However, the attacks of the other seven Weapon Devils were already coming one after another.
The Bomb Devil spread her arms, and countless metal bombs the size of fists shot towards Sukuna like a swarm of bees, rapidly expanding and flashing dangerous red light in mid-air.
The Katana Devil's figure flickered like a ghost, his twin blades transforming into a shimmering silver curtain of light, slashing towards Sukuna's neck and joints.
The Flamethrower Devil's chest nozzle glowed brightly, and a scorching white pillar of fire, over two meters in diameter, roared out, its temperature so high that the air along its path twisted and burned.
The Bow Devil drew her bow and nocked an arrow from a distance. A bizarre arrow made entirely of ghostly blue energy, its arrowhead constantly splitting and multiplying, locked onto Sukuna's heart.
The Longsword Devil swung his door-sized greatsword, cutting horizontally at Sukuna's waist.
The Spear Devil's chained spear darted out like a venomous snake, striking at Sukuna's back from an incredible angle.
The Whip Devil's several metal whips coiled around Sukuna's four arms and two legs like giant pythons, attempting to restrict his movements.
The seven Weapon Humans coordinated perfectly, sealing off all of Sukuna's evasion space and forming a deadly trap.
Facing this unavoidable saturation attack, Sukuna merely let out a "tsk," as if these attacks were interrupting his enjoyment of the afterglow of victory.
He didn't even move his feet.
"Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine."
A low voice rang out.
Centered on Sukuna, a spherical space with a radius of about five meters suddenly darkened.
Sukuna unleashed a closed Domain, the advantage of which is that it can completely trap enemies within his Domain. Unless they possess overwhelming power, escape is impossible.
Its interior was extremely hard, but at this moment, Sukuna deployed the Domain in reverse, making the exterior extremely hard and the interior fragile.
The next moment, the attacks arrived.
Boom... Boom...
Bombs crashed against the dark red barrier, exploding violently. Flames and shockwaves raged, but could not shake the barrier in the slightest. The force of the explosions was blocked by the barrier.
Clang... Clang...
The katana slashed against the barrier, producing dense impact sounds like a torrential downpour, sparks flying, but still unable to break through.
The scorching white pillar of fire scoured the barrier, its high temperature melting the surrounding ground into a glassy liquid, but the barrier remained motionless, the flames unable to even raise its temperature by a single degree.
The ghostly blue energy arrow shot onto the barrier, its arrowhead frantically splitting to try and penetrate, but was instantly shredded into fundamental energy particles by the subtle slashes flowing within the barrier.
The greatsword slashed against the barrier, emitting a dull clang like a tolling bell. The immense recoil force made the Longsword Devil's own arms numb.
The chained spear stabbed the barrier, its spearhead twisting and its chain breaking link by link.
The metal whips coiled around the barrier, instantly being cut into several sections by an invisible force, falling limply.
The combined attack of the seven Weapon Humans failed to even break through Sukuna's defense.
"Boring tricks."
Inside the barrier, a hint of impatience flashed in Sukuna's four scarlet eyes.
"If this is all you've got, then don't waste my time."
His mind stirred slightly and the dark red barrier suddenly expanded outwards, erupting.
Countless extremely fine slashes, centered on Sukuna, instantaneously spread spherically without discrimination.
Sizzle... Sizzle...
A dense, hair-raising cutting sound rang out.
The Bomb Devil, Katana Devil, and Flamethrower Devil, who were closest, bore the brunt. Their tough bodies were like paper in the face of this sudden storm of slashes.
The bombs wrapped around the Bomb Devil's body were detonated prematurely, exploding inside her and tearing her to pieces.
The Katana Devil's twin blades, along with the arms holding them, were instantly sliced into dozens of pieces.
The Flamethrower Devil's nozzle was cleanly cut open, and scorching flames poured back into his body, causing an explosion.
The Bow Devil's second arrow, still in mid-air, was shredded. Her bow-holding arm was severed at the shoulder.
The Longsword Devil's greatsword was riddled with countless nicks, and dozens of bone-deep wounds appeared on his massive body.
