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Chapter 365 Super Epic++, Qing's Shock! The Prison of Separation, the Domain of Sickness, even ghosts and gods cannot withstand it!

hum.

Hey.

[Your Kaga Kiyomitsu: The Blade of Parting's quality upgrade is about to end...]

This time it wasn't snoring, it was a real wake-up call!

After two consecutive vibrations and a sudden pop-up notification, Uesugi Tetsuya was certain that Xiao Jia's nearly half-month-long promotion was finally coming to an end!

On the other side of his waist, Qing also turned the Blood Eye on the hilt of his sword, his eyes showing a rare hint of excitement and tension.

Although he came into Uesugi Tetsu's hands late, he had already discovered during their time together that Kaga Kiyomitsu could speak easily, but was actually stupid and foolish... Uesugi-sama even called it "innocent and naive".

In any case, Ao already considers himself to be Kaga Kiyomitsu's older brother.

As for the "excitement and nervousness," it was because Qing had never seen Kaga Kiyomitsu undergo reforging without taking any great risks before...

A weapon that allows you to continuously "evolve" by slaying more demons!

This is not common sense at all!

If you're not damaged or even shattered during the process of slaying demons, you're lucky. How could you possibly gain any benefit from it?

If the "evolution" of weapons were really that simple, then legendary weapons like him, famous swords and knives, would be plentiful, and warehouses wouldn't be able to hold them all!

So, under the silent gazes of Uesugi Tetsu and Ao, it took a full ten minutes before Kaga Kiyomitsu trembled again.

Suddenly, a small section of the blade, about the length of a thumb, shot out from the scabbard.

clang……

A subtle yet clear sword clatter, inaudible to ordinary people, emanated from Kaga Kiyomitsu and spread throughout Sunpu Castle in the blink of an eye, defying all logic.

Then, whether it was a samurai practicing with his sword, a commoner fighting in the alley, a blacksmith water-quenching his sword in a shop, or anyone else, they all discovered...

All the weapons in their hands froze in mid-air, momentarily out of control.

Then it rotated to a subtle angle and swayed slightly in the same direction.

It was as if... they were worshipping something.

Before people could even feel strange, the bizarre behavior of the weapons immediately disappeared, and they returned to being inanimate objects that could be manipulated at will.

Qing was stunned for a moment.

The blood-red pupil on the hilt of the sword stared blankly at Kaga Kiyomitsu, lost in thought.

Under Uesugi Tetsu's gaze, a rich, purplish-gold light emanated from the inside of the scabbard.

what! ?

Uesugi Tetsuya's pupils suddenly contracted.

Gold, a golden legend?!
Little Jia already has so many gold items just from its promotion from Epic to Super Epic quality. When it finally becomes Legendary quality, won't it be incredibly powerful?
Uesugi Tetsuya waited a moment, and before Kaga Kiyomitsu could speak, he asked softly, "Kaga, how do you feel after waking up?"

"Well……"

Like a girl's first moan as she opened her eyes from a warm bed, a soft, sweet, and sleepy voice reached Uesugi Tetsuya's ear.

"Is it... Master Silver?"

The golden blade shot out from its sheath once more, and after Xiao Jia yawned again, he said energetically, "Xiao Jia is great! I feel full of energy! Full of confidence!"

It was still the same soft, sweet tone that Uesugi Tetsugu knew, but compared to before, Uesugi Tetsugu could clearly hear that it was the voice of a sweet little girl.

It sounds pretty good.

Little Jia seemed to flex his non-existent muscles in mid-air, and said confidently, "Master, to be honest, Little Jia feels like he could punch ten cows to pieces right now!"

Uesugi Tetsuya was at a loss for words.

He thought, "Little Jia, you don't even have a fist, so don't go around harming the poor cows... Every time you break through, the cows get beaten to a pulp. Is this the fate of their kind?"

But to everyone's surprise, the next second, Xiao Jia chuckled and said, "Hey!"

"We were just joking~ Niu Niu is so cute, how could Xiao Jia bear to hit it?"

After hearing this, Uesugi Tetsuya curiously responded with an "oh".

Little Jia seems to have become "smarter"...

"Hey, Brother Qing, why are you staring at us without moving?"

Qing was shocked.

In such a short time, so easily and simply, without even risking at least 60-70% of its own collapse, such a terrifying change can be achieved?

What a joke! ! !
Qing felt that her worldview was about to be overturned once again.

Seeing that Kaga Kiyomitsu had started chatting with Ao, Uesugi Tetsuya stopped talking and instead opened Kaga's interface—

【Kaga Kiyomitsu: Blade of Farewell】

[Quality: Epic+++ → Super Epic++]

Soul Points: 1

"Super Epic++..."

Uesugi Tetsu's eyes lit up, and he nodded secretly: "It seems that the approach of upgrading Xiao Jia's performance during the promotion process was correct."

