Toho Hiroshi's calm voice echoed through the empty street, carrying an invisible sense of oppression.
As if in response to his words, four powerful auras descended suddenly from different directions, surrounding him in the center.
The Shikigami user Dhruv Lakdawalla initiated the attack first. He formed hand seals, and the space behind him twisted as two ferocious Shikigami, exuding an ominous aura, roared and lunged out. At the same time, he unfolded his unique "Shikigami Domain" beneath his feet. Within this domain, the Shikigami's power and speed were vastly enhanced, allowing them to weave through the air like ghosts and tear at Toho Hiroshi from all directions.
The Special Grade Cursed Spirit—Kurourushi—vibrated its locust-like wings and hovered in the air. It opened its massive maw, and a dark breath carrying strong corrosive properties and an "irreversible" Curse descended like a waterfall. Wherever it passed, even steel and concrete quickly melted and decayed.
The Sky Queen—Uro Heiko—gave a sharp cry and activated her "Sky" Cursed Technique. The space around Toho Hiroshi instantly became twisted and unstable, and immense pressure squeezed in from all sides.
At the same time, she waved her hands, and the remnants of Ryu Ishiguro's ice-based Cursed Energy, and even part of Kurourushi's breath, were forcibly twisted and reflected by her Cursed Technique, turning into countless sharp ice blades and corrosive energy arrows that shot back toward Toho Hiroshi.
Facing this fierce, all-encompassing assault, Toho Hiroshi finally moved.
He shifted his feet slightly, his figure flickering like an illusion within the limited, twisted space, dodging the Shikigami's pounce and Kurourushi's breath by a hair's breadth.
He did not even dodge the attacks reflected back by Uro Heiko.
"Preta Path: Absorption Soul Technique!"
An invisible Barrier expanded. The moment those ice blades and energy arrows touched the Barrier, they were like water droplets merging into the sea; all the Cursed Energy was instantly absorbed and vanished into nothingness.
"What?"
Uro Heiko's beautiful eyes widened. Her "Sky" Cursed Technique was actually ineffective?
"Universal Pull"
Toho Hiroshi raised his hand toward Kurourushi in the air, and a powerful gravitational force erupted instantly.
Kurourushi's massive body was forcibly pulled over uncontrollably. It struggled in terror, but it was completely unable to resist this force.
Just as Kurourushi was pulled to a close distance, Toho Hiroshi suddenly raised his hand again, grabbed its head with one palm, and pressed it onto the ground.
"Almighty Push"
A terrifying repulsive force erupted from the center of Toho Hiroshi's palm.
The Special Grade Cursed Spirit Kurourushi, having been forcibly pulled close by Universal Pull, could not even let out a single scream. Its massive body, brimming with terrifying Cursed Energy, was crushed, disintegrated, and turned into the most primitive Cursed Energy particles that scattered and annihilated under this point-blank Almighty Push, just like a watermelon thrown into a hydraulic press.
One-hit kill!
A Special Grade Cursed Spirit that had left behind a notorious reputation in history was erased so easily.
This shocking scene caused the hearts of the other three attackers to stop beating momentarily.
The Shikigami user Dhruv Lakdawalla's pupils constricted. Almost instinctively, he commanded his Shikigami to retreat while frantically reinforcing his own defenses.
The Sky Queen Uro Heiko turned deathly pale. Her pride-and-joy Cursed Technique of manipulating space and reflecting attacks seemed so powerless in the face of his eerie ability to absorb all Cursed Energy and this terrifying power that could instantly reverse gravity.
"This person..."
A sense of inexplicable fear welled up in Uro Heiko's heart. The strength Toho Hiroshi displayed at this moment did not seem like something a normal Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer should possess at all.
Except for Ryomen Sukuna, he was the second existence to make her feel despair.
Invincible!
"Run!"
Dhruv turned and ran without the slightest hesitation.
He unleashed the fastest speed of his two lifetimes, covering a hundred meters in the blink of an eye, and it looked like he was about to escape the battlefield.
But the next instant, Dhruv's pupils suddenly dilated. Within his field of vision, a massive three-headed giant dog appeared.
