A Contract with the Demon King, Yet I Can Freely Benefit? Lightning Bone Perfected, Kenshin's Gaze!

Naturally, the first thing to do was gather enough Soul Soothing Incense Ash to promote the Four-tailed Fox, currently at two and a half stars, to three stars.

One Soul Soothing Incense Ash (Large) and three Soul Soothing Incense Ash (Medium), totaling 400 units of Soul Soothing Incense Ash.

The latter was easy enough. Uesugi Tetsu still had several leftover from his previous card draws.

"I hope I can finish this in two draws."

Inside the shuttle, Uesugi Tetsu mentally clicked "Salvage Once" several times.

His expression went from calm and unruffled at first to slightly pained afterward.

Just this one Soul Soothing Incense Ash (Large) had cost him more than 900 Soul Ash to draw. On top of that, he had received a huge pile of completely useless fashionable junk.

Armor for strange body parts of ordinary quality, exotic weapons of fine quality, and even feed specifically meant for Flying Head Monsters—demons that could barely be treated as Shikigami...

He would see if he could sell them to Katsumi to recoup some of his losses later.

Sighing, Uesugi Tetsu fed the four portions of Soul Soothing Incense Ash to the Four-tailed Fox and watched the promotion prompt appear.

["Four-tailed Fox (Complete Form)" promotion in progress: 0% (30 days remaining)]

At a time like this, only imagining what kind of transformation the Four-tailed Fox would undergo after becoming a three-star Shikigami in a month, and how powerful it would become, could ease the pain of spending his Soul Ash.

Tamamo, sitting in the seat to his right, noticed his expression. She blinked and asked tentatively, "Big Brother Uesugi, what's wrong?"

"My draws went off-banner several times."

Uesugi Tetsu replied expressionlessly.

"Pfft..."

Tamamo immediately raised her little hand to cover her mouth, but laughter still escaped through the gaps