Words Are Useless, Let's Duel!

Words Are Useless, Let's Duel! With the battle over, Charlie, who had watched the entire fight, raised a hand and pointed at Jie Jian in a daze.

He had never expected that he had just been "sparring" with someone like this.

"Y-you..."

"What's wrong, bro? Were my moves badass or what?"

Hearing him, Jie Jian turned around and looked at Charlie expectantly.

Charlie fell silent for three seconds. Then, the finger he had extended instantly turned into a thumbs-up, and his face broke into an admiring smile.

"Badass, badass. Bro, your moves are incredible."

"Hehehehe. My technique is purely operation-based. I can only make up for the stats with skill."

There was no helping it. The five-hit combo was just too demanding. He had to land five normal attacks to trigger Thunder Field, so it was nothing like Sukuna's slashes, which he could casually throw out.

Without some skill, how was he supposed to challenge Sukuna?

After indulging in himself for a while, Jie Jian prepared to head elsewhere and find more sorcerers to practice his moves on.

He looked at Charlie and invited him.

"Bro, I'm planning to wander around. Want to come with me?"

"No, no." Charlie hurriedly waved his hands. "I don't really like fighting. I just want to find somewhere to wait. You go on by yourself, bro."

"Alright, then."

Jie Jian shook his head regretfully.

Since Charlie did not want to come along, he could not force him.

After saying goodbye to Charlie, Jie Jian once again set off to explore the Culling Game Barrier.

Counting his previous encounter with Hajime Kashimo, this was his second official exploration of the Barrier.

The population density inside the Barrier was still extremely low. Aside from a small number of people who had failed to leave due to accidents, most had been sent out after the Culling Game began.

And since it was only the first day of the Culling Game, many sorcerers who had been granted cursed techniques by Kenjaku had not yet had time to arrive!

This made the odds of encountering anyone inside the Barrier even lower.

Jie Jian walked along the streets for half an hour and did not run into a single enemy.

It was not as though he had not encountered people, but the few people he saw had no intention of attacking him.

They hid far away inside buildings and only watched him through the windows. Jie Jian was not some deranged murderer, so he did not want to chase them down and kill them.

Besides, everything in this world felt very real to Jie Jian. Being here was no different from being in reality.

This was not GTA5. The pressure of killing people still existed.

If it had been a game, forget people—even if it were an egg, he would have shaken its yolk apart.

"Hmm, who should I look for? Why isn't anyone coming to cause me trouble?"

Just as Jie Jian was wondering what to do, a name suddenly entered his mind.

"Right! If no one's coming to find me, I can go find someone myself!"

Inside this Barrier, wasn't Hajime Kashimo, that ultimate killing maniac, currently searching everywhere for people to fight?

The current Jie Jian was no longer the inexperienced rookie who had challenged him last time.

Now, he was an operation monster with supreme skill. He might not be unable to fight Hajime Kashimo!

Thinking this, Jie Jian hesitated no longer and immediately accumulated cursed energy within his body.

With the physical boost provided by cursed energy, he scaled the high-rises along the street, climbing left and right until he reached the tallest building nearby.

Using his height advantage, Jie Jian looked into the distance. Before long, a shopping mall entered his sight.

Although it was a little too far away to be certain, he vaguely felt that the mall was the respawn point where he had landed last time.

And right now, Hajime Kashimo had to be inside that mall!

"Hajime Kashimo, wait for me! I'm coming to duel you right now!"

Inside the mall, Hajime Kashimo had just finished off another weak sorcerer. He crouched on the ground anxiously, gnawing on his fingers.

"Sukuna, Sukuna, where the hell are you?!"

Hajime Kashimo had thought Kenjaku revived him so that he could enjoy fighting, but he had never expected to be forced into some damn Culling Game!

Not only had he failed to fight the Sukuna he had been longing for, he had not even had a decent battle!

The sorcerers here were weaker than the last. None of them could stir even the slightest interest in him.

"Are these modern sorcerers? How are they even worse than the ones from four hundred years ago?!"

Just as Hajime Kashimo complained inwardly, he suddenly sensed a vast surge of cursed energy rushing at him from afar.

He looked up at the sky in confusion and sharply spotted a figure plummeting toward him at high speed.

The next moment, a shout rang out from the sky.

"Hajime Kashimo! I've come to duel you!"

Hajime Kashimo's expression suddenly changed, because an enormous lightning attack arrived along with that voice.

He quickly leaped backward. The next instant, a figure smashed violently into the spot where Hajime Kashimo had just stood.

Along with the figure's landing came a massive shockwave.

A huge cloud of dust erupted from the center, while thick, snake-like currents of electricity lashed out in every direction.

"Lightning Technique!"

Hajime Kashimo's expression shook.

Sorcerers related to lightning were extremely rare. In all his years of life, this was the first time he had seen a lightning-type sorcerer besides himself.

Thanks to his own resistance to lightning, although Jie Jian's Electric Current Whip struck Hajime Kashimo, it did not cause him any substantial damage.

As the dust cleared, Jie Jian's figure finally appeared before Hajime Kashimo.

"Who are you? Why do you know my name?"

"Does it matter?"

Jie Jian grinned at Hajime Kashimo.

During their last encounter, that bastard Hajime Kashimo had watched Sukuna possess him just so he could challenge Sukuna.

This time, he swore to seal off his heart and become a complete mystery man, revealing no information whatsoever to Hajime Kashimo!

Jie Jian forcefully slapped his chest, releasing an enormous flood of cursed energy.

Under the pressure of that cursed energy, even the surrounding mall buildings cracked open with fissures.

He spat on the ground and shouted impatiently.

"What's with all the questions? At this point, isn't this already something words can't solve?!"

Hajime Kashimo's lips curled into a wide grin at his words.

Indeed, Jie Jian had come in with a Thunder Drop. It was obvious that he was looking for a fight.

Even if he answered Hajime Kashimo's questions, would they not still have to fight in the end?

If Jie Jian died, there would be no point in asking who he was.

If Hajime Kashimo died, knowing the answer would be meaningless.

Since that was the case, what was there to ask? Just fight!

At that moment, the two standing on opposite sides of the battlefield—

One was a battle fanatic who sought death in combat, while the other was a novice sorcerer seeking to test the limits of his skill.

The instant their gazes met, they shouted the same words together.

"DUEL!"