Tokyo Sword Saint Online Dealing

Chapter 42 Scroll of One Hundred Demons

Uesugi Kiyoshi was not in a hurry to find a way to cross the sea to Tokyo.

He doesn't even know what benefits the Dream Mirror Space can bring to superhumans. Ryunosuke Akutagawa only vaguely mentioned that it "can enhance the inspiration of superhumans," but he doesn't even know what inspiration is yet, he has to guess on his own.

It's probably... the ability to see ghosts and spirits?

He wasn't sure, but felt it was pretty close.

The unknown is always the most dangerous. Anyway, if this is his dream space, Tokyo won't run away, and he can go and see it whenever he wants.

At the very least, he should wait until he sees his master tomorrow and properly consult his opinion before making any decisions. Otherwise, if he goes to Tokyo and wanders around the dream world, accidentally offending some powerful demon, and then creates a monster in his dream that will instantly lower his sanity, Uesugi Kiyoshi can't stand that.

So, with a thought, he caused the gray mist to rise again, enveloping the small island in layers, and then he stepped towards the mirage.

After a long day's work, it's time to reap the rewards.

Inside the Mirage Tower, candlelight shone brightly, and the scroll depicting a hundred demons remained as lifelike as ever.

This time, Uesugi Kiyoshi had enough time to figure out what changes had occurred in the Hundred Demons Scroll and what the purpose of that Yingcao demon spirit was.

He stopped in front of his self-portrait and observed it closely, discovering that his image in the Hundred Demons Scroll was surrounded by countless gray mirages.

With a sudden thought, he reached out and pulled the mirage in the painting out of the Hundred Ghosts Scroll like a dragon sucking water.

Sensing the extraordinary concentration of mirage energy, Uesugi Kiyoshi's eyes lit up. This was definitely the mirage energy he had absorbed after annihilating Yokota.

So these mirages were stored in the Scroll of One Hundred Demons, which you can use at will?

This is much freer than before. When he was absorbing the mirage energy, he had no choice at all and could only passively strengthen his physical attributes. Even when he awakened the Inugami, he couldn't even choose the two cards from Hyakumonogatari; they were all arranged by the Hyakumonogatari Scroll.

Just as he was feeling somewhat confused and unsure how to use the mirage energy, a familiar thought surged into his mind.

"Sufficient mirage energy has been acquired; the basic capabilities of the Hundred Demon Scroll have been restored."

This is the stream of consciousness from the Hundred Demons Scroll, which he has always used as a system.

Along with this thought, countless pieces of information and knowledge flooded into his mind, causing him to frown in pain.

Organizing this sudden influx of knowledge took Uesugi Kiyoshi quite a bit of time, but since the time ratio inside the Mirage Tower was different from that outside, he wasn't in a hurry.

Ten minutes later, Uesugi Kiyoshi slowly opened his eyes, his eyes flashing with an ambiguous light.

If we were to compare the Scroll of One Hundred Demons to a game, Uesugi Kiyoshi would have completely understood it after reading a ten-minute "walkthrough."

It turns out that what I was playing before was just a trial version, which was incomplete because the "mirage" that drives the Hundred Ghosts Scroll was missing too much, and some of the main functions were not unlocked.

After defeating Yokota, and absorbing the high concentration of mirage energy that appeared from an unknown source, the Hundred Demon Scroll fully awakened.

The reason he was able to control the gray fog that surrounded the entire island was for this reason—in the past, no matter how strong his will was or how hard he racked his brains, he would never have been able to see the world outside the Town of a Hundred Demons, because this gray fog barrier was not under his control back then.

For example, at that time he was not high enough level to unlock this feature.

Of course, none of these are the main dishes.

The most significant changes are to "Yokai Soul" and "Hyakumonogatari".

According to the information conveyed by the Scroll of One Hundred Demons, this town of one hundred demons is the territory of the "Lord of all demons and monsters, the King who leads the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons".

It can be considered a "treasure".

