I am Jinshan Youxia

Despite saying that, Cui Zi still swiftly released a circular barrier, enveloping everyone and repelling Shanhu, who was entangled with Jiro. In the process, she also unleashed a surge of spiritual energy, purifying the evil aura of the entire city.

The protective barrier is quick and easy to use; it can be set up whenever you want, and its duration has no upper limit. Given Cui Zi's skill level, it can be considered an absolute defense, but it has no offensive capabilities whatsoever.

Even after so many enhancements, she's just an ultimate, upgraded version of Kikyo? The spiritual power system feels a bit weak; perhaps we should activate Plan B.

Zhang Chengyi thought to himself that the cultivators didn't stop at all, unleashing a barrage of attacks on the barrier, but they couldn't break through it at all.

This barrier is enough for them to fight for a lifetime.

"It really was a trap."

Monk Mengxin looked up at the exorcists rushing towards him again, and at the 'ghosts' gradually gathering in the distance, their purpose unknown, and sighed.

Zhang Chengyi, however, showed no sense of urgency that he had fallen into a trap. Instead, he asked excitedly, "Cuizi, do you remember what I told you last time?"

Midori hesitated for a moment, then said, "But, turning you into a shikigami is..."

She quickly added, "Give me a little time, I'll prepare some magic and we'll be able to take care of them soon."

Zhang Chengyi showed no sign of taking Pokémon's proposed plan, and rubbed his hands together, saying, "Hurry up, I can't wait to become the Rat King."

Chapter 182 The Rat King is coming!

How many steps are involved in becoming a monster?

It's actually not complicated; with enough obsession, you can become a monster.

Because the humans and demons in the world of Inuyasha share a clear common origin in the writings of the true creator god.

That is: In ancient times, a god divided his spirit among all things and created the heart. The basic element of the heart is one spirit, which is composed of four souls.

The four souls, located in the straight and curved directions, respectively represent courage (tyranny), kindness (malice), wisdom (insidious cunning), and love (persistence).

To put it simply, in the world of Inuyasha, as long as you can think, you can reassemble your soul. Obsession is, to some extent, thought. Strong obsession can naturally gather the four souls, thus forming a spirit, a heart, and a soul. That's why there are demons like Mujou who are simply formed from obsession.

According to the setting of chapter 339 of the manga, both humans and demons possess a soul and a spirit. The soul is the heart, or spirit, while the spirit is the energy that drives the body. Kikyo, in the setting, has an incomplete soul and therefore needs to absorb dead souls to maintain her movements. Therefore, the conclusion is:

The dead soul, or the spirit left in the body by the deceased, is the energy that drives the body, which can only be generated by a complete soul in the body.

This led to a complete evolutionary process between humans and demons: In the world of Inuyasha, sentient beings would develop four souls as a gift from an ancient, unknown god. These four souls would form one spirit, and the powerful spirit would give rise to a soul that drives the body.

From ancient times to the present, there is only one thing in this world, Zhang Chengyi, who is clearly a sentient being, lively and energetic, yet lacks a soul. It's like there's a thing on the neighboring Earth that looks like a human, has human features, and can live and thrive without sunlight, air, or nutrients.

They are either fake or real gods, gods who don't need to have one spirit and four souls like mortals to function.

That's why Cui Zi kept calling him "Rat God."

Therefore, Zhang Chengyi's desire to transform his body into a monster was not as difficult as he had imagined, especially after he obtained the resentment of the cow monster. Through the sacrifice of a volunteer, he verified that sufficient resentment, namely the Four Souls heading towards Qu Ling, could indeed turn a person into a monster.

Therefore, as long as he synthesizes enough resentment within himself, due to the implicit rules of the Inuyasha world, the Shikon Jewel will be born sooner or later, and the spirit that grows from it will naturally produce a soul. With a soul, a soul, and resentment, becoming a demon is a very simple matter.

The prerequisites are insignificant in the face of a skilled modder, but the problem is—

Midori's soul was too powerful, and the resentment extracted from the cow demon was disturbed, preventing it from coalescing into the Shikon Jewel.

With each use of spiritual power through the field mouse's body, the soulless shell and the noble soul without any driving force have become highly integrated, making it impossible for them to break free on their own.

At first, there was still a chance to use magic to pull the soul out, just like when Kikyo was born, Kagome's soul was pulled out, but there is no magic that can forcibly separate the essence of Midori, who is so powerful.

