Chapter 120: White Prajna, Two Stars

I didn't expect such a purely negative item as the Hina Doll Curse to actually have such a hidden attribute; it really brought quite a surprise.

But upon careful thought, Uesugi Toru found that this "extremely high compatibility" was quite reasonable.

Because whether it was the Girl's Day doll (Hina Doll) or Haku, their resentment only gradually arose after being abandoned, forgotten, or killed by someone close to them.

Both were born of love turning to hate.

From this perspective, the only difference between the two was their names.

Uesugi Toru put the black teardrop-shaped Hina Doll Curse back into his Storage Backpack.

Hui Ming the Little Novice was still waiting for him outside; if he used it now and directly maxed out Haku's upgrade progress, it might cause unnecessary misunderstandings and trouble.

It wasn't too late to use it when he was alone; a few hours didn't matter.

"This trip to Yokohama really brought in quite a harvest."

Uesugi Toru sighed, and just as he was about to step out of Yako's Home's threshold, he jumped back as if sensing danger.

The next moment, the already precariously solid anti-theft door fell heavily to the ground, kicking up dust and wood shavings everywhere.

If Uesugi Toru had still been standing there just now and taken this critical hit, his head would definitely have been dazed for a long time.

He didn't think much of it, stepping onto the anti-theft door, preparing to walk out of the threshold.

Then, his gaze inevitably fell on that pool of crimson bloodstains piled up at the doorway that hadn't flowed away.

If an ordinary person had stepped on it without precautions, they would probably have taken a good beating from the stone staircase steps, and who knows, might have ended up in the ICU.

Then throw in a ventilator failure—this whole smooth combo could easily take out an ordinary person.

"This bad luck really is punctual for work……"

Uesugi Toru's mouth twitched slightly; he covered his foot with a layer of scorching Corona Qi, stomped down, and incinerated that pool of bloodstains completely.

Immediately, the stone staircase at the doorway, which shouldn't have had any problems even after twenty or thirty years of wind and rain, developed a crack, and then the number of cracks rapidly increased and expanded in an extremely short time.

Crack!

This whole section of stairs collapsed with a rumble, rubble falling, revealing a direct elevator to the first floor.

Uesugi Toru, who had already gone downstairs before this, watched this scene and clicked his tongue: "It really feels a bit sinister, like Final Destination: Neon Edition, right?"

Although these killing moves that were almost unsolvable for ordinary people didn't affect Uesugi Toru too much right now, to avoid absurd things like "a plane crashing into his face," he still had to use up the Hina Doll Curse as soon as possible.

After greeting Hui Ming and the others later, we'll leave.

Fortunately, Uesugi Toru hadn't seen any residents or unrelated people in this building; otherwise, innocents might have been hurt…… Hui Yang, who had come alone earlier, had done a pretty good job with the basic evacuation.

Just as he walked out of the apartment building's main gate, he saw Hui Yang the Monk struggling to get up beside that silver-white Mazda, shouting things like "Let go of me" and "I want to help."

Of course, there was also Hui Ming the Little Novice and his Komainu pressing him down so he wouldn't move around recklessly.

Yako, who had run down earlier, stared tightly at the apartment building, and upon seeing Uesugi Toru appear, she visibly sighed in relief, the panic on her face gradually fading.

The Komainu barked twice loudly, making the two monks on the ground look at him.

Hui Ming patted his chest: "Uesugi Benefactor! I knew you could do it!"

Uesugi Toru nodded at him from a distance: "The male doll in the room has already been exorcised by me; this matter should end here."

Hui Yang, whose wound was still hissing blood, was stunned upon hearing this, stopped struggling, and instead thought about how only a few minutes had passed since this Komainu appeared.

In such a short time……this young man surnamed Uesugi before him could actually exorcise that sinister and terrifying Hina Doll with almost no damage.

Hui Yang didn't smile.

He closed his eyes and sighed slowly in his heart: "Even if I train in the heat of summer and the cold of winter, and give up all forms of entertainment, the gap between what I can achieve and these geniuses is still immeasurable."

Never mind.

I should also use this matter to face reality.

