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Chapter 380: [Sponsored] Chapter 377: Quanxi the Bow Devil

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"The Devil you're looking for turned out to be unexpectedly strong."

Kishibe glanced at Fang Mo: "I've hidden it in a safe place. After this is over, I will personally hand it over to you."

"That guy is strong?"

Hearing what was said on the shore, Fang Mo also felt unexpectedly surprised: "Just the Sex Devil... How strong can it be?"

"I have twelve people who are pregnant, and four were drained." Kishibe glanced at Fang Mo indifferently: "By the way, among those twelve who are pregnant, seven are..."

"Damn, hermaphrodites?"

Now Fang Mo was truly baffled: "This pregnancy rate is a bit outrageous. If left unchecked, the daily fertility rate would be increased by twenty percentage points by it, truly a genuine paradise of pregnancy..."

"After all, it's not only women who are afraid of the concept of sex."

Kishibe explained calmly: "Some men are equally afraid of this concept, seeing it as the root of all lasciviousness and chaos. In China, there was once a saying, 'a knife hangs over the head at the mention of lust'... In any case, some men also try to rid themselves of lasciviousness, by Devilizing this concept, which also increases its power."

"Good lord... Abstaining from lust seems to become the strongest accomplice."

After listening, Fang Mo couldn't help but mock: "It seems only someone as seasoned in lust as I am the most suitable to be a Devil hunter. Talking about anything else is useless, hurry up and get me some pictures of Makima, to calm down them first."

"Do you have any complaints about Makima?"

Kishibe couldn't help but ask after listening.

"Hehe, how could I?" Fang Mo immediately showed a pleased smile: "I am playing a big game here, solving the worst peace and changing the current situation of declining youth in Japan, killing two birds with one stone, right? But you have to keep a close eye on the Sex Devil for me because I'm afraid someone will kneel overnight to invite it back for worship, like... um, those with South Korea."

"South Korea?" Kishibe asked, puzzled: "Why?"

"Because they would say 'the Sex Devil has always been our South Korea country's traditional Devil.'"

Fang Mo shrugged his shoulders, not wanting to continue on this implied topic, so he deliberately changed the subject: "Speaking of South Korea... Are there any spicy cabbage pickle Devils in this world?"

"You..."

Kishibe opened his mouth, probably wanting to say something, but the next second his gaze suddenly sharpened: "...Be careful, that guy is coming."

As soon as his voice fell, a figure in the distance had already charged straight towards them.

Fang Mo looked up just in time to see Quanxi charging at him with a knife, a fresh wound visible on her body, likely from forcibly making her way through. Her face no longer bore just a melancholic air; anger had taken hold, presumably because her woman had been killed.

Following her anger, Quanxi seemed to gain even further speed. While Fang Mo was still lost in thought, Quanxi charged at him but didn't attack him. Instead, she slashed her knife towards Kishibe.

Kishibe immediately counterattacked, pulling out two small knives and crossing them over his shoulder, blocking the incoming blade with a clang. Then, quickly tilting his head back, Quanxi's kick grazed his chin.

However, unlike Quanxi's Devil physique, Kishibe was purely human and already aged. After a lightning-fast exchange, he was caught off guard by Quanxi's punch to the face, sending him flying with a crack heard by all.

"Octopus!"

Seeing this, Hirofumi Yoshida from a distance activated his power, and a giant octopus tentacle instantly wrapped around Quanxi, halting her pursuit. However, enraged, she hurled her long knife at Yoshida, who dodged by leaning back.

From Quanxi's charge to the rapid skirmish, only a few seconds had passed, stunning Kusakabe and Tamaoki, who only then snapped back to reality, eager to help. But the Devil on the other side, a dragon Devil with horns, spat out flames, forcing them back.

"Aren't we joining the fight?" Nyarlathotep asked Fang Mo, seemingly intrigued.

To his surprise, Fang Mo didn't respond but stared intently at the bodies of Cosmo and Pingtsi on the ground, appearing unexpectedly taken aback.

"You wouldn't happen to be... interested in corpses of the opposite sex, would you?" Nyarlathotep joked upon seeing this.

"If you keep slandering me, I'll give you a Caucasian SΛΛ suffocation package," Fang Mo retorted with an eye roll. "Only outer gods like you would do such things. If you're really that bored, go ahead and take them on. I have something I need to study and can't spare a hand."

