Jidao: I have ten equipment slots

The earth shook and sand flew everywhere.

Rolling dust filled the entire valley, obscuring the view.

As the dust settled, the field of vision slowly became clear again.

What comes into view is a sea of ​​people.

The tens of thousands of people who were standing a moment ago now all fell to the ground.

swoosh~
Gu Zheng retracted the blade, stepped closer, and selected three people for inspection.

The heartbeat is still there, the breath is still there, but it's very weak, and there's something wrong with the energy in the brain.

Seriously traumatized!

The result is that the person is still alive, but there is a high probability that he or she will not wake up.

vegetable?
There are dozens of vegetative patients. Gu Zheng’s parasitic leeches can help, and together with the awakening liquid, they can be saved.

Tens of thousands of people...

"Ah~!"

There was a groan of shock and a cry of pain.

Gu Zheng looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man wearing demon-suppressing armor sitting up from the crowd, covering his head with his hands and groaning in pain.

One of the two demon-suppressing guards trapped in the mountains?

Have you cultivated supernatural powers and become mentally strong, so you can withstand the invasion of evil gods and strange forces?
Gu Zheng thought about it and looked around, looking for another one.

Soon, another Demon-Suppressing Guard wearing Demon-Suppressing Armor was found among the crowd a little further away.

The other party also groaned, slowly sat up, and looked painful.

"open mouth."

Gu Zheng spoke calmly, took out the wake-up liquid, and the magical power surged, wrapping around the two drops of liquid and ejecting them towards the two people respectively.

Jiang Qi and Wang Lei heard this and subconsciously opened their mouths.

Two drops of wake-up liquid flew through the air and landed accurately in their mouths.

He swallowed instinctively, and the next moment, a warm, cool air started from the abdomen and went straight to the face, brightening the eyes, nourishing the soul, and incidentally, soothing the spirit.

Jiang Qi and Wang Lei, whose brains were cracked and felt as if they had been stabbed dozens of times with a knife, suddenly felt their splitting headaches disappear by a large margin.

The two stopped groaning, opened their eyes and looked around.

When they saw Gu Zheng's figure, they were stunned at first, then they quickly stood up and trotted towards Gu Zheng.

When he got closer, he bowed respectfully, "Greetings, General Gu!"

"Thank you, General Gu, for saving us. I am Jiang Qi."

"Your subordinate Wang Lei!"

The two men bowed, maintaining a salute posture, with gratitude on their faces.

Gu Zheng raised his hand, pointed at the broken stone statue of the evil god in the center of the valley, and asked, "What happened to that thing? Do you still remember it?"

"Well... I just remember that after I went deeper into the fog, there was a voice in my head that urged me to go deeper and deeper." Jiang Qi thought for a moment and answered, "I instinctively wanted to retreat, but I couldn't control myself. Then, as I walked, I lost consciousness."

"I do remember some of it."

Wang Lei rubbed his head and thought, "At the beginning, there was also a voice in my mind that told me to go deep into the mountains. When I entered the valley, I saw a group of people standing there. Although no one spoke, I could hear them mumbling and shouting a strange spell."

"Spell?" Jiang Qi couldn't help asking, "You shouted it too?"

"Yes." Wang Lei frowned. "I couldn't help but shout along, but I didn't shout out loud. I shouted in my heart, my soul was shouting and chanting. Then, the more I shouted, the more excited I became. Before I lost consciousness, I saw the tall, ferocious stone statue emitting a red light that flickered on and off, just like... just like breathing!"

"This..." Jiang Qi widened his eyes in shock.

"It was the evil god's trick." Gu Zheng said softly, "This matter needs to be investigated in depth. However, that will be in the future. The most important thing right now is to rescue these people as soon as possible!"

Gu Zheng pointed at the people on the ground.

"Yes, yes." Jiang Qi agreed hurriedly, "We have to get out quickly and inform the people outside to ask the state capital to come to our aid."

It is obviously unrealistic to rely on them to save people.

Gu Zheng only has a limited amount of wake-up liquid in his hand, so he can only rely on the Demon-Slaying Division Headquarters, use special items, or other means.

Immediately, Gu Zheng picked up one person in each hand and took Jiang Qi and Wang Lei out of Daliang Mountain and came to the outside of the mountain.

Xue Ding, Ke Xiaoxia, Tao Qi and others just arrived.

Another group of people arrived one after another.

"Brother Cheng!"

Gu Zheng put Jiang Qi and Wang Lei aside, and bowed to Cheng Zong, the leader of the team, and said, "Congratulations, Brother Cheng, for your breakthrough and advancement to the Super Body·Ladder of Heaven."

Captain Cheng Zong and Gu Zheng are old acquaintances.

After not seeing him for a while, the aura emanating from him has already entered the second stage of super body.

"Hey~ What's there for me to congratulate? I was lucky and got a few key source fruits, which allowed me to break through." The old man was very casual and replied, "Compared with Lord Gu, this achievement is really insignificant."