——Perhaps, my Hui Yang was simply not born for this path of cultivation.

From now on, staying in the temple to protect the peace of one side would be enough.

"Hui Ming, catch."

Uesugi Toru threw the bottle of Awakening Spirit Mist with one drop left to Hui Ming, then said: "Give it to your Senior Disciple to drink; otherwise, I'm afraid he might not survive until the ambulance arrives."

"Oh! Okay, Uesugi Benefactor!"

Hui Ming didn't think much at all; he just made his Senior Disciple open his mouth, then poured that drop of Awakening Spirit Mist into Hui Yang's mouth.

Immediately, the originally extremely weak Hui Yang felt a warm current arise within his body, spreading to his limbs and bones.

He opened his eyes again and bowed his head gratefully toward Uesugi Toru in the distance.

"This person is actually not bad."

Uesugi Toru waved his hand, calling the Komainu to his side; he looked at Hui Yang, who was seriously injured and weakened by the male doll to the point of being unable to stand, and shook his head slightly,

"He's just a bit brainless……not having a correct understanding of my strength when facing an enemy."

This kind of guy in a manga would probably be the hot-blooded idiot character who never dies no matter what, and instead chants about friendship and beliefs at critical moments to turn the tables.

Unfortunately, this isn't some fictional manga.

If he hadn't come this time, or even come a bit later, Hui Yang might have been directly killed by the male doll.

I hope he does less of this kind of stupid thing in the future.

Uesugi Toru thought, then had the Komainu bring Yako, who was hiding behind the car, over.

Yako had her hair in two braided pigtails, wore old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses on her nose bridge, dressed in a heavy padded jacket, and followed the Komainu over somewhat nervously.

Uesugi Toru sized her up slightly and found she was dressed like a typical country village girl.

He hadn't spoken yet when Yako bowed first.

The girl's expression was a bit dazed; she laughed dryly and stammered,

"Th-th-thank you!"

She clearly hadn't come back to her senses from the eerie scene where her own Girl's Day doll came to life and almost killed her, along with Hui Yang the Monk who came to save her afterward.

This kind of eerie and terrifying spiritual event involving life and death was indeed quite a strong sensory stimulus for ordinary people.

So Uesugi Toru tried to make his tone as gentle as possible: "You're called Yazi, right?"

"Ah... hmm!"

Yazi nodded heavily, making her glasses frames slide down halfway.

Uesugi Toru asked seriously: "Apart from the Kan'nyo and the Doll Curse, did you previously keep any other Girls' Festival dolls?"

This point is very important.

Because although some Girls' Festival dolls, for example the "Doll Curse" that later appeared in Yazi's home, were bought separately by her parents.

But since even the "Kan'nyo" — a doll that absolutely could not have been bought separately — has appeared, that proves Yazi's parents bought her a complete set of dolls in her childhood.

And a complete set of Girls' Festival dolls simultaneously includes a total of fifteen dolls: the Emperor and Empress, Kan'nyo, Yuedui, Ministers, and Buren.

If they all came alive because of resentment... that really would become striking the little ones and bringing the big ones.

"No, I don't know where they went."

Yazi shook her head, saying with some fear: "These dolls were all bought for me by my parents when I was very small, but afterwards my parents both died, and I came here alone to study and work part-time, so I forgot about them and never took these dolls out again."

"It was also just recently that my hometown said the house would be demolished, and it was only when I went back to sort through my parents' belongings that I discovered these two dolls, then brought them home as a memento, and didn't really take care of them afterwards... I never expected this kind of thing would happen."

Yazi clenched her hand palms and said: "As for the other dolls, by the time I returned to my hometown they had already disappeared, nowhere to be found."

Uesugi Toru pressed further: "Not even a single clue?"

Yazi shook her head: "Completely none."

Disappeared.

Right, this is good then.

Uesugi Toru ground his teeth and said to Yazi: "Recently if you have no other business, you'd better stay at Hongan-ji or the Special Affairs Division in Duzhi District."

Although he wasn't too clear on whether Duzhi District has a Special Affairs Division branch, mentioning it can't hurt.

