Chapter 90: Your Forward Strike Is Weak, Your Backward Strike Is Clumsy (Requesting Monthly Tickets

As soon as he finished speaking, countless previously devoured spirits surged out of the darkness, their expressions filled with terror.

But strangely, they were not afraid of being consumed by Saeki Toshio—they feared something within the darkness.

Danger! Stay away from there! Stay away from that monster!!

“Waaahhhhh————!!!”

Saeki Toshio screamed as he collapsed to the ground, his bloated, massive body rolling violently before he clutched his ruptured abdomen, as if trying to press the wound shut.

For a demon, this was not difficult—even sometimes done deliberately to frighten others.

But this time, no matter how hard Saeki Toshio strained, the wound showed no sign of healing whatsoever.

“Found it… so it was hiding here.”

Suddenly, Wu Xian’s malicious laughter echoed from within the wound’s darkness.

“Brat, though you’re ugly and your crying is annoying, your flavor is truly excellent—and now, your soul and the authority of the Yellow Springs belong to me.”

As he spoke, a chilling sound of gnawing slowly began.

Saeki Toshio’s wailing ceased abruptly; after a few seconds of silence, he let out a beast-like roar.

Ignoring his torn wound and the growing hunger in his gut, he frantically reached into his disemboweled abdomen, trying to pull out the monster inside.

Pull out the monster devouring his soul and his mother’s authority!!

But sadly, he failed—and soon lost both his hands, while the gnawing grew louder.

Soon, the beast’s roar transformed back into the cry of a child.

“Waaahhh—so painful, so hungry… Big brother, please let me go! Let me go, waaahhhhh————!!”

Saeki Toshio pleaded like a true child, his cries now far more natural, truly heart-wrenching to hear.

But it was useless—Wu Xian paid him no mind, still devouring voraciously, more like a hungry ghost than he ever was.

Eventually, Saeki Toshio’s cries faded into weakness, watching helplessly as his soul was slowly torn apart, chewed, swallowed, and fully digested by the monster in his belly…

【Side Quest Completed — Completely Killed Saeki Toshio’s Body. Reward: One C-Rank Side Quest, 2000 Points.】

【Side Quest Completed — Acquired One Fragment of the Yellow Springs. Reward: One C-Rank Side Quest, 3000 Points.】

“Thank you for the meal…”

Finally, the gnawing ceased, and a joyful laugh slowly spread through the air.

At the same time, Saeki Toshio’s massive body turned to ash, replaced by a tall, slender figure clad in black armor.

Wu Xian licked his lips, his eyes pitch black for a long moment before returning to their golden hue.

“My mental strength increased by roughly ten percent… Indeed, the Main God’s products are always top-tier.”

Clearly, the method used to devour Saeki Toshio’s soul was one of the Eight Marvelous Techniques: the Spirit Binding and Commanding Art’s Spirit Absorption Method.

Unlike the unclear or possibly nonexistent side effects in the original manga, Wu Xian’s version of 【Spirit Binding and Commanding】 is a modified one by the Main God—with zero side effects.

After devouring a spirit, Wu Xian may either inherit their abilities or digest them to permanently increase his total mental strength.

“And this fragment of the Yellow Springs’ authority… the Hungry Ghost Path? I wonder if I can use it in other worlds—and honestly, someone as sunny as me feels oddly mismatched with underworld things.”

Thinking this, Wu Xian rubbed his stomach, his expression thoughtful.

Boom—!!!!

At that moment, violent trembling rose from beneath his feet.

Dozens of meters away, a pair of pale hands tore through the earth’s crust, emerging to reveal their true form.

Compared to Saeki Toshio’s deformed giant form, this figure was truly a terrifying ghost-god.

Nearly three meters tall, it stood upright with three faces—green-skinned, fanged, and six muscular, thick arms.

The giant demon lowered its head, looking down at Wu Xian, who reached only to its waist. Though its eyes were blank white, they radiated endless humiliation and rage.

