He had to quickly exorcise one of the Special Grade Cursed Spirits. Otherwise, he would be slowly dragged to death.
Thinking this, the stone slab under Satoru's feet instantly shattered under immense force. His figure was instantly cloaked in terrifying Cursed Energy—the scant amount remaining within him.
He wanted to kill one Special Grade Cursed Spirit in a desperate gamble to break their coordination.
Regarding Cursed Spirits, it's common knowledge that the weaker they are, the more they like to move in groups—humans are the same. These five Special Grade Cursed Spirits were much weaker compared to other Special Grade Cursed Spirits.
BOOM!
Satoru's fist smashed the skull of the Butterfly Cursed Spirit before him. Before the Cursed Spirit could let out a single wail, his fist had already struck again. The Butterfly Cursed Spirit's black blood dripped down his fingers.
For a moment, the four surrounding Special Grade Cursed Spirits halted their movements.
How could a Cursed Spirit's brain comprehend what had happened?
They only knew that everything had been going well with the attrition tactic, and then suddenly, one of their five teammates had just been instantly killed.
"Protect... the core... can't die..."
A massive Cursed Spirit composed of countless human limbs uttered a twisted murmur—the last words it had spoken in life.
Satoru let out a heavy breath.
What's in the core area?
No... that's not something to consider now. While they're wary of me, I must seize the time to recover my Cursed Energy.
The next second.
Dense, crisscrossing slash marks suddenly appeared on the body of the massive Cursed Spirit.
BOOM!
Its enormous body, accompanied by the sound of an explosion, stained the surrounding ground black.
Satoru looked in the direction the attack had come from. He saw Renji flick his long blade and vanish again in a flash.
Not far away, seeing Satoru in such a state, Suguru immediately summoned Rainbow Dragon with a cold expression, which swallowed a nearby Special Grade Cursed Spirit in one bite.
Shoko leisurely walked towards Satoru.
"Satoru, you're not dead already, are you?" Shoko crouched beside Satoru, speaking as if joking.
"Shut up, Shoko. I'm the strongest, after all. How could I possibly die?" Satoru clicked his tongue, returning to his usual self.
Renji and Suguru, having dealt with the last two Special Grade Cursed Spirits respectively, walked over to Satoru.
"Satoru, when did you become dumber than Utahime-senpai? A place even Special Grade Sorcerers don't want to come to, and you came alone." Suguru's tone was unfriendly, clearly somewhat angry.
Satoru was silent for a few seconds, then covered his eyes and laughed heartily. "Suguru, keep mentioning Utahime-senpai and you'll bring yourself bad luck."
Far away in Kyoto, Utahime sneezed.
"Shoko." Suguru glanced at Shoko.
"Already finished healing him." Shoko gave a peace sign.
Satoru jumped up. "Wow! Reverse Cursed Technique is really useful. Shoko, teach me. That way, I can use Reverse Cursed Technique to heal myself."
The brilliant blue of Satoru's eyes gradually stopped glowing, a sign that Infinity had been deactivated.
Shoko tilted her head, her voice flat. "Didn't I tell you before? It's like this... then like that... and finally... like this. The Cursed Energy produced goes boom like that, and that's Reverse Cursed Technique."
Although Suguru was angry about Satoru acting alone, seeing his current decent condition, he joked, "Shoko, you should definitely never become a teacher in the future. Be careful or your students will all turn out like Utahime-senpai."
"Hahahahaha! The idiot class? Hahahahaha!" Satoru held his stomach, laughing uproariously.
"Saying things like that will hurt Utahime-senpai's feelings, you know." Shoko walked to Renji's side and took a lighter from his pocket.
Renji couldn't help but silently pray for Utahime, hoping she wouldn't catch a cold, considering these three couldn't go three sentences without mentioning her.
After resting for a moment, Satoru recovered a portion of his Cursed Energy.
"Since we've found Satoru, should we just abandon the mission?"
Suguru's rationality told him that a companion's life must come first. A Jujutsu Sorcerer's mission is to protect ordinary people. Therefore, losses among Jujutsu Sorcerers were unacceptable to Suguru.
"What about sensei?" The red tip of the cigarette on Shoko's lips glowed as she slowly exhaled a puff of smoke.
"It's fine. Sensei will understand." Suguru rubbed his temples.
"You guys take Satoru and go first. I still have enough Cursed Energy." Renji spoke slowly.
For a moment, the gazes of all three fell on Renji.
"No, you're coming with us too." Shoko said seriously.
What kind of joke was that? How could they possibly leave a comrade behind and leave?
"You know, although the timing isn't great, none of us can leave, you see." Satoru pointed at the sky and laughed.
Suguru looked at Satoru, puzzled.
"Okkotsu, try attacking the ground." Satoru didn't answer but instead looked at Renji.
HUM!
The stone slabs on the ground instantly cracked.
The next second, the shattered stone slabs gradually repaired themselves.
Renji's pupils contracted. "Are we... inside a Domain? Since when?"
He hadn't noticed before that this was a scene inside a Domain. He had vaguely felt something was off but couldn't pinpoint exactly what.
"Correct. We're all inside a Domain. If we don't exorcise the Cursed Spirit that deployed this Domain, none of us can leave." Satoru looked towards the depths of the ruins.
"So, let's go."
Suguru helplessly spread his hands.
Shoko stood beside Renji as if it didn't matter.
The four entered the core area.
Apart from the Clock Tower at the highest point, there seemed to be no other buildings here. After walking around and finding no hidden doors or the like, they decided to enter the Clock Tower.
Inside the Clock Tower.
"What's this? It's just a very ordinary Clock Tower?" Satoru frowned.
He had just walked up the spiral staircase once and found absolutely nothing, except for the huge bronze bell at the top.
"Over here, everyone." Shoko's voice sounded from a corner of the staircase.
Everyone gathered around Shoko.
On the wall, there was an extremely well-hidden recess.
Inside lay a sharp stone spike.
"How do you use this thing?" Satoru scratched his head.
"Don't know." Even the well-informed Suguru didn't recognize what this thing was.
"I don't know either." Shoko shrugged.
However, the moment Renji looked at the spike, he fell into a daze. When he came to again, his left hand was already pressed against the spike, a stream of fresh blood flowing from his palm into the recess.
(End of Chapter)
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