Hyper-Dimensional Player-Chapter 430 - 50: Queen of Green Tea

The mark of Eastern power is very special.

Some can suddenly increase, as if their strength was hidden all along.

Don’t underestimate the Slippery Ghost with his four-star silver-gray mark; once he unleashes his hidden strength, he can become a five-star silver-gray entity, stronger than many Heroic Spirits.

Beast form of the Nine-tailed Fox.

Those strange eyes seem to contain a certain power, deriving from the Divine Law of the Ancient Era.

The shadow of the Immortal and the embodiment overlapping, Duncan reached out and grabbed the giant fox tail coming at him in an instant. With a terrifying burst of Barbaric Power, he forcibly dragged the colossal figure, nearly a hundred meters tall, toward him. Its claws madly scraped the ground, creating trenches more than ten meters deep.

The giant’s strength truly doesn’t fear beast-formed ancient demons.

The representative Eastern giant is Kuafu; after entering the Eastern Land, the Power Law on Duncan’s body has also changed slightly. The Root World’s inclusiveness is very strong, while smaller worlds can only accommodate one or two Law Origins.

If we were to divide the cultivation system, the Root World has three major branches: Eastern system (Middle-earth, India), Western system (Divine Technique, Magic), and Primitive Witchcraft (North America, Africa, etc.).

But the Root World also has a drawback: greater restrictions on the reality plane.

However, without these restrictions, the Indian Pantheon would have long since fought with the gods of the West.

"Hand over the Three Lives Stone of Yellow Springs."

Duncan’s expression was indifferent as he dragged the Nine-tailed Fox, calmly saying, "I promised Yama to take it back."

Business matters are urgent.

Fusang is a necessary marked geoline node, and the mythological ebb here can be maintained until the Japanese Sengoku period. In the Americas, there’s no rush for now; the Maya gods are relatively weak, and the Indian civilization is already far behind.

The Nine-tailed Fox let out a mournful cry and began to struggle wildly, wrapping its tails around.

In an instant, the ground shook and the mountains swayed. Duncan exerted force, and the enormous Nine-tailed Fox was thrown to the ground over his shoulder with a single-handed smash. The Cursed Long Spear turned into a shadow of a stick, not using the spearhead but wielding it as a stick, harshly striking the Nine-tailed Fox’s rear.

One swing, two swings, three swings.

Children thrive under discipline, and the Nine-tailed Fox’s cries grew increasingly piteous.

Even in the Mythical Era, the Nine-tailed Fox was not known for martial prowess. Among many ancient demons, she was more adept at Charming kings.

Duncan was quite merciful.

Were he to descend in the stance of an Immortal, the Nine-tailed Fox in front of him would likely suffer severe injuries.

"Your Majesty."

"I shall go retrieve it immediately."

A quivering whisper echoed as the White-faced Golden Nine-tailed Fox transformed back into human shape, looking pitiful and murmuring, "I merely borrowed it for a while, seeking a way to establish myself here."

Duncan was unmoved, lifted the stick again, threatening to strike, and slowly said, "Go."

"I cannot break my promise to others."

The great ebb of mythology.

Even such ancient demons have become much weaker, no wonder they’ve fled to Fusang over here.

At this moment, wisps of Ghost Fire appeared.

Unbeknownst to anyone, outside the bamboo forest stood the figure of a seductive woman, none other than the Rakshasa Yama seen at the shrine.

Her expression was furious, with a certain satisfaction of seeing a great grudge resolved.

Everyone had fled from the Eastern Land to Fusang to make a living; why should she steal my treasure?

Encountering a true hardliner has subdued her, right?

The Rakshasa Demoness fled from India to the Eastern Land, and then by chance obtained Yama’s position due to Buddhism’s spread to Japan. But before she could enjoy her good fortune, her Netherworld Realm was scarcely consolidated when the Nine-tailed Fox fled from the Eastern Land to Fusang, seizing her Three Lives Stone without a word.

She was about to persuade a major demon to take over Meng Po’s role.

