I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 226 White Prajna - Two and a Half Stars! Demon God (Weak) → Demon God! Physique Exceeds 100! Prajna Mask Evolves!
To be precise, there are still two hours, fifty-eight minutes, and forty-seven seconds left.

Uesugi Tetsu changed his position and sat on the wooden steps of the small dojo, resting his elbows on his knees and silently watching the time slip away, his palms supporting his chin.

Stare at the time for a while, stare at the silver moon in the sky for a while.

Less than two minutes later, Uesugi Tetsu clicked his tongue in boredom.

I didn't feel it when I wasn't paying attention, but when the promotion time is so close, it feels like time is stretched out for an exceptionally long time.

It's hard to wait.

Moreover, my intuition tells me that it's best not to advance in a dojo covered by a barrier.

While doing so wouldn't cause any major incidents, the commotion would be significant and could easily lead to misunderstandings—even if they found a secluded corner, Shi Fandai's abilities would allow him to easily sense it.

Because even he himself can do this kind of thing.

Thinking of this, Uesugi Tetsuya, who still had two hours and fifty-five minutes to wait, stood up and prepared to go out for a stroll.

Good morning, Lord Uesugi.

Good morning, Lord Uesugi.

Perhaps it was because the instructor had introduced him to the students in the dojo, but even though Uesugi Tetsu was just passing by, he was greeted warmly by a large group of dojo disciples.

Helpless, he could only smile and reply to each one.

"Hey, Yagyu-kun, you're really working hard."

Just as he was about to debut at the dojo, Uesugi Tetsu spotted Yagyu Akira alone in the shadows, holding a solid wooden sword and striking a pose.

The weather wasn't too hot in the early morning of late May, but even so, Liu Shengchi's forehead, neck, and back were already soaked with sweat.

All of this demonstrates that Yagyu has been standing here, maintaining his stance for quite some time.

"Is Uesugi-kun going out?"

Yagyu answered without blinking, and even as he spoke, the tip of his wooden sword did not tremble in the slightest.

Uesugi Tetsu nodded casually: "Yeah, I slept before, but I can't sleep well now. I want to go out and get some fresh air."

"Then, if you head south, you'll see a small hill, and you can see a great sunrise from the top of that hill."

Sweating profusely, Yagyu Akira offered his opinion.

Uesugi Tetsu blinked and gave him a happy thumbs up: "Thanks, Yagyu-kun."

The moment Uesugi Tetsu stepped out of the dojo gate, he could clearly feel that the concentration of spiritual energy in the world had increased by more than one level.

It's probably because maintaining the barrier surrounding the dojo requires an enormous amount of spiritual energy. Powerful barriers all require a lot of spiritual energy, which is quite normal.

"However, after a month, the concentration of spiritual energy has increased considerably since the first wave."

Uesugi Tetsu still remembers that the concentration of spiritual energy in the world had increased by 11.8 times compared to before the wave.

Now, it should be at least 15 times higher, and the concentration is still slowly increasing.

With just a slight activation of his Spirit Control Technique, he could feel spiritual energy surging into his body from all directions, then being absorbed, purified, and extracted.

Finally, the vast amount of mixed spiritual energy of heaven and earth was transformed into a drop of extremely high-quality liquid spiritual energy within the body, which could be easily mobilized by the Spirit Control Technique.

"It's quite nice to go out and practice spirit control techniques alone once in a while like this."

Uesugi Tetsuya unreservedly inhaled the continuous flow of spiritual energy, and following the direction Yagyu Akira had indicated, he walked slowly at a pace even slower than that of an ordinary person.

An hour passed quickly as I strolled aimlessly.

Uesugi Tetsu glanced at his proficiency level after continuously and intensely practicing the Spirit Control Technique for an hour, and found that it had increased by more than 10 points, which was incredibly fast.

"But, it's only been an hour already?"

Rubbing his slightly throbbing temples, Uesugi Tetsuya sighed, looking a little tired.

If only there were medicinal baths available at this time, they could help strengthen the bones.

