I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

She stared at the four-tailed fox with all-red fur and immediately understood everything.

—Lord Che didn't come back, he died.

Just now, I was killed by that illness.

"Ok?"

Just as Imagawa Yoshimoto was about to nock the next enchanted arrow, he froze.

She looked at the fox demon before her, who wore a veiled mask, exuded an astonishing aura, and had four blood-red tails swaying behind her. She blinked and asked instinctively,

"Che-jun?"

I'll explain my appearance later.

With that one sentence, Uesugi Tetsuya impaled Kaga Kiyomitsu once again into his body.

A burst of powerful energy erupted, accompanied by roaring lightning.

A four-tailed fox descended from the sky.

Having just released the plague wheel, he let out a reluctant sigh, intending to gather his followers to shoot down that thing in the sky and see what it was.

But as soon as he turned around, Kaga Kiyomitsu, brimming with greed, anger, and delusion that would be amplified by all emotions, fell like a new moon!

Divide the suffering from illness, which caught us completely off guard, in two!

His few remaining dark eyes reflected the four-tailed fox, which was free from any disease and was even more complete and powerful than before.

Even with the pain of illness, his thinking was inevitably slowed down for a moment.

What's happening here?

Just now, the Wanwen Wheel was clearly activated successfully.

Not only did the other party's aura vanish without a trace, but half of the primal power within his own body that sustained this avatar also disappeared.

All of this proves that the fox demon had just died under the influence of the Plague Wheel.

But now, that blade has fallen upon him once again.

Uesugi Tetsu lowered his eyes.

A cold, ferocious laugh spread across Prajna's mask. "The second round is about to begin."

Suffering in silence, the patient was completely unable to comprehend the situation before them.

Something's not right with this fox spirit.

"Possessing...immortality?"

He looked past Uesugi Tetsuya and gazed up at the sky.

Just now, the fox spirit's aura descended from above.

In other words, this fox demon, the human on the cube, and another strange-looking demon are all in cahoots.

The suffering from illness is clear.

The humans on the cube are people sent by the great Onmyoji Che, while the fox spirit and the other demon are Che's shikigami. This understanding should not be too wrong.

A great Onmyoji can naturally do what ordinary people cannot.

Otherwise, there's no way to explain all of this, including the resurrection and the unprovoked hostility of the fox demon.

"Ugh……"

Suffering from illness, he sighed calmly.

Her family couldn't catch up, and she had nowhere to run, and Lian Guang happened to be out the door.

All their painstaking planning over a century was for naught because of the Great Yin-Yang Master Che and his fox demon subordinate.

He hadn't even seen the face of the great Onmyoji who had plotted so much.

There's not much to say about that now.

Regret is the most meaningless thing.

Enveloped in a barrage of flashing blades, the patient suddenly opened his last eye and uttered incoherent murmurs.

"I declare."

Despite his inexplicable suffering from illness, Uesugi Tetsu's movements did not stop in the slightest.

But the illness did not resist at all, and only spoke slowly and deliberately: "If I die, the curse of my last wish will befall you all."

Uesugi Tetsu silently swung his sword, letting Kaga Kiyomitsu, which vibrated hundreds of times per second, sweep across his body, which was constantly suffering from recurring illness.

Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!

An ominous premonition grew stronger in his heart, but Uesugi Tetsu remained silent, answering only with the blade in his hand.

A shower of pale sword light fell from the sky, forming a complete circle.

Enveloped in a violent aura, the last black lips of the patient, writhing in pain, parted and opened: "I curse you all..."

Before the words were even finished, a pale torrent completely obliterated everything in the world that belonged to illness and suffering.

On the hillside reduced to scorched earth, Uesugi Tetsuya, sensing his second life was about to end, shifted his gaze and stared at the pop-up notification.

[You have killed the Incarnation of Sickness (3-star), and gained 1500 Soul Ashes!]

[You used Kaga Kiyomitsu to slay the embodiment of suffering; the quality of Kaga Kiyomitsu: Blade of Parting has been greatly improved!]

[Your Kaga Kiyomitsu - The Blade of Parting has undergone an unknown change!]

[Your skill, Natural Rational Flow proficiency +300! ]

[Your skill, Five Thunder Method: Qi Combination Proficiency +300!]

[Your skill, Spirit Control Technique - Qi Proficiency +200!]

"Dead, huh..."

Although the embodiment of suffering had died, Uesugi Tetsuya felt no sense of relief.

Whenever he recalled the curse of his illness, his clear mind seemed to be shrouded in gloom.

It was as if some ominous event was destined to happen in the future.

"The eight sufferings... are truly endless scourges."

Uesugi Tetsu gripped the hilt of Kaga Kiyomitsu's sword and looked up at the sky.

Upon their death from illness, these half-dead birds, along with the swarms of distant Visionary Insects, scattered like birds and beasts, each with their own thoughts.

