Chapter 101: Subduing Zheng He

Chapter 101

Zheng He’s expression was cold and his gaze calm, yet beneath his lake-green robe, his chest churned violently. A sinister, malevolent aura began to emanate, stirring the fierce spirits concealed within Zhao Fusheng’s body into restless agitation.

Though his face appeared composed, his repeated cries of "Let go!" betrayed his growing desperation.

With a mighty swing, Zheng He unleashed his strength. As a spirit controller, he wielded the power of ghosts, granting him immense force.

But Zhao Fusheng was no ordinary individual and remained unmoved by his might.

The two clashed fiercely, neither willing to yield in their first encounter.

Holding the ghostly arm, Zhao Fusheng looked at him with a faint smile.

“Are you Zheng He?”

Her question was rhetorical. In Baozhi County, who else but Zheng He, the deputy commander, dared to act unchallenged within the Demon Suppression Division?

Gu Jiansheng, his face swathed in bandages, trembled in fear as the two spirit controllers began to fight without warning. Zheng He’s temper was fierce and ruthless, while Zhao Fusheng, though seemingly gentle, was not to be trifled with.

At this moment, neither would back down, each determined to prove superiority.

However, if their battle escalated and the fierce spirits within them fully awakened, it would spell disaster.

Gu Jiansheng noticed Zheng He’s chest heaving more violently, and in his panic, the blood from his previously stopped wound broke through the powder and soaked the bandages. He hurried forward, bowing repeatedly to the two.

“Please stop, sirs, stop!”

Zhao Fusheng ignored him, resolute in her determination to subdue Zheng He.

Spirit controllers often act recklessly, and she planned to carry out investigations in Baozhi County, with hopes of one day turning it into a branch of Wan’an County. Cooperation with Deputy Commander Zheng was inevitable.

If he could not be subdued now, greater troubles would surely follow.

“What’s it to you?” Zheng He replied with a numb expression.

They were currently within the Demon Suppression Division’s territory in Baozhi County, surrounded by subordinates who revered him like a deity. If he were subdued by an official from Wan’an County here, his hard-earned reputation would be ruined instantly.

Fear gnawed at his heart, yet he resolved not to retreat.

“Let go!” he shouted again, tugging fiercely at his own arm.

But the severed ghostly hand gripped him tightly, its fingers unable to retract without a prize.

Bound by the ghost’s grasp and affected by the malevolent spirit’s aura, even the spirit Zheng He controlled began to show signs of losing control.

When he first heard that Wan’an County’s officials were coming, especially from the Demon Suppression Division, he was incredulous and assumed it was a trick.

His initial impulse was to kill the impostor to intimidate the subordinates.

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