Blood Manipulation

Seeing his friend being possessed by Sukuna, Itadori was not only anxious but also filled with anger. However, after undergoing the Cursed Energy control lessons from Satoru Gojo and Gen, he was able to perfectly retract the Cursed Energy born from his anger into his body without it dissipating.

He plucked up the Playful Cloud from the ground, and picked up the fallen Inverted Spear of Heaven—

"Hui!!! Don't lose to him!!!"

There's a big difference between inserting a finger into the stomach and complete assimilation, and the fact that Megumi Fushiguro isn't moving at this moment could very well be that she's fighting with Sukuna for control of her body.

The Inverted Spear of Heaven can disrupt the effects of Cursed Technique.

Playful Cloud, purely numerical values.

In addition... what he himself hadn't yet revealed was the half- Cursed Spirit physique he acquired after consuming six Death Painting Wombs.

Although Wan is powerful, he cannot gain any advantage over him now that his domain has been squeezed out of existence by his own.

Prick!

Bass!

Like an ocean of liquid metal, it instantly pierced towards Yuji Itadori. A red staff shadow flashed, and as the liquid metal was dispersed, Inverted Spear of Heaven was also relentlessly swung by Itadori, the blade constantly leaving marks in the air, instantly smashing and eliminating the dozens of sharp spikes that came at him.

With the domain's boost, the Itadori quickly smashed a path through the wave-like liquid metal.

He also leaped towards Wan—who, having roughly understood the effect of the Inverted Spear of Heaven, immediately removed the insect armor from his chest and quickly retreated several steps.

As Wan retreated, the liquid metal also grabbed and carried away the "dazed" Sukuna, causing Itadori to miss his target.

Itadori turned his head and looked at Wan. Itadori didn't show any anger towards the guy who had hurt Fushiguro; he just gritted his teeth.

Wan's gaze swept over Itadori's body, finally settling on the ground beneath his feet.

Hiss...

That's an amazing domain... What kind of Cursed Technique is this guy using?

Beneath Wan's feet, the domain of triple suffering had been compressed to a tiny size. She instinctively felt that Itadori's Cursed Technique performance had overwhelmed her. After all, it would be too hurtful if such a young guy's Barrier Technique far surpassed hers.

Itadori Staff wielded the Playful Cloud, wedging Inverted Spear of Heaven to one side of the Playful Cloud. The three-section staff swung around, carrying Inverted Spear of Heaven —a red and white afterimage—as it danced continuously.

Tread!

Itadori's body rushed towards Wan like a heavy truck in an instant. Wan immediately raised his hand, and liquid metal sprayed from his fingertips. The black metal blocked the staff, but it was dispelled by Inverted Spear of Heaven —turning into a sky full of Cursed Energy. Even so, it had already given Wan time to make a move.

"Huh?!"

Wan's fist landed on Itadori's body in an instant. As the punch was thrown, Itadori slid dozens of meters across the ground. With the enhancement of the insect armor, this punch even broke the sound barrier.

But as Itadori tumbled into the water of the domain, Wan stomped his foot and charged toward the surface—his insect armor covered him, and the black liquid metal propelled Wan's body forward. Then, he punched the surface of the water where Itadori had fallen, causing the water to explode into a shower of spray that landed on Wan's face.

The splashing water revealed the location of Itadori — Itadori had already removed the Inverted Spear of Heaven, Playful Cloud flew towards Wan like a boomerang.

"Convergence!"

Just before Playful Cloud struck Wan, Itadori raised his hand, and blood gushing from his wounds rushed into his palm.

Convergence?!

How could that be? The Innate Domain of Blood Manipulation is always a place of mountains of corpses and seas of Innate Domain of beautiful mountains and clear waters. How could it possibly be the Blood Manipulation?!

Before Wan could even think, the black liquid metal condensed into a ball, binding the approaching Playful Cloud —while Wan himself immediately flapped his wings, unleashing tremendous speed, and rushed towards Itadori.

However—the splash from the explosion had impaired her mobility, and...

Sizzle.

With the completion of the Convergence of the Itadori, Wan's domain was already on the verge of collapse.

"Piercing Blood!"

Wan immediately raised her arm, and a crimson pillar of blood, accompanied by incantations and a sonic boom, struck her arm, causing fine cracks to appear on her hard insect armor.

Not very powerful...

Wan felt the piercing Piercing Blood being shot at her. This Piercing Blood, which should have pierced through her arm, didn't even shatter her insect armor, and the pressure it brought was not as great as the attack from the Cursed Tool just now.

Wan waved her hand, splattering the blood on her palm—and then, amidst the flying water, Wan arrived in front of Itadori.

"Kid! Your Cursed Technique skills aren't very good!"

To guard against Inverted Spear of Heaven, Wan immediately retracted most of his insect armor, only revealing it when attacking—accompanied by the sound of wind breaking, Wan's fist struck Itadori's cheek.

Itadori took the sonic boom of the punch head-on, and then—he swung his fist.

A black lightning bolt exploded instantly—a Black Flash struck Wan, the black light reverberating through Wan's soul.

"Black Flash!"

Wan coughed up a mouthful of blood, but Itadori didn't stop there. Instead, he swung his fist again—and the black lightning arrived as promised, once again favoring the pink-haired boy who wanted to save his friend.

"Black Flash!"

Before Wan could even process the second Black Flash, another Black Flash struck her soul, simultaneously shattering the insect armor she had temporarily focused on for defense—the third Black Flash sent her staggering backward.

Wan used this force to retreat backward, his eyes filled with disbelief and astonishment as he looked at Itadori.

Just as Wan was desperately trying to restart the Cursed Technique, Itadori stepped onto the ground and appeared in front of Wan.

Boom! Bang!!

Itadori Staff spun around in mid-air, landing a heavy foot on Wan's rapidly raised hands. The dull thud almost made the entire riverbed tremble.

Wan's hands jerked, and Itadori's body floated in the air before landing gracefully on the ground. The next moment, the two charged at each other simultaneously. Wan, who had previously looked down on Itadori Staff, now dared not be careless. Who knew when the guy in front of him would unleash a few Black Flash?

And so, the two, now close together, began a fierce hand-to-hand combat without hesitation.

Bang! Bang! Bang bang bang bang bang bang!

The two men's fists were like intertwined shadows. With the domain's enhancement of the Cursed Technique, Black Flash activated Flowing State, and with the use of Blood Manipulation, Itadori was able to keep up with Wan's movements—while Wan, who had just had his Cursed Energy depleted, was in a state of decline.

Even so, Wan was still able to fight Itadori to a draw.

Even more so—the exoskeleton-covered hands of the other creature had the upper hand, its spiky, insect-like arms tearing away at the flesh of the Itadori—

Bang! Boom!!!

As Itadori's feet scraped across the riverbed and flew away, Wan immediately sent the liquid metal around him flying towards Itadori — Itadori swung the Inverted Spear of Heaven —but this time Wan was smarter. The black liquid metal instantly spread out around Itadori, and as long as Wan waved his hand, the black spikes that could not be completely blocked would pierce through Itadori's body.

but...

Sizzle...

Before Wan could even swing his hand, all the black spikes aimed at Itadori exploded. The sound of the domain shattering was so piercing that Wan immediately understood it was the effect of "Cursed Technique Burnout"—

Oh no.