Black Flash!

How could he hurt him now?!

Why?! Why could he hurt him?!

When he met Itadori, he knew he had a natural enemy. When he met Nobara Kugisaki, he knew he had a second natural enemy.

Where had this natural enemy come from?!

Yue Liusi paid Mahito no mind. His attention was entirely on himself-or, more precisely, on his special chakra.

Purely physical damage really did have little effect on Mahito.

But Yue Liusi's power was special chakra!

Chakra contained spiritual energy, energy that originated from the soul.

Spiritual energy could naturally damage the soul.

"Still not enough."

Yue Liusi clenched his fists, then vanished again.

Another heavy blow!

Mahito was injured again. Naturally, he would not just sit there and wait to die, and hurriedly used the souls stored inside his body again.

"Soul Multiplicity: Body Repel!"

The twisted monster formed from the merged souls roared as it charged at Yue Liusi!

But just then, he had already assumed his stance again.

He paid no attention to Mahito or the transfigured humans, immersing himself wholly in his own power.

The world seemed to come to a standstill.

That instant of clarity was fleeting.

He seized it!

Black light suddenly erupted from his fist!

Black Flash!

BOOM!!!

Mahito slammed into a tall building, sending dust flying.

Yue Liusi did not pursue him. Feeling that sense of clarity throughout his body, he gently exhaled.

He found that his understanding of his own power had deepened a little more.

This marvelous state of flow was truly intoxicating.

He had to admit, Black Flash was ridiculously nasty.

Although Black Flash delivered a critical hit rather than stacking power, meaning each strike raised the base value to the power of 2.5.

So no matter how many Black Flashes someone landed, the damage was more or less the same.

But that was a comparison between one Black Flash and another.

Compared with a strike before the critical hit, the difference was enormous.

This was closely tied to the jujutsu sorcerer's own strength.

One to the power of 2.5 was still one.

Ten to the power of 2.5 was already roughly 32 times the original value.

One hundred to the power of 2.5 was 1,000 times the original.

One thousand to the power of 2.5 was already an astonishing 31,622 times the original.

If Satoru Gojo's base value was 1,000, one Black Flash from him would have power equivalent to punching once every second for nearly nine hours without eating, drinking, or resting.

And all that damage was unleashed in an instant.

Of course, the actual base values were not that high.

But even 32 times was terrifying enough, wasn't it?

No wonder Sukuna got tilted after taking seven Black Flashes in a row.

It was like Wukong taking you out with two swings at level one despite your jungle protection.

Who wouldn't get tilted by that?

As for how strong Yue Liusi's critical hit had been, Mahito, barely able to stand amid the rubble, had already provided the answer.

"Mr. Yue, you're so strong!"

Itadori praised him sincerely. Yue Liusi's Black Flash had been far more effective than his own. He, too, had to work hard and catch up to Yue Liusi.

Only then could he realize his dream of wiping out every cursed spirit in the world!

"Hahaha..."

Just then, Mahito suddenly burst into laughter. His voice was piercing, filled with smugness and excitement.

"So... so that's how it is!"

"So this is what my soul looks like!"

"I really must thank you. Without that punch, I probably would have struggled to experience this feeling..."

There was great terror between life and death!

Mahito muttered to himself as though he had been reborn.

"I will break out of my cocoon and become a butterfly!"

So he declared.

"What's going on?"

Nobara Kugisaki was rather puzzled. Why had this cursed spirit suddenly gone crazy after taking a punch?

Had he been punched stupid?

"I don't know, but something feels wrong."

Itadori shook his head, frowning slightly.

Under everyone's gaze, Mahito raised his hand and covered his face.

The next second, as Idle Transfiguration activated, his body rapidly changed, ultimately becoming an alien monster with a tail, black blades extending from both elbows, and a hard shell covering his body.

"Come celebrate my rebirth!"

"Instant Spirit Body of Distorted Killing!"

This was Mahito's perfect form, and only now had he truly been born into this world as a curse!

"I'll kill you all to celebrate my rebirth."

So Mahito said.

Not far away, Yue Liusi simply watched quietly as he completed his transformation.

Then chakra surged, and a coat of gold, red, and white lava covered his entire body as his aura soared.

The next moment, he abruptly appeared before Mahito!

Boom!

A heavy, powerful punch blasted out. Mahito instantly flew backward, smashing through several walls in succession before barely coming to a stop.

"Haha, is that all?!"

Although the blow left him feeling a little winded, it had not done much actual damage.

He had not expected this man's method of attacking souls to be completely different from everyone else's. His shell could actually defend against it!

In other words, he was invincible in this form!

Yue Liusi said nothing and simply attacked again.

Without using any ninjutsu, he engaged Mahito's new form in pure close combat, bolstered only by Lava Release Chakra Mode!

"Should we go help?"

Aoi Todo was not afraid of Mahito's new form. Instead, he was eager to try fighting it.

"It looks like there's no need. Mr. Yue is probably using him as a whetstone."

Nobara Kugisaki shook her head, getting straight to the point.

Hearing this, the others could only back away and watch the two fight.

"It's useless! Hahaha!"

The sounds of collisions rang out one after another. Seizing an opening, Mahito suddenly drove his knee at Yue Liusi!

The latter swiftly raised his arm to meet it with his elbow, then lashed out with a sweeping kick.

Bam!

Mahito raised his arm to block and shifted a short distance sideways. Just then, Yue Liusi's speed abruptly surged.

In an instant, he was behind Mahito!

"I told you it's useless! You're just wasting your effort!"

But the instant those words left his mouth, Mahito suddenly saw something.

For some reason, he felt a little dazed.

What... was that?

Was that Jogo and the others...?

The illusion shattered, and his world suddenly went pitch-black.

There was no light, no sound, nothing at all.

Suddenly, beneath that boundless black curtain, a huge, blood-red word filled his vision: Death!

Only at that moment did he see the arm Yue Liusi had raised behind him.

I'll die!

After this strike!

I'll die!

Black flames bloomed once again!

BOOM!!!

With Instant Spirit Body of Distorted Killing forcibly dispelled, Mahito returned to his original appearance.

In front of him, a cone-shaped area stretching dozens of meters had been utterly destroyed.

As his strength increased, the effects of Lava Release Chakra Mode continued to grow stronger. Now, Yue Liusi's full-power strike, amplified by Black Flash, had left Mahito on the verge of death.

But looking at Mahito slumped on the ground like a puddle of sludge, Yue Liusi frowned slightly, sensing that something was wrong.