At the start of the game, you have one equipment slot; the effects of unequipping the equipment rema

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[Ding! Detected that the host has slain a fifth-tier crab demon. The equipment "Strong Wind Meridian Opening Technique" has met the conditions for permanent solidification. This equipment has been permanently solidified!]

[Ding! Detected that the host has slain a Tier 5 Crab Demon. The equipment, consisting of the Fish Demon's corpse, meets the conditions for permanent solidification. This equipment has been permanently solidified!]

[Ding! Detected that the host has slain a fifth-tier crab demon and equipped the Triple Life-Sustaining Pill.........]

[Ding! Detected that the host has slain a fifth-tier crab demon and equipped a small sleeve pouch (purple).........]

[Ding! Detected.........]

Current number of available equipment slots: 6

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"A fifth-tier demon is definitely the best!"

Looking at the suddenly empty equipment slots, Mu Yang sighed inwardly.

His gaze then fell upon the enormous corpse of the blue-shelled crab demon.

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[Equipable Item: Green-Shelled Crab Demon Corpse (Complete)]

[Rank: Fifth Rank]

【Equipment Effect: ① Robust Physique (Blue): Physical fitness is greatly improved (physical strength, total stamina, and reaction speed are all improved).

② Abundant Qi and Blood (Blue): The total amount of Qi and blood has been greatly increased.

③ Blue Crab Shell: Greatly increases the strength of one's own bones. One can consume true qi to actively condense a layer of defensive shell on the body surface, which can resist attacks of level 5 and below.

④ Blue Crab Claws (Blue): Greatly increases the hardness of the bones in the user's hands. It can consume true energy to temporarily grant the hands a portion of the power of the Blue Crab Demon. The more true energy consumed, the greater the power boost, with a maximum of one million jin.

[Permanent fixation conditions: Equip this item for 100 days, or slay any fifth-tier or higher-grade monster while equipping this item.]

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"It's just four blue stats, no wonder it's so weak."

Mu Yang silently made a comment, then carefully examined the specific effects of the Green Shell Crab Demon Corpse.

The terms "strong physique" and "abundant qi and blood" are common and need no further explanation; those who know, know.

The effect of the blue crab's hard shell is somewhat similar to that of the turtle demon's thick shell; both increase bone strength and, when actively activated, grant a protective shield.

Mu Yang strongly suspected that most demons with hard shells might possess this ability.

Like turtle demons, crab demons, snail demons, shell demons, and so on.

After a quick glance, Mu Yang focused his attention on the last blue entry.

"The Blue Crab's Heavy Claws increase the strength of hand bones, consume true energy, and boost strength... by a million jin?"

As he read to the end, a glint of light flashed in Mu Yang's eyes.

Although it's just a temporary boost from true qi, it's still quite good.

After all, even at his full power, his strength is only a little over 4.4 million jin.

That's equivalent to an increase of one-quarter.

I just don't know how much true energy this ability will consume.

However, as long as it's less than 2,500 strands, it's still a profit.

It's a pity that now is not the time to equip the demon corpse, since equipping it means gaining more health and opening up the major meridians, and this place is obviously not suitable for breaking through.

So, Mu Yang waved his hand and put the corpse of the Green-Shelled Crab Demon into his sleeve pocket.

Fortunately, he had already solidified two small sleeve pouches of purple quality, which had enough space.

Otherwise, it wouldn't even be able to contain this demon corpse.

"We'll have to keep solidifying the sleeves in the future. It would be great if we could make an extra-large sleeve."

He remembered that a large sleeve pouch, even if it was only of white quality, was worth ten small sleeve pouches of purple quality.

As the corpse of the blue-shelled crab demon was put into the sleeve pocket space, the light in the courtyard seemed to brighten a bit.

Just as Mu Yang was about to search the sleeve pockets of Sun Yingjie and the others, he saw the boy run to the headless corpses and take the sleeve pockets out of the bodies.

He wiped the bloodstains off his sleeve pockets with his clothes, then quickly ran to Mu Yang's side and handed him the four sleeve pockets.

"Sir, here you go!"

Thanks.

Mu Yang took the sleeve pouch and stuffed it into his pocket.

"You've rid the people of a scourge, sir. I should be thanking you!" The boy grinned, revealing a set of neat white teeth, his large eyes shining brightly.

Sun Shixin is dead, and dawn has finally broken in Sancha County!

After putting away his sleeve pouch, Mu Yang led the boy deeper into the county government office.

As you pass through the main hall, long strips of red silk are still hanging on the pillars on both sides.

Rows of bright red lanterns swayed gently in the afternoon breeze.

Without stopping, Mu Yang walked directly through the corridor to the back hall of the county government office, where he found Zheng the clerk outside the study in the side courtyard.

At this moment, he was leaning against the door, occasionally gazing into the distance, as if observing something.

Clearly, he had also heard the sounds of fighting coming from the county government compound, and was now somewhat worried.

Upon seeing Mu Yang and the boy, he was initially startled, but then, as if he had figured something out, he immediately lifted his clothes and ran quickly toward Mu Yang.

Before Mu Yang could speak, he knelt down with a thud, his forehead slamming against the bluestone slab. His voice was trembling with emotion as he cried out, "My lord, you've finally come!"

"That Magistrate Sun is heartless and cruel, completely disregarding the lives of the people in the city, and even sacrificing children to the river monster. His crimes are utterly heinous!"

"All the officials in the government office were coerced by him. Anyone who dared to have even the slightest thought of resistance was thrown into the river and sank to the bottom."

"Even though we are unwilling, we can only dare to be angry but not speak out!"

Whether it was because Zheng Shuli's acting was too good or he was really "moved", tears kept flowing from the corners of his eyes as he spoke.

After condemning Sun Shixin, Zheng Shuli began to recount the specific details of the River God Festival.

"This harmful river god ritual in our Sancha County was orchestrated by that corrupt official Sun Shixin!"

"Every autumn, he would order people to snatch children of child age from both inside and outside the county, ostensibly to be the children of the river goddess of the Three-Forked River, but in reality, he would use them as sacrifices to feed those demons!"

Zheng, the clerk, burst into tears, cursing Sun Shixin as he spoke.

They say that the so-called River Goddess is nothing more than an extremely large, green-shelled female crab.

What Mu Yang didn't expect was that, in addition to the River God Festival, Sun Shixin's daily sacrifices had not stopped either.

Almost every few days, they would secretly send the kidnapped young men to the dock at night to be loaded onto boats, and then push them into the water in the middle of the river after dark.

"That corrupt official Sun Shixin even claimed that with the River God Festival, the number of people who died from the demonic calamity had dropped from over three thousand to less than three hundred, but in reality, it hasn't dropped by much at all!"

Zheng, the clerk, hastily wiped the sweat from his forehead and the tears from the corners of his eyes, speaking faster and faster: "I've secretly calculated that last year alone, as far as I know, no less than a thousand people were thrown into the river by that corrupt official."

"However, he basically counts these cases of people being neither alive nor dead as missing persons."

This number was only known to Zheng, the clerk.

There's definitely more he doesn't know!

As for the so-called decrease in the number of people who died from demonic calamity?

One reason is that the female blue-shelled crabs are regularly sacrificed by Sun Shixin, so there is no need to go to great lengths to hunt them. They only occasionally, when they feel like it, will personally kill a few people for a treat.

Secondly, as the blue-shelled female crab grew stronger, the surrounding river area basically became its territory.

The other monsters either died, fled, or surrendered.

As a result, there were hardly any monsters in the entire Sancha River basin.

There are hardly any demons, so how can there be a demonic scourge?