Chapter 40: Subduing Tamamo-no-Mae and Yamata no Orochi
Tamamo-no-Mae, Yamata no Orochi, and Daitengu.
Alex Moyan stared intently; each of the three Cursed Spirits before him possessed a majestic Cursed Energy no weaker than his own.
Tamamo-no-Mae, in particular, possessed especially terrifying strength; in a one-on-one fight...
Without using the Limitless Cursed Speech Technique or the Limitless Cursed Spirit Manipulation Technique, Alex Moyan feared he would be no match for her.
Legends say she possesses heaven-reaching power, capable of summoning tsunamis, earthquakes, gales, and various other terrifying natural disasters.
She can also enslave the dead, making them serve her purposes.
There are rumors that she is also a famous figure in Huaxia: Su Daji!
However, her strength among the many great gods was considered somewhat weak.
But that did not mean she wasn't strong; on the contrary, she was the only one among the Three Great Yokai who made Alex Moyan feel a sense of dread and wariness.
As for the other two, legend has it that Yamata no Orochi is a hundred miles long, can easily drink a river dry, and can fill eight valleys and eight hills when he sleeps.
One can only imagine how massive he is!
But what's baffling is why such a powerful guy likes to eat one woman every year—is that even enough to get stuck between his teeth?
Or perhaps, there are other secrets?
Daitengu looks strong, his whole body radiating Cursed Energy as hot as a blazing fire, but in reality, he is the weakest of the Three Great Yokai.
He is also the only Cursed Spirit Alex Moyan is confident he can defeat and exorcise.
If they had descended in their true forms at their peak, Alex Moyan would naturally have stayed far away.
But now? They have all descended into the bodies of Special Grade Imaginary Cursed Spirits.
To put it simply, they are Cursed Spirits possessing only twenty percent of their original strength.
Although Alex Moyan really wanted to exchange blows with these Three Great Yokai to test the limits of his own strength...
He feared this Innate Domain wouldn't hold up, and even the Curtain he had set up outside wouldn't be able to withstand it.
The aftershocks of the battle would likely affect the entirety of Tokyo.
If that happened, things would probably blow up into a massive incident.
The hundreds of Curse Users he had killed were also about to become Cursed Spirits.
He couldn't let them destroy all the Curse Users' corpses with Cursed Energy.
Most importantly...
"Is this Lady Tamamo-no-Mae?" The previously vacant-eyed Kofushi looked at Tamamo-no-Mae appearing before her and couldn't help but shed tears.
Her entire life had been for the purpose of ushering Tamamo-no-Mae into this world.
"Beautiful, so beautiful! Just like Master once told me."
"Lord Yamata no Orochi, please kill this ant and lead your devout believers toward glory!" chopper's eyes brimmed with tears of joy; he would soon no longer have to hide like a rat.
He wanted to stand at the peak of the world and enjoy power and wealth he had never had before.
He wanted everyone to look up to him, fear him, and kneel before him!
the was the calmest; he simply supported his flickering candle of a corpse, praying to Daitengu in hopes of extending his lifespan.
He was old, and summoning the Great Yokai was his only hope.
And now, that hope had been realized!
Tamamo-no-Mae, incarnated as a beautiful woman, gave a charming laugh and said to the group, "Rest assured, since you have allowed us to return to this world, we will naturally be generous in giving you what you desire."
Yamata no Orochi's seductive voice drifted over: "Endless money, exquisite beauties, and even longevity—we shall bestow them all upon you."
Daitengu's eyes were arrogant as he said coldly, "So, is your first wish to kill the mortal before you?"
"This, I, a god, am willing to grant you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Daitengu's massive body vanished.
Before anyone could react, a heaven-shaking slash directly carved a massive crack through the entire Innate Domain.
Even the Curtain Alex Moyan had meticulously crafted was nearly split open!
Alex Moyan narrowly dodged this terrifying strike by the skin of his teeth.
Looking at the split Innate Domain, Alex Moyan's pupils trembled!
"Is this the strength of an ancient Great Yokai?"
