I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 276 A Thousand Times the Spiritual Energy, Ten Thousand People's Attention, Master-Level Spirit Control Technique, Spirit Follows My Will! Another Battle Against Kamiizumi Nobutsuna!
Once the Moonlight Aperture is opened, as long as the practitioner is bathed in moonlight, their spirit will remain in a state of abundance, and they may even experience a slight improvement.

For cultivators who have already achieved success in their practice, the appearance of the Moon Essence Aperture means that they will hardly need to waste time sleeping from now on.

In this way, they have a lot more free time compared to others.

Ririko no longer needs to worry about how to sleep most efficiently.

Uesugi Tetsu, who shared the same feeling, stopped urging her to sleep. Instead, after thinking for a moment, he told Ririko the firsthand information that Nanjo Manami had brought earlier.
"The seeding tournament is on the 30th, which is about a week away."

"Oh."

Ririko nodded, and under the silver veil, she stood up, looking refreshed and much better than she had been at noon.

Uesugi Tetsu laughed after receiving only a one-word reply: "You seem completely unconcerned."

"There's no use worrying. Your opponent won't go easy on you because of this, and neither will I."

Ririko spread her hands, looked up at the sky and pondered, "However, if we only look at it from the perspective of wanting to get a high ranking and good rewards, it is still quite difficult without a suitable weapon."

"My hands are still far inferior to those divine weapons."

She snapped her fingers crisply, pointing at Uesugi Tetsuya.

"After all, Uesugi-kun, you're quite interested in the rewards from the seed battle, right? I'll definitely get an extra one."

Uesugi Tetsu immediately gave her a thumbs up: "Li Shen is great, no need for further explanation."

"But as for weapons, you shouldn't worry too much, Ririko."

He patted Kaga Kiyomitsu, who was sleeping soundly and without making a sound, on his waist.
"You should be able to use it, Xiao Jia."

"—Then Uesugi-kun, you won't have any weapons to use, will you?"

Ririko made a perfectly normal statement.

However, this statement does not apply at all in the knockout stage of this seeding battle.

If Ririko had a basic understanding of the competition rules and knew the difference in their rankings, she should have been able to easily understand this principle.

The fact that she can ask this question now can only mean...

Uesugi Tetsu asked, rather speechlessly, "Ririko, do you have absolutely no idea how to play in the knockout stage?"

When asked about the question, the girl replied, "How else can we compete in the knockout stage?"

Uesugi Tetsu: ...

After spending two minutes explaining the competition rules to Ririko, Uesugi Tetsuya finally saw her nod in understanding and clap her fists together.

"So that means I can keep using Kaga Kiyomitsu as long as I'm your goalkeeper?"

Ririko let out a long "oh," her eyes sparkling.

"This competition format is quite interesting. I thought it would be the original one-on-one elimination tournament, where each round is eliminated in turn."

After discussing the seed battle, Ririko looked at Uesugi Tetsuya, who had stopped talking, and noticed that he hadn't mentioned the path selection after the Myokawa Breathing Technique.

So Ririko kept quiet and used the evening to carefully consider the advantages and disadvantages of these paths, as well as whether there were better combinations and choices.

After all, reality is not like a game, where you can reset your skill points and level up again if you fail at choosing a skill set.

No words were spoken that night.

……

The next morning, Uesugi Tetsu used his Thousand Faces talent to transform himself to travel, and only returned to his original appearance after entering the Special Affairs Department building.

Taking the elevator with practiced ease, and arriving at Nanjo Ai's office, Uesugi Tetsu found it completely empty, with no one there.

However, this problem was solved by simply asking a random ordinary employee who was passing by.

Nanjo Manami is on the balcony on the third floor at the back of the building.

According to staff, every morning at this time, as long as there are no tasks or she is not on duty, Nanjo Aimi will always be there, and you can find her easily, just like an NPC.

Uesugi Tetsu went over and, as soon as he got close to the half-closed iron gate, he smelled the familiar scent of tobacco.

Peeking out, he saw wisps of thin smoke slowly rising in the morning sunlight.

And his nominal office lady boss, who was holding his phone and gently exhaling smoke from between his lips.

Nanjo Manami naturally noticed him, but seemingly because she had something else to do, she only turned around and greeted him with her eyes without saying a word.

Uesugi Tetsu blinked. Just as he was about to approach, he heard a "Rong" coming from the speakerphone of a phone not far away.

Immediately following was what seemed like a bolt of lightning, accompanied by a tremendous commotion as cards flew off the table.

"call……"

Nanjo Manami exhaled smoke with delight, her lips curving into a smile. She pinched Uesugi Tetsuya's cheek, who happened to be standing behind her, and said, "Uesugi-kun, you really are my lucky star."

Just as he was about to type out a question mark, Uesugi Tetsu glanced at Nanjo Ai's phone screen.