These strange Girls' Festival dolls coming to find him is no problem — Uesugi Toru can cut them down one slash each, and they might even explosively drop Curses to upgrade Haku Hannya.

But if they go looking for this village girl in front of him who's still in university, that would be not so good — she has no means to survive against these Hina Dolls of around two stars.

This little girl has worked so hard, so Uesugi Toru isn't stingy about mentioning a bit more to help her.

Making Uesugi Toru spend extra time protecting a village girl he's only met once he definitely wouldn't be willing, but pointing Yazi toward a clear path is still no big problem.

"Ah... thank you." Yazi bowed again, thought for a good while before recalling the name Hui Ming had mentioned, "Uesugi-kun, thank you."

"No need for thanks, wishing you good luck."

Uesugi Toru waved his hand, making a move to prepare to leave.

"—— Benefactor Uesugi, you've traveled far and worked hard for a long time, won't you come into the temple to rest a while?"

Hui Ming's family calls made Uesugi Toru turn head.

He looked at Hui Yang in the car who couldn't even catch his breath, Yazi who couldn't bind a chicken, and this little novice monk, shook his head,

"I still have things to do later, so I'll leave first."

—— Later Haku Hannya still needs to upgrade, and more importantly, if Uesugi Toru sits in that car, judging by the bad luck encountered just now, who knows if a fully-insured semi-trailer truck might come flying at them.

At that time he could dodge the calamity, but the other three people in the car would suffer.

Without waiting for Hui Ming to answer, Uesugi Toru waved his hand to make the Komainu disperse, three two steps walked out of Hui Ming's line of sight, and disappeared at a corner.

"Benefactor Uesugi, truly acting as his heart desires."

Hui Ming sighed with emotion, sat back in the driver's seat.

【You have used the Hina Doll Curse, continuous bad luck disperses!】

【Your Yokai Avatar · Haku Hannya's promotion time greatly reduced!】

【"Haku Hannya (Youth Body)" upgrading: 99%】

Wouldn't that mean just a few dozen minutes until it upgrades to two stars?

Uesugi Toru, walking on the main street, curled his mouth corners slightly upward, he turned head all around, randomly picked a budget hotel and walked in.

After spending a good few minutes handling check-in, Uesugi Toru walked toward the elevator.

As for why simply handling a check-in would take a good few minutes...

He recalled the front desk little sister who had been hinting inside and out to leave contact info, shook head: "From now on when going out I should still wear a mask."

Rode the elevator to the fifth floor, Uesugi Toru was just about to walk into his own room, when he slightly glanced aside, looking toward a pair of man and woman not far away.

The man in suit and leather shoes, looking like an elite successful person; the woman wearing sheer black thigh-high socks, wearing a bright red dress.

The two hooked shoulders and put arms around each other in the hotel aisle, Uesugi Toru listened slightly to their conversation and was tormented to the point of helplessly pursing his lips, pushed the door and walked into his own room.

Since the two people look like they're willing and feelings so good, he also has no need to meddle in idle matters.

If he meddles every time he runs into something a bit off, Uesugi Toru might as well change his name to All Neon's Big Dad.

Uesugi Toru sat on the big bed room, quietly staring at the progress bar wriggling to the very last bit, waiting for this exciting moment.

Another few minutes passed, a prompt quietly popped up before his eyes——

【"Haku Hannya (Youth Body)" upgrading: 100%!】

【Your Yokai Avatar · Haku Hannya (Youth Body) has finished upgrading!】

【You gained, Yokai Avatar · Haku Hannya (Adult Body)!】

The promotion completed silently, no gloomy wind wailing, no extra Spirit Power fluctuations exist.

Only continuously welling up from within the body for no reason scorching warm currents, and the world before his eyes becoming more vivid telling Uesugi Toru that Haku Hannya has already broken through to two stars.

Since the Physique and Will Attribute enhancements reflected onto the main body weren't too large, Uesugi Toru merely spent one minute adapting to the newly increased attributes.

He brought up the attribute panel——

【Physique: 30→32】

【Will: 14→16】

【Charm: 9】

【Spirit Arts: 23→24】

The increase wasn't very large, but it could be said to be steadily rising; the change of 2 points in Physique was not imperceptible either, bringing Uesugi Toru roughly a ten percent increase in strength.

