Chapter 454
Asura Prajna, Beginning the Ascension to Godhood! Another all-in on Soul Ashes, acquirin
Chapter 454 Asura Prajna, Beginning the Ascension to Godhood! Once again, all-in on Soul Ashes, acquiring a full one hundred high-value items!
Uesugi Tetsu hesitated for a moment, first wrapping his hands with layers of qi and spiritual power, before carefully picking up the ominous-looking note at the bottom of the box from a distance.
He is ready.
—If this note contains something like the "Yellow Springs" (a concept in Chinese mythology associated with the underworld), then just commit suicide on the spot to cut off the spread of the contamination at its root.
However, after Uesugi Tetsu saw the note, he was not affected in the slightest.
So he concentrated intently and began to identify each character one by one.
This old note, with writing on it in scarlet bloodstains, has only a few lines of text left legible—
The journey that followed was fraught with peril beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
【…】
At the very least, a whole team of extraordinary "Walkers of the Mortal Realm" is needed to enter; if there are a hundred of them, they can attempt to erase that darkness...
【…】
Remember, remember, never be arrogant.
After reading the entire note with some difficulty, Uesugi Tetsu looked at the worn and yellowed [Huijue's Kapala Bowl] in his hand.
This oddly shaped "bowl" did indeed make him feel somewhat dangerous.
The history it represents is, in most cases, as the note suggests, extremely perilous.
Uesugi Tetsu smiled helplessly.
But what other way could he go but to go in alone?
Forget about a hundred or so people, even if they were to encounter the second surviving member of the Changshi Walking Team, it would take who knows how long.
After all, a World Walker wouldn't publicly announce that they are a World Walker unless they think they've lived too long!
Of course, it is more likely that in this era, he is indeed the only one left who can remain as a wandering immortal.
Because for such a long period of time in recent years, no one else has appeared in the walking gatherings.
In short, it's not possible to find someone to team up with for a dungeon run.
He'll have to go whether he wants to or not.
Of course, not now.
Not to mention that the second wave is coming soon, if we go back to the past, we might miss it if too much time passes.
Even if this second wave doesn't come, Uesugi Tetsu wouldn't rashly enter a historical era that, apart from being clearly marked as "extremely dangerous," has no other information.
Furthermore, the "Huijue Kapala Bowl," which serves as a key to history, explicitly states that it is already damaged, and using it directly would likely transport one to some unknown era.
—Let's take these two items to Mokujin first. Since she knows the shadowy figure from the Heian period a thousand years ago, there's a good chance she knows this mysterious "Huijue".
As for the damage, who knows, Lord Mokujin might just casually fix it up beautifully.
Uesugi Tetsuya put the note and the kapala bowl into his storage backpack and prepared to leave.
But as soon as he turned around, he found that the vortex of flesh and blood that had been silently and calmly spinning behind him had disappeared.
Can't get out.
Uesugi Tetsu opened his all-seeing eye, taking in every detail of this "5×5×5" sized flesh and blood space, but still couldn't find anything suspicious.
The next instant, blazing white lightning, surging with destructive power, burst forth from his fingertips and struck the wall that had been swirling with flesh and blood.
chi chi...
After the lightning disappeared, the crimson walls of flesh and blood remained fresh.
Not even a trace of char or burnt remains.
Even the Grandmaster-level Spirit Control Technique combined with the Five Thunder Technique couldn't break through his defenses... Uesugi Tetsu felt there was no need to try any other moves.
This has proven that the strength of the World Walker who left behind this "Flesh and Blood Secret Realm" far exceeds that of himself.
Perhaps it is the Great Wilderness God, or perhaps it is the True God.
Who knows?
After pondering for a moment, Uesugi Tetsu took out Huijue's kapala bowl and note again and placed them back in the iron box exactly as they were.
The moment the two objects were returned to their original places, the vortex of flesh and blood that represented the way out reappeared.
After several repeated experiments and discovering the pattern, Uesugi Tetsuya understood.
The "disappearance of the vortex" after the items in the iron box are a test of the goodwill of the ordinary walker who left this secret realm.
It's as if it's saying, "If you can't even solve such a simple problem, then don't touch the things in the box!"
This mechanism is indeed good.
It serves as a screening tool to ensure competence, preventing a bunch of newcomers from carelessly taking the highly dangerous "key to history" out and causing a major disaster.
This also allows these newcomers to promote the secret realm here, attracting truly capable and skilled worldly practitioners to come.
But it's a pity.
This ingenious idea and design... was largely a failure.
Because it waited until Uesugi Tetsu, the only remaining Tokiwa (a wandering spirit) of this era.
