As Chinatsu completed the hand seal, a layer of mistlike cursed energy instantly spread out from her, and the ground beneath her feet transformed into a crystal-clear lake bathed in moonlight.
A dreamlike spherical barrier enveloped Chinatsu and Kenjaku. There was no doubt that this was a conventional closed domain.
Although Kenjaku was shocked that Chinatsu had awakened a domain at barely sixteen, she remained confident in her own domain.
Domains came in two types: the closed domains used by most sorcerers and the open domains mastered by only a select few.
As the name suggested, a closed domain created a spherical barrier that trapped the user and their enemies inside, forming an area advantageous to the user and disadvantageous to their opponents.
An open domain, however, did not establish a barrier wall to restrict others' movements, allowing enemy jujutsu sorcerers a chance to escape its range. In exchange for forgoing that barrier wall, its effective range was enhanced.
If an open domain clashed with a closed domain, the open domain could attack the closed domain's relatively fragile shell and destroy it from the outside.
With that in mind, Kenjaku began increasing the range and power of her open domain, concentrating its attacks on the shell of Chinatsu's domain.
Under the thunderous barrage of cursed energy from outside, jagged cracks spread across the shell of Chinatsu's closed domain. It was only seconds away from complete destruction.
Seeing the scales of victory tip back in her favor, Kenjaku's lips curled slightly. Her thousand years of accumulated experience would never lose to some brat.
She clenched her fist, gathering surging cursed energy into it, ready to destroy both Chinatsu's body and her domain with a single blow.
As she charged up, she watched Chinatsu, who was still holding her hand seal. She