He wasn't lying. As Quanxi had charged at him, two system notifications unexpectedly sounded in Fang Mo's mind:

[System Notification: 'Exploration and Retrieval' mechanism studied, 25% new module download permissions acquired.]

[System Notification: 'Understanding of All Things' concept studied, 50% new module download permissions acquired.]

Initially, Fang Mo didn't pay much attention to the system notifications, as this was the first time he had triggered a module unlock in "Chainsaw Man," and progress bars usually meant a long haul. He had accumulated a pile of such module notifications and had grown somewhat numb to them.

However, upon hearing 'Exploration and Retrieval' and 'Understanding of All Things,' something felt off to Fang Mo.

After a moment of thought, he quickly grasped the significance. Having played many Minecraft (MC) mods, although many were just superficially explored and not mastered, he was at least familiar with their general content.

And this exploration and retrieval, as well as the concept of being versed in all things in the world.

This might actually be a query-type module, and it's very likely something similar to JEI, NEI, or a G-key recipe table. Thinking about this, Fang Mo becomes somewhat unsettled.

Upon further thought, it really seems possible.

The original work does not specify what type of Devil Pingtsi is, but it's highly probable she's of the reconnaissance type.

After all, she can use the magnifying glass-like hole on her ponytail to observe enemies, not only seeing the Devils contracted to them but also the price they can pay.

In Minecraft, there are also mods that allow one to see block and entity data at a glance.

Similar to a highlight feature.

Of course, aside from Pingtsi, another Devil named Cosmo is even more impressive.

This creature claims to be a Devil of the cosmos, and although it appears weak, it possesses a kind of mental contamination ability similar to a Cthulhu-like psychic attack that directly targets the enemy's mental state.

Although she only shouts "Halloween," this mental contamination ability is terrifying. Merely shouting at passersby can cause them to lose their sanity, stripping them of basic language abilities, reducing their speech to nothing but the word "Halloween."

She can also overwrite others' cognition, instantly calming a restaurant server who feared her group, even making them serve with unmatched enthusiasm.

And she has a trump card.

That is to pull someone into her own mind.

As mentioned before, Cosmo is a cosmic Devil, and her mental world is a vast library said to contain all knowledge and truths of the universe.

Her so-called ultimate move.

Is actually similar to the passive ability of Yog-Sothoth.

It's about stuffing all the knowledge from this library into the enemy's brain, forcing them to understand everything, to know the myriad aspects of existence.

Then, just like in the Cthulhu Mythos, the universe being too vast, dark, filled with meaningless chaos and madness, and creatures being too insignificant, humans would lose their SAN (sanity) points upon knowing everything.

Simply put... they go mad.

In the original work, Santa Claus was such a case. She had obtained a piece of Dark Devil flesh and was very powerful, claiming to have understood everything. However, what she understood didn't even amount to a page of a book in this library. After being forcibly filled with knowledge... she went mad, turning into a doll capable of nothing but saying "Halloween."

But anyhow.

Fang Mo is actually quite eager to see this library.

For some reason, he feels like he could withstand the mental attack, a kind of instinct almost biological in nature. After all, if he can converse freely with outer gods, he shouldn't fail here, right?

He is indeed too covetous of the knowledge in her mind.

After all, that's said to be the place where all truths of the universe are recorded. If he could just rummage through it, unlocking perhaps a hundred and eighty mods or something, wouldn't that be thrilling?

Considering the 'versed in all things in the world' 50% module permission, Fang Mo is very suspicious that this module is something like JEI. After all, with a press of a button, you can query all crafting lists, knowing an item's origin, crafting methods, usage, and all information, which is very similar to the described abilities.

Thinking about this, Fang Mo couldn't help himself.

In any case, let's first try to pull the other party up.

Although this fellow has been pierced through the brain by a flying knife, the vitality of a Devil is quite strong. Power was once disassembled, but later reassembled, so it's still worth trying to save her. Who knows, she might be useful?

What Fang Mo did not expect was:

As soon as his hand touched the shoulder of the Cosmic Devil, Quanxi, who was not far away, suddenly bristled.

"Stop right there."

Although it's unclear what Quanxi was thinking, she was indeed in a hurry.

Originally, she was leading the remaining two Devils to fight Kishibe, Yoshida Hirofumi and Hayakawa Aki. But upon seeing Fang Mo's action, she lost her will to fight, retreated a bit, and then immediately reached for her eyepatch.

The next second, with a "pfft" sound.

Blood splattered as she pulled an arrow out from her eye socket.

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