He was just about to go with Erchi Daren to hunt down the fleeing swarm of Vision-Breaking Insects—after all, one of his main goals was to collect these eyeballs.

Furthermore, it can increase Kaga Kiyomitsu's Soul Points.

However, Uesugi Tetsu suddenly realized that even though his proficiency in the Natural Rishin-ryu style was at its maximum, he had not yet made a breakthrough.

Is this a way of determining that one is still in the same battle?

But the suffering from the illness is clearly already...

Just as this thought welled up in Uesugi Tetsu's mind, he saw golden light shooting into the sky and dispelling the dark clouds at the other end of Nishio Castle.

Even though they were several kilometers apart, Uesugi Tetsu could clearly feel the strong Buddhist atmosphere emanating from them.

He was startled.

Is this Renguang, the Dharma Master of the Pure Land True Sect?

A massive halo of light rose from the ground, and a grand and furious voice resounded through the night sky: "Who dares to cause trouble in West Tail City!"

Uesugi Tetsu smiled.

—I had thought that the effect of the rage was about to end and I would let Lian Guang go for the time being, but I didn't expect the big fish to actually deliver itself to my door.

Before taking a step, Uesugi Tetsuya briefly assessed his current condition.

Both spiritual power and internal energy were almost completely depleted within the ten-odd seconds of slaying the illness, but the Qi Sea was continuously replenishing the deficiency of internal energy.

Moreover, due to the Five Thunder Technique and the excessive overexertion he just endured, he only has a few dozen seconds left to live.

They're still so far away from Lian Guang, even if they get there quickly, they won't be able to unleash two strikes.

It would be better to let the brilliance of this life shine upon the flocks of birds and insects around us.

After making a quick decision, Uesugi Tetsuya charged straight into the nearest swarm of insects like a cannonball.

……

"the last time."

On the floating cube, the four-tailed fox wearing the Hannya mask reappeared.

Shifting his gaze from the enormous sums of money he'd gained in eyes and soul points, Uesugi Tetsuya addressed the two-foot-tall man, whose grin was practically reaching his ears from killing birds.

"Let's stop for now, Erchi. Take Yiyuan Gong and get away from here."

He turned his head and looked at the man in the distance who was sitting motionless in mid-air, like a Buddha: "That lotus light is no ordinary person."

Upon hearing this, the two-foot-tall man immediately tossed aside the two machine guns that wouldn't overheat and suppressed the exaggerated smile on his face.

Imagawa Yoshimoto stared at him for a moment, his eyes moving up and down, changing several times.

But her first question was still,

"That illness and suffering..."

"died."

A discordant, warm smile appeared on the pale white Prajna mask.

Uesugi Tetsu continued, "Now I'll go and kill that Lotus Light, and the matter in the Mikawa region should be settled."

But before he could jump off the floating block after saying this, he felt an undeniable gaze fixed on him from afar.

—At the other end of Nishio Castle, Renko looked up with a sudden realization, knowing in her mind everything that had happened not long ago.

He died of illness, but what killed him was a demonic fox...

No, it's Che, the great Onmyoji disguised as a fox spirit.

Accompanying this great Onmyoji were his shikigami, and...

"Imagawa Yoshimoto!"

The edges of Lian Guang's eyes, which were originally filled with anger and Buddhist nature, trembled, and immediately burst forth with wild joy.

Imagawa Yoshimoto actually abandoned his army and came to the front line, appearing right in front of him at Nishio Castle!

This is simply a godsend!

If Imagawa Yoshimoto dies here today, the external crisis that has been troubling him will disappear on its own!

Lian Guang immediately stood up, and the idea of ​​talking with the person who had slain the sick vanished completely at that moment.

Following his inexplicable premonition, he looked towards where Uesugi Che was and laughed loudly.

"My Lord! I have seen you!"

"We've been discovered."

Uesugi Tetsu said calmly, "No matter how powerful this lotus light is, it cannot be stronger than the embodiment of illness, one of the eight sufferings."

Moreover, he had done his research before coming.

Before the Mikawa incident, Renko had only come into contact with the circulation of Qi, and his mastery of breathing techniques was even inferior to that of Imagawa Yoshimoto.

After a couple of seconds of contemplation, Uesugi Tetsu raised an eyebrow in slight surprise: "He's not running away. It seems he's quite confident."

Now, he was somewhat hesitant to act rashly.

If Lian Guang possesses powerful, unknown methods to kill him again, things could become very troublesome.

After this death, Uesugi Tetsuya will need a full twelve hours to return to the present world—even using the Awakening Spirit Mist, it will still take eight hours to return.

That translates to a full five days.

Five days is far too long, especially considering that Lian Guang was still alive after suffering from illness.

God knows how much will happen in the five days he's been gone.

—Anyway, since Lord Erchi has a cursed location, no matter how much Lian Guang tries to escape, she can't get very far.