I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 319 Fang Xiangshi... Even ghosts and gods bleed! With 17,000 points of soul ash, Sheng Hai revealed himself!
Uesugi Tetsu stopped in his tracks, and all 50 eyes of the Hyakume Oni, which were routinely patrolling the surroundings, turned to Fang Xiangshi, who was leaning against the thatched hut and sipping wine from a gourd.

Did Fang Xiangshi actively seek him out to kill him?
Just like last time with the nameless swordsman?
No.

Different.

Uesugi Tetsuya, who had activated 90 of the Hundred Eyes of the Demon, did not detect even the slightest bit of killing intent from Hosōji.

You must know that under the gaze of 90 Hundred-Eyed Demon Eyes that have opened their "All-Seeing Eyes", apart from a prodigy like Ririko whose sword heart has reached the other shore, even demons and gods cannot lie!

If Fang Xiangshi had a ulterior motive, he would definitely discover it.

No.

So, Fang Xiangshi was just standing here before, and it just so happened that he was discovered by himself after he finished cleaning the street.

Without doing anything, they avoided the "omniscient field" opened by the 50 Hundred-Eyed Demon Eyes.

He truly deserves to be called one of the best among ghosts and gods.

Uesugi Tetsu glanced expressionlessly at the notifications that had popped up together.

—Just now, he kindly cleaned up this muddy street and received 620 Soul Ashes and some useless little fashion trash from the enthusiastic people.

Pattering.

Fine rain fell, and the damp air permeated every corner of Edo Castle.

Within an hour or two, the sky above Edo Castle, which had previously been empty, was once again filled with layers of leaden-black clouds.

That's what Edo Castle was like.

Without sunshine, the rain made the muddy ground.

Amid Uesugi Tetsu's solemn expression and Fang Xiangshi's nonchalant attitude, the once empty, arched road had accumulated a considerable amount of water, and the increasingly large raindrops pattered against it.

Uesugi Tetsuya did not choose to fire another shot into the sky to disperse the dark clouds.

Fang Xiangshi is unlikely to fall for this.

Moreover, he had been blasting his way here for so long that he had consumed about half of his spiritual energy.

As for why it took 21 streets and countless alleys to use up this little bit of spiritual power, one reason is that Uesugi Tetsu has a spirit control technique, so his recovery speed is really fast.

Secondly, there is the Wanling Furnace Core.

Inject a little spiritual power into it, and the furnace core will return a hundred times your power. Moreover, the amount of spiritual power injected will unleash the same amount of power, with absolutely no upper limit.

It can only be said that the one who controls the upper limit of the output of the Wanling Furnace Core is indeed worthy of the blood of the Calamity, it is terrifying.

After standing there for a while, and waiting until most of his spiritual energy had recovered, Uesugi Che prepared to greet Fang Xiangshi.

He removed his hand from the hilt of his sword and pointed at Fang Xiangshi.

"—There's a flaw!"

A hoarse, viscous, and furious voice suddenly exploded from the thatched hut that hadn't yet collapsed, shattering a large patch of the rain curtain.

"Men, follow me! Kill the source of this pollution!"

Amidst a massive tremor and numerous smaller ones, hoarse, frantic, and hateful roars suddenly rose and fell.

What the hell?

Uesugi Tetsu turned his head in confusion and saw a long, narrow label hanging in mid-air.

——【Leader of the Contaminated Homeless (3 stars)】.

Behind this label, a dozen or so similar individuals, mostly around two stars in rank, emerged.

Why didn't Hyakume's all-seeing field of vision find these hiding guys before?
But the next moment, when Uesugi Tetsuya actually turned his gaze to them, he understood.

Because these homeless people, who were charging at him with broken swords and clubs, were almost all covered in cold, damp mud...

No, perhaps it should be said that they have turned into mud, becoming part of the countless muds of Edo Castle.

No wonder I didn't notice them before; I must have mistaken them for mud and swept them away.

"baffling."

Uesugi Tetsu had no patience for these homeless people who probably couldn't even speak properly.

He raised his hand, and under the influence of the Myriad Spirits Furnace Core, a purplish-black lightning bolt the thickness of a thumb burst forth from his fingertip. Guided by the Spirit Control Technique, the lightning bolt transformed into eighteen straight beams of light in mid-air, piercing through the foreheads of each homeless person in an instant.

clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap...

Those homeless people who had rushed in with boundless hatred and rage suddenly fell from mid-air into the puddle as if their computers had crashed.

died.

Then, fine arcs of electricity lit up the mud that still seemed to want to wriggle, turning it into piles of dead earth.

Seeing that all the prompts had been raised without exception, Uesugi Tetsu looked at Fang Xiangshi again.

At this moment, the man with the flushed face finally put away the wine jug and looked over with some interest.

The hoarse voice cut through the rain and landed clearly in Uesugi Tetsuya's ears.

"You killed the wax figure and the skeleton, didn't you?"

It's clearly a question, but it's being expressed in a declarative tone.

"So what?"

Uesugi Tetsu raised an eyebrow, all his methods ready to be unleashed.

