Chapter 126: Monster
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"As expected, you can use the techniques of a real person. No wonder you chose to kill it."
Instead of immediately ordering the attack, Lu Suo watched the Yue people's actions with great interest, and a question in his heart was finally answered.
Ever since he roughly understood Yue Ren's thoughts, he had always had a question: why did the other party have to be so resolute in killing Zhenren? After all, Zhenren's technique should have been an indispensable part of the plan for both her and the other party.
This is why she let the real person roam freely so easily. She felt that if it was for the sake of the plan, even if the boy caught the real person, the most likely outcome would be that Xia Youjie would subdue him, rather than let him die.
In that battle that was destined to be uncaptured, a rational person would have let it go, but the boy killed the real person instead, which she couldn't understand after learning about it.
At first, he thought the other party lacked rationality, but now it seems that he misjudged the situation. The boy had already completed his plan in an unbelievable way the moment he came into contact with the real person.
What enabled him to do this must be his technique, some kind of special technique never before revealed, similar to Xia Youjie's "Spirit Manipulation Technique," which truly piques my curiosity!
"But it doesn't matter anymore. Whether it's 'transformation through inaction' or your technique, discussing these things now is meaningless. The true victors have already emerged, and that is us."
The Yue man's expression turned exceptionally cold.
"Ha, aren't you afraid of biting off more than you can chew? You think you can win just by controlling a barrier? Do you really think I and Gojo Satoru are invisible?"
(We must get out of here first. The barrier is now under their control, and having any burdens with us will put us at a disadvantage in this battle...)
Even without mentioning Tengen, who was trembling beside him.
The surrounding environment had changed from the pure white space to a gruesome black and red "hellish scene". The negative curse power of the cursed spirit was constantly emerging. Not to mention the threat to him and Tianyuan, the other party, as a cursed spirit, was almost no different from a hero in the fountain in this environment.
The Yue man's eyes sharpened, and he prepared to make his move.
"Hehehe... Of course I won't forget you two, but I'm sorry, you misunderstood me. What I mean is, just now, what I longed for has been born, so now it's your turn to perform."
"What?"
The dark red patterns on the walls of the barrier space suddenly lit up.
A dark red light emanated from those patterns, like blood gushing from a wound. The light didn't spread outwards; it contracted inwards, converging towards a single point. That point was impeachment.
The body of the Cursed Spirit of the Gun began to swell and its shape began to change.
Its barrels extended from its body, each one glowing. At the same time, something else began to grow from the gaps between the barrels—not metal, but flesh.
Grayish-white, cracked muscles that give you goosebumps.
The flesh seemed to have its own independent life, wriggling, growing, and filling the gaps between the gun barrels.
Before Yue Ren could react, the surrounding magical power, which had solidified into a tangible form, suddenly surged towards the magical spirit—Danhe.
"This is......?"
Raising his arm to shield himself, Yue Ren watched the scene unfold with a tense and solemn expression.
A fierce wind suddenly arose in the space, and centered on the cursed spirit, it was like a black hole that absorbed everything, drawing everything around it in that direction.
The powerful suction caused Tianyuan behind Yue Ren to fly up. Yue Ren quickly grabbed it and used his other hand to insert his longsword into the ground to maintain his position. It was still difficult to cover the others with "Floating Light". In order to save people, he had to deactivate "Spell Reversal".
In this situation, we have no choice but to help.
"It's a pity that I couldn't assimilate all of humanity in Japan, but it's enough. The remnants of millions of cursed spirits after their deaths, the cursed power of countless ordinary people and sorcerers who died—all of it is in the 'Death Return.' Now, I'm giving it all to this 'partner' beside me. At the same time, I'm offering up the remnants of Sukuna's cursed power, this barrier itself, and myself!"
"......!!??"
Yue Ren's eyes widened, and a sense of impending doom suddenly rose in his heart, but the crazy entertainer opposite him clearly had no intention of stopping his actions.
"From this point on, the potential of the magical power I seek will be born in this quagmire."
"Thank you for your contributions, sorcerers! Let us witness together the possibilities of sorcery!"