Once you start bone forging, three hours will definitely pass in the blink of an eye... but that idea is completely absurd nowadays.

As for going back to a teacher's college to learn footwork intensively for two hours?

"Let yourself off the hook."

Uesugi Tetsuya half-opened his eyes to see where he was going, using power-saving mode, thinking to himself that he was not like Ririko, the ultimate, invincible king of the universe.

Oh, right, Ririko.

If making a phone call now might disturb Nanjo Manami, it certainly won't disturb Ririko.

Because sunrise is just around the corner, and even though Ririko sleeps, she always wakes up earlier than the sun.

Thinking of this, Uesugi Tetsuya took out his rotary phone, supported its bottom with his qi, and dialed Ririko's number.

beep……

pat.

It answered instantly, just as expected.

"Hey?"

Uesugi Tetsu held the antique-style telephone close to his ear and heard the girl's slightly heavy but powerful breathing coming from the speaker.
"Huff...huff...Uesugi-kun, it's rare for you to call me..."

Uesugi Tetsu glanced at the rotary phone, which remained unchanged, and replied, "I just installed a new phone and am testing it out."

Ririko gave a muffled "hmm," then asked,

"So... what's the matter?"

Uesugi Tetsuya, who had originally just wanted to make a call to check on the results, paused for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "Didn't I teach you a lot of things last time? How's your training in the Flesh Palace going?"

Ririko's voice trembled slightly: "I'm... currently refining meat..."

It turned out to be the case.

No wonder he sounded so breathless.

She can still talk normally while being processed into meat; Ririko is truly a werewolf.

Ririko continued, "After that... I'll probably start training the 'Palace of Flesh,' one of the four ultimate forms, to give you a test run."

Upon hearing this, Uesugi Tetsu said in a high-pitched voice,
"Then thank you very much, Lady Ririko."

After a pause, Uesugi Tetsuya resumed his normal voice: "Then I won't disturb you any longer. Focus on your cultivation."

Just before he hung up the phone, Ririko's voice, which sounded like she was forcing it out through gritted teeth, came through.

"I'll watch the broadcast of the qualifiers..."

Uesugi Tetsuya paused slightly, then smiled.

"Thank you."

pat.

The call ended briefly.

Within two seconds, two lines of text appeared above the rotary phone.

The first line is 【Tokugawa Ririko】.

The second line is the detailed address.

Uesugi Tetsu remembered clearly that this was indeed his home address, down to the house number.

This box of weapons was indeed useful.

Even Ririko was completely unaware.

From this perspective, it seems to be able to kill anything below the level of ghosts and gods.

Because Uesugi Tetsu has never seen many cultivators below the level of demons who have a stronger perception than Ririko.

Satisfied, Uesugi Tetsuya put away the rotary phone and noticed a pale and haggard young office worker walking towards him from directly opposite him. The man was wearing an inexpensive black suit, carrying a briefcase, and had a tired face.

That's not the key point.

Behind the young office worker was a languishing ghost, much thinner than his peers, who was sucking his life force.

I started commuting before dawn...

Uesugi Tetsuya was speechless: "They were almost dying from exhaustion, and you're not even going to let a mosquito's leg go?"

Just as the two were about to pass each other, Uesugi Tetsu suddenly spoke up and asked the young man who was hurrying along, "Hello, are you here for a morning run so early?"

The young man was clearly taken aback when the passerby struck up a conversation with him.

But he quickly came to his senses and gave Uesugi Tetsuya an awkward smile: "No... I was just about to go to work."

Upon closer inspection, Uesugi Tetsuya realized that the young man's complexion was even worse than that of most of the Special Affairs Department's clerks.

If someone has worked so hard and is still in such a terrible state, then we should try to help them if we can.

Uesugi Tetsu flicked his finger, using fragments of lightning to turn the sluggish ghost clinging to the young man's back and glaring at him into a handful of ashes. Then he patted the young man's shoulder.

"If it's a job, try to find one that's easy."

He raised a finger and warned, "Insufficient rest can easily ruin your health, and then all the money you earn will go to the hospital..."

