Cultivation Struggles of a Lowly Fox

Mei appeared with the Demonic Foxes in tow, and they immediately joined the battle.

”How are you doing?” Mei quickly asked Dai Lu.

”Could be better, but it’s not too bad either.” Dai Lu nodded her head slowly. As long as she didn’t need to fight someone too powerful, everything would be alright.

”There are a lot of innocent Foxes.” Mei shocked another Fox with her Thunder Talisman.

”The Demonic Foxes will have their hands completely full if we don’t do something.” Dai Lu frowned.

Witch Aiko drop-kicked a nearby enemy Fox. ”It’s serious, since I can’t even use my usual tools.”

Dai Lu’s lips twitched when she saw Aiko’s happy thoughts about impaling Foxes.

It was a very ridiculous thought where Foxes were standing in line, waiting for Aiko to impale them, and then happily hopping away on the poles from her.

Mei’s lips likewise twitched. She didn’t need an ability like Dai Lu to know what Aiko was thinking.

While Aiko could use the flags to easily deal with them, it felt wrong to do it on enslaved Foxes that might become allies in the future.

”If they at least didn’t move so much, we could block their acupuncture points...” The Shy Demonic Fox whined softly.

Witch Aiko paused when she glanced at her system.

Dai Lu flinched from her thoughts.

Witch Aiko smirked. ”I think I know-”

Before she even finished her sentence, Dai Lu cut her short. ”You want to scare everyone shitless?!”

”It’s a good plan, though.” Witch Aiko pouted.

”That’s what’s scary about it! You believe that it would work!” Dai Lu didn’t believe it would work.

”Let her just do it.” Mei gave up trying to control or manage Aiko. Whenever she did something alone, it would be either a great boon to their group or a disaster for the negotiations, nothing in between.

”Thank you~” Witch Aiko hummed.

She then hummed and trained her vocal cords.

”What is she doing?” Mei asked softly, while Danji, who appeared with the Shadows Peak, also wondered.

Dai Lu just closed her eyes, completely giving up.

Danji exchanged looks with Mei, but neither of them spoke, since Aiko was more important right now.

”SHABABA!” Witch Aiko suddenly yelled out loudly, making everyone, even the controlled Foxes, look at her.

Witch Aiko suddenly dashed towards a certain Elder who liked her when she was small.

”Come at me!” The Elder would add her to the ’small’ collection.

”TABA!” Witch Aiko dodged his strike and slashed his stomach open.

Moving closer, her hand plunged into that smelly, bloody mess, wrapping her delicate fingers around his intestines.

”SHABAAAAAA!” Witch Aiko pulled out his intestines while screaming loudly.

Blood and dissolved food sprayed everywhere, making this whole situation even more terrifying.

Witch Aiko kept screaming strange words, making even her own group freeze.

Witch Aiko then jumped on his shoulders, wrapping the intestines around his neck and tightening them.

The Scum Elder didn’t recover his wits until he felt his neck squeezed, after which he started to thrash around to get that damned lunatic away from him.

Witch Aiko was yanking his neck with the intestines like she was playing with a toy.

Her cheerful screams with laughing expressions made everyone shudder from disgust and horror.

Soon after, the Scum Elder died from suffocation as his Soul tried to run away to save itself.

However, some kind of strange force pulled on him, making him trapped in some kind of lamp?!

[#### Ghost Harmony Kitsune Vessel (Paper Lantern)]

”TABATA!” *Burp*

Witch Aiko acted like she was pleased and rubbed her belly; even her allies considered attacking her at this point since she was too scary.

And for a good reason.

[Icon of Fear]

[You naturally inflict fear upon others. (Can be turned off)]

[Everyone has a hard time staying conscious in your presence. (Only active if the first option is active.)(Can be turned off)]

[You are proficient in destroying the backdoors, your enemies will shit their pants from your intimidation. (Only active if the first option is active.)(Can be turned off)]

”BABA?” Witch Aiko suddenly turned her head 90 degrees, making everyone around her jump back.

”ABATA~” Witch Aiko used her intimidation to the fullest potential.

Her own [Little #### Nightmares] found it amusing, so they added some effects around Aiko, making her into an eldritch horror for the Foxes.

Suddenly, Aiko made a ’bridge’ out of her body, stuck out her tongue, wiggling her like a snake, and ran towards the nearby enemy slave Foxes.

As one might expect, the control over those Foxes had already shattered halfway through, but with this newfound induced nightmare fuel, where some felt like they saw Souls trapped inside her mouth, or that her eyes turned into mouths that were chewing on anything that came close to her-

You get the idea.

