Yuji Itadori

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At the very center of this ever-annihilating space, a colossal black shadow, its outer shell peeled away layer by layer, gradually regenerates its body amidst the surging roar of energy.

Even with attacks powerful enough to flatten continents and pierce oceans, Zenin Xuan was still able to regenerate his body.

Satoru Gojo watched Zenin Xuan within the purple energy storm, and could only intensify his efforts, condensing more and more Cursed Energy into Azure and Hek and sending it towards the center of the energy explosion.

The idea of killing Zenin Xuan cooled down once again, but the current situation was enough to keep Zenin Xuan firmly imprisoned.

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The golden Dharma Wheel spun above Zenin Xuan's head, appearing and disappearing repeatedly.

Compared to Satoru Gojo at this moment, the situation of Mahoraga, who is in charge of Gen's inner world at the Zenin Xuan, is not so good.

It's not so much bad as it's quite terrible.

The black shadow space was compressed to only a space that could accommodate two people, while Mahoraga's soul was being collected by the Zenin Xuan.

The Shikigami summoned by the Innate Technique have no soul; they depend on the soul of their master. If the master dies, the Shikigami will also die.

However, the Mahoraga of Zenin Xuan was different. In order to ensure the Mahoraga's strength and to allow the Mahoraga to experience the entire world, Xuan deliberately separated a part of his own soul and filled it into the Mahoraga's body, allowing the Mahoraga to act independently of himself.

Creak.

Crack

Haam--

In the battle against Sukuna Gojo, Mahoraga Zenin Xuan devoured Makuro, consuming his own soul again until now— Mahoraga was almost unable to defy Zenin Xuan according to his own will.

creak--

After Zenin Xuan tore off and swallowed the last piece of Cursed Energy, the golden ring on Mahoraga's head completely stopped adapting to Zenin Xuan. This did not mean that Mahoraga's previous effect had become zero, but rather that the move that could originally kill Zenin Xuan could now only weaken this King of Curses.

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Satoru Gojo's four eyes were fixed on the distance, his guard just beginning to rise, when the commotion from the direction of Zenin Xuan abruptly ended his guard.

In the brief moment he averted his gaze, Zen -Zenin Xuan had already torn open the entire space—although the explosion was still destroying that space, the moment space was directly split from the very center, the explosion could no longer harm Zenin Xuan.

Don't get distracted!

Tear

The moment he escaped—Xuan's body, which had been blasted to the point of being only half-formed, reformed once more—but this time, he did not choose to expand his body to defend against the Space Hollow Purple.

As this move has already been adapted to, Xuan has absolutely no reason to defend against it.

Gen wasn't the only one changing his stance; Satoru Gojo, who had been recovering his energy and preparing to reinforce his defense as soon as the offensive weakened, immediately raised his hand—

"Dragon Scales, Recoil, in pairs--"

Zenin Xuan, who was originally known for his speed, immediately returned to his peak condition after the weakening effect of Mahoraga was finally broken— Satoru Gojo and Sukuna attacked simultaneously while retreating, but they were already being closed in before they could even finish their incantations—

Oops!

Seeing the arm enveloped in surging Cursed Energy, Satoru Gojo immediately raised his hand—his three layers of Inviolability were activated and then stacked multiple times—

Call!!!

Accompanied by the storm unleashed by the Cursed Energy fist, black lightning suddenly flashed in mid-air.

Intense pain -- no, that's not right.

Satoru Gojo, who had been slightly squinting because he had to withstand a Black Flash of Sukuna's full Cursed Energy, did not feel any impact. His four eyes also passed through the howling storm of Cursed Energy and saw the scene in front of him.

"... Dragon Scales, Recoil, Paired Shooting Stars."

The man in white shirt and black pants was chanting an incantation— Satoru Gojo could clearly sense who the person in front of him was—and at the same time, he also saw Zenin Xuan, who had been sent flying by a Black Flash, only managing to regain his footing three hundred meters away.

"Untie."

As the man uttered the name of the Cursed Technique, Satoru Gojo and Sukuna simultaneously recognized the person before them.

"Yuji!!"/"Kid?!"