Eight Sufferings Incarnation Three Stars! A Frenzied Battle of Fury, an Unprecedented Physique!

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Unexpectedly, Uesugi Tetsu pried open the novice monk's skull with almost no effort.

That was right—the entire head had been divided into an upper and lower half along the bridge of the nose, right in the center of the face.

Inside the empty skull of the novice monk, a pink mass resembling a brain trembled faintly. It had been paralyzed so thoroughly that it could not even let out a scream.

--[Low-level Thousand-Brain Princess (Half-Star)].

A faint sense of nausea rose from Uesugi Tetsu's chest. He stared indifferently at the Thousand-Brain Princess for a moment, thinking that it was fortunate he had been cautious.

If he had not subdued it instantly, the Thousand-Brain Princess would probably have spread word of his infiltration throughout Nishio Castle.

Uesugi Tetsu did not kill it. Instead, he dragged the novice monk to the deepest part of the alley, then broke two wooden boards apart and stuffed both him and the Thousand-Brain Princess inside.

At the same time, he left behind a Gang Qi ring infused with a trace of electricity and locked it around the Thousand-Brain Princess.

--Every three minutes, a weak electric current would be released into the Thousand-Brain Princess's true body, leaving it unable to use its abilities or move.

After finishing all this, Uesugi Tetsu, having replaced the novice monk, put on a blank expression and stiffly returned to the gate of Jodo Shinshu's main temple.

He simply swaggered inside.

The monks of Jodo Shinshu each had their own duties: chopping wood, carrying water, dyeing cloth, performing rituals...

The monks' daily work had not been interrupted just because they were living alongside Eight Sufferings Incarnation. Many robed monks passed him while chatting and laughing.

On the surface, everything seemed harmonious.

Within the main hall and the side halls, towering, solemn