Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

Aiko... was almost defeated.

Her [Little Nightmares] consumed 40,000,000 litres.

There were still small patches of the fluid here and there, but Aiko could not bother with those. Her tails were almost full of it and she was sick and tired of those slurping sounds.

”At least now I can cross with peace of mind...” Aiko sighed. She would have to do something with that tainted Essence later, so it isn’t stuck in her tails for too long.

Aiko walked to the small ’island’ that was blessed with strange light. All thanks to that, Aiko was unable to use her ’blinking’ Ability to make it over there.

And the river was also too wide for her to jump over...

The whole situation was bothersome for Aiko and she didn’t like it.

At this point, she hoped it was some kind of amazing Treasure that would allow her to conquer the world!

But that was wishful thinking.

She was deep in cavers with no strange river flowing around. It was dark except for that island and there were only a few things...

A strange piece of crystal that Aiko had never seen before and that the system was unable to identify.

There was a skeleton with the already gone Souls, so she couldn’t even test her tails on it!

And when it came to the skeleton’s Treasures. They were so tainted and decayed by the river that they were useless!

”GOD DAMMIT!” Aiko roared as she was angry. She was in no mood to engage with anyone at the current moment.

She collected that strange metal into her [Tails Storage].

Aiko then blinked out of this place with her [Nightmare Fox Incarnate].

She appeared above the ground near the fight.

”Beauty!”

”Fox!”

”Whore!”

Males immediately flocked to Aiko like they had lost their reason and everyone frowned.

They could feel that ominous energy leaving her body, so none of the bodybuilders or females would dare to approach her.

Aiko’s tails growled as they ripped their enemies. She made the first move, so the first hit was unsuppressed.

Her body got heavier since the broken Secret Realm still had some rules active, but...

[Your sheer presence is bending laws.]

[You can temporarily ignore all restrictions if you so will it.]

[This ’ability’ is restricted to one use, so use it wisely.]

Aiko blinked slowly. This was a good ability if shit hit the fan.

She nodded slowly as corpses were littered all around and her tails munched on their hearts.

’Ah. I forgot to test their Souls...’ Aiko sighed in frustration. She was very upset that the only thing she got was a piece of crystal that she couldn’t even identify...

The other Cultivators were still there and some even started to run away.

The place got chaotic as some Cultivators even pushed females towards Aiko to save their skin.

Aiko was not interested in that bullshit, so she just swiped her tails at anyone who bothered her.

She was annoyed, but not annoyed enough that she would notice the familiar girl.

She was trying to protect girls behind her, previously from the male Cultivators and now from her.

”We mean you no harm.” The girl said. She had that same familiar voice that Aiko was familiar with. ’Stupid, you are supposed to run away! That’s a Demonic Beast!’

’Be quiet, you depend on me to survive. I won’t allow you to endanger our lives!’ The girl glared at the rind on her necklace. While this ’Immortal’ was useful, she was also stupid. ’You stupid child! Demonic Beasts won’t see reason! You will die!’

The ’Immortal’ inside that ring tried to gather its Soul Energy, but was blocked by the girl.

Aiko inspected the girl. She was quite older than the last time she saw her, but her beauty shined nicely.

’But how am I supposed to address her?’ Aiko scrunched her face. ’She is no longer Princess and I don’t remember her name...’

Aiko made a small step and appeared before the girl.

The girl’s body stiffened, she didn’t expect this Fox to be so powerful.

”W-we really mean no harm.” The girl lightly blushed, since in front of her was a really beautiful Fox.

”You still owe me more food.” Aiko licked her lips.

The girl was scared and was about to use her mother’s poison when she suddenly stiffened from the Fox’s words.

”The last time we ate, most of it was poisoned and I didn’t get my fill.” Aiko whined.

”Little Fox?” Princess Fang Jia blinked a few times.

”Not-so-little now~” Aiko supported her chest and the Princess blushed.

”Hehe~” Aiko chuckled as she hugged that girl.

That hug accidentally opened the bottle with the poison and the sweet smell spread.

”Food?” Aiko smelled that nice smell and stole that small bottle from the Princess.

”W-wait that’s-!” Before Fang Jia could finish her words Aiko already gulped down the contents.

”It tastes quite good- Blegh.” Aiko marvelled at the taste until she didn’t. She coughed up blood right in the middle of her sentence.

[You have been poisoned by Dark Root Poison!]

[Maximum HP will be halved!]

[You will lose 0.01% of Max HP each second!]

[Your body is not working properly, you can’t circulate energy!]

[Your energies won’t regenerate and instead deplete!]

