Kinji Hakari began to run.
He ran, roaring like a delinquent out of a hot-blooded high school anime.
His voice grew louder, and with his roars, his strength surged endlessly.
He entered the zone almost instantly.
His wild Cursed Energy scattered wantonly, resembling a rampant dragon flying close to the ground.
The wind and dust stirred up by the immense pressure formed a sandstorm.
Kinji Hakari erupted from the sandstorm and leaped!
He soared upward, leaping almost thirty meters high—so high that Yuki Tsukumo, who was preparing to receive a heavy blow, had to crane her neck to look up.
But what she saw first was not Kinji Hakari's flying kick, but the giant dragon taking a deep breath.
The kitten-sized dragon began to grow in the air, instantly transforming into a genuine giant dragon, a behemoth over thirty meters long.
A thirty-meter flying creature should not exist in this world, but Yuki Tsukumo was witnessing it right now.
It looked exactly like a flying mountain or a living fortress, and now, this living fortress had activated its main cannon, pointing directly at Yuki Tsukumo.
Dragon's Breath!
Yuki Tsukumo raised her hands in front of her face to block.
The next moment, she was engulfed in the Dragon's Breath.
Upon contact, she realized the essence of the Dragon's Breath: it wasn't a Cursed Technique at all.
It was a highly concentrated Cursed Energy impact!
Even a Jujutsu Sorcerer without an Innate Technique could easily use it, but what made it different from an ordinary Cursed Energy impact was the sheer volume—it was far too immense!
A tossed cup of water cannot harm a person, but when a tsunami strikes, even a heavyweight boxing champion would be crushed under the pressure.
Similarly, this Dragon's Breath was a tsunami of Cursed Energy, boundless and seemingly capable of drowning the world.
Accompanied by a roar, Yuki Tsukumo was sent flying into the air like a ball kicked by a child.
She felt her entire body burning from the flames, yet she didn't even have time to use Reverse Cursed Technique, because immediately following the Dragon's Breath was Kinji Hakari's flying kick!
Kinji Hakari released astonishing Cursed Energy throughout his entire body, adopting the posture of a Rider Kick.
He violently kicked down from the sky toward Yuki Tsukumo.
Yuki Tsukumo maintained a defensive posture to receive the heavy blow, concentrating all her strength into her arms and using her crossed forearms to directly face Kinji Hakari's Rider Kick.
BANG—!
The instant the Rider Kick connected with her forearms, a massive sound erupted—it wasn't the sound of flesh meeting flesh, but the clash of giant boulders!
The enormous noise generated a massive shockwave.
The circular blast of air spread outward like a storm.
Yuki Tsukumo's feet slammed into the ground, sinking deep into the earth, yet the instantaneous pressure still nearly forced her to her knees.
She felt as if she hadn't received a Rider Kick, but a head-on impact from a tank weighing over a hundred tons.
The ground trembled.
The school's great barrier alarm system was activated, as if a powerful enemy had invaded.
Satoru Gojo lifted his blindfold, watching the battle with his Six Eyes, the fervor in his heart igniting without him realizing it.
Kinji Hakari—he really had gotten stronger!
The ground beneath Yuki Tsukumo's feet spread outward with spiderweb-like cracks, covering the entire plaza in just a few seconds.
She was certain she had prepared sufficient Cursed Energy defenses, yet she still heard the sound of her forearm fracturing.
In just a single exchange, she had been injured.
"Very good, Hakari!"
Yuki Tsukumo burst forth with Cursed Energy.
"You truly surprise me!"
Cursed Technique Release—Star Rage!
Star Rage grants Yuki Tsukumo an imaginary mass far exceeding anything imaginable.
The higher the mass, the greater the resulting power.
Her Cursed Technique provides her with the purest numerical multiplier—ten times, a hundred times?
That would be underestimating this Cursed Technique.
If she wills it, every punch she throws can shatter continents and rewrite the map of the Earth!
Is there any creature in this world that can withstand a blow capable of destroying a continent?
No!
In this world, no creature could do it!
Yuki Tsukumo roared fiercely.
She exerted force through her arms and, while still reeling from the impact, suddenly parried Kinji Hakari's Rider Kick!
Kinji Hakari was delivering a downward Rider Kick from above, utilizing not just strength but also gravity, leveraging every possible means to increase his attack power, but that power was instantly shattered.
The muscles in his calves tore, and his bones emitted a strange snapping noise.
Due to the counter-force of the collision, his entire body was sent flying backward through the air, like a baseball thrown by a mischievous child.
What terrifying power!
Kinji Hakari recalled the information Kenjaku had given him about Yuki Tsukumo: Yuki Tsukumo was an all-rounder Jujutsu Sorcerer, proficient in every aspect, whether it be physical combat, Cursed Techniques, Barrier Techniques, or Shikigami.
If there were a standard for a Special Grade Sorcerer, Yuki Tsukumo would be it.
Among these, her greatest specialty was physical combat—she possessed monstrous strength!
Yuki Tsukumo exerted force with her feet.
The moment she stomped the ground, the earth violently shook, and deep cracks and craters appeared beneath her.
Using this massive reactive force, she suddenly sprinted forward, her entire body burning with Cursed Energy as she surged ahead like a high-speed bullet train.
Bang—while in mid-air, she actually caught up to Kinji Hakari, who was still soaring backward.
Kinji Hakari's pupils contracted.
Instinctively, he used all his strength to reinforce his body with Cursed Energy.
Yuki Tsukumo suddenly leaped, spinning her body mid-air as if performing a ballet dance in the sky.
She straightened her leg rigidly, straining the fabric of her jeans.
Power gathered, like a wild leopard before a strike, and then she kicked out.
This was the most powerful and aesthetically pleasing kick: a mid-air turn, a Spinning Kick.
Kinji Hakari curled up his body defensively.
The Spinning Kick violently struck him.
His face contorted, his pupils widened, and he opened his mouth wide due to the suffocating pain, spitting out white gastric acid.
He shot backward like a cannonball—boom!
He flew like a projectile for at least three hundred meters, crashing directly into the grand staircase.
The grand staircase was made of hard granite, and it was protected by a barrier cast by Sorcerers, meant to prevent inexperienced students from causing widespread destruction.
But this barrier was easily shattered, along with the entire granite staircase.
It wasn't over yet!
Yuki Tsukumo landed, and the moment her foot touched the ground, she took off again—bang!
She leaped once more.
She intended to pursue!
She did not believe Kinji Hakari would be defeated so easily.
Before battling Kinji Hakari, Tengen had already shown her Kinji Hakari's past data.
She knew how tough Kinji Hakari's body was.
In terms of sheer power, she far surpassed him due to Star Rage, but regarding physical toughness, no one in the entire Jujutsu world, including Satoru Gojo, could possibly be stronger than Kinji Hakari!
Even without using infinite Cursed Energy, Kinji Hakari's physical durability was close to that of a Special Grade Cursed Spirit.
His defenses were excellent, and Yuki Tsukumo concluded that Kinji Hakari had only sustained minor injuries.
But before Yuki Tsukumo could pursue, a gigantic creature descended from above.
The dragon dropped from the sky.
It flew so low that the plaza ground began to crack from the immense wind pressure, rolling outward like waves.
The dragon used its massive body to crash directly into Yuki Tsukumo.
The heaviest tank in the world was Germany's Maus tank, but the Maus tank was only about ten meters long and weighed 188 tons.
This dragon was about thirty meters long, weighing well over two hundred tons.
Such a behemoth charged at her with absolute resolve.