Nine-Tails' fox eyes narrowed as the Tailed Beast Ball finished gathering, and the dark little sphere shot out violently.
Nine-Tails, the Slit-Mouthed Woman, and the special-grade cursed spirit in the air happened to be aligned on the same plane.
The Tailed Beast Ball first skimmed along the ground for some distance before arcing upward.
The Slit-Mouthed Woman had no time at all to react to Nine-Tails' attack.
Long Hair did not react in time either and failed to control her in time to dodge Nine-Tails' attack.
"Boom—"
The ground grazed by the Tailed Beast Ball caved in and cracked. The Slit-Mouthed Woman turned to ash from merely being touched by it.
She was so weak that she could not even detonate the Tailed Beast Ball!
"Slit-Mouthed Woman! Ah—"
The sudden turn of events nearly drove Long Hair to collapse.
"Slit-Mouth! How am I supposed to live without you? Slit-Mouth—"
Although the Finger Soul Compass had not been damaged and could still capture and control cursed spirits in the future, controlling cursed spirits was no simple matter, especially special-grade cursed spirits.
To contain a special-grade cursed spirit, not only did one's own strength have to vastly surpass it, but it also depended on whether that cursed spirit's will to resist was strong.
If either of those conditions was not met, the containment would fail.
A special-grade cursed spirit like the Slit-Mouthed Woman was already at the upper limit of what the Finger Soul Compass could contain.
He would likely never encounter another one in the future.
It could be said that the Finger Soul Compass in his hand was now half useless.
This mission had not only made no progress at all, but had also damaged two top-tier special-grade cursed tools.
The Two-Star Fan and the half-crippled Finger Soul Compass.
There