One Lataib Unleashed, All Things Shattered!

Though the others lacked Senmu's ocular ability, as Second Tier powerhouses, they had long honed their responses to danger into something almost instinctive.

Even the slowest among them could see that sheer terror with their own eyes!

Shattering! Everything along the way was shattering!

Steel reinforcement, aluminum panels, concrete ground...

Everything was sliced straight through, and an intense sense of mortal danger stirred in the hearts of the four family heads.

The Ogiwara family head, who had shot toward him, was the first to bear the brunt. Yet there was no fear whatsoever on his face as he charged straight into the slashes tearing through space.

In an instant, his flesh broke into scattered chunks, but mere moments later, it reassembled in midair. He had no fear of physical attacks at all.

"Ridiculous. All bark and no bite!"

Sneering at Lu You, he sent the surging crimson flames sweeping skyward once more, crashing toward Lu You.

"Moron."

Lu You spoke flatly, not even sparing him a glance. Instead, he focused on Senmu, who was rapidly fleeing through the chemical industrial zone.

Think you can get away?!

"You!"

His fury soaring, the Ogiwara family head opened his mouth to curse, but a hot, metallic-tasting stream suddenly welled up in his throat and sprayed out, the blood evaporating in midair.

"How is this possible?!"

The crimson flames around him rapidly died away. Already struggling to hold out against the slashes, they now went out completely in an instant, vanishing along with the endless fragments.

He was supposed to be immune to physical attacks...

Lu You's indifferent sidelong glance seemed to regard an ant, as though... his opponent were nothing more than a bug.

The last thing immune to physical attacks had been called Logia Devil Fruit elementalization.

Having acquired the core trait "Soul Touch," Lu You could make all his attacks inflict soul damage whenever he wished.

It might not be noticeable with minor injuries, but if someone was sliced into chunks like this fellow, it would turn into true damage.

The Ogiwara family head felt that his flesh could no longer knit itself back together.

Endless fear suddenly rose in his heart.

He was going to die.

After tonight, the Ogihara family really would be finished.

"Heh, hahahahaha! Lu You, do you think you can escape? Even if you kill us all, you won't survive! Your parents committed monstrous crimes. You're certain to die!

"That great personage won't stand idly by, either!"

Splat! Lu You could not be bothered to listen.

The crimson flames went out completely. In a mere instant, this aristocratic family head who had looked down upon millions in Fuyuki City became pulverized bloody mist, scattered across the sky by the fierce wind.

Meanwhile.

Sensing what had happened, the other three family heads running at full speed were frightened out of their wits. Utterly at a loss, they cared only about fleeing, forgetting all about abilities and secret arts.

After all, against destruction on this scale, what ability could possibly turn the battle around?!

All they could do was run!

Whoever ran slowest would be on the front line!

"Does this guy's psychic energy never run out??"

Senmu darted between towering buildings and concrete structures, sensing the terrifying slashes closing rapidly behind him as they effortlessly sliced those massive buildings apart.

The vast net blanketing the world showed no sign of exhaustion. Instead, it only grew faster.

After all, the farther an ability traveled from its user, the weaker it became, and the more spiritual power it took to maintain.

Second Tier powerhouses could generally launch wide-area attacks on this scale.

The Ogiwara family head, for instance, could easily cover nearly half a town in his fierce flames.

But under normal circumstances, neither combatant would expand their attack range so casually. The reason was simple: every bit of spiritual power had to be put where it counted.

Precision, efficiency, and greater lethality-these were the essence of combat between psychic users.

But this guy... wasn't this over the limit?!

I want to report him! Someone's cheating!

Lu You held two fingers together, unleashing Lataib with all his strength. As the all-encompassing net of slashes ravaged the industrial zone, he sensed the spiritual power reserves remaining within him...

Then he smiled.

He still had ninety percent left.

Spiritual power like the sea was far too underhanded!