If he used Corona Breathing Technique again now, the boost this ten percent growth brought to his flesh should be able to double, or even more.

And the attribute changes of his main body were merely the most insignificant tendrils of this promotion.

There were no pinhole cameras placed in this hotel room, so after Uesugi Toru casually drew the curtains, he stood alone on the ground and transformed into White Hannya Incarnation.

【Uesugi Toru (White Hannya Incarnation)】

【Physique: 32→72】

【Will: 16→28】

【Charm: 9→0】

【Spirit Arts: 24→30】

Apart from Charm, his Physique and Will attributes suddenly reached a terrifying degree; the two combined had actually reached a full 100 points!

Uesugi Toru stood in place and carefully moved his finger a little.

Whoosh—

The howling of the wind sounded, causing the mineral water originally placed at the corner of the desk to fall onto the ground.

"This..."

Uesugi Toru dared not move recklessly anymore; perhaps he still needed time to adapt to the suddenly surging power.

He exhaled slightly, sat very carefully on the bed, and began to quietly observe the changes in the White Hannya panel—

【White Hannya (Adult Form)】

【Quality: Epic】

【Rank: Two-Star】

【Rank Limit: Three-Star Half】

【Talents: Kishin (Jakku), Greed Anger Ignorance, Berserk, White of Fear】

【——Greed, Anger, Ignorance, Hate, Love, Evil, Desire all placed beneath the blade.】

This time there didn't seem to be too great a change in skills, but the "weak" character behind Greed Anger Ignorance had disappeared.

At the same time, the last line of introduction for White Hannya had become an introduction related to the "Greed Anger Ignorance" skill.

Uesugi Toru, somewhat expectantly, used his solidified will to click on "Greed Anger Ignorance," which was emitting a faint glow.

You must know, last time when White Hannya promoted and gained the skill White of Fear, the introduction beside the Yokai Avatar did not change.

Detailed annotations popped up.

【Greed Anger Ignorance: Causes additional damage to all targets that produce emotion; the more emotion accumulates, the greater the fluctuation, and the higher the damage caused.】

The introduction of Greed Anger Ignorance changed from originally "causing damage to targets that produce negative emotions" to now being able to cause damage to all targets that produce emotion.

Uesugi Toru was delighted.

Among Yaoguai, there are almost none whose hearts do not produce emotion; what difference is there between this and openly saying "I can add an extra segment of damage for no reason just by landing a slash"?

Moreover, now when he slashes down with one blade, it's not just an extra segment of damage.

Kaga Kiyomitsu's slash, piercing strengthening, Shiretsu that can simultaneously harm flesh and soul, Separation Sorrow Domain whose effect is quite significant with just one slash...

Plus the current Greed Anger Ignorance.

After Uesugi Toru's slash lands, four buffs appear together; even a Yokai with thick skin and tough flesh would have to drink a pot, and a Three-Star Level Great Demon cannot escape the common lot.

It can be said that although there was only a change of a few characters, the improvement to the skill Greed Anger Ignorance was immeasurably huge, raising the overall strength of the White Hannya Incarnation by another level.

One day, he will become a man who brings 99 kinds of buffs with one slash.

As for the talent Kishin (Jakku) that has not yet changed, Uesugi Toru guessed it should require waiting until White Hannya evolves into Red Hannya, or until reaching Three-Star Level before a fundamental Transformation occurs.

Regarding the small-level change from Two-Star to Two-Star Half, Uesugi Toru was still more inclined toward gaining a brand new talent.

Uesugi Toru put away the White Hannya panel with satisfaction and took a deep breath.

Next, it should be the Two-Star Gacha Pool he had saved over 3000 Soul Ash for...

【Detection: Your Will attribute has exceeded 15 points; some subsequent information on the Mental State Cultivation System has been unlocked.】

Hmm?

Will attribute exceeded 15 points?

After thinking for a moment, Uesugi Toru suddenly understood.

This should refer to his own Will attribute breaking through 15 points, not having to do with transforming into a Yokai.

