A Bizarre Adventure That Begins in Jujutsu Kaisen

"The 'Womb,' 'Breaking Barriers,' 'Reversing Cause and Effect,' 'The Corridor of Reality and Illusion'—'Concept Endowment.'" A deep, resonant voice, like a resounding bell, rang out at just the right moment.

While Theo and Xia Youjie were astonished, the rat swarm was enhanced by Ganesha, not only swelling in size and increasing in magical power, but also displaying terrifying tactical coordination.

The rats that attacked "Incarnation of Taira no Masakado" suddenly gathered into a huge "rat ball" made up of countless individuals tightly intertwined.

They precisely caught the split second when Taira no Masakado swung his greatsword, his old strength exhausted and his new strength yet to arise, and suddenly bounced up and rolled down.

The moment it passed through its arms, the mouse ball suddenly disintegrated and scattered, turning into a dense rain of black arrows that did not aim at the torso, but instead struck and gnawed at its knees and ankles.

This attack successfully broke through the enhanced spell power of the top-grade curse spirit, leaving more than a dozen tearing and gnawing marks on the huge joints, causing Taira no Masakado's massive body to stagger noticeably!

Meanwhile, the rats attacking "Tamamo-no-Mae" rapidly dug several tunnels and simultaneously launched an attack from directly beneath the ground where it was suspended.

Fortunately, Tamamo-no-Mae's simple domain is a perfect counter to these swarming creatures.

All the rats that emerged were as if they had been thrown into a dehydrator; their bodies shrank and shriveled at a visible speed, their magical power and bodily fluids were forcibly extracted, and in the blink of an eye they turned into piles of light, flaky "dried rats".

Xia Youjie, relying on his enhanced defense from the curse, withstood the rat swarm's attacks. However, caught off guard, he was suddenly bitten and gnawed by the rats, leaving several bloody wounds.

He suddenly slammed the long staff into the ground, and spun in the air like a top, using the staff as an axis, while his legs were infused with magical power, cleaving and smashing like a battle axe.

Each kick sent several rats flying and crushed.

Finally, upon landing, it jolted violently, sending the swarm of rats clinging to it flying.

While these minor injuries were insignificant, what truly alarmed Xia Youjie was the sudden and dramatic change in the battlefield exchange ratio.

Through the spell connection between him and the cursed spirits, he clearly sensed that the low-level cursed spirits he released were dying in large numbers at an unprecedented rate.

Just half a minute ago, a level three centipede spirit was rampaging through the swarm of rats.

The carapace, as hard as iron, required hundreds of rats to relentlessly gnaw at the same spot before its defenses could be painstakingly breached. Eventually, the rats, like ants, would exhaust their magical power and tear it apart and devour it.

And now-

The same cursed spirit, with the same thick armor that could withstand ordinary bullets, seemed to turn into a crispy pancake in front of the rat swarm!

Each bite from the rat is no longer a futile scraping, but rather like a hot knife cutting through butter, easily penetrating the carapace and reaching the soft tissue inside, leaving behind holes with charred edges, as if corroded by acid!

Just a few dozen rats are enough to work together efficiently and effectively to simultaneously create holes, tear joints, and sever nerves in a centipede-like cursed spirit, completely dismantling it in mere seconds.

Even if the "Rat Lord" can inject his curse power into ordinary rats to strengthen and mutate them, the current situation cannot be explained by the mere fact that "the rat population has become stronger".

This seems more like some kind of rule has been tampered with!

Xia Youjie's eyes flashed like lightning, instantly discerning the root cause of the dramatic change in the battle situation.

It's Ganesha! It gave these mutated rats the additional concepts of "giant size" and "ignoring spell defenses"!

An object that is given a concept will have its existence continuously and forcibly influenced by that concept!

"Be careful not to get hurt!"

Xia Youjie shouted sharply, his voice cutting through the hissing of the rats and the roar of the cursed spirits, reaching Dio's ears clearly.

"The Ganesha imbued the Rat King's enhanced rat horde with the concept of 'ignoring magical defenses'! When bitten, the magical enhancement will completely fail!"

Theo wielded his greatsword, transforming it into a dense, impenetrable silver halo, and quickly scanned the battlefield.

He observed that the hard shells of those cursed spirits were easily torn apart like paper by the swarm of rats, and becoming more serious, he shouted, "Good! Even top-tier cursed spirits will cooperate?!"

"The intelligence of top-tier cursed spirits is no different from that of ordinary humans! They probably felt threatened and huddled together for warmth?"

While manipulating the cursed spirits to change formation in an attempt to curb the increasingly fierce offensive of the rat swarm, Xia Youjie decisively moved closer to Dio's direction.

The distance between the two men rapidly shortened amidst the chaos of the battlefield.

At that moment, it was as if an invisible veil that had always shrouded the edge of the battlefield was quietly lifted, and ripples spread across the space, with the dim light showing subtle distortions and refractions.

The enormous mass of magical energy finally materialized—it was Ganesha!

No, it's not visible!

Alarm bells rang in Xia Youjie's mind, and a conjecture instantly flashed through his thoughts:

Perhaps it has been lurking in the shadows all along, calmly observing the battle!

If the power of "conceptual endowment" can also be applied to oneself, this guy may have just endowed himself with "extremely low presence" or even "conceptual invisibility"!

The two top-tier spirits not only knew how to assess the situation and cooperate, but one of them also possessed such troublesome auxiliary abilities, which immediately gave him a headache and a sense of unease.

In stark contrast to Xia You, Theo's face showed no sign of seriousness, but rather a beaming smile, like a collector who had discovered a rare treasure.

In his eyes, as long as he can eventually catch a Pokémon, the stronger and more unique the Pokémon, the better.

Without flinching, he turned his head and scrutinized the newly appeared top-tier cursed spirit with intense eyes.

The form of Ganesha is both solemn and eerie. Its body is extremely large. Even with all six limbs on the ground, its height far exceeds that of ordinary buildings. Its back is raised like a small hill, and its overall outline retains the sense of heaviness of elephants.

Between its eyes is a huge cross-shaped slit, and its trunk has a distinct segmented structure that looks like it is made up of multiple full, grille-like or airbag-like components connected together, giving it both an inflatable and armored appearance.

Its head has plate-like structures extending diagonally upwards on both sides, similar to elephant ears, but with a more rugged and sharper shape.

The torso of Ganesha is covered with dark ribbons that look like decorative bands used in some kind of religious ceremony.

They were wrapped in layers around the thick muscles, undulating slightly with the fluctuations of magical energy, like breathing.

Its six limbs are extremely thick and strong, with muscle lines under its dark skin resembling gnarled ancient tree roots, exuding an overwhelming sense of power.

However, the ends that come into contact with the ground are not the expected sturdy elephant feet, but rather five distinct human hands with clearly defined joints.

On that enormous wrist, a huge black rosary was prominently displayed.

Having successfully launched a surprise attack using the concept he had been given, Ganesha raised his forelimbs, formed the Brahma mudra, and solemnly chanted in a voice like the sound of bells and chimes:

"Domain Expansion: A Vast Ocean of Wisdom!"