When Uesugi Kiyoshi transmigrated, this treasure somehow became bound to his soul, automatically recognizing him as its master, which allowed him to step into the extraordinary realm in one step. When he first arrived in this world, he could kill a demon with a fruit knife, all thanks to the Scroll of One Hundred Demons.

This thing is so powerful that it can instantly grant an ordinary person extraordinary abilities.

At the same time, the Mirage Tower has countless other uses, and altering the flow of time is just one of them.

The Mirage Tower's greatest function is to suppress "hundreds of ghosts and demons".

It is said that all the monsters depicted in this scroll of a hundred demons are related to the former lord of all demons and monsters; some are his loyal subordinates, while others are powerful enemies he sealed away.

This former lord of demons and monsters could use the "extraordinary abilities" of his hundred demons through the Hundred Demon Scroll, which, in Uesugi Kiyoshi's eyes, were the cards of Hyakumonogatari.

However, with the time travel and the fusion of the host's soul, the Hundred Demon Scroll suffered some damage. Many demon souls were lost, becoming somewhat incomplete, and some functions became unusable.

In this situation, if Uesugi Kiyoshi still wants to use the power of the hundred demons in the scroll, he must retrieve those scattered demon souls.

There are two methods: gain the approval of the demon soul linker, or kill the demon soul linker.

Because "Yingcao" was once a subordinate of the Lord of Demons and Monsters, when encountering Nohara Kyoko, the Hundred Demons Scroll did not give Uesugi Kiyoshi the option to "kill her".

However, Yingcao is not the only lost demon soul; there are quite a few other troublesome ones, including "enemies."

To complete this scroll, it would likely require a bloody struggle.

Strictly speaking, Uesugi Kiyoshi is the successor of the Lord of Demons and Monsters, the new leader of all demons, and the master of the Mirage Tower.

He pondered for a while, and a strange thought popped into his mind.

He didn't know whether the Scroll of One Hundred Demons came from the world before he transmigrated or the world after he transmigrated, but he had a feeling that it might have come from the world after he transmigrated.

Because here, evil spirits roam freely.

That "Lord of Demons and Monsters" sounds like it's really in line with ghosts and gods!

Could it be that after transmigrating, I inexplicably inherited the mantle of some deity?!

Isn't this scroll of a hundred demons from the game Hyakumonogatari that I played before I transmigrated?

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. Unlike the systems in those novels that issue tasks and offer rewards, the spirit of the Hundred Ghosts Scroll is more like a "spirit".

Will this thing have any effect on me? Those ghosts and spirits can possess bodies and be reborn!

However, even after all this time since I transmigrated, I haven't discovered any problems.

Gee.

Uesugi Kiyoshi sat cross-legged in front of his self-portrait, stroking his chin, sorting through intelligence, and thinking of countermeasures, but he really couldn't come up with anything.

There was nothing he could do; he already knew enough about the Scroll of One Hundred Demons, but he was still completely clueless about its original owner.

He simply stopped thinking about it. He would deal with whatever came his way, and at worst, he would draw his sword and fight. The winner would live and the loser would die. He had made this decision on the very first day he held a sword.

Uesugi Kiyoshi raised his head, no longer hesitating, and waved his hand. The thick mirage in his hand flowed like a river flowing into the sea and into the image of the dog god on the Hundred Demons Scroll.

The Card Game of Inugami has eight cards.

Uesugi Kiyoshi has only unlocked two cards so far.

As this mirage was introduced, three more cards began to glow faintly beside the majestic dog god.

At the same time, Uesugi Kiyofuku suddenly felt a surge of inspiration and threw a punch to the side.

The punch was fierce, and the sound of it cutting through the air was deafening; the power of this punch was somewhat beyond his expectations.

His physical strength and speed have been enhanced once again!

Chapter 43 Physical Strengthening

Uesugi glanced at the five Hyakumonogatari cards that had been lit up next to Inugami, and the card art looked somewhat familiar.

He went through the effects of these cards in his mind; they were all very powerful abilities, but his mind wasn't on them at the moment.

This card art is exactly the same as the card art from the game Onmyoji Arena in my previous life!

