Kenjaku, carrying Uraume, leaped into the air and reached Eichi's approximate position with the help of Anti-Gravity Mechanism.
After finding a suitable spot, Kenjaku immediately threw Uraume toward Medusa, then flipped his palms outward and pressed the backs of his hands together to form a hand seal.
"Domain Expansion: Womb Profusion."
"Domain Expansion: Throne of Heroes."
Seeing Kenjaku's movements, Eichi activated his Domain at the same time without hesitation.
Both were open-type Domains, so there was no situation like with Satoru and Sukuna, where both Domains fully manifested.
'This isn't good.'
Kenjaku frowned slightly.
In the previous battle outside the village, neither side's Domain had directly overwhelmed the other.
But this time, Kenjaku found that his Domain was being rapidly dismantled and encroached upon by Eichi's Domain.
"Barrier Techniques?"
Kenjaku looked in surprise at the countless miniature barriers exploding within his Domain, his gaze fixed on Medea beside the Throne.
At this moment, Medea held a staff, her entire body enveloped in a wide, mysterious purple robe.
She was like a court mage noble standing beside a king.
"It really is Barrier Techniques..."
As the Jujutsu World's second-ranked master of Barrier Techniques, Kenjaku possessed profound expertise in them.
And unlike Tengen, that ultimate shut-in who had lain dormant for a thousand years and was almost completely wasted, Kenjaku had spent a thousand years "alive."
Over that millennium, he had witnessed countless ingenious ideas from Jujutsu Sorcerers and had achieved breakthroughs in Barrier Techniques through countless studies and battles.
But this time, his opponent in Barrier Techniques was Medea.
Medea, the disciple of a god.
Could Medea's comprehension and talent possibly be lacking if she was chosen by a god as a disciple to be taught spells?
Furthermore, Kenjaku was second in Barrier Techniques, while Tengen was first.
And now, the first-ranked master of Barrier Techniques had handed all her Barrier Techniques to Medea.
So now, Medea was the Jujutsu World's first-ranked master of Barrier Techniques, and Kenjaku had dropped to third.
"Is it Simple Domain?"
New Shadow Style: Simple Domain involved an extremely wide range of aspects.
Manipulation of Cursed Energy, Barrier Techniques, Binding Vows.
However, these were all areas Medea excelled in.
At this moment, Medea was continuously loading Simple Domains into the barriers, then detonating those Simple Domains at the boundary between the two Domains.
By breaking the Binding Vow, she shortened the duration of the Simple Domain, which originally neutralized a Domain Expansion, to an instant.
This greatly enhanced the Simple Domain's neutralizing ability.
In other words, Medea had turned Simple Domain, which was originally a shield meant to last until it was destroyed by the enemy, into a bomb.
She applied a defensive Cursed Technique offensively.
Because of Medea's Simple Domain bombs, the area of Kenjaku's Domain near the boundary was constantly being neutralized.
Even if it only exploded for an instant, Kenjaku's Domain power would immediately fill that instant, and that was enough.
Because Eichi's Domain would take advantage of that brief moment to encroach upon that part.
It was like in war, with artillery bombarding the enemy's flank, and then the soldiers quickly seizing the moment to eliminate the enemies ahead.
"This is troublesome."
Just as Kenjaku was thinking about a solution, bad news also came from Uraume's side.
Although Uraume continuously created ice platforms in the sky to move around, he was ultimately not as agile as Medusa riding her Pegasus.
After narrowly dodging the Pegasus's charge, Uraume's palm was pierced by the tip of Medusa's chain, and he was dragged along.
Medusa even controlled Pegasus to lower its altitude, dragging Uraume across the ground at a gallop.
"Seriously."
Kenjaku pressed his temples as a headache began to form.
Ultimately, Satoru and Eichi had acted too quickly.
Kenjaku had not expected Eichi to be able to control Tengen and modify Tengen's nationwide barrier into a radar for Tomie.
Nor had he expected Satoru to become so angry after Suguru was nearly taken by Tomie.
As soon as he heard news of Tomie, he flew across Japan like a lit missile.
If Satoru had come by car, it would have at least given them a few hours.
By then, Tomie's Cursed Womb would have already hatched, and Kenjaku could have convinced Sukuna to temporarily leave and act again once his power was fully restored.
"Even with considerable assets, I can't sustain this kind of drain."
Kenjaku helplessly took out a murky crystal from his robe.
No, it was not a crystal, but a barrier compressed to resemble one.
After obtaining Prison Realm, Kenjaku conducted extremely in-depth research on it.
On one hand, it was to fully understand whether Prison Realm could seal Satoru.
On the other hand, it was out of curiosity about Prison Realm.
After all, in a sense, Prison Realm was a kind of living barrier.
This held extremely high research value for Kenjaku, who was highly proficient in Barrier Techniques and had been digging up hidden stashes across the country like a hoarding rat.
"Go on and cause a ruckus."
As Kenjaku finished speaking, the barrier in his hand shattered with a crash.
Countless Cursed Spirits rushed out from the fist-sized barrier.
Then Kenjaku took out a second barrier crystal, ready to use it at any moment.
This was also Kenjaku's desperate measure after failing to obtain Cursed Spirit Manipulation.
Although he had not obtained Cursed Spirit Manipulation, Kenjaku relied on Barrier Techniques, Shikigami Cursed Techniques, and Binding Vows to achieve an effect very close to Cursed Spirit Manipulation.
Such complex steps and superb Cursed Technique also indirectly showed how excellent Cursed Spirit Manipulation was as a Cursed Technique.
"Don't you have any new tricks?"
Eichi looked speechlessly at the tide-like swarm of Cursed Spirits.
His consciousness withdrew from fully controlling his Domain to conquer Kenjaku's Domain.
Eichi began activating the strongest ability of Throne of Heroes, the temporary summoning of Heroic Spirits.
Cú Chulainn, Sasaki, Heracles, and Hassan of the Hundred Faces instantly appeared beneath the Throne.
At the same time, the Ten Shadows Treasure Wheel above Eichi's head rotated, and countless Shikigami began to emerge from the shadows.
"If it works well, that's all that matters, isn't it?"
Kenjaku said to Eichi with a smile.
Eichi did not mind dragging this out with Kenjaku.
Because just a short while ago, Mahoraga had already broken free from the suppression of Anti-Gravity Mechanism and, after adapting, left Kenjaku's Domain and entered the Gymnasium.
Heroic Spirits temporarily summoned by a Domain could not leave the Domain, which was why Eichi had used a Command Spell to transfer Medusa's Servant body over.
But Mahoraga was a Shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique, and its range of activity was not restricted by the Domain.
As long as Mahoraga dealt with that Cursed Womb first, then returned to help Medusa take down Uraume, Kenjaku would be helpless.
Just then, a sudden change occurred.
A violent storm surged out from the Gymnasium.
Even Eichi could not help but raise his hand to shield his eyes.
The Gymnasium collapsed with a roar under the storm's impact.
Two figures, one large and one small, appeared before Mahoraga.
Mahoraga quickly assessed the situation before him.
The smaller one below had a physical body, presumably human.
The larger one above was a Cursed Spirit.
Cursed Spirit, easy to kill.
The next second, Mahoraga pushed off with his legs, and the Sword of Exorcism stabbed fiercely toward the giant Cursed Spirit floating in midair.
(To be continued.)