Chapter 14: One-on-One Against Gojo Satoru.
Burning in Gojo Satoru's Azure Eyes was no longer just curiosity; it was a battle intent close to boiling and an ecstasy akin to discovering a peerless treasure.
The stable, pulsating thread of pure white light on Toho Hiroshi's fingertip was like a match, completely igniting the powder keg of "belligerence" within him.
"Hey! Toho!"
Gojo Satoru suddenly pulled down his sunglasses, his Rikugan blazing, nearly emitting tangible light. He pointed to the center of the training ground, "Let's fight! Now! Immediately! Right now! Let me personally experience what kind of monster you've become!"
Toho Hiroshi had just mastered the Reverse Cursed Technique; although his body was fine, his mental fatigue had not completely subsided.
He looked at the battle-ready Gojo Satoru before him and gave a wry smile, "Gojo, I just..."
"Just what? You've already mastered the Reverse Cursed Technique, so stop pretending to be weak."
Gojo Satoru gave him no chance to refuse. His figure flashed, and he was already in the center of the arena, arrogantly beckoning with his finger, "Hurry up, or I'll use 'Blue' to suck you over!"
Geto Suguru sighed and rubbed his forehead from the side, "Satoru, know when to stop..."
But his words were interrupted by Toho Hiroshi. Toho Hiroshi took a deep breath, and the slight fatigue in his eyes was replaced by a calm radiance.
He also yearned to test how far he could go now that he was free from worry. Gojo Satoru was the perfect opponent.
"Alright."
Toho Hiroshi straightened up and walked toward the training ground, "Then please guide me, Gojo."
"Haha! That's more like it!"
Gojo Satoru laughed excitedly.
The battle began almost the instant Toho Hiroshi stepped into the arena.
Without warning, Gojo Satoru slightly raised his fingertip, and an extremely condensed blast of Cursed Energy, like an invisible cannonball, instantly tore through the air and shot toward Toho Hiroshi's face.
The speed was comparable to the speed of sound.
If this were Toho Hiroshi three months ago, even with the Sharingan to perceive it, his body would never have been able to react.
But now—
Deep within his eyes, the eerie Mangekyo pattern instantly bloomed and spun.
The world suddenly slowed down in Toho Hiroshi's vision, and the trajectory of the Cursed Energy blast was clearly visible.
More importantly, the immense and terrifying Cursed Energy inside him—which had grown synchronously with the full liberation of the Mangekyo—roared into operation, granting him matching reaction time and speed.
He shifted his body and tilted his head.
His movements were fluid and precise. The Cursed Energy blast grazed his hair and slammed into the Barrier behind him, creating violent ripples.
"Oh? Not bad speed!"
Gojo Satoru raised an eyebrow, but his attack did not stop.
"Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue."
He formed a hand sign with one hand, his palm aimed at Toho Hiroshi.
A terrifying suction force instantly erupted. Gravel flew up from the ground, and Toho Hiroshi's body was uncontrollably dragged toward it.
Facing this nearly irresistible gravitational pull, the Mangekyo in Toho Hiroshi's eyes spun rapidly.
"Amaterasu!"
His focus point suddenly became scorching hot and distorted.
Whoosh—
A patch of void-like Black Flames spontaneously ignited in front of Gojo Satoru. It did not attack his body but burned precisely on the point of gravity generated by 'Blue.'
The characteristic of Absolute Annihilation erupted. The powerful suction force that twisted space was briefly 'burned' open by the Black Flames, and the gravitational field instantly became chaotic.
"Brilliant!"
Gojo Satoru was not surprised but delighted. His Rikugan frantically analyzed the mysteries of Amaterasu. "Using annihilation energy to directly destroy the Cursed Technique's effect? But these Black Flames can't touch me~"
Limitless Cursed Technique.
It silently activated.
The Amaterasu Black Flames tried to spread but seemed to hit an insurmountable invisible Barrier, burning uselessly half a meter in front of Gojo Satoru, unable to advance an inch further.
Infinite space isolated all attacks.
"Then, how about this move?"
Toho Hiroshi gave a low shout. Seizing the moment the gravity disappeared, he locked his eyes onto Gojo Satoru.
The Mangekyo pattern spun at an unprecedented speed, and his Dōjutsu Power outputted at an unprecedented intensity.
"Kamui!"
Crackle—
The space in front of Gojo Satoru let out a cringe-inducing, brittle sound, as if glass was being forcefully twisted and shattered.
The Limitless space, which should have provided absolute defense, was forcibly twisted and torn by a more domineering and strange Spatial Force, creating a transient, half-meter-wide Spatial Hole.
Limitless.
It was breached?
Although it was only a tiny spot, Gojo Satoru's Rikugan instantly captured this incredible scene, and for the first time, a look of genuine astonishment appeared on his face.
Now was the time—
Toho Hiroshi's figure lunged forward like a phantom, passing through the Spatial Hole that hadn't yet closed. His right fist, wrapped in massive Cursed Energy, solidly smashed into Gojo Satoru's defenseless abdomen.
Bang!
A heavy muffled thud rang out.
Gojo Satoru's body bent slightly, the astonished expression on his face frozen.
On the edge of the training ground, Geto Suguru and Ieiri Shoko simultaneously held their breath, their eyes filled with disbelief.
Toho Hiroshi had actually broken through the Limitless defense and struck Gojo Satoru.
Although the punch was clearly mostly negated by the automatic defensive Cursed Energy inside Gojo Satoru, the fact that he landed the hit was enough to shake the entire Jujutsu World!
Toho Hiroshi struck once and retreated, landing steadily several meters away. The Mangekyo in his eyes rotated slowly, and the Cursed Energy around him surged like a boiling ocean, turbulent and powerful, without any sluggishness or pain. The white light of the Reverse Cursed Technique flowed automatically within his body, constantly repairing the minor damage caused by the high-intensity use of his Dōjutsu.
Gojo Satoru slowly straightened up and rubbed his abdomen; not even his clothes were wrinkled there.
The astonishment on his face gradually vanished, replaced by an extremely complex, intensely excited, and even slightly manic smile.
"Haha... Hahaha..."
He chuckled softly, his shoulders shaking slightly, "Amazing... Truly amazing, Toho Hiroshi!"
He lifted his head, and the battle intent in his Azure Rikugan completely ignited, like a raging fire starting in the frozen sky.
"Limitless was directly breached... even if only for an instant... but you actually did it."
The Cursed Energy on his body began to release without reservation. A terrifying pressure instantly enveloped the entire training ground, and the air seemed to become thick and heavy.
"It seems if I don't get a little serious..."
Gojo Satoru cracked his wrists with a light click, his smile growing more arrogant and wild, "You might actually kill me!"
The battle had only just begun.
Toho Hiroshi and Gojo Satoru, with mutual understanding, engaged in a Taijutsu exchange.
Gojo Satoru wrapped his fists in Cursed Energy. Every punch contained the Power of Blue, moving so fast that they left afterimages, and possessing enough force to split mountains and shatter rocks.
Toho Hiroshi condensed the purple energy of Susanoo into a skeletal form, wrapping only his arms. This provided excellent defense while granting his fists terrifying destructive power. Every block and strike carried the sound of wind and thunder.
The two fought from the center of the training ground to the edges, their figures intertwining, the roars from their colliding fists and feet sounding like rolling muffled thunder.
It was a pure contest of strength and speed, a fierce collision between Cursed Energy and Dōjutsu Power, with the resulting shockwaves scraping away layer after layer of the ground.
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