Death God: A High-Dimensional Overlord, Starting by Devouring the Soul King

Chapter 11 Ghost Dance Tsuji Mukai

This shadow of his, let's call him "Yoichi Tsugikuni," is probably slightly stronger than Yachiru Unohana, but he hasn't reached the limit of a Shinigami, let alone surpassed one.

He wants to change the world, so he needs to expand his influence, which requires helpers to influence those around him, and then those people can influence even more people.

He wasn't in a hurry to devour the Spirit King's right arm.

It'll be his sooner or later anyway.

Nigu Cai Cang was no longer as fanatical as before. He gave Li Lin a deep look and then said:

"No, it's nothing." He slowly shook his head, his hoarse voice returning to its previous dryness, but with an added touch of indescribable solemnity.

"You said you were looking for someone... Kibutsuji Muzan, right?"

"Yes." Li Lin nodded, his tone calm: "I have been tracking him for decades, but I have never been able to find any trace of him."

"I see..." Nigu Cai Cang murmured softly, as if he was pondering the deeper meaning of the words.

He raised his withered hand, made a gesture of invitation, and pointed to a more desolate path to the side of the main hall.

"This is your destiny."

"Tell me his details, and I'll try to help you fulfill this destiny."

Unohana stood to the side, the hem of her black shihaka uniform fluttering slightly in the wind.

She crossed her arms, her slender fingers tapping lightly on her elbows, her gaze shifting between Li Lin and Ni Gu Cai Cang.

She also became somewhat curious about who this "Kibutsuji Muzan" was, that a swordsman like Yoriichi Tsugikuni had pursued him for decades.

The atmosphere in front of the dilapidated shrine was subtle.

The withered bushes beside the approach rustled in the wind, and further away, the gray sky hung low, as if it were about to crush the precarious torii gate at any moment.

Li Lin's gaze swept over Unohana's probing eyes, then over the unfathomable stare of Nikoku Tsunezo, finally settling on some distant, empty place, as if tracing back a long stretch of time.

He sighed softly, a sigh that carried the weariness and heaviness of years gone by.

"He..." Li Lin began, his voice not loud, but exceptionally clear in the silence.

"Unlike ordinary souls... he is a 'vampire'."

"vampire?"

Unohana paused slightly, then frowned.

This word was completely foreign to her.

She had lived for hundreds of years, slain countless Hollows and killed countless people, and heard all sorts of bizarre legends, but she had never heard of the term "vampire."

Let alone Soul Society, there are no vampire legends even in Europe now, so naturally she doesn't understand what a vampire is.

Nikotsu Saizo remained silent, his dark brown, wrinkled face expressionless.

Only those deep-set eyes, their gaze fixed intently on Li Lin as if it were a tangible object, awaited what would come next.

"I don't know much about him in detail, I only know that he existed a long time ago."

Li Lin began slowly, as if recounting a distant story:

"It is said that he was once just an ordinary soul, but one day he fell seriously ill and there was no cure for him. Then he met a wandering pharmacist."

"The pharmacist concocted a magic potion using some rare ingredients. After drinking the potion, not only did his pain and symptoms disappear, but he also gained great power."

Unohana frowned slightly. There were indeed some herbs with magical effects in the Soul Society, but at most they could only heal wounds and cure diseases. She had never seen anything that could give ordinary souls extraordinary spiritual power.

"This power is somewhat similar to the void, but completely different. It is also not exactly the same as the spiritual power we use. Moreover, it requires him to devour blood, and even consume souls and human flesh to sustain himself."

"So that's why it's called Vampire?" Unohana Michi

"Yes, but you can also call them 'ghosts' directly. Besides needing to devour flesh and blood, their biggest weakness is that they cannot see sunlight."

Nigu Cai Cang finally made a move. He shook his head very slowly, his withered lips moving, emitting a hoarse sound like a broken bellows: "In all my years, I have never heard of such a strange thing."

"This is the first time I've heard of this either," Unohana said.

At this point, they no longer need to ask Yoriichi Tsugikuni why he pursued Muzan Kibutsuji.

That's pretty obvious.

Since Muzan Kibutsuji needs to devour flesh and souls, he must have eaten Yoriichi Tsugikuni's family, which is why he has been chasing this demon for decades.

"It is indeed not easy to find."

To be honest, Ueno Hana...

Although the opponent has the obvious weakness of only being able to move in the dark, it possesses the ability to change its form!

Moreover, Yoriichi Tsugikuni didn't even know his approximate location!

Li Lin also feigned some disappointment, saying, "I saw him decades ago. Although it was our first meeting, I knew in an instant that he was the ghost I was looking for."

"He was very strong, the strongest enemy I had ever seen in my life. The moment I saw him, I felt a chill down my spine and my hair stood on end."

"If I fail, I will die, but it was this thought that drove me to swing the knife."

"Hmm?" Unohana raised an eyebrow. "You failed to kill him?"

He didn't believe that a strong person like Yoriichi Tsugikuni couldn't kill a so-called demon, even though Yoriichi Tsugikuni kept saying that the other party was very strong.

But if she fails to kill him, Unohana will only think that he failed to kill her, just like he did to her before.

Li Lin lowered his head, his words filled with obvious regret: "I was careless. I didn't expect his vitality to be so extraordinary."

"I saw that he had five brains and seven hearts. To kill him, I would have to destroy him completely in an instant. Even so, I was prepared."

"But when he swung the final blow, he split himself into thousands of pieces. Although I killed most of his flesh, some pieces still escaped my senses."

"I'm so regretful. I clearly had the chance to kill him completely, but I gave him the opportunity to escape! I... I'm so useless."

"Five heads, seven hearts, this is truly a monster... I've never seen a Hollow this strange." Unohana clicked her tongue and said.

She didn't really care about the consequences of Muzan Kibutsuji's escape; it was just that he would start devouring flesh and blood again.

The law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak, is simply one of the norms of this world.

But what he said at the end left Unohana speechless.

If you feel useless just because you couldn't kill such a monster, then what about the vampire he chased away and yourself, who was defeated by him?

Is it non-recyclable waste from somewhere?