Domain battle
With Hanami subdued, the amount of cursed energy inside Sōji jumped considerably out of nowhere. He mentally locked onto his next target in the system shop and immediately redeemed it.
This time, the rift opened even faster than before!
Rumble! The air above the sea shuddered violently as a dark spatial rift silently split open above the rocky island. Cursed energy forced the seawater at its edges outward, forming an eerie ring of water around a vacuum.
The cursed energy pouring from the rift carried the stench of deep-sea sludge and an icy pressure that belonged to the ocean depths.
A moment later, a tiny red figure dropped out of the rift and landed on the rocks with a soft patter.
He was a scrawny creature barely a meter tall, deep red all over, with slick, clammy skin and spindly limbs. He looked like an oversized red tadpole that had just crawled out of the sea.
His big, round eyes swept his surroundings in confusion. "Pff... is this an offshore island?"
Dagon's voice was shrill and high-pitched, with the dopey, endearing tone unique to his Cursed Womb form. "There are rocks everywhere, and Hanami's scent. Hanami?"
Looking at the little red creature, Sōji's mouth twitched almost imperceptibly. He said calmly, "Dagon, Hanami
has already joined my side. Want to come along?"
As he spoke, Sōji held out his hand. The inward-spiraling black cavity of Cursed Spirit Manipulation gradually appeared in his palm.
"Geto's cursed technique? And Hanami..."
Dagon's spindly arm froze in midair as he scratched his head. His round eyes blinked slowly, then blinked again. Immediately afterward, his body began to change.
In the next instant, a powerful force swelled inside his scrawny body, splitting his deep-red skin inch by inch.
Octopus-like tentacles surged out from beneath