Chapter 67: Severing the Old Order
Toho Hiroshi's icy words echoed in the secret chamber, carrying absolute authority and disdain.
Oni Yamagao, who had been flung against the wall, struggled to stand up from the rubble, the writhing black and red blood energy surrounding him surging violently as if boiling.
"Ant! How dare you profane divine might!"
A deep, hoarse roar, seemingly composed of the screams of countless vengeful spirits, erupted from Oni Yamagao's featureless face.
The terrifying Cursed Energy of the Special Grade Cursed Spirit surged once more; it had been thoroughly enraged by Toho Hiroshi's contemptuous attitude and the previous strike.
The viscous, blood-like energy on its surface compressed and condensed madly inward, emitting a chilling "crack" sound, quickly covering its entire body and forming a set of Dark Red Armor that was sharply angled, covered in spikes, and etched with bizarre patterns.
The armor was ancient and hideous, seemingly forged from countless solidified blood clots and twisted resentment, giving off a sense of massiveness and ominousness far exceeding the hardness of steel.
The blood glow from the Cursed Blade in its hand became even more brilliant, like a blood moon, and the sword pressure was nearly materialized.
"Blood for armor, resentment for blade! This is my peak form! Witness the true terror from the heian period!"
Oni Yamagao roared, its massive body transforming into a blood shadow as it charged forward again.
This time, its speed was faster, its strength fiercer. Every step shook the ground, and the Cursed Blade tore through the air with a mournful shriek, heading straight for Susanoo's head.
This strike gathered all the malice and power it had accumulated during its thousand years of sealing, enough to cleave mountains and break peaks.
Facing this aggressive strike, which seemed capable of destroying everything, Toho Hiroshi, inside the Susanoo, maintained eyes as indifferent as ice.
He didn't even make any attempt to dodge or defend.
Just as the blood-colored Cursed Blade was about to strike—
"Kagutsuchi."
The Rinnegan in Toho Hiroshi's left eye flickered slightly, and Dōjutsu Power circulated.
The form of the massive blue energy greatsword in Susanoo's hand suddenly changed. Black flames, like liquid shadow, erupted from the blade, instantly wrapping around it.
The black flame greatsword burned silently, emitting extreme heat and stillness capable of incinerating souls.
The next second, the greatsword burning with the Kagutsuchi Flame lightly swept upward, meeting Oni Yamagao's full-force blood blade.
There was no earth-shattering collision sound as expected.
There was no stalemate.
It was like a red-hot blade slicing into solidified grease.
Pffft!
The Cursed Blade, which concentrated Oni Yamagao's massive blood Cursed Energy, began to silently melt and disintegrate from the tip the moment it touched the Kagutsuchi Sword.
Even its seemingly indestructible blood-colored armor was ridiculously fragile before the black flames.
The Kagutsuchi Sword sliced through the Cursed Blade without hindrance, then through Oni Yamagao's arm, through its heavy chest plate, and finally, it cut straight through the center of its massive body.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment.
Oni Yamagao's momentum stopped abruptly.
It lowered its head, staring in disbelief at the rapidly expanding, black-flame-burning fissure across its chest.
"Impossible... My Blood Armor... is..."
Its words were intermittent, filled with shock and confusion. No blood flowed from the severed wound; only the relentlessly spreading, fiercely burning Amaterasu Flame rapidly devoured its body, which was composed of resentment and Cursed Energy.
Black flames shot up into the sky, completely engulfing Oni Yamagao's massive body.
It let out an extremely mournful shriek, struggling madly, attempting to extinguish the flames on its body, even mobilizing vast blood Cursed Energy to fight back, but everything was in vain.
The Amaterasu Flame will never extinguish until the target is completely incinerated.
In just a few breaths, its howling weakened. The armor and flesh-like energy on its surface were entirely reduced to nothingness. Its massive body rapidly shrunk and charred, ultimately leaving only a scorched, incomplete, and continuously twitching Core, lying motionless on the ground.
Only scattered black flames still flickered upon it, proving the lingering power of that devastating strike.
Toho Hiroshi slowly walked toward its ruined body, looking down upon this so-called "heian period powerhouse."
"It seems the times have truly changed."
His voice was cold, without a hint of emotion.
Pain, fear, and disbelief filled the remnants of Oni Yamagao's remaining eye.
It struggled to open its mouth, seemingly wanting to say something more.
But Toho Hiroshi was no longer interested in listening.
He raised his hand, and pitch-black rods materialized in his palm.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
The black rods shot out instantly like precise execution nails, plunging one after another into the limbs, torso, and every critical joint of Oni Yamagao's remaining body, pinning it firmly to the cold ground.
"Ugh, ahhh—"
Oni Yamagao let out a final desperate shriek. Its remaining Cursed Energy was completely disrupted and sealed by the black rods, leaving it utterly devoid of all mobility, only a faint consciousness remaining to endure endless pain and humiliation.
Toho Hiroshi glanced indifferently at his handiwork. The light of the Rinnegan gradually faded, and the gigantic Susanoo dissolved into blue specks of light.
He turned away, no longer looking at the ancient Cursed Spirit pinned to the ground, and muttered indifferently, "Barely qualified to be a collector's item."
"As for your blade."
Toho Hiroshi lifted his foot and kicked the Cursed Blade tightly gripped in Oni Yamagao's hand into the air.
Having left Oni Yamagao's control, the blood-colored Cursed Blade did not fall, but hovered in mid-air, buzzing and trembling, seemingly resisting Toho Hiroshi's call.
"Oh?"
As soon as his voice fell, the body of the scarlet blade suddenly underwent a change!
A hideous mouth, formed of flowing dark red energy, suddenly opened, revealing sharp teeth, and without hesitation, it bit down on the buzzing, trembling blood-colored Cursed Blade in mid-air.
"Crunch—"
A teeth-grinding sound of shattering rang out.
The Cursed Blade, originating from the heian period and containing ferocious Cursed Energy, was easily crushed and swallowed by the massive energy mouth like a fragile biscuit.
Gulp.
Faintly, a swallowing sound could be heard.
The giant mouth on the body of the scarlet blade closed contentedly, then merged into the blade like a phantom and vanished.
The entire process was swift as lightning, carrying an incomparably savage predatory instinct.
Toho Hiroshi paused slightly, looking down at the saber in his hand.
After swallowing the Cursed Blade, the body of the scarlet blade seemed to become darker and deeper. The flowing dark red sheen appeared to possess life, faintly emitting an aura that was sharper and more ravenous than before.
He could even sense a violent surge of Cursed Energy inside the blade being rapidly decomposed, absorbed, and converted for its own use.
"Heh."
Toho Hiroshi bent a finger and lightly flicked the body of the blade, which was slowly ceasing its buzz, producing a clear, ringing chime.
"That certainly saved me some trouble."
His tone betrayed neither joy nor anger, as if he were merely commenting on a trivial matter.
This weapon, which had followed him for a long time, always seemed to bring him small "surprises" with its ferocity and growth potential.
He stopped paying attention to the changes in his saber and glanced across the chaotic secret chamber.
The ancient Cursed Spirit, Oni Yamagao, pinned down by the black rods and sucked into Kamui Space.
The ground was covered in severed limbs and gore.
As well as The Higher-Ups' Conference Hall, which had been completely destroyed.
The old order had been completely severed. After today, the sky of the Jujutsu World would change forever.
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