I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 73 - 67: What Took You So Long

WHOOSH!

WHOOSH~

The night wind blew, pushing wave after wave of mist to fill the sky and cover the ground, spreading everywhere.

The damp vapor rushed toward him, swirling around Gu Zheng. As it dampened his armor, it was shattered layer by layer.

From time to time, it would burst into sprays of water, blooming in midair.

BANG! BANG! BANG~

Leap, glide, leap, leap, glide!

At a certain moment, Gu Zheng burst into a sprint. He closed the distance with Xie Bufeng on the ground, even overtaking him, before descending rapidly.

"THUD!"

He slammed heavily onto the ground, blasting open a crater. Amidst the flying dirt and gravel, Gu Zheng’s figure flickered as he spun around and charged head-on at Xie Bufeng.

"Get lost~!"

Xie Bufeng’s vertical pupils dilated and contracted. The berserk aura around him instantly swelled to its peak. As he moved, it pressed out in all directions, released like a clap of thunder.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The Powerful Qi exploded, dispersing the mist. It evolved into one fiery red ring of light after another, assailing Gu Zheng in successive waves.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

The gleam of a blade tore through the night, followed closely by a Sword Gang. It pulverized the Powerful Qi and sliced into the fiery red rings without hesitation, meeting the furiously charging Xie Bufeng.

TSS TSS~

Xie Bufeng’s burly body was steaming like a furnace, radiating a terrifying heatwave.

But under the Sword Gang, lines of blood spurted out from him once more.

The wound on his severed arm, however, had already scabbed over.

"BZZZT~!"

The Celestial Frost Blade hummed. Infused with a massive amount of Divine Wondrous, it vibrated the void, creating ripples.

Along with a dazzling ray of light, a Frenzy Battle Slash was unleashed head-on.

Under this slash, the mist, Powerful Qi, flames, and heatwave were all diced, split in two, and forced to either side.

Xie Bufeng’s frenzied forward momentum was brought to a dead stop. Terror filled his vertical pupils, and his heart pounded like a drum as the crisis of death enveloped his entire body.

"ROAR~!"

He let out a hoarse, long roar and forcibly twisted his body, diving to the side. He narrowly dodged the terrifying Sword Gang as it grazed past him.

SCHLICK!

"RUMBLE~~"

Having lost its target, the Sword Gang shattered the air. It carved out a visible outline of Sword Qi tens of meters long, which then slammed into the ground, gouging a ravine over a hundred meters long. Countless chunks of earth and rock exploded, flying into the air.

At the end of the ravine, a row of trees more than ten meters away was struck by the aftershock. They instantly burst, shattered, and exploded into pieces that filled the sky.

’This bastard...’

Lying prone on the ground, Xie Bufeng watched this scene, his eyelids twitching.

He roared internally with fury and terror, rolling across the ground and slithering away at high speed.

SWOOSH!

An afterimage flashed.

Gu Zheng gave chase, blade in hand. His Divine Wondrous surged, and the Sword Gang formed into lines, locking onto Xie Bufeng once more. This time, it completely cornered him.

"You dare!"

Xie Bufeng roared. Snake Scales completely covered his face, neck, and arms. His sharp right claw, his only one, tore at the air like an iron hook in a desperate attempt to resist.

SCHLICK! SCHLICK! SCHLICK!

Lines of blood sprayed out, accompanied by flakes of Snake Scales falling to the ground.

"PFFT~"

A slash cut across his waist, sending a shower of fresh blood into the air.

Xie Bufeng’s chest was torn open, the gash deep enough to reveal bone.

SWISH! SWISH~

BZZZT!

Gu Zheng slashed again and again. Divine Wondrous surged, and as he infused it into his Celestial Frost Blade, he unleashed his strongest power, about to finish Xie Bufeng with a single blow.

Suddenly—

WHOOSH!

A glint of cold light abruptly shot in from the left like a bolt of lightning, cleaving through the air and heading straight for Gu Zheng.

"SWISH~"

BOOM!

Gu Zheng adjusted his direction, aiming his explosive slash to the left and unleashing it in a brilliant arc.

