Sendai Barrier, North Gate.
Yuki Tsukumo and Toji Fushiguro were holding the line against the army of Cursed Spirits.
"This is endless."
Toji Fushiguro looked at the seemingly endless Cursed Spirits before him, a look of impatience on his face.
At this moment, Toji Fushiguro had accumulated quite a few injuries.
Toji Fushiguro's physical strength was extremely high; his complete Heavenly Restriction also granted him extremely high resistance to curses.
After picking up a handy cursed tool, Toji Fushiguro became the hero template many dreamed of.
He was incredibly tanky while also dealing high damage.
But even so, with dense attacks, many of which came from Advanced Cursed Spirits, Toji Fushiguro couldn't completely avoid them.
"In that case, I'll make sure you can't get close."
Ogama spat out the Ten Thousand Mile Lock, and Toji Fushiguro skillfully connected the Ten Thousand Mile Lock to the Soul Release Blade.
A chain blade that ignored hardness and was almost a one-hit kill for Cursed Spirits was assembled.
Toji Fushiguro first retreated a bit to create some distance, then his right arm muscles bulged as he continuously swung the Ten Thousand Mile Lock.
Splat, splat, splat.
A large number of Cursed Spirits were cut in half by Toji Fushiguro.
Ogama crawled towards Toji Fushiguro's left hand.
The Inverted Spear of Heaven was thoughtfully handed to Toji Fushiguro by Ogama.
Soon, several smaller Cursed Spirits passed through the blade curtain swung by the Soul Release Blade and flew in front of Toji Fushiguro.
Toji Fushiguro swung the Inverted Spear of Heaven with his left hand, exorcising the Cursed Spirits, then held the Inverted Spear of Heaven like a shield in front of his chest.
A dark attack, radiating a strong cursed aura, struck the Inverted Spear of Heaven.
Toji Fushiguro's right hand, which was swinging the Inverted Spear of Heaven, loosened slightly, and the Ten Thousand Mile Lock's length increased again.
More Cursed Spirits were slain by the Soul Release Blade.
However, as the length increased, so did the attack interval, allowing more attacks to fly towards Toji Fushiguro through the gaps.
All these attacks were blocked by Toji Fushiguro with the Inverted Spear of Heaven.
Thus, Toji Fushiguro became a battlefield lawnmower.
"As expected, he's very interesting, Toji Fushiguro."
Yuki Tsukumo punched a Cursed Spirit, causing it to explode, then stood on one leg, turned, and sent a roundhouse kick with her right leg, sending a licker-like Cursed Spirit that was biting at her flying.
When Yuki Tsukumo charged into the Cursed Spirit army, she used Star Rage to imbue herself with imaginary mass.
This greatly enhanced Yuki Tsukumo's martial arts skill.
Yuki Tsukumo gripped the tail of the Ouryu and applied the Star Rage Technique effect to the Ouryu as well.
Then, mimicking Toji Fushiguro, she continuously attacked with the bone-whip-like Ouryu.
Crack.
The Ouryu struck a beetle-like Cursed Spirit, breaking its body.
However, the Ouryu's attack was also affected by the exoskeleton.
Although the bone whip wasn't bounced off, its forward momentum was insufficient, unable to continue smashing the next Cursed Spirit.
"So the Ouryu isn't effective…?"
Yuki Tsukumo looked regretfully at the Ouryu in her hand.
Then the Ouryu transformed into a sphere.
Yuki Tsukumo found an angle and kicked the Ouryu with great force.
After the Ouryu was kicked away, several Cursed Spirits rushed behind Yuki Tsukumo.
The wind-up for the kick was still too large, exposing too many openings on the battlefield.
However, Yuki Tsukumo compensated for this with her own strength.
The Cursed Spirit's fist landed on Yuki Tsukumo's back, but her body didn't even budge.
Star Rage imbued Yuki Tsukumo with immense mass.
This Cursed Spirit's power couldn't shake Yuki Tsukumo in the slightest.
"Touching a lady's body without permission in Foreign countries can lead to a sexual harassment lawsuit!"
