After his injuries were healed by Reverse Cursed Technique, Kenjaku looked up, surveying his surroundings.
Beneath his feet was what seed to be a mountain path, while all around him were dark clouds and flashing lightning.
"This Domain Expansion feels very familiar."
Kenjaku's gaze swept around, and he quickly found Suguru and the figure behind him.
"So, it's you, Akuroo Ootake."
Special Grade Cursed Spirit, Akuroo Ootake.
Legend said he was a demon god who wielded three divine swords and could control lightning and storms. His power could shroud the mountains he inhabited in black clouds, making them difficult to attack.
However, unfortunately, Akuroo Ootake's three precious swords, which were on par with Special Grade cursed tools, had already been swindled away by Suzuka Gozen. Now, he could only brandish a large axe for show.
"It's a pity, this guy can't deal with ."
There was a reason for Kenjaku to say this.
It was he who, years ago, captured and collected Akuroo Ootake after he was severely wounded by Tamuramaro's arrow, died, and transford into a Cursed Spirit.
Thus, he naturally knew the abilities of this Special Grade Cursed Spirit.
With a thought, Kenjaku's open-type Domain, Womb Profusion, which had a larger range than Akuroo Ootake's Domain, began to attack the Domain's outer shell.
"Hm?"
The mont Womb Profusion's attack struck the outer shell of the Domain, Kenjaku sensed sothing was wrong.
"You made him reverse the internal and external conditions of the Domain's outer shell?"
Kenjaku looked at Suguru, who was not far away, speechless.
"That's right."
Suguru smiled and nodded.
Kenjaku's information had already been shared within a small circle.
Satoru had also figured out thods to deal with open-type Domains.
Although this thod was extrely difficult for ordinary people, Suguru was also a one-in-a-million genius, and it did not take him long to control Cursed Spirits to a certain extent, allowing them to change the conditions of their own Domains.
"Tsk."
Kenjaku clicked his tongue in displeasure.
In the past, he always used his information advantage to sche against others in the dark, fully enjoying the thrill of being the one behind the scenes.
But now, every expert recognized him, the information between them was almost equal, and sotis he even found himself at a disadvantage in terms of information.
This greatly displeased Kenjaku.
Especially with Suguru using his own collection to fight him, it made him feel like he had gone from being a scher to being a pawn.
In short, it was very uncomfortable.
"This level isn't enough."
Although he felt extrely uncomfortable, Kenjaku's face showed no change whatsoever.
Kenjaku took out a compressed Barrier from a hidden pocket in his wide sleeve and crushed it.
Countless Cursed Spirits were released from it.
Upon seeing this, Suguru also summoned a large number of Cursed Spirits imdiately.
For a mont, the Domains of both sides felt so crowded that they were shoulder to shoulder.
The dense Cursed Spirits engaged in a brutal battle as soon as they t, with dozens of Cursed Spirits dissipating every second.
While directing the Cursed Spirit army to attack Suguru, Kenjaku also sent a dozen Cursed Spirits skilled in stealth to quietly advance toward the Domain's outer shell.
Although the surrounding area was filled with black clouds obstructing vision, Akuroo Ootake's Domain was enveloped by Kenjaku's Domain.
Therefore, finding the location of the Domain's outer shell was easy for him.
Suguru's location, on the other hand, was harder to find.
Soon, all the Cursed Spirits he sent out entered combat.
"Was I seen through?"
Kenjaku found that all his Cursed Spirits had been intercepted.
"It's not hard to guess, is it?"
Suguru's voice ca from behind Kenjaku.
As Kenjaku turned around, Playful Cloud appeared from the direction he had just turned away from.
Kenjaku deployed Barrier Techniques from his hand.
A Barrier, like a shield, blocked Playful Cloud.
The two sides began an intense jujutsu battle.
While fiercely clashing at close range, both continuously directed Cursed Spirits to attack each other from various angles.
A battle like dancing on a knife's edge began.
If either side was a step too slow, or miscalculated even one move less than the other, they would face a fatal blow.
Crack, crack, crack.
Finally, Akuroo Ootake's Domain outer shell shattered under the continuous attack of Womb Profusion.
Just as Kenjaku was about to activate his Domain's effect to engulf Suguru, he suddenly found himself in a forest at night.