Perhaps they all disappeared after a short walk, or perhaps this place is so remote that no one has ever found it.
"However, I'm different."
Uesugi Tetsu casually put the two items back into his storage backpack, and also took the seemingly useless iron box with him.
They only gave up after touching the fleshy wall and discovering that the thing couldn't be put into their backpack.
pity.
This excellent material, capable of completely blocking one's full-force attack, cannot be taken out.
Uesugi Tetsu grinned again.
—Even though he can't go out, he can still use Zisha pottery directly.
Thinking of this, after putting away Xiao Jia, Xiao Qing, and Karudo, Uesugi Tetsuya directly detonated the All-Spirit Furnace Core within his body, causing it to explode violently inside the small flesh and blood cube.
……
"It's been a long time since I've experienced dying like this, self-destructing at full strength, it's really exhilarating..."
Uesugi Tetsuya, whose body, consciousness, and thoughts were all shattered in an instant, grinned and opened his eyes in the shadows of the present world.
Fortunately, he had a sword heart, and within a few seconds he suppressed the intense emotional fluctuations and calmed down again.
Uesugi Tetsuya took out his sword again, and then took out his phone.
As soon as he turned on his phone, he found that Ye Chun had sent him a message on Line.
[Ye Chun: Uesugi-kun, are you alright? Is there anything I can help you with?]
Uesugi Tetsuya was taken aback. The timing was too perfect. Could it be that Ye Chun had actually been watching him from somewhere unknown all along?
Otherwise, how could they have not sent a single message for the first three days and three nights, but then immediately come to check on you the moment they returned to the real world?
Ye Chun was indeed watching him, but he was watching the changes in Uesugi Tetsuya's IP address.
Few people know that after a mobile phone enters the mortal world, its IP address becomes "unknown," and it naturally returns to normal upon returning to the real world.
Uesugi Tetsuya calmly scanned the surroundings with his All-Seeing Eye, and withdrew his gaze after finding nothing unusual.
Not asking such a trivial question that might ruin their friendship, Uesugi Tetsuya replied simply. [Tsukisawa-chan: It's nothing, I just used a few tricks to get back directly from the Otherworld. Thank you for your concern, Miss Ye Jun.]
[Ye Chun: It's okay, it's okay, I'm fine! I'm so glad you're back safe and sound, Uesugi-kun!]
Immediately afterwards, Ye Chun posted a Q-version emoji that said "Safety First".
After finishing his conversation with Ye Chun, Uesugi Tetsu looked at several Special Affairs Department work groups that were already marked with "99+".
Whether it was the former Arakawa Ward Special Affairs Office or the current Hokkaido Special Affairs Office, information from them has begun to flood social media.
Most of them are related to the "second wave".
Uesugi Tetsu clicked into it and found that the signs and hints of an impending wave were already quite obvious.
—With the first wave as a model, the Special Affairs Department's response methods and measures have now become modularized and standardized, and the upper limit of the target's tolerance is more than five times the damage caused by the first wave.
Ignoring resource consumption, it leaves a large redundancy to prevent unexpected situations.
This is one of the Special Affairs Department's main policies at present.
He lurked in the group for a while and found that the special affairs department of Arakawa Ward had begun to do some basic work and training for ordinary people.
After all, that area belongs to one of Tokyo's 23 wards, with a population density far exceeding that of other places. It was also a severely affected area in the wave, so it's normal that the response was faster than in other places.
Currently, the goal of the Arakawa Ward Special Affairs Office is to "transfer all ordinary citizens to safe locations before the arrival of the second wave, while maintaining normal production and life as much as possible."
"We will never repeat the tragedy of the first wave!"
This sentence was highlighted in red and pinned to the top.
However, after browsing through the two groups, Uesugi Tetsu found that, apart from this point, almost everything else was being pushed forward more quickly by Nanjo Manami's people.
He was initially puzzled, but then his mouth dropped open when he saw people reporting their work progress in the group chat, even creating a serious "competitive atmosphere."
Holy crap, they're all a bunch of tycoons!
Nanjo-nee, is this the kind of soldier you trained?!
Then, Uesugi Tetsu discovered in the group announcement that Nanjo Aimi had set up a whole bunch of tiered rewards.
"This overtime work really pays off with good stuff..."
Uesugi Tetsu clicked his tongue in amazement—if it were when he wasn't so strong, he might have already joined the infighting army and started frantically trying to win the generous rewards offered by Nanjo Aimi.
Things are different now.
This small gain is not enough to shake his original plan.
After sending a message in the group saying "Young people, keep up the good work and work your butts off," Uesugi Tetsu put his phone back in his pocket.
Then I opened the skill proficiency panel.
