"System" Online

[Parasite Spirit: 1.506m/1.5m]

After grinding like crazy for over two months, Xia Jie's Parasite Spirit had finally lived up to expectations and reached the point of evolution.

Xia Jie summoned the Parasite Spirit's card and, with a thought, materialized it.

A silver-white, sharp-beaked little insect with several pairs of compound eyes and tiny tentacles detached from the card, hovering quietly above Xia Jie's palm.

Xia Jie bent his middle fingers toward each other, pressed his remaining fingers together, formed a strange hand sign, and activated Imaginary Becomes Real.

Countless beliefs gathered in the unseen, forming intricate Incantations that turned into thousands of flowing silver threads and began filling the Parasite Spirit's hollow body.

Soon, the Parasite Spirit in Xia Jie's hand began to move. It darted wildly across his palm, seemingly wanting to burrow into Xia Jie's body, yet it did not dare act rashly without his command.

Xia Jie had originally been somewhat wary of the little thing, but then he remembered that he had created it himself and that it would obey only his commands.

If he did not let it parasitize his body immediately, the little thing would probably die before long. With that in mind, he no longer hesitated and allowed the sharp-beaked insect to burrow into his body.

The Parasite Spirit traveled through the blood vessels in his arm and straight into Xia Jie's brain, then extended countless tiny threads that spread throughout his entire body.

A faint numbness spread across his scalp, making Xia Jie instinctively feel as though it might replace him. He wanted to stop the Parasite Spirit's parasitization.

However, he suppressed that instinct and allowed the Parasite Spirit to do as it pleased within his body.

The parasitization process only lasted a few seconds, but just as Xia Jie had written in his book, though the process was short, it felt unbearably long to the host.

Xia Jie slowly came back to his senses, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and began moving his body.

If he had not been the Parasite Spirit's creator and known that it possessed only the most basic survival instincts, with no excess intelligence whatsoever, Xia Jie would never have dared let it invade his brain so freely.

The Parasite Spirit's greatest function was serving as an intelligent brain that assisted Xia Jie's learning. Its learning and comprehension abilities were far beyond anything Xia Jie could compare to.

However, because of the parasitic connection, the Parasite Spirit's learning ability had also become Xia Jie's ability.

"Display the system interface." Xia Jie issued the command to the Parasite Spirit in his mind.

For convenience, Xia Jie had used the Parasite Spirit's powerful processing ability to create a personal "system" for himself.

"System initial startup. Please wait." A mechanical prompt sounded directly in Xia Jie's mind.

About a minute later, the Parasite Spirit finished processing Xia Jie's surface memories. Based on Xia Jie's understanding, his detailed stats appeared directly in his field of vision.

[Host: Xia Jie]

Cursed Energy: 5685↓/5700

Constitution: 6.3

Mentality: 10.1

Strength: 6.1

Speed: 5.8

Reaction: 6.5

Dexterity: 6.3

Intelligence: 7.8

[Personal Skills]: Unarmed Combat (Lv2/Lv9), Swordsmanship Specialization (Lv3/Lv9), Cursed Energy Application (Lv3/Lv9), Barrier Technique (Lv1/Lv9), Cursed Technique Reversal (Lv5/Lv9)

[Cursed Technique Skills]:

Imaginary Becomes Real: Lv5/Lv9. Legends become reality. You can create Imaginary Cursed Spirits and materialize them.

Shadow Cursed Technique: Lv4/Lv9. A fusion Cursed Technique with the Special-Grade Cursed Spirit Shadow Maru, capable of greatly stimulating the body's potential.

[Controlled Cursed Spirits]:

Shadow Maru (Special-Grade Cursed Spirit), Thunder Maru (Special-Grade Cursed Spirit), Parasite Spirit (Grade 3 Cursed Spirit)

[Current Biological Energy]: 460/5000 (maximum storage capacity). For every accumulated 100,000 points of Biological Energy absorbed, one attribute such as Constitution, Strength, Speed, or Reaction increases by 1.

Once any single attribute exceeds 10 points (the level of a top athlete), an accumulated 500,000 points of Biological Energy must be absorbed for further improvement. No single attribute may exceed 20 points (the theoretical limit of the human body).

