Eating Avatar Scraps from Jujutsu Kaisen

Two figures darted back and forth across the battlefield at extreme speed, the resulting gusts of wind kicking up large amounts of dust and gravel, leaving the entire area in disarray.

After a while, when the two separated, Seele remained completely unharmed. Not a speck of dust sullied her blue and white dress, while Gojo Satoru's body bore numerous new scars, and his previously neat clothes were ripped in many places.

In terms of close combat alone, Seele's fighting skills were exceptionally proficient. The massive scythe moved like an extension of her arm in the young girl's hands, showing no sign of being cumbersome.

Despite this, during the recent battle, Seele's close-combat prowess was still suppressed by Gojo Satoru.

At the very least, judging by the number of successful hits each landed on the other, Gojo Satoru's attacks had landed far more often. While Seele's hits weren't few, there was still a gap between them and Gojo Satoru's.

After all, Seele's combat level in the original work wasn't exactly top-tier. Before she became a Herrscher, over eighty percent of her experience and combat skills resided with Black Seele.

Of course, this was without factoring in Seele's Quantization.

In reality, during the recent engagement, through Quantization, all of Gojo Satoru's attacks had been evaded by Seele. Conversely, Gojo Satoru, despite his superior combat skills, had still sustained significant injuries from Seele's solid hits.

Seizing the brief moment of distance, Gojo Satoru used Reverse Cursed Technique to instantly heal his injuries.

Looking at Seele standing opposite him, her body spotless, her surrounding cursed energy showing no signs of depletion, Gojo Satoru, who had long felt the joy of battle, couldn't help but twitch his lips.

"Both cursed technique attacks and regular physical attacks are easily evaded, and her offense can easily achieve effects that almost ignore cursed energy defense. Even her consumption is this low?"

From the start of the battle until now, under Gojo Satoru's Six Eyes, it seemed Seele, who had been using Quantization almost constantly, had practically zero cursed energy expenditure.

This meant his plan to force the opponent to frequently use her techniques, thereby depleting her cursed energy, had completely failed.

All attacks, even if they landed, passed through her body as if striking a phantom, producing no effect. In contrast, the opponent's attacks could easily inflict damage on him, neither cursed energy defense nor simply using cursed energy could stop her attacks.

Coupled with her maneuverability, which allowed her to easily keep up with his speed as if blinking.

Even with Gojo Satoru's composure, he felt somewhat frustrated at this moment.

He had never encountered such a broken technique; it had no weaknesses, and its effects were more outrageous than the last.

What should he do next? Try Domain Expansion? Use the Domain's guaranteed hit effect to see if he could locate her?

No, based on the situation during the recent fight, even Domain Expansion might not be effective. He should try another move first and see if he could test the limits of her cursed technique.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Seele was unaware of Gojo Satoru's thoughts.

In truth, Quantization wasn't as foolproof as Gojo Satoru imagined. As long as the magnitude was sufficient, the quantized state could be broken.

After all, only considering the effect while disregarding output and magnitude was like being a scoundrel. Any seemingly insurmountable ability, at its core, only had one problem: the opponent's magnitude wasn't enough, which made the ability seem insurmountable.

It was like in the Honkai world; as long as the magnitude was sufficient, space, time, quantum, imaginary numbers, consciousness, anything could be interfered with. If it couldn't be interfered with, it only meant the magnitude wasn't enough; just keep pushing with brute force and miracles would happen.

And this was precisely the biggest problem Gojo Satoru faced.

Bearing the authority of the Herrscher of Life and Death, coupled with the vast cursed energy derived from that authority, Seele's magnitude in this world was unparalleled. Compared to everyone else, even the strongest sorcerer, Gojo Satoru, had a gap of several tiers with Seele.

Under these circumstances, for the people of this world, Quantization naturally seemed incredibly insurmountable.

Currently, to try and break through Seele's Quantization, after ruling out Domain Expansion, Gojo Satoru had to resort to using another ability.

Blue and red cursed energy converged on either side of Gojo Satoru, compressing, eventually forming two spheres.

"Cursed Technique: Lapse: Blue, Cursed Technique: Reversal: Red."

As the two techniques took shape beside him, Gojo Satoru brought his hands together, manipulating the two opposing forces to fuse.

The gravity of Blue and the repulsion of Red, after intertwining and colliding, finally transformed into a mass of purple cursed energy exuding an incredibly dangerous aura.

"Hollow Technique: Purple!"

By colliding the cursed energy of Blue and Red, and through their conflict, the resulting imaginary mass possessed unparalleled destructive power, a technique Gojo Satoru rarely used.

"This move is incredibly brutal. If you can't take it, you should dodge promptly."

Gojo Satoru spoke as he prepared Hollow Technique: Purple before him.