As for the Mental State Cultivation System... the first thing Uesugi Toru thought of was Shizuku's Sword Heart Penetration, and the Buddhist Sect Six Realms he had browsed not long ago.

After this, he then remembered that not long after he first came into contact with Shizuku, he had comprehended the so-called Sword Heart Realm·Heart Like Still Water because of a pointer from her.

At that time, because of the Mental State breakthrough, he also gained a precious 2 points of Will.

So that's it.

Uesugi Toru looked downward.

【Initial Stage: Heart Like Still Water】

【Middle Stage: Jinken Gōitsu (Like a Mirror, Hundred Temperings, Return to One)】

【High Stage: Sword Heart Penetration】

【Transcendent Stage:?】

【Current Mental State Rank: Initial Stage: Heart Like Still Water】

【Note: Raising Will attribute to 20 points allows reaching Middle Stage: Like a Mirror】

"20 points of Will."

Uesugi Toru touched his chin, thinking that just asking for this bit of Will Attribute was far more practical than the mystical feeling Shizuku spoke of.

Before, he completely couldn't understand what Shizuku was saying, so he didn't continue cultivation on the mental state aspect.

"That helped a lot."

Uesugi Toru clicked "Middle Stage: Like a Mirror", discovering the pop-up prompt was actually 【Current Mental State Rank insufficient, temporarily unable to display】.

Tsk.

Waving his hand to close this page of prompts, Uesugi Toru exhaled.

"Three days east of the river, three days west of the river..."

Right now his Storage Backpack still had Dissociated Love lying in it that could temper will; as long as he placed that material of extremely high grade on his body, this mere 5 points of attribute probably wouldn't take long to obtain.

"Sooner or later I'll have to know anyway, acting like a Riddle."

After complaining once more about this design similar to "come explore the front areas later", Uesugi Toru swept away his worries, took a deep breath, and looked at the last page of prompts.

【Since your Yokai Avatar · Haku Byakuren reached Two Stars, Two-Star Limited Salvage is now open!】

【Two-Star Limited Salvage: Edo Castle Suburbs!】

Edo Castle?

Uesugi Toru's gaze sharpened — last time the One-Star Gacha Pool Abandoned Shrine was in Edo Castle, this time the Gacha Pool actually still had a connection to Edo Castle.

Could it be there's some connection between Gacha Pool and Gacha Pool?

Uesugi Toru narrowed his eyes, carefully examining the Gacha Pool background behind the four large characters "Edo Castle Suburbs".

In the background the sky was overcast, rows of familiar Gassho-style Houses packed tightly together, various Yokai wandering aimlessly on the Streets.

Ronin, Sōgen Fire, Jorogumo, Ashigaru...

Viscous black surged on the ground kicking up mud spots, Yokai occasionally colliding, fights breaking out.

At the same time, there was still Edo Castle's most city-style feature — seemingly never-stopping fine Raindrops constantly drifting down.

Without a doubt, although the number of Yokai seemed a bit excessive, this was indeed the Edo Castle he had been to.

【Each Salvage costs 150 Soul Ash.】

【First Ten-Pull Salvage only 70% off!】

After the same two lines of prompts appeared, the originally solid background rapidly faded, from the original CG-like clear realism turning into a truly Translucent background.

A pitch-black round ball bounced into the center of the Gacha Pool.

Uesugi Toru was just about to lean in to see what this was, when that round ball suddenly opened a crimson Pupil, locking tightly onto his line of sight.

Before he could guess what Yokai this was, dense crimson Pupils emerged on that black round ball.

Corresponding prompt rapidly popped up —

【Hundred-Eyed Demon】

【Quality: Rare+】

"Hundred-Eyed Demon..."

Uesugi Toru took out the Hundred-Eyed Demon's single eyeball from his Storage Backpack; last time his intersection with these three words "Hundred-Eyed Demon" traced back to this Prop.

This eyeball's help to him at the time was indeed not small, but placed now it was already somewhat Chicken Rib.

— With the time to release the Hundred-Eyed Demon Eyeball, Uesugi Toru might as well personally climb to a High Place and scan around once.

