You say this is a love game?

Part of the purpose of his previous search for and defeating the BOSS was to seek "breakthrough materials" for Satori Yoshiko. The little lucky god, who was used to eating paper-based spiritual cores, now had his spiritual power stuck at 20 points and felt that he was about to cross that limit.

Then just cross it in one breath.

The cold wind blew on her face. Yoshiko Satori sniffed hard, nodded and said "Yeah!", then decisively took the spirit core from Mizutani Makoto's hand, held it with both hands, and then slammed it with a determined look. The entire spirit core melted away and turned into a firefly-like light spot that penetrated into the girl's palm.

She actually felt a little disgusted.

After all, it was the soul core of the worst villain in the story. She had eaten it before, but no villain had ever made her feel so bad... She just hated it and thought this soul core was dirty.

But she's going to be able to help!

Definitely can help!

A faint wind of spiritual power swept up, and this time, Satori Yoshiko didn't need to digest what she absorbed... No, she only needed to digest a little bit - although most of the absorbed spiritual power was still deposited deep in the girl's body, waiting for her to absorb, but even so, her spiritual power had already reached the upper limit. Now, with a slight stimulation from the spiritual core of the parallel level, she finally crossed the critical point.

【Satori Yoshiko (7)】

【Belongs to: Zashiki-warashi】

[Rank: lower]

[Ability: Avoid misfortune and seek good fortune, bring luck]

In the Shikigami interface, Sanatori Yoshiko's rank changed from paper to Bokushima, but there were no other changes.

When Mizutani Makoto felt a little regretful, he heard the girl say "Huh?", and then the little god of fortune took the initiative to transform into the posture of a reverse zashiki, and the ability on the interface finally changed.

[Abilities: Disaster Transfer, Curse Disease Jacket, Soul-Resisting Silk]

There is an additional skill called [Anti-Soul Silk].

[Anti-Soul Thread]: The kindness that once brought happiness to others has now come as a disaster, transforming the curse that confuses the mind into a thread. Those cursed will be transformed into soulless puppets, at the mercy of others.

[Special Note: The upper limit of puppet control increases by one amount for every 5 points of intelligence, and controlling a puppet requires overwhelming the opponent's "willpower".]

"...?"

Puppet master?

Mizutani Makoto was suddenly shocked. Why did the black form of the little god of fortune become more and more outrageous?

"Is this the ability to turn the enemy into a puppet?"

"Yes, but it's different from what Big Brother thinks. The puppet I control is a mindless puppet... I can't control people's hearts, and it will be easily exposed. The most suitable occasion is probably combat."

It's not convenient hypnosis.

Instead, she deprives the cursed person of their sanity, turning them into puppets controlled by her.

Mizutani Makoto reached out to Satori Yoshiko and immediately led the child to the back mountain. He immediately found a wood-like monster, a mid-level monster, who happened to be the perfect experimental subject.

The girl is floating in the air.

The loose and luxurious black and gold kalamaki kimono wrapped around the girl's body, making her look like a porcelain doll dressed in an exceptionally exquisite and luxurious manner.

Especially when she was in the reverse-zashiki posture, Satori Yoshiko's skin was very white, a cold white that was almost bloodless, which further enhanced her inhuman temperament.

Now the girl's eyes, which could be described as ghostly, were staring straight ahead. The wood spirit disguised itself as an ordinary tree, but it didn't know that the hunter and the crisis had quietly arrived.

With a delicate cry from Sanatori Yoshiko, she flicked her sleeves, and a dark green light suddenly burst out from the girl's sleeves. The light turned into thin silk threads, burning towards Mu Mei like a burning line of fire.

Just surrender!

Yoshiko Satori's eyes were focused, and her serious expression almost made Mizutani Makoto think that she could really succeed.

Yes, I thought she could succeed.

The anti-soul thread connected to Mu Mei's body, causing the spirit residing in the ancient tree to stick its head out. The emerald green ball of light tilted slightly as if it was curiously staring at the spiritual thread that had penetrated the tree trunk.

What is this stuff?

It is not very harmful and extremely insulting.

Mu Mei's reaction immediately made Lord Nizashiki, who was of the same rank as him, furious. He shook his sleeves violently, and the spiritual power that controlled his mind flowed into Mu Mei's body along the silk thread. That will, wrapped in the power of thousands of troops, attacked Mu Mei's spirit fiercely.

Listen to me now!

The girl screamed silently in her heart.

The next moment, thousands of troops collapsed, and the arrogant Lord Nizashiki was killed without a trace of armor left. Looking closely, it turned out that the wood spirit finally reacted and realized that a weak will was trying to interfere with its mind. It immediately became furious, and the clash of wills directly smashed Satori Yoshiko to pieces.

Mu Mei: Where did this naughty kid come from?

This move [Anti-Soul Silk] has a special feature, which is that it involves a competition of wills between the two parties. The caster must overwhelm the opponent's will in order to turn the opponent into a soul-lost puppet.