[Knowledge Fragments]: Unarmed Combat (Small) ×15, Swordsmanship Specialization (Small) ×18, Cursed Energy Application (Small) ×20, Barrier Technique (Small) ×6, Cursed Technique Reversal (Small) ×5, Shadow Cursed Technique (Small) ×3

Xia Jie first absorbed the Biological Energy in his body, then glanced at his basic attributes and found no major changes. After setting the attribute values to four decimal places, he finally discovered the tiniest bit of fluctuation.

Xia Jie checked through the system and found that so-called Biological Energy was actually energy converted from the food he consumed.

That meant that as long as he ate enough, his attributes could quickly be stacked up.

This was forcing him to become a big eater! Fortunately, with the system's help, he would not turn into some terrifying fatty! Xia Jie thought to himself.

Xia Jie then selected the Knowledge Fragments generated by the Parasite Spirit and discovered that they were all memory scenes from his classes and training at Jujutsu High.

Although Xia Jie had previously complained that Jujutsu High recruited students as though it were recruiting tools, Jujutsu High truly did teach its students some extremely secretive and profound knowledge. Otherwise, Xia Jie would not have remained at Jujutsu High all this time.

There were also a few fragments of inspiration that had occasionally flashed through his mind while exorcising Cursed Spirits, and the Parasite Spirit had captured those as well.

After absorbing the Knowledge Fragments one by one, Xia Jie estimated that the time needed to absorb each fragment varied according to the difficulty of the knowledge it contained, but none would take more than a minute.

After absorbing these Knowledge Fragments, Xia Jie's understanding was no longer superficial. With the Parasite Spirit's power, his brain repeatedly reviewed and comprehended the knowledge, achieving true mastery.

Xia Jie looked at his skill panel again. At this moment, both his basic skills and Cursed Technique skills had changed.

[Basic Skills]: Unarmed Combat (Lv4/Lv9), Swordsmanship Specialization (Lv5/Lv9), Cursed Energy Application (Lv5/Lv9), Barrier Technique (Lv3/Lv9), Cursed Technique Reversal (Lv6/Lv9)

[Cursed Technique Skills]:

Imaginary Becomes Real: Lv6/Lv9. Legends become reality. You can create Imaginary Cursed Spirits and materialize them.

Shadow Cursed Technique: Lv5/Lv9. A fusion Cursed Technique with the Special-Grade Cursed Spirit Shadow Maru, capable of greatly stimulating the body's potential.

Xia Jie obtained information from the system regarding skill upgrades.

Before a skill reached Lv3, it was considered beginner level. Each level required 3 Small Knowledge Fragments to advance.

Lv4 to Lv6 was considered proficiency. Each level required 3 Medium Knowledge Fragments or 9 Small Knowledge Fragments.

Lv7 to Lv9 was considered advanced. Each level required 3 Large Knowledge Fragments, 9 Medium Knowledge Fragments, or 27 Small Knowledge Fragments.

As his skills improved, the difficulty of obtaining Knowledge Fragments also increased.

"With this, I'll be able to learn any skill! Reverse Cursed Technique, Domain Expansion..."

An uncontrollable smile appeared on Xia Jie's face. Gradually, his laughter filled the entire room.

Fortunately, few people lived at Jujutsu High, and students like Okkotsu were housed far apart, so no one came knocking on Xia Jie's door. Otherwise, in another place, someone would definitely have come to warn him not to disturb the neighbors late at night.

Xia Jie's eyes gleamed beneath the lights as Okkotsu's figure flashed through his mind.

It was about time. He could go ask Okkotsu about Reverse Cursed Technique! But how should he bring it up to Okkotsu?

Okkotsu sat alone in his room, staring blankly at the ring Rika had given him when, for no reason at all, he suddenly sneezed several times.

He rubbed his nose with a wry smile and thought, Rika, are you thinking about me too? But... I still haven't figured out how to materialize you! I'm clearly just one step away... Perhaps I should ask Gojo-sensei for advice! It's just that Jujutsu High... would it place new pressure on Gojo-sensei?