The Sword of Extermination in Mahoraga's hand was the bane of cursed spirits. Never mind Sukuna's current cursed spirit form, which was only at the four-finger level-even at his full twenty-finger strength, he could not have taken a direct hit from that sword as a cursed spirit.
Sukuna watched helplessly as the Sword of Extermination in Mahoraga's hand drew closer and closer. He abandoned the thought of making another binding vow to strengthen himself.
No... I can't beat him!
In an instant, the cursed spirit's body began dissolving like liquid. Sukuna had chosen to regress himself to ensure Mahoraga would not exorcise him in his cursed spirit form.
He threw control of the body straight back to the cursed spirit itself and reverted to finger-shaped cursed objects to prevent his complete erasure from the world, leaving only a cursed spirit steeped in despair.
BAM!!!
The Sword of Extermination cleaved straight down. Unable to offer even the slightest resistance, the despairing cursed spirit was sliced in two and crumbled into debris as though burned to ashes. Only four grotesquely shaped fingers remained, slowly falling through the air to the ground.
At the same time, a furious roar rang out!
Mahoraga tensed both arms and threw his head back in a fierce, exultant roar. His body kept swelling, growing from just over two meters tall to four or five meters, with endless waves of air surging out of him.
Mahoraga, ability: [Adaptation to All Things].
Not only could he improve his resistance to corresponding attacks through the beatings others took, but he could also gradually increase his base stats. After trading blows with four-finger Sukuna, he was on an entirely different level from when he had first been summoned.
Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara watched with grave, troubled expressions. Now that Mahoraga had