to act. The Half-Spiritual Soldier saber at his waist was unsheathed, and he slashed out.

"SCHLICK~"

The flash of the blade swept past, slicing the Night Demon leader in half at the waist.

SPLAT!

With another slash, he cut through its head, utterly annihilating the Night Demon leader. It dissolved into a puddle of liquid that splattered on the ground.

At that moment, Sun Zhenyao, his face deathly pale, swayed twice and then collapsed to the ground with a THUD.

Pang Hu, however, had leaped back to Gu Zheng’s shoulder before he hit the ground, where it resumed its seated position.

This sudden turn of events left Tao Liu, Shi Huaiying, and the others dumbfounded.

"Th-this..."

Shi Huaiying stammered, his mouth trembling, as he looked from the liquid on the ground to Sun Zhenyao.

"He’s fine. He’s not going to die."

Cheng Zong sheathed his blade, a smile appearing on his face. "He’s just lost some vital energy, and his Spirit took a bit of a hit. A few years of recuperation at home, and he’ll be as good as new."

"..."

Shi Huaiying was speechless.

Tao Liu and the others were also struck silent with shock.

’This is what you call fine?’

Cheng Zong paid them no mind, his gaze turning to Pang Hu on Gu Zheng’s shoulder, his eyes filled with amazement.

"Gu, that Spirit Beast of yours is incredible!"

"...He is pretty amazing." Gu Zheng turned his head slightly to look at Pang Hu.

’This Little Fatty Cat’s ability is truly powerful, even domineering.’

’To think it knocked the Night Demon leader right out of Sun Zhenyao’s body with a single slap!’