The woman, Qianru Xue, did not resist the terrifying gravity. Her speed instantly increased to an astonishing Mach level, her legs curled up, her left hand freed to grip the Xuanyuan Sword beneath her feet, ready to directly take him down.
She also believed that he was still proficient with his abilities—after all, from her previous observations, he was quite skilled and familiar with his own powers.
Meanwhile, the battle was changing rapidly. With her speed increasing so quickly, her brain had little time to think—she relied purely on instinct, trusting her body to instantly eliminate him with this terrifying velocity.
If he teleported away instantly, it wouldn't be a bad thing for her.
Within less than a second, under Yuuki's \[Vast Phenomenon] gravity, she closed the hundred-meter gap and reached his front. Her tightly clenched double swords aimed to cut off his head in an instant.
"Divine Technique \[Godly Realm Conquest]!!"
Yuuki watched as she charged, the gravity dissipated, and the terrifying repulsive force, mixed with an invisible barrier, instantly collided with him. With such incredible speed, even a top-tier cursed spirit would be turned to mush in an instant.
"Got him!!"
Qianru Xue skillfully sliced open the invisible barrier with her Xuanyuan Sword. The blood-red long blade stabbed straight into Yuuki's heart, piercing in a flash. The long sword penetrated his chest directly, unstoppable even by the repulsive force.
Then she activated her cursed tool's own technique. Facing an enemy of this level, merely piercing the heart was useless—it had to shatter him into pieces!
The \[Asura Blade] technique activated, controlling the blood flowing inside the injured body.
In an instant, Yuuki's brain was kneaded into pulp by this violent blood surge, and he died instantly.
Red liquid flowed from his seven orifices, his body gradually turned into wood, and his hands tightly clenched the long knife stabbed into his chest.
His task was already complete. The next step was to let other clones finish him off—though, unfortunately, he wasn't the main protagonist...
Looking at the clone of Yuuki, turned into wood and dead, for the first time, Qianru Xue felt a profound insult. But at the same time, her tense mind relaxed.
In the end, it was her… who won.
"Ji ji ji..."
Arriving, Yuuki clone No. 2 contacted Yuuki clone No. 3 three seconds before, leaving coordinates, and used the \[Flying Thunder God] to instantly teleport there.
His right hand crackled with lightning, and his \[Cycle Eyes] cast a terrifying illusion, directly breaking through the \[Taoist Robe] defense, piercing through Qianru Xue's chest, and crushing her still-beating heart.
Looking at her surprised expression, he said, "As a clone, I can also deploy clones. Now, the game is over. You're strong—only second to me."
Death… is not the final destination. How many times have I died now...
Staring at Yuuki before her, Qianru Xue clenched her hands around his right hand that had pierced her chest, blood seeping from the corner of her mouth. She raised an inexplicable smile and bit her tongue to commit suicide.
This guy… at this moment, personally released all the forbidden objects she controlled.
In the endless darkness, a series of floating cursed objects appeared with obvious cracks on their surfaces. Red light flickered suddenly, and the root of their \[Contract] was her death.
Believing that these things appearing together was enough to cause a huge shock in Japan.
The Taoist robes they stored together could no longer withstand the revival of so many forbidden objects, and the internal space gradually shattered.
"Hiss—"
The tearing sound of fabric echoed. Yuuki felt a terrifying object awakening. Looking at the unconscious woman before him, an inexplicable displeasure arose. His left hand quickly sliced open space, throwing her corpse into the vast \[Boundary].
Let those riotous cursed objects stir inside. He planned to come back later to personally suppress those things. For now, he had to deal with that \[Ao.
But, he had to say—this guy was truly outrageous. Bringing along a pile of forbidden objects he couldn't even control, and the way to activate them was by his own death.
Was he coming with the principle of "if you can't beat them, die together"?
"Hahaha~ You're really a crazy woman."
As the space healed from the cut, the \[Cycle Eyes] locked onto the \[Ao] who had raised his hands in surrender.
"Fine, I surrender."
The \[Dignified] Luo Jieni said, with a serious expression, "I surrender."
The epic battle just now replayed in his mind. He didn't believe that the cursed tools he obtained from the Kamado family were more dangerous than Qianru Xue's. Now, he also didn't want to guess how much cursed energy was still inside Yuuki's split body.
All he could think was that today's battle had completely changed his worldview. To some extent, Qianru Xue was no less formidable than Satoru Gojo—he hadn't even seen her use any techniques from start to finish, which was a bit disappointing.
"Bring out Satoru Gojo trapped inside \[Prison Realm]."
Yuuki raised his right hand, flying to the \[Skeleton] of Luo Mei, urgently commanding him to gather nearby sorcerers.
In some ways, the Sorcerer Suguru Geto, who had once taught him, was also his teacher—just along a different path.
But… after everything was supposedly settled, why did he still feel such strong unease? It was as if some danger was approaching. Yet, under his superhuman perception in \[Sage Mode], there was nothing nearby that could threaten him.
Unhappy, Yuuki just wanted to quickly take back \[Prison Realm] and then deal with Luo Mei.
"I'm surrendering, there's no need to be so fierce. \[Prison Realm] will give it to you—though I didn't bring it with me."
Luo Mei said, with a bitter smile, "I've already surrendered. You can take it."
"...Having my bloodline, opening the eyes isn't hard."
Yuuki replied thoughtfully. Although he felt there was some hidden flaw, he couldn't figure out what it was.
