Jujutsu World: Unlocking Killer Queen at the Start

"Oh, I see. So you're spent. You were forcing yourself to keep going when you fought me earlier, weren't you?" A savage grin appeared on Hayato Zenin's face.

"In that case, I'll help myself to your head."

Hayato Zenin slowly walked up to Kento Nanami and reached out with both hands.

With just a little force, he could snap this young jujutsu sorcerer's neck and make him part of his collection. But the next second, a silver-haired man grabbed his head from behind.

"Hey there, I'm not too late, am I, Nanami?" Satoru Gojo casually flung Hayato Zenin into a nearby wall.

Chapter 77: A Terrifying Shikigami-The Objective: Eliminate Satoru Gojo!

Boom!

A human-shaped hole instantly appeared in the solid concrete wall. The strength in Satoru Gojo's hand was simply jaw-dropping. "Cough, cough!"

Hayato Zenin coughed up great mouthfuls of blood. "You're Satoru Gojo!!!"

Hayato Zenin's gaze instantly darkened.

He had originally been a member of the Zenin Clan, but had fallen into becoming a curse user along the way. He knew something of Satoru Gojo's reputation.

It was a name that every curse user despised. As for Satoru Gojo's appearance...

It was no secret among curse users either.

That was why Hayato Zenin had recognized Satoru Gojo at a glance.

His signature sunglasses, his untamable demeanor, and that head of moon-white hair. These were all Satoru Gojo's trademarks.

"Cough, cough, cough. Satoru Gojo, you certainly live up to your reputation." Hayato Zenin coughed up a large mouthful of blood.

Satoru Gojo's seemingly casual throw had shattered his internal organs. Curse users were human too.

If they had not mastered reverse cursed technique...

An injury this severe meant certain death. "Satoru Gojo!!!"

Resentment surged in Hayato Zenin's eyes, and the cursed energy around him grew even more volatile.

He knew that once he encountered Satoru Gojo, he no longer had the slightest chance of surviving. So he decided to make him pay.

He would drag everyone down to hell with him, to accompany him in death! The malice in Hayato Zenin's eyes was almost tangible. "Come to hell with me, Satoru Gojo!"

Hayato Zenin viciously plunged his hand into his own chest, pulled out his still-beating heart, and crushed it. Kento Nanami's and Yu Haibara's pupils instantly shrank to pinpoints.

Although they did not understand the purpose behind Hayato Zenin's actions, a powerful sense of unease rose in both their hearts. Hayato Zenin grinned savagely.

This was his cursed technique, Reverse Sacrifice!

He sacrificed himself to a shikigami in exchange for its descent. Although he would undoubtedly die after the ritual ended...

It was enough!

"Satoru Gojo, feel fear! This is..."

Before Hayato Zenin could finish his threat, he fell into an eerie silence. An evil, ominous aura rose from his body.

It was as though some powerful, evil being had descended into Hayato Zenin's body. Crack, crack!

Hayato Zenin's head twisted unnaturally, and his entire body rose like a marionette. Immediately afterward...

Spider legs burst out of his body like spears, one after another.

In the blink of an eye, every part of Hayato Zenin's body except his head had mutated into the form of a spider. "Hiss, hiss!"

Unintelligible sounds came from the transformed Hayato Zenin's mouth.

He now looked like a giant spider with a human head. The garishly colored spider body made Kento Nanami's and Yu Haibara's scalps prickle.

This was their first time witnessing anything so shocking.

A human had transformed into a spider right before their eyes. "You're all going to die!"

Drool dripped from the corners of the spider Hayato Zenin's mouth, and his eyes were scarlet.

At the cost of his life, his strength had now reached Semi-Grade 1. "Satoru Gojo, die!"

The spider Hayato Zenin spat blood-red silk from his mouth, instantly weaving a massive web inside the basement. He perched on the web, watching Satoru Gojo and the others menacingly.

"G-Gojo, what exactly is that thing?" Yu Haibara was so frightened that even his voice trembled.

He had only just formally entered Jujutsu Society. When had he ever seen anything so horrifying? "Nothing much. Just an ugly, oversized spider."

Satoru Gojo remained perfectly calm.

Seemingly enraged by Satoru Gojo's words...