The Spear Devil's chain was completely shattered, and a large hole was opened in his chest.
The Whip Devil's several metal whips were cut into inch-long pieces, and her body was bisected at the waist.
With just one strike, seven Weapon Humans were severely wounded and on the verge of death. If not for the their tenacious vitality, they would have already perished at this moment.
Their broken bodies flew backward, crashing heavily into the distant ruins, temporarily losing their combat ability.
Denji, who had been shaken a little further away just now, instinctively used his dual chainsaw arms to protect himself, wildly spinning them to block, barely withstood this wave of slashing storm. However, his dual chainsaw arms were covered in deep cuts, and there were several wounds on his head, from which a viscous, oil-like liquid flowed.
"Roar!!!"
Denji let out an even more furious roar, fiercely pulling the starter cord on his chest.
Buzz!!!
An even more violent, more chaotic power erupted from within him.
The chainsaw teeth on his head spun several times faster, emitting an ear-piercing shriek. His dual chainsaw arms also suddenly swelled and deformed, the teeth becoming even more hideous and massive, their edges even beginning to glow with an ominous dark red light—that was the power of the Chainsaw Devil Pochita's true form awakening further.
"I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'll protect Makima-san!!!"
Denji went completely insane, turning into a blurred afterimage, and pounced on Sukuna again.
This time, his speed, strength, and destructive power had all increased by more than one level. His chainsaws even left brief spatial cracks as they cut through the air.
"Oh? That's a bit more like it." A hint of interest finally appeared in Sukuna's eyes.
This time, he didn't rely on the barrier to resist, but actively met the attack.
He raised his lower right arm, fingers pressed together to form a hand-blade. Dark red Cursed Energy coiled around it like flames, no longer simple defense, but attack.
Dismantle!
A simple hand-blade strike was unleashed, directly colliding with Denji's right chainsaw arm.
Clang!!!
A collision sound even more intense than before exploded.
This time, Sukuna's hand-blade was not deflected. Instead, it pushed forward inch by inch, directly opposing the high-speed spinning chainsaw. Cursed Energy and devil power violently clashed and annihilated each other, erupting into blinding light and terrifying energy turbulence.
"Ahhh!!!" Denji roared frantically, pouring all his strength into the chainsaw.
Even the engine in his chest let out an overloaded whine, but he still couldn't stop Sukuna's hand-blade from pressing closer inch by inch.
Sukuna's other three arms were also busy. His upper left arm parried Denji's chainsaw attack from his left hand, and a newly grown arm shot out like lightning, grabbing the pull cord on the side of Denji's dog head.
"I heard your power comes from this?" The giant mouth on Sukuna's abdomen split open, revealing a cruel smile.
"No... no!!!"
For the first time, terror appeared in Denji's eyes. It was an instinctive fear of his "source of power" being touched.
Sukuna ignored him, and with the hand that grabbed the pull cord, he yanked it fiercely.
Pfft—
It wasn't the sound of the pull cord breaking, but a strange muffled thud of some connection being forcibly torn and extracted.
"Ahhhhhh!!!"
Denji let out a scream so horrific it didn't sound human.
The chainsaw on his head instantly stopped spinning, the light in his eyes rapidly dimmed, and the chainsaws on his hands quickly withered, returning to the appearance of ordinary human arms.
A vast, chaotic, primordial power filled with the concepts of "end" and "violence" was forcibly extracted and stripped away by Sukuna along that pull cord, turning into a dark red stream of light mixed with blood and black oil, surging towards the arm Sukuna used to grab the pull cord.
Soul Devouring talent, activated!
This time, the target was not a remnant soul after death, but a living, primordial essence fused with a devil.
[Collected Chainsaw Devil's primordial essence... acquired Fear Concept: Chainsaw... acquired greatly enhanced Cursed Energy... acquired enhanced Soul Essence... acquired ability: Existence Erasure.]
The cold system prompt flowed through Sukuna's consciousness.
The Chainsaw Devil was one of the terrifying existences at the apex of Hell, and a part of its primordial power was of extremely high quality.