"Hey, brat, your Cursed Energy is insufficient."
The cursed corpse Nine-Tails spoke up to remind him.
Alex Moyan then realized the problem.
Currently, the maximum Cursed Energy capacity of the core of the cursed corpse Alex Moyan created was only enough for the Nine-Tails to operate normally.
It couldn't possibly support him using a wide-area destructive attack like the Tailed Beast Bomb.
He needed to recharge it himself.
Of course, what Alex Moyan lacked the least was Cursed Energy.
Alex Moyan smiled slightly and placed both hands on the Nine-Tails' head.
Vast Cursed Energy poured into the Nine-Tails' body like monstrous, surging waves.
Feeling the massive Cursed Energy recharge, the Nine-Tails' originally brownish-red fur gradually turned golden yellow due to the energy infusion.
Moreover, as the Cursed Energy strengthened, the golden fur began to emit a glow like pure gold.
Gradually, it resembled a great sun.
Beautiful, powerful, radiating scorching golden light.
Toji Fushiguro's pupils constricted. What shocked him wasn't the Nine-Tails before him, but Alex Moyan.
Just how much Cursed Energy did this guy possess!
It seemed endless!
The Nine-Tails began to mobilize the immense Cursed Energy filling its body, and a dim Tailed Beast Bomb started condensing in its mouth.
A sound like muffled thunder began to resonate as the Tailed Beast Bomb condensed.
Alex Moyan watched the Tailed Beast Bomb grow larger and larger, his eyes filled with excitement, and his heart raced with exhilaration.
"Hahahaha! As expected of me."
Alex Moyan laughed out loud, continuing to increase the output of Cursed Energy from his hands.
Alex Moyan had no intention of using this Tailed Beast Bomb against Toji Fushiguro.
After all, such a large Tailed Beast Bomb used against Toji Fushiguro would probably leave him half-crippled even if he didn't die.
He needed to recruit him, after all, he couldn't ruin him.
If he broke him, wouldn't all his meticulous planning go to waste?
Furthermore, this was Jujutsu High. If he unleashed this attack, it would likely affect the school.
Therefore, Alex Moyan prepared to fire this Tailed Beast Bomb toward the sky.
Just as Alex Moyan directed the Nine-Tails to raise its head and aim the Tailed Beast Bomb at the sky—
A sudden change occurred!
The Tailed Beast Bomb dropped from the Nine-Tails' mouth... Did it fall!?
"Huh?"
Alex Moyan looked utterly bewildered at the falling Tailed Beast Bomb, completely stunned.
"Oh, holy shit."
BOOM!!!!
A massive explosion resounded, and a huge mushroom cloud rose, uprooting trees for miles around with its terrifying shockwave.
The center was utterly barren, completely obliterated by the blast.
At the epicenter, a massive crater was starkly revealed.
Fortunately, Jujutsu High was protected by a barrier, so it wasn't significantly affected.
Instead, this entire forest area was completely cleared out.
Toji Fushiguro, covered in dust and grime, walked to the center of the explosion.
He had just run at the fastest speed of his life.
He had narrowly escaped the instant before the explosion.
At this moment, the clothing on Toji Fushiguro's upper body had vanished due to the explosion,
Revealing powerful, muscular contours covered in scars, robust and magnificent like a coiling dragon.
Toji Fushiguro looked around and thought to himself, "An explosion of this magnitude, that brat must be dead."
"Even if he's not dead, he must be close to it."
Toji Fushiguro jumped into the deep crater, beginning to search for Alex Moyan's figure to deliver a finishing blow.
He wouldn't let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Toji Fushiguro.
"Really shooting himself in the foot."
Toji Fushiguro sighed with emotion, shaking his head.
He then continued searching for Alex Moyan's figure within the huge, dust-filled crater.
Just as Toji Fushiguro was searching aimlessly, a voice came from the right.
"No——"
Alex Moyan let out a mournful cry toward the heavens, roaring in agony. In his embrace, he held the head of the Nine-Tails.
(A fitting soundtrack here would be: Snowflakes drifting, the north wind howling.)
"Nine Llama, Nine Llama, don't die! Don't die! How can I live without you?"
Alex Moyan shook the Nine-Tails' massive head.
As for the rest of its body, it was, of course, completely blown away.
The Nine-Tails, on the verge of death, murmured its last words:
"This old man... is named... Kyu-Lama~~~"
The cursed corpse Nine-Tails went still.
When Alex Moyan saw the Nine-Tails lose its vitality, he immediately dropped his sorrowful expression, let go of the Nine-Tails' head,
And began diligently, like a meticulous, emotionless researcher, to record the failure and its causes.
"Hmm, indeed, there are still major problems."
"Creating a cursed corpse comparable to the Nine-Tails is truly as difficult as ascending to heaven."
"Even with the creation technique for cursed corpses that possesses Heaven-Defying Comprehension, it's still not enough."
Alex Moyan sighed. The creation of the Nine-Tails had consumed a great deal of his time and energy.
He hadn't expected it to fail after all.
Indeed, taking too big a step really caused him to pull something!
This accidental explosion served as a lesson.
Alex Moyan scratched his head, which had been blasted into an afro, and touched his face, which was covered in black ash. His clothes were also tattered.
He couldn't help but shake his head and click his tongue, sighing repeatedly.
If Gojo saw him in such a wretched state, he would probably take 360-degree photos from every angle.
Fortunately, the battle with Toji Fushiguro had drawn the battlefield far, far away.
Otherwise, if it were too close, the residual power might have obliterated Gojo, who was healing him, which would be awkward.
Afterward, Alex Moyan summoned a Cursed Spirit to take the Nine-Tails' head back for further research.
After all, his goal was to assemble an invincible force of cursed corpses to clear all obstacles for him!
The road ahead was long and arduous.
"Hey, hey, isn't this the famous Special Grade Sorcerer, sir?"
"Why do you look so pathetic?"
Out of the smoke, Toji Fushiguro emerged, carrying the soul release blade, fully recovered and appearing domineeringly.
The injuries he sustained from being beaten by Alex Moyan earlier had completely healed; his condition couldn't be better.
Looking at Alex Moyan, who was as black as charcoal, he couldn't help but mock him.
A smile of ridicule spread across Toji Fushiguro's face, his gaze filled with icy killing intent.
He sneered, "It looks like I won this second round."
Alex Moyan used Cursed Energy to instantly clean the grime off his body.
He acted as if nothing had happened, then pulled out a brand-new set of clothes from the special storage space of a Cursed Spirit and put them on.
Alex Moyan calmly replied to Toji Fushiguro, "Oh? Is that so? I don't think so."
This time, Alex Moyan directly pulled out four electronic devices that Toji Fushiguro had never seen before.
Although Toji Fushiguro didn't know what the other party was planning, his intuition, coupled with Alex Moyan's previous actions, told him this was no good!
Toji Fushiguro took a slight step back, afraid that Alex Moyan would conjure up another one of those dangerous and strange contraptions like before.
At the same time, he was curious: what kind of body did this brat have to be completely unharmed at the center of such a massive explosion!
The four electronic items Alex Moyan pulled out
Were naturally the Digital Summoning Machines he had mentioned to Satoru not long ago.
They were devices that could evolve cursed corpses by charging them with his own Cursed Energy.
The principle was similar to that of Digimon.
"The second round isn't over yet, Toji Fushiguro. Are you ready to go?"
Alex Moyan announced loudly, and four Rolling Ball Beasts jumped out from behind him!