Garuda hit the ground.
The massive pressure created a huge sonic boom before impact.
For a moment, even sound seemed to vanish.
The immense force sent the sand of the entire desert flying, almost forming a wave of grit.
Yuki Tsukumo stood before the wave.
In front of her was a crack, like Moses parting the sea.
Suddenly, something flew toward Yuki Tsukumo.
She looked closely; it was a bamboo hat.
Clap.
A crisp sound of a palm strike rang out.
—Soul Creation, Aoi Todo.
—Boogie Woogie!
Mahito and the bamboo hat swapped places, suddenly lunging through the waves of the sand sea to appear before Yuki Tsukumo's eyes.
The bamboo hat on his head vanished.
Under the blazing sun, his long white hair seemed to emit a golden-red glow.
His heterochromatic eyes were wide open, looking like those of a sacred, great being overlooking the world.
—Cursed Technique Release: Divine Might!
Yuki Tsukumo was about to strike back, but her body suddenly froze!
Mahito swung his blade in mid-air.
His long white hair seemed to blot out the sun in the sky.
In the next instant, the Kirigiri carved a graceful arc, slashing toward Yuki Tsukumo.
Teleportation raid, Divine Might immobilization, refined killing blow.
A certain kill!
An arm flew high into the air, the cut surface as smooth as a mirror.
Yuki Tsukumo gritted her teeth and retreated.
As she backed away, Garuda followed her will and caught the severed arm in the sky.
This snake-like Cursed Tool shikigami grabbed the arm and retreated with Yuki Tsukumo.
Mahito did not pursue.
He landed on the ground.
A trace of blood flowed from his left eye.
His left eye was completely shattered, looking like a mass of mush sunken into the socket.
Yuki Tsukumo gritted her teeth and said:
"Teruaki Zen'in's Ama-no-Habakiri, Ranta Zen'in's Divine Might, and even my stupid disciple's Boogie Woogie..."
"I should have realized long ago."
"Since you have the ability to make people 'evolve,' it's also possible for you to install other people's Cursed Techniques onto yourself!"
Mahito did not answer immediately.
He activated Idle Transfiguration.
As Idle Transfiguration operated, the exploded eye in his socket integrated and regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye.
He blinked, and the rupture caused by the backlash of Divine Might returned to its original state.
This was the first time Mahito had used the Divine Might Eye.
In the original timeline, Ranta Zen'in using the Divine Might Eye could even immobilize Maki Zen'in, who had already become a Heavenly Restriction.
He thought that as long as he endured the backlash for 0.2 seconds, it would be enough for the Kirigiri to slash through Yuki Tsukumo's neck.
But he didn't expect that, let alone 0.2 seconds, he couldn't even last 0.002 seconds.
Star Rage was even more powerful than Mahito had imagined; it was simply an ultimate stat monster.
The power of a Heavenly Restriction was already strong enough, yet with Ranta Zen'in's Cursed Energy, he could still maintain the immobilization for 1 or 2 seconds.
But with Mahito as the user, Yuki Tsukumo only flickered once before the backlash came, shattering his eyeball.
"My Reverse Cursed Technique is called Soul Creation," Mahito said.
Cursed Technique Disclosure!
"I only need to lightly touch the target's skin with my hand to immediately obtain their soul information."
"By simulating the information and shape of the target's soul, I can use their Cursed Technique."
"Furthermore, the power of the technique is not fixed; it will gain new evolution as my understanding and development of the target's technique grow."
An infinite technique, and the condition to achieve that infinity is even simpler than Yuta Okkotsu's Copy Technique.
It only requires touching the skin, without even the restriction of needing a part of the target's physical body.
Even the power of the technique isn't fixed and can be trained independently—not even Yuta Okkotsu's Copy Technique can do that!
This is truly unprecedented new information.
What's even more terrifying is that this is a Reverse Cursed Technique rather than a Cursed Technique Lapse.
In other words, for the King of Curses before her, his trump cards remain unexposed.
Yuki Tsukumo reached out and took the severed arm brought by Garuda.
Then she pressed the arm against the cut and released her Reverse Cursed Technique.
Dense positive energy regenerated Yuki Tsukumo's severed arm, and in the blink of an eye, her arm was reattached.
She extended her reattached arm and gripped her fingers forcefully; there was no longer the slightest abnormality.
"My Cursed Technique is called Star Rage," she said.
Technique Disclosure!
"My technique allows me to grant myself virtual mass."