To his surprise, Fang Xiangshi nodded and extended an invitation to him: "You're not bad, would you like to become my subordinate?"

ha?
Even Uesugi Tetsu was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this.

He narrowed his eyes indifferently.

Fang Xiangshi... has he forgotten the throat-slitting gesture he once made to him?

Was he still too weak back then?

Also normal.

Even now, Uesugi Tetsuya, who had just learned the secrets of the Mumei Sword, was not worth mentioning.

Very well... This time, let Fang Xiangshi never forget it.

Thinking of this, Uesugi Tetsu raised a finger.

"Within one year."

He said, "Within a year, you either kneel down and submit to me, or I will cut off your head."

There is no third option.

Through the rain, Fang Xiangshi chuckled lightly, "Interesting, quite interesting."

"What if I kill you right now?"

"You can try."

Uesugi Tetsu chuckled coldly. So what if he was killed? His first blood was from being beheaded by Fang Xiangshi, a memory he still vividly remembers.

As they spoke, the core of the Myriad Spirits Furnace in the darkness was already immersed in spiritual energy.

The Zhou Tian Flame Armor, now fully connected with the nine Flame Seeds, was launched, forming a semi-transparent black-red track in front of Uesugi Tetsuya.

With a deafening roar that seemed to shatter the entire world, all available spiritual energy was transformed by the Myriad Spirit Furnace Core into surging yet tranquil thunder.

It was in Uesugi Tetsuya's hand before he placed the Zhou Tian Yan Jia in the orbit.

Snapped.

He snapped his fingers softly.

Then, the lightning, so bright white that it contained not a trace of impurity, surged violently into the orbit, and was then compressed and fixed into a pure beam of lightning as thick as an arm.

A beam of pure white light illuminated the heavens and the earth.

If this move were used in a seeding match, Uesugi Tetsuya would be certain that no one could stop it except for Minamoto Shizumizu, who could teleport.

Just as Uesugi Tetsu was watching intently, the bolt of lightning that had already caused the core of the Myriad Spirits Furnace within his body to self-destruct within minutes unexpectedly split in two.

It pierced straight through Fang Xiangshi's sides, even refreshing several kill notifications in front of Uesugi Che.

how did you do that?
Under the gaze of the All-Seeing Eye, Fang Xiangshi didn't even move, yet he split the lightning that could almost annihilate any being below the level of ghosts and gods in two.

Are they different from ordinary ghosts and spirits...?

In the silence, all 90 of Uesugi Tetsu's Hundred-Eyed Demon Eyes wailed, crimson tears of blood flowing freely. Thus, he detected the trajectory of the Fangxiangshi's approach!
quick! It's so fast!

If Uesugi Tetsuya's speed is a hundred meters in an instant, then Fang Xiangshi doesn't even need to use a hundredth of an instant!

The area of ​​sorrow of parting, which had already been spread by Kaga Kiyomitsu, and the lightning at its edge were shattered together, and the Zhou Tian Yan Armor, which interacted with the Qi circulation, was neatly cut open like an eggshell.

Tiger and Leopard Thunder roared deep within Uesugi Tetsuya's flesh and bones, and the 90 Hundred-Eyed Demon Eyes that transformed into the Eyes of Mindfulness pressed their immense psychic power onto Fang Xiangshi. At this moment, the vast four-colored sea of ​​qi boiled up completely without regard for the cost.

The mask of the Red Hannya, stripped of its disguise, was moved onto Uesugi Tetsu's face, and the secrets of the Natural Rishin-ryu style bloomed and then contracted in an instant!

The evil spirit is silent, yet its majesty is evident!
Three sudden bursts converge into one point!
Fang Xiangshi paused slightly, casually deflecting a blade far faster than lightning with his sword, and focused his gaze on Kaga Kiyomitsu, offering a nonchalant assessment.

"Nice knife."

In the next instant, all defenses and measures were severed by Fang Xiangshi's blade, along with Uesugi Tetsuya's neck.

Click.

The unremarkable katana was sheathed, and the already boiling crimson blood bloomed like flowers in the night.

The demon's head was severed by the samurai, but there was no resentment, hatred, or anger in its dark, hollow eyes.

On the contrary, it was full of joy.

In his final moments, Uesugi Tetsu stared at the tiny yet incredibly conspicuous red mark left by the Mumei sword as it slashed across Fang Xiangshi's shoulder.

That red hue vanished in an instant, even healing with the touch of a raindrop, yet it remained deeply etched in Uesugi Tetsuya's memory.

"So... you can bleed too."

Everything was plunged into darkness.

……

On the bed in the Arakawa Ward Special Affairs Department, Uesugi Tetsuya couldn't help but grin as soon as he opened his eyes.

His face was filled with barely suppressed joy.

That Fang Xiangshi, like himself, could bleed.

As long as there is blood, it can be killed.

"Hehe, hehehe..."

"Oh dear, Jia, tell me what's wrong with Lord Che..."

The two-foot-tall woman, who had just been pulled back from the other side of Edo Castle after fighting halfway, was covered in rain and sweat. She was panting heavily when she asked Kaga Kiyomitsu, who was standing next to Uesugi Tetsu.

