"Voom!"
Accompanied by a terrifying hum that felt as if it could tear through one's very soul, the sky over Tokyo Jujutsu High was instantly swallowed by endless darkness and despair!
Scarlet blood slowly stained the pristine white snow, flowing from the bodies of Maki, Toge, and Panda.
Yuta Okkotsu stared fixedly at his comrades, who lay in a pool of blood, their fates unknown.
His once clear and gentle eyes were now shot through with horrifying streaks of blood.
Extreme rage.
Extreme grief.
And a murderous intent so maddening it felt as if it could destroy the entire world were churning and boiling within his chest like volcanic lava!
"Unforgivable..."
"Absolutely... unforgivable!"
Yuta Okkotsu's voice was as hoarse as two pieces of rough sandpaper grinding together, every word carrying a chill that made the soul tremble.
He slowly raised his left hand.
On the ring finger, where a silver ring sat, a wisp of extremely pure black cursed energy, filled with ultimate negativity, was wildly swirling and dancing.
Suguru Geto stepped on Maki's back, watching Yuta Okkotsu, who was on the verge of a complete rampage.
In his narrow eyes, there was no fear, but rather a nearly pathological fanatical excitement.
"That's it, exactly like that, Yuta Okkotsu!"
"Rage! Hate! Completely release that bottomless monster inside of you!"
"Let me see just how beautiful a spark your so-called 'love' can ignite in this cruel world of jujutsu!"
Faced with Suguru Geto's provocative and crazed words, Yuta Okkotsu didn't bother with any further verbal sparring.
He simply stared at Suguru Geto with eyes that looked as if they were dripping blood, and then, without hesitation...
He removed the silver ring from the ring finger of his left hand!
"Snap!"
The moment the ring left his finger.
It was as if a forbidden Pandora's box had been opened, or a final seal suppressed a world-ending demon king had been undone.
"BOOM!!!"
A storm of black cursed energy, ten or even a hundred times more terrifying than the pressure Suguru Geto had previously released, erupted.
Instantly centered on Yuta Okkotsu, it swept out wildly in all directions!
The violent hurricane instantly shredded the surrounding ruins. Countless pieces of rubble and snow were swept into the air, forming a terrifying black tornado that connected heaven and earth!
"Those who dare hurt Yuta..."
A colossal vengeful spirit, radiating a suffocating aura of death, slowly emerged from the center of that black tornado.
It was a terrifying monster whose size exceeded even the school buildings.
Its body was covered in pale white bone spikes, its massive mouth filled with interlocking fangs like a steel saw, and its ghostly eyes, filled with endless murderous intent and madness, locked onto Suguru Geto below.
"...must all die!!!"
Special Grade Vengeful Cursed Spirit—Rika Orimoto.
Fully manifested!
"ROAR!"
Rika let out an earth-shattering, terrifying roar.
With just a slight movement of her massive body, a physical pressure of sheer terror directly crushed the surrounding ground into craters dozens of meters deep!
Looking at this Special Grade Vengeful Cursed Spirit radiating endless calamity, even Suguru Geto, who was well-versed and had captured countless powerful cursed spirits, couldn't help but feel a strong flicker of trepidation. But more than that, there was an unmaskable greed and fanaticism!
"Beautiful..."
"This is what true Special Grade power looks like!"
"As long as I have her, as long as I can control this power..."
"That damn Brain and those stagnant higher-ups will all have to tremble beneath my feet!"
Suguru Geto threw his arms wide, the smile on his face becoming increasingly deranged.
Yet, at this moment, Yuta Okkotsu was not completely consumed by Rika's violent murderous intent.
He took a deep breath and slowly gripped the hilt of the special tachi that Yoru had personally nurtured and gifted to him.
"Shing!"
The long blade was unsheathed, its cold light instantly tearing through the surrounding black storm.
Yuta Okkotsu closed his eyes, every image of Yoru teaching him swordsmanship flashing rapidly through his mind.
