"Demon Head Kijuro. Where is he?"
Nishida Kagetatsu's words cut off, pulling Kenjaku from the illusion of death back to reality. She subconsciously raised her hand to touch her neck, and when she felt the warm, intact skin, she realized with surprise that the near-death sensation had only been a realistic illusion.
Reassured that she was not dead, an almost obsessive smile immediately bloomed on her face. Her eyes grew increasingly paranoid and twisted as she looked at Kagetatsu. Without a word, only dark fanaticism blazed in her eyes.
At that moment, a monstrous sea of blood exploded behind her. Buildings struck by the shockwave collapsed one after another. A black cursed energy, thick as ink, rose upward, covering half the sky.
Sorcerers and high-ranking sorcerers from the Three Great Families continuously evacuated civilians. After Kenjaku was subdued by Kagetatsu, the most important thing was to avoid the battlefield of Yuji Itadori and Ryomen Sukuna and successfully evacuate personnel.
The second-grade sorcerer Takuma Ino tightly held two children in his arms. The Kamo clan sorcerer beside him led a group of people in confusion. A sharp slash cut through the air with a roar, splitting an entire building in half.
Steel bars twisted and cracked. Glass shattered. The loud crash of collapsing walls made people's eardrums ache. Half of the building collapsed toward them like an overturned mountain.
With no way out, they could only do their best to protect the children curled up beneath them, surrounded by overwhelming despair, futilely praying to the gods, hoping for a glimmer of life.
Unfortunately, it was not the gods who answered their prayers, but Yuji Itadori.
[Red Blood Manipulation: Blood Piercing Thrust]
Itadori, a kilometer away, instantly sensed the crisis. Under the influence of the technique, countless blood-piercing streams burst from the air like a swarm of saturation missiles, precisely destroying all the building debris falling above their heads.
Supersonic blood arrows accurately hit every piece of debris that could cause harm. Concrete cracked, and the roar of the bombardment of blood arrows mixed together, giving them a chance to survive in the ruins.
When the blood rain and debris subsided, Takuma Ino looked up blankly and realized that although the surroundings were already in chaos and merged into a sea of blood, the few of them remained intact and unharmed.
Turning his head to look at the square a hundred meters away, after Itadori had finished all this, Sukuna had forcefully pinned him to the ground because he had been momentarily distracted.
Sukuna's arms swung simultaneously, leaving afterimages. Beneath his hideous face, heavy blows and slashes fell like a downpour, suppressing Itadori to the brink of death. Slowly but irresistibly, they continuously crushed him into the ground.
Faced with this overwhelming pressure, Yuji Itadori resisted the assault, quietly controlling the sea of blood that surged downward, and executed a technique belonging to his elder brother.
[Red Blood Manipulation: Supernova]
The sea of blood beneath his feet suddenly boiled. Countless crimson balls rose with a roar, all exploding under Sukuna's astonished gaze.
Supersonic blood shards flew in all directions, fiercely piercing his body, leaving horrific wounds deep in his bones.
Itadori took the opportunity to break free from the suppression, flipped over with both hands, and delivered a sharp kick. Then his right fist, clenched with cursed energy, powerfully struck Sukuna's face.
"Have you caused enough trouble yet?"
[Black Flash *24]
Seeing this scene, Takuma Ino and the Kamo clan sorcerer had long forgotten to run. They just stared at the two figures on the square, fighting fiercely like humanoid natural disasters, and for a long time could not come to their senses.
After a long while, Ino nervously turned his head and asked stupidly:
"Is that Red Blood Manipulation from your Kamo clan? Do you usually put sugar in it?"
"..."
The Kamo clan sorcerer was suddenly speechless, not knowing what to say. He had never seen such Red Blood Manipulation before!
Doesn't Yuji Itadori need money for his blood??? How much blood volume does that require? It's a sea of blood!
In the high-rise building, Kenjaku simply stared at Kagetatsu without saying a word, until he asked sharply.
"My patience is limited. Let me ask again—Demon Head Kijuro. Where is he?"
Kagetatsu pushed with his fingertips, slightly drawing his sword. The awe-inspiring threat in his words was unmistakable.
But faced with this edge, Kenjaku not only did not flinch, but her cheeks flushed painfully. She completely ignored it and only said obsessively:
"Yes! That's it! Let me feel a little more—your power, your strength, your everything!"
