"RUMBLE—!!!"
Blinding lightning storms roared savagely across the heavens, as though the sky itself were being torn apart!
Countless tornadoes that stretched from earth to heaven swept across the land alongside the thunder!
Clouds churned violently in reverse, black storm clouds pressed down upon the cities, and the apocalyptic vision of the collapsing sky only grew more intense!
Everything foretold the same outcome—
The land of Japan was about to be completely engulfed by divine power.
This wrathful, world-destroying phenomenon was both the rejection of the world's will and the resistance of reality's laws themselves.
The scattered members of Jujutsu High grew increasingly anxious.
"Move already, bowl-cut brat!"
Kinji Hakari shouted urgently.
"With your level of strength, you can feel it too, right?! The entire world is falling apart!"
"If we don't stop that monster now, forget your boss Sukuna—this whole world is finished!"
An overwhelming cold spread throughout the entire district as glittering ice crystals drifted through the air.
"My mission is to stop insects like you from interrupting my lord's enjoyment."
Uraume's gaze was icy, with no intention of retreating.
"What does the destruction of the world have to do with me?"
The moment the words fell—
A gigantic ice spike the height of a three-story building slowly formed behind Uraume.
Over on the main battlefield, Suguru Geto's presence had completely vanished.
Hakari's expression darkened.
Even talking things out had failed again.
Only Gojo remained now...
Realizing they could no longer afford to stall, Hakari raised his left palm upward while covering it with his right hand.
"Domain Expansion — Idle Death Gamble!"
He intended to drag Uraume into his domain and finish the battle as quickly as possible!
"Hmph. Nothing more than a counterfeit technique reliant on domain amplification."
Uraume pressed both palms together before the chest as surging cursed energy erupted forth.
"Domain Expansion — Absolute Zero!"
BOOM!!!
The two domains collided violently!
On one side stood a train platform bathed in warm sunlight.
On the other stretched a frozen wasteland filled with endless snowstorms.
The divided scenery of two worlds clashed as both combatants elevated their cursed energy to the absolute limit!
Absolute zero capable of freezing the human body, cells, and even consciousness itself—
Against an immortal body that feared no injury and regenerated endlessly!
"Damn it... the odds of winning this gamble keep dropping!"
The deadlock inside the domains only made Hakari more desperate!
However—
In the very next second!
"Gah—!!!"
Across the pure white snowfield, brilliant crimson blood suddenly splattered outward!
Uraume stared in disbelief at the short blade piercing straight through the heart as the domain slowly began to collapse.
They hadn't sensed it at all—
Neither the approach of a sorcerer nor the fluctuation of cursed energy!
"Shhk!"
Without expression, Maki Zenin yanked the blade free before lowering her body slightly to gather momentum.
Then—
With ruthless precision, she unleashed a storm of slashes!
The abdomen storing cursed energy.
The brain engraved with cursed techniques.
The heart, source of life itself.
The throat.
In less than half a second, Maki struck more than a dozen times in succession!
The short blade was wrapped in white cloth stained with black markings—
A cursed tool left behind after Kento Nanami's death.
Something Mirai had not taken from the Star Corridor Tomb, later brought out by Choso.
Nanami's cursed technique still lingered within the blade, making every slash a critical hit!
And in the hands of Maki, empowered by Heavenly Restriction, its power seemed to rise to even greater heights!
Brilliant blood scattered through the air alongside the glittering fragments of the shattered domain as the light slowly faded from Uraume's eyes.
There was no cursing Maki for the ambush...
Returning to the frozen streets now covered in ice crystals, Uraume struggled weakly within the pool of blood, raising a hand toward the battlefield at the center of the barrier.
"Lord Sukuna..."
"At this moment... you must truly be happy..."
The bloodstained smile curling upon Uraume's lips froze permanently in place.
"Tch, this bastard really was troublesome!"
"But... that loyalty of theirs might rival even my passion!"
Hakari shook his head with a sigh before heading alone toward the central battlefield.
