Sukuna's expression darkened at Jie Jian's verbal assault.
"Just as I expected of you. You actually managed to pull this off, brat!"
How could Sukuna still fail to understand? He had been played by Jie Jian!
Only after Jie Jian stood before him did he sense it.
He was not the only one above the clouds. There were four others up there!
At the same time, Momo Nishimiya, hidden atop the thick storm clouds, let out a relieved sigh.
"Finally got rid of that damned iron can. If I'd had to keep carrying it, I would've died!"
Momo Nishimiya's technique was "Cursed Corpse Manipulation," which allowed her to control the wind to a certain extent.
That iron can filled with excrement had been dragged into the sky by her.
There were three others with Momo Nishimiya:
Ryu Ishigori, Utahime Iori, and Yoshinobu Gakuganji.
As soon as the battle began, Momo Nishimiya had flown everyone behind the clouds.
Carrying four people and a massive iron can had nearly exhausted Momo Nishimiya to death.
In the sky, Ryu Ishigori set up a barrier that obscured Sukuna's senses, making him believe Jie Jian was the only one behind the clouds.
Afterward, Utahime Iori and Yoshinobu Gakuganji chanted to buff Jie Jian, directly granting him a 120% increase in cursed energy output!
At the same time, Jie Jian had accumulated an enormous amount of cursed energy beforehand and unleashed a Thunder Cannon with power far beyond 200%!
With Ryu Ishigori's barrier concealing everything, Sukuna had not noticed Jie Jian's little preparations in the clouds at all.
Finally, Jie Jian used the iron can of excrement to further distract Sukuna, then unleashed Thunder Cannon the instant he landed!
With all those factors combined, Sukuna only realized what was happening when Thunder Cannon hit him in