In the trials that followed, Rover threw all sorts of challenges at Mo Bai.
Each one required Mo Bai to attack while answering whatever questions Rover asked.
The trials took many forms, but they all had one crucial rule: Mo Bai could not use Cursed Energy.
"Is it this hard for everyone else to join the Black Shores? Do you make them fight without Resonance too?"
Clang!
As Mo Bai spoke, he barely blocked Rover's thrust with the Cursed Tool in his hand.
Swish!
Then he scooped up a Cursed Tool he had dropped earlier and struck back.
"No. Every Threnodian comes from a different background and has different strengths, so the ways they join the Black Shores are almost all different."
Rover caught the slash from Mo Bai's Cursed Tool with her bare hand and still had the leisure to explain.
A Jujutsu Sorcerer like Mo Bai joining the Black Shores, however, was a first.
When the two sides had exchanged information earlier, they had gained a general understanding of Resonators and Jujutsu Sorcerers, the two kinds of "superpowered people."
Jujutsu Sorcerers used the Cursed Energy within their bodies, combining it with the Innate Techniques engraved into them at birth to activate Cursed Techniques.
Resonators used the tattoo-like marks that appeared on their bodies when their Resonance awakened to manipulate external frequencies and interfere with reality.
Seen that way, were Resonators more dependent on their surroundings than Jujutsu Sorcerers?
After all, unlike the power Jujutsu Sorcerers drew from within, Resonators might be unable to use their abilities in places where frequencies were disrupted.
But Resonators had two advantages Jujutsu Sorcerers could not match.
Thud!
Mo Bai struck Rover with a talisman-covered baseball bat he had picked up from the ground, only to find that the blow barely bothered her.