Chapter 39

【Berserk: The more severe your injuries, the more your Physique grows, and the faster your injuries recover.】

Simple description, wonderful strength!

As for why the strength is wonderful……

Uesugi Toru merely used Kaga Kiyomitsu to cut a thumb-thick gash on his arm, and discovered his Physique had jumped from twenty-nine points to a full thirty points.

He didn't even dare imagine how much his Physique would grow if he were beaten half to death — in any case, the increase should be around 10 points or more.

Besides that, Uesugi Toru now only needs to slightly circulate the Kiai Technique to squeeze the Qi inside his body to its limit for an amplified sensation even without transforming into Warai Hannya.

This couldn't help but make him sigh — humans truly do have limits.

While adapting to the surging power within his body, Uesugi Toru continued looking down with a cheerful mood.

【Since your Yokai Avatar Warai Hannya has reached One-Star, the One-Star Limited Salvage is now open!】

【One-Star Limited Salvage: Abandoned Shrine!】

The instant this line of prompt appeared, Uesugi Toru could see the illusory shadow of a desolate, dilapidated shrine sitting behind the title text, replacing the original Bamboo Forest as the new Gacha Pool.

Huh…… why does this shrine look a bit familiar?

Uesugi Toru leaned in close and stared for a good while, confirming his guess upon seeing the two three-tailed fox stone statues at the doorway.

Isn't this exactly the Edo Castle Abandoned Shrine he visited not long ago!

But is there some connection involved?

Uesugi Toru couldn't figure it out for the moment, so he could only bury this doubt in the bottom of his heart.

【Each Salvage costs 50 Soul Ash.】

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

After the two lines of prompt dispersed, many translucent illusory shadows appeared again inside the originally desolate shrine.

The largest among them was a figure standing in the center of the pool wearing a Fox Mask and holding a Folding Fan, but due to the mask, Uesugi Toru couldn't identify what Yokai this was.

He attempted to click on the illusory shadow with his mind.

【Three-Tailed Fox】

【Quality: Rare】

This prompt immediately popped up above the shadow's head, making Uesugi Toru both pleasantly surprised and a bit speechless.

The surprise was that he could know how many good things were left in the pool that hadn't been pulled out yet.

But what's the meaning of this prompt only popping up halfway?

Teasing the appetite, huh?

Next, he tried clicking on the props worn on the Three-Tailed Fox's body, discovering each was an Excellent Quality or Rare grade prop, looking exceptionally tempting.

Only they just wouldn't tell you their specific effects and attributes.

Uesugi Toru narrowed his eyes, coldly snorted — it's merely 350 Soul Ash, watch Daddy use big Soul Ash to ruthlessly pull this little pool dry!

Without any hesitation, Uesugi Toru directly used his mind to heavily click the black-Qi-roiling 【Ten-Pull Salvage】.

——Ten-Pull, activate!

Rumble…… Rumble rumble……

Accompanying the disappearance of a full three hundred fifty points of Soul Ash, the originally quiet, uninhabited dilapidated shrine gradually began to tremble.

Damp moss rapidly receded, dust and miscellaneous goods were swept away by a great wind, the chaotic branches on both sides seeming as if they had been freshly trimmed, neat and orderly.

Almost in an instant, the shrine had taken on a brand-new appearance.

Uesugi Toru thought to himself that this Gacha Animation was done pretty well, vivid and lifelike.

Then, right before his eyes, the two fox stone statues at the doorway actually lit up with light in their eyes and moved to life; they ran into the shrine, then carried out one prop after another in their mouths.

Soon, ten props of varying colors were placed outside the shrine, only pity this Ten-Pull didn't extract the Yokai Three-Tailed Fox.

After the shrine slowly returned to its original appearance, Uesugi Toru looked at the various props that were both unfamiliar and familiar.

【Soul-Calming Incense Ash (Minor)】×3, 【Soul Incense Ash (Small)】×3, 【Soul Incense Ash (Medium)】.