Meng Po of Fusang, after all, counts as a lesser divine position.

But once the demon saw that she couldn’t control the Ghostly Realm of Yellow Springs, they instantly had an excuse to evade, turning a prosperous situation into a Night Parade of Hundred Demons.

Many of Fusang’s legends came from the Eastern Land, and Buddhism’s spread brought together many new myths.

Yet, the position of Yama is not easily taken.

Now the Nine-tailed Fox’s face was also filled with deep sorrow and grudge. During the Pre-Qin Era, she could still dwell in solitude, but later, when Celestial Master Zhang established Daoism, she was incessantly harassed, encountering Daoist followers no matter where she hid.

In the Han and Tang periods, her days were already hard.

Figures like Zhang Daoling and Zhang Jiao, after the mythological ebb, surviving demons had to hide obediently, many fled to Ba and Shu, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan.

Now is not their active era.

On one side, the ebb of mythology weakens them, while on the other, the decline in totem belief means the Nine-tailed Fox is no longer an ancient era’s totem.

In fact, during the Mythical Era, the representative figure of the Nine-tailed Fox totem was Dayu’s wife, the Tushan Clan.

Tushan is the legitimate origin of the Nine-tailed Fox.

Moreover, almost all Descendants of Yan and Huang have a trace of Nine-tailed Fox blood in them, because Dayu married the Tushan Clan and bore Qi, Qi bore Shaokang, Shaokang restored the dynasty after Taikang lost it. Basically, all the descendants of this lineage are intertwined with the Nine-tailed Fox.

If it weren’t for the Nine Ding suppressing fortune, the legend of the Nine-tailed Fox wouldn’t be so prosperous; Ancient Auspiciousness was something they strove for, but later it fell off, and the title of Auspicious Beast was stripped away.

She truly is just a small demon.

Of course, the lineage of the Nine-tailed Fox wholly depends on Dayu, which is the influence of royal power in the real world.

Even in the Mythical Era, humans wielded great authority.

Severed Communication.

This is the materialization of human royal authority.

Back then, one of the Five Emperors, Zhuang Xu, grandson of the Yellow Emperor, was suppressing Primitive Witchcraft. Because in the late Yellow Emperor’s years, Jiu Li worshipped witchcraft, revered Ghost Gods and abandoned human affairs, everything was decided by divination, every family had people practicing witchcraft and divination, people no longer respectfully worshipped heaven, nor focused on agricultural production.

Zhuang Xu, to resolve this issue, decided to reform religion, personally purifying his heart to sincerely worship heaven and ancestors, setting an example for all people.

This was the first large-scale Religious Reformation in the Eastern Land.

It marked the beginning of the Huaxia primary worship of heaven and ancestors, continuing ever since.

Originally, the Nine-tailed Fox lived her days like this; after the Mythical Era ended, the real world saw fewer and fewer great demons, allowing her to manage. Until one day, among the Daoist followers emerged a fierce figure, suppressing the current era, repelling all demons and forcing her to flee to Fusang.

She intended to leave legends in Fusang, even under the name of a great demon, to maintain her existence.

But unexpectedly, after hiding here, she encountered another big shot.

Recognizing the current situation is wisdom.

Duncan had obviously held back. If she didn’t know any better, she might be killed.

One of her biggest trump cards is a strand of divinity gathered during the Mythical Era, stemming from the worship of the Nine-tailed Fox during Dayu’s time, yet Duncan suppressed it all.

Many ancient great demons possess a trace of divinity.

Because during the Age of Spirits, they were the totems of tribes, until the Dragon Totem emerged, marking the beginning of their decline.

"Your Majesty."

Yuzaoqian no longer retained her initial arrogant demeanor, appearing on the verge of tears, pitifully holding a red and black box with both hands, respectfully presenting it to Duncan, saying: "The stone is inside."

"I merely wish to use it to consolidate the Fusang legend and secure a position here, to settle down."

It doesn’t seem like a lie.

Yet Yuzaoqian’s final fate seemed to be that of being disposed of as a great demon.