"Dude, you don't want to end up working for a hospital after all this time, do you?"

The young man was stunned.

He never expected that a stranger he met would show him such concern, so after a moment of disbelief, he immediately took a deep breath.

He suppressed the emotions surging within him.

"Thank you for your advice... I will remember it."

With reddened eyes, the young office worker bowed deeply to Uesugi Tetsuya before walking forward.

Uesugi Tetsuya looked again and noticed that the young man's hurried pace had slowed down a bit.

He turned around with a smile.

And so, the mountain peaks came into view, bathed in the already dimming moonlight.

Standing a few kilometers away, it stood right in front of him, right in the center of his field of vision.

Suddenly, Uesugi Tetsu wanted to go mountain climbing.

It wasn't because of the sunrise that Yagyu Akira mentioned, nor for any other reason.

Instead,

Because the mountain is there.

How could anyone resist climbing it?

With this thought in mind, Uesugi Tetsuya did not hesitate at all.

He immediately lifted his leg and quickened his pace, wanting to reach the top of that not-so-high mountain in the hour or so before his transformation was completed.

Walking alone along the rather deserted main road in the early morning, Uesugi Tetsu arrived at the foot of the mountain, where dense forests and stone steps stretched out.

The mountains are peaceful and quiet, but perhaps because few people come here, there are indeed many demons and monsters of all sizes.

Uesugi Tetsuya simply stared at the steps blocking his way, and without saying a word, took a step.

Within minutes, the demons and monsters in the mountains were attracted by the alluring spiritual power and aura emanating from Uesugi Tetsuya.

Yet, they also sensed, deep down, that this alluring human seemed to possess a certain degree of danger.

As a result, more and more ghosts and spirits are paying attention to Uesugi Tetsuya, but all the ghosts are hesitant and waiting for other ghosts to take the lead and test the waters for them.

Uesugi Tetsu ignored them.

Lift your leg, lower it, lift your leg, lower it.

In less than half an hour, he had reached the halfway point of the mountain and met a man and a woman who were also climbing, but with very simple equipment.

Judging from their clothes, appearance, and height, they are probably two high school students, perhaps a couple.

Several ghosts, around half a star in rank, had already approached the two high school students from behind, but because of Uesugi Tetsu's appearance, they all retreated in fear and began to observe.

The mountains are very quiet, so if a third person makes an undisguised sound, it's easy to hear it.

The high school boy turned around in surprise: "Hey bro! Are you here to hike too?"

The high school girl next to him noticed that apart from a cosplay outfit hanging from his waist, he wasn't wearing any hiking gear.

She found it strange.
"He doesn't even bring a flashlight, how can he see where he's going?"

Uesugi Tetsu ignored the two and walked slowly past them.

She merely glanced at the high school boy as they passed each other.

The latter immediately flew into a rage.

He grabbed the high school girl's hand: "Fujita-san! This guy definitely wants to race us. Come on, let's follow him!"

"Huh?! Isn't that dangerous?"

Fujita hesitated.

The male voice estimated Uesugi Tetsuya's climbing speed and patted his chest to assure him, "What's there to be afraid of? He's not walking fast, only a tiny bit faster than the two of us."

"Well, that's fine..."

The two held hands and quickened their pace slightly, using cheap hiking poles to support themselves, which made the ghosts staring at their backs in the distance reveal their resentful eyes.

Another half hour passed, and Uesugi Tetsuya, without even breaking a sweat, passed the last rest pavilion and easily arrived at the summit of the small mountain.

Dozens of meters away on the steps, two high school students, already drenched in sweat and panting heavily, lifted their legs, which felt like they were filled with lead, and took another difficult step.

The boy stammered, "Is this...is this guy a robot? He doesn't need to rest while climbing mountains!"

Fujita rolled his eyes: "Otomo-kun...it's all your fault. He was climbing by himself and you had to go after him..."

Da You's voice was hoarse, and his breathing sounded like an old bellows.
"Fujita, you don't understand! He glanced at me as he passed by; it was practically a challenge to me!"