[You will fall into endless slumber if your energies deplete!]

”This is no longer delicious.” Aiko grimaced as she coughed up more blood. ”Why is something so nice smelling a poison!”

”Now is our chance!” One of the girls said as she charged at the Fox. ’If I can get her Beast Core, I will be able to beat that hateful Senior Sister!’

”Wait!” Fang Jia yelled, but only 2 from her group listened.

”We can’t wait, Senior Sister. We can strike now!” Another girl said. ’If we can get her Beast Core then we will no longer be in the shadow of Senior Sister!’

Everyone was obsessed about this, since they hated this Senior Sister, Fang Jia.

She appeared one day and stole all the spotlight thanks to being a prodigy in Forging Cultivation.

Everyone loved her and adored her, since Forging Cultivators Females were exceedingly rare, so all the geezers favoured her and even the Female Elders helped her!

That made every disciple hate her, especially the female ones, since even male disciples from other Peaks liked her!

This was the ploy of the Elders to improve everyone, but it, unfortunately, backfired since Forging Cultivators were often spoiled by their Elders...

Aiko saw the group of idiots charging at her.

She tilted her head. Since she has the [Witch Fox Incarnate], she could try something with it.

[Dark Root Poison was quarantined, thanks to the effort of [Witch Fox Incarnate]!]

[You have sealed the poison in your body!]

[You can now transfer the poison to someone else!]

[How much you can transfer depends on the opponent’s Cultivation.]

Fang Jia noticed that abnormality and the ’little’ Fox’s twisted smile.

Aiko dodged the incoming sword and kissed the Female Cultivator.

[You have transferred part of the poison.]

[Cultivation is too low. You were only able to transfer 0.01% before the subject’s Qi pathways collapsed!]

The girl that met with Aiko’s kiss collapsed, convulsing on the floor.

Aiko had been inflicted a lot of damage, but that didn’t mean she didn’t have any tricks up her sleeve!

She used her ’blink’ to appear in the others’ shadows and kissed them all. Everyone died, but the Princess and the two girls behind her.

Aiko noticed that abnormality. The Princess ’retainers’ were Foxes.

”Are you alright?!” Fang Jia dashed next to Aiko who sat down due to exhaustion. The poison ate a lot of her Stamina and the blinking completely depleted it...

”You wouldn’t happen to have the antidote?” Aiko chuckled childishly.

”You-!” Fang Jia was really worried about this ’little’ Fox.

”There doesn’t exist an antidote for this, or at least Mother told me...” Fang Jia was almost crying since she liked the small Fox...

”Okay.” Aiko nodded. ”I will just rest then.” She narrowed her eyes and her body was shrouded in darkness.

Instead of the large seductive Fox, there laid a small cute Fox.

Fang Jia almost fell in love again, but she shook her head picking the small Fox up.

”I suggest against it, Princess.” One of her retainers advised against bringing the Demonic Fox along.

”I agree with her, Demonic Foxes are bad news.” The other agreed.

”You know nothing about her.” Fang Jia shook her head. ”I will be taking her with us.”

”We will have to report this to your Mother.” One of the retainers made a rude remark.

”And my Mother would punish you for restricting my movements.” Fang Jia snorted unhappily.

”Your Mother can’t punish us.” The other shook her head.

”Exactly. How humiliating would it be if you were punished by an ’outcast’?” Fang Jia glared at them and they shut up.

”I can’t believe you are wasting your energy on rubbish.” Aiko sighed. ”They always spew shit, so it’s better to just ignore them or use them as bait.” She proclaimed.

”Were you always this evil?” Fang Jia giggled.

”I’m a ’Demonic Fox’.” Aiko snorted.

They both laughed and the retainers were confused.

...

Fang Jia guided Aiko into her camp.

Aiko could feel the glares from the retainers, but she ignored them.

In the camp were even more Foxes. Most of them cooked and cleaned for the Princess.

”What is this? Did you bring the whole Palace?” Aiko blinked her eyes in confusion, attracting attention to her.

Most Foxes frowned, while a few recoiled while clenching their cheeks.

Some had already heard rumours about the ’peculiar’ Fox, but most would not believe it.

There was no Fox that hated sex! That was obvious. Moreover, there is no Fox that would injure someone’s backdoor! That was another fact, so they naturally didn’t believe it.

”That’s because mother is worried about me.” Fang Jia said, nodding towards them to prepare a meal.

”Wouldn’t so many weaklings attract attention?” Aiko blinked with even bigger confusion.

[Distortion in Void detected.]

”I have never seen a smart Demonic Fox.” Another beautiful Fox appeared from somewhere...