【Clear Heart Charm】, 【Blessed Folding Fan】, 【Enpo Scroll (Fragment)】.

Among them seven portions were familiar Soul-Calming Incense Ash, but this time they were no longer a big pile of white light making up the numbers.

Because among them, the Soul Incense Ash (Small) marked with "Small" was emitting a faint green light, while the 【Soul Incense Ash (Medium)】 even carried a rich green light.

Click open the Panel, and you can see its annotation——

【Soul Incense Ash (Medium)】

【Quality: Superior Quality】

【Effect: One of the necessary materials for upgrading from Two-Star to Three-Star.】

So Soul Incense Ash (Small) is the necessary material for upgrading from One-Star to Two-Star, then.

Uesugi Toru glanced at Warai Hannya's upgrade conditions, discovering they had produced requirements slightly different from before.

【Upgrade Required: Soul-Calming Incense Ash (0/50)】

【Predicted upgrade time cost is 168 hours (One Week).】

The upgrade conditions didn't desperately become 10 portions of Soul Incense Ash (Small), but changed from a fixed quantity into a Progress Bar.

He tried a little, discovering that investing Soul Incense Ash (Small) equated to 10 points of progress, while Soul-Calming Incense Ash (Minor) only equated to 2 points of progress.

Rare conscientious design, ah.

Uesugi Toru exclaimed in admiration.

Only, the time needed for upgrade has also doubled; don't know if there are props that can accelerate this point.

Not thinking much more, Uesugi Toru looked at the remaining three items.

【Clear Heart Charm】

【Quality: Excellent Quality】

【Effect One: Tranquil. Wearing the Clear Heart Charm nourishes the spirit slightly.】

【Effect Two: Sensing. When yaoguai appear nearby, the Clear Heart Charm will warm slightly.】

【——An omamori long enshrined within a shrine, possessing certain miraculous effects.】

It is an item that lets ordinary people discover yokai, though for Uesugi Toru, who can sense yokai qi and see the stars atop other yokai's heads, it is of little use.

He would give this omamori to Shizuku.

Uesugi Toru thought, after all Shizuku only excelled at swordplay, unlike an Onmyoji who had many means of discovering yokai kaidan.

Next came the main event—the folding fan held by the Three-Tailed Fox, emitting a faint blue light.

【Blessed Folding Fan】

【Quality: Rare】

【Effect One: Qingfeng Planet. Consume spirit power, no chanting needed to accelerate and move a distance toward a designated direction. Movement distance and speed increase with spirit power consumed. Can only be used once every thirty seconds.】

【Effect Two: Terrifying Heavenly Thunder. Consume spirit power, no chanting needed to release a bolt of heavenly thunder at a designated target. The heavenly thunder's power increases with spirit power consumed. Can only be used once every five minutes.】

【——The folding fan of a Jinja Guji, once blessed by the prayers offered to the gods.】

Good things.

Those who have played games know how important a timing point "raising a hand" is; many bosses have died because they raised their hands too slowly.

Just two instant-cast skills without chanting are enough to make this folding fan worthy of the Rare quality.

Not to mention one is a movement skill and the other is a high-damage burst skill.

It's a pity this folding fan should be the dedicated weapon of a spellcasting yokai like the Three-Tailed Fox, and completely mismatched with his muscle-like Prajna whose spirit technique attribute is only a paltry 4 points.

Though the weapon is good, it can only go with the Chief Priest Robe to support the future Three-Tailed Fox Incarnation.

Thinking of this, Uesugi Toru sighed, looking at the last item—

【Enpo Scroll (Fragment)】

【Quality: Excellent Quality】

【Effect: After use, provides 100 proficiency points for a designated skill.】

He was stunned for a moment, then looked at his Kiai Technique proficiency.

——【Kiai Technique Fragment (Proficiency 201/300)】.

End of Chapter