"—In short, I'd be a complete idiot if I got up early again next time to go hiking with you, Otomo!"

They ignored the flirting between the two high school students.

Uesugi Tetsu pulled his gaze away from the sky, which had changed color, and lowered his eyes to stare at the progress bar that was struggling to move forward by the last bit.

[“White Prajna (Adult Form)” is upgrading: 100%!] [Your demon avatar, White Prajna (Adult Form), has been fully upgraded!]

[You have obtained the Demon Incarnation - White Prajna (Complete Form)!]

Twenty days in the present world, and nearly a hundred days in Uesugi Tetsuya's subjective time, the demon incarnation Haku Hannya has finally advanced from two stars to two and a half stars!

"A lot has really happened these past few days."

He sighed slightly, then looked at the brand-new White Prajna panel that popped up—

【Demon Incarnation - White Prajna (Complete Form)】

[Quality: Epic]

[Rank: Two and a half stars]

[Level Cap: Three and a Half Stars]

[Talents: Demonic Spirit, Greed, Anger, Ignorance, Berserker, White Fear]

This time, Bai Banruo's advancement did not bring about significant changes. Apart from a sharp increase in physical attributes, it did not bring any new talents.

Of course, the key lies in—

"His talent for being a ghost or god has changed."

It changed from the original "weak ghosts and spirits" to "ghosts and spirits".

If you click on it, you'll find a more accurate explanation: only the power of the demons (weak) has become the complete form.

The other two remained unchanged.

[Ghosts and spirits: The power, strength (weak), and appearance (weak) of ghosts and spirits.]

reasonable.

Ghosts and spirits...

The current Uesugi Tetsuya is different from before. He already knows what the word "demon god" represents, and he has also seen more than a dozen different demon god-level powerhouses.

The weight and value of these two words are absolutely beyond doubt.

A leap of half a star level can change its rank by one-third, which is already a significant improvement.

—The moment Bai Banruo completed her ascension, Uesugi Tetsuya, standing atop the mountain, suddenly changed his demeanor.

From being a highly sought-after ordinary person, he transformed into a terrifying demon, a ghost, or a god!
The numerous demons and monsters of varying strengths that had followed them up from the foot of the mountain all instantly realized...

What is power?

The weak trembled with fear and knelt in submission.

The powerful figure was filled with horror and immediately retreated.

All ghosts will be frightened!

In the blink of an eye, only Uesugi Tetsuya and the two high school students who had finally climbed the last few dozen steps to the top of the hill remained.

“Fujita, I feel like this guy’s demeanor has changed.” Otomo wiped the sweat from his face. “It feels like he’s become the focus of the entire mountain.”

"It seems...that's how it is."

Fujita stared at Uesugi Tetsu's back for a while, then noticed the force from his palm increase.

The girl blushed and spat, "Now that we've reached the top, it's time to let go!"

Otomo immediately let go, touched his hair, and said, "Haha, sorry..."

The two were laughing and joking, completely unaware that the young man standing in front of them had saved their lives.

Uesugi Tetsu heard the noise behind him but didn't pay much attention to it.

The first thing to do is to immediately promote Bai Banruo to three stars.

Having learned from the previous experience, Uesugi Tetsuya will not waste a single moment this time.

"We need 400 portions of soothing incense ash, and do we also need one portion of [Soothing Incense Ash (Large)]?"

Coincidentally, he had a portion of the large incense ash for calming the soul in his pocket.

As for the remaining 150 portions of soothing incense ash, they can be easily dealt with using three portions of soothing incense ash (medium).

Uesugi Tetsu spent over two hundred soul ash to extract the required soul-soothing incense ash, and then immediately put Haku Banra into the state of advancing to the third level.

The prompt pops up.

[“White Prajna (Complete Form)” Advancement in progress: 0% (30 days remaining)]

"A month... I don't know if I can make it before the seeding tournament starts."

The fact that the time didn't double directly relieved Uesugi Tetsuya. If the upgrade time was only 40 days this time, then the next one would probably be an absurd 80 days.

Uesugi Tetsu waved away the notification and turned his gaze.

