Jujutsu Kaisen: Nozomi no Sora

"Nana Ming!"

His tone was clearly excited.

Nanami's intervention was incredibly timely.

Nanami didn't respond to him immediately, but instead looked at the real person not far away. After a fierce battle, the upper garment of the stitched-face cursed spirit was torn to shreds, and various unhealed wounds were left all over its body.

Were these injuries... inflicted by these two teenagers?

"We can talk about the lecture later." Nanami pushed up his glasses, his tone as calm as ever. "Let's report the situation first."

"Everyone's still alive!" Itajō replied immediately. "I'm fine, but Genichi had already fought that guy before I arrived and was badly injured!"

Nanami gazed at the real person not far away.

"Those injuries don't look like they were caused by Katsura alone, just from punches."

He had fought this cursed spirit before.

Although the ten-stroke incantation can damage the opponent's body, the body will quickly regenerate, preventing any truly effective harm. However, the attacks from these two boys have now been effective against the stitched-up face.

The situation of the scepter being used as a vessel for the Su Nuo ritual is special, so this point can be somewhat explained.

As for Xuan Yi—

He had already heard about this newcomer from Ijichi. But how could someone who had only been trained by Gojo Satoru for half a day, and then immediately achieved such results in a battle of this caliber, be so remarkable? Just who was this newcomer?

However, now is clearly not the time to delve into these matters.

Since it's effective, let's win it first.

"Genichi-kun," Nanami turned her head, "Can you still fight?"

Xuan Yi steadied himself and flexed his fingers.

My palm was still a bloody mess, but thankfully the tendons weren't damaged.

The injuries caused by the real person's soul bomb are probably far more serious than they appear on the surface, but right now, the pain is not as obvious as it was at the beginning.

Is it the effect of adrenaline...?

As for the remaining cursed power within his body, if the battle can be ended in a short time, he should be able to cope.

"I don't have any problems yet."

Xuan Yi raised his head and looked at the real person.

"Ordinary attacks are ineffective against this cursed spirit. The only way I can reliably damage it right now is with the 'Azure' inscribed by Master Gojo."

He paused, then added:

"Of course, Hisahito's fists seem to be an exception."

"We don't need to worry about the principles now." Nanami didn't dwell on it. "In that case, I'll cover you from now on, and you can launch your attack when the opportunity arises."

"yes!"

The three then took action.

The real person not far away saw all of this.

"Another one has arrived."

Aside from the half-dead little devil and Su Nuo's vessel, the three-seven split in front of him doesn't pose a fatal threat, but if he creates an opportunity for those two, that's another story.

Since that's the case—

I'll prepare a few more helpers too.

Thinking of this, Zhenren made a gurgling sound in his throat, then suddenly opened his mouth and spat out several cyborgs.

The things expanded rapidly after landing, quickly becoming the size of children, and then staggered towards the group.

"Go kill that short-haired brat."

The short-haired brat he was referring to was Hisahito Itadori.

And just as the real person predicted.

When the cyborgs pounced on Itajō, Itajō hesitated for a moment after realizing that they were originally human.

For real people, that's enough.

As long as these cyborgs can hold off Itachi for a while, the pressure on our side from Nanami and Genichi will be much less.

The next second, the real man's arm mutated again, and several tentacles with sharp blades were flung out, sweeping towards Nanami and Genichi!

Having learned from his previous experience, Xuan Yi did not choose to take the hit head-on. Instead, he immediately flipped over to dodge and unleashed a "Scythe Slash" in mid-air.

A black, cursed blade flashed past.

Although it couldn't cause any real harm to the real person, it still severed several of his oncoming tentacles.

In that instant, Nanami had already flashed behind the real person.

"Ten-stroke incantation".

The blunt knife wrapped with talisman paper swung down heavily.

The black cursed power exploded like lightning, slamming heavily into the real person's face, twisting and dislocating the face with its crisscrossing stitches!

Xuan Yi, wielding a sickle, rushed forward.

Although he didn't know the specific principle, he could clearly feel that the "Azure" he had used before had not yet recovered to a state where it could output stably.

Since that's the case, we can only continue to delay.

Drag it out until that attack is recovered.

The corners of the real person's mouth slowly turned up.

"That's right! That brat's spell can't be used for the time being!"

His mouth suddenly widened dramatically, and he actually bit down on Xuan Yi who rushed forward!

But just then—

A figure suddenly descended from the sky!

boom!

Hisahito Itadori's fist slammed hard into Masato's skull!

The real man staggered after being hit by the punch, barely managing to regain his balance.

"Have they all been killed?" Zhenren wondered hesitantly.

No one knows how much resolve Itachi had when he attacked those cyborgs.

Those humans whose souls were constantly tormented, even when reduced to tools to use against Itogami, emitted only whimpering sounds from their throats—

"Kill...me..."