Suddenly, a blood-red longsword pierced through his back into his heart. That's when he realized where the strange feeling of imbalance came from—had the woman he threw into the \[Boundary] not died?!
The space behind him suddenly expanded, and an irresistible force tore apart the space fortress he had created. The woman he thought was dead, Qianru Xue, crawled out. The blood-red \[Shura Knife] instantly pierced his heart.
"Still… alive?!"
The last thought in Yuuki's mind was spoken. As the blood in his body reversed flow, his consciousness instantly went blank, his seven orifices bleeding out.
"Remembered… this is probably my seventy-fifth death, huh? Truly lucky."
Qianru Xue tore open a space crack with her bare hands, her crimson cursed energy enveloping her entire body. She looked at Yuuki's clone, which had turned into wood and died, then spat out a mouthful of blood, tossing him into the lake, and looked at Luo Meng's corpse in shock.
"..."
Watching her still alive, Luo Mei, with a bitter expression, looked at her in disbelief.
He thought she had already been killed, yet now she stood before him as if nothing had happened, asking, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. If you think I'm in trouble, I wouldn't mind using you as a training dummy right now."
Qianru Xue smiled faintly, pulling out her \[Soul Stabilizing Pen] from her sleeve, indicating she was fine, and even offering that if he wanted to test her, he could kill her at any time.
They were ultimately just cooperating. Trust? That kind of unnecessary thing didn't exist between them. She wouldn't be foolish enough to trust a selfish guy.
It was fortunate she was alive. Her \[Death Backtracking] technique activated once again.
Every time she died, she had a chance to revive—though, the probability decreased with each death. When she was alive, it triggered 100%; after one death, her revival chance was 99%. Having revived seventy-five times, she only had a 25% chance left.
As long as she revived successfully, she would gain benefits: her cursed energy would grow, her physical strength increase, and she would return to her original death location.
A surprise attack allowed her to secure the final victory. It was good she didn't foolishly reveal her techniques to increase her revival chances, or that would have been real trouble.
But… at this moment, Yuuki should be analyzing his own technique, right?
No matter—her revived self's strength had increased once more. The next time they meet, who wins or loses, nobody knows. Today was just a prelude, a warm-up for mutual testing.
"Haha, no need for that. Start searching for the entrance to \[Death Star Palace]," he said, "that's no small project."
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"Lost…"
Inside the \[Death Star Palace], Yuuki, watching the screen showing his clone being counter-killed, looked surprised. The battle had been earth-shattering, and he had believed he would win easily, yet now he had lost...
What's that woman? Her heart was crushed, her internal organs roasted by lightning, and she was already dead—yet she was still alive?
"It's over. Their entry is only a matter of time now."
Yuan Yuan waved his right hand, turning off the screen. In the space he created for the \[Death Star Palace], everything he wished for was real. But the downside was—any experienced barrier sorcerer could manipulate this space as they wished.
It was like a domain without an owner; the deeper one's research into barrier techniques, the more control they had.
"...Don't worry. I'll take you away before I leave."
Kenji Kento picked up an orange on the table, contemplating how to respond. Whether he could defeat Tengen or not, he wasn't sure, and he didn't want to guess.
Could he swap to a one-for-two and take both of them away? That was a bit difficult.
But, fighting with a death wish—really hard. He could just leave directly; responsibility was such a bother—if only he didn't have it.
Time to correct his mistakes. After all, he kept his promises and was straightforward—his life's principle.
"..."
Watching Luo Mei, who was completely indifferent, Yuan Yuan felt speechless. He really didn't want to die. Honestly, he'd followed Kuro Noh and been dazzled—he was not a fool, after all.
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"Revived and tore open the space barrier…"
In the second Tokyo Barrier, Yuuki, sitting on a tall building, finished absorbing his clone's memories and knew he had to go to the ninja world. Qianru Xue had too many cursed tools and objects—killing her directly was difficult.
And this undead technique was also a headache. Facing unknown, bizarre objects, staying alert was best.
"I need to leave tonight. Senior Chōkō, please gather all the sorcerers in the second Tokyo Barrier."
At this moment, Yuuki was not planning to store cursed energy but directly used the \[Hunger Ghost] technique to draw from his own body, then head straight to the ninja world.
"Now?"
"Yes, it's urgent."
Hearing Yuuki's somewhat anxious tone, Chōkō Kintarō didn't ask further. He turned to gather nearby sorcerers, though he didn't know what exactly happened, he was sure it was something bad.
Yuuki used his \[Repulsive Force] to leave, finding the playful Yuuki Junhui. He reminded him on the shoulder that tonight, all his split bodies would leave, returning to the scroll.
He also comforted Yuuki Junhui, saying he'd leave for a day.
"Yeah, just one day."
Seeing her brother about to leave again, Yuuki Junhui nodded with some sadness. He'd said he'd let her always be with him...
But, helpless.
Yuuki gently stroked Yuuki Junhui's forehead, then sent a wooden clone to contact Tengen, the guardian of the first Tokyo Barrier, asking him to come and guard the second Tokyo Barrier. Though Luo Mei had the \[Death Star Palace] as his last trump card, he still had to think of the worst-case scenario.
Always placing hope in others, then he'd be no different from a useless person. He had to act—life's journey was not over yet.
It was only 8:30 now, plenty of time. Yuuki, with his right hand, sliced open space, arriving alone inside the \[Realm], preparing to sign a contract with the \[Nine-Tails] to summon it at any time.
If he was unwilling, he could use his remaining 88 points to randomly summon him, then beat him into a pulp and toss him back.
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