——Life-taking Stone (Demon transformation) (Legendary Artifact).

Hmm?

Isn’t it the Three Lives Stone?

Duncan reached out, took it, and paused for a moment. In the distance, Yama’s face changed drastically upon seeing this and flew over angrily, casting a glance and immediately glaring at the Nine-tailed Fox furiously, shouting: "Filthy fox! How dare you transform my Three Lives Stone into a demonic artifact?"

Yuzaoqian, although fearful of Duncan, showed little respect towards Yama, her enchanting eyes narrowed, speaking firmly: "Rakshasa."

"It was originally a poisonous entity from the Yellow Springs, what Three Lives Stone."

"Do you think it’s easy to gather the Three Lives Stone of the Underworld in the small place of Fusang?"

Humph.

Just a minor foreign deity.

Phooey! Wrong!

Not even a minor deity, just a demon and ghost unable to thrive in India, fleeing all the way to the Eastern Land.

If she hadn’t followed the Envoys to Tang to Fusang early on, the position of Yama wouldn’t have fallen to a Rakshasa Demoness.

Even a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

Though the legend of the Nine-tailed Fox has fallen, she still doesn’t hold the little Yama in high regard. In front of Duncan, she trembled like a quail, but facing Yama, she immediately stood her ground.

The enchanting Yama laughed angrily and cursed: "You clearly tainted my Three Lives Stone."

"I spent centuries allowing the Netherworld legend to gather this item."

Yuzaoqian heard this, smiled gracefully, her tone scornful, mocking: "Overestimating yourself. Little Rakshasa Demoness, daring to claim gathering the Nai River and Forget River."

"Do you think hiring a demon to work lets you claim you’re Meng Po?"

After all, imitation is imitation.

After Buddhism spread to Fusang, the folklore mostly imitated the Eastern Land Great Tang. Yama used this to carve out a small territory in the Yellow Springs realm.

Without the convenience of spreading Buddhism, would she dare covet a divine position?

Merely a great demon.

Still came from India.

Speaking of this, she turned her gaze to Duncan beside her, bowing gracefully, pitifully saying: "Your Majesty."

"I dare not deceive."

"This is indeed a Netherworld item, a toxin originally; I merely transformed it."

Damned fox spirit!

The nearby enchanting Yama was almost exploding with rage.

Though she looked enchanting and seductive, the Rakshasa Demoness excelled in brutality, simply a gender trait of hideous males and beautiful females, unable to appear like the Nine-tailed Fox’s deceptive demeanor, getting thoroughly outmaneuvered in the argument, wishing she could draw the Demon-slaying Saber and hack her to pieces.

This Nine-tailed Fox was ruthless, spouting words that enraged her, a slang phrase like ’Indian-monster’ nearly driving the Rakshasa Demoness crazy.

The Nine-tailed Fox inherently possessed charms targeting rulers. Although slightly pretentious now, she clearly had the upper hand.

Overwhelming victory.

Yama couldn’t argue with her at all.

"Accept the item first."

At this moment, Duncan glanced at the shivering fox descendants surrounding, looked down at the bowing Nine-tailed Fox before him, and calmly said: "Rise."

Yuzaoqian slowly straightened up, revealing a peerlessly stunning, charming face as she lifted her head.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

This charming voice seemed to lighten one’s bones.

Beside her, Yama gradually calmed down, expressionlessly staring at the Nine-tailed Fox before her, recalling Queen Himiko’s evaluation of the Nine-tailed Fox.

It seemed His Majesty came to capture the Nine-tailed Fox, but a skilled hunter often disguised as prey to lure targets.

Go and observe.

As expected, the Nine-tailed Fox readily clung to His Majesty.

Indeed, fulfilling Queen Himiko’s words.

This shameless fox spirit, last time in the Netherworld Ghostly Realm fought her fiercely, turning the sky dark, demonic winds rampant, Fox Fire surging, employing all sorts of magical artifacts.

The ghostly realm was nearly overturned by her.

But today, seemingly starving, defeated in just a few moves.

Yama gritted her teeth in anger!

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