Then, there's my personal attribute panel, which has changed as a result—

【Uesugi Tetsu】

[Physique: 59→62]

[Willpower: 41 → 43]

【Charm: 12】

[Spiritual Arts: 44 → 46]

The improvement in three-dimensional attributes is minimal... but this is an effect that is weakened several times over when the demon is transformed.

Uesugi Tetsu looked inward at the white avatar card that rose from his dantian, hovering in mid-air and radiating black and red light, and grinned.

In reality, the attribute changes of demonic incarnations are quite significant!

But before that, there seems to be some new changes.

Uesugi Tetsu put away the panel, his pupils shrinking slightly in surprise.

[Attention! Your Demonic Incarnation: White Prajna has reached two and a half stars, and your special equipment, Prajna Mask, has changed!]

Originally, Uesugi Tetsu thought that as long as the quality of the White Prajna incarnation remained unchanged, the special equipment would not change.

But now the facts tell him that this is not the case.

【Prajna Mask】

[Quality: Epic]

[Effect: Stores two "Demon Incarnation - White Prajna" talents, retaining 60% of their effect. No equipment slot is consumed when equipped.]

[—The perfectly crafted demon mask has now evolved once again due to changes in its original form!]

The changes made by the mask of Prajna are simply outrageous!

The retention rate has been increased from 50% to 60%, which is decent. What's outrageous is that the talent that could originally only be stored once has been doubled!
It should be noted that the White Prajna incarnation itself only has four talents, and now it can acquire two of them with just a mask.

Playing with the white Hannya mask in his hand, which now had a brighter sheen, Uesugi Tetsu limited the talents he stored to the more versatile "Demon God" and "Berserker".

Just as he was about to put on the mask, Uesugi Tetsu remembered that there was a bunch of high school couples behind him.

That's easy.

He first transformed into a four-tailed fox and used his "Mirage" talent slightly to distort the two people's perception of him, then put the mask on his face.

In an instant, an unprecedented explosive force filled every corner of Uesugi Tetsuya's body!
【Uesugi Tetsu (Four-tailed Fox Incarnation)】

[Physique: 62→95]

[Willpower: 43 → 55]

【Charm: 21】

[Spiritual Skills: 78]

As he exhaled a pure white sword of energy that stretched for dozens of meters, Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but chuckle to himself, "Just wearing a mask, and my physical attributes are already approaching 100."

Furthermore, a willpower of 55 points... allows one to surpass most cultivators who are not yet at the late stage of "Hundred Refinements" in terms of mental state, even with the "Mirror of Clarity" state.

All I can say is that there is a pure beauty in the numbers.

Uesugi Tetsu lowered his head and stared at the arm that appeared unchanged on the surface, but whose strength had actually increased several times over.

With his fingers moving freely, easily stirring up the surrounding air, Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but wonder what kind of delightful effect would trigger Berserk if he were to stab himself now.
But forget it.

We're not at home now, and it's not very convenient to suffer a serious injury in the real world.

The Sword Saint in the projection realm tomorrow should be able to answer this question for me.

After thinking for a moment, Uesugi Tetsuya deactivated his four-tailed fox form and transformed back into his simple white Hannya form.

In an instant, the world changed.

The wind was blowing hundreds of meters away, the insects were chirping crisply at the foot of the mountain, the light on the horizon was constantly changing its angle as it rose and refracted, and the pores of the young people jogging several kilometers away were clearly visible...

The next moment, Uesugi Tetsu almost lost his footing and fell to the ground.

Everything, everything, is because of...

After transforming into White Prajna, her physical strength became incredibly powerful!

Whether it's the sensitivity of the five senses, the strength of the muscles, the rumble of the heart, or the surging sound of blood flowing through the veins like a mighty river.

It was as if, in an instant, a lightly armored vehicle had been transformed into a heavily armored, heavy yet equally agile Tiger tank!

【Uesugi Tetsu (White Prajna incarnation)】

[Physique: 95→117]

[Willpower: 55 → 63]

[Charm: 21→12]

[Spiritual Arts: 78 → 59]

"Such physical strength used to require the use of 'rage' to achieve."

