"You're really hard to deal with."
Lin En recalled their collision just now.
Yes.
He had captured another Little Red.
And the method was actually very simple. During that continuous fall, he had used their brief contact to successfully pin down the portion of her will that had seeped into him. Then, just like last time, he had used the scissors of his return to snip her off her main body.
Without a doubt, this was the greatest cheat he had developed.
But he had also suffered serious damage.
"Looks like even after advancing, the gap is still pretty big if I want to go head-to-head with a real Great Demon."
That was what he thought.
Because when he had cut her off just now...
She had fought desperately, forcing her main body past the Rift's restrictions to clash with him head-on.
And that single clash...
Had left him feeling as though her main body's will had swept away nearly two-thirds of his newly expanded mass. She had even come close to blasting his hard-won new Vessel into a bloody mist.
"Sure enough, even an Outer God can't get too cocky."
He rubbed his nonexistent chin.
"For now, I can still only pick on Little Red. When Big Red shows up, she's still a little beyond me..."
Still.
The outcome was delightful.
He glanced at the manifestation of the Lord of Crimson's will in his hand, unconscious after being forcibly severed.
ヽ(￣▽￣)ﾉ
[Little Red acquired +1]
One more toy~!
And he had obtained a brand-new Vessel, too! Though he had no idea where in the Spirit Realm he had fallen this time, at least he was no longer in danger of his Vessel collapsing.
And more importantly...
After this enormous boost, he would be able to run even