"...Smallpox Hag?"
Kenjaku's mouth twitched, his tone sowhat helpless.
In the past, when Kenjaku used Smallpox Hag, he would call it Hoso-gami to mislead other Jujutsu Sorcerers, but now that it was in the hands of the enemy, there was naturally no need to change the na.
"That's right."
After deploying her Domain Expansion, Smallpox Hag did not brazenly step out like Akuroo Ootake, or even swing an axe at Cursed Spirits.
Instead, she hid among the Cursed Spirits, fully engaging in the Domain clash.
Smallpox Hag's Domain was different from Akuroo Ootake's Domain, which could perform wide-range attacks.
Smallpox Hag's Domain would target the enemy with the highest Cursed Energy within the Domain for pinpoint assassination.
But now, the sure-hit effect of the Domain was nullified, and the enemy was a powerful Special Grade Curse User.
Instead of going through the trouble of trapping him in a coffin only for him to escape, it was better to fully engage in the Domain clash, buying ti for Suguru and the other Cursed Spirits.
After all, even a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer, i i, could break through the coffin's confinent.
Clang!
"Blood Manipulation?"
Suguru watched the blood armor suddenly appear on Kenjaku's body, narrowly dodging a blood blade aid at his eye.
"Blood Manipulation: Slicing Exorcism."
A crimson flying disc grazed Suguru's neck.
While dodging sideways, Suguru switched Playful Cloud from behind him to his left hand, then swung it toward Kenjaku's head.
That spot had not yet been covered by the blood armor.
"Blood Manipulation: Flowing Red Scale!"
Kenjaku's movents suddenly sped up, dodging Playful Cloud's attack.
The two once again engaged in fierce close-quarters combat.
However, the crimson flying disc Kenjaku had just thrown did not disappear. Instead, it continued to advance into the distance, then struck Smallpox Hag's Domain outer shell.
Due to the altered conditions of the Domain's outer shell, inside and outside, the internal boundary of Smallpox Hag's Domain was now very fragile.
Cracks quickly appeared on Smallpox Hag's Domain.
Womb Profusion began to attack the cracks with full force, and soon Smallpox Hag's Domain shattered.
Just as Kenjaku revealed a triumphant expression, he found that the surrounding scenery had changed again.
The two seed to have arrived at a misty mountain peak, where a red-faced, long-nosed Ootengu soaring in the sky was raising a bow and arrow, aiming at him.
The Special Grade Cursed Spirit, Ootengu, who had been sealed in Hokkaido for hundreds of years until the Battle of Sendai, was now released.
Kenjaku looked around speechlessly, and when his gaze returned to Suguru, the greed and desire in his eyes intensified.
It took Kenjaku a long ti to coax these unintelligent Cursed Spirits into making Binding Vows and shikigami contracts for each powerful Cursed Spirit he controlled.
But what about Suguru?
Beat a Cursed Spirit up, and then, whether the Cursed Spirit agreed or not, after entering his body once, the Cursed Spirit had to obey him.
The key was that he could also communicate with Cursed Spirits and command them to perform various detailed operations.
This was sothing Kenjaku could not achieve with Binding Vows and Shikigami Techniques.
After all, those Cursed Spirits did not completely obey him in their hearts, and there really were not many Cursed Spirits with passable intelligence.
And there was that dark space that could store Cursed Spirits, ensuring they were available on call.
Kenjaku had also studied the Prison Realm for a long ti after obtaining it before he comprehended the Barrier that could compress space to store a large army of Cursed Spirits.
But Suguru had it from the beginning.
No, the more he thought about it, the more envious he beca.
Suguru shivered as he felt Kenjaku's increasingly strange gaze, and Eichi's words once again appeared in his mind.
"Geto, be careful. There's a pervert out there who's lusting after your body and keeps staring at you. He even wants to use your body to seduce Satoru and trap him in a dark room."
As soon as he thought of this, a scene appeared in Suguru's mind.
Himself, with stitches on his head, beneath Satoru... 10,000 words omitted here. Then "he" took advantage of Satoru's exhaustion to lock him in a dark room and imprison him, then... another 10,000 words omitted.
(To be continued.)
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