Sure enough, once it reaches the level of Super Epic, it directly becomes the pinnacle of Super Epic, and can even be called "half-legendary"!
The remaining Soul Points of "1" are also quite neat, not bad.

[Feature: Skill]

[Effect 1: Thrust Expert.]

[Effect 2: Soul Absorption and Destruction (Unique).]

[Effect 3: Slashing Expert.]

[Effect 4: Blazing Blessing +]

Glancing over the four unchanged effects above, Uesugi Tetsuya took a shallow breath and looked down.

First, there's the "Prison of Separation," which has been upgraded with a full 5000 Soul Points and has a heavy, grayish-white texture.
[Effect 5: Blade of Separation (Unique) → Prison of Separation (Unique). After Kaga Kiyomitsu's Blade of Separation is drawn, it continuously or cumulatively inflicts "Sorrow of Separation" on any unit within a radius of one kilometer. This effect is unavoidable!]
After dealing damage to an enemy, this effect will rapidly enhance that enemy.

Furthermore, if the same unit is continuously eroded by the sorrow of separation for too long, it will fall into a special state called "Prison of Separation"!

The range of the Sorrow of Separation domain expanded directly from a maximum of about 100 meters to a terrifying kilometer... which is a hundred times the area!
Moreover, it can be controlled at will, and it's also "inevitable"!
The key point is the latter part.

Even Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but gasp when he saw those four words.

Within a kilometer radius, it's unavoidable.

What is this concept?
—This means that as long as you fight against Uesugi Tetsu, you will inevitably be continuously eroded by the pain of separation.

Niu is very lucky!

The most amazing part is yet to come.

【Prison of Separation: Significantly reduces all attributes of this unit. The greater the attribute reduction, the more likely it is to strip the unit of random six senses.】

The higher the unit's Willpower attribute and Mental State, the weaker the effect of the Prison of Separation.

The six senses are: visual sense (sight), auditory sense (hearing), olfactory sense (smell), gustatory sense (taste), tactile sense (touch), and mental sense (thought).

"Is this something that can be hidden away and accumulated before being unleashed in one fell swoop?"

Wouldn't that allow you to stall for time while facing an enemy, secretly accumulating layers of the "Sorrow of Separation" until a massive burst of power later on?

Even when facing demons and wild gods with extremely high willpower, they might be able to take away one or two of the six senses directly?
If he's lucky enough to randomly get the consciousness, wouldn't that be equivalent to him winning outright?
Uesugi Tetsu's brows twitched as he watched. He put himself in the other person's shoes and wondered what his chances of winning would be if he were facing Separation Prison without knowing the truth.

The result is... if the enemy can contend with him, then he is very likely to be wiped out in one fell swoop.

Because he'll rely on his powerful regenerative abilities and definitely resort to a war of attrition. This plays right into the hands of the Prison of Separation.

"We won, we're so excited..."

Uesugi Tetsu swallowed hard several times before continuing to read.

[Effect Six: Refined Through a Hundred Refinements → Endured Through a Thousand Trials. Kaga Kiyomitsu's toughness and hardness are greatly enhanced, potentially surpassing the limits of its current quality. Kaga Kiyomitsu's forgeability and malleability will be even greater than the raw material!]

limit……

Uesugi Tetsu examined Kaga Kiyomitsu's blade closely; it was indeed radiating a golden light.

He had just browsed the entire panel and found that Kaga Kiyomitsu hadn't added any fancy new effects, so this promotion was probably all about his "core job".

In other words, everything about Kaga Kiyomitsu as a "sword"—sharpness, hardness, flexibility, durability...

Therefore, this golden light truly signifies that Kaga Kiyomitsu's true form is already equivalent to a "legend," possessing a multitude of advanced attributes, yet its potential is equivalent to a blank slate—a legendary blade!
If we can find a Zashiki to forge it again later...

Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but grin.

Those 800 Soul Points are definitely worth it for leveling up!

After that, it describes a riddle-maker, but the gold of the effect name has become more intense... now it's called "Spirituality".

Effect 7: Spirit! → Spirituality.

The spirit is the foundation of all things, and nature is the basis of knowledge.

Kaga Kiyomitsu once saw his true self and understood where he came from and what he was.

Now, having witnessed so much, she has gained half of her "life" and suddenly realizes what use she has for herself.

A spark of spirituality was born from nothingness, transcending all things, its future path broad and bright.

What the hell?
Uesugi Tetsu watched it several times before confirming that it was saying that Kaga Kiyomitsu had figured out the three ultimate questions: Who am I? Where did I come from? And where am I going?

No, how could she understand that?
And this review sounds so high-class and awesome. Would it be the same for a different Aragami?
However, Uesugi Tetsu does understand a thing or two about "life".

