I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 357: The Talkative Old Dog is Chopped Off, Little Jia Advances to Super Epic! Lord Yiyuan, the crowd outside kneels and begs for an audience.
"My lord! Let's talk! Let's talk!"

Faced with Uesugi Tetsuya, who exuded an aura of demons and gods, and his two large swords, the Corrupted Tengu retreated to the edge of the pit. With nowhere left to retreat, he immediately chose to follow his heart.

"I...I, no! I lived through the entire Heian period and know many secrets that no one else knows!"

At this moment, even though the Corrupted Tengu was just a skeleton, Uesugi Tetsu could almost see its distorted, chrysanthemum-like, fawning dog face.

Uesugi Tetsu hummed in agreement, and his energy was immediately fully charged.

The corrupting tengu thought its chance to survive had come and immediately offered its value to the young demon: "I know the locations of many treasures from the past!"

I even know where some of the Ara-gods are sealed away. If you agree, sir, I can take you there immediately…”

"Why do you talk so much, you old dog?"

Uesugi Tetsuya's sudden words stunned the Corrupted Tengu.

It was thinking, "Didn't you agree to let me say it?"
How could you change your mind in less than two seconds?
"Why don't you just go and die quietly?"

All the protective energy disappeared into Uesugi Tetsuya's dantian, and the Spider Cutter and Kaga Kiyomitsu in his hands emitted a terrifying aura that made the corrupted tengu tremble.

Without further ado, Uesugi Tetsuya swung his spider-slicer, now covered in azure blue, and slashed it at the corrupted tengu's forehead.

The latter immediately let out an indescribable scream.

"You can't even rest in peace when you're about to die!"

The azure blade light fell like rain, and the newly learned secret technique, May Rain, made the corrupted tengu, which couldn't even climb out of the deep pit, howl in pain.

Even so, this corrupted tengu, which seemed to crumble into a pile of white bones at the slightest touch, did not die immediately.

Uesugi Tetsuya was not surprised.

This was within his expectations; otherwise, he wouldn't have used the spider to cut it first.

Uesugi Tetsuya simply put himself in someone else's shoes and understood—if he became a demon, even if he lost all his equipment, and opened his eyes hundreds of years later, he would find himself in dire straits.

As long as the spiritual energy doesn't disappear, he can recover most of his strength in half a minute to a minute.

Even in a time of spiritual devastation, he could recover his basic combat strength within minutes.

So how could these old-generation demons, who have survived from the Heian period to the present day and even left behind a bunch of backup plans, be as simple and weak as they appear on the surface?
This corrupted tengu's backup plan could easily and silently annihilate the entire Hozuki family within minutes, or even seconds.

No wonder he had never heard of the Hozuki family when he was in the present world.

Who knows, one day the Hozuki family might encounter an insurmountable crisis of annihilation, and then the current head of the family might sacrifice himself to break the seal of the ancestors and take out the family's trump card that has been treasured for hundreds of years.

Then the corrupted tengu appeared, leading to the even faster annihilation of the Hozuki family.

The family's trump card wiped out the entire family...

That's a truly hellish joke.

Although Uesugi Tetsu was thinking, his hands were moving at all.

The corrupted celestial dog screamed in agony in the deep pit.

"My lord! My lord! What are you doing... I didn't have any intention of doing anything, please stop cutting..."

"Damn it! Damn it! Don't let me live... You're not even a ghost or a god, are you? If I don't die today, I'll find you by any means necessary and torture you to death a thousand times over!"

"I was wrong! I was wrong! I'm just a lowly, despicable dog slave of yours, please don't kill me, please don't kill me..."

The Corrupted Tengu's screams were initially a plea for mercy, but when it realized that pleading wouldn't work, it began to threaten. When it found that its threats still had no effect on Uesugi Tetsuya, it could only resort to begging for mercy again.

Suddenly, the rain of sword light falling from the sky stopped.

The corrupted tengu's body, riddled with wounds, had been mostly destroyed, but a nonexistent, ingratiating smile appeared on its sallow face.

"My lord, your judgment is excellent..."

"Little Jia, stop talking."

Uesugi Tetsu kicked it to the other side of the pit, and gently waved Kaga Kiyomitsu amidst the overwhelming sense of death that suddenly filled the corrupted tengu's heart.

"Do not--!"

The scream that pierced the entire sky was cut off by the invisible and intangible sword light.

The Secret Technique of Natural Mind-Body Flow: The Sword of No Ignorance: Emptiness.

Click, click...

Starting from the bottom of its body, the skeletal body of the corrupted tengu began to crumble into dust little by little.

The enormous object, several meters tall, suddenly collapsed into the deep pit.

All the ambitions, schemes, anger, and resentment of this demon who has survived since the Heian period have been buried in the yellow earth along with his broken bones, and no one knows about them anymore.

In its last moments, it noticed the Spider Cutter in Uesugi Tetsuya's hand and its gaze met that luscious, blood-red eye.

