Master of Kaidan
Chapter 288: Gu Poison Kingdom

Chapter 288: Chapter 288: Gu Poison Kingdom

"Welcome to today’s episode of Kaidan Encyclopedia. Today, we’re going to talk about things that hide under the bed..."

Watching the TV host, who seemed oblivious to the horrors of Kaidan, chatter away, Yajima Yurika sat alone at the dining table, eating a convenience store bento.

After finishing two chicken bentos, she still felt unsatisfied and couldn’t resist tearing open a pack of Calorie Mate to stuff into her mouth.

Although she didn’t know what was happening to her, Yajima was certain of one thing—that the appearance of her clone that had shattered the one-eyed boy’s (self-proclaimed) Illusion today had left her feeling extremely hungry.

It was even possible that the apparition was the root cause of her sudden increase in appetite.

Considering the possibility of running into a Kaidan and being attacked later, maintaining a feeling of fullness to ensure that the apparition could emerge was very important!

"Though being possessed by an evil spirit doesn’t seem like it will end well," Yajima nibbled on the energy bar, feeling anxious about her future, grateful that her home seemed free from any Kaidan incidents. Otherwise, she might not have been able to hold on.

After gulping down a high-calorie drink, Yajima pulled out a few coins from her wallet. She had never seen anything like them before, but somehow knew their use.

Each coin was equivalent to about twenty million yen and could be used to request someone to do something that, in their mind, wasn’t worth more than that amount.

"Why would they appear in my wallet?" Yajima pondered, playing with the coins, when she recalled that somewhat vague dream and suddenly felt hungry again.

But this time, accompanying the hunger was not the sound of a growling stomach but a very specific inorganic voice—

"Finally, you’re out. You should eat more... "

"Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Yajima, hearing that sudden voice, frantically scurried from her chair down to a corner of the wall, tears streaming uncontrollably from her eyes as she tremblingly shook her head and stuttered—

"Uh... uh... uh... Ev... Evil Spirit!"

"..." Feng Xue floated behind Yajima, half of his body embedded in the wall, silently looking down at the girl with a slightly peculiar expression but inwardly reflecting:

"Didn’t expect it would take a whole day to finally ’hatch.’ It’s much slower than in the Martial World. Could it be due to the strength of life? Hmm, the sudden burst might have slowed the progress as well..."

At this moment, Feng Xue wasn’t in his true form but a Clone developed based on the Current World Rules of "Ambulance Demon" and "Possession," integrating Divine Skills such as "No-thought Divine Power," "Killing Intent Fluctuation," "Bright Mirror," "Static Movement," "Quiescence," "Static in Action," "Life-taking Sixteen Swords," and drawing on the four systems of the Martial World’s Demon Sect—"Evil Gu Poison." This ability was based on the "Magic Bottle" and designed to transfer his consciousness into this special power infused with Life Force and spiritual power and let it parasitize a real person. This would allow it to grow by absorbing Life Force and Cognition and become a Parasitic Spirit akin to an Avatar Messenger, even proliferating and spreading under certain conditions.

Since it shared some origins with the Witchcraft Technique, Feng Xue somewhat whimsically named it "Voodoo Kingdom," and the separated offspring were called "Poisonous Insect Body."

While he developed this capability initially to explore the possibility of creating something like an Avatar Messenger, Hell War God, or a Clone Warrior from Kaidan, this power had become Feng Xue’s safeguard in safely exploring the Eastern Country.

After all, this Parasitic Spirit was just a mass of Inner Strength with Feng Xue’s consciousness; it contained neither soul nor matter and had no connection to his True Self, so it wasn’t afraid of Sealing, brainwashing, or even instant-death Spells.

As for Feng Xue’s True Self...

It was in the Sealed Golden Chest.

Feng Xue was incredibly grateful at that moment for his habit of storing cards inside his body, which provided him with a safe haven to avoid all harm—

He sent himself to a parallel dimension.

Of course, he had considered the possibility that the parallel dimension might cut off his control over the Poisonous Insect Body, or that his original body might end up trapped inside the Golden Cabinet if the Poisonous Insect Body was destroyed.

However, in such an extreme case, Feng Xue could slowly digest the entries inside the Golden Cabinet and, once he had digested all the entries, simply commit suicide to enter the resurrection process.

Without a doubt, Feng Xue, in his current state, was nearly invincible, the only issue being that the Poisonous Insect Body needed to absorb the host’s life force and cognition to hatch.

In the Martial World, test subjects could usually complete hatching within two to three hours, yet in the real world, it actually took a whole day.

Fortunately, everything had been proceeding according to plan, at least the clone of consciousness he separated through "Static Movement" with "One Thought to God" was still firmly in control of this "Poisonous Insect Body."

"Speaking of which, the Poisonous Insect Body might take on different forms depending on the life force it absorbs, I wonder what this Poisonous Insect Body looks like..."

Feng Xue looked around to see if he could find a mirror to check his appearance when, lowering his head, he met Yayuka’s eyes, which were constantly glancing around...

"Evil Spirit!"

"That, I am!"

"Evil Spirit!"

"So, as I was saying, I am you..."

"Evil Spirit!!!!!"

"Damn, can’t you listen to someone finish a damn sentence?!"

Feng Xue glared at Yayuka, suddenly understanding why Star Platinum became reclusive.

Having a host that won’t listen to your explanation and treats you like an evil spirit, keeping quiet might indeed be a wise choice.

But Feng Xue was no mere avatar, so...

"Yajima Yurika! The ’evil spirit’ you think of is actually a powerful shadow image created by your own life energy!"

Feng Xue struck a pose as grand as Dio, loudly making his declaration.

"Uh? One of Four Eggs?"

In an instant, Yayuka’s frightened face changed into one of excited amazement, eyes almost shining with the excitement similar to Luffy seeing General Franky’s classic starry-eyed expression.

"Huh?" Feng Xue was slightly taken aback, only to see Yayuka stand up abruptly and get uncomfortably close, speaking with rapid speed:

"Are you my Avatar Messenger? You have wisdom! What’s your ability? The design sense doesn’t seem as strong as Mr. Araki’s drawings, but you managed to shatter that cyclops kid with a single punch, so you must be a close-range power type, right? What’s your panel? Double A in strength and speed? Is your durability strong? Can you help me with my exams?"

"..." Feng Xue looked at the chattering girl in front of him, suddenly feeling that maybe he should have pretended to be possessed by an evil spirit right from the beginning?