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 work, Zenin Ranta 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 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 Zenin Ranta's Cursed Energy, he could still maintain the immobilization for one or two 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 remained 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.
Cursed Technique Disclosure!
"My technique allows me to grant myself Imaginary Mass. The increase in mass can make my physical strength rise exponentially, giving every strike power that transcends common sense. As you can see, I can even kick out a nuclear explosion, but I don't feel the increase in mass myself, so my speed isn't affected."
Yuki Tsukumo violently swung Garuda. Garuda hit the desert with a massive sound, like a thunderclap in broad daylight. Accompanying the loud noise was flying sand. Beside Yuki Tsukumo, where Garuda landed, a huge wave of sand rose, spreading out like rolling ocean waves.
Mahito breathed slowly and placed kirigiri at his waist in an iaijutsu stance.
His opponent was Yuki Tsukumo, who could infinitely increase her Imaginary Mass. In the original work, she had indeed performed a self-destructing Technique Release that would have compressed the Earth into a 2-centimeter glass ball. Without a doubt, a single hit would completely shatter Mahito's body, and even Idle Transfiguration might not work.
Many Cursed Techniques don't fail to affect the Soul because they can't, but because the amount of Cursed Energy released is far from reaching the "shore" of the Soul. Star Rage was a perfect example. She could create a black hole to swallow the Earth; you wouldn't still be deluding yourself into thinking she couldn't cause damage to the Soul, would you?
At the same time, Garuda in her hand was also a very troublesome weapon. According to the original work, this Cursed Tool was composed of Yuki Tsukumo's technique, and therefore Garuda could also use her Star Rage.
Originally, Yuki Tsukumo could only activate Star Rage through her limbs. With Garuda, she could activate it from a distance. Just like just now when she sneak-attacked, she kicked Garuda, and it flew deep into the desert like a cannonball, creating a massive explosion upon landing.
Yuki Tsukumo with Garuda and Yuki Tsukumo without it are not on the same level of strength!
Without Garuda, Yuki Tsukumo must use her Star Rage cautiously, because excessive destructive power could even swallow her up. But with Garuda, she immediately becomes the world's strongest turret, capable of causing a nuclear explosion with a casual strike.
—I must disable Garuda in her hand! At the same time, I can't let her limbs touch my body, otherwise, I, who have just undergone Cursed Energy reinforcement training, won't be able to withstand Star Rage.
Mahito sighed inwardly, only now realizing how much weight Kenjaku's ability to withstand Yuki Tsukumo's Star Rage with only a broken hand carried in the original work. Kenjaku had held back when teaching him!
Yuki Tsukumo was also thinking about how to fight.
She truly hadn't expected the King of Curses to have a means of replicating a Jujutsu Sorcerer's Innate Technique. This was equivalent to the King of Curses having the possibility of infinite growth.
Why was Yuta Okkotsu rated as a Special Grade Sorcerer? Besides having the world's strongest level of Cursed Energy, his Copy Technique was also a major contributor. It could be said that any Jujutsu Sorcerer who can use an infinite technique has immeasurable potential.
Furthermore, the King of Curses' infinite technique had even simpler conditions than Yuta Okkotsu's. No one knew what kind of Cursed Techniques the King of Curses could use now.
The Cursed Techniques the King of Curses had used so far were: Ama no Habakiri, Uncanny Valley, and Divine Might. Considering the King of Curses' own ability to make people evolve, he must also possess extremely strong physical capabilities, otherwise it would be impossible to make others evolve. Perhaps that was his hitherto hidden Cursed Technique Lapse.
Attack, interference, mobility, survival—he was perfect, without any shortcomings.
This was a powerhouse with significant physical capabilities and a limitless Cursed Technique. The Jujutsu World's ranking for Cursed Spirits was meaningless to him. He was the strongest Cursed Spirit in years, a true...
King of Curses.
I must disable the King of Curses' Cursed Technique! At the same time, I can't let his hands touch my skin. If he touches me, it's equivalent to him being able to use Star Rage as well. That would be... terrible.
What to do?
Mahito and Yuki Tsukumo thought simultaneously.
Yuki Tsukumo suddenly complained loudly, "Ahhh, so troublesome. I didn't expect the legendary King of Curses to be so powerful. Now I can fully understand how you wiped out the Zenin Family. You haven't even shown your strongest form yet."
The so-called strongest form was "Simple Domain: Descent." Mahito knew what she meant.
Mahito suddenly felt his scalp tingle, his body stiffening in place.
A massive surge of Cursed Energy covered the entire sky like dark clouds. Although they were in a desert under the blazing sun, at this moment, Mahito felt as if he were in the vacuum outside the atmosphere. The pressure difference made his blood flow backward, threatening to make him explode in an instant.
Yuki Tsukumo formed hand seals, a cruel smile on her face.
"I'll be blunt. I don't have the confidence to deal with you using Cursed Techniques alone. After all, I have no information on the Cursed Techniques you possess. Since you can even use my disciple's Cursed Technique, I can assume you've obtained all the Cursed Techniques in Kyoto, right?"
"You once made a deal with Mei Mei. Mei Mei is a cautious person; she wouldn't meet you without Ui Ui. In that transaction, you probably touched Ui Ui too, didn't you? In other words, you already have Ui Ui's teleportation Cursed Technique."
"Gojo Satoru isn't always in Tokyo; he travels around. In other words, except for the students Gojo Satoru protects well, some of Tokyo's..."
...Cursed Techniques are likely in your hands too.
"Finally, you destroyed the Zenin Family. In that battle, you must have obtained all of the Zenin Family's Cursed Techniques. In fact, you've already used Ama no Habakiri and Divine Might. My judgment shouldn't be wrong."
"I have no desire to experience what kind of terrifying offensive those many Cursed Techniques would create when combined."
Therefore, she said:
"When both sides' Cursed Techniques are so troublesome, there's only one way to ensure victory."
Boundless darkness extended from beneath Yuki Tsukumo's feet, swallowing Mahito in an instant.
Mahito looked up and saw Yuki Tsukumo standing in a dark-red cosmic space with her hands in a seal. Behind her, Garuda was slowly rotating around the back of her head like a deity's halo.
Gravitational ripples flowed across the ground, each pulse feeling like an earthquake's aftershock. Countless compressed meteors floated in the air, extending infinitely as if the stars had descended into the human world, right beside Mahito.
"Domain Expansion—"
And behind Yuki Tsukumo, a pitch-black void was slowly breathing.
It was a simulated black hole.
"—Sumeru Vajra Karma Wheel."
T/N: I don't think Yui Tsukumo's Domain Expansion was ever mentioned in the manga. So, for the sake of this Fanfic this is her domain expansion
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