The corrupted tengu struggled to speak.

"So...you are Yuan..."

boom.

Before he could finish speaking, all the bones shattered and turned into ashes, piling up in the deep pit.

"Om-!"

Kaga Kiyomitsu's crisp and clear cry echoed for a long time.

A notification popped up before my eyes that I had slain a demon for the first time.

Ghosts and spirits don't seem to enjoy any special privileges; they will still die if killed, and what they drop is still the same old soul ash and some materials.

[You have killed the Corrupted Tengu (4-star) (extremely weak), and gained 3999 Soul Ashes!]

[You used Kaga Kiyomitsu to slay the Corrupted Tengu (4-star). The quality of Kaga Kiyomitsu: Blade of Parting has been greatly improved!]

[Your Kaga Kiyomitsu - The Blade of Parting has slain a demon for the first time; its quality is currently being upgraded...]

Your Kaga Kiyomitsu, the Blade of Parting, is about to fall into slumber...

Before Uesugi Tetsu could even look at the prompt, Kaga Kiyomitsu, after finishing his long chant, wobbled away from his palm and flew back into his scabbard.

It fell into a deep sleep.

Uesugi Tetsuya was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up with joy: "Little Jia is going to get rid of the three plus signs and become a super epic! This is a good thing!"

As soon as he finished talking to himself, Uesugi Tetsuya looked enlightened.

No wonder Kaga Kiyomitsu's quality has always been "Epic+++", even after slaying hundreds of demons, he still hasn't advanced.

It turns out that one must personally slay a demon or god in order to begin the advancement process, but there is a hidden condition.

That's incredibly underhanded.

Uesugi Tetsu clicked his tongue and looked at the soul ash that the corrupted tengu had released.

The 3999 point level was reached when the index had just broken through its resistance level and was extremely weak.

If it were a normal ghost or deity, it would drop at least 10,000 Soul Ashes, and 20,000 should be quite common.

It's worth noting that even the wax figure, considered the strongest among regular three-and-a-half-star characters, can only yield around 1800 Soul Ash.

Learning from this, Yuan Jingshui, who did not become a demon god, had a combat power of about 4-5k Soul Ash, while I myself had about 7-8k.

The legendary quest, "Parting," requires Kaga Kiyomitsu to slay an Aragami...

Difficult.

Even the weakest and most feeble Ara-god should still drop tens of thousands of Soul Ashes.

Uesugi Tetsu stopped thinking about things that far ahead and turned his attention to the information revealed by the talkative old dog.

You have obtained the remains of a corrupted tengu (special material)!

The remains of the corrupted tengu

[Quality: None]

[Effect: Unknown]

[—The skeletal remains of a completely corrupted, extremely weak tengu, stinking and rotten, highly poisonous; its purpose is unknown.]

This old relic has lived for so long and claims to know so much, how come he revealed such trash?

"Trash!"

Uesugi Tetsu sighed in exasperation, simply assuming that Kaga Kiyomitsu had been arrested as a candidate for promotion.

Since he couldn't possibly go to the treasure locations that the corrupted tengu had just mentioned, he was even less likely to get close to the so-called coordinates that sealed the "weakened desolate god".

Who knows what's hidden inside? In the Heian period, the world of the living and the world of the dead were adjacent, and there were more ghosts and spirits than dogs; even wild spirits roamed everywhere.

If he were to go "treasure hunting" and accidentally unleash a Great Wilderness God, even if he were to apply ten "extremely weak" buffs, he probably wouldn't be able to harm the opponent in the slightest!

That could really cause a major disaster; he might become the sinner who destroys the world!

It would be better to give Xiaojia some extra help first.

That's right, even though Xiao Jia has fallen into a deep sleep due to the advancement, his Soul Points can still be used normally.

Furthermore, the panel was glowing, seemingly urging him to add more quickly!
Soul Points: 10301

Yes, a huge sum of money.

Moreover, the number of these Soul Points is very subtle and excellent.

—Just enough to leave 801 Soul Points after he has upgraded the three mandatory effects: [Parting Sorrow], [Spirit], and [Plague].

Perfect timing, I'll use it on [Refined as One].

Soul Points: 1

cool.

Upgrade! Upgrade! Upgrade everything!

Resources are only effective when used to enhance strength; what's the point of hoarding them?

A massive amount of Soul Points were consumed, but Xiao Jia in the scabbard remained completely still...

Uesugi Tetsu stroked the hilt of the sword, which was shrouded in a faint, almost imperceptible light.

It will surely give itself a big surprise after this awakening.

Right now, there are still... a full 124443 Soul Ashes.

Faced with such a huge sum of money, Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but grin as he opened the gacha interface.

Never was such a rich battle fought!

Let's try another 20 pulls first, and see if we can get enough materials to upgrade Hyakume to a demon god!

In an instant, the twenty mud bubbles burst open.

Uesugi Tetsu's gaze shifted slightly, catching sight of the target's "figure" before the light had completely dissipated.

