Future self draw

"Maximum Technique, the focal point of a Cursed Technique's firepower. You could also think of it as a finishing move much like Domain Expansion."

After seeing Mo Bai's Maximum Technique, Mahoraga showed no fear. Instead, he studied the behemoth before him with interest as he explained.

"Looks like you finished reading all the information in my head while you were still my shadow. Can every Mahoraga do that?"

"Who knows? I can, anyway. As for the others, even if they could, they probably wouldn't have the intelligence to read it and put it to use."

Seeing his master talking to the enemy before them, Zhengming tilted his head in confusion.

Although he was indeed far more intelligent than when he first appeared, talking to an enemy in the middle of a battle still baffled him.

Whoosh.

But when he saw Mo Bai point toward Mahoraga, he stopped dwelling on such unnecessary things.

He was a Shikigami, and he had been summoned for one purpose alone: to accomplish his master's goals.

"Screee!"

After throwing back his head and letting out a piercing cry, he charged toward Mahoraga.

As the pinnacle of Mo Bai's development of the Ten Shadows Shikigami, Zhengming could naturally sense that something was wrong with this space.

Even within the Ten Shadows domain, he could still feel the Cursed Energy solidifying.

In other words, unless he used his earlier Thunder Bow at extremely close range, any arrows he fired would stop in midair, unable to advance.

Unless...

He destroyed the source of the anomaly—that string of Prayer Beads?

It would be difficult, but it was worth a try.

"Oh?"

Seeing Zhengming charge, Mahoraga began mobilizing the Cursed Energy within him, eager to meet the attack.

Against someone with such an enormous body, simply landing a hit should not