The mahjong tiles were arranged in an exceptionally neat manner, with a line of gilded characters displayed above them, and the four large characters "Double Yakuman" located in the lower left corner.

Uesugi Tetsuya's pupils suddenly contracted: "Pure Nine Lotus Treasure Lamp, Red Five Wick!"

Nanjo Manami took a screenshot on her phone, her eyes crinkling with laughter, and added, "It's still the fourth inning of the South Fourth Division, the reverse number one."

"Nanjo-nee, your lifespan is being drastically reduced."

Nanjo Manami stared at him with a half-smile: "This hand of cards was drawn because of you, Uesugi-kun, so if anyone's going to be penalized, it should be yours, Uesugi-kun."

"That move was too ruthless..."

Uesugi Tetsuya paused for a moment, then said, "Actually, it was the system's ELO that kicked in, making Grandma deal the cards for you, giving Nanjo-nee a welfare scheme, while the other three were all set up."

"Anyway, I had a good time."

Nanjo Manami's smile remained unchanged; the fatigue from working overtime for so long seemed to have faded away because of this incredible comeback.

She turned and walked into the building, beckoning to Uesugi Tetsu: "Come with me, the venue is almost ready."

After walking along unfamiliar roads and arriving at an unfamiliar floor, Uesugi Tetsu followed Nanjo Aimi and stepped onto a small Yin-Yang magic seal.

The spell lit up, and Uesugi Tetsuya's vision went black and then bright again.

"This place is also inside the Special Affairs Department building, but because it was built with special materials, you can only enter using spatial magic."

Uesugi Tetsu focused his gaze and found that there were actually a dozen or so Onmyoji standing on a complex spell formation, exchanging ideas with each other.

Furthermore, each of them was surrounded by a remarkably powerful spiritual energy fluctuation, equal to or even surpassing his own.

With such a group of Onmyoji who are proficient in astronomy and Taoism, they could even build a huge barrier covering the entire 23 wards of Tokyo with some time.

"What's going on with all this big fuss?"

Nanjo Manami looked at him strangely upon hearing this: "Didn't I say before that it was for your breakthrough?"

"Huh?" Uesugi Tetsuya was taken aback. "Me?"

"correct."

With the crisp sound of the grinding wheel turning, the orange-blue flame reignited at the tip of the cigarette.

"call……"

Nanjo Ai said with her eyes slightly closed, "Didn't you say you wanted to break through the Spirit Control Technique? Then the higher the concentration of spiritual energy, the better."

She said calmly, "Two hundred times is too little."

200 times, is that too little?
Recalling the awkward feeling he had after leaving the spiritual chamber last time, Uesugi Tetsu's brow twitched involuntarily.

"With the array they set up this time, plus my help, we should be able to gather a thousand times more spiritual energy here compared to the outside world—just right for your spirit control technique."

Nanjo Manami explained casually.

Now, Uesugi Tetsuya fully understood what she meant by the subtly worded "preparation" she had used yesterday.

Just right...hehe.

Uesugi Tetsu did not doubt Nanjo Manami's prediction.

However, this "just right" situation will likely cause him a lot of pain and suffering.

He raised his hand and summoned Kaga Kiyomitsu—an environment with a thousand times the concentration of spiritual energy should be of considerable help to it. After hesitating for a moment, Uesugi Tetsu asked, "Nanjo-nee, this is still within Tokyo city limits, are you sure it's okay?"

This is a reasonable question for overworked office workers who don't have time to care about details.

However, Nanjo Manami clearly has plenty of time this time.
"I have my own plans, there's no need to worry."

"it is good."

After waiting for several minutes, the two saw the complex and intricate technique on the soles of their feet completed.

"Thank you all for your hard work." Nanjo Manami smiled at the Onmyoji. "The rewards have been sent to your accounts. Just let me know if there are any missing."

"Not at all, it's our honor to take orders from Nanjo Taishu."

The Onmyoji quickly packed up their gear and, with smiles on their faces, returned to Nanjo Ai.

After all the Onmyoji had left, Nanjo Manami tossed out a red button with a somewhat familiar design.

"Go sit in the center, adjust your status, and then press this button."

"OK."

Without thinking further, Uesugi Tetsu sat down cross-legged and began to adjust the operation of the spirit control technique.

Kaga Kiyomitsu didn't make a sound, but instead furtively poked out a small section of his sword blade to survey his surroundings.

Ten minutes later, a wisp of energy pressed the red button all the way down.

And so, under the overload of the Spirit Control Technique, the huge magic circle beneath Uesugi Tetsu lit up.

The concentration of spiritual energy in the space surged tenfold in a matter of seconds!
One hundred times, two hundred times... seven hundred times, eight hundred times...

In less than a minute.

What should have been a solid liquid has instead transformed into a rapidly spinning, pale vortex, due to the illuminated spell maintaining a concentration of spiritual energy a thousand times higher than the most easily absorbed misty gaseous state.