Sex is "heart, spirit, and will," representing a person's spirit and soul.

Fate is "body, qi, and essence", representing the physical body.

That's half the story...

Uesugi Tetsu glanced silently at Kaga Kiyomitsu, who was grinning.

Why does it feel like you're still a bit silly?
But she has certainly become much smarter in her speech, and the gold in her spiritual essence is far purer than the gold of a blade.

If the blade itself is "Legendary", then its spirituality is "Legendary+++", or what is called "Super Legendary".

If it has this quality.

Uesugi Tetsu didn't know what lay beyond legendary quality, but he felt it was unlikely to leap directly to mythology.

The difference between the two is quite significant...

As he pondered, Uesugi Tetsu looked at the final effect of Xiao Jia's promotion, where the character had turned completely black: "Disease".

Effect 8: Plague → Disease. After Kaga Kiyomitsu's Blade of Parting is drawn, it will inflict the "Plague" effect on any surrounding unit. Over time, the "Plague" will gradually accumulate!

When Kaga Kiyomitsu's "Blade of Parting" strikes an enemy, the more negative effects the enemy has, the more "illness" it inflicts.

If he's not mistaken, the effects of the pandemic have evolved from simply stacking debuffs into another "domain" similar to the Sorrow of Separation.

Prison of Separation, Domain of Sickness.

From now on, whenever Uesugi Tetsu draws his sword, he will have two areas where he can continuously weaken his opponents.

Even ghosts and gods will turn into minnows if they stay too long.

Kaga Kiyomitsu's promotion this time was undoubtedly incredibly effective!

[—Having slain the eight sufferings and killed demons and gods; from nothing to something, spirituality has been formed. Kaga Kiyomitsu, the Blade of Parting, needs no words of praise or record; regardless of time or place, her very existence is a legend.]

Uesugi Tetsuya finally read the updated evaluation of Kaga Kiyomitsu.
"To put spirituality and the eight sufferings together..."

Perhaps, “spirituality” is especially important to Kaga Kiyomitsu.

It is even more important than the effects of eliminating the pain of separation from loved ones and the two eight sufferings that are unleashed by the manifestation of illness.

Just like walking.

Even if you can't see its usefulness at first, it will be very effective in the long run.

And the "she" in the description... Hmm, Jia is so cute, she really is a warm little cotton-padded jacket.

Just as Uesugi Tetsu was about to pat the hilt of Xiao Jia's knife with a cheerful smile, he noticed several updated upgrade prices—

[After countless trials and tribulations: 800 → 1800]

[Spirituality: 2500 → 5000]

【Prison of Separation (Unique): 5000→30000】

[Disease: 2000 → 10000]

This...this isn't right, is it?

The initial price increase was normal, but what's with the next two?

One is six times more expensive, the other five times more expensive—they're so pricey they make your eyes dizzy.

Uesugi Tetsuya was completely dumbfounded. Where was he supposed to dig out those tens of thousands of soul points?

Soul points are not soul ash... He could kill two more Hozuki clan members right now and still not have enough to cover the promotion fee for the Separation Prison!

He glanced again at Kaga Kiyomitsu, who was fully drawn from his sword and chatting happily with Ao in mid-air.

"Ugh……"

Uesugi Tetsu sighed helplessly.

For the first time, he realized that raising a child was really no different from raising a money-devouring beast.

Uesugi Tetsu estimated the time; it seemed that it had been more than a week since he last saw Lord Mokuzu.

Since I have nothing to do right now, I'll go back to the mortal world and then go to the Traveling Gathering to ask Lord Mokuzu about that Takemikazuchi.

He shouldn't ask about things that are too profound, but he's determined to find out the answers to the questions that are open to him.

So Uesugi Tetsu turned to Aomichi, who was rattling off his experiences and whose blood-red eyes were shrinking back.

"You two, you watch over the next house like Erchi and the others. I'll be leaving for a bit..."

But before he could finish speaking, Kaga Kiyomitsu swiftly flew back into his scabbard, letting out a dissatisfied sound.
"No, no, Little Jia wants to stay with Master Yin!"

"Then I'll come too."

Qing seemed to want to continue listening to the outlandish story, so it slowly and leisurely returned to its sheath.

Hearing the chattering around him, Uesugi Tetsu rubbed the bridge of his nose and greeted Nisha, who was focused on guarding the Imagawa territory, and Karuta, who was reading a book.

……

After opening and closing his eyes twice in a row, Uesugi Tetsu stood up during the walking assembly.

Looking down, I saw a shrine covered in dust and even cobwebs.

It was always spotless when I visited before, because Fukujin cleans it every day.

Uesugi Tetsuya paused for a moment, then looked toward the center of the gathering.

Then, upon seeing the figure clearly, his expression froze.

That person is... Lord Mokujin?
(End of this chapter)