Brutality

Yagami Jue's uppercut had slammed viciously into Noritoshi Kamo's abdomen.

There were no fancy tricks.

Pure impact force exceeding two hundred thousand tons erupted at that single point in an instant.

"Blergh-!"

Noritoshi Kamo doubled over like a cooked shrimp.

His usually composed face contorted instantly with agony, his eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets.

"That punch was worth twenty million."

Yagami Jue stared at him coldly. Before he even withdrew his fist, he followed up with a heavy knee strike.

"Bam!"

Noritoshi Kamo was launched straight into the air.

Yagami Jue didn't stop. He leaped up after him.

He traced a brutal arc through the air.

"Flowing Water Crushed Rock Fist: Heavy Artillery!"

Yagami Jue clasped his hands together like a colossal hammer that could split the heavens.

He smashed them down viciously onto the airborne Noritoshi Kamo!

"BOOOOM-!!!!!"

An earth-shattering crash rang out.

Noritoshi Kamo slammed through the arena like a meteor, embedding himself deep in the dirt below.

Dust billowed into the sky, obscuring everyone's vision.

Dead silence.

Every spectator in the stands froze.

Kyoto Jujutsu High's principal, Gakuganji, gripped his guitar so hard that he actually snapped one of its strings.

"Twang-!"

The piercing snap sounded especially clear in the silent venue.

"This... this is impossible..."

Even Gakuganji's voice trembled.

"Noritoshi is the Kamo Clan's legitimate heir, and he... finished him in three moves?"

"What's so impossible about that?"

Satoru Gojo sat in the VIP seats, happily eating from a box of takoyaki.

"Old man, I told you ages ago. Jue is a freak."

"All those bloodlines and Cursed Techniques you prize so much aren't worth a single sausage in his eyes."

Although Satoru Gojo was smiling, his Six Eyes remained fixed on Yagami Jue at the bottom of the crater.

He marveled inwardly, This kid's strength... has increased again. What a monster.

The dust cleared.

Yagami Jue landed at the crater's edge, his hands in his pockets, and stared coldly down at Noritoshi Kamo's blood-covered face.

Noritoshi Kamo wasn't dead yet.

He was, after all, a Jujutsu Sorcerer proficient in blood manipulation. At the last moment, he had cushioned his internal organs with blood.

But at least half the bones in his body were broken.

"Stop playing dead, young master Kamo."

Yagami Jue jumped into the crater, grabbed Noritoshi Kamo by the collar, and hoisted him into the air.

"You... you... monkey..."

Noritoshi Kamo cursed weakly, blood continuously spilling from his mouth.

"Smack!"

Yagami Jue delivered a resounding backhand slap.

"Monkey, my ass!"

"Your whole family's monkeys!"

"Now sign the fucking IOU."

Yagami Jue pulled a sheet of paper and a pen from somewhere and shoved them straight into Noritoshi Kamo's hands.

"Five hundred million Japanese yen."

"Short me a single yen, and I'll shove every drop of blood you just spat out back up your asshole. Try me."

Yagami Jue's voice was chillingly sinister.

The aura of the Heavenly Tyrant, who had slaughtered countless people, utterly overwhelmed Noritoshi Kamo.

Noritoshi Kamo stared at the IOU, trembling with rage.

But he saw genuine murderous intent in Yagami Jue's eyes.

This lunatic... really would kill me!

"I... I'll sign..."

His hand trembling with humiliation, Noritoshi Kamo signed his name on the IOU.

At that moment, he felt as though that single stroke had erased centuries of the Kamo Clan's glory.

"That's more like it."

Yagami Jue put away the IOU with satisfaction after blowing on the ink.

System, is the mission complete?

[Ding! Mission "Bloodline Crusher" complete!]

[Reward received: currency worth 100 million Japanese yen!]

[Obtained Top-Tier Taijutsu Fragment: "Monster Strength: Collapse Palm"!]

Hell yeah!

Yagami Jue laughed wildly inside.

A hundred million in his pocket, plus this five-hundred-million IOU. He'd made an absolute killing!

He casually tossed Noritoshi Kamo into the crater like a piece of trash.

"Next!"

Yagami Jue leaped out of the deep crater and stood on the arena again.

His blood-reddened hoodie snapped in the breeze.

"You lot from Kyoto Jujutsu High, quit standing there in a daze."

"The broom rider or that muscle-brained pervert, one of you get your ass up here."

"My pockets are still empty!"

"You bastard!!!"

Momo Nishimiya was furious. Riding her broom, she was about to charge forward.

"Nishimiya, come back."

Aoi Todo reached out with one large hand and firmly held her shoulder.

He slowly stepped forward, his Cursed Energy growing more concentrated with every step.

"As he is now, he's not someone you can handle."

"Physical combat at this level... only my soul is worthy of resonating with his!"

Aoi Todo jumped onto the arena and violently tore open his tattered shirt in front of Yagami Jue.

"My best friend! You really haven't disappointed me!"

"Defeating a boring guy like Kamo was just the appetizer!"

"Now, let us achieve true 'sublimation'!"

Aoi Todo abruptly brought his hands together with a crisp clap.

"Sublimation, my ass!"

Yagami Jue couldn't help snapping back again.

"You pervert, how many times do I have to tell you? I'm not your best friend!"

"Since you're up here, the rules stay the same."

"Five hundred million to buy your life. Dare to wager it?"

Aoi Todo paused, then burst into hearty, uproarious laughter.

"Hahahaha! Five hundred million?!"

"If it buys me a battle that makes my soul tremble, I'd pay you five billion!"

"But first, you'll have to be able to touch me!"

"Clap!"

Another clap rang out.

Aoi Todo vanished instantly from in front of Yagami Jue.

"Boogie Woogie!"

The scene before Yagami Jue's eyes seemed to flicker.

Aoi Todo, who had been standing in front of him, was instantly replaced by a piece of rubble blasted into the air.

Meanwhile, Aoi Todo himself appeared behind Yagami Jue on his left, a massive iron fist howling toward him with terrifying Cursed Energy.

Taking a cheap shot at my kidney?

Your kinks really are getting more twisted!

Yagami Jue snarked inwardly.

But he moved as fast as lightning.

He didn't even turn around.

He simply struck backward with Collapse Palm!

"BOOM!"

Palm met fist.

The newly mastered Monster Strength erupted at that instant.

It was like two heavy tanks colliding head-on.

The terrifying shock wave completely collapsed half the arena.

"That's my best friend! You can react instantly even to an attack from that angle!"

Aoi Todo was knocked back more than ten meters, but the fervor in his eyes only intensified.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

He clapped his hands frantically.

The rubble on the arena, the broken wooden posts, even the hood of Yagami Jue's hoodie.

All became mediums for his position swaps.

Countless afterimages of Aoi Todo instantly appeared across the arena.

Left, then right, above, then below.

Those dizzying spatial swaps nearly made the spectators below nauseous just watching.

"He's too fast! Todo's speed combined with his Cursed Technique is practically unbeatable!"

"Yagami Jue's met his match now. No matter how strong he is, it's useless if he can't land a hit!"

Hope reignited among the students of Kyoto Jujutsu High.

Can't land a hit?

Yagami Jue stood in the middle of the ruins, his gaze terrifyingly calm.

He closed his eyes.

Since his eyes could be deceived, he would use his True Perception, which had surpassed a hundred thousand.