Snap!
Tenshi could feel everything around him suddenly come to a halt, as if time itself had stopped.
He suddenly began to ponder why XXX Brand vape had the flavor of spaghetti, and why...
Speaking of which, wasn't I in the middle of a fight?
Is it over? No more fighting?
Tenshi felt his body was incredibly light. He knew nothing, yet knew everything, as if his brain was constantly learning new knowledge.
Right, where's White Leopard?
"Hee-hee. I'm a traditionalist, I support classic cigarettes."
White Leopard's eyes had already burst open. Through the empty sockets, one could see his not-very-large brain rapidly expanding.
Finally—
BOOM!
Tenshi and White Leopard exploded simultaneously, turning into a puddle of sludge mixed with Cursed Energy.
Domain Expansion: Unlimited Void can flood an opponent's brain with approximately half a year's worth of useless information within 0.2 seconds, causing brain function loss, paralyzing a Special Grade Cursed Spirit for over five minutes, and paralyzing an ordinary person for two months.
Within the domain, except for Satoru himself and anyone in physical contact with him, everyone else is unable to move, slowly awaiting death.
As for why this pair of Special Grade twin Cursed Spirits died instantly, that's because the twin Cursed Spirits' domains had merged. When Satoru used Unlimited Void targeting the entire merged domain, it naturally encompassed both individual domains.
Since Unlimited Void attacks based on the number of domains, this led to Tenshi and White Leopard being simultaneously attacked by the Unlimited Void relative to Tenshi's domain, the Unlimited Void relative to White Leopard's domain, and the Unlimited Void relative to the overall domain of the two Cursed Spirits.
Within 0.2 seconds, they both ate three Unlimited Voids simultaneously.
Satoru let out a long sigh of relief, then deactivated his domain. Unlimited Void requires a lot of Cursed Energy. The current Satoru cannot yet perform a Domain Expansion targeting a specific object, so even with the Six Eyes, he still has to spend a lot of Cursed Energy to use his domain.
DONG!
The bell tower on the outermost edge of the Okkotsu Clan Ruins emitted a piercing chime.
Satoru sat against a wall, panting heavily. His Infinity had been active the entire time, which was incredibly taxing on his Cursed Energy reserves. However, to uncover the truth here, he couldn't rest yet.
"Four Special Grade Cursed Spirits have been exorcised. About five remain. Speaking of which, this sense of incongruity is..."
Before Satoru finished his muttering, he instantly gathered Cursed Energy in his palm and slammed it down violently behind him.
BOOM!
The damaged house Satoru had been leaning against turned into a large crater, still emitting traces of his Cursed Energy.
"That's strange. I distinctly remember clearing out all the buildings in this vicinity earlier. Could it be..."
Satoru stomped on the ground, causing fine cracks to spread across its surface.
Then, under Satoru's grave gaze, the cracked ground gradually repaired itself.
"A domain?"
A domain of such vast scope...
If he didn't find the Cursed Spirit's main body, there was simply no way out.
Satoru looked behind him.
A trace of unfamiliar Cursed Energy had just flickered in that corner. It was probably a Cursed Spirit. Perhaps it was wary of his Cursed Technique or maybe it was stalling for time, waiting for his Cursed Energy to run dry.
"Tsk..."
Things are finally getting interesting.
...
Five minutes after Renji and the other two stepped into the Okkotsu Clan Ruins.
"Speaking of which, Okkotsu, you're from the Okkotsu clan. Don't you know about the Okkotsu Clan here? Are you from a branch family?"
Suguru formed a single-handed seal. A silver-white Special Grade Cursed Spirit, Rainbow Dragon, flew out from mid-air, soaring straight into the sky to scout the enemy situation.
Renji pushed open a wooden door stained red with blood.
Crack!
"This is my home."
Renji naturally knew his background, and he also knew it was because of him that this clan was destroyed.
Suguru and Shoko exchanged a glance, then looked at Renji.
"Our condolences."
"It doesn't matter. I have no memories from childhood, so perhaps I don't have the deep familial affection you might imagine."
Renji walked into the house and slashed at a wardrobe beside him.
[Ding! Host eliminated a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit, gained +5 EXP]
[Ding! Host eliminated a Grade 3 Cursed Spirit, gained +1 EXP]
Renji could clearly sense Murasame's disdain from within the blade, as these Cursed Spirits did look a bit too abstract.
"It looks like this area should be something like a residential district. Satoru's Cursed Energy residue keeps faintly flowing forward." Shoko lit a cigarette.
The smoke mixed with her Cursed Energy spread out from her location in all directions.
"Let's hurry over there." Suguru stroked his chin.
The longer they delayed, the more danger Satoru was in.
"Let's go." Renji vanished from his spot in a flash.
The three of them sped towards the depths of the ruins.
Not long after the three left, two human figures were projected onto a wall.
"Big brother, are you sure we have to kill them all?" A scar-faced man with a topknot looked at the gloomy young man beside him.
"The Sakurai clan must obtain that Cursed Technique. Whether they're Cursed Spirits or Jujutsu Sorcerers, we must clean them all up. What does it matter if it's the Six Eyes of the Gojo Clan or the orphan of the Okkotsu Clan. Anything blocking our clan's path must be cleared away." The gloomy young man's eyes emitted a faint aura of Cursed Energy.
He was the prodigy Jujutsu Sorcerer of the current Sakurai clan, First-Grade Sorcerer–Sakurai Kunikage.
The scar-faced man beside him was Sakurai Kunikage's younger brother, Sakurai Hiren. Both were First-Grade Sorcerers.
"But big brother, didn't we hire a few Curse Users? Even if you eliminate the others, those Curse Users will still know." Sakurai Hiren was somewhat confused.
Sakurai Kunikage slightly turned his head, leaving behind a fierce glare. "I said... anything blocking the clan's path must be cleared. Do you not understand?"
"Understood. Big brother, I get it now."
A gentle breeze carrying the unique scent of the forest blew towards the Okkotsu Clan Ruins.
Renji and the other two had now reached the core area.
The most prominent feature here was a vermilion shrine, visible even without Cursed Energy, from which bloodlust and resentment surged skyward. None of the twelve torii gates in front of the shrine remained intact. The ground was littered with countless rotting corpses.
"There's a Cursed Spirit inside."
Renji slid his right foot half a step back, holding Murasamemaru horizontally with both hands, his sharp gaze fixed intently on the darkness beyond the torii gates.
"I'll hide first then. I'll heal you two after the fight."
Shoko gave a light laugh, then, as if carried by the wind, she hid behind a broken stone wall in the distance.
Suguru smiled wryly. "Shoko, you really are... Okkotsu, it's coming."