Hirasaka Hitomi Izumi is out!

Other materials also arrived sporadically from this extravagant twenty-round supply.

As for the materials... they're all just small pieces of trash he doesn't care about. He'll sell them to Sheng Hai along with all these demon materials and get a couple hundred thousand soul ash.

Once all the materials for the promotion to a demon have been collected, the Hyakume-onna promotion up gacha pool will be closed.

However, Uesugi Tetsu wasn't in a hurry to choose between the remaining two card pools. Hyakume hadn't even been promoted yet, so why was he in such a rush?

With a sense of satisfaction that was neither here nor there, Uesugi Tetsu looked at [Hirasaka Hitomi] – those large, clear, transparent eyes, with water still bubbling from the top.

That really does live up to the name.

【Hirazaka Hitomiquan】

[Quality: Legendary++]

[Effect 1: A core consumable for the demon incarnation, Hyakume-ki, to ascend to the level of a demon god.]

[Effect 2: ...]

[Effect 3: ...]

【…】

[You wouldn't want to know about its other effects.]

Uesugi Tetsu squinted at the other effects and found that they were all strings of ellipses.

However, the ellipses quickly decreased under his gaze, and if he looked at them a little longer, they would definitely become information that he could understand.

In that case, Uesugi Tetsu promptly looked away.

Having learned from the terrifying experience of the Deep Sea, Uesugi Tetsu was able to control his curiosity.

Currently, of the three conditions for Hyakume to advance to the level of a demon god, only the long journey to heaven remains.

[Current Trial Progress: 21.92%]

It seems that after destroying the Hozuki family and this corrupt tengu from the Heian period, the progress has increased significantly.

Good things really come in pairs.

As for the remaining soul ashes...

【Soul Ash: 108443】

With so much soul ash, Sheng Hai can definitely purchase an earth-attribute artifact that matches Hyakume's attributes.

Uesugi Tetsuya was naturally willing to spend Soul Ash on this—the Five Elements Qi Sea was one of his foundations, and the defining objects within it could be fused with his avatar card!

Now that he has Soul Ashes, achieving a complete legendary quality... even a defining element beyond the legendary level is not impossible!
In addition, there is the creation of the [Goryo Hannya Mask]—

[Resentment - 18.1%]

not bad.

His actions of releasing the ghost lantern's shrimp soldiers and crab generals, along with the announcement to the surrounding five hundred miles, can be considered as doing the right thing.

Didn't you see that in less than half a day since entering the Warring States period, the progress has increased by almost one-fifth, and it's still climbing?

"It seems there are quite a few people who would love to drink my blood and eat my flesh..."

Uesugi Tetsuya sheathed the equally satisfied Blue, stood there pondering for a moment,

"If nothing unexpected happens, Imagawa Yoshimoto must already know about the announcement just now..."

"Well then, before you go, prepare an apology gift."

However, Uesugi Tetsuya was not in a hurry to leave.

Instead, they first collected all the ashes left behind by the corrupted tengu after its death, and then shoveled out this piece of land in the deep pit.

Then, he used the Five Thunder Technique to blast it into real green smoke, preventing its resurrection.

"Little black."

After summoning Karuta and giving her a troubled look, Uesugi Tetsu gave her the order.

“List all those within Sunpu Castle who have done anything detrimental to Imagawa Yoshimoto, and who will do so in the future.”

He doesn't like large-scale purges, but he can still manage minor tasks like purging the court of corrupt officials.

……

at the same time.

Sunpu Castle, Imagawa Hall.

Imagawa Yoshimoto calmly cleaned up the broken teacup, and after Ii Naomori repeated Uesugi Tetsuya's announcement, he nodded slightly.

"I see."

After a pause, Imagawa Yoshimoto added casually, as if trying to explain something, "I knew all along that he would come back."

Ii Naomori responded repeatedly, his face still flushed.

As one of the vice commanders in that battle, he knew all too well the strength of the Hozuki family... and that Lord Che was able to slaughter the entire Hozuki family in a quarter of an hour!

This was already beyond his wildest imagination!

No wonder Lord Che disappeared for so long; it turns out he went to acquire such powerful energy!
Before Imagawa Yoshimoto could finish brewing the tea, a rather hurried, yet well-controlled, sound of footsteps came from outside the door.

It is Motonobu Okabe.

At this moment, Okabe Motonobu's face was filled with an unbelievable excitement, a subtle anger, and a collection of various complex emotions. Even his usually squinted eyes widened slightly.

But upon seeing Imagawa Yoshimoto, she took a deep breath, suppressed her overwhelming emotions, and reported truthfully.
"My lord, outside the Imagawa residence, people from various families are requesting an audience, and some... have even knelt down."

"not see."

Imagawa Yoshimoto finally finished brewing the tea. She took a small sip, her eyes curving into two small crescent moons with sweetness.

"If they want to kneel, then let them kneel."

(End of this chapter)