The Tiger Heavenly Emperor was even more outrageously underhanded!

It was hard to imagine who in Jujutsu Society, more than three hundred years later, could withstand Malevolent Shrine with a radius of several kilometers.

The Tiger Heavenly Emperor could even keep his domain open for nearly half a day.

After all, Satoru Gojo and Yuta Okkotsu could only maintain their domains for a few minutes.

"A powerful template really is great."

The full power he had been unable to unleash in Demon Slayer because he had to unlock it step by step could be used freely here. It felt absolutely incredible!

"Everything I've achieved is thanks to my own tireless efforts. Right, system?"

[The host is always correct.]

Yes, yes, yes. Everything you say is right.

Lu You was having a blast, but the fleeing men were ready to vomit. No matter where they raced like lightning, that all-encompassing net kept closing rapidly behind them.

Countless buildings and towers were destroyed along the way.

The roads looked as though they had been plowed back into raw dirt.

Some gang members in the middle of deals stared blankly at the apocalyptic scene.

"Run!!!"

The earth-shaking scream almost cracked.

As though a rat's nest had been broken open, countless figures fled in utter disarray, scrambling and crawling without the slightest hesitation.

A terrifying storm of debris rose throughout the industrial zone. Those were fine fragments of buildings and soil, and from a distance, they looked like a tornado stretching into the sky.

The unlucky ones perished outright in the slashes. Those fortunate enough to be out of line with the men's escape routes could still survive.

When gods fought, mortals suffered.

One Lataib fell, and all things shattered.

In this world, Lu You had reproduced the might of an almost fully realized Itadori for the first time.

He lowered his two fingers.

The sky-spanning net of blades slowly dissipated.

Once the slashes traveled a little farther, their chances of catching the targets decreased. Their speed was what it was, after all.

Senmu was the strongest, at the peak of the Mid-Second Tier. Killing him with slashes would be difficult.

Unless he was an idiot who stood still and let himself be killed, but that was impossible.

Besides, this man's ability likely lay in his eyes. Those purple pupils might possess some miraculous power. He would not be easy to kill.

The other three were all Early Second Tier. Their strength varied, and none were particularly fast, but they were clever enough to split up and run. Someone would always get away.

"In that case..."

Lu You pressed his palms together.

"Convergence... no, Thousandfold Convergence, Piercing Blood!"

Convergence was Choso's limit, but not Yuji Itadori's. As Lu You unlocked all his abilities, he could now do what Itadori could in his old age.

Whoosh! A faint ripple passed through the air.

Three bright red streaks of blood instantly pierced the void, letting out shrill whistles as they shot straight ahead. In the blink of an eye, they crossed several kilometers and pierced straight through the men's bodies!

Splat!

"Oh? None of them hit a vital spot?"

Clearly, the Second Tier really meant something. After all, Lu You had aimed for their hearts!

They had reacted in an extremely brief instant and still managed to adjust their positions against Piercing Blood's speed.

As expected of the four great families' battle-tested heads.

Except for the Ogiwara family head, who simply had something wrong with his brain.

"But my blood is poisonous."

Even after acquiring the spiritual blood physique, Lu You had retained that toxicity, enough to suppress his opponents for a while.

Though it might only last a few seconds against the Second Tier, that was already enough. Lu You pressed his palms together again.

Three streaks of blood swiftly pierced the three family heads' skulls.

The upper echelon who had held sway over Fuyuki City-the four great families' Second Tier powerhouses-had been completely wiped out!

Sensing Senmu's position again, he found that the man had almost left his detection range.

Lu You frowned. He was just about to advance in pursuit when he abruptly stopped, turned, and shot away.

Fuck, it looks like some old bastard has come out!

In the direction of Fuyuki City, brilliant golden radiance illuminated almost the entire urban area. Within his perception, a towering, ten-thousand-meter presence cast its gaze this way!

Terror! Great terror! Ultimate terror!

Third Tier?