Facing the burning meteor that blotted out the sky and thundered down with world-ending force, countless responses flashed through Sukuna's mind, only for him to reject them all in the next instant.
Take it head-on? Absolutely impossible.
He would undoubtedly die if he took a natural disaster of this magnitude head-on. Even running Reverse Cursed Technique at full power would be too much of a stretch.
Escape?
The restraints of Wood-Fire Purgatory had already been destroyed by the shock wave preceding the meteor.
But he was too close, the meteor's impact area was too vast, and it was falling too fast. There was simply no time to leave the central kill zone.
That left only one choice.
"Domain Expansion-"
Sukuna's resolute voice, mixed with the humiliation of being driven into a corner, thundered across the battlefield, which the meteor's light had turned into a vision of purgatory!
"-Malevolent Shrine!"
Buzzz-!!!
Dark red light instantly spread out from Sukuna, covering hundreds of meters around him!
The phantom of an enormous shrine made from countless bones appeared, radiating endless bloodlust and brutality!
It was a standard open domain, its interior space seemingly stretching on forever.
This was Malevolent Shrine, the King of Curses' innate domain!
Its sure-hit effect consisted of Dismantle slashes that could strike simultaneously from any angle without warning!
Within this domain, Sukuna's slashes would be strengthened to their absolute limit!
The reason Sukuna had been unwilling to expand his domain lightly before was simple.
Domain Expansion consumed enormous amounts of energy, and once the domain ended, he would inevitably enter a period of "cursed technique burnout."
During this time, he would be unable to use core cursed techniques such as Dismantle and Cleave, and his cursed energy circulation would also become sluggish.
Against an opponent of Madara Uchiha's caliber,