Yuki Tsukumo turned and punched, exploding all the Cursed Spirits that had approached her from behind.
While attacking, Yuki Tsukumo's attention remained on the Ouryu.
She naturally knew that such large, obviously exposing attacks shouldn't be used in a complex place like a battlefield.
But the North Gate indeed needed a way to break the stalemate.
So, with controlled risk, Yuki Tsukumo chose to unleash one of her strongest offensive methods, excluding self-detonation.
The Ouryu, carrying terrifying force, pierced through all the Cursed Spirits in its path.
Then it flew directly into Dhruv's Domain.
The Great Fish Shikigami beneath Dhruv detected this terrifying blow, which was enough to threaten its life.
The Great Fish Shikigami opened its giant mouth, and its roar transformed into a terrifying impact, spreading towards the Ouryu and the entire northern front.
"Rumble!"
The Ouryu was the first to be affected by the roaring impact, but because the impact's range was too large, its power was dispersed.
Thus, although the Ouryu's power was somewhat weakened, it was not significantly affected.
Then Dhruv's smaller Shikigami began to move in peculiar trajectories, continuously colliding with the Ouryu.
The Ouryu's power was weakened again.
Splat.
"Rumble!"
The Ouryu struck the Great Fish Shikigami, leaving a massive wound several meters in diameter on it.
This was after its power had been weakened multiple times.
If it hadn't been weakened, the Great Fish Shikigami's body would likely have been directly pierced.
If a Special Grade Cursed Spirit of smaller size had taken this hit, it would have been instantly exorcised.
"Tsk, he actually developed a Shikigami into a Domain. Is that old man a Genius?"
Yuki Tsukumo looked at Dhruv with a headache.
Because of Dhruv's gate-blocking behavior,
the North Gate's firepower advantage couldn't be utilized; the firepower originally intended to intercept Cursed Spirits from a distance was all blocked by the Shikigami within the Domain with their sure-hit attacks.
This led to the North Gate being the only front among the four gates where a large number of Cursed Spirits had pushed up to the front line.
This was also why Yuki Tsukumo and Toji Fushiguro continuously moved to exorcise these ordinary Cursed Spirits.
If the two of them abandoned protecting the front line and went directly to stop Dhruv, the front line would likely suffer significant casualties under the impact of the Cursed Spirit army.
Dhruv also knew this.
So he sat calmly a few hundred meters in front of the front line.
He was perfectly positioned.
This position both weakened the North Gate's firepower advantage, allowing the Cursed Spirit army to advance more effectively,
and allowed him to avoid taking too many attacks.
"We must find a way to deal with that old man."
Yuki Tsukumo punched another Cursed Spirit, exorcising it, while continuously thinking about how to break the stalemate.
"Can't we just go in directly? That old man shouldn't be able to withstand us for long."
Toji Fushiguro also retreated to Yuki Tsukumo's side.
The two roars from the Great Fish Shikigami just now severely affected the Ten Thousand Mile Lock.
So he uncoupled the chain blade and reverted to using the Soul Release Blade.
"Indeed."
Yuki Tsukumo affirmed Toji Fushiguro's words.
"But if I charge in and engage in a Domain battle with that old man, I'll suffer a huge drop in combat power due to Cursed Technique Burnout, and many people will likely die."
Yuki Tsukumo glanced worriedly at the position behind her.
Although her martial arts were strong, if she lost the boost of her Technique, she wouldn't be able to intercept Cursed Spirits in large numbers as she was doing now.
"How long can you last in that old man's Domain without using your Domain?"
"...3 minutes."
This was Yuki Tsukumo's judgment, based on previous intelligence, of how long she could withstand Dhruv's Domain while preserving enough combat power.
"That's enough."
Yuki Tsukumo looked at Toji Fushiguro in surprise.
Did he have a way to deal with Dhruv within 3 minutes?
Soon, Yuki Tsukumo understood the reason.
"I'll go back for a bit; I'm leaving this to you. In 10 minutes, charge into that old man's Domain and attract his attention."
"No problem."
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