'Yuta, remember.'
'The essence of swordsmanship is not about hacking with brute force, but your breathing.'
'With the rhythm of your breath, compress that vast sea of cursed energy within you bit by bit into your muscles, your bones, and even every single cell.'
'Let your body become the perfect vessel to contain that power!'
Yuta Okkotsu snapped his eyes open.
"Sss..."
Accompanied by a long, deep sound of inhaling, the cursed energy within Yuta, which had been as wild as an unbridled horse, miraculously began to follow a specific frequency.
It compressed and condensed wildly into every fiber of his being!
His muscles tightened instantly, his veins bulged, and he radiated a terrifying sense of oppression like a living volcano about to erupt!
"That's..."
Suguru Geto's pupils shrunk as he watched the familiar yet strange flow of energy around Yuta Okkotsu.
"Yoru's... Breathing Style?!"
Before Suguru Geto could recover from his shock...
"Boom!"
The ground beneath Yuta Okkotsu's feet instantly collapsed.
He transformed into a streak of black lightning that the naked eye couldn't track, charging directly at Suguru Geto with terrifying speed!
"So fast!"
Suguru Geto was greatly alarmed. He didn't even have time to form hand seals to summon cursed spirits and could only instinctively cross his arms in front of his chest, attempting to tank the blow.
"Die!"
Yuta Okkotsu roared, the special tachi in his hand carrying a terrifying power capable of splitting mountains as it hacked down toward Suguru Geto!
"BOOM!"
Accompanied by a world-shaking explosion, the blade collided with Suguru Geto's arms, erupting in a visible shockwave of terror.
The surrounding snow and rubble were instantly vaporized, and a bottomless, terrifying fissure hundreds of meters long appeared on the ground!
Faced with this level of destructive power, even Suguru Geto, with his Special Grade constitution, couldn't help but grunt in pain as he was sent flying like a cannonball!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Suguru Geto's body smashed through the ruins of three school buildings in succession before finally coming to a halt.
He knelt on one knee, looking at his nearly severed arms with eyes full of unbelievable shock.
"Just by mimicking that man's breathing rhythm, he can explode with such terrifying power?"
"Yuta Okkotsu..."
"You really are a rough diamond full of surprises!"
Suguru Geto slowly stood up, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.
Not only did he feel no fear, but he also burst into a fit of maniacal laughter.
"Excellent!"
"Since you want to play, then I'll play with you to the end!"
Suguru Geto slammed his hands together, and a black cursed energy, deeper and more evil than before, surged from his body like a volcanic eruption.
"Come forth!"
"Special Grade Imaginary Vengeful Spirit—Tamamo-no-Mae Incarnate!"
Accompanied by Suguru Geto's near-shouted roar, a beautiful female cursed spirit emerged. She wore magnificent twelve-layered ceremonial robes, possessed nine massive fox tails, and radiated a terrifying demonic aura.
Her narrow fox eyes flickered with a horrifying scarlet light, and her nine massive tails tore black spatial rifts in the air with just a gentle sway!
Special Grade Vengeful Cursed Spirit, Rika Orimoto!
VS
Special Grade Imaginary Vengeful Spirit, Tamamo-no-Mae Incarnate!
The God of Pure Love, Yuta Okkotsu!
VS
The Demon King of the Great Cause, Suguru Geto!
The two Special Grade powers standing at the pyramid's peak of the jujutsu world finally reached the most violent of collisions on this school field turned to ruins!
Facing a Suguru Geto at full power, Yuta Okkotsu's bloodshot eyes held only the figure standing behind Tamamo-no-Mae Incarnate.
The cursed energy within him resonated wildly in his muscles, following that rough yet destructive breathing rhythm.
"Rika, let's go."
With Yuta Okkotsu's low and icy whisper, the Special Grade Vengeful Cursed Spirit and the Special Grade Imaginary Vengeful Spirit collided violently upon the ruins!
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