You said to let Satori Yoshiko conquer Mu Mei's will?

hiss……

Does she have this ability?

Could this little brat, who was only seven years old in her lifetime, really have such a strong and unshakable heart of steel?

Look into my eyes and answer me!

Mizutani Makoto suspected that even if she faced Jizo, it would be unlikely for Kako to defeat him in terms of willpower, after all, Jizo also had a violent will to kill.

If this little lucky god wants to win, he probably has to face off against Junior Brother Wa, where his chances of winning will be higher.

"Ah! Chase, chase, chase, they're catching up! Big brother, save me!"

Mizutani Makoto said that the price of maxing out the mechanism is a complete drop in numbers.

Yoshiko Satori tried to fire spiritual bullets on the way. The blazing dark green phosphorous fire bombarded the opponent, leaving charred burn marks on the trunk of the wood spirit. This was a great improvement compared to the past, which was commendable.

That is...Satori Yoshiko is in the lower position, and the Mu Mei in front of him is in the middle position. Is he sure about this?

The corner of Mizutani Makoto's mouth twitched fiercely.

“The numbers are too conservative.”

But Makoto Mizutani never expected to rely on Satori Yoshiko for output. Now that Satori Yoshiko's new abilities and stats have been tested, it's time to move on to the next step.

"Serve the gods and descend!"

The two souls merged at this moment, their rank superimposed on the boy's. Mizutani Makoto clearly felt the unimpeded contact at the soul level. The girl's outline was crystal clear. She tightly embraced his neck, nestled against him. A powerful, cold aura washed over her body, bringing with it the power of a new curse!

"Anti-Soul Silk!"

Mizutani Makoto roared, his voice resonating in the silent night sky. Instantly, he thrust his right hand forward, and a dark green light erupted from his palm, quickly condensing into countless thin, resilient threads. Like living tentacles, these threads traced swift paths through the air, heading straight for the wood spirit ahead.

These dark green threads were filled with powerful curse power. They seemed to be endowed with will, flexibly moving through the air. Under the terrified gaze of the wood spirit, they directly bypassed its horizontal trunk arms and slammed into its trunk.

"!!"

Mu Mei let out a shrill scream. The piercing thread brought a completely different feeling than before. If the thread just now was like a child from nowhere swinging his fist at Mu Mei's thigh, completely harmless, then this exploding thread was like a ferocious man with sixteen-pack abs, wielding a giant hammer and delivering a powerful blow to Mu Mei's head!

boom! !

A shocking roar exploded in his mind, and Mu Mei's will was forcibly suppressed by the muscular man.

The dark green threads suddenly gathered, seeping into its body and controlling every inch of it. The power of the curse flowed continuously along the threads into Mu Mei's body, causing its previously violent movements to gradually slow down.

At this moment, the silk thread disappeared.

As the anti-soul thread continued to penetrate, the wood spirit's movements became increasingly rigid, until it reached a complete stillness. Faint dark green lines began to appear on its surface. Finally, the half of the sphere of light that had broken free from the wood spirit's trunk lost its luster, and the entire ancient tree collapsed to the ground, no longer showing any signs of resistance.

Mizutani Makoto stood there, opening his eyes. The curse was complete, the soul-repelling thread severed, but he still felt the presence of the wood spirit in his mind.

"stand up!"

Mizutani Makoto gave an order to the wooden puppet, and saw that the wooden puppet trembled slowly. It actually obeyed his command, twisted the tree roots, and struggled to get up from the ground.

He looked thoughtfully at the wooden puppet in front of him. After being controlled by the anti-soul thread, the monster turned into his marionette. The advantage was that it was absolutely obedient, but the disadvantage was that it became a human-machine. Without his instructions, it would just wait in place, and the execution of his instructions was really rigid. If he wanted to be flexible and changeable, it all depended on him to distract himself and adjust in the middle.

No wonder they say it’s impossible to control people’s minds.

This skill should be able to be used on humans, but a person who was fine suddenly became lifeless and stood still. When asked to log in to an account, he couldn't even pass the human-machine verification. You say that others are not blind, how could they not see it?

"It's just to suppress the opponent's mind and control the opponent's body."

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. The spiritual energy consumed by this skill was quite high. It drained out one tenth of his blue bar at a time. This was the blue bar he had after becoming a parallel rank. If it was replaced with [Eyeballs of the Woman by the Window], it could have been wasted countless times.

Subsequent operations also require the continued output of spiritual power.

"But the spiritual energy required to maintain control is very little, about the same as the mana consumption of the Sleeping Ring and the Hidden Magatama. This way of control can be played for a long time."

But why does this skill appear?

Is it related to the "contract" that Kako ate?

Or is it a magical power that Nizashiki would have evolved from?

