Chapter 39: One-star Gacha Pool, Ten-pull Startup!
【Berserk: The heavier your injuries, the more your physique increases, and the faster your injuries recover.】
Simple introduction, wonderful strength!
As for why the strength is wonderful…
Shangshan Che just took Kaga Kiyomitsu and cut a thumb-thick gash on his arm, and discovered that his physique jumped from twenty-nine points to exactly thirty points.
He didn’t even dare to imagine how much his physique would increase if he were beaten to cripple—anyway, the expectation should be around 10 points or more.
Besides that, Shangshan Che now only needs to slightly circulate the Ki-Gong Technique to squeeze the qi in his body to the limit and amplify his senses without incarnating as Laughing Hannya.
This couldn’t help but make him sigh—humans do indeed have limits.
While adapting to the surging power in his body, Shangshan Che continued reading downward with a pleasant mood.
【Since your Demon Incarnation·Laughing Hannya has reached One-Star, One-Star limited Summoning is now open!】
【One-Star limited Summoning: Abandoned Shrine!】
The instant this prompt appeared, Shangshan Che could see the phantom of a desolate and dilapidated shrine situated behind the title text, replacing the original Bamboo Forest as the new Gacha Pool.
Huh… why does this shrine look a bit familiar?
Shangshan Che leaned in and looked for a good while, and after seeing the two Three-tailed Fox stone sculptures at the doorway, he confirmed his guess.
Isn’t this the abandoned shrine in Edo Castle that he visited not long ago!
But is there any connection between them?
Shangshan Che temporarily couldn’t figure it out, so he buried this doubt in his heart.
【Each Summoning requires 50 Soul Ash.】
【First ten Summonings only require seventy percent cost!】
After the two prompts dissipated, many semi-transparent phantoms appeared in the originally desolate shrine.
The largest among them was a phantom standing in the center of the Gacha Pool, wearing a Fox Mask and holding a Folding Fan, but due to the mask, Shangshan Che couldn’t identify what demon it was.
He tried clicking on the phantom with his thought.
【Three-tailed Fox】
【Quality: Rare】
Such a prompt immediately popped up above the phantom, making Shangshan Che both surprised and a bit unable to keep a straight face.
The surprise was that he could know how many good things were left in the Gacha Pool undrawn.
But what does it mean that this prompt only shows half?
Teasing my appetite, huh?
Next, he tried clicking on the items worn by the Three-tailed Fox and found that each one was an excellent or Rare Grade item, looking extremely tempting.
But it just won’t tell you their specific effects and attributes.
Shangshan Che narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly—it’s just a mere 350 Soul Ash, watch daddy drain you dry with big Soul Ash!
Without any hesitation, Shangshan Che directly heavily clicked with his thought on the black-qi billowing 【Summon Ten Times】.
—Ten in a row, startup!
Rumble… rumble rumble…
Accompanied by the disappearance of a full 350 points of Soul Ash, the originally quiet and unmanned dilapidated shrine gradually began to shake.
Damp moss rapidly receded, dust and debris were swept away by strong winds, and the disordered branches on both sides seemed to have been neatly trimmed again.
Almost instantly, the shrine took on a brand-new appearance.
Shangshan Che thought to himself that this gacha animation was done pretty well, very lifelike.
Then, under his gaze, the two Fox stone sculptures at the doorway actually lit up their eyes and started moving; they ran into the shrine and carried out items one by one.
Soon, ten items of various colors were placed outside the shrine, but unfortunately, this ten-pull didn’t draw the Demon Three-tailed Fox.
After the shrine slowly returned to its original state, Shangshan Che looked at the unfamiliar yet familiar various items.
【Soul Incense Ash（Tiny）】×3, 【Soul Incense Ash（Small）】×3, 【Soul Incense Ash（Medium）】.
【Calming Amulet】, 【Blessed Folding Fan】, 【Spell Scroll（Fragment）】.
Seven of them were the familiar Soul Incense Ash, but this time it wasn’t a bunch of white light fillers.
Because among them, the Soul Incense Ash marked “Small” was emitting faint green light, and 【Soul Incense Ash（Medium）】 even had thick green light.
Opening the Panel, he could see its description—
【Soul Incense Ash（Medium）】
【Quality: Super Excellent】
【Effect: One of the necessary Consumables to level up from Two-Star to Three-Star.】
So Soul Incense Ash（Small） is the necessary Consumable to level up from One-Star to Two-Star, huh.
Shangshan Che checked Laughing Hannya’s upgrade conditions and found slightly different requirements from before.
【Upgrade Required: Soul Incense Ash（0/50）】
【Predicted upgrade time required: 168 hours（One Week）.】
The upgrade conditions didn’t crazily turn into 10 portions of Soul Incense Ash（Small）, but changed from fixed quantities to a Progress bar.
He tried it a bit and found that inputting Soul Incense Ash（Small） equals 10 points of Progress, while Soul Incense Ash（Tiny） only equals 2 points of Progress.
A rare conscientious design.
Shangshan Che sighed.
However, the time required for upgrading has doubled, and he doesn’t know if there’s any item that can accelerate it.
Without thinking much, Shangshan Che looked at the remaining three items.
【Calming Amulet】
【Quality: Excellent】
【Effect One: Serenity. When wearing the Calming Amulet, spirit receives slight nourishment.】
【Effect Two: Sensing. When Demons and Monsters appear nearby, the Calming Amulet will slightly heat up.】
【—An Amulet that was offered long-term in the Shrine, possessing certain mystical effects.】
It’s an item that allows ordinary people to discover demons, but for Shangshan Che, who can sense demon qi and see the stars above other demons’ heads, it’s just barely useful.
He thought of giving this Amulet to Lili Zi later.
Shangshan Che thought, after all, Lili Zi is only skilled at using swords and doesn’t have the many means of discovering demon Supernatural Phenomena like an Onmyoji.
Next up is the main event—that Folding Fan held by the Three-tailed Fox, emitting faint blue light.
【Blessed Folding Fan】
【Quality: Rare】
【Effect One: Gentle Breeze. Consume Spiritual Power to accelerate movement a certain distance in a specified direction without chanting. Movement distance and speed increase with Spiritual Power consumed. Can only be released once every thirty seconds.】
【Effect Two: Heavenly Thunder. Consume Spiritual Power to release a bolt of Heavenly Thunder at a specified target without chanting. Heavenly Thunder power increases with Spiritual Power consumed. Can only be released once every five minutes.】
【—Shrine Priest’s Folding Fan, once blessed by the offered Deity.】
Good stuff.
Anyone who’s played games knows how important the “wind-up” moment is; many BOSSes have died because their wind-up was too slow.
Just the two no-chant instant-cast skills alone are enough to match this Folding Fan with Rare quality.
Not to mention one is a mobility skill and the other is a high-damage burst skill.
It’s just a pity that this Folding Fan is probably a specialized weapon for sorcery-type demons like the Three-tailed Fox, and doesn’t match at all with his Muscle Hannya that has only a measly 4 points in Spiritual Arts Attribute.
Though the weapon is good, it can only go support the future Three-tailed Fox Incarnation together with the Priest’s Robe.
Thinking of this, Shangshan Che sighed and looked at the last item—
【Spell Scroll（Fragment）】
【Quality: Excellent】
【Effect: Upon use, provides 100 Proficiency to a specified skill.】
He was stunned for a moment, then looked at his Ki-Gong Technique Proficiency.
—【Ki-Gong Technique Fragment（Proficiency 201/300）】.
