I Have 10 Equipment Slots-Chapter 79 - 73: Pummeled to Death
Above Black Mountain.
Gu Zheng activated his Dark Vision. He gazed at the open swamp from several miles away, and his eyes met Xie Buping’s. His heart skipped a beat.
’A Super Body?’
’What kind of Source Fruit did this guy eat? Not only did he recover from his injuries, but he also broke through to the Super Body Realm?’
He had just heard the commotion and left the ravine, darting into the air to see what was happening.
He never expected to see Xie...
WHOOSH!
BOOM—
The void suddenly erupted. A figure smashed through layer after layer of air, creating a visible shockwave.
In less than three breaths, he crossed the several miles and appeared before Gu Zheng.
"Commander, I’ve broken through to the Super Body Realm. Aren’t you thrilled? Aren’t you surprised!?"
Xie Buping let out a savage grin. He was nearly three meters tall, wreathed in a scorching aura. Flames materialized around him, forming into armor that covered his entire body.
His hands, covered in dense Snake Scales, were like iron hooks. His fingertips, as sharp as a Spiritual Soldier, tore through the air with a piercing shriek as he clawed at Gu Zheng.
SHHNK!
Gu Zheng had just seen it when his "body" was pierced through. The terrifying heat incinerated his flesh, turning it to ash piece by piece.
"This trick again!?"
Xie Buping roared. His massive body flipped nimbly as he swept his thick, long legs toward the space above his head.
BAM!
The collision of fist and foot unleashed an explosive blast of Powerful Qi that radiated outward for over a hundred meters.
Gu Zheng’s figure retreated, shooting straight up into the sky.
WHOOSH—
Xie Buping rocketed upward, his crimson, slitted pupils locked onto Gu Zheng.
"I don’t care where you came from or who’s backing you! Today, right now, is the day you die!!"
BOOM—!
Raging flames enveloped Xie Buping, carrying a terrifying momentum. Like a true giant python, he opened his stinking, blood-red maw and lunged up at Gu Zheng to devour him.
VMMMM!!
The air rippled like water.
Gu Zheng’s body suddenly expanded. His limbs grew thick and long as a vast, savage, and ferocious aura, as if from ancient times, roared forth from within him.
Bronze Elephant Body unlocked!
"ROAR—!"
Letting out a furious, bestial roar, Gu Zheng—now covered head to toe in a bronze sheen—halted his ascent, twisted sharply, and dove back toward the swamp.
WHOOSH-BOOM!
He tore through the air, leaving a trail of clearly visible concentric rings in his wake.
"You can’t escape!"
Xie Buping’s crimson eyes locked onto Gu Zheng, sensing the change in him. Gu Zheng’s aura was steadily rising.
But he paid it no mind, because his own aura was climbing as well.
SWOOSH!
WHOOSH-BOOM—
One after the other, the two returned to the skies above the swamp.
Gu Zheng, who was in the lead, suddenly turned. His Bronze Fist Blade chopped down on Xie Buping, who was in hot pursuit.
"BAM!"
With a sound like clashing metal, Xie Buping’s forward momentum was not only broken, but his burly frame was also sent plummeting into the swamp below.
SPLOOSH—
BOOM!
A spray of mud erupted from the hard, sharp qi, shooting dozens of meters into the air and scattering like a goddess scattering flowers.
A huge crater, with a radius of over ten meters and a depth of seven or eight meters, was blasted into existence centered on where Xie Buping had landed. All the muck within was blown away, and what little remained was incinerated to slag by the terrifying heat.
An invisible but frighteningly real Life Qi, unique to the Super Body Realm, swept across an area several hundred meters in radius.
All the Terrain Monsters within this range scattered and fled.
SWOOSH!
In mid-air, the bronze figure flickered and vanished.
"THUD—"
Gu Zheng, carrying a ferocious momentum, plummeted from the sky and slammed into Xie Buping, who was just about to get up.
The terrifying force crashed down, enveloping Xie Buping and driving him deeper into the ground, deepening the crater.