There is no mobile game like Onmyoji Arena in this world.

Coincidence? There's no way such a coincidence could exist.

If it's not a coincidence, then this is quite interesting.

Or perhaps, the world in my previous life also possessed extraordinary powers, but I, being an ordinary person at the time, was unaware of them?

That's the only explanation.

I couldn't figure it out no matter how much I thought about it.

With such a lack of known information, he couldn't draw any effective conclusions, or even make any inferences.

Shaking his head to clear his mind, Uesugi Kiyoshi began to move his body. He wanted to adapt to the sudden increase in his physical abilities. This had happened several times before, but this time he could clearly feel that his physical abilities had been greatly enhanced.

Uesugi Kiyoshi paid close attention to information related to martial arts. Tokyo was, after all, an international metropolis, and Uesugi Kiyoshi often managed to get his hands on flyers for martial arts schools and boxing gyms. These businesses would often give out free admission tickets to open classes to attract customers. Uesugi Kiyoshi would occasionally go to listen to these classes on weekends when he had free time—not to attend the classes, but to test his physical fitness.

Mid-range fight clubs usually have their own testing equipment—such as punching power testing machines. Apart from these clubs, Uesugi Kiyoshi had no idea where there would be such a thing as a force measuring machine for him to use.

The data from his last test showed that, on average, his right fist power fluctuated between 130 and 140 kilograms. When the onlookers saw this value, their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, and they all looked at Uesugi Kiyoshi as if he were a monster.

This data isn't that exaggerated compared to those of professional boxers. The tough guys in the UFC Fighting Championship have a hook punch with a force of over 2,000 pounds, which is nearly a ton of force. Their kick records are even more exaggerated. The record that Uesugi Kiyoshi found is 2,800 pounds, which is over 1.2 tons of force.

He hadn't paid attention to these things in his previous life, so he didn't know if there were any differences between the records in this world and those in his previous life. But his strength was still insufficient in the professional boxing world.

But he was only sixteen years old, and this wasn't the professional scene. Besides, his punch wasn't the kind of full-force strike that had been charged up for a long time; it was just a common move called "Supporting Hammer" from Bajiquan. In real combat, he could throw twenty or more of these Supporting Hammers without running out of energy.

A punch with 140 kilograms of force could easily kill someone in a fight. The human body has many vulnerable parts and cannot withstand such a heavy punch.

The last test was three months ago.

Now.

Uesugi Kiyoshi threw another punch, and a whistling sound filled the air.

He didn't have a machine to measure the data, but based on a general sense, he felt that his strength had increased more than three times.

If he remembered correctly, Ryunosuke Akutagawa said that after Yokota became a Ritualist, his physical abilities increased by about three times.

This makes sense. Yokota became a Ritualist because of these mirages, and Uesugi Kiyoshi intercepted all of them, thus gaining the same benefit.

As for why Uesugi Kiyoshi was able to enhance his physical abilities by absorbing mirage energy, the Hyakki Emaki also provides an explanation.

So far, all the mirage energy that Uesugi Kiyoshi has obtained, except for the necessary consumption for repairing the Hundred Demon Scroll, has been invested into the demon soul of "Inugami".

These mirages illuminated Inugami's Hundred Tales Card game and also triggered Inugami's special ability.

In the game of the previous life, each shikigami had its own unique characteristics.

The Inugami's unique characteristic is that whenever the Inugami increases its "magatama level", it can add one "Mental and Physical Training" card to its hand.

The effect of the card "Mental and Physical Training" is to "permanently increase Inugami's attack power and health by one point".

As mentioned earlier, reality is not a game, and this characteristic has changed, but the core essence remains the same.

Upgrading the Magatama level has been replaced by injecting mirage energy, and the effect of mental and physical training has been replaced by directly improving Uesugi Kiyoshi's physical attributes.

Before all eight of Inugami's Hyakumonogatari cards are lit up, Uesugi Kiyokazu can improve his physical attributes by infusing Inugami's demon soul with mirage energy.