Facing the temptation of immortality offered by Yagyuu Kojirou, Brian did not hesitate at all and His sword slashed down.
The ground meatball split directly into two halves.
A strange scene occurred.
The meatball on the ground split into two, and while struggling, it tried to transform into two small figures approximately only over thirty centimeters long.
The appearance of the small figures was vaguely similar to Yagyuu Kojirou.
Under the corrosion of Brian’s corrosive fog, these two figures melted like white wax, their flesh gradually dissolving and shrinking.
They wore expressions of pain, mouths wide open, silently screaming and wailing, twisted and eerie.
"That’s outrageous, isn’t it?"
Witnessing this scene, even Brian, who was well-versed in such sights, felt his mouth go dry.
He guessed that Yagyuu Kojirou, like Benjamin, had fused with the Mutated Octopus from the seabed, gaining the ability of a sub-brain, but he did not expect the process to be so bizarre.
This was different from the states displayed through the talent simulations by Benjamin and Brian.
The silent wails continued for a good thirty seconds.
With no strength left to resist and unable to defend with their flesh, the remaining flesh of Yagyuu Kojirou resisted the corrosion for a good thirty seconds before completely dissolving into a darker puddle of liquid.
The liquid kept evaporating.
Above the foul-smelling white steam, an almost dark Obsession Little Ball slowly formed.
Almost simultaneously, three warm currents surged within Brian’s body, representing the completion of another three obsessions.
Brian excitedly clenched his fist.
This trip to Japan was a huge profit!
Initially, Brian didn’t bother with the Gifts after completing the obsessions.
He immediately crushed the Obsession Little Ball of Yagyuu Kojirou.
A dark rainbow light shot into his eyes, transforming into a flood of information in his mind:
Yagyuu Kojirou’s Obsession: "My heart as my blade, all things shall be severed!"
He didn’t quite understand this obsession.
Patiently, Brian continued to read.
After the obsession, came the Gifts.
Gift One: 299 units of Gift Energy
Gift Two: 1 unit of Gift Energy + Plunder
Gift Three: 1 unit of Gift Energy + Four Brains
Gift Four: 1 unit of Gift Energy + Extreme Heart (Sword)
Gift Five: 1 unit of Gift Energy + Heart Eye (Extreme)
Gift Six: 1 unit of Gift Energy + Body Activation (Extreme)
Gift Eighteen: 280 units of Gift Energy + Quirk
Looking at this long list of Gifts, Brian took a sharp intake of breath.
units of Gift Energy, since the Blood Moon, besides Benjamin’s 300, was among the highest he had encountered!
As for the talents...
Let’s see, the previous Gifts came with a mandatory unit of Gift Energy, giving just one talent, implying that these talents’ latent value amounted to 298 units of Gift Energy, the strongest he had seen!
In gaming terms, that meant opening a treasure chest full of legendary gold items!
Brian then felt a pang of heartache.
With so many Gifts, he could only choose one.
And right now, he was somewhat confused about what Yagyuu Kojirou’s obsession really was.
This place was not benign.
There wasn’t much time for Brian to dwell.
He forcibly suppressed the chaos in his heart and started to examine the details of these talents.
[Plunder: "Your talent is fine, once I eat you, it’s mine!" Note: The Plunder talent may cause severe side effects; stronger physical conditions weaken the side effects and genetic rejection...]
When your main brain is damaged, the sub-brain rapidly transforms into a new main brain, bearing your consciousness.
Each transformation releases a vast amount of stored energy from the sub-brain cells to sustain your life.
Each loss of a head requires a significant amount of time to regenerate.
Rapid, consecutive brain changes may lead to a loss of consciousness.
Lack of energy might cause the sub-brain, under its instinct, to compete with the main brain for nutrition, even possibly giving birth to a new consciousness.
Ensure stable energy provision for your body, or you may be replaced by a new version of yourself!]
[Extreme Heart (Sword):
Ruthless training from childhood left your character extremely radical.
You personally slew your parents, honing the Extreme Intent.
Under the will of Extreme Intent, your heart never wavers.
Any existence daring to defy you will be killed!
Your conviction allows you to unleash your body’s most extreme strength in a normal state.
Under the influence of Extreme Intent, your emotions become cold and biased, extremely self-centered.
The existence of the sub-brain significantly suppresses this talent.]
[Heart Eye (Extreme):
You devoured hundreds of your offspring, stealing their purpose-trained Heart Eye talent through the Plunder talent.
Little by little, this talent has reached a certain limit.
When you activate this talent, your eyes can see the path to Silence.
This talent is affected by Spiritual Strength; activation may alter your eyes’ appearance.]
[Body Activation (Extreme):
You devoured numerous kinsmen.
You devoured high-level genetic creatures.
Your cells have mutated.
You can store a large amount of energy in your body, which can be burned all at once when needed, obtaining a massive life force supplement, accelerating the rate of cell division...
You lack the key to activating special genes.
Each use of this ability will reduce the maximum lifespan of your cells by a percentage.]
[Quirk: The twisted you can derive ultimate pleasure from some bizarre actions; the more corrupted, the more joyful, significantly reducing your risk of losing control.