In the final moments before his life faded away, Jie Jian watched the Malevolent Shrine about to unfold beside Sukuna.
He knew that once Sukuna deployed his domain, destroying it again would become extremely difficult.
Jie Jian roared inwardly.
God, let me destroy it one more time!
Just once!
At least put Sukuna into Cursed Technique Burnout!
Jie Jian suddenly felt another surge of strength well up in his body.
With a furious roar, he pressed down on Sukuna and violently smashed his entire body into the ground!
"Smash Me!"
The sheer force blasted a deep crater into the ground.
Sukuna spat out blood from Jie Jian's strike.
Under normal circumstances, such a trivial fatal wound would not have mattered at all.
But for some reason, the instant he spat out blood, Sukuna actually choked on it—a rare occurrence!
The next moment, Sukuna's cursed energy fell into disarray, and the Malevolent Shrine he had nearly completed collapsed as a result!
Watching the shattered domain, Jie Jian smiled in satisfaction.
In his final moment before falling, he turned toward Yuji Itadori and the others behind him and shouted:
"Yuji! This is my final ripple! Take it!"
Everything had happened too quickly. By the time Yuji and the others reacted, all they saw was Sukuna's domain collapsing once more—and Jie Jian cut into mango-sized chunks.
Yuji froze in disbelief.
Then, tears streaming down his face, he let out a long cry.
"Jie—senpai!!!"
System Space.
Staring at the familiar ceiling of the System Space, Jie Jian let out a helpless sigh.
"Still... couldn't do it..."
Although he had never expected to win at the start, after fighting Sukuna for so long, he had gained the upper hand more than once.
Before the challenge officially ended, he had even thought that maybe he really