Bang!
It sounded like a waterfall crashing against solid rock, and was rather pleasant to the ear.
Kinoshita, however, did not think so.
The waterfall of blood created by "Maximum Technique: Blood Red" lost its shape, collapsing into a shapeless sludge.
"This is...!"
Kinoshita got it. He suddenly understood why Sukuna had kept "Furnace: Open" active.
"Furnace: Open" wasn't for attacking or defending-it was for heating!
Sukuna was even an undergrad who knew thermal expansion and contraction would rupture red blood cells, preventing the blood from holding together!!!
"No way..." Kinoshita looked at Sukuna, his face clouded with dismay. "Let's talk this out... There's really no need to fight..."
Sukuna merely smiled faintly. Carrying Megumi Fushiguro, he had been chased and beaten by Kinoshita like a stray dog. Even a thousand years ago, no one had ever treated him like this.
"Die."
"Dismantle!"
Crack, crack, crack!
Kinoshita could only use his dwindling supply of blood to block the slashes.
Now offense and defense had switched-it was Kinoshita's turn to run!
Time to bail, boys! Just run!
They didn't call me a long-distance running champion for nothing!
Kinoshita knew that if he didn't run now, he would be chopped into mincemeat the next second.
The cursed technique he had just invented still had too many weaknesses, and its application was crude. Using it against Sukuna really was asking too much.
Seeing Kinoshita abandon all dignity and immediately turn tail, Sukuna almost laughed in anger. On second thought, though, this was exactly the sort of thing that bastard would do.
"Dismantle!!"
As Kinoshita flew, he split his attention to dodge the blasts of "Dismantle" that could come at any moment.
The scene was almost identical to when Kinoshita had chased Sukuna with "Piercing Blood" earlier.
Without Megumi Fushiguro holding him back, Sukuna was noticeably faster.
"Die!!!"
Boom!!!
Another building came crashing down. The two were like bulldozers: wherever they went, the buildings toppled like dominoes.
"Hey! Can you stop chasing me?!"
The moment Kinoshita finished speaking, a blast of "Dismantle" struck his wing, sending a searing pain through his back.
Seeing that Kinoshita had finally stopped, Sukuna gleefully moved to approach him.
"In a thousand years, you're the person I've wanted to kill most, aside from Satoru Gojo." Sukuna was just about to form a hand sign.
Who could have expected a swarm of balloons to suddenly appear overhead? Sukuna did not dare let his guard down. All the balloons bore Kinoshita's cursed residue, making it obvious that he had created them with "Construction."
"Oh?"
"Are those balloons filled with blood?"
"Brat, I don't know why your 'Blood Manipulation' is so powerful, but you should just die."
Sukuna unleashed "Furnace: Open" again.
As the balloons fell, all he needed to do was use the heat of "Furnace: Open" to boil the blood.
It's only "Blood Manipulation." If he had "Limitless" or the "Ten Shadows Technique," perhaps this brat could realize more of his potential.
Kinoshita smiled.
Sukuna was puzzled. "You're about to die, and you're still in the mood to smile?"
Kinoshita laughed even harder.
"Hahahahaha..."
"I'd say you're the one up shit creek!"
Bang!
Bang, bang, bang!!!
The heat caused the balloons to burst in rapid succession, and Sukuna's eyes instantly cleared.
Because those balloons weren't filled with blood-they were filled with shit!!!
Shit that his "Furnace: Open" had boiled!!!
Seeing shit flying all over the sky, Sukuna looked at Kinoshita in despair.
"You bastard...!!!"
Kinoshita rubbed his nose and smiled bashfully. "You're too kind."
"Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine."
At the center of the domain, the shrine's doors stood wide open, its interior as black as an abyss. Above the doors was a huge, leering demonic face with exposed fangs.
In the nighttime streets of Shibuya, Sukuna's domain expanded once more.
This time...
It wasn't to cut down Mahoraga, but to slice up shit!!!
Countless slashes filled everything within a fifty-meter radius. Seeing that Kinoshita still wanted to escape, Sukuna decisively continued using his cursed technique.
"Furnace: Open!"
There had never been any record of Sukuna using a cursed technique other than slashing.
This was because Sukuna had once made a binding vow: outside of Domain Expansion, he could only use "Furnace: Open" in one-on-one combat.
At the same time, Sukuna could imbue the dust within his domain with the cursed energy effect of "Furnace: Open."
Just like now.
Kinoshita turned to look at the Malevolent Shrine, his lips curling into a grin despite himself.
"I never thought you could go this far!!!"
"Sukuna!!!"
Sukuna was actually blowing up shit inside his domain!!!
Rumble...
Amid the slashes and endless explosions, Kinoshita instantly lost consciousness.
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