Alex Moyan hadn't expected that he had completely miscalculated; he had forgotten that calculating strength wasn't just about pure Cursed Energy!
He might not even be able to take down a single one in a one-on-one!
But he was a man with cheats, after all; Alex Moyan began to get excited.
The stronger they were, the more powerful the strength and Jujutsu techniques Alex Moyan would obtain after absorbing them!
"Hahahaha, hahahaha!"
"Impressive, truly impressive!"
"I have never felt such excitement; I feel every pore in my body expanding!"
"My blood is boiling!"
Alex Moyan gave a faint, sweeping glance.
Then, he activated the Limitless Cursed Spirit Manipulation Technique.
"Kneel. Submit to me."
Hearing this, Kofushi and the other two were stunned for a moment, then burst into maniacal laughter.
"Brat, have you lost your mind?"
"I think he's been scared stupid by the Lords."
The next second, however, Tamamo-no-Mae, Yamata no Orochi, and Daitengu actually dropped to one knee and submitted to Alex Moyan.
Kofushi, chopper, and the watched everything before them with looks of utter bewilderment.
Subsequently, the Three Great Yokai were subdued by Alex Moyan and absorbed into his Cursed Spirit space.
Feeling the Cursed Spirits from the Three Great Yokai, Alex Moyan felt that his strength could no longer be described as merely having surged.
In fact, if he wished, he could slaughter the entirety of Japan right now, and no one would be able to stop him!
"How is this possible? This must be fake."
Kofushi laughed frantically, refusing to believe it was real.
She began tearing at her long black hair and clawing at her beautiful face.
Soon she was covered in blood, looking hideous and wretched.
"I must be dreaming, I must be. Wake up, wake up!"
Looking at the completely broken Kofushi, Alex Moyan expressionlessly finished her with a single blade strike.
Next was chopper.
As for the, the moment he saw Daitengu kneel and be absorbed by Alex Moyan, his breath had already failed him and he died.
That saved Alex Moyan some trouble.
Half an hour later, the Cursed Spirits born from the deaths of the Curse Users fully manifested.
With the appearance of hundreds of Cursed Spirits, the resentment was overwhelming!
All the Cursed Spirits had only one target: the teenage boy who was the only living person present.
"Eat, eat, eat." One by one, the twisted and disgusting Cursed Spirits rushed toward Alex Moyan.
Some had hundreds of pale, white hands.
Others were covered in disgusting eyes.
But in Alex Moyan's eyes, they were so cute and delicious.
Then, they were all subdued by a single sentence from Alex Moyan.
After finishing the absorption, Alex Moyan couldn't help but marvel; this Limitless Cursed Spirit Manipulation Technique was simply too broken!
As long as it's a Cursed Spirit, no matter how powerful you are, with just one sentence, you have to kneel on the ground and sing praises of submission.
Once finished, he activated the The Art of Spirits Observation to ensure no one had slipped through the net.
As it turned out, Alex Moyan really did find one.
Beneath the sacrificial altar, inside a magic circle radiating an eerie red light...
A little girl who looked very small, roughly seven or eight years old, was sleeping within it.
Alex Moyan was surprised and suspicious: "Eh? That's strange. Why does this girl feel like a Cursed Spirit? She feels very weak."
Alex Moyan destroyed the magic circle to see what was going on, only to discover a bottomless rift.
It was as if the other side of the rift was another world entirely.
At that moment, at Jujutsu High, with Tengen.
"How is it, Lord Tengen!"
Yuki Tsukumo, currently the only Special Grade Sorcerer present, asked Tengen.
Tengen, who looked very much like a Cursed Spirit—resembling an earthworm—replied: "The rift in the barrier seems to have closed."
"It's closed!" Yuki Tsukumo couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
The members of the The Big Three Families and the sorcerers of the Jujutsu World nearby also breathed a sigh of relief.
They were still holding various special grade cursed tools belonging to their families.
———
Alex Moyan looked at the closing rift, puzzled: "What's the situation? Why did you close as soon as I got here?"
At the moment the rift closed, the girl also slowly opened her eyes, which were as beautiful as black gems.