Zhang Chengyi could lower Cui Zi's spiritual power and increase or decrease the number of Cui Zi, but he couldn't adjust the strength of Cui Zi's soul.

Because in this world, there is no such thing as a soul becoming stronger through cultivation. What you are born with is what you become later in life. Only potential such as magical power, spiritual power, and demonic power can be developed.

However, there are bugs that can be exploited.

Normally, excessively strong spiritual power would cause the soul to go straight to the spirit and never look back, so it wouldn't generate much resentment. Kagome's spiritual power left her soul without a trace of shadow, let alone turning her into a monster.

Unfortunately, Zhang Chengyi was able to manually add resentment to the body. Once the lock was added, even the most powerful spiritual energy couldn't completely purify it. In addition, Cui Zi's soul and Tian Shu's body were fundamentally different. One was a human and the other was a wild beast, so they couldn't even generate a soul. In the end, they only achieved a high degree of fusion, not a complete fit.

To ensure that he wouldn't be purified by powerful spiritual energy as soon as he turned into a demon, the final solution was for Midori to refine him into a shikigami while he was transforming into a demon.

This is his Plan B: the Rat King.

"I'm going to make my move."

Zhang Chengyi brought up the value editing, reminded Cui Zi who had been spacing out since earlier, and then found the [Monster Resentment] that had been extracted and briefly purified, and started frantically clicking on it.

"?!"

The monks Maitreya and Mengxin, who were standing nearby, were startled. A field mouse that looked neither like a human nor a monster suddenly began to exude resentment. The thick resentment turned into mist and squeezed out from its ears and nose. It was a terrifying story for the monks.

Cui Zi's spiritual power was a beat slow, but it still seeped into her body according to Plan B. At first, she was worried that she might purify the resentment and proceeded cautiously. Later, she found that no matter what she did, the resentment only increased and did not decrease, so she simply let go and did it.

[Four Souls] → [One Spirit] → [Soul]

Almost all the memories within the resentment were wiped away by Midori. However, even the faintest resentment, when infinitely expanded, eventually gave birth to a blank soul with a slight hint of resentment, in accordance with the rules of the world.

I don't know what I'm complaining about.

[Soul] [Demon Power] [Spiritual Essence]

Three things that can be added or subtracted appear. The difference is that the soul can only be added or subtracted, not strengthened or weakened. Its source is just the resentment of the cow demon after it was purified. Its upper limit is actually a bit touching, only worthy of sitting at the same table as Shippo.

Demonic power and soul can be understood as the true energy and physical strength in the Inuyasha version; increasing or decreasing them, strengthening or weakening them are all easy to understand.

After a brief familiarization, Zhang Chengyi finished refining the shikigami on Cui Zi's side. The already pure demonic power became weaker after being mixed with spiritual power. Fortunately, he quickly maximized the quantity and quality of the demonic power and soul, giving people the feeling of a powerful demon.

But neither demonic power nor soul power matters; becoming a demon is what he wants.

"What is this?"

Maitreya's mouth slowly opened. His worldview no longer supported his ability to understand why a field mouse possessed both powerful spiritual energy and powerful demonic energy. The two powers did not clash but were used by the field mouse in parallel. The spiritual energy maintained the barrier, while the demonic energy allowed the field mouse to rise into the air.

"Jie Jie Jie~"

Zhang Chengyi let out a villainous laugh. Do you know why he thinks it's most important that he can become a monster?

[Lifespan: 500] [Body Size (+)] [Physical Strength (+)] [Internal Organs (+)] [Eyes (+)]...

As he transformed into a yokai, a series of his body parts reached the limits of what a yokai can achieve, and in this world, yokai can add or subtract any body parts in a chaotic manner.

Big big!

The field mouse, which was originally only about 20 centimeters long, quickly swelled up and became a behemoth more than 10 meters tall in the blink of an eye. If it weren't for the fear of trampling everyone to death, Zhang Chengyi could have continued to grow larger and become the same size as many of the monster mountain ranges.

"Chatter chatter chatter!"

He put his paws on his hips and laughed loudly, "The Rat King is here!"

Chapter 183 Sharp Bumping Fists!

"Cuizi."

Zhang Chengyi said confidently.

The barrier dissipated the next second, exposing the giant field mouse to the outside world.

"what is that?"

"monster!"

Even if they were under the illusion, cultivators could easily sense the demonic energy. Driven by the illusion, the vast majority of them launched an attack on the giant field mouse.

