Jidao: I have ten equipment slots

Chapter 21 [021] Evil Spirit

“It starts again, it starts again!”

"Hide now!"

Hearing the screams, the three soldiers turned around and ran back to the gate tower, trembling all over.

Gu Zhengze pointed his toes and rushed out at high speed, heading straight for the south of the city.

Ta~
As it flew down from the city wall, it stepped on the roofs and walked quickly all the way.

When I arrived at the area near the screaming sound, I sensed a gloomy and cold aura of death that was different from that of other demons.

Swish!
Gu Zheng jumped off the roof, walked in the alley, following the eerie aura, and approached quickly.

With a flick of his hand, a Sky Frost Blade appeared. A magical energy surged and attached itself to the blade.

"Whoosh~"

Gu Zheng turned over and entered a small courtyard. The first thing he saw was a body as dry as firewood lying in front of the open door.

There was a strong eerie and cold atmosphere in the room.

The dark vision opened, Gu Zheng stood outside the door and glanced around the house.

There was no demon except for an equally dried corpse.

"left already?"

Gu Zheng looked around, turned around, took a few steps back, and prepared to jump back onto the roof.

"what!"

The scream suddenly rang out again.

shuh~
Gu Zheng flashed, followed the sound, jumped out of the courtyard, and rushed over at high speed.

The distance of less than thirty meters was reached in a flash.

This was also a house. A dried-up corpse was lying on the ground, and in the corner a woman with disheveled hair was rolling and struggling.

In the half-open room, there were two children, one big and one small, with dull faces and drooling mouths. They were so frightened that they couldn't move.

Gu Zheng's gaze fell on the woman. In the dark vision, there was an overlapping shadow lying on the woman, absorbing her essence, blood, and vitality.

Sucking the essence, energy and spirit was expected, but what was shocking was that this shadow was actually in human form!

"Evil spirit?"

Gu Zheng realized that the other party was not a demon, and decisively used the soul-capturing technique.

Ah!!

A sharp and piercing cry suddenly came out from the woman's mouth, carrying with it an inexplicable power that corroded people's hearts.

"Get out of here...!"

Gu Zheng shouted in a low voice, and used his soul-capturing power to its fullest.

With a scream, the black shadow attached to the woman was forcibly pulled out and pounced on Gu Zheng.

Invisible to the naked eye, in the dark vision, this black shadow has hands and feet, and a human torso, but its face is as ferocious as a ghost, its eyes are green and murderous, and its claws are as sharp as knives.

Call ~
"Hey!"

A cold wind suddenly blew, covering Gu Zheng's whole body. The Tianshuang Sword was unsheathed, wrapped in a cold light, and cut the body of the evil spirit that pounced on him in half.

Swish swish swish~!

He slashed out ten times in an instant, each one hitting the target.

With the magical power attached, the evil spirit was split into dozens of pieces, and before it could even let out a scream, it disappeared into thin air.

There is no shed blood, and even less spiritual essence.

It's pure harm!

"How many of these evil things are there?"

Putting away the knife, Gu Zheng stepped forward to check on the woman, and after making sure she was not dead, he sent out a ray of magical energy which entered her body to nourish her.

Afterwards, he walked out of the courtyard and rushed to the county government office.

When he arrived at the yamen, he raised his eyebrows when he saw the constables, yamen runners, Tong Yuanshan, Zhang Hucheng and others hiding in the house.

"Boss! You're back!?"

"Gu Tou is back."

"..." Han Ming, Wang Meng, Tao Qi and other detectives gathered around, looking excited.

"Gu Zhengna, you're back."

Tong Yuanshan bit a cucumber in his mouth, also with an excited look on his face, and said excitedly, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back."

"Gu Zheng, what's happening at Dalong Mountain?" Zhang Hucheng asked anxiously, "I see there's no snow in the sky. Have all the demons disappeared?"

"Dalongshan is fine now."

Gu Zheng glanced at everyone and said, "However, the demons that escaped earlier are still outside the city. There are also some in the city, but I don't know how many there are."

"That……"

"After I entered the city, I walked all the way here and didn't see any demons. There was only one evil spirit hurting people." Gu Zheng continued.

"Evil spirit? Ghost?" Tong Yuanshan trembled.

"It's not a ghost from a novel." Gu Zheng shook his head. "It's a unique evil creature. It's not afraid of sunlight, but the demons seem to be afraid of it, or repulsed by it? They hid themselves."

"so……"

"So, I need you to get moving and find these demons." Gu Zheng glanced at the crowd, "From what I've learned, there are not many demons that can enter the city. Only those that can fly can enter."

"Yes, yes, last night above the city, there were occasional strange sounds of wings fluttering, and strong winds caused by the wings." Tong Yuanshan nodded hurriedly.

"But they can't see it!" Zhang Hucheng looked frightened.

In the past, he and Tong Yuanshan had been fighting secretly, but now he was standing behind Tong Yuanshan and obeyed Tong Yuanshan.

“It’s invisible to the naked eye.”

Gu Zheng said calmly, "But these demons are not evil spirits. They are not physical entities. They are just invisible. We can make them visible by spraying them with dyes from the dyeing factory."

"Han Ming, Wang Meng...you go get the dye immediately. Each of you should carry a large bag on your back. In groups of five, search the city."

"If you find an evil spirit that causes people to tremble and scream, please fire a whistling arrow and I will rush over as quickly as possible."

Gu Zheng looked at Han Ming and others who were wearing iron armor, carrying longbows and holding short crossbows.

This was the arrangement he made before going to Dalong Mountain. It was the equipment Tong Yuanshan took from the City Defense Department.

Some monsters are not fast, but they are difficult to kill.

If you wear armor, keep a distance, and attack with a bow and crossbow, even if you cannot kill the opponent, you can at least seriously injure him.

"Yes!"

Han Ming, Tao Qi and their group responded in unison and ran outside.

"Sir, please wait in the government office."

Gu Zheng clasped his fists, turned and walked out the door.

"Well, Gu Zheng, can you please... send me to the roof first?" Zhang Hucheng shouted awkwardly, "Since demons repel sunlight, it should be safest for me to sit on the roof, right?"

"...That's right." Tong Yuanshan first looked at Zhang Hucheng strangely, and then agreed, "Hey, Gu Zheng, can you take me to the roof as well?"

"can."

Gu Zheng glanced at the two of them and grabbed one of them by the shoulder with one hand.

Swish!
He jumped from the spot and leaped directly onto the roof of the county government office.

“Oh~”

Tong Yuanshan was startled and sat down quickly.

Zhang Hucheng also looked pale, his body swayed, and then he sat on the top.

The others on the ground saw this, looked at each other, and hurried to get the ladder.

Gu Zheng ignored them and walked on the rooftops to the City Defense Department’s garrison in the city to find Pang Qianding who was hiding in a circle surrounded by a group of armored soldiers.

In front of everyone, Gu Zheng repeated the situation of the demons and evil spirits.

Finally, he said seriously, "Captain Pang, the situation is urgent. Please mobilize your men immediately and cooperate with our people to lure out the demon."

"cough~"

Pang Qianding, who had a big belly and a full beard, coughed lightly, rolled his eyes, and said, "Captain Gu, I understand your feelings, but as a military commander, I have to be responsible for the lives of the soldiers below. They also have families, parents, wives and children. If this..."

"Pang! Qian! Ding!"

(End of this chapter)