"Absolute strength, the loneliness that comes from it. Who will teach you to love?"
"?!"
Looking at the infatuated face, Locke was completely bewildered, almost breaking character. He didn't understand what kind of reputation the other party was trying to achieve.
A sense of foreboding always lingered, as if it were the same as when he had been chased by a cyber-ghost before.
"Don't worry, Kagetatsu. Everything I do is for you."
"For me?" Kagetatsu frowned.
"With such powerful, unparalleled strength, you must be very lonely."
"I asked you, where the hell is Kijuro?" Kagetatsu's voice was impatient.
Seeing that he was angry, Kenjaku slowly spoke:
"He... I don't know. I only know that I will never do what he wants. I just want to see you fully and without restraint. I will never allow you to be half-bound. So... show me everything you've got."
After these words, the tattoos on Kenjaku's face suddenly became hot and restless. Together with Mahito's body, which was not dead a thousand meters away, cursed energy simultaneously burst forth.
Giant technique lines stretched above his head, directly covering the entire sky.
Countless cursed spirits that had contracted with him surged into every corner of Shibuya. At this moment, all kinds of techniques, sleeping for a thousand years, were resurrected.
"Without conditions, without schemes, everything I do now is for you! Kagetatsu!"
Countless cursed spirits, accumulated in large numbers, once again raged on the earth. At this moment, their individual power spontaneously rose to the average level of cursed spirits in the world, completely breaking the long-standing balance between cursed spirits and humans.
Almost simultaneously, all sorcerers clearly noticed that their power was rapidly increasing. Even the resurrected Sukuna continued to rise and grow stronger.
Everyone knew better—this was a true natural disaster.
"More than ten million cursed spirits! Countless sorcerers are awakening. You can break through the barrier, but you can't save everyone!"
"Are you angry? Do you regret it? Go ahead, tear me apart! Let me feel all of you!"
Completely mad, Kenjaku widened her eyes and simultaneously activated three techniques: [Idle Transfiguration], [Cursed Spirit Manipulation], and [Gravity Technique], attacking Kagetatsu all at once.
And at that moment, on the outskirts of a nearby wasteland, a monstrous cursed energy suddenly swirled into a mad vortex, devouring and crushing all cursed spirits within a hundred miles, turning them into a storm of flesh and blood roaring across the sky, giving form to a behemoth slumbering within.
At the same time, the page labeled "Ryomen Sukuna" emitted a purple halo, transmitting some of its power to Sukuna's body on the Shibuya battlefield.
Looking at what was happening before him, Locke's mind repeatedly returned to the old back lingering in his memory. His throat tightened slightly, and he unconsciously murmured to himself:
"Old man, I owe you everything. This time, I'll pay it all back."
[Nishida Kojūrō Kagetatsu Rising Fame (100%) → Chronicles of the Pacified Demon Realm: Demon-Slaying Swordsman - Nishida Kojūrō Kagetatsu]
[You may spend Popularity Points to continue upgrading]
[Next Stage]
[Chronicles of the Pacified Demon Realm: Demon-Slaying Swordsman - Nishida Kojūrō Kagetatsu (Red Steel)]
[Final form unlocked. Trait slot opened.]
[Trait Acquired]
[Hidden Master Silver]
[Passive: Skill Aura +25%]
[Active: +30% temporary combat power while maintaining a strong stance; if losing, -25% combat power]
[While the skill is active, Popularity Gain Efficiency +30%]
[Hidden in the crowd, do not chase the false name of the world. Hold the sword and guard your heart. Seek no regrets in this life. Walk your own path alone.]
[You are more likely to gain the trust of characters on the good side.]
[Path of the Warrior: Silver]
[Passive: Skill Status Enhancement +30%]
[Active: +10% combat power can be continuously accumulated for each enemy unit defeated, reset upon failure]
[Every 50% of combat power gained from the skill is converted into 5% Popularity Gain Efficiency]
[The path of the warrior is originally a lonely road. Holding the sword, fighting endlessly, adhering to victory without losing it, walking alone in the world, the lonelier it becomes, the lonelier it gets.]
[Your character is more likely to attract the attention of strong individuals.]
[New traits expected to be obtained through integration]
[Mortal Walking Gold]
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