Just as the Shikigami user Dhruv Lakdawalla thought he was about to escape, the space in front of him suddenly twisted and darkened.
A foul wind carrying the scent of sulfur and death rushed toward him, accompanied by a triple-layered, low, and soul-shuddering roar.
"Roar—"
A behemoth appeared out of thin air, blocking his path.
It had a body as massive as a mountain, covered in fur as dark as lava. Most terrifying were the three huge heads growing on its neck, with six eyes burning with netherfire that locked onto Dhruv. Drool dripped from its giant, tooth-filled maws, corroding the ground.
The Three-Headed Hellhound—this was a Special Grade Cursed Spirit that Toho Hiroshi had subdued while traveling in North America, formed from humanity's fear and legends of hellhounds. Later, he refined it using the power of the Rinnegan and summoning techniques, turning it into a ferocious summoned beast that only obeyed him.
Dhruv's Shikigami let out fearful whimpers in front of this beast from the abyss, completely suppressed in both size and aura.
"No... don't!"
Dhruv roared in despair, trying to command his Shikigami to make a final stand while his own Cursed Energy surged wildly to construct a defensive Barrier.
But the middle head of the Hellhound suddenly opened its massive maw, and a dark red, destructive energy breath burst forth, instantly annihilating the Barrier he had hastily set up along with the two Shikigami.
The left and right heads bit down simultaneously; one tore through his remaining Cursed Energy defense, and the other precisely snatched him up!
"Crack..."
After the teeth-grinding sound of shattering bones and a short, shrill scream, Dhruv Lakdawalla's aura completely vanished, devoured by the Hellhound.
The ferocious beast licked its lips as if still unsatisfied, and its six eyes swept greedily toward the remaining people in the arena.
This scene completely shattered the psychological defenses of the Sky Queen, Uro Heiko.
She had witnessed Kurourushi being instantly killed, Dhruv being devoured by the summoned beast, and that man hadn't even moved much.
Boundless fear gripped her heart. Her legs went weak, and she nearly collapsed to the ground. She could no longer summon any will to fight, only wanting to get away from this demon immediately.
Meanwhile, Ryu Ishiguro, who had just struggled to crawl up from the ruins, saw the Hellhound and Toho Hiroshi's still calm and waveless eyes, and the trace of Cursed Energy he had just gathered instantly dissipated.
He clutched his aching chest, staggered backward, and completely lost his fighting spirit.
Whatever dignity of a strong fighter, whatever competition of Cursed Energy—in the face of such an absolute disparity in power, it all became a joke.
However, just as Uro Heiko and Ryu Ishiguro were terrified, and the battle seemed about to end with Toho Hiroshi's absolute crushing victory, two distinct yet equally sharp and majestic auras, like two unsheathed swords, suddenly cut into the battlefield from two directions.
"Oh? Finally, something decent has arrived."
Toho Hiroshi seemed to sense something and turned his gaze to the left.
At the end of the street, a man dressed in archaic Warring States attire, with two long swords hanging at his waist, walked over slowly.
His steps were steady, his eyes as sharp as an eagle's, and he himself seemed like a divine weapon tempered a thousand times.
He did not deliberately emit Cursed Energy, but the subtle fluctuations of wind and fire swirling around him made the surrounding air agitated and dangerous.
The Strongest Swordsman of the Warring States—Miyamoto Musashi (Self-written)
"Such astonishing Cursed Energy fluctuations, such unbridled killing intent... Are you the master of this 'Culling Game,' Toho Hiroshi?"
Miyamoto Musashi's voice was not loud, but it carried the texture of metal clashing against metal. His right hand rested lightly on the hilt of one of the swords, a long sword whose blade faintly glowed with a scorching red light—the special grade cursed tool "blazing phoenix."
Almost simultaneously, on top of a high-rise building on the other side, a figure wreathed in dazzling purple lightning dropped down fiercely, slamming heavily onto the ground and kicking up countless debris.
The newcomer was tall, with a wild, high ponytail, and held a long staff Cursed Tool. His face wore an unyielding fighting spirit; it was the powerhouse who had been undefeated in the world four hundred years ago—Kashimo Hajime.
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