Chapter 46: White Hannya’s Mask
Caught off guard, White Hannya took the full-force downward slash directly to the face.
“Roar—!”
It released the half-remaining farmer’s corpse from its grasp, letting out a miserable roar.
“Didn’t you say you had to kill me no matter what?” Shangshan Che laughed heartily. After entering the Eternal World and being refreshed to full status, he used Terrifying Smile once more. “I’m standing right here now! Why isn’t White Hannya Adult making a move?”
The weakness from the destroyed projection, intense pain, plus the strong control from Terrifying Smile—combined, White Hannya could only writhe madly in place, unable to mount any proper resistance.
Wasn’t this Laughing Hannya just in the Mortal Realm? How could it possibly chase into the Eternal World this quickly…
And it had come right in front of him!
Crossing between the Mortal Realm and Eternal World was incredibly difficult. Even if it found the tide’s peak and used the summoning ritual’s convenience, it had barely managed to send the projection into the Mortal Realm.
And that alone had taken it an unknown amount of time.
But only a few minutes had passed since then!?
White Hannya’s barren brain spun frantically, but it couldn’t comprehend the facts unfolding before it.
It struggled to stand, and after taking another slash, it roared madly in its heart:
—This damned Laughing Hannya, is it the Lord of the Eternal World from myths, able to enter and exit the Eternal World at will!?
“You lowly damned Laughing Hannya! I swear, I’ll make sure you don’t die, then peel your flesh off bit by bit!”
White Hannya’s cold, angry voice rang out. After these words fell, faint black light emanated from its body, and Shangshan Che felt several portions of heaviness and weakness added to his own body.
Another powerful support talent skill.
Shangshan Che frowned. Just how many talents did this White Hannya have?
Claw elongation, body mistification, weeping control, sonic attack, and now this…
He couldn’t give it another chance to reveal its cards.
“White Hannya Adult, saying things you can’t do will only add to the jokes.”
Adopting the Hirao Eye stance once more, Shangshan Che had to admit that, with Kaga Kiyomitsu’s boost, thrust-type sword skills were indeed his highest damage move right now.
Luckily, this White Hannya was stupid. If the opponent had been Lili Zi, he definitely would’ve been decapitated the second time he used this move.
“Hah—huh—”
Swallowing air into his body like a whale, Shangshan Che recklessly ignited internal qi within himself.
In the Eternal World, he didn’t need to worry about over-igniting internal qi and bursting his body— it was just a matter of enduring some pain.
As long as he could slay this cornered White Hannya.
Even after the successful sneak attack, Shangshan Che held not a shred of underestimation. He said coldly, “One sword. I only need one sword to kill you.”
But White Hannya wouldn’t give the enemy before it this chance to build momentum. It immediately showed Sadness, while sharp sonic waves bloomed from its mouth.
“So sad…”
Shangshan Che’s tone trembled. After letting White Hannya’s claws pierce his lungs, his voice rose two octaves in sad roar: “Why make me this heartbroken!”
As the words fell, all internal qi exploded in an instant, forming a ring of pale white qi waves around Shangshan Che.
Amid the teeth-grating explosion, Kaga Kiyomitsu pierced through White Hannya’s Mask and head in a flash, at face-to-face distance where it couldn’t react or dodge.
“Why didn’t you dodge?” White Hannya’s body trembled as it murmured incomprehensibly, “You’ll die too… What’s the benefit for you in doing this?”
Laughing Hannya grinned at it hoarsely: “Because I have a Revival Coin.”
Kaga Kiyomitsu was pulled out, then swung down again.
White Hannya’s head, with its complex expression, slowly rolled away, pinned under Shangshan Che’s foot.
He looked at the prompts popping up nonstop, closing his eyes pleasantly: “Now, it’s all exorcised.”
Amid Two-Foot Adult’s cry of alarm as they rushed over at high speed, Shangshan Che slowly fell. Finally, he saw that white-hatted girl being forcibly taken back by the Ksitigarbha Statue.
Shangshan Che opened his eyes and found himself lying on a Hospital Bed.
An unfamiliar ceiling came into view.
The thick disinfectant smell filled his nostrils, making him extremely uncomfortable, but soon, the successive prompts dispelled this unease.
【You killed the incomplete Two-and-a-Half Star malicious ghost “White Hannya Unhealed”, gaining 327 Soul Ash!】
【You used Kaga Kiyomitsu Replica to slay “White Hannya Unhealed”, greatly improving the quality of Kaga Kiyomitsu Replica.】
【Your skill, Ki-Gong Technique Fragment proficiency +70!】
【Your skill, Natural Reason School proficiency +45!】
【Main Quest Two, Exorcise One-Star Supernatural Phenomenon · Wounded White Hannya, completed!】
As expected of Aragawa Ghost Village’s final boss, it dropped over three hundred Soul Ash at once. Adding what he had left unused before, he could soon do another ten-pull.
Thinking of this, Shangshan Che couldn’t help but show a harvest-like smile.
“Uh… Shangshan Jun, what are you thinking about, smiling so pervertedly… cough, happily?”
Only then did Shangshan Che notice a girl standing by his Hospital Bed.
Kitano Runa.
Her face now held three parts worry, three parts surprise, and four parts hesitation, like a textbook color wheel of expressions.
Shangshan Che blinked, sitting up amid Kitano Runa’s cry of alarm: “Student Kitano, are you okay?”
“I… you! Don’t move around on the Hospital Bed without knowing your physical condition. You should have that basic Common Sense. Is now the time to worry about me?” Kitano Runa held her forehead and sighed.
“I’m different from you, Student Kitano.”
Shangshan Che jumped straight off the Hospital Bed, saying to Kitano Runa whose hands were frozen mid-air: “After seeing that sword technique dropping from the sky, do you still think of me as Normal?”
“So that wasn’t a dream scene?!”
“The gloomy otaku from the class next door is actually a super hero who can jump four stories high. Am I crazy, or is this world crazy?”
Kitano Runa gaped blankly, falling into indescribable shock for the moment.
Shangshan Che took the chance to browse the prompts—
【You obtained White Hannya’s Mask（Special Item）!】
【White Hannya’s Mask】
【Quality: Rare】
【Effect One: Equip. After equipping “White Hannya’s Mask”, Charm -10. Gain skill “Death Shriek”.】
【Effect Two: Usable on extremely few Hannya-type demons. Upon use, if the Hannya-type demon’s quality is below “Rare”, it immediately increases by one quality.】
【—Lonely in life, forlorn in death.】
Shangshan Che’s breath hitched suddenly. Looking at the glowing “Effect Two”, he thought White Hannya was too generous— not content with sending its head, it even brought a lavish gift for him.
This even made Shangshan Che feel a bit bad.
【You have completed Main Quest Two. Settle rewards?】
【Settling…】
【Main Quest One · Explore Aragawa Ghost Village, completed!】
【Main Quest Two · Exorcise White Hannya, overcompleted!】
【Side Quest One · Ksitigarbha Statue Damage, overcompleted!】
【Side Quest Two · White Scarecrow, completed!】
【Screening rewards for you…】
【Screening complete!】
【You may select two from the following five rewards.】
【1. 800 Soul Ash.】
【2…】
Wait.
Shangshan Che suddenly remembered something.
He shifted his gaze from the ever-viewable prompts, asking Kitano Runa seriously,
“Student Kitano, can you tell me how you encountered White Hannya?”
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