While Yuji Itadori and the other two fought fiercely against Yugao, Megumi Fushiguro's group was battling Hanami elsewhere.
The Sheng Beast relentlessly attacked Hanami. Fushiguro hid in the shadows, seizing chances to pin Hanami down, while Noritoshi Kamo and Inumaki provided interference from a distance with Piercing Blood and Cursed Speech.
Hanami caught a punch from the Sheng Beast, purple lightning scorching her arm black, and swiftly stepped back.
"So it can use the shikigami's abilities too..." Hanami's voice grew grave. If she did not eliminate this boy, Megumi Fushiguro, now, he might become another Ze Zenin in the future!
At that thought, Hanami increased her cursed energy output. Countless vines surged out of the ground like monsters, spreading toward the Sheng Beast and Inumaki.
"Crush..." Just as Inumaki began to speak, he suddenly tasted blood in his throat. He covered his mouth with a hand. Sure enough, he had suffered backlash from using Cursed Speech.
"Have we reached our limit?" Noritoshi Kamo looked grimly at Inumaki, who could no longer use Cursed Speech, then quickly picked him up and retreated.
The Sheng Beast dissolved into a pool of shadow and sank into the ground. Fushiguro also leaped out of the shadows, cold sweat streaming down his forehead. Controlling the Sheng Beast for so long had already begun to overwhelm him!
"I have enough cursed energy to summon the Sheng Beast for about another five minutes..." Fushiguro ran up beside Noritoshi Kamo and spoke quietly. "We have to find an opening that can win us this fight!"
Noritoshi Kamo remained silent and kept running.
This guy...
Fushiguro's mouth twitched as the three of them reached a wooden door.
Just as Noritoshi Kamo was about to push it open, the wooden door abruptly transformed into vines that stretched toward them.
**"Convergence-Piercing