The spider Hayato Zenin opened his enormous mouth and unleashed blood-red silk like machine-gun fire. The strands were extremely numerous and incredibly fast.

If those strands struck someone...

Their body would probably be riddled with holes in an instant. "Gojo!"

Yu Haibara could not help crying out.

The silk was already less than a centimeter away from Satoru Gojo. It would take only a second.

No, not even a second for the silk to pierce Satoru Gojo's body. But...

The scene Yu Haibara imagined never came to pass.

Satoru Gojo still wore a smile, looking as relaxed and idle as ever. But...

The fiercely oncoming spider silk stopped a centimeter in front of Satoru Gojo, unable to advance any farther. Yu Haibara stared, dumbfounded.

It was as though an invisible barrier stood between the spider silk and Satoru Gojo.

It was this barrier that prevented the silk from ever reaching the space Satoru Gojo occupied. "Impossible! The silk can't even reach Satoru Gojo!"

The spider Hayato Zenin's eyes abruptly narrowed. His gaze was filled with incomprehension as he looked at Satoru Gojo.

After Reverse Sacrifice, his strength had reached a level he had never dared imagine before. Yet even now, his attacks had no effect whatsoever on Satoru Gojo.

Satoru Gojo suddenly vanished before the spider Hayato Zenin's eyes. "He disappeared!?"

Shocked and furious, the spider Hayato Zenin kept turning his head, searching for Satoru Gojo. "Hey, where are you looking, big spider? Can't find your way home?"

Satoru Gojo appeared behind the spider Hayato Zenin and casually kicked him off the web. "Damn it, how can he be so fast!!!"

Satoru Gojo's kick sent the spider Hayato Zenin's three-meter-long body crashing hard into the ground. Boom!

As the spider Hayato Zenin plummeted, the entire basement seemed to shake. Crash!

The powerful impact instantly shattered all the glass around the basement. A deep crater formed in the floor, and the basement lights flickered. The spider Hayato Zenin lay motionless in the crater.

He finally understood why the other curse users looked so deeply wary whenever they heard Satoru Gojo's name. Satoru Gojo truly was a monster!

The spider Hayato Zenin propped himself up on his eight spider legs. A large hole had opened in his abdomen.

Satoru Gojo had kicked straight through it.

If he had not summoned a shikigami to descend through Reverse Sacrifice, that blow would already have killed him.

However, he did not have much time left now.

The spider Hayato Zenin could feel the shikigami beginning to turn on him. Once he could no longer suppress its power, he would die for good. But before that...

"Heh heh heh, Satoru Gojo! Why can't jujutsu sorcerers just obediently accept death?" A brilliant green light flared in the spider Hayato Zenin's eyes.

The venom within them was horrifying. "Hah, hah!"

The spider Hayato Zenin panted heavily, his gaze fixed on Satoru Gojo. "Screee!!!"

The spider Hayato Zenin suddenly shrieked. Piercing sound waves echoed through the basement.

Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara covered their ears in pain. The sound waves were far too penetrating.

Even though they had covered their ears immediately, their eardrums still ruptured. Satoru Gojo, by contrast...

Remained as unruffled as ever.

He seemed completely unaffected.

The spider Hayato Zenin's sonic attack was undeniably powerful.

Under those terrifying sound waves, even the shattered glass was pulverized into powder across the floor. Yet it had no effect on Satoru Gojo.

The spider Hayato Zenin watched in despair as Satoru Gojo approached, step by step. He finally understood what despair meant.

It was like the gulf between a god and a human.

Humans could never harm a god. Even touching a god was sacrilege. "Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue."

Satoru Gojo extended his arm, and cursed energy gathered in front of him.

As he unleashed his cursed technique, a small spatial vortex appeared before him. As the black hole advanced...

The spider Hayato Zenin's hideous spider body was torn apart bit by bit, then sucked into the spatial vortex. Throughout the entire process, he could not move.

Partly because his earlier sonic attack had exhausted his strength. And partly because...

Under Satoru Gojo's cursed technique, even a simple movement of his body was too much to hope for. This was Satoru Gojo.

The Satoru Gojo whom every curse user wanted to kill.

As long as this man lived, no curse user would ever have a chance to rise. Not even the Zenin Clan and the Kamo Clan, fellow members of the Three Great Families.