“Oh! Isn’t this Mr. Green Hat?”

Seeing the three familiar faces, Wu Xian sneered: “What’s this? Come to avenge your cheating wife’s son? Didn’t know you were such a responsible cuckold. My apologies!”

Clearly, the three-headed, six-armed green-faced demon was none other than Saeki Gōxiong, Kayako’s husband before death—and the root cause of the curse.

In the film, this idiot, consumed by incompetence and jealousy, brutally murdered his faithful wife and locked his own son in a closet to starve to death…

Such a heartless, inhuman monster deserved death ten thousand times over.

And Saeki Gōxiong indeed received his retribution: not only did he die at Kayako’s hands, but she turned him into her first spirit, tormenting him endlessly day and night, denying him eternal peace.

And his current form bore a striking resemblance to one of the Six Realms: the Asura.

Green-faced, fanged, three-headed, six-armed… the only oddity was that the six palms held not blades or staffs, but six gleaming kitchen knives.

In fact, when Wu Xian first saw the weapons Saeki Gōxiong wielded, he nearly burst out laughing.

He wondered: did Kayako have a sense of humor? Or did housewives truly believe kitchen knives were the ultimate weapon?

“Hoooooooorrrrrr————!!!”

Saeki Gōxiong, long since turned into a puppet by Kayako, had lost all reason—only boundless rage and jealousy remained etched into his soul.

But he couldn’t understand Wu Xian’s mockery—surely Kayako, who controlled him, understood?

Green hat… cheating… cuckold…

Once she grasped the meaning of these three words, a storm of fury erupted across the entire Yellow Springs fragment.

Immediately, Saeki Gōxiong roared, obeying Kayako’s command, swinging his six knives from all angles toward Wu Xian, as if determined to chop him into dumpling filling!

Seeing this, Wu Xian dropped his smirk, raised his staff with both hands, and met the six descending blades head-on without dodging.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang————!!

A series of metallic clashes rang out, echoing across the empty plain.

Saeki Gōxiong had been merely an ordinary man in life—he knew no swordplay, at best a clumsy “Xiaji Eight Slash.” Now he merely relied on his extra limbs to swing the knives in rapid succession.

Combined with the Asura’s immense strength, the blades created hundreds of afterimages—on first glance, he almost looked like a martial master.

In contrast, the slender Wu Xian blocked every strike effortlessly with just a single staff, holding his ground without yielding.

Hoooooooorrrr————!!

Saeki Gōxiong roared, pushing beyond his limits under Kayako’s command, every muscle screaming in agony.

Yet astonishingly, each time he accelerated, Wu Xian matched him effortlessly—and grew stronger with every clash, his stamina seemingly endless, stirring a flicker of fear in the mindless demon.

Pshhh—!!

Then, suddenly, Wu Xian stopped swinging his staff, left his center wide open, and let one knife strike his body.

Seeing this, Kayako, controlling Saeki Gōxiong, felt a surge of triumph—then immediately sensed something wrong.

Indeed, the next second, another Wu Xian split off from the first, and while Saeki Gōxiong was stunned, the second Wu Xian swung his staff downward, shattering his two right arms.

“Your forward strike is weak, your backward strike is clumsy!”

As he spoke, Saeki Gōxiong, now frenzied, smashed his remaining four arms toward Wu Xian.

But just as before, they struck only afterimages—then his two left arms were shattered in the same manner.

“Your footwork is loose, your reactions are slow!”

Heavy blows struck his knee joints, forcing him to kneel; when he tried to rise, pressure on his neck locked him in place.

“What level are you even on? Thinking you can compete with me? Go train another twenty thousand years!”

Wu Xian sneered, raising his Heaven-Devouring Staff and delivering an upward strike to Saeki Gōxiong’s chin, forcing him upright.

Then, releasing the fully charged three-stage staff technique, he smashed it into Saeki Gōxiong’s chest—shattering it in an explosion.

Boom————!!

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