Curse Returns, a gamble from the start, I awaken dual spells

The water clock stood frozen in place, and Su Nuo's hand casually rested on its shoulder, as if patting an old friend on the shoulder.

But the pressure from that palm made Louhu feel that the flow of his magical power had slowed down.

"Is this all you've got? I thought we'd see something more interesting."

Su Nuo's voice carried a hint of disappointment.

The water clock's single eye suddenly opened wide.

The next instant, its body suddenly transformed into a pool of flowing magma, escaping from Su Nuo's palm and reforming several meters away.

"Stop looking down on me!" Louhu roared, slamming his hands together.

The ground shook violently, and within a radius of ten meters centered on it, all the rubble and water evaporated in an instant.

Lava columns gushed out of the cracks like fountains, turning the entire area into a scorching inferno.

Su Nuo stood in the center of the magma pillar, surrounded by surging crimson lava flows, the high temperature distorting the air into blurry ripples.

He looked down at the hem of his clothes, which was already starting to smoke.

"Oh? The temperature is alright."

Su Nuo raised his head, his mouth widening into a grin, revealing his gleaming white teeth.

"That's all."

Before he finished speaking, his figure vanished from the spot.

The water clock's pupils contracted sharply. Before it could even think, its body's instincts drove it to roll to the left.

The next second, Su Nuo's foot appeared where it had just been standing, stomping heavily on the ground.

boom--!!

Debris flew everywhere, and a pit three meters in diameter was trodden into the ground, with cracks spreading outwards like a spider web.

As the water clock churned, a ball of incandescent fire condensed in his right hand, which he hurled fiercely toward Su Nuo.

The fireball traced a blinding arc in mid-air, trailing a long tail of flame, and crashed into Su Nuo's face like a meteorite.

Su Nuo didn't even blink.

He merely tilted his head slightly, and the fireball grazed past his ear, exploding on the ruins behind him. The heat wave melted all the surrounding rubble into dark red lava.

"Too slow."

Su Nuo's voice came from the smoke, carrying a condescending mockery.

The water clock clenched its teeth and swung its hands repeatedly.

The flames transformed into a dense barrage, sealing off all of Su Nuo's escape routes from all directions like a storm.

Each flame carries a temperature high enough to melt steel, leaving scorched trails in the air.

But Su Nuo's body moved through the fire rain like a fallen leaf blown by the wind.

He would sometimes turn to the side, sometimes lower his head, and sometimes lean back, each movement perfectly avoiding the oncoming flames.

Those high-temperature attacks, enough to burn ordinary cursed spirits to ashes, didn't even touch the hem of his clothes.

"Impossible..." A look of disbelief flashed in the water clock's single eye.

Its attack frequency has been increased to the limit, releasing enough firepower to destroy the entire street every second, but Su Nuo seems to know the trajectory of all the flames in advance and always manages to dodge at the last second.

"What's impossible?" Su Nuo's voice came from the other end of the flames, carrying a faint smile.

"Do you think you need to dodge an attack you can see with your eyes?"

The single eye of the water clock suddenly contracted.

It stopped speaking and silently increased its firepower.

The crater overhead began to erupt with blinding light, and the temperature of the entire square was soaring at an alarming rate.

The ground began to soften, turning into dark red lava, and the air was filled with suffocating heat.

The water clock took a deep breath and formed a complex hand seal with his hands in front of his chest.

"Domain Expansion—"

"Who told you to do that?"

Su Nuo's voice suddenly appeared in front of it.

The water clock suddenly looked up and saw that Su Nuo was already standing less than a meter in front of it.

A wicked smile hung on his face, which was covered with black lines.

Then, Su Nu raised her right hand, spread her five fingers, and gently pinched the top of the water clock.

Click.

A crisp cracking sound rang out.

The volcano atop the water clock, constantly spewing flames, shattered between Su Nuo's fingers.

It's as easy as crushing an eggshell, effortless and effortless.

For the first time, true fear surfaced in the water clock's single eye.

"No!!!"

Before he could finish speaking, a faint red light appeared on the fingertips of Su Nuo's right hand.

The water clock felt a cool sensation on its neck, as if something had slid across its cervical spine, so fast that it didn't even feel any pain.

Then, the field of vision began to tilt.

The sky is spinning, the ground is rising, and its body and head are moving in completely different directions.

Louhu saw his headless body standing several meters away, with dark red, magma-like blood gushing from the severed neck.

"Oh? So your body really does flow with magma." Su Nuo's voice came from the side, tinged with curiosity.

The water clock's head flipped twice in the air before crashing heavily to the ground, rolling several times before coming to a stop.

Its single eye was not yet closed. In its last moments, it saw Su Nuo standing beside its corpse, casually flicking its right hand to shake off the bloodstains on it.

"Is this... the power of the King of Curses...?"

The lips of the water clock twitched slightly, and the light in its single eye gradually dimmed.

Finally, it went out completely.

Su Nuo glanced down at the corpse lying on the ground, then looked at the piece of broken metal in his hand that was slowly cooling down, and frowned slightly.

"Tsk, I thought I could play a little longer."

He casually tossed the broken pieces on the ground and dusted off his hands.

Then he squatted down, reached his right hand into the chest of the water clock, groped around for a while, and pulled out a cloth bag that had been melted and deformed by the high temperature.

Open the cloth bag, and inside are six hideous, twisted finger bones.

Su Nuo picked up one of them and weighed it in his hand.

"Yes, it's here after all."

He picked up his fingers one by one, as if counting some precious collectible.

After confirming the quantity was correct, he picked up his fingers and swallowed them all in one gulp.

"What a boring battle."

Su Nuo yawned and turned to leave.

Just then, he suddenly stopped.

His brow furrowed slightly, and a subtle change appeared in the relaxed expression on his face.

"Tsk..."

He raised his right hand, pressed it against his temple, and rubbed it vigorously.

"Is it starting again?"

A strong sense of resistance was surging in my mind.

The pink-haired boy is trying to regain control of his body.

"What a troublesome brat," Su Nu muttered under his breath, but there wasn't much anger in his voice.

He raised his head, glanced at the figure of the person in the distance, then looked at the ten fingers in his hand, and a cryptic smile appeared on his lips.

"Alright, let's call it a day."

The next second, the black lines on Su Nuo's face began to fade, and his scarlet pupils returned to their normal amber color.

Yuji Itadori's body swayed slightly, then he suddenly opened his eyes.

He looked down at his hands, then at the headless corpse of the cursed spirit at his feet, his expression becoming extremely complicated.

The next second, his body swayed and then he fell forward.

Suddenly a hand reached out from the side and firmly supported his shoulder.

"Are you alright?"

Rito's voice came from beside my ear.

Itadori raised his head and saw Rito's face, which was covered in dust and blood, and managed a weak smile.

"It's nothing... I'm just a little tired..."

Before he could finish speaking, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

Rito, supporting the tiger cane, carefully placed him on a relatively flat piece of gravel, then looked up at the distant sky shrouded in darkness.

The crack in the sky was slowly widening, and more light was pouring down from it.