That way also wouldn't release excess Spiritual Power Fluctuation.

"However, this Hundred-Eyed Demon looks too ugly, doesn't it."

Uesugi Toru clicked his tongue; if later when transforming into Hundred-Eyed Demon his Charm Attribute didn't decrease, he could hardly imagine what Art Style a black ball covered in dense Pupils with 9 points or even above 9 points Charm Attribute would be.

But just as if guessing Uesugi Toru's thoughts, those dozens to hundreds of crimson Pupils blinked, immediately closing uniformly, leaving only two Pupils on the surface visible to Outsiders.

Next moment, the black ball seemed to turn into Liquid, stretching, deforming, reshaping... soon a black-haired loli with long hair floating mid-air hugging her Knees manifested.

She slowly opened her eyes, revealing those two crystalline Pupils more bewitchingly crimson than rubies.

Swish swish swish —

The Edo Castle Suburbs background phantom faded again, and beside the quietly knee-hugging black-haired loli appeared piles of Equipment and Props stacked together.

Armor, crystalline marbles, rubies, orbs, candles... varied types, everything one could expect.

Uesugi Toru clicked on the most eye-catching imposing full set of black Chest Armor.

【Shi Commander Tongjia】

【Quality: Rare+】

Uesugi Toru blinked, then randomly clicked a few more items that caught the eye.

【Soul Incense Candle】

【Quality: Rare+】

【Ashigaru's Essence】

【Quality: Common】

【Five Thunder Orb】

【Quality: Rare+】

The average quality of Props in the Gacha Pool was quite high, but the highest quality was actually only "Rare+", and even the Yokai Avatar · Hundred-Eyed Demon was merely this quality, one grade higher than the original Three-Tailed Fox.

But a Two-Star Gacha Pool costing 150 Soul Ash per pull actually had no Epic Quality or above items at all...

"Looks like whether Epic Quality Avatar, or Equipment or Props, are all very rare."

Uesugi Toru pondered — both his Avatars reaching Epic Quality had Luck factors, the former happened to encounter a High-Rank Yokai, the latter borrowed the First Wave's light.

Thinking like that, the Epic Equipment placed in the Blacksmith Shop back then worth thousands of Soul Ash wasn't Expensive at all, could even be called fairly priced.

"Forget it, don't think so much."

Compared to this kind of thing, the lively Gacha Pool before his eyes was more important.

Uesugi Toru had accumulated this much Soul Ash precisely so he could do a ten-pull the moment the gacha pool appeared.

He used his mind to heavily click "Ten-Pull Salvage," wrapped in a crystal-clear blood-red shell.

1050 points of Soul Ash, consumed!

Ten-pull, activate!

Rumble—

The entire Edo Castle Suburbs shook; countless yokai wandering the streets vigilantly halted their steps and whatever they were doing, looking around in all directions.

Yet no grand scene or brilliant light appeared.

Only the black-haired loli in the center of the gacha pool lazily yawned, then stepped with bare white feet *pata* into the muddy ground, bending over to rummage through that treasure pile stacked like a small mountain.

It seems this time's gacha animation is the yokai avatar · Hundred-Eyed Demon personally finding props for him from within the gacha pool.

"The animation is quite novel."

Uesugi Toru gazed at that black-haired loli rummaging through the treasure pile, occasionally tossing one or two items toward his direction, and couldn't help but laugh and shake his head.

Before long, ten items were tossed before him by Hundred-Eyed Demon, piled into a small mountain.

Gain prompts popped up one after another—

【Soul Incense Ash (Small)】 ×3, 【Soul Incense Ash (Medium)】 ×4, 【Soul Incense Ash (Large)】, 【Hundred-Eyed Demon's Single Eyeball】, 【Soul Incense Candle】.

"How is it already a two-star gacha pool yet still spitting out a pile of Soul Incense Ash."

Although the overall grades of Soul Incense Ash have been raised considerably because of the gacha pool level increase, this heaven-defying drop rate still makes one unable to refrain from complaining.

Uesugi Toru sighed: "Forget it, just treat it as stockpiling the experience bar in advance."