The Sword Gang collided with the cold light. The latter was destroyed, and the resulting shockwave set off rings of air that swept across a radius of dozens of zhang, sending countless bits of sand, grass, and wood flying.

"The Great Success Mad Battle Blade. Commander, your Saber Technique isn’t bad," a raspy voice echoed through the mist, reverberating across the wilderness.

From the forest to the left, an equally burly and imposing figure emerged. He seemed to move slowly, but each step covered more than ten meters.

"What took you so long!"

Having escaped death, a battered Xie Bufeng rolled into a ditch. As he stood up, he roared, "This mad dog cut off my arm! Hurry up and kill him! I want to..."

SWOOSH~!

An afterimage flashed. Gu Zheng raised his blade and charged, breaking through the Powerful Qi and dust. He appeared before Xie Bufeng in an instant, the Celestial Frost Blade reflecting a cold light into Xie Bufeng’s eyes and forcing them shut.

An intense sense of mortal danger simultaneously enveloped Xie Bufeng. Shocked and enraged, he no longer held back. He activated his Bloodline Power, and his entire body swelled by a size, releasing blazing flames that formed a suit of armor covering him completely.

"BOOM!"

A deafening, muffled boom echoed across the open wilderness, traveling far into the distance.

A vast wave of berserk Powerful Qi, with the two at its center, pressed down on the ground as it spread outward, pulverizing all the rocks, weeds, and hard earth within a twenty-meter radius.

Amidst the flying dirt and fine sand, the flame armor on Xie Bufeng’s body cracked, shattering into fragments under the Sword Gang. His imposing body was sent flying like a rubber ball, soaring over a hundred meters into the forest. He crashed through and snapped more than a dozen large trees before finally slamming violently into the mountainside. His entire body was embedded in the cliff face, which was now webbed with cracks.

"You’re courting death!"

The initially calm Xie Buping saw this, and his eyes instantly turned into vertical pupils. A malevolent aura condensed around him as his burly frame swelled by a size, became covered in Snake Scales, and radiated steaming heat. He then lunged fiercely at Gu Zheng.

RIIIIP~!

His hands were like iron claws, shredding the air. His legs were like a snake’s tail, slithering and weaving unpredictably from side to side.

A fetid, scorching aura surged out in wave after wave, enveloping an area several zhang wide.

A strange power that stirred one’s carnal desires bored straight into Gu Zheng’s mouth and nose.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Gu Zheng swung his blade like a torrent of rain, forming an impenetrable defense.

He fully unleashed his Frenzy Battle Saber Technique. The Sword Gang swirled around him, serving as both offense and defense.

"BANG! BANG! BANG~!"

The fiery Powerful Qi collided with the Sword Gang, unleashing a series of shockwaves that swept through the surroundings. They scraped another layer off the ground, sending the shaved-off dirt and gravel flying into the air.

Xie Buping engaged Gu Zheng in close combat, matching speed with speed and force with force.

’Peak Alien Body!?’

The moment they clashed, both of their hearts sank as they sensed their opponent’s formidable power.

In terms of pure Physical Strength, there was little difference between them.

In other aspects, Xie Buping’s claws were comparable to a Half-Spiritual Soldier, but the Celestial Frost Blade in Gu Zheng’s hands was a true Spiritual Soldier.

Because of this, after clashing head-on for only two breaths, Xie Buping felt his claws and arms go numb, a sharp pain faintly throbbing through them.

He decisively changed his tactics. He spat out a fiery red bead, controlling it to spin rapidly and shoot out a blinding beam of light.

FWOOSH!

The void was split in two. The scorching beam grazed past Gu Zheng’s cheek, piercing through the air for dozens of meters.

Wherever it passed, Powerful Qi shattered and transformed into Fire Snakes. Mixed with the dense mist, it formed a clearly visible trajectory.

’A Marvel?’

Gu Zheng’s heart throbbed. He moved with fluid steps, putting distance between himself and Xie Buping.

SWISH!

Xie Buping controlled the bead, shooting another scorching beam.

Gu Zheng’s figure swayed, and he narrowly avoided it.

SWISH!

Without pausing, Xie Buping shot out a third scorching beam.

This time, it successfully hit Gu Zheng!