Chapter 74 Jade Pot's Advancement
After bidding farewell to Yuhu, Yansheng, and Tongmo, they went to a remote mountain forest, where there were always some villages with a small population.
Yu Hu always preferred to collect materials and create art in such secluded places, as these locations would prevent excessive disturbances.
He hummed a strange tune, fiddling with the artwork in front of him, and casually tossing some parts that he thought were good into the pot.
"Okay~".
He took a few steps back, admiring his masterpiece with excitement. It was a person covered in blood standing upright, with limbs of different skin colors pieced together on top. The base below consisted of a dozen heads forcibly fixed in, all with the same expression of terror, their eyes wide open as if their eyeballs were about to pop out.
From a distance, it looks like a blood-red tree with branches growing out, while the person in the main trunk still has a breath left, making the 'tree' appear to be trembling slightly.
"This is a very artistic scene. Chatting with Master Doma always inspires me~."
The jade pot slid its limp body, admiring its most perfect work in a long time, its expression becoming increasingly intoxicated.
"Ah~, I really wish that Muzan-sama could also have a look."
"Heh, Muzan-sama would never appreciate something so meaningless."
Yu Hu turned around and saw a disheveled man sitting on a tree branch. He wore a faded gray kimono with the collar wide open. His pale face was split open, revealing black sclera and red pupils, clearly displaying the words—Upper Moon Five.
"Ishime, what are you doing here?"
Yu Hu was extremely annoyed by this ghost. He hated this barbaric man who didn't understand art, and who was unreasonable and slovenly.
"This is my territory, I should be asking you questions," Shi Mu said casually, picking at his ear. He picked up the water bottle hanging from his waist and drank from it, blood trickling down his lip.
"What a waste of my food, it looks really ugly, uglier than a child's playhouse."
"you……!"
The jade pot instantly turned red with rage, and with a furious swing at the tree where the other was perched, the trunk split open and fell to the left. Shi Mu reacted swiftly, leaping down and landing firmly on the ground with a loud thud.
Do you want to die?
Shi Mu narrowed his eyes, looking down at the jade pot, and suddenly clenched his right hand. The ground around the blood-red tree suddenly changed, with layers of sand rising up and enveloping it, tightening as Shi Mu moved.
"puff--."
Blood-stained sand fell away, revealing the mangled remains of the corpse. Yu Hu, furious that Shi Mu would ruin his meticulously crafted masterpiece, trembled with rage.
"You've asked for trouble, get out of here."
Shi Mu wiped his mouth, glanced at Yu Hu indifferently, and turned to leave. He hated it when others acted wildly on his turf.
"Stop right there! How dare you ruin my work! Die!"
The jade pot's originally soft body suddenly grew arms, with muscles bulging on them, and its torso gradually lengthened, growing several pairs of infant arms.
"Blood Demon Art: Thousand Needles - Fish Killer!"
Six goldfish suddenly emerged from the pot where the jade pot had been resting. They rolled their eyes, took a deep breath, and spat out several needles carrying deadly poison towards the stone eye.
"Ta-da!"
A stone wall suddenly appeared behind Shi Mu, semi-encircling him and blocking countless fluorescent poison needles.
"Blood Demon Art: Quicksand".
Shi Mu turned around, looking at the dissipating stone wall and the several poisoned needles lying on the ground, and suddenly waved his hand. The ground within a twenty-meter radius of him began to collapse, becoming as soft and powerless as sand.
Yu Hu also noticed the pot being swept up by the sand and glanced at Shi Mu with disdain. Suddenly, a huge, sticky octopus emerged from the pot. Its body was extremely soft, and the fluid dripping from its tentacles stuck the sand together.
"Blood Demon Art: Octopus Pot Hell".
Shi Mu's brow twitched, and the quicksand accelerated, consuming the octopus, leading to a stalemate.
"Blood Demon Art - Stone Form".
Shi Mu raised his hands and swung them violently, clenching them tightly. The sand and stones on the ground rose up, forming diamond-shaped stone spikes that pierced towards the jade pot.
"Pfft—".
The dozens of sharp stone spikes were enveloped by the octopus's spray of mucus the moment they approached the jade pot, crashing heavily to the ground and turning into a puddle of mud. The jade pot, controlling the goldfish, surrounded the stone eye from all sides, continuously spitting out venomous spikes.
"Blood Demon Art: Dust".
The sand and pebbles floating in the air seemed to possess wisdom, surrounding each goldfish and forming circular enclosures that grew smaller and smaller, constantly scraping against the sand and pebbles.
"Ta-da!"
The sound of poisonous thorns hitting the walls echoed from all around, like a symphony, especially loud in the silent village.
"How boring. Take your worrisome work and get out of here. Don't bother me."
Shi Mu waved his hand, and all the sand spheres encasing the goldfish shattered at a uniform speed, turning into disgusting slime that scattered on the ground. He turned to leave, and a large patch of liquid quietly spread beneath his feet.
"You disgusting vagrant who insults my art time and time again!"
Jade Pot glided along, smoothly dodging the stone spikes that kept striking him. Suddenly, he twisted his body violently, his arms on his torso flailing up and down, and the octopus turned into slime, spreading across the ground and sticking to the surrounding sand and stones.
"Blood Demon Art: Ten Thousand Gliding Fish!"
Like a waterfall, the spout gushed forth sticky fish with sharp teeth. They surged together in dense numbers, flowing like a stream of water towards the stone eye.
"Blood Demon Art - Stone Form".
Layer upon layer of stone walls rose from the ground, forming protective walls that shielded the stone eye. But swarms of fanged, sticky fish attacked, their poisonous slime corroding the walls.
"Crackling sound—".
The chewing sounds continued, and the stone eyes, not to be outdone, formed countless sharp spikes that struck down the disgusting sticky fish. The corpses covered the entire ground and continued to accumulate.
"puff--."
Suddenly, Shi Mu vomited black blood. He swayed and fell to the ground in shock, his hands and knees covered in a sticky substance.
It's poison
He then noticed that the slime-laden fish, gradually merging with the mucus, had silently transferred its venom to him. As he collapsed, the corroded stone wall crumbled with a deafening roar.
Jade Pot slid up and looked down at Stone Eye, who was spitting black blood on the ground, mocking his convulsing body.
"This is the price of insulting art, you barbarians."
As Yu Hu spoke, his arm suddenly pierced through Shi Mu's chest, scooping out its heart and devouring it. Shi Mu, its eyes wide open, was thus corroded by the sticky fish and slime, gradually dissolving.
Yu Hu turned around, humming a little tune as he slowly left with his materials. His eyes, which had originally shown Lower Moon Four, instantly changed to Upper Moon Five.
"bite--."
While slacking off, Iwakatsu suddenly saw a transparent blue box pop up, showing that the task progress had changed from (4/6) to (5/6). Iwakatsu jumped up; just a second ago he was contemplating his ghost life, and now the task had started.
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