Although they had chosen to fight, Gojo Satoru had no ill will towards An Xiu and Seele from beginning to end. He did not wish for the young girl before him to suffer any irreversible damage from his attack, hence he deliberately warned her before unleashing the move.

The next second, the purple energy, concentrated to its limit, instantly erupted, transforming into a torrent that blasted towards the young girl before him.

In response, Seele tightened her grip on her scythe.

She had many ways to counter this move, whether it was to evade it directly using Quantization, dodge it, or meet it head-on.

However, since her goal was to deter the higher-ups of the Jujutsu World by defeating them, it was best to respond in the manner that best showcased her strength.

That is to say… meeting it head-on!

Life-giving power gathered in her hand. The power of creation from the Herrscher of Life and Death's authority wasn't just for support; it could also display immense power in combat.

However, just as Seele began gathering cursed energy imbued with the power of creation, another surge of black and red cursed energy suddenly erupted within her body.

"Leave the final blow to me."

Hearing the voice of her other self, Seele nodded.

The next moment, black and red cursed energy, filled with deathly stillness that made one feel immense danger just by looking at it, erupted violently.

Seele, whose eyes had somehow changed color, raised her scythe. With a slight swing, the vast cursed energy imbued with the authority of Withering instantly enveloped and dissolved the purple energy torrent before her.

Chapter 10: The Strongest's Defeat, The New Avatar's Thoughts

The purple torrent formed by Hollow Technique: Purple was instantly enveloped and dissolved by the black and red cursed energy.

At the same time, feeling that incredibly dense aura that seemed to point directly at death, Gojo Satoru's pupils contracted.

Hollow Technique: Purple was neutralized head-on? No, it was more like it was dissolved by an even more terrifying power.

The attack, formed by hypothetical mass that should have been filled with destructive power, was like encountering its natural predator before the black and red cursed energy before my eyes. It had no effect whatsoever, disappearing without even a ripple under the opponent's cursed energy.

Was this the effect of the opponent's Cursed Technique?

Noticing that Seele in the distance now displayed a completely different power and expression from before, Gojo Satoru realized that the curse lurking within the girl named Seele had likely taken over her body during their exchange. His heart sank.

Seele's Quantization Cursed Technique was already quite troublesome, and now, with the addition of the curse's unknown Cursed Technique...

Realizing he could no longer fight recklessly, Gojo Satoru immediately raised his right hand.

He had to take down the curse before him as quickly as possible!

"Domain Expansion: Infinite Void—"

Slash!

A scythe blade pierced through his chest. Black Seele, who had somehow used Quantization to travel behind Gojo Satoru, attacked him with speed he couldn't react to.

Normally, such an attack wouldn't mean anything to Gojo Satoru, who possessed Reverse Cursed Technique. Under normal circumstances, as long as he created distance, the injury from a mere penetration would heal instantly.

However, as the black and red cursed energy swirling around the scythe flowed into his body, Gojo Satoru felt his limbs gradually turn cold and his consciousness blur.

He tried to activate his cursed energy, using his Cursed Technique to force the opponent back or help himself escape, but the vast cursed energy that normally gathered in his body disappeared at an astonishing speed upon contact with the opponent's cursed energy.

Without cursed energy, a sorcerer's strength is significantly crippled. His body's functions completely ceased upon contact with that black and red cursed energy.

At this moment, Gojo Satoru realized with a shock that he was helpless.

"Was I careless...?"

He used his last bit of strength to try and turn his head to look at the enemy behind him, but before he could even complete the action, his consciousness gave out and he sank into darkness.

Outside the abandoned construction site—or rather, the construction site that had already turned into ruins—in an open space that Gojo Satoru and Seele had deliberately avoided, An Xiu watched Black Seele return, dragging Gojo Satoru as if he were a dead dog, without showing the slightest surprise.

Originally, in terms of strength, Seele alone was enough to defeat Gojo Satoru, let alone the even stronger Black Seele now intervening.

As mentioned before, the abilities purchased from the system store were all improved and could automatically adapt to different systems.

After the Herrscher of Life and Death's authority adapted to the cursed energy system, setting aside creation for now, the Power of Withering, in addition to decomposing life and objects, gained the ability to decompose cursed energy.

Just as it instantly decomposed Hollow Technique: Purple and the cursed energy within Gojo Satoru's body, after adapting to the cursed energy system, the Power of Withering had a terrifying counter to sorcerers and cursed spirits.

Sorcerers go without saying, as the operation of any Cursed Technique is based on cursed energy. The ability to decompose cursed energy means that any Cursed Technique, regardless of its effect, would crumble at the touch of the Power of Withering.

Hollow Technique: Purple, or the Limitless Cursed Technique, all rendered useless before the Power of Withering, automatically disintegrating upon first contact.