As the words fell, the woman was completely swallowed up. A few seconds later, the suction disappeared, but Yue Ren did not dare to be careless. He grabbed Tian Yuan next to him and threw him into the "Wu Yuan Sword Formation". Before the violent curse power erupted, he left the spot.
Time returns to reality.
The shadow solidified, and a colossal monster suddenly appeared.
Countless gun barrels protrude from all directions of its body, like some deformed creature that should not exist in the world.
The gun barrels varied in thickness and length; some were ancient like matchlock guns, some were modern like assault rifles, and some were completely beyond human comprehension.
Compared to before, the barrels of these guns now rotate, and eyes appear on the gun bodies, aiming at every living being they sense.
A mutilated human figure appears where the head should be.
It is about three meters tall, with disproportionately long limbs. It has no skin, only dark gray muscle fibers.
The vague facial features made the Yue people frown; it was the appearance of Su Nuo.
Looking at the being before him, which could no longer be called a "cursed spirit," Yue Ren's expression gradually became solemn.
This guy... can sense that he is no longer just a simple cursed spirit. Combining a part of Tianyuan's body (the barrier), Su Nuo's cursed power characteristics, and the power drawn from a thousand-year-old curse master, plus the enormous cursed power used as the driving force for 'evolution', this guy is already evolving towards something beyond a cursed spirit.
A new life form, distinct from the "new humans" pursued by the Yue people, is something of the same nature but with a completely opposite direction.
If the Yue people's pursuit was "God", then this thing represents the opposite "Demon". What they pursued was "tribe", while this thing is the "individual" that encompasses everything.
Damn it, why do these villains always create these aggregate monsters with syncretic consciousness...? It's just plain disgusting, isn't it...?
At this moment, Yue Ren felt like a million curses were running through his mind, and you can imagine how depressed he was.
"The user's will has been received. Clean everything up..."
"Expanding the Domain - 'Paradise Kingdom'"
An invisible magical force and aura instantly spread outwards.
This feeling... a boundless realm? Is this what Sukuna's curse power characteristic means?
Sensing the unique nature of the area about to unfold, the Yue people dared not be careless in the slightest and acted immediately.
There were other people around; if the other side just opened up their territory like that, everyone would be doomed.
Without hesitation, Yue Ren summoned his katana.
"Domain Expansion - 'Sword Mastery Without Elements'"
The next moment, Yue Ren and Zhou Ling's figures disappeared from reality, and the huge monster's figure vanished from the sight of the sorcerers. Just as the observers were wondering what was going on, two female figures reappeared in the real world.
Tengen and Maki reconnected within the barrier of the Yue people. The only thing Tengen was wearing was Maki's top.
The two were a little confused, and looking around, they realized that they were... back in a vocational college?
Was that world the one Yue Ren mentioned his domain? I see, it really was an "other world," but now... why were they suddenly sent out again?
Tianyuan, being an ancient being, reacted faster.
"That cursed spirit is gone. I guess it was imprisoned in Yue Ren's domain, and he sent us out the moment he opened it to prevent us from being implicated."
"But can he really defeat an enemy of that caliber?"
Maki was a little worried. Because of her special physique, she was not affected by the invasion of the barrier just now. She clearly saw that guy when he revealed his true form. The pressure and the sense of oppression brought by his size made him an enemy that could not be easily defeated.
He might be even more troublesome than that previous King of Curses.
"I don't know, now we can only pin our hopes on him."
"...Well, we can't just sit idly by. Let the others leave and summon a few top-tier guards to stay here, so things don't get any worse, right?"
Tianyuan was slightly taken aback; the decisiveness of the girl beside her made this old man feel ashamed.
"Indeed, as expected, I'm still not suited for fighting."
"However, there's something even worse than that."
"What?"
"That thing swallowed a part of my body (the barrier), and now that it has lost its 'pillar,' Japan's barrier is collapsing."
"Isn't this terrible?"
"Yes, the barrier's suppressive effect on the cursed spirits will quickly disappear, and the cursed power hidden in the earth will gather and emerge. This time, the scope is the entirety of Japan..."