The enemy slave Foxes immediately run away in a very straightforward fashion, making it very easy for the Demonic Foxes to incapacitate them without any struggle.

Even some Elders hesitated in getting close to that lunatic, but if they didn’t step in, it would ruin even this last plan!

”You are fighting me.” Dai Lu appeared with empty eyes, like she was trying to ignore everything that happened, especially those strange noises that Aiko let out of her mouth during this whole event.

”Dammit!” The enemy Elders curse, but deep inside, they were very happy that they didn’t need to engage with that abomination.

...

”Not a word...” Mei had a completely red face because of Aiko’s shenanigans.

”I’m not saying anything.” Danji put down another enemy Fox without harming her. She was likewise not willing to talk about what just happened and how Aiko acted.

Unlike the enemies, the team saw Aiko without any kind of effect. So they just saw Aiko talking strangely and then chasing after Foxes in a ’bridge-like’ fashion, making them even more concerned about Aiko’s sanity.

Unfortunately, since her plan worked way too well, they could only swallow their shame and let Aiko do her thing...

Mei threw yet another Thunder Talisman to incapacitate another Fox.

”Are you adjusting the strength of the Talisman on the fly?” Danji was concerned that Mei was more skilled than she expected.

”Yeah, but it’s kind of a pain in the ass.” Mei sighed. The enemy Elders were unwilling to get close to Mei or Danji because one would shock them, while the other liked to target sensitive places.

”This is going smoothly...” Mei frowned.

”The Head is not here, and some Elders are also missing.” Danji knew a bit more since she discussed it with the Shadows Peak Elder.

”Yeah, that Head worries me.” The Delegation was powerful, but Dai Lu and some Demonic Foxes were keeping them in check.

This war was too abrupt, so everything was disorganised. It was complete chaos, which made it more beneficial for the same Foxes and-

”TABATATATATA!” Witch Aiko suddenly passed near them, still in that ’bridge-like’ position.

”...” It had quite a great effect on everyone, but that also included Aiko’s own team, making them wonder how they should treat her later.

”As long as she is having fun?” Yuxi scratched her cheeks, but even she was embarrassed about what Aiko was doing.

Danji and Mei rolled their eyes as they turned their attention towards the enemy slave Foxes.

They were clearly more conscious now, but it was not like they would be completely freed. They were freed from the immediate control, but not from their ’berserker-like’ nature induced by the previous control.

This made them stronger, but also slightly more straightforward, and since Mei was stacked when it came to Talismans, nobody was able to approach them.

”I can’t believe you have created so many of them.” Danji hoped that the Thunder Talisman would run out, so she would have to help Mei and make her indebted, but not only did Mei not run out, but she pulled more and more of them from her Storage Ring!

”Hahaha!” Mei was slowly starting to enjoy herself.

”Hiiii!” One slave Fox felt like there were now two monsters on the battlefield and ran away from the Jade Fox like she was running from that abomination with multiple mouths.

Mei stiffened briefly, since she didn’t expect that kind of reaction.

”I think I can understand why Aiko loves you so much.” Even Danji was creeped out by Mei’s expression.

”What is that supposed to mean?” Mei glared at her. She would definitely battle Danji over Aiko later.

”You should watch your expression.” Danji shuddered as she took a step back from Mei.

”TATABABAAAAA!” Witch Aiko pounced on a nearby Fox, still staying in that same position, making the slave Fox cry like she was being slaughtered, even though Aiko just held her down.

”It can’t be THAT bad, right?” Mei pursed her lips.

”Oh, no. You are fine.” Danji gave up thinking about how scary Mei was, since Aiko was much more...

”Let’s never mention these events to others.” Danji nodded her head seriously.

”You are reading my mind.” Mei nodded her head as she shocked another Fox, but since they were too scared to approach them, it was quite easy to calculate the power of the Thunder Talisman.

...

Witch Aiko passed by them again, but at this point, most of the slave Foxes were subdued, so Aiko just ran around the last few, scaring them even more than before.

It almost felt like she was having fun chasing them, since she kept laughing, making the situation even worse than when she would just chase them without doing anything.

’This is a lot of fun.’ Witch Aiko didn’t need to fight hard, although her back and arms hurt from the ’bridge-like’ position, it was fine since the slave Foxes wouldn’t be hurt as much.

What she didn’t know is that the slave Foxes developed a severe case of post-traumatic stress disorder because of this war...

Of course, she didn’t care at this point, since she was having way too much fun.