Seeing the essence of the matter, Yuuki didn't plan to say it, that cursed spirit was made of humans, a technique that could change human souls and turn them into cursed spirits, huh…
This was troublesome, it seemed a little tricky. He stared at the Grade 4 cursed spirits hidden in the forest again, and his pupils contracted violently.
Those cursed spirits were all made of animals, and their souls were crying…
"Toge…"
"What's wrong?"
Inumaki Toge heard Yuuki calling him, and asked.
"Hurry up and take Panda and Maki away, we seem to have fallen into a trap…"
Yuuki took off the backpack behind him, and took out the long sword from it.
"Let's use you as my test subjects, jujutsu sorcerers."
As a pleasant voice came from underground.
The soil loosened, and a white-haired earthworm cursed spirit appeared from it, and then its body began to twist and change its appearance, and finally stood in front of everyone, like an ordinary person.
There were obvious stitches on its limbs and face, and its long blue hair was divided into three strands and tied up.
Those cursed spirits lurking in the forest approached the four, and let out wails.
"Jijijiji...!"
"Kekeke...!"
"Hissss…"
All kinds of animal sounds came from their mouths, making people's scalps tingle.
"It's a little tricky." Panda was wary of the approaching cursed spirits around him. In theory, low-level cursed spirits wouldn't attack actively, was it because of this man?
"Tear them apart… cough!"
Inumaki Toge, who was preparing to attack that humanoid cursed spirit, spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Toge!?"
Panda and Zenin Maki were distracted.
"It's nothing, my throat is hoarse."
Inumaki Toge, who was kneeling on the ground, said, tearing at his throat, "Cough cough, this guy is a Special Grade."
"Eya, were you just planning to use 『Cursed Speech』 on me? It looks like the difference in strength is too big, huh."
Mahito stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, and continued, "I've been experimenting on this mountain for so long, and it's the first time I've met jujutsu sorcerers, let me touch you properly."
Hearing that the other party was a Special Grade cursed spirit, Panda and Zenin Maki exchanged glances.
They shouted, "You're just a Special Grade, hurry up and get lost. Be careful that my Yuuki big brother shows his power and cuts you into scraps."
Panda: "Yeah, my Yuuki big brother once suppressed the Special Grade cursed sorcerer Geto Suguru with his own strength. If you know what's good for you, hurry up and get lost, or you'll kick the bucket when my big brother shows his power!"
"..."
"Can you two stop bragging and bringing me into this, I was just squatted by that Geto Suguru guy this afternoon…"
Yuuki complained in his heart.
"Yuuki…, Geto…"
Mahito touched his chin with his left hand, and after thinking for a moment, he recalled what Geto Suguru had told him, "Don't get caught by a jujutsu sorcerer called Yuuki, his technique is a natural counter to you, those eyes can directly tear souls apart."
"Oh! So you're called Yuuki, huh?"
"..."
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
Yuuki saw that Mahito didn't have the desire to attack at this moment, and also upheld the attitude of not attacking if he could talk.
After all, Maki and the others were here, if they were touched by his hands and used his technique, they would die!!
Although he could forcibly pull him into his left eye, he couldn't guarantee that he could kill him. After all, he could change his soul form, and might turn into an earthworm like just now.
"It's great that we can talk normally, I heard that your technique can directly attack souls, it's great, I have a question that I want to discuss with you."
Mahito seemed to have found a kindred spirit, and asked excitedly, "Yuuki-kun, do you think the soul came first or the body came first?"
"..."
Seeing that Yuuki didn't answer, Mahito continued, "You, who can see through the essence of the soul, should know, right? Is it that the soul is parasitic in the body, or the soul is wrapped outside the body, what conclusion do you think?"
"That's a difficult question to answer."
Yuuki muttered in his heart, lowered his head and looked at his hand, the soul was parasitic in the body.
Just like the situation with Himura Mafuyu and Himura Tama at this moment, two souls were living in one body.
He responded, "The former."
"No, it's the latter."
Mahito raised his right hand, and then shaped it into a long sword, and said, "The soul is always before the body, the shape of the body will be changed by the changes in the soul,"
"That's just your technique, maybe you were born like this, arbitrarily tampering with the appearance of other people's souls," Yuuki explained from what he thought was a professional point of view.
"Since our views are different, then we can only have a fight."
Mahito's hands were wrapped in ghostly purple cursed energy, and said with a smile, "I'll turn you into my thing, and then use those eyes of yours to observe this world properly!"
The system task was released.
[Task: Defeat the Special Grade cursed spirit, Mahito. Task Reward: 50 points, permanent increase of 400 cursed energy.]
"It can't be helped, huh…"
Yuuki said speechlessly. The Sage markings on his face began to appear, and a scarlet skeleton covered his body, and said, "Panda, Maki, take Toge and leave, I'll deal with this and catch up, this is a Special Grade."