Unexpectedly, Kaga Kiyomitsu also let out a strange laugh.
"Hehehehehe... Even ghosts and gods are nothing special, they were still wounded by us, hehehe..."

What, what's going on?!
This inexplicable, eerie laughter terrified the young master, who shook this and that before the water on his body could even evaporate.

But the final answer I received was, "I'm fine."

Both of them said so.

Uesugi Tetsu calmed himself down and prepared to rub his hands together to take stock of this great harvest; Kaga Kiyomitsu, on the other hand, was considering the two moves Fang Xiangshi had just made, wondering if he could have done better.

The young master almost ran out to find a great Onmyoji to treat him, but Uesugi Tetsu hugged him tightly before he believed that everything was alright.

Yes, I believe it, and I definitely didn't intend to take advantage of the situation.

[Because of your battle with the demon "Fang Xiangshi", your skill, Natural Mind-Controlling Style, has increased by 210 proficiency!]

[Because of your battle with the demon "Fang Xiangshi", your mastery of the skill "Great Yin-Yang Technique - Myriad Spirits Furnace Core" has increased!]

After the two large notifications, the increase in proficiency for Spirit Control Technique and Five Thunder Technique is negligible, only a few dozen points.

In just a few seconds of fighting, Uesugi Tetsuya gained the level of proficiency in the Natural Rishin-ryu style that he would normally need to train for a week or even longer to achieve.

This illustrates that the best way to quickly improve one's swordsmanship is to engage in life-or-death battles with different strong opponents.

It's just that other people don't have that many lives...

After that, came the biggest takeaway from this trip to Edo Castle—

[Because you and the shikigami Yasakani no Bosatsu killed a large number of demons and monsters, you obtained a total of 14166 Soul Ashes!!!]

The sweep, which lasted about two hours, yielded a full 14,000 Soul Ashes!

Add to that the 3,000 points generated by the skeletons and wax figures...

Uesugi Tetsuya's current Soul Ash reserves have already exceeded 17,000 points!
【Soul Ash: 17208】

This huge sum of money, even without a discount in the new card pool, is almost enough for twenty consecutive draws.

Upgrading Hyakume only requires thirty-nine materials, and the gacha pool also has a pity system.

If you're lucky, you can get all the materials in about 40 or 50 pulls!
Soul Points: 1022

Kaga Kiyomitsu's soul points barely reached one thousand.

At first, Uesugi Tetsuya wanted to use Kaga Kiyomitsu to kill a few more, but later he found that most of the monsters in Edo Castle were still low-level demons of the first or second rank, and they were numerous and scattered.

It's much faster to use the Five Thunder Method to clear the screen with one click.

This time, I got 17000 Soul Ash points with just one life, a huge gain - after my strength improves, the Soul Ash will naturally come to me.

However, there probably won't be so many next time, because he has already swept through many areas, and the distribution of demons will only be more scattered next time.

One life, and you'd probably only get a few thousand soul ash.

In addition, the hundreds of demons dropped a lot of equipment and items, but most of them were useless.

The only way to get it is to sell it to Sheng Hai later and exchange it for some Soul Ash—which should be enough for a few thousand points.

After some searching, Uesugi Tetsuya found a few useful gadgets from the sea of ​​props.

Although it's mostly blue and green, which he doesn't really need, it's more than enough for Xiao Qiansha, who is about to become his disciple.

He swept the bottles and jars in his hand—

【Pure Salt】

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Effect: Used to ward off evil spirits; the effect is enhanced when combined with cinnabar.]

[—A common consumable for Yin-Yang arts, possessing a weak exorcising effect.]

【Blessing Cinnabar】

【Quality: Excellent】

[Effect: Used to ward off evil spirits; the effect is enhanced when combined with purified salt.]

[—A relatively rare consumable for Yin-Yang arts, possessing a weak exorcising effect.]

Red Bean Rice

【Quality: Super good】

[Effect: After consumption, weak demons will be unable to approach for a period of time.]

[——……]

These things are perfect for Chisa, who doesn't have much talent in Yin-Yang magic.

"Erchi, these are for you." After placing a large pile of talismans for warding off evil spirits in Erchi's hands, Uesugi Tetsu instructed, "Find a gift box to put them in later."

Having said that, Erchi immediately understood that Uesugi Tetsu was preparing to give a gift.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

—This kind of thing is easy if you just find a clerical job in the Special Affairs Department.

The clever Erchi thought to himself.

Uesugi Tetsu nodded, and just as he was about to get up, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that a familiar little straw figure had suddenly appeared on the windowsill.

He blinked, then a slight smile appeared on his face.

It's true, what you wish for comes true.

As if in response to Uesugi Tetsu's idea, a long-unheard, melodious voice, with its ups and downs, emanated from the body of a straw figure wearing a white-gold God of Wealth hat and holding a ukiyo-e folding fan.

“Ouch—”

The little straw figure stood up, waved its straw folding fan, and bowed respectfully to him.
"Long time no see, Your Excellency, favored by the gods~"

(End of this chapter)