[Spirit Control Technique - Qi (Grandmaster 6289/20000)] → [Spirit Control Technique - Qi (Grandmaster 6401/20000)]
[Five Thunder Techniques - Qi Harmony (Grandmaster 11/25000)] → [Five Thunder Techniques - Qi Harmony (Grandmaster 522/25000)]
Uesugi Tetsu's expression darkened.
I slaughtered countless weaklings for three days and three nights, and this is all I gained in skill level.
The Five Thunder Technique is barely passable, but the Spirit Control Technique is really not improving... After reaching the Grandmaster level, it's becoming increasingly difficult to increase proficiency.
When you switch to the Master level, the proficiency on both sides increases by at least four digits.
Uesugi Tetsu also took the opportunity to experience the formation of the Zhou Tian Flame Armor. It has now completed a total of 280 Flame Seeds, and is not far from the 360 "Zhou Tian Huan Huan" (circling the heavens).
Keep in mind that he spent almost no extra time on this.
If the Corona Breathing Technique has just been sublimated, the proficiency level will hardly increase.
"If you don't actively cultivate and research, then you just stay still...?"
Uesugi Tetsuya was quite understanding.
As the essence of the Life River Breathing Method, the Spirit Treasury is inherently much more difficult than the ordinary "Five Organs Immortals" method, not to mention that it has been sublimated once and is now different from all the breathing methods he has ever encountered.
“The cultivation of spiritual essence… also requires a lot of time.”
He sighed softly.
There's not much free time right now, so I'll just have to take it slow and see what happens as I go.
In short, let's first convert the large amount of Soul Ash we have into our own strength.
Uesugi Tetsu looked at the "Soul Ashes" column.
[Soul Ash: 123555]
120,000 soul ash should be enough, right?
Uesugi Tetsu returned to Tokoyo—but this time to the familiar, deserted wasteland, Kisaragi Station.
Splash...
Splash...
From the far distance, the sound of the ocean waves, like a hallucination, drifted over.
"It does sound like it's going to be much bigger than the first wave."
Uesugi Tetsu shifted his gaze from the leaden sky, and a thought arose when his eyes fell on the gacha page.
—Anyway, the factory owners will definitely take further action against the real world when the second wave arrives. In that case, why not strike first after you have the power of two demon gods?
With the Demon King's World Map in hand and Ye Chun's intelligence support, Uesugi Tetsuya, who was completely fearless, felt that he could plunder tons of resources from those evil, rich factory owners.
Anyway, we were already locked in a life-or-death struggle.
Okay, then it's decided.
With a cheerful mood, Uesugi Tetsu clicked on the gacha pool [This is the path to the strongest], selected "Shura Hannya" as the featured character, and then the page refreshed.
Uesugi Tetsuya, who was rolling in money, didn't hesitate for a moment and immediately started spamming ten-pulls into the small gacha pool...
After a bloody and chaotic eighty consecutive draws, all the materials needed for Asura Prajna's advancement were finally gathered.
In the blink of an eye, the Soul Ashes that I had worked so hard for three days and three nights to obtain were reduced to a pitiful 43,000.
Boss Shenghai... certainly wouldn't be short of a few tens of thousands of soul ash!
Uesugi Tetsu convinced himself with just one thought, and then went all in on the 43,000 Soul Ashes into the four-star card pool where Guhuoniao was located.
After a moment of silence, the gacha pool was enveloped in a dense mass of gray light.
Boom boom boom boom boom!
Witnessing this huge commotion, Uesugi Tetsu's eyes were filled with anticipation.
Could it be that I got a great item in one 10-pull?
But a few seconds later, when the gray light completely dissipated and its true form was revealed, Uesugi Tetsuya's eyes gradually stiffened.
It's a large shipment, definitely a large shipment.
Impressive, truly impressive.
The price-performance ratio is indeed phenomenal.
On average, you can get a rare quality weapon for less than 500 soul ash. Is there really such a good thing?
But I can't use it at all.
Uesugi Tetsu stared speechlessly at the hundred and so various [Rare] quality weapons that the gacha pool had released, and even a few [Epic] quality melee weapons.
Katana, naginata, tachi, odachi, flail, sickle...
No, are you giving him so many weapons so he can go into hiding and open a blacksmith shop in the countryside?
"Let's give these weapons to the Special Affairs Department afterwards. Nanjo-nee can distribute them as rewards. It'll be pretty impressive if everyone gets a rare weapon..."
With a deep sigh, Uesugi Tetsuya stuffed all one hundred "bulk items" into his storage backpack.
Next.
Let's officially begin the Asura Prajna's ascension to godhood!
(End of this chapter)