As for Maki—
Without saying a word, she once again vanished into the shadows.
Like a cold-blooded assassin devoid of emotion.
"Mai, do you even understand what you're doing?!"
Veins of crimson markings crawled across Noritoshi Kamo's face as he roared:
"Snap out of it! That monster is destroying the world!"
Momo Nishimiya descended from the sky several meters away, her expression equally conflicted.
"Even if you can't bring yourself to attack your monster of a brother, there's no reason to stop us from attacking that cursed womb."
There was no time to question why Mai was still alive.
Facing their former classmate and ally, both Momo and Kamo assumed combat stances.
Two pink rifles rested in Mai's hands.
One was "Guren," the weapon once given by White Zetsu.
The other was a spear materialized through Construction Technique.
Mai slowly raised both weapons toward them, a faint trace of reluctance crossing her face.
"It's useless..."
"Even if I didn't stop you, your attacks wouldn't do anything to that cursed womb."
She glanced at the two of them and quietly tried to persuade them.
"Kamo. Nishimiya. As long as you don't interfere and stay still, I promise you'll be fine."
Based on her understanding of Mirai—
Two Grade 1 sorcerers were insignificant.
As long as they did not interfere with his plans, he would not care about them.
"Move, Mai!"
Kamo roared, veins bulging across his neck.
"That monster even took away my last hope! I won't believe your lies!"
His clan had been slaughtered completely.
Even his mother had become one of the players in the Culling Game.
The root cause of every one of those tragedies—
Was the monster named Zen'in Mirai.
As someone who had always existed on the fringes of jujutsu society, Kamo no longer intended to stand by and do nothing.
"I won't move. And neither of you are getting through!"
Mai answered coldly as cursed energy began to rise around her.
If she held them back here, they still had a chance to survive.
But if they rushed out and drew Mirai's attention...
Death was certain.
BOOM!!!
Deep within a bottomless crater, Yuta Okkotsu wiped the blood from his forehead.
Facing a fully unleashed Mahoraga, the longer the battle dragged on, the more difficult it became for Yuta.
Above them, the fully manifested Rika Orimoto had likewise been slashed apart repeatedly by the strongest shikigami's wheel.
Every rotation of the wheel recorded Yuta's cursed energy affinity and adapted to the source of his techniques.
Mahoraga had to be killed instantly with a technique it had never seen before.
The longer the battle continued, the more catastrophic defeat would become.
Yuta rose from the crater and kicked off the ground like a streak of light!
Rather than continue fighting head-on, he led Mahoraga toward the edge of the barrier.
He had thought of someone who could help—
And who also happened to be the perfect counter to the shikigami before him.
At the same time—
Both Uro and White Zetsu, who had crashed to the ground elsewhere, encountered their own opponents.
"Don't move!"
Descendant of the Cursed Speech clan, Toge Inumaki pulled down his collar and unleashed a command that froze Uro in place for a brief instant!
"Violent Quake Palm!!!"
His massive body had expanded to three times its original size, with long fangs protruding from his mouth!
Entering Gorilla Mode, Panda descended from the sky!
BOOM!!!
A devastating strike impossible to defend against!
Caught by surprise, Uro was smashed straight into a massive crater in the ground!
"You're asking to die!!!"
Struck by sorcerers whose cursed energy was vastly beneath her own, Uro erupted from the crater in fury!
Even while healing her body with Reverse Cursed Technique, her dark eyes locked firmly onto Inumaki's position.
A Cursed Speech user had to be eliminated first!
"Heh, you thousand-year-old hag!"
"Don't forget there's still one lovely lady here!"
Nobara Kugisaki swung her hammer as she charged toward the recovering Uro from the side of the battlefield!
"Domain Expansion — Thorned Road to Rebirth!"
"Don't casually joke about a beauty's age!"
Veins bulged across Uro's forehead as the surrounding space twisted violently.
"You're all nothing but trash beneath Special Grade!"
"Domain Expansion — Mirror Canon of Yama!"
BOOM!!!
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