The Dragon God himself was a bit dazed.
This was the finale version, the genuine ceiling of the work.
He had made full preparations, anticipating every situation before the first strike, thinking of all the scenarios from the original work and how he should fight Ryomen Sukuna.
But no matter what, he never expected Ryomen Sukuna to die on the spot without even activating Domain Expansion!
No.
It should be said that it was precisely because Ryomen Sukuna arrogantly believed there was no need to activate Domain Expansion in that instant of eye contact that he died directly.
Ryomen Sukuna made the same mistake as Gojo Satoru in the original work—
Arrogantly believing himself to be invincible under the heavens, he wanted to take the opponent's first strike and adjust his own strength according to the situation.
And then he adjusted himself into nonexistence.
It was the same logic as Gojo Satoru seeing Mahoraga killed in one hit and thinking his Limitless was invincible, thus relaxing his guard, only to be cut in half by Ryomen Sukuna's World Slash.
Unknowingly, Mahito had truly earned a seat at the table of Jujutsu Kaisen's power ceiling.
This meant he had truly become an existence on the same level as Gojo Satoru and Ryomen Sukuna.
The most obvious example at this level is:
If one does not maintain constant vigilance, one will die instantly.
As Gojo Satoru demonstrated in the original work.
"So, I've already become this strong."
The Dragon God muttered to himself, suddenly feeling like laughing.
Next, the Dragon God raised his hand to form a seal.
—Dharma Realm Reincarnation Nirvana Realm.
Thump!
A hand thrust out from the white sand.
Ryomen Sukuna returned from death.
He was stunned for two or three seconds before suddenly exploding in fury.
"Mahito!"
"It's not over yet, Sukuna!"
The Dragon God let out a thunderous laugh, the echo of his voice spreading to the entire world.
"Until I completely analyze your Soul, you will be revived and killed by me countless times!"
"Your act of engraving your Cursed Technique into your Soul prevented me from directly peeking into your Soul, which was originally foresight, but now it will become the source of your pain."
"I will tear you into a thousand pieces, King of Curses!"
Ryomen Sukuna roared while forming a seal.
"Let me show you my Domain Expansion—!"
"Malevolent Shrine!"
The Dragon God swung his blade for the third time.
Boom!
The advantage of Malevolent Shrine lies in its barrierless Domain.
While anyone can enter, the Domain Expansion also extends to a 200-meter radius.
Because it has no boundary, it cannot be destroyed unless Ryomen Sukuna himself stops it.
Or unless the barrierless Domain Expansion itself is placed on another barrier and that barrier is collapsed by a master on Tengen's level.
Otherwise, no one can strip away Malevolent Shrine.
These two conditions were nearly impossible.
But in the original work, there existed another way to destroy Malevolent Shrine:
Inflict injuries on the caster, Ryomen Sukuna, heavy enough to force the release of Domain Expansion.
When Gojo Satoru fought Ryomen Sukuna in the original work, this was the method he used.
The Dragon God applied Inverse to himself and used Falling Blossom Emotion, then charged into Malevolent Shrine without hesitation.
The slashes of Malevolent Shrine are divided into two types:
Cleave and Dismantle.
These two types of slashes indiscriminately attack everything within the Domain Expansion's range.
Dismantle is used for things without Cursed Energy, and Cleave is used for living beings with Cursed Energy, destroying everything within range without any blind spots.
For this terrifying Domain Expansion, the Dragon God was well prepared.
Because Limitless is an infinite spatial isolation, it fails against the sure-hit effect of a Domain Expansion.
Inverse is exactly the opposite.
Although this technique has various limitations and is far less useful than Limitless in normal states, it is specifically effective for defending against direct attacks.
Even in a Domain Expansion, as long as it doesn't reach the technique's upper limit, it remains effective.
Cleave simply wouldn't work against Inverse.
Falling Blossom Emotion can automatically counter Cursed Energy that crashes into oneself.
Dismantle, though terrifying, has the flaw of needing contact to be effective.
In the original work, Gojo Satoru once used Falling Blossom Emotion to counter Ryomen Sukuna's Domain Expansion.
Dismantle could not work against Gojo Satoru while he had Falling Blossom Emotion active.
Naturally, it wouldn't work against the Dragon God, who was also using Falling Blossom Emotion now.
In the original work, Gojo Satoru was covered in wounds even while using Falling Blossom Emotion against Malevolent Shrine.
This was because he specialized the collision mechanism against Cleave, which could kill him in one hit, while choosing to use his own Cursed Energy reinforcement to tank Dismantle, just as he had used Cursed Energy reinforcement to tank Jogo's Coffin of the Iron Mountain back then.
Now, the Dragon God went a step further.
He used Inverse to compensate for the weakness of Cursed Energy reinforcement and used Falling Blossom Emotion specifically to defend against Cleave, which could kill through differences in Cursed Energy.
The Dragon God stepped into Malevolent Shrine completely unharmed!
Just as Mahito had specifically prepared the Fusion Knight to deal with Gojo Satoru's Unlimited Void, he had already prepared the combination of Inverse and Falling Blossom Emotion to face Malevolent Shrine.
When it comes to targeting and countering, transmigrators are professionals!
Instant Movement, Cutting Line, Star Rage, Boogie Woogie, Divine Might—
One more time!
Ryomen Sukuna's expression was a mixture of shock and rage.
With the Dragon God's second strike, Kirigiri finally landed a true hit on Ryomen Sukuna, slicing away half of his body!
Even Ryomen Sukuna couldn't have predicted that his Domain Expansion would be completely useless.
He tried to establish a Binding Vow at the critical moment but failed.
The Divine Might Eye froze the Cursed Energy in his body, preventing him from using a Binding Vow.
Malevolent Shrine lasted for less than 0.002 seconds before vanishing completely.
Ryomen Sukuna died a second time!
The Dragon God suddenly reached out and grabbed something, and from the distant Yellow Springs, Ryomen Sukuna let out a pained cry.
The Dragon God smiled.
"I've finally reached it... your Soul!"
Then, the Dragon God formed a third hand seal:
—Dharma Realm Reincarnation Nirvana Realm!
"It's not over yet, Sukuna," the Dragon God said.
"Until I've truly whittled you down to the level of a single finger, thoroughly analyzed your Soul, and finally tossed you into the Sakurajima Barrier to serve as nourishment for my Apotheosis Ritual... there's still a long way to go."
Thud!
Ryomen Sukuna's hand emerged from the white sand for the third time.
"Mahito—!! Aaaaaaaah—!!"
Ryomen Sukuna crawled out from the white sand, his voice like a vengeful ghost.
"How dare you tear my Soul apart and humiliate me like this!"
"I will tear you into a thousand pieces!"
"I'll make you regret ever being born into this world!!"
Possessing his peak—
No, with a portion of his Soul shaved away, leaving him with the power of nineteen fingers—
Ryomen Sukuna's roar at this moment carried the same venomous and mournful fury as the one-finger version in the original work when it was crushed by Gojo Satoru.
"Come."
The Dragon God reached out and beckoned slightly.
"I'm looking forward to it."
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