Kenjaku applied Gravity, and both Tachibana and Miyako were forced on the ground.
But just then, the barriers opened and took them away from the battlefield.
"Tch! They are buying time."
Kenjaku clicked his tongue. Without Ganesha, he will not be able to reach Tengen with ease. He will have to try to take down her barriers himself, which will take time.
But, for some reason, Tengen is rather sloppy today.
'Are they trying to lead me on, to make me waste time?'
Kenjaku knew that the dumb Tengen can't come with such a strategy. But, Yuki and Tachibana are different, and he doesn't have enough information to determine their thinking pattern.
As he was standing alone, he shuddered as he heard a voice.
"Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine."
"What!?"
Kenjaku quickly used Simple Domain, and stared at a body in shock.
"It's Sukuna's preserved body!?"
Yes. Tachibana has just reincarnated into Sukuna's corpse to use his Domain Expansion.
Kenjaku recovered his technique faster than they had expected.
Right now, with himself having 10 Sukuna's fingers worth of Cursed Energy, and the corpse having 1 finger's worth, the Domain Expansion is close to half strength Sukuna's.
The body still remembers the efficiency and refinement afterall.
Moreover, Tachibana also gained the knowledge of Sukuna.
"But in the end, it's a corpse!"
Kenjaku shouted and ran towards Tachibana in Sukuna's corpse, while maintaining his Simple Domain which is even withstanding Sukuna's Domain Expansion.
It's something only Kenjaku and Tengen can achieve.
But against Sukuna's Domain, just Domain Amplification wouldn't be enough for Kenjaku at this moment, who can't use Domain Expansion right now. That's why he also used Simple Domain.
Kenjaku moved close to engage in hand-to-hand combat and kill Tachibana. He also activated Domain Amplification.
As long as Tachibana can't touch him, he is safe from Reincarnation!
But, contrary to his expectations, Sukuna's corpse grinned and took out the sword in which he reincarnated Ganesha, and said,
"Reincarnation."
Kenjaku quickly stopped approaching and jumped back, and then realised that it was just a bluff to throw him off. Afterall, when he is using Domain Amplification, no Cursed Technique will work on him unless he has already figured out Ganesha's ability to remove the obstacle, the Domain Amplification.
There wasn't a sudden spike of Cursed Energy—
Wait! Can Tachibana even use [Reincarnation] in Sukuna's corpse?
Previously, he was able to use it in Yamata-no-Orochi's body, but that might be because he adapted to replicate it.
Maybe it's a second bluff to make him lower his guard, but Kenjaku is in a pretty bad situation.
He never expected Sukuna's corpse to be present and Tachibana to use it.
So, he has no choice but to take the gamble and kill Tachibana before he or the Ganesha sword can do anything to him.
He ran towards Tachibana again, taking out another tactical nuke from the Inventory Curse in his mouth.
Good thing he had his Cursed Spirits steal some of them.
Even if Yamata-no-Orochi's body that might have adapted in an instant due to a binding vow, and Tengen's barrier that minimised that, Sukuna's mummified corpse will not be able to handle it!
Seeing another tactical bagpack nuke, Tachibana cursed in his mind.
'Dammit! This guy has so much bullshit plot armour!'
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