Unbelievable

Naoya Zenin abruptly formed hand seals with both hands.

His cursed technique could divide a second into twenty-four frames, letting him preset his trajectory.

As long as he followed that trajectory, his speed and strength could increase exponentially!

He could even forcibly freeze an enemy's movements for one second!

"Stop right there!"

Naoya Zenin roared, slamming his palm toward the terrifying blast of air about to crash into him!

Smack!

A crisp sound rang out on contact!

Naoya Zenin's cursed technique activated successfully!

He distinctly felt his palm touch Yagami Jue's chest!

"Got you!"

A flash of wild delight crossed Naoya Zenin's eyes.

Once touched by his cursed technique, Yagami Jue would be forcibly frozen inside a frame from that twenty-four-frame second!

During that second, he could slice this monkey into mincemeat at his leisure!

"Die!"

Naoya Zenin drew a short blade from his waist and slashed at Yagami Jue's neck without hesitation!

However.

The next second.

The wild delight on his face froze completely.

"How... is that possible..."

Naoya Zenin's eyes widened as though he had witnessed the most unbelievable thing in the world.

His ever-reliable Projection Sorcery.

Had actually failed!

Not only had Yagami Jue's body not been frozen into a frame.

He charged onward with even more terrifying force, driving straight through Naoya's palm!

"Is that shitty cursed technique supposed to tickle me?"

Yagami Jue's icy voice exploded beside Naoya Zenin's ear.

BOOOOM!!!!!

Over twenty-five thousand points of absolute physical violence!

It shattered Naoya Zenin's cursed energy defenses outright!

Crack, crack, crack!

A series of bone-snapping sounds rang out, enough to make anyone's scalp crawl!

The arm Naoya Zenin had pressed against Yagami Jue's chest, from his finger bones to his shoulder blade.

Under that terrifying impact.

Shattered inch by inch!

And turned into a cloud of blood!

"AAAAAAAH!!!"

Naoya Zenin let out an agonized scream and flew backward as though a speeding train had hit him head-on!

Thud!

He slammed into the ground and rolled uncontrollably, his blood instantly staining the earth red.

An instant defeat!

Another one-hit defeat!

The clan elites who had accompanied Naoya Zenin were utterly dumbfounded.

Young Master Naoya, their pride and joy!

A genius with Projection Sorcery!

He had not even harmed a hair on his opponent's head before the collision destroyed his arm?!

What the fuck kind of monstrous body was that?!

He could shatter the very rules of a cursed technique through brute force alone?!

"Run! Hurry, run!"

The remaining Zenin Clan members finally realized that what they faced was no human being.

It was an ancient savage beast wearing human skin!

"Think you can escape?"

Yagami Jue snorted coldly.

"Eight Gates Formation, first gate! Open!"

Boom!

Yagami Jue's speed doubled again!

He became a black whirlwind weaving through the crowd.

Bam, bam, bam, bam!

In less than three seconds.

Yagami Jue burst the heads of all seven or eight remaining Zenin Clan elites, one punch apiece!

Red and white matter splattered across the ground.

"Disgusting."

Yagami Jue shook the filth off his hands and walked up to Naoya Zenin, who was still howling on the ground.

He planted a foot on Naoya Zenin's chest.

"Now."

"Do you still think I'm a monkey?"

By then, the pain had left Naoya Zenin barely conscious.

He looked at Yagami Jue, his once arrogant, imperious eyes now filled with nothing but endless terror and despair.

"You... you demon..."

"My father... will never let you get away with this..."

"Still running your mouth."

Yagami Jue sneered.

"A billion would have settled this in the first place."

"Since you're all so eager to throw your lives away, I'll head to Kyoto myself."

"And smash that shitty Zenin Clan estate to pieces, along with your pride!"

Yagami Jue suddenly pressed down hard with his foot.

Crack!

Naoya Zenin's sternum shattered completely!

His heart burst beneath Yagami Jue's foot!

The Zenin Clan's once-in-a-century genius fell just like that.