Mizutani Makoto was at a loss for a moment, so he didn't waste any more time thinking. He directly withdrew from the posture of summoning the gods, and the control of the anti-soul thread broke in an instant. Before the wood spirit could react, a pair of scarlet pupils appeared in his sight. The woman by the window glared at him, and a blazing knife followed closely behind. A thunder and fire slash fell like a fierce thunder, and relying on the sharpness of the blade, it penetrated directly into the wood!

call! !

The flames started burning in an instant.

The fire damage of the Liaoyuan Sword is much stronger than that of the Tar Cloak. A few slashes from ordinary monsters can directly cause a raging fire, not to mention the tree monsters that are weak to fire. With this slash, the flames actually burned directly from the tree trunk.

Mizutani Makoto didn't give Mu Mei any room to breathe. He slashed with both swords. The Liaoyuan sword cut the tree trunk, and the Jingshui sword pierced Mu Mei's spirit, ending the battle directly.

Soul +73

At the place where the wooden spirit collapsed, Mizutani Makoto looked up at the hillside ahead. The swamp where the ancient cypress was located was deeper in the ground, but he had already memorized the route.

"These days are different."

Gu Chun was once considered by him to be an extremely difficult opponent.

The reason lies in the wooden armor of the ancient tree, plus the presence of its loyal followers near the back mountain. Taking all these factors into consideration, he once guessed that this thing might be more difficult to deal with than Teacher Bei Dao.

However, he had already found a knife maker.

Ippondo provided him with two handy swords. The fire damage of the Liaoyuan sword was extremely effective in restraining tree monsters, and he used the fragments of the mirror to make the sword sharper. Now, the Liaoyuan sword can directly cut into the wood when used to chop wood monsters. Its sharpness plus the fire burns are enough for him to cause damage to Gu Chun.

Plus, he still has one [Boiling Blood Secret Potion] left...

The explosive secret medicine that once allowed him to temporarily break through the realm will only become more powerful when used by him with his lower-level strength. Moreover, in the state of burning vitality, his perception of sword energy is even more astonishing, which will definitely bring Gu Chun a completely different surprise!

Weapons, body movements, secret techniques, secret medicine, these four things combined into one, how could he not compete with Gu Chun?

"What's more, we now have the anti-soul thread."

There seems to be a lot more room for maneuver.

Mizutani Makoto immediately began his plan.

First, we have to clear the area.

It's the same logic as beating a cursed tree.

Gu Chun has two skills called "little brothers". One is the blooming of falling flowers. She will rain down flowers. These petals will strengthen the wood spirit when they fall on it, and will grow wildly when they fall on the ground. He had seen this trick last time, but unfortunately he died before he saw the monsters that grew.

This was unexpected due to his intervention, so there is no need to consider it.

What he has to consider is Mu Mei.

Gu Chun's second skill, called "Little Brother," summons the entire back mountain's wood spirits. Once the fight begins, a constant stream of paper-sized monsters will be summoned, no matter how far away they are, over mountains and across ridges. Even if you defeat the two trunk-smashing wood spirits in the swamp, at most it will buy him some space in the one-on-one duel with Gu Chun. If the battle drags on, other wood spirits will arrive, and he'll still be in a group fight.

Therefore, killing the wood spirit in the back mountain is a preparation before the battle.

Mizutani Makoto remembered the inland swamp where the ancient tsubaki was located, and using it as the center, he began to kill the nearby wood spirits.

He only killed nearby wood spirits, and did not interfere with those that were extremely far away.

Why not wipe out the entire back mountain?

It's not that it can't be done, it's just too time-consuming.

As of today, Mizutani Makoto has only been to the back mountain three times. The first time was when he fell into a swamp and was knocked down by a big tree. The second time was when he was set up by Gu Chun and the big tree. As for the third time, he sneaked into the back mountain while waiting for real medicinal herbs. This time he did not provoke Gu Chun, but concentrated on collecting elixirs.

Since the third time, he has never gone into the back mountain again.

Aren’t the magical herbs in the back mountain fragrant?

No, it’s just that this map is too damn big!

On that third occasion, Mizutani Makoto spent the entire night digging for herbs, and he was even too lazy to look for herbs in some nooks and crannies. And this was just an opportunity for exploration, and he hadn't even refreshed them yet!

Add to that the map's underworld filter and scene design... He could still hold on physically, but walking among the deep mountains and old forests with lush branches and leaves, being wary of the wood monsters that might pop out from any corner, really tortured him to the point of irritation.

Trying to kill all the wood spirits in the back mountain is too time-consuming and stressful. Not only will it damage your own fighting spirit, but it is also almost meaningless.

Once he takes the [Boiling Blood Secret Potion], he will only have about 300 seconds left to live. Even if those wood spirits from tens of thousands of miles away can make it to the battlefield, they will most likely see him burned into a zombie on the roadside, which makes him meaningless to the entire battle.

What we really need to deal with is the nearby wood spirit that has time to support Gu Chun.