Coral hesitated for a moment, just as she was about to attack, when Mica suddenly landed in front of her, blocking her way and looking at the giant field mouse with a scrutinizing and curious gaze.

"Whoosh!" The Demon-Slaying Arrow arrived at top speed.

A large, sharp hole suddenly appeared in Zhang Chengyi's chest, piercing straight through the demon-piercing arrow that was designed to counter demonic power. He grinned, turned his body slightly to the side, and began to spin rapidly after gathering his strength.

Countless white spikes flew out of his body, quickly turning into plump, white balls that looked soft and cuddly.

"Sharp-pointed bumper punch!" His voiceover echoed throughout Ghost Head City.

More than half of the cultivators nimbly dodged the white balls, but some were not so lucky. For example, the old witch, who was already panting after shooting several demon-slaying arrows, was hit in the face by the white balls on the spot. Then her whole body was stuck and wrapped by the rapidly dissolving white balls, quickly turning into an oval cocoon, with only her face exposed.

"What's this?!"

Coral had just jumped up to dodge when she saw the others enveloped in white balls not far away. As she was thinking, she suddenly realized that the white balls had bounced off the ground and then taken off again to chase after her. Her scalp tingled, and without time to think, she shouted, "Mica!"

Just as it was about to take off, it tore a white mica ball apart with its claws, only to find that the torn white ball was still stuck to its body, preventing it from flying directly.

"Whoosh!" Flames erupted from its body, and the wisps of white stripes were instantly vaporized. Before it could take off again, the coral, which had not received any support in mid-air, was already wrapped in a white cocoon by the white ball and landed with a thud.

Mica raised her claws and slapped at it.

"Clang!" The sound of steel colliding rang out.

The white ball that was just moments ago as soft as cotton has become so hard after turning into a cocoon that it is completely impossible to grasp. Mica bared its teeth and withdrew its claws.

"Watch out!" Coral warned.

When Mica looked back, she saw a dozen or so white balls hovering not far away, waiting for her to run away.

"Ha~" It arched its back and opened its mouth to exhale.

Under the moonlight, the scene of a hundred ghosts walking at night in Ghost Head City suddenly turned into a story of a white ball of fluff searching for its relatives. Any living thing would be frantically chased by the white ball of fluff.

Within minutes, the entire city fell completely silent, and everywhere were plump, white cocoons.

There's no way around it. Many people can dodge the first wave, but it's hard to avoid the subsequent pursuit. Moreover, there are too many white balls. Often, one person has to face a dozen or even dozens of white balls. Once someone is caught, the pressure on the others will increase exponentially.

This dodgeball game is ultimately about how long you can last; it's impossible to escape completely.

First, there were human cultivators who were not good at close combat; then there were humans who were turned into fake ghosts by magic; and finally, there were human cultivators who struggled to persevere until the pressure increased exponentially.

Once everyone else had been captured, Mica, who had burned one of the white balls and held out the longest, lost the will to resist when she saw countless white balls floating menacingly around her.

There was absolutely no way it could resist. It couldn't possibly destroy all these things even if it worked itself to death. Moreover, it sensed a familiar spiritual power. If it wasn't mistaken, that rat—no, the field mouse monster—was a familiar acquaintance. Hmm, it should be called a familiar rat.

"It's done."

Zhang Chengyi skillfully transformed himself into a field mouse the size of a human, landed on the ground, and then laughed loudly:

"Hehe, I, the mouse, am now invincible!"

"What is that?" Erlang asked, puzzled. He couldn't understand why. "A sharp, bumpy fist? Is it some kind of sorcery?"

There wasn't much fluctuation of demonic power, yet the effect of the technique was so powerful that it could wipe out the entire population of a city in an instant.

Zhang Chengyi patted Erlang's shoulder with his paw, saying something no one could understand: "You're just a juvenile now. Wait until you evolve to maturity before considering this move."

The principle is actually very simple. This move comes from Moryomaru in the manga, a puppet created by Hakudoshi using his soul. With a powerful enough soul, his body can be soft like a swamp and almost swallow Steel Fang, or hard enough to smash the ground with a single punch. Even the arm fragments that were cut by the Wind Scar can be attached to his soul and fly around, changing shape, and can be both soft and hard.

It doesn't matter if the Wind Scar is torn to pieces, it can easily be gathered together and pass through Inuyasha's arm. Once it's stuck to his arm, Inuyasha won't be able to pull it off for a while, it's absolutely disgusting.