Like an angel's birth, or a chrysalis breaking open.
The divine general from another world was summoned by the Ten Shadows Technique of that distant world; his immense power and extraordinary abilities meant that for hundreds, even thousands of years, no one could completely suppress him, and the sword in his hand would fiercely strike down at the strongest.
"Bururube, Yurayura."
As Fushiguro Megumi finished chanting the Shikigami summoning incantation, the surrounding space twisted, and a giant white figure flickered in and out of view, gradually becoming clearly visible as if breaking free from various Binding Vows.
"Come, Mahoraga!"
Megumi Fushiguro shouted in his heart, and the next moment, the Mahoraga that had materialized behind him let out a roar that echoed through the heavens and earth, directly swatting Fushiguro Megumi, who stood before him, flying away.
"Fushiguro!!!"
Nobara Kugisaki watched this scene dumbfounded, not bothering to scrutinize the sudden monster, and immediately turned and ran in the direction Fushiguro Megumi had been swatted.
Mahoraga also didn't continue to focus its attention on the two, looking with an air of ease towards the strongest present—Sukuna.
"A Shikigami?"
Sukuna gravely observed the Shikigami summoned by Fushiguro Megumi before him; although he had previously sensed that Fushiguro Megumi's Cursed Technique concealed something special, he still needed to observe it carefully now to understand what it actually was.
[Dragon Scales]
[Reversal]
[Twin Meteors]
"Dismantle!"
Through the chanting of the incantation, Sukuna aimed at the Mahoraga before him and decisively unleashed a strengthened slash; this attack solidly struck Mahoraga, but the previously invincible slash only barely pushed it back two steps.
Seeing this, Sukuna's brow furrowed sharply; although he currently only had four fingers, that strike just now was, after all, strengthened by an incantation, yet its effect was so poor.
This reminded him of his memory from a thousand years ago when he fought the Eight-Headed Serpent, thinking that this monster before him was probably similar to the Eight-Headed Serpent, at least in its troublesome nature.
"I didn't expect there would be a day when my output isn't enough!"
Sukuna scoffed, shouting to himself, raising one hand again, with two fingers pressed together like a gun; unlike the probing strike just now, overwhelming slashes poured out instantly.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang!!!!!!!
The battleground was a forest; under the aftermath of Sukuna's slashes, countless trees were cut in half, flying into the air before crashing heavily to the ground, accompanied by roars and dust; Sukuna had already taken a large stride to stand directly in front of Mahoraga.
[Eight-Handled]
Sukuna's palm pressed against Mahoraga's abdomen, activating [Eight-Handled], which was different from the usual [Dismantle] slash.
Multiple slash marks, like a spider web, appeared on Mahoraga's body, but the effect was still far from Sukuna's expectations.
Sukuna, who in his full state possessed the number one Cursed Energy amount across all layers of Cursed Energy, found himself in the awkward situation of insufficient Cursed Energy output.
Cursed Technique chanting for enhancement, not enough.
Charged close-range attack, not enough.
Should I use [Domain] or [Open]?
But something seemed wrong... "The feel is too strange."
Sukuna looked down at his palm, which had just delivered the slash against Mahoraga, and after confirming that the problem wasn't with him, the issue could only be with the opponent.
Compared to when it was first summoned by Fushiguro Megumi, Mahoraga's body had grown larger, and the smile on its face particularly displeased the often-smiling Sukuna.
The figures of the Gojo siblings once again appeared in Sukuna's mind; this situation, which had become Sukuna's psychological trauma, affected Sukuna's normal judgment at the moment.
[Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine]!
The number of fingers only restricted Sukuna's maximum output and whether his soul was complete, but the types and levels of his abilities were unaffected; even with only one finger, Sukuna could still easily unleash a Domain, which was hailed as the pinnacle of Jujutsu.
Within the Malevolent Shrine's Domain, Sukuna's [Dismantle] and [Eight-Handled] would be directly imprinted into the Domain and indiscriminately unleash overwhelming slashes on everything within the Domain's range until everything was reduced to dust.
"Shrink the range to a 100-meter radius, increase Cursed Energy output while concentrating the output power on the Shikigami."
Sukuna adjusted various attributes within the Domain in his mind; such casual alteration of the Domain's structure required extremely refined Domain techniques and a high level of establishing Binding Vows, especially the latter.
More powerful slashes, sharper than before, fiercely struck Mahoraga's body; Mahoraga was cut down to its knees, and the situation instantly reversed.
However, before Sukuna could even show a satisfied smile, the situation, which had just reversed, reversed again; the damage caused by the slashes within the Domain to Mahoraga visibly decreased, and the kneeling Mahoraga slowly rose from the ground again.
"This is... So this is the ability?!"
Sukuna finally understood the ability of this Shikigami before him, secretly shocked by the Shikigami's extraordinary ability and also feeling a trace of cowardice.
Run? Escape? Who? Me?
The moment this trace of cowardice arose, Sukuna gritted his teeth and forcibly suppressed this emotion; the original him would never have such an emotion, this was all the fault of those siblings; once his strength was restored, he would definitely stew and steam them.
[Fuga: Open]!
Sukuna raised both hands in a motion like drawing a bow and arrow, and the fire of death, like something from hell, transformed into feathered arrows hanging between his fingers.
And as Sukuna drew his bow, Mahoraga also endured the overwhelming slashes within the Domain and charged towards Sukuna.
From being knocked to its knees at the very beginning, to slowly moving after getting up from the ground, as time passed, it had already adapted to the slashes to the point where it could run quickly.
The sword in his hand glowed brightly, emitting an aura that made Sukuna feel a threat to his life at this moment.
"This is... a demon slayer sword?!"
The sword Mahoraga wielded was filled with positive energy, identical to Reverse Cursed Technique; for humans, this was a warm healing power, but for Cursed Spirits, even a slight touch would be a spreading, potent poison.
If Sukuna had been resurrected through an incarnated human Jujutsu Sorcerer, he naturally wouldn't fear such a weapon, but the problem was that Sukuna was currently only using a Cursed Spirit's body molded into a human form; in essence, it was still a body that feared reverse energy.
If hit... I will die!
Sukuna instantly understood this point, but there was no possibility of retreating now; he could only place all his hopes on his final fiery arrow.
The fiery arrow shot out and landed precisely on Mahoraga's body; its explosion formed a dazzling fiery tornado and splashing sparks that ignited the surrounding trees, transforming the area into a raging inferno like a scene from hell.
And within the sea of fire, Mahoraga, transformed into a man of fire, charged out, taking large strides, demon slayer sword in hand, continuing to rush towards Sukuna; at this, Sukuna's face showed a subtle expression like constipation, and he crudely spat out two words.
"Damn it.
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