"You mean to say that the war we were just about to end has come full circle?"
"I'm afraid it's not just that. If that guy who's currently being held captive by the Yue people were to reappear in this world, he would become a massive 'curse power absorber.' Eventually, after absorbing all the curse power in Japan, he would become a 'complete form' that no one could defeat."
She lacked experience as a combatant, but as a scientist and barrier mage, she could understand the formation process of that monster. Through the cursed spirit, her barrier, and other conditions, Lu Suo, combined with her own technology, transformed it into some kind of "evolution device" that would continuously absorb the energy that could be absorbed from the surroundings, using it as energy to evolve towards something of a higher level.
Such things often have two possible outcomes: either they are not completed by the other party due to insufficient energy or are forcibly interrupted, in which case everything will be fine.
Second, if the opponent succeeds, no one can predict what new things will evolve. However, one thing is clear: something that reaches its extreme through the qualitative change of negative energy like curse power is a disaster for humanity and even the world.
"Is there no way to stop it?"
Upon arriving at the two's side, the group of mid-level sorcerers, led by Nightmoth, fell silent upon hearing this, but Nightmoth remained undeterred.
Tianyuan turned to look at the newly formed pit that had almost hollowed out the entire mountain.
"Now we can only hope that the boy can kill that guy in the other world, otherwise it will be a world-class crisis."
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"Wu Yuan Sword Technique" Internal
The man from Yue stood in the center of the sword mound, holding another sword—Muramasa.
It is the unification of all the swords in this field, the ultimate sword forged by pressing the power of every sword in the "Mugen Sword System" into the same piece of iron.
The domain has been successfully broken, so the opponent should be in a "spell-breaking" state, which is a good opportunity.
Wielding the Wuyuan Blade, which integrates all swords and blades into one body, Yue Ren had no intention of wasting time and planned to take this opportunity to eliminate them in one fell swoop.
Raise your hand, swing your knife!
A sword was swung out, tearing through space and severing cause and effect, but what happened next stunned Yue Ren.
"Your domain, your special skills—we've already witnessed them once before. Given that, how could we possibly not be prepared? Kawasaki Koshito, you're seriously underestimating the 'future' I've presented."
"Domain Expansion - 'A Wilderness of Hidden Treasures'"
How is this possible? This guy actually activated a domain during the "Spell Fusion"... or the second type, Kaori's spell domain?
What exactly happened?
Before he could finish thinking about the problem, the next moment, the phantom image of a giant tree with a human face representing the expansion of the domain unfolded, and at the same time, a huge bullet was fired, aimed at his slash.
Spatial Slash is supposed to ignore distance, but this bullet became an exception in Yue Ren's astonished expression. With the enhancement of the domain, the bullet became a singularity, exhibiting an 'invisible' dark quality.
That's... a black hole?
That's right, that bullet turned into a miniature "black hole" within the opponent's territory.
Kaori's technique? So, it's said to have given that bullet infinite gravity, making it something like a black hole... Is that really possible?
No matter how unbelievable it may seem to the Yue people, this is something that actually happened.
Thus, the "black hole," capable of distorting space and from which even light cannot escape, is met with a strike that tears space apart and severs cause and effect.
Without a doubt, this is the ultimate collision between mechanism and numbers.
The slash and the singularity collided in mid-air.
There was no sound, no light, and no shockwave.
There was only one strange visual phenomenon observed during the survey, resembling a taut rope suddenly being pinched in the middle and beginning to twist.
The entire process lasted less than a tenth of a second before it disappeared.
A shattering sound could be heard, and countless fragments flew and scattered in the air. These fragments seemed to exist in a daze and were not a threat, but they exuded a quality that made the Yue people, who were familiar with the aura of the space, dare not approach. He immediately dodged in all directions.
When those fragments struck Impeachment's massive body, they were like a sharp blade cutting through butter, crumbling at the slightest touch.
Lu Suo then realized that these fragments were not affected by the domain. He quickly manipulated his body to avoid vital points while looking at these things with a look of surprise.