At an unprecedented speed, Uesugi Tetsuya is being sucked into the body at the center of the vortex!
Every pore becomes a channel for spiritual energy to enter the body, and every blood vessel and every muscle layer is filled with tangible spiritual energy.

There were many moments when Uesugi Tetsu thought he was about to explode from the sheer amount of spiritual energy.

However, each time it approaches its limit, the concentration of spiritual energy will decrease slightly.

Uesugi Tetsu knew that Nanjo Ai was watching him closely, ensuring his safety at the very last moment before pushing him to his limits.

This went on and on, and Uesugi Tetsu even felt like he was turning into a balloon filled with spiritual energy.

Expansion, contraction, expansion, contraction...

After several hellish hours, under Nanjo Aisina's extremely precise control of spiritual power...

The last bit of spiritual energy surged into Uesugi Tetsuya's body, filling it completely, leaving no gaps.

"It's not just that the spiritual energy we prepared in advance has run out..."

Nanjo Manami looked up in amazement.
"The spiritual energy of the entire Arakawa Ward is flowing this way. Even before, there were only about five people who could reach this level of spirit control technique."

"As expected of Uesugi Tetsuya, he is many times better than those stubborn old fogies."

Nanjo Manami chuckled as she sensed the tens of thousands of gazes and stares directed at the Special Affairs Office building from Arakawa Ward and even the entire city of Tokyo.

She leaned back in the soft chair, casually picked up a can of Coke, and flicked the aluminum pull tab with her finger.

In an instant, muffled groans echoed from the darkness throughout Tokyo, accompanied by a faint smell of blood.

"I have been in communion with heaven and earth and have gained some insights. Do any of you have any opinions?"

……

ended.

The torment, like being in hell, was finally over.

Uesugi Tetsu opened his eyes without much effort and sensed the normal concentration of spiritual energy around him.

The breakthrough process can drive thousands or even tens of thousands of ordinary people to the brink of collapse, but after the breakthrough, it becomes exceptionally easy.

It was neither a sense of relief nor a feeling of inflated ego.

Everything happened quietly, as if it were a natural process.

Just as Uesugi Tetsu has now expanded his senses, he can now freely absorb the spiritual energy within half of the Arakawa Ward.

If the amount is small, ordinary people or even ordinary Onmyoji cannot sense that the spiritual energy around them is being absorbed by a third party from a great distance.

Uesugi Tetsu kept his head down as always.

But this time, he looked at him with intense anticipation.

—Because this is his first master-level skill!
[Because you cultivated in an environment with extremely high spiritual energy concentration, your skill, Spirit Control Technique - Qi Proficiency +1000!!!]

[Your skill, Spirit Control Technique - Qi, has been upgraded to Master level!]

【Spirit Control Technique - Qi (Master 744/8000)】

[Effect: Controls spirits and qi.]

[—My spirit follows my will, my breath follows my thoughts.]

The effects and descriptions have become more concise, as if confirming the saying "the greatest truths are the simplest."

Uesugi Tetsuya truly understood those eight words in the introduction the moment he opened his eyes.

There is absolutely no exaggeration in these words.

[Your Spirit Control skill has been upgraded to Master level, your Spirit Power +15!]

[Because your Spirit Control Technique has been upgraded to Master level, your spiritual energy reserves have increased significantly!]

[Because your Spirit Control Technique has been upgraded to Master level, your perception of "Qi" will be greatly enhanced!]

[Because your spirit control technique has been upgraded to the master level, your affinity and adaptability to spiritual energy have increased dramatically!]

[Because your Spirit Control Technique has been upgraded to Master level, you will be able to freely manipulate any unclaimed "Qi" and influence any "Qi".]

It gained a full 15 points of spiritual skill attribute, as well as a significant increase in the upper limit of spiritual energy reserves.

Uesugi Tetsu brought up his personal panel and glanced at it.

【Uesugi Tetsu】

【Physique: 74】

[Will: 54]

【Charm: 13】

[Spiritual Arts: 56 → 71]

His 71 points of spiritual attribute in his blank state were even more than when he transformed into a four-tailed fox.

However, logically speaking, the extra gaps should have just been filled, so where did all that spiritual energy go...?

The moment the thought crossed his mind, Uesugi Tetsuya immediately found the answer.

The so-called "spirit follows my will" is nothing more than this.

He looked inward into his Qi Sea and found that a thin, translucent substance, like an oil film, was floating on its surface.

It was the extra, already liquefied, concentrated spiritual energy.

This empty sea of ​​qi is truly all-encompassing, welcoming all who come.

Uesugi Tetsu smiled, and suddenly an idea came to him.

—I wonder what the outcome would be if I were to face the young Sengoku swordsman, Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, in the projection realm now?

I am so much better now than I was before.

"I'll use him as a whetstone to test the strength of my master-level spirit control technique."

(End of this chapter)