Familiar

After the boundary between Azure and Hell overlapped, and the gap between compression and expansion disappeared from this world, Satoru Gojo's lips curled up—a smile appeared on his face, but he remained silent.

During his battle with Zenin Xuan, he already knew just how difficult this guy was to kill. The life of someone whose deepest Curse was the desire to live wouldn't be killed with a simple, straightforward move.

but...

This should be the last one, right?

If even erasing him from this world wouldn't defeat him, then how can we completely annihilate him?

The previous attacks by Cang and He had already achieved an effect similar to Zi. Even if you were to unleash Zi, there would still be a target. But now, Xuan doesn't even have that target anymore.

Although there was still some lingering Cursed Energy in the air, but--

Sizzle.

"Hey hey hey hey! No way!"

Two enormous, jet-black hands tore open the space that had been squeezed and annihilated by expansion and contraction, just like tearing paper—at this moment, Satoru Gojo was sweating profusely.

"You bastard!! Can't you just die willingly?!"

"I can't do it... Satoru Gojo!"

Sizzle -- Click

Collapse!

Space shattered like a broken biscuit under Xuan's two hands—two long, slender arms pressed against the empty space, slowly pulling the body, which had been squeezed and disappeared, out of the gap bit by bit.

"Nine Ropes of Polarized Light and Sound--"

As Satoru Gojo's three mouths accelerated the moment the Cursed Energy was replenished, the moment the Cursed Energy was full— Zenin Xuan, with his long and huge body, had already stretched out his enormous palm.

Satoru Gojo could only interrupt the firing of the arrow, and immediately used Azure to pull himself away from the point of attack.

Buzz!

A palm the size of a house slammed down on the plot of land where Satoru Gojo stood. It seemed to break apart in mid-air as it passed through the air. The moment the palm landed, Satoru Gojo felt the entire Japan landscape tremble violently.

This is a serious mistake!

Satoru Gojo gritted his teeth, forming hand seals with all four arms simultaneously—if he and Sukuna could still use "Zi Kai" now, they should be able to severely injure or even kill the Cursed Spirit in front of them, but now he couldn't even unleash Space Hollow Purple.

While rapidly dodging with Cang and He, Satoru Gojo's pupils were also constantly analyzing Zenin Xuan's movements. Seeing that Zenin Xuan's palm strikes and swings were gradually slowing down, Satoru Gojo immediately raised his hand, and the two lower hands of his four arms instantly came together.

"Domain Expansion!"

After realizing that Mahoraga was helping him and Sukuna, Satoru Gojo understood that when Zenin Xuan's movements slowed down, it meant that the "stagnation" created by Mahoraga was about to be reached.

This stagnation will immobilize Zenin Xuan and lock down Zenin Xuan abilities—if an attack isn't launched now, there will be no other opportunities.

The Self-Embodiment of Perfection and the Innate Domain of the Malevolent Shrine collided... and then...

"The Malevolent Shrine - Idle Transfiguration"

The moment the Domain Expansion, a slash capable of precisely striking the soul immediately engulfed Zenin Gen in front of Satoru Gojo Zenin Xuan like a sea—the adapted Idle Transfiguration and the adapted slash naturally could not cause much damage to Zenin Xuan in front of him; it could even be said that it was just to give Zenin Xuan a minor scraping.

However, if one wants to use the special move "Stove Opening," which Zenin Xuan is not currently proficient in, one must first scrape "dust" off Zenin Xuan's body.

Although it was no longer possible to combine "" and "zaokai", Gojo Satoru had already thought of the next attack at this moment.

Watching Zenin Xuan repeatedly explode into blood mist and then regenerate within the domain, Satoru Gojo, through the constant Idle Transfiguration within the domain, came into contact with Mahoraga, who was fully adapting to "Gen".

Keep going, don't stop.

While dealing with Gen's attempts to stop him, and frantically adapting, Mahoraga uttered these words to Satoru Gojo, who was spying on him.

I won't listen if you don't tell me.

Satoru Gojo wouldn't be disappointed by such nonsense. He smiled as he replied to the serious Mahoraga, but suddenly sensed a strange Cursed Energy rushing towards the Open Domain from outside.

This Cursed Energy was somewhat strange, and strangely familiar—but this wasn't the time to think about that. If he were to be struck by the awakened Zenin Xuan due to a momentary lapse in concentration, he feared he would be beyond saving.

But... why does this approaching Cursed Energy feel so familiar?