Chapter 158: All Teammates Are Pigs!
The dried skull looked almost exactly like Sukuna's transformed face.
It was a Sokushinbutsu left behind after his death, a self-mummified remain containing power close to one finger.
Originally, Sukuna had intended to consume it after incarnating into Megumi Fushiguro.
At the same time, Kenjaku moved.
He crossed his hands behind each other and expanded his own Domain.
"Domain Expansion: Womb Profusion."
Behind him, a Tree of Sin rose from blood and spirits. Its trunk was formed from countless eerie faces, each one distinct, each one tightly fused together with the rest.
It was also an open Domain.
Kenjaku expanded the range of his Cursed Technique to the limit. At the same time, he formed a Binding Vow, lowering the technique's power in exchange for increasing the Domain's range.
Only by doing this could he barely reach a stalemate with Ashura Kannon and neutralize its sure-hit effect as much as possible.
Then Jogo and Dagon charged forward.
Both moved with the resolve to die.
Sukuna and the others followed closely behind.
On Yuji's side, the figures summoned within Ashura Kannon stepped forward as well. They rushed out to meet Jogo and the others head-on, colliding with the enemy in a brutal melee.
Among them, Mahoraga was stopped by Uraume.
Kenjaku also mobilized his Domain as much as possible, suppressing Mahoraga's movements.
Inside the Domain, Yuji Itadori looked at Sukuna as he approached.
The sword in Yuji's hand bloomed with scorching flame.
Memories of everything that had happened flashed through his mind, and he spoke in a low voice.
"It's time to end this, Sukuna."
Sukuna answered with disdain.
"Annoying brat. You disgust me from the inside out, like some crawling bug."
The moment his words fell, both of them moved.
Sukuna's Cursed Technique had not fully recovered yet. He raised all four arms, wrapped them in Cursed Energy, and punched toward Yuji's weak points with savage precision.
Yuji swung the twin swords in his hands.
"Hinokami Kagura: Flame Dance!"
The twin swords advanced together.
Four rings of flame bloomed in an instant, clashing head-on with Sukuna's four fists wrapped in surging Cursed Energy.
This time, the swords did not sever Sukuna's arms.
They tore through the Cursed Energy and left deep wounds across his fists, cutting down to bone.
With Reverse Cursed Technique, wounds like these would heal quickly.
But the Demon Power attached to Yuji's swords flowed into Sukuna's body through the cuts.
The two closed the distance.
The moment swords and fists separated, a fierce slaughter erupted on the spot.
Neither of them retreated even half a step.
Yuji found an opening first.
His spiritual clone sprang up from the shadows, twin swords slashing straight toward Sukuna's head.
"Hinokami Kagura: Clear Blue Sky!"
At the same time, Yuji struck from below.
"Hinokami Kagura: Sunflower Thrust, Fire Wheel!"
A flaming slash descended from above.
Below, Yuji thrust forward, several rings of fire coiling around the sword as it pierced toward Sukuna.
Caught between the two attacks, Sukuna did not dodge.
He met them head-on.
Two fists wrapped in Cursed Energy caught the swords descending from above.
His lower right fist gathered power and slammed hard into Yuji's abdomen.
The blow landed at the same time Yuji's sword pierced Sukuna's chest.
Pitch-black lightning erupted from Yuji's abdomen.
Black Flash.
Sukuna used that strike to accelerate the recovery of his Cursed Technique.
As Yuji was sent flying, Sukuna immediately swung his right arm forward.
"Dismantle."
Several invisible slashes landed on Yuji's body in an instant, tearing open hideous wounds.
Pain ripped through him.
Yuji stabbed both swords into the ground and skidded backward for several meters before finally stopping.
Across from him, Sukuna was already following.
Invisible Dismantles continued flying toward Yuji's position while Sukuna operated Reverse Cursed Technique at full output, repairing the Cursed Technique burnout in his brain.
Within the Domain, the two sides fell into a vicious battle.
For a time, neither could quickly defeat the other.
But as time passed, Sukuna's side felt the pressure first.
Especially because of Mahoraga.
The wheel above its head had already turned twice in succession.
If it turned one more time, it would completely adapt to Kenjaku's gravity technique.
At that point, the Domain would no longer be able to restrain it.
The problem was that no one present had the ability to kill Mahoraga in a single blow.
Kenjaku frowned.
All he could do was hope Sukuna achieved victory as quickly as possible.
Jogo was also trapped in a bitter fight.
As for the three Death Painting brothers who had originally been within the Domain's range, they had long since escaped.
A moment later, Yuji and Sukuna separated again.
At that moment, Sukuna's Cursed Technique burnout was finally repaired.
Without the slightest hesitation, Sukuna formed a seal.
"Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine!"
The moment Malevolent Shrine opened, its sure-hit effect clashed with Kenjaku's Domain and neutralized it.
Because of that, Sukuna's Domain was still able to maintain its own sure-hit effect.
In an instant, countless slashes attacked Yuji and the giant sword behind him at the same time.
Facing the overwhelming storm of cuts, Yuji could only raise his twin swords.
Demon Power surged over his entire body.
Behind him, the giant sword also erupted with black Demon Power, blocking the slashes that came pouring in.
But this level of output rapidly shortened the remaining time of his Demonization.
The light purple markings on Yuji's body had already begun spreading across the rest of him.
Asuramaru, who had been watching, gave a timely reminder.
"At most, you have three minutes before you completely become a demon. But your spirit is also close to its limit. You may not even last until that happens."
Yuji's expression did not change, but the exhaustion in his eyes could no longer be hidden.
"Asuramaru, is there no way to let me hold on a little longer?"
His voice was hoarse.
"Or that ability I used when defeating Mahoraga..."
Asuramaru answered without mercy.
"With your current mental state, you can't use it at all. You wouldn't maintain it for even a second."
Sukuna's body was also beginning to suffer from the Demon Curse invading him.
Even so, he endured it, forcing himself forward and trying to break Yuji's Domain.
Both sides had reached the end of their ropes.
Then, on the other side of the battlefield, Dagon's head was pierced through by Mahito's fist.
The Oceanic Disaster died.
A system prompt rang inside Asuramaru's mind.
[Ding! Intense negative emotions detected from Dagon, the Oceanic Disaster, before death. Gained 70,000 emotion points!]
[Gained 45,000 Demon Power. Thirty percent will automatically be fed back to the Sword Master!]
Yuji, who had been completely suppressed, suddenly felt Cursed Energy swell inside his body.
His limbs, bones, muscles, and foundation all strengthened at once.
Facing the slashes coming from every direction, he was no longer forced to defend in place.
Under the protection of Demon Power, Yuji began moving forward.
Slowly.
Step by step.
Through the storm of slashes.
Sukuna's expression changed.
This brat's strength increased?
He realized something at once and turned his head.
Sure enough, Dagon lay on the ground with his head pierced, dead.
Not far away, even Jogo was being besieged. From the look of it, he would not last much longer.
Sukuna was anxious.
But he had no way to help.
"Damn it!"
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