Chapter 1081: Either Live or Die
For many people, this was a very simple choice: if they could win, they fought; if they believed they could not, they decisively withdrew.
However, Gojo Satoru hesitated for a moment.
He did not want to engage in a meaningless battle, and judging from their brief exchange, his opponent was so powerful that it would be difficult for him to end the fight quickly.
Once he became locked in a stalemate,
he would inevitably be the one at a disadvantage.
That realization was the reason for Gojo Satoru's hesitation. Just as Principal Yaga Masamichi had said, Gojo Satoru had no experience of overcoming the strong while being weak.
Before meeting Riviera and the others, the only time he had ever been in danger was when he had been ambushed—and he had soon awakened an even more powerful force.
It could be said that he himself embodied the pinnacle of power.
"It seems you lack a beast's instincts." Esdeath Curse seemed to have noticed Gojo Satoru's hesitation and mocked him wantonly. "How pathetic. To hesitate over whether to run away in the middle of a battle? Let me teach you what a real battle should look like!"
The rapier in Esdeath Curse's hand rose once again.
Gojo Satoru's heart lurched.
He could sense powerful Cursed Energy emanating from his opponent. Moreover, unlike before, when it had merely transformed into Ice Spikes and been released, the Cursed Energy's flow this time seemed more like the release of some kind of cursed technique.
This gave Gojo Satoru quite a scare.
There was nothing strange about a Curse being able to release cursed techniques. But could this "Curse" that clearly did not originate from this world also release cursed techniques?
Esdeath Curse gave Gojo Satoru no time to