It was only because An Xiu didn't intend to kill Gojo Satoru that Black Seele intentionally limited the effect of the Power of Withering in the final blow.

Otherwise, the moment the scythe covered in the Power of Withering touched his body, Gojo Satoru would have been literally gone, with both his body and cursed energy decomposed completely in an instant.

For sorcerers, Black Seele's Power of Withering could not only not be blocked by Cursed Techniques but was also deadly upon contact.

As for cursed spirits? They were even more miserable. After all, cursed spirits were essentially special life forms born from cursed energy generated from negative human emotions. Although they had bodies, most of them were composed of cursed energy.

This meant that when facing the Power of Withering, cursed spirits received double the special effectiveness, and the Power of Withering that came into contact with cursed spirits spread at a much faster rate than when touching ordinary objects.

They were doomed no matter what.

Thump!

Throwing the unconscious Gojo Satoru to the ground, Black Seele returned to An Xiu's side.

"What should we do with this person next?"

"Have Seele heal his injuries, then just leave him here."

"Alright."

Upon hearing this, Black Seele nodded and returned control of her body.

A moment later, Seele came back online, extending a hand towards Gojo Satoru on the ground.

As the power of creation enveloped him, white flowers quietly bloomed on the ground, and Gojo Satoru's injuries healed at an extremely rapid pace.

"That should do it. Let's go back. He'll naturally find us when he wakes up."

Leaving Gojo Satoru at the construction site, An Xiu and Seele returned to the apartment.

Despite having just experienced a battle with the strongest in the Jujutsu World, neither Seele nor An Xiu seemed to be affected at all.

Seele resumed her household chores while also scouting for ingredients for the next meal.

An Xiu, meanwhile, sat to the side, beginning to contemplate his plans for future interactions with the Jujutsu World.

Firstly, contact with the Jujutsu World was a must. After all, as long as An Xiu was present, Seele killing cursed spirits would satisfy the condition of protecting An Xiu, thus allowing An Xiu to gain system points. After making contact with the Jujutsu World, An Xiu and Seele could leverage its intelligence resources to know where cursed spirits were gathering, thereby accumulating a large number of points.

However, the higher-ups of the Jujutsu World needed to be handled cautiously. In terms of threat, these individuals posed no danger to An Xiu and Seele, but they were incredibly annoying.

Even though Seele had defeated Gojo Satoru, once this information reached the Jujutsu World, it would undoubtedly intimidate a large number of people. However, it was still possible that some unhinged individuals might think that if direct confrontation didn't work, they could resort to underhanded tactics.

Therefore, it would be best to find a way to deal with these higher-ups once and for all, or even to take control of the Jujutsu World directly.

It wasn't suitable for Seele to handle this. While she was certainly capable in combat, there would be some issues with the follow-up actions.

Perhaps he could consider manifesting a new avatar, specifically equipped with targeted abilities.

With that thought, An Xiu opened the system and checked his point balance.

The initial gift package yielded 10,000 points. The Herrscher of Life and Death's authority plus Quantization cost 7,400 points. Realizing Seele cost 1,500 points (500 base points for realizing an avatar, with the Stigma and Black Seele considered special talents, costing an additional 1,000 points). The total expenditure was 8,900 points, leaving 1,100 points.

With Seele's help, he awakened cursed energy and gained 500 points. Clearing cursed spirits from the abandoned construction site earned him 1,700 points. Lying low for two consecutive days brought in 100 points, for a total income of 2,300 points.

Adding the earned points to the remaining balance meant An Xiu currently had 3,400 points.

These points definitely wouldn't be enough to buy any truly great abilities. Furthermore, the discount section of the shop hadn't refreshed yet. Therefore, An Xiu planned to wait a month. This would not only allow him to accumulate more points but also to see if any useful abilities would appear in the discount section for his next avatar.

PS: Who the new avatar is, everyone can probably guess, as it's already been hinted at in the synopsis.

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Chapter Eleven: Gojo Satoru Awakens, Conditions for Joining the Jujutsu World

The sun was setting, casting long shadows in the twilight.

A knock echoed through the apartment.

Opening the door, they saw Gojo Satoru, who had evidently woken up at some point, standing in the doorway, his blindfold back in place.

"Ah, Mr. Gojo Satoru, please come in."

Seele, who had answered the door, smiled and nodded at Gojo Satoru. She then spoke with a hint of apology.

"I'm sorry, but it seems we don't have any spare indoor shoes."

"No matter."

Gojo Satoru wasn't bothered by this. He simply faced Seele and observed her for a moment before taking off his shoes and following her inside.

Upon reaching the living room, An Xiu was already seated. Seeing Gojo Satoru arrive, he gestured to the chair opposite him.