Chapter 101: The Ancient Powerhouse of the Contract
However, just as Mahito was about to be completely annihilated, Kenjaku, who had been watching coldly and seemed to be controlling the Cursed Spirit army, curved his lips into an eerie smile.
"Finished? No, this is just the beginning."
He abruptly clapped his hands together, and the Cursed Energy around his body began to spin in a strange manner.
"Maximum Technique: Uzumaki."
Centered on him, a massive dark Uzumaki suddenly appeared, formed by countless Cursed Spirit remnants and Cursed Power, erupting with powerful suction and shockwaves.
Fushiguro Toji, who was preparing to charge him, bore the brunt of the attack, being violently shaken back by this sudden, immense force, making it impossible to approach for the moment.
And Kenjaku's goal was never to fight to the bitter end.
Taking advantage of Yuki Tsukumo being slightly delayed by the Cursed Spirit army and the interval created by Fushiguro Toji's retreat, he reached out toward the purest core of cursed essence left behind after Mahito dissipated.
"Cursed Spirit Manipulation: Absorption."
That mass of cursed essence, containing the core Cursed Technique of Idle Transfiguration, was easily absorbed and incorporated into Kenjaku's body.
"Hahahaha! It is done!"
Kenjaku let out a triumphant laugh, feeling the newly acquired power.
He no longer desired to fight, rapidly retreating while simultaneously forming an ancient and complex hand sign with both hands.
"Specters sleeping in the shadows of history, the time to fulfill the contract has come!"
"Idle Transfiguration—Awaken!"
An invisible yet immense cursed fluctuation, large enough to envelop all of Shibuya and even spread outward, rippled across the entirety of Japan like a stone dropped into water.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
In different corners of Shibuya and hidden places across Japan, bodies that had long lost their vitality, ancient Cursed Objects, or dormant Cursed Spirits, were forcibly injected with "souls" and "forms" at this moment, opening eyes filled with malice and ancient aura!
The powerhouses who had signed contracts with Kenjaku over the millennia were forcibly awakened and reshaped by him using Idle Transfiguration, descending upon this world.
The moment Kenjaku absorbed Mahito and used Idle Transfiguration to awaken the millennial specters, Toho Hiroshi, hovering above Shibuya, clearly sensed the foundation of the world's "Cursed Energy" suddenly boil and surge, like an icy lake receiving a scorching boulder.
Countless ancient, savage Cursed Energy signatures, filled with the dust of history, erupted consecutively like dormant volcanoes across Japan and even more distant places.
The curses carried by these specters, forcibly awakened by Kenjaku through contracts and Cursed Techniques, far surpassed the quality and quantity of ordinary Cursed Spirits bred in the modern era.
That was the crystallization of human negative emotions and obsessions accumulated over hundreds or thousands of years—a true "Curse Feast."
"It finally succeeded."
Toho Hiroshi stood in the void, the Rinnegan beneath his swirl mask faintly flickering.
He could feel the Gedo Statue, sleeping beneath the Star Plasma Cult headquarters, emitting an unprecedented pulse of hunger.
Tsunami-like Cursed Energy was frantically pouring into the Statue's body through invisible channels, its efficiency far exceeding the past.
Kenjaku's madness was precisely the "catalyst" he had been anticipating.
This conspiracy spanning a millennium had finally detonated the vast curse hidden in the shadows of history, turning it into a feast to nourish the eye of the moon plan.
"The time has come."
Toho Hiroshi's figure slowly descended, moving toward the battlefield that had become the absolute focal point—the center of the decisive battle between Sukuna and Mahoraga, and the location where Kenjaku, Yuki Tsukumo, and Fushiguro Toji were confronting each other... In the center of the battlefield, the fight between Sukuna and Mahoraga had reached a fever pitch.
"Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine."
Sukuna maniacally laughed as he deployed his Innate Domain.
The invisible shrine enveloped Mahoraga, and endless slashes swept through like a storm.
However, the wheel atop Mahoraga's head spun frantically; its adaptability had reached its peak, and the damage effect of the slashes was rapidly diminishing.
"Interesting! Too interesting! You can even adapt to my slashes!"
Sukuna was not surprised but rather delighted, his eyes flashing with the excitement of discovering a new toy.
He could feel that the regular slashes, Dismantle and Cleave, would soon become completely ineffective against it.
"In that case... how about you try this."
Sukuna formed different hand signs with both hands, and his immense Cursed Energy transformed into scorching heat.
"Kama!"
"Open!"
Boom—
A massive, dark-red arrow of flame—or rather, a destructive torrent of energy imbued with the property of cleaving everything—whose edges carried ripples of spatial distortion, instantly swallowed Mahoraga.
The wheel atop Mahoraga's head emitted sounds of unbearable stress and cracking. It attempted to adapt to the flame attack, but the explosive, widespread destructive power of "Open" exceeded its limit for instantaneous analysis.
The massive Shikigami let out a silent roar within the dark-red energy torrent, its body being torn apart and incinerated inch by inch, finally being completely annihilated.
The massive explosion swept across hundreds of meters, turning everything into scorched earth and molten, glassy matter.
Before the shockwaves of the explosion had dispersed, Sukuna stood firm in the center of the scorched earth, slowly lowering his arms, a cruel smile of satisfaction on his face.
However, at the exact moment Mahoraga was destroyed, Fushiguro Megumi, who had been taken to a safer area by Aoi Todo due to exhaustion, suddenly shuddered.
He clearly felt that the connection between himself and Mahoraga, which had previously been filled with resistance and uncertainty, suddenly became clear, stable, and obedient the moment Mahoraga was destroyed by Sukuna's absolute power.
In the instant of its death, Mahoraga acknowledged Fushiguro Megumi's qualification as a summoner, completing the final "Taming."
From then on, the strongest Shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique would truly be used by Fushiguro Megumi.
"Heh... an interesting brat."
Sukuna naturally sensed this as well, but he paid it no mind.
His gaze swept past the scorched earth and landed on the other side—
There, Yuki Tsukumo had just swept away the Cursed Spirit army summoned by Kenjaku with destructive force, Cursed Energy fiercely burning on her golden ohrun.
Fushiguro Toji held the inverted spear of heaven, his eyes fiercely fixed on Kenjaku, who had temporarily distanced himself using the Uzumaki shockwave.
And Kenjaku, having absorbed Mahito and awakened the ancient specters, seemed to have achieved his primary goal and did not intend to fight these two to the death, his figure flickering as he searched for an opportunity to withdraw.
Sukuna licked his lips, his four eyes simultaneously locking onto Yuki Tsukumo and Fushiguro Toji.
"Woman, your strength is decent... And that guy, he actually doesn't have a single bit of Cursed Energy on him."
"Interesting, interesting!"
His wild voice echoed across the battlefield: "Come and play with me! Let me see how much the pinnacle of this era can entertain me!"
Terrifying killing intent, almost palpable, enveloped Yuki Tsukumo and Fushiguro Toji.
Both instantly tensed their nerves.
Facing Sukuna, who possessed fifteen fingers and had just effortlessly destroyed Mahoraga, even they felt unprecedented pressure.
Yuki Tsukumo gripped her ohrun tightly, her golden Cursed Energy compressed like the core of the sun.
Fushiguro Toji crouched low, holding the inverted spear of heaven horizontally in front of him, like a leopard poised to strike.
The battle was about to erupt!
Just as Sukuna was about to make his move—
"It seems I've arrived just in time."
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