Among the ten items, Soul Incense Ash (Small) and (Medium) he couldn't be bothered to even look at; they're merely experience bottles polluting the gacha pool, and the former can occasionally even be fished out of a half-star gacha pool.

Soul Incense Ash (Large) is not bad though; one portion equals a full 250 experience points, and even purely as an experience bottle it makes Uesugi Toru very satisfied.

But there's also no need to check the panel individually.

What concerns him are the last two items.

First is Hundred-Eyed Demon's eyeball… it actually extracted a prop with an exactly identical name again.

This is the first time Uesugi Toru has seen this kind of situation.

He took it out, gazing at the red gemstone in his hand refracting cold white light, and discovered the newly extracted Hundred-Eyed Demon eyeball differs somewhat from the previous one.

【Hundred-Eyed Demon's Single Eyeball】

【Quality: Excellent Quality】

【Use 1: Equip on Yokai Avatar】

【Use 2: Use on Yokai Avatar · Hundred-Eyed Demon.】

【— Edo has ghosts, born with a hundred eyes. So… accidentally dropping an eyeball or two is also quite normal, right?】

An additional use appeared, but it cannot be released to fly alone.

Judging by this description, this eyeball should be a prop used to strengthen the Hundred-Eyed Demon avatar.

But it can actually be equipped on a yokai avatar too?

Uesugi Toru had a sudden whim, equipping both eyeballs one in front of the other simultaneously on the White Hannya Incarnation.

Immediately, the originally normal vision transformed in an instant into an abstract, distorted 360-degree large circle; this vision was twisted and strange like a panoramic camera that had encircled a full loop.

Uesugi Toru casually shook his head a bit, and felt the entire world wildly spinning.

He hurriedly stopped, took off both Hundred-Eyed Demon eyeballs and threw them together into the Storage Backpack,

"Better go support the future."

After pausing a moment, Uesugi Toru took out what should be the heaviest-weight prop from the Edo Castle gacha pool's first ten-pull.

*Pata. *

A candle about fifteen centimeters long, crystal-clear and transparent, fell into Uesugi Toru's palm.

Immediately a wondrous clear fragrance wafted out, making Uesugi Toru's mental state become peaceful and tranquil in an instant.

This effect!

He stared fixedly at this candle.

【Soul Incense Candle】

【Quality: Rare+】

【Effect 1: Necessary material for Yokai Avatar to advance from three-star to four-star.】

【Effect 2: Calming Spirit, Quiet Breath, Exorcise Evil.】

【Effect 3: When ignited during Shikigami promotion, can provide assistance.】

【— An extremely rare incense candle in Chang Shi, widely useful whether lit or unlit.】

Good stuff.

With this Soul Incense Candle, Uesugi Toru no longer needs to guard against Dissociated Love causing excessive influence on himself; the Will Attribute improvement can be even faster.

It is even the necessary material for Yokai Avatar to advance from three-star to four-star, the key to crossing the Ghost God Level barrier.

One could say, this single Soul Incense Candle is completely worth 1050 points of Soul Ash.

Uesugi Toru carefully held the incense candle in hand and took a deep breath, only feeling his ears clear and eyes bright, spirit clear and qi smooth; the entire world instantly broadened.

Almost half the effect of using Soul-Calming Incense Ash (Minor) — but the former requires consuming the item and is time-limited, while the Soul Incense Candle only needs to be carried on the body to take effect.

Superiority and inferiority are clearly distinguished.

Current Soul Ash reserves still remain at 2217 points.

But Uesugi Toru does not intend to immediately do another ten-pull; instead he sets his gaze on 【Special Salvage: Fishing Master】.

That's right, he had planned earlier to enter Fishing Master once more after the White Hannya Incarnation broke through to two-star — maybe he could still gain 300 Soul Ash points in it, then immediately follow with a second ten-pull.

"Well then, come on."

Uesugi Toru placed his intent on 【Activate Salvage】, but before he could press it, the door was knocked heavily.

From outside the door came an utterly terrified voice,

"——Help! Save me! That's a monster wearing human skin aaaaah!"

(End of Chapter)