The two looked at each other, and also knew that they were completely holding him back if they fought a Special Grade.
Panda picked up Inumaki Toge, who had been backlashed by 『Cursed Speech』, and said, "Hurry up and come over, Yuuki. Don't fight him to the death."
Zenin Maki glanced at Yuuki's back, bit her lip and said, "I'll be waiting for you at the foot of the mountain," and then left.
"Of course, after all, I won't die that easily."
Yuuki rubbed his shoulders, feeling the others leaving. He said, "You know Jogo, right? The one who spits fire."
"I know him, oh, what's wrong?"
"If you can still go back alive, give him a message for me, I'll cut off the Mount Fuji on his head next time we meet!"
As Yuuki said this, blood began to flow from his left eye, and he looked directly at Mahito's soul, bringing him into the 『Boundary』.
"Huff…"
The sound of breathing echoed in the space.
The surrounding scenery didn't change, but Mahito couldn't feel the cursed energy in his body at this moment, as if his soul had been pulled out.
He looked down at his hands, and said with emotion, "What a magical technique, it actually forcibly brought my soul into a space that only belongs to you, but this technique should be more than that, right?"
Mahito looked around curiously, he wanted Yuuki more and more at this moment. He asked, "What Grade are you again?"
"Grade 2."
Yuuki's voice echoed throughout the space, and four mirrors appeared in the sky above, Yuuki's figure appeared in them, staring at Mahito on the ground.
He said, "Wait for your soul to be torn apart."
"Crack—!"
As blood began to flow from his right eye, the space began to shatter.
He had dared to chase Geto Suguru alone before because the 『Mirror Shatter』 under 『Sage Mode』 had been greatly strengthened, making him think that it was enough to solo Geto Suguru.
But he didn't expect that there would be three Special Grade old sixes squatting on him, making him feel very depressed. Forcibly exchanging with Geto Suguru wasn't worth it, it was really annoying.
Even after he died, he was still so cunning! As the space began to shatter, the slowly spreading cracks made "crack" sounds.
Feeling the feeling of his soul being torn apart, Mahito began to get excited. He said, "What a wonderful touch, this kind of pain that directly hits the soul is the first time I've experienced it!"
Yuuki, who was watching all of this, didn't say anything, his right eye rotated slowly, and the cracks in the field began to spread.
Mahito's laughing voice echoed in the space, seemingly very interested in this. The skin on his arms cracked, and his body, like his own consciousness, began to contract the injured areas.
"It's getting smaller…"
Yuuki recorded this scene in his mind, after all, he was a little special, just like how humans would subconsciously move away when their bodies were injured, his soul was the same.
"Crack—!"
As the spatial cracks spreading in the 『Boundary』 increased, the thing that Yuuki was most worried about still happened, his form turned into an earthworm, squirming around in the places that hadn't been touched by the spatial cracks.
"Eya, I feel like my soul has sublimated. Although I really want to continue to hold on, I'm still scared, scared that this move will turn me into starch."
Mahito's earthworm body grew an arm, and touched the spreading spatial cracks. In an instant, his fingers twisted and broke directly.
He laughed loudly, "Hahaha! It's really scary. But to tell you the truth, this isn't all of my soul, oh, the rest is chasing after your companions!"
"Crack—!!"
In the mirror, Yuuki's right eye showed signs of shattering.
"You're distracted, you're distracted! Your weakness is indeed those companions! Your soul is trembling, oh!"
Mahito laughed loudly. He knew that he couldn't escape at this moment, so he just wanted to stimulate him.
Today, in order to test the diversity of the soul, he had divided his soul into two parts, and both had turned into himself.
He wanted to see if it would produce the so-called 『soul』 divergence.
But unfortunately, the soul consciousness was common, which meant that he had to calculate more efficiently how to control two bodies.
"Hehehe! Although you destroyed half of my soul, I'll recover soon, and I'll definitely get you at that time!!"
"Crack—!!"
The cracks spread throughout the space, like ice that was about to shatter. This space couldn't take it anymore, and turned into starch along with the frenzied Mahito.
Yuuki's right eye was cracked, as if it was broken. Looking at the low-level cursed spirits that were attacking 『Susanoo』, he didn't hesitate much, and turned around to chase after the direction that Maki and the others had left.
These cursed spirits… Were really dancing on his minefield!!!
Yuuki, who was extremely angry, had become numb to the pain in his eyes, and all he wanted to do at this moment was to catch up with Maki and the others, and the black Sage markings on his face had also faded.
"This kid is so easy to fool, a few words and he's ignited."
Mahito, who had turned into a snake, hung on a tree, looking at the departing Yuuki.
He said with emotion, That thing that looks like a skeleton is really hard, it made my hands a little sore from hitting it.
Never mind, I'll just lose half of my soul, anyway, as long as I'm not completely destroyed, I can't die. Since I've had enough fun, it's time to join Geto and the others!
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