At this moment, Itadori's cheeks were bloodied, his teeth were clenched, and his eyes were surging with an almost tangible rage.

He didn't speak again, but instead transformed all his resentment into the power to completely shatter the cursed spirit before him!

Nanami followed at the same time.

For a moment, their punches and blows became a continuous barrage!

Nanami's slashes were steady and precise, while Itadori repeatedly threw punches, slamming the soul-piercing impacts into the real man's body.

Xuan Yi released the Tsukumogami technique that maintained the scythe.

The cursed power quickly dissipated from the blade and receded back into the body.

It was clear that there was no point in continuing to use that weapon; to end this battle, all the remaining magical power had to be poured into the next move.

If possible—

"Exorcise the real person right here!"

Almost the instant that the power of the curse caused a slight change in the texture of the space, Nanami's expression changed.

He sensed the illogical power swirling around Xuan Yi's fists.

That strongest power he had ever felt from only one person.

In the world of real-life magic, without grasping the outline of the soul, one cannot launch an effective attack on it.

However, in Xuan Yi's view, neither the physical body nor the soul can exist outside of this space-time.

"Azure" amplifies the "convergence" property of limitless spells, creating a contradictory point of "negative one," constantly pulling surrounding matter towards this point. In real space, the attraction it exhibits is essentially the collapse of space.

These two techniques are simply not comparable in terms of their respective dimensions!

Therefore, for Xuan Yi, he doesn't need to know what the outline of a real person's soul looks like. He just needs to know that the soul of the cursed spirit will eventually be attracted to his fist!

The next second, Xuan Yi's fist, enveloped in azure light, slammed into Zhen Ren's face!

The alternating attacks from Xuan Yi and Hu Zhang caused pain that was completely different from what had happened before.

It's not the kind of superficial damage that can be easily ignored when flesh is torn apart, nor is it the boring feeling of simply having one's physical form damaged.

But something deeper—

It's like something that shouldn't be hurt is being worn down, broken, and peeled off little by little.

It turned out to be the case.

So this is what it is—

"die."

The real person raised their head.

Instead of fear, a kind of almost fanatical realization gradually emerged in those dazed eyes.

In that instant, it was as if some previously blurred boundary had finally become clear before his eyes.

soul.

It is one's own soul.

Because he began to feel death, he grasped the outline of "himself" for the first time so vividly.

At that very moment, Zhenren suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Xuanyi's wrist tightly just as Xuanyi was about to throw another punch!

Nanami's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Xuan Yi!"

It's been touched!

Tiger Stick realized something was wrong at almost the same time and kicked out hard.

The real person in front of them suddenly opened their mouth wide.

Deep inside the mouth, several tiny, pale hands emerged, overlapping each other and rapidly forming hand seals in a bizarre and chilling manner.

"Domain Expansion"

"Autistic and eccentric!"

In an instant, the giant hand suddenly closed from all sides, like some kind of living barrier, instantly shutting down with Zhenren and Xuanyi at the center!

Nanami reacted extremely quickly, trying to fly away almost the instant the barrier was formed, but it was all in vain.

All the images within the domain, including the barrier itself, are merely manifestations of the caster's inner world and have no inherent meaning.

That is, the moment Nanami and the others saw the domain unfold, the domain itself was already complete!

However, Itadori was directly squeezed outside the barrier!

"What?!?"

Tiger Rod slammed his fist into the surface of the newly formed barrier, his eyes instantly turning red.

What does it mean to lock me out by myself?

Xuan Yi! Nana Ming!!

No one answered from within the black barrier.

"This is bad..." A few drops of sweat seeped from Nanami's forehead.

Within this domain lies a space completely controlled by the will of the true being. The infallible technique it bestows—"Transformation of Non-Action"—is no longer bound by the need for physical contact. Everything that falls into its domain is at his mercy to be manipulated, distorted, and controlled.

Just as the literal meaning suggests, it means being manipulated at will!

Suddenly, Xuan Yi's body began to explode inch by inch in that instant.

Shoulders, arms, chest, abdomen... it felt as if some unseen force was tearing, rolling, and twisting them inch by inch from the inside.

Fresh blood suddenly splattered.

Before Xuan Yi could even utter a sound, his vision was instantly swallowed up by blood and excruciating pain.

I could almost hear Nanami's voice in my ears.

But soon, I couldn't feel anything anymore...

"This is a disaster..."

His consciousness seemed to plummet into a dark, bottomless ocean, sinking rapidly.

"Is it because Xuan Yi is closest to the center of the domain? Damn it!"

Nanami gritted her teeth.

Xuan Yi collapsed; he was powerless to stop him.

That feeling of helplessness made Nanami wonder once again if she had made the wrong choice—

North or south...

This is the battle of