Uesugi Tetsu thoughtfully withdrew his gaze from the three-digit physique, took a slight breath, and then exhaled towards the tree trunk not far away.

Chi Chi Chi!
With such ease and casualness, without using any internal energy, a single breath pierced through the trunks of more than a dozen large trees.

Upon seeing this, Uesugi Tetsu stopped moving around and stood quietly in place, carefully experiencing the tremendous changes throughout his body.

With these stats, if he were to face the Grand Master again, it would certainly not be as difficult as his victory last time.

Perhaps I could spar with myself on the fortieth floor for quite some time.

As for whether he could kill the projection on the fortieth floor, Uesugi Tetsu felt it was hard to say.

Whether one lives or dies, only a real battle will tell; it's just a pity that this projection realm cannot be challenged repeatedly.

After spending several minutes adapting to Bai Banruo's extremely powerful physique, Uesugi Tetsuya performed an internal examination and discovered that his Qi Sea had also expanded due to the advancement of Bai Banruo's card.

The expansion speed, which was already a little slow, has increased by two levels, even slightly surpassing the previous speed when the Ubume Feather was used to define the boundary.

However, the dark red part of its Qi Sea was restless and, as it grew stronger, it naturally wanted to invade the other two sides.

Uesugi Tetsuya directly lowered his tangible hand and slapped the Hannya card twice, sending it rolling out of the Qi Ocean to expand.

What's the point of being arrogant at home?
As a result, the expansion rate of the Qi Sea increased slightly.

Uesugi Tetsu nodded in satisfaction and pulled his attention away from the subject.

At the same time, the golden sun rose on the horizon.

The soft yet dazzling sunlight gradually spread across the world, illuminating his pupils.

Uesugi Tetsuya suddenly lost his focus, his eyes losing their fixed point, just like before the revival of heaven and earth in the Warring States period, he entered a state of enlightenment.

This time, he no longer used the frail physique of an ordinary person who had become enraged.

Instead, they possess a truly powerful and imposing physical body, supporting their spirit and consciousness to roam freely between heaven and earth.

He subconsciously drew Kaga Kiyomitsu from his waist and struck one simple or complex pose after another.

Slowly, bathed in sunlight, he unleashed countless flawless sword techniques.

Swing the sword, swing the sword, swing the sword.

Kaga Kiyomitsu remained silent, complying with Uesugi Tetsu's wishes as if they were his own limbs.

The high school couple, who were talking about how incredibly handsome Uesugi Tetsuya was, had all finished taking photos and descended the mountain. It wasn't until the golden sun changed color and position, landing directly above Uesugi Tetsuya's head, that the sun stopped shining.

He was suddenly startled, his eyes focused, and he saw everything in front of him clearly again.

Two pale gold settlement notifications popped up—

[You witnessed the sunrise and entered a state of communion with nature; your proficiency in Natural Flow of Mind has increased by 300!]

[You witnessed the sunrise and entered a state of communion with nature. Your trait, Sword Principle (4%), has now been changed to Sword Principle (8%)!]

Kaga Kiyomitsu also made an onomatopoeic applause to celebrate his master's sudden enlightenment and the fact that his master had taken a step forward in the way of swordsmanship in such a short time.

"It's already noon... I'm still not satisfied."

Uesugi Tetsu recalled the memories that had faded like water, and the ease he felt when he swung his sword: "If only it could last for a day or two."

Kaga Kiyomitsu, his voice trembling, said, "I think so too."

"So, it would be great if the sun could stay there forever..."

Uesugi Tetsuya wasn't too disappointed, even after making a casual remark.

Because such inexplicable, sudden enlightenment is something that can only be encountered by chance.

Uesugi Tetsu stretched, making a series of cracking sounds as he did so.

"Alright, it's time to check out the new black market pool."

He hadn't forgotten that once the first demon incarnation was upgraded to two and a half stars, a limited-time two and a half-star card pool would also be opened!
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　　Early June, brothers, please vote for me!

　　
　
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