"Luck is part of strength."

Gu Zheng smiled and said, "It's worth celebrating that Brother Cheng can make another step forward. However, now is not the right time. Let's have a drink when we get back."

"The incident at Daliangshan this time was not caused by demons, but was related to the evil spirit."

"Evil God?" When Cheng Zong mentioned the serious matter, his expression became serious and he said solemnly, "Has the evil god descended? That's not right. There hasn't been any major movement recently..."

"It's not the real body of the evil god."

Gu Zheng shook his head. “It’s not a clone or an incarnation, but a ten-meter-tall stone head of an evil god, with a trace of evil god’s thoughts or residual soul attached to it. That thing is not very powerful, but its mental invasion is very strong. It lured tens of thousands of people into the mountains and turned them into puppets.”

"You can ask Jiang Qi and Wang Lei for the specific situation later."

Gu Zheng pointed at Jiang Qi and Wang Lei. Then, he continued, "I have already dealt with this stone statue. But there are tens of thousands of people left at the scene who cannot wake up. They are not dead, but their spirits are severely damaged and need special means to treat them."

"Thank you, Master Gu!"

Cheng Zongxian bowed and saluted Gu Zheng.

Ke Xiaoxia, Xue Ding, Tao Qi, and the people brought by Cheng Zong also saluted together.

Gu Zheng raised his hand, "In addition to the tens of thousands of people who have suffered, we also need to find out the origin of the evil god's stone statue. If there is the first one, there may be the second and third ones."

"Don't worry, Lord Gu. I will report to the provincial capital right away." Cheng Zong clasped his fists and responded solemnly.

This matter really needs to be clarified.

Every evil god is a fifth-level being.

No matter what methods they use to enter the world, if we don't find them quickly, the trouble will only get worse.

Therefore, a dedicated person is required to be responsible for the follow-up investigation of the matter.

Gu Zheng doesn't need to take any action for the time being.

In line with the principle of keeping his neighborhood peaceful and stable, Gu Zheng inspected the entire Nanyun Prefecture and searched every county.

Whether it is deep in the mountains or at the bottom of a river, no place is left out.

During this search, the roaming demons were also cleared out.

The demon points gained were less than a thousand.

The evil spirit's energy was never found again.

……

After the search was completed, Gu Zheng returned to Qingshi County, swallowed the three seized Earth Yuan Pills, refined a few Demon Pills, and refined himself, reducing the Demon Points required for a breakthrough to 96,000 points.

From this point, we can see how much energy is needed to condense the divine seed.

It is difficult to achieve this by relying solely on supernatural powers or physical strength.

It is still the quickest to add points. Monster points!
Not enough demon points are gained from killing electric monsters.

The third-level passage in Fengzhou, apart from Daxia Mountain, is Qixia Valley in Baiyin Prefecture.

On the day.

Gu Zheng crossed the mansion and came to Qixia Valley to visit the two guards who were in charge of the passage.

The demon-slaying generals in the Haoti realm, Sun Yunrang, and Jiang Xiong.

"Finally I get to meet Master Gu!"

Jiang Xiong, with white hair and beard, was tall and strong. He smiled and clasped his fists towards Gu Zheng and said, "Meng Taiqi, that old fellow, has boasted to me many times that he has a good student. After hearing so much, I am curious and admire Master Gu. I regret not staying in the state capital. Otherwise, how could Meng Taiqi and Xie Bisheng, that bastard, become Master Gu's teachers?"

"Haha, I also want a student like Lord Gu, the more the better." Sun Yunrang was tall and slender, elegant and refined, but his tone of voice was bold and hearty, "Brother Jiang regrets not staying in the state capital, and so do I. Lord Meng and Lord Xie were just lucky! They accepted Lord Gu as their student."

"Thank you for your praise, both masters. I am also lucky to be noticed by Master Meng and Master Xie. It is under their care that I am where I am today."

Gu Zheng smiled and clasped his fists in return. “This time, I came to Qixia Valley to enter the passage and go to the demon world on the other side to kill a few third-level demons and obtain some demon pills. Because I don’t know the situation on the other side, I came here to ask the two adults for advice.”

"Master Gu, you are so polite. We can't thank you enough for coming here to kill the monsters on the other side of the passage."

Sun Yunrang raised his hand and said seriously, "Everyone in Fengzhou knows that any passage that Lord Gu entered will eventually calm down for a period of time. For this reason, everyone else wanted to ask Lord Gu to go through, but because Lord Gu's strength has increased too quickly. Now there is only a third-level passage that can be entered, they are helpless and aggrieved!"

"Hahaha~"

Jiang Xiong laughed, "Yes, we are hoping that Master Gu can come over and fight his way to the other side of the passage. The demons on the other side are mainly five kinds of demons."

"Centaurs, ogres, dwarf earth dragons, boiling blood devil eagles, and rock giants that are at least level three when they appear, even though their numbers are small!"

"Rock giants?" Gu Zheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this. "Master Jiang, are you referring to the rock tribe among the giants?"

