Peak Physique Showdown

"Construction Technique: Black Tide!"

Yorozu let out a sharp shout as countless liquid metals materialized out of thin air, then shot toward Toji like living tentacles.

Yorozu's Construction Technique could reproduce any substance she had ever seen—except for special cursed tools—and manipulate it at will.

Moreover, matter converted from cursed energy could persist permanently.

At this moment, Yorozu commanded the tide of liquid metal, launching a dense assault on Toji as he bounded and dodged.

But Toji's speed was absurd. Within this space, he ricocheted like a rubber ball hurled with immense force, even generating terrifying sonic booms.

"What kind of monster is this?!"

It was Yorozu's first time facing such an opponent.

Not a trace of cursed energy, yet his physique was pushed to the absolute limit, every inch of muscle brimming with explosive power.

In her moment of distraction, Toji seized the fleeting opportunity, closing in with the Soul Liberation Blade in hand.

One swing of the blade, and Yorozu, reacting a beat too late, conjured a shield of metal to block the strike.

But the terrifying part was that Toji's sheer brute force vibrated through the shield and shook Yorozu's body.

Boom!!!

A dull thunderclap rang out as Yorozu was sent flying, slamming hard into the stone wall.

Just as Toji moved in to finish her off, Yorozu's enraged roar echoed out.

"Enough! You wild monkey! Let me show you what a real technique looks like!"

Yorozu swept both hands, and the liquid metal clung to her body like a living thing.

Then it gradually formed a suit of insect armor.

A locust's head, a hornet's wings, a cricket's hind legs, a mantis's forelimbs...

Insects could lift objects a hundred times their own weight, leap a hundred times their own height, possess terrifying endurance, and move at inconceivable speeds in flight and on the ground.

If insects were scaled up to human size, they would be a swarm of superhuman monsters.

And Yorozu's Insect Armor drew its inspiration from that very concept.

Seeing this form, Toji recalled the intel provided by Gojo Sawa.

Insect Armor granted the wearer the proportional physique of an insect, instantly turning an ordinary person into a superhuman!

Toji bared a savage grin, a glint of battle lust flashing in his eyes. "Interesting! I wonder who's stronger—this or my own body!"

"Die!"

Yorozu roared as her powerful hind legs compressed like springs and released, her speed instantly blurring into mere afterimages.

Toji didn't dodge at all. Instead, he charged head-on with his blade, and the two figures collided like cannonballs, sparks flying before they separated in an instant.

Then, with two explosive stomps against the walls, both figures rebounded and slammed into each other again with brutal force.

The Insect Armor, fused with insect body structures, versus the ultimate physique granted by the Heavenly Restriction—this was a clash of raw physicality!

Watching from a distance, Megumi found himself momentarily stunned.

He couldn't see them! He couldn't see either of their movements at all!

If not for the occasional spray of sparks and the piercing sounds of impact, he would have thought no one was there.

"So... my old man is this strong?!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The battle grew fiercer, the entire space collapsing around them.

The spot where they fought had turned into a meat grinder. A few unlucky curses wandered in and were instantly shredded into fragments.

Megumi quickly rode the Divine Dog out of the collapse, retreating back beneath Yasohachi Bridge.

Boom!

Two figures burst through the ground.

Toji Fushiguro was a mess, steam rising from his body, but his eyes burned even brighter with excitement.

It had been a long time since he'd had such a satisfying fight!

On the other side, Yorozu's Insect Armor was already shattered, revealing half her face.

Beneath the armor, Yorozu gasped for breath, staring at Toji like he was a monster.

This guy had actually overcome her human-scale Insect Armor with nothing but his own flesh!

And the longer the fight dragged on, the greater Toji's advantage became.

Because while the Insect Armor was powerful, the body inside was still Yorozu's, and she still had to endure a portion of the acceleration during combat.

It was fine for a short while, but over time, she couldn't hold out.

But Toji was different. He had no armor, yet his entire body—including his internal organs and bones—was innately tough.

A forcibly enhanced physique could never surpass a naturally pure one!

And the combat techniques of Yorozu, rusty after nearly a thousand years, were as feeble as an infant's in Toji's eyes.

Chii!

Toji's figure flashed past Yorozu, leaving a long gash of blood across her chest.

"Damn it!"

Yorozu ground her teeth, finally fixing her gaze. "Looks like I have no choice but to use that!"

She slowly clasped her hands together, surging cursed energy gradually forming a black spherical shell.

"Domain Expansion: Triple Agony!"

The massive sphere instantly enveloped both Yorozu and Toji.

Outside the domain, Megumi Fushiguro, seeing this, hurriedly released all the shikigami he had currently tamed.

Black and white Divine Dogs, Toad, Nue, Great Serpent.

He had seen this black spherical shell before, when Gojo Satoru-sensei had used it.

This wasn't the garbage domain of that special grade cursed spirit from earlier—this was a genuine Domain Expansion!

Once pulled inside a domain, under the guaranteed-hit effect, there was almost no chance of survival!

But Gojo-sensei had once said that the inside of a domain was very hard, impossible to break from within, but the outside was relatively fragile.

Right now, he could only use all his shikigami and see if they could break the domain from the outside.

But before he could even start moving.

Bam!!!

A sound like shattering glass rang out. A crack appeared in the black spherical shell, then grew larger and larger.

Finally, the entire domain collapsed and disintegrated!

Megumi Fushiguro stood frozen, completely unable to believe the domain had only lasted one second before breaking.

Toji Fushiguro strolled out leisurely, looking calmly at the dumbstruck Yorozu.

"You... what did you do?"

Toji grinned, raising the Inverted Spear of Heaven in his hand. "A cursed tool that forcibly dispels any technique. Domains count as techniques."

Yorozu glared resentfully at the Inverted Spear of Heaven in Toji's hand. "You had this all along, why didn't you use it sooner?"

"Wanted to test how strong your Construction Technique really is."

"You..."

"Test's over. Now you can die!"

As the words fell, Toji's figure was already in front of Yorozu, the Soul Liberation Blade in his hand raised high.

Yorozu wanted to dodge, but having just used her Domain Expansion, she had entered technique burnout and couldn't use her Construction Technique at all.

She couldn't even win while wearing the Insect Armor, let alone now, completely defenseless.

Yorozu tried to flee, but couldn't keep up with Toji's speed. She could only watch helplessly as the Soul Liberation Blade came down.

Her body was cleaved in two with a single slash, falling to the ground like a ragdoll.

In the instant before she vanished, Yorozu glared resentfully at Toji, but then a ghostly figure surfaced in her eyes.

"Ah, sorry, I can't keep loving you anymore. From now on, you'll be alone again!"

Heh~

Toji Fushiguro let out a sneer.

"Alone? Are you mistaken about something? How could someone like that ever be alone?"

"The King of Curses, the Ultimate Evil Ghost, what Ryomen Sukuna pursues is absolute freedom and doing as he pleases. What you call love is nothing but wishful thinking."

Hearing this, Yorozu's face twisted, like a demon.

"Wild monkey! What nonsense are you spouting? As long as I prove my love to Sukuna-sama, I'll surely be able to stay by his side! You piece of trash, you don't understand anything..."

Toji watched the hysterical Yorozu coldly, until her head completely dissipated.

"Pathetic creature."