BAM!
A punch aimed straight for the head split Xie Buping’s scalp open. Blood sprayed, and his head spun.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
Punch after punch rained down on Xie Buping’s head, giving him no time to react, forcing him to passively endure the onslaught.
In the process, the bronze light and the fiery glow intertwined madly, tearing and shattering each other.
"ROAR... ROAR—!"
Xie Buping struggled and fought back, roaring unconsciously. Bursts of scorching flame erupted, sweeping toward Gu Zheng, who was just inches away.
But as soon as the flames neared Gu Zheng, they were redirected by another force, perfectly avoiding him. Instead, they washed over the sides of the crater, scorching the walls black, charring them, and even vitrifying them. The crater deepened, and more and more cracks appeared.
BAM! BAM! BAM—!
Punch after punch, each one carrying the immense force of one hundred thousand jin!
Bronze Elephant Body, one hundred percent unlocked!
Faced with the Super Body Power of a Half-demon Bloodline, Gu Zheng had decisively unleashed the full power of his Bronze Elephant Body.
With absolute Barbaric Force and explosive power, he had knocked Xie Buping down, putting him in a state where he couldn’t fight back the moment he hit the ground.
As for the flames Xie Buping released, their scorching heat and terrifying burning power couldn’t even touch a hair on Gu Zheng’s head thanks to his Fire Demon Techniques. His Stretchable Clothing was also unaffected.
At this moment, aside from passively resisting with his Flame Armor and Super Body Realm physique, Xie Buping was unable to use any other abilities.
Gu Zheng rained down blow after blow on his head with almost no pause in between.
With terrifying speed and domineering strength, Xie Buping stopped breathing in less than a minute.
"CRACK-SPLAT—!"
With the final punch, Xie Buping’s entire head exploded. Red and white matter splattered across the bottom of the crater, which was now over ten meters deep.
The Flame Armor covering his body dissipated into a ball of fire at almost the same instant.
SWOOSH!
Without pausing, Gu Zheng, steam rising from his body, leaped into the air. His cold eyes swept across the swamp.
The next instant, he locked onto Xie Bufeng, who was standing on the corpse of a Terrain Monster several hundred meters away.
"I see you!"
With a grin, Gu Zheng shot forward, savagely tearing through the air as he charged straight at Xie Bufeng.
"How is this possible!"
His pupils dilated and his face filled with disbelief. Horrified, Xie Bufeng decisively turned to flee.
He burned his life potential, using a Secret Technique to escape.
His speed instantly multiplied several times over, even faster than when Gu Zheng had chased him that night.
But...
WHOOSH-BOOM—!
A massive roar.
Xie Bufeng burst away in escape, but Gu Zheng also exploded forward in a sprint. Gu Zheng’s speed was superior, and in the blink of an eye, he caught up to Xie Bufeng, locking onto him with a cold killing intent.
"No, I’m willing to..."
SPLAT!
A dull thud.
Whatever Xie Bufeng wanted to say, he never got the chance. His entire body was pulverized by a single punch, reduced to a bloody paste that splattered everywhere and mixed with the mud.
’Willing to submit? Willing to compensate?’
’None of that is necessary!’
Dead is safest.
If the Xie Family’s methods weren’t so despicable and their reputation a bit better, Gu Zheng wouldn’t have minded giving them a Nether Heart Slave Seal.
Like he did with Zhang Meiyuan and Cao Handing, turning them into Seal Slaves.
A pity...
"HAAAH!"
He exhaled, the hot air turning into a billowing mist.
Gu Zheng deactivated his Bronze Elephant Body, popped a Treasure Pill into his mouth to replenish his energy, and circulated his power to digest and absorb it. Then he turned and leaped into the air, heading back to Black Mountain.
As he passed over the crater containing Xie Buping’s corpse, his Spirit sensed a pure energy.
’Spirit Essence?’
Gu Zheng stopped and landed at the edge of the crater.
Lost in thought, he used Spirit Capturing on Xie Buping’s corpse.
[Demon Points +18]
