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Chapter 71 - Sukuna's Growing Strength

Inside Hanami's Domain, Satoru deployed a Simple Domain to counter the Guaranteed Hit effect while simultaneously activating Reverse Cursed Technique to continue shortening his Burnout period.

Hanami's attacks could not inflict any effective damage on Satoru, so they could only rely on the Domain to stall for time against him.

Bang!

Satoru threw another punch, snapping the branches on Hanami's face and causing them to spit out a mouthful of purple blood.

"The branches on your face are quite brittle. You're a Cursed Spirit specialized in defense, yet you leave yourself with such an obvious weakness."

While speaking, Satoru punched Hanami again, sending them spinning 720 degrees in the air before they landed.

Hanami's Domain might as well not have been active, they were being unilaterally pummeled by Satoru.

'Cursed Technique... restored.'

Sensing that his Cursed Technique had been restored, Satoru immediately expanded his Domain again.

As for the surrounding ordinary people, they were no longer important. He only wanted to drag out the bastard who had usurped Suguru's body, take him to Shin, and torture him to death countless times.

Domain Expansion: Unlimited Void!

Hanami's Domain was instantly crushed by Satoru's Domain. The ordinary people in the surrounding station were squeezed even tighter by the Unlimited Void, which was a size larger than Hanami's Domain.

Inside Unlimited Void, Hanami stood motionless as their brain was flooded with excessive amounts of garbage information.

Satoru raised his finger and softly chanted, "Phase, Paramita, Pillars of Light."

Cursed Technique Reversal: Red!

A massive Red instantly blasted Hanami into nothingness. Shortly after, the Domain was dispelled, and the other four had long since fled without a trace.

Satoru stood in place, looking in the direction where Kenjaku had just called his name, and fell silent.

'If it weren't for Shin telling me about the guy who usurped your body, I would definitely have been sealed. Because even if I know he isn't you, I cannot suppress our memories together. Suguru...'

Satoru picked up the Prison Realm he had kicked away earlier and left the station, which was filled with severed limbs and blood, without looking back.

The four of them, Kenjaku and the others, who had fled back to their rental, were in very low spirits.

Kenjaku felt it was unacceptable due to the serious errors in his plan, while Mahito and Dagon were saddened by the news of Hanami's death.

Once Kenjaku's Cursed Technique was restored, he finally perked up a little.

"Prepare for assimilation, Sukuna."

...

After the assimilation ritual ended, Sukuna opened his eyes. He sensed his current body and couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile.

"Hahaha... Immortality, is it? Interesting. Does the body automatically evolve when threatened with death?"

Tengen's Immortality was somewhat similar to Mahoraga's technique, both reacted to damage.

However, Mahoraga was more like a walkthrough that gradually unlocked the correct strategy—as long as you followed the guide, you were guaranteed to clear the stage.

But Immortality was just purely about evolving and getting stronger. As for whether it was the "correct" way... never mind that, just look at whether the user got stronger or not.

Seeing that Sukuna had successfully assimilated Tengen, Kenjaku gradually released all the Special Grade Cursed Spirits from his Cursed Spirit Manipulation for him to assimilate, blindly stacking stats for Sukuna.

At first, Sukuna's body would be blown to pieces due to the conflict of Cursed Energy, but after his physical body evolved a few times, he could easily contain these Cursed Spirits.

Kenjaku also took out a set of dentures that had been kept for a long time and handed them to Sukuna.

"Try this cursed object. Its Cursed Technique allows it to devour everything and make it its own. It's just that no body has ever been able to withstand it, but with your Immortality, bearing its power shouldn't be a problem."

Sukuna shoved the cursed object into his mouth, but the power he expected from the Cursed Technique merging with his body did not come. Instead, three masses of Cursed Energy with different properties rampaged through his body.

However, having long since assimilated various cursed objects and Cursed Spirits, Sukuna naturally assimilated them all into his body with ease.

Kenjaku asked, "How is it? This Cursed Technique isn't bad, right?"

Sukuna shook his head. "No, you have been deceived. This cursed object is a fake, just three ordinary Special Grade Cursed Objects mashed together like modeling clay. An ordinary person would naturally die. After all, enduring three types of Cursed Energy at the same time is basically impossible."

Kenjaku's expression darkened instantly, but there was no time to blame himself for his own stupidity. It was better to focus on strengthening Sukuna as quickly as possible.

As a continuous stream of Cursed Spirits and cursed objects were devoured by Sukuna, his body began a new round of autonomous evolution in order to survive under such chaotic Cursed Energy.

The weak vessel originally prepared by Kenjaku gradually twisted, and a large amount of complex Cursed Energy seeped out, forming a shell-like protection around his body.

The evolution did not last long, and soon the Cursed Energy shell shattered under a violent bombardment of Cursed Energy, revealing a brand new body.

This brand new body had three heads and six arms, and its facial appearance had departed from that of a human, becoming closer to the yokai with blue faces and fangs from legends. Its body was covered in black marks, making him look even more evil.

Sukuna admired his new physical body and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction. "Heh heh... This body is what I call decent. Such Cursed Energy and various Cursed Techniques, what a wonderful feeling."

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