[Ding! Killed a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer (direct descendant of the Three Great Families)!]

[Loot dropped: 50 million Japanese yen!]

"Pretty valuable."

Yagami Jue glanced at his account balance.

Account balance: 350 million Japanese yen!

"Nice!"

Yagami Jue laughed aloud.

"System!"

"Buy me the [Top-Tier Taijutsu Fragment: Eight Gates Formation (Third Gate: Gate of Life)]!"

[Ding!]

[300 million Japanese yen successfully deducted!]

[Transferring Eight Gates Formation (Third Gate) training memories and physical modifications...]

BOOOOM!!!!!

This modification was more violent than the previous two combined!

Yagami Jue felt as though his blood had begun to boil, and his skin started turning an eerie red.

A suffocatingly vast surge of life energy poured wildly from his spine and coursed through his entire body!

The third gate, the Gate of Life!

It was located in the spine.

Once opened, his body would begin emitting a green energy glow, and his speed and strength would reach an unimaginable level!

Even a special grade cursed spirit, before him with the Gate of Life open.

Would be nothing more than an ant he could crush at will!

"Phew..."

Yagami Jue exhaled a breath of searing white vapor, and the redness of his skin gradually faded.

He felt the terrifying power within him, as though it could tear heaven and earth apart.

"The Zenin Clan, huh."

"Get your necks ready. I'm coming."

Whoosh!

Yagami Jue vanished instantly, leaving behind only a ground strewn with corpses and devastation.

That afternoon.

News of Naoya Zenin's death swept through Jujutsu Society like a hurricane!

The higher-ups were shaken!

The Three Great Families were shaken!

Even the usually laid-back Jujutsu High erupted into an uproar.

"Did you hear?! That Yagami Jue actually killed the Zenin Clan's young heir!"

"Holy shit! That was Naoya Zenin! A prodigy with Projection Sorcery! He just died like that?!"

"That's not all! Apparently Yagami Jue threatened to go to Kyoto and wipe out the Zenin Clan!"

"He's insane! That guy is completely insane!"

Inside Jujutsu High's first-year classroom.

Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, and Nobara Kugisaki all gasped as they heard the news.

Especially Megumi Fushiguro.

He knew all too well how much power the Zenin Clan held.

"Yagami... has really gone too far this time."

Megumi Fushiguro's brows knitted tightly.

"As one of the Three Great Families, the Zenin Clan must have plenty of special grade sorcerers and old monsters hidden away."

"Going there alone is basically going to his death!"

"His death?"

Seated on the lectern, Satoru Gojo had changed into a black suit at some point.

He adjusted his sunglasses, the corner of his mouth curling into a smile of anticipation.

"Megumi, you're underestimating him."

"That kid's body has already developed to a point where even I can't accurately assess it."

"Who knows? He might really crack open the shell those stubborn old Zenin bastards hide behind."

Satoru Gojo stood up and stretched.

"Let's go, everyone."

"Your teacher's taking you on a trip to Kyoto."

"And while we're there, we'll catch a once-in-a-thousand-years demolition show."

The next day.

Kyoto.

The Zenin Clan Main House.

A grim, murderous atmosphere hung over the magnificent Japanese-style estate, with its sprawling grounds and centuries of history.

All the clan's elites, its elders, and even the old monsters who normally trained in seclusion.

Had been summoned to the plaza outside the courtyard.

They stood ready for battle.

"Clan head! Would that kid really dare come here?"

A clan elder asked nervously.

Naobito Zenin sat in the seat of honor, his face dark as a thundercloud.

"He killed Naoya. This is a blood feud!"

"Even if he doesn't come, the Zenin Clan will muster every last bit of its strength and tear him limb from limb!"

"Activate the Family Defensive Formation! Ready all special grade cursed tools!"

"Today, I'll make sure this arrogant monkey dies without so much as a grave!"

The instant Naobito Zenin finished speaking-

BOOOOM!!!!!

An earth-shaking crash thundered from the courtyard's main gate!

Then, immediately afterward...