"Correct."

Jiang Xiong nodded, "The demon world opposite Qixia Valley is a mountainous area where a clan of rock giants live. These guys are huge in size and slow in movement, but their strength is terrifying, and their defense is amazing. Even if a top-grade spiritual weapon slashes at their bodies, it can only leave marks. The key is not to shatter the giant's heart, otherwise they will not die no matter how you kill them."

"Fortunately, the rock giant has not appeared at the entrance of the passage." Sun Yunrang agreed, "Otherwise, given the difficulty of the rock giant, if we let it pass through the passage, we would have to pay a heavy price."

"That's true." Gu Zheng nodded.

Centaurs, ogres, dwarf earth dragons, and boiling-blood demon eagles.

These four kinds of demons are relatively easy to deal with.

It's a bit difficult to deal with the rock giant.

Even top-grade spiritual weapons couldn't cut through it, which shows the strength of the rock giant's defense.

However, once the rock giant finds the giant's heart and digs it out, the harvest will be enormous.

The Heart of the Giant, this thing is equivalent to the demon pill of other demons, but it is more magical and outstanding than the demon pill. It not only has surging energy, but also has powerful regenerative power and deep perception of the earth.

It can be said that a giant's heart is worth three to five demon pills of the same level.

It was impossible for Gu Zheng not to be tempted.

Top-grade spiritual weapons cannot break through the rock giant’s defense.

Where is the magic weapon?
……

After exchanging pleasantries with Sun Yunrang and Jiang Xiong for a while, Gu Zheng said goodbye and headed towards the entrance of the passage.

The passage to Qixia Valley is located in the air fifteen meters above the ground. When the demons come over, it is equivalent to falling from the sky.

The circular passage is three hundred meters long and about twenty meters in diameter.

With this width, the rock giant could easily get through, but he stayed away from the entrance and was safe.

Although Sun Yunrang and Jiang Xiong passed through the passage and went to the other side, they did not go far and just hovered near the entrance of the passage.

Gu Zheng had no plans to have a deeper relationship with these two people.

He did not forget that one of them, Sun Yunrang and Jiang Xiong, was an undercover agent of Kangguo!

swoosh~
He leaped into the air, rushed straight up the passage, crossed three hundred meters, and entered the other end.

Coming out of the passage on the other side, I found myself at the foot of a mountain, and the exit was almost level with the ground.

Once the demons find the entrance to the passage, they just need to run over and jump in to go to Qixia Valley.

Gu Zheng flew out from the exit, stood in the air, and scanned the surroundings.

I found that there was no monster on the nearby hill.

Apparently, Sun Yunrang and Jiang Xiong came over to clean up from time to time.

This kind of cleansing will not bring peace for long.

The existence of the channel entrance causes interference in the spatial fluctuations, extending very far.

The stronger the demon, the more sensitive it is.

Gu Zheng looked around in mid-air, listened for a moment, then suddenly flew to the right through the air.

shuh~
The strong wind howls.

Hundreds of meters passed in a flash, and Gu Zheng came to the outside of the mountain pass and saw a group of centaurs running fast and approaching the entrance of the passage.

Centaurs, as the name suggests, have a lower body with four hooves of a horse, a human torso at the neck of a horse, arms and a head like a human, but with a hideous face, like a demon, and a mouth full of fangs. They also eat meat!
In their strong and powerful hands, each of them held a bone stick or a bone knife.

Gu Zheng's sudden appearance startled them, and they quickly threw out their bone knives and attacked Gu Zheng.

Whizzing!

The sound of bone knives and bone sticks breaking through the wind was heard.

shhhhhh!
Pieces of cold light shot out through the air at an even faster speed.

bang~ bang~ bang~
After a crisp sound, the bone knife and bone stick were all broken.

The three hundred and sixty flying blades continued to move forward without stopping, cutting into the Centaur team, piercing each Centaur's head, piercing it, and causing it to explode!
Soul capturing!

[Demon Points +9]

[Demon Points +10]

……

A wave of harvest.

More than twenty Centaurs, all killed.

Including one of the second-level centaurs, who was unable to dodge the blade the moment he woke up.

swoosh~
Gu Zheng retracted the blade, circled his body, and continued forward, sensing the breath of demons and looking for other demons.

……

……

Fengzhou city.

In the Demon Slaying Division headquarters, in a mansion deep inside.

"Buzz~"

A trembling sound suddenly woke up Ji Tianping who was meditating and practicing Qigong.

He slowly opened his eyes, raised his hand, and took the seal that was placed not far away.

slap~
After getting the seal and reading the information, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Gu Zheng entered the Qixia Valley passage and went to the other side to kill the third-level demon?"

After reading the message, Ji Tianping raised the corner of his mouth, "Can you finally hold it in?"

Ji Tianping muttered to himself, stopped practicing and slowly stood up.

"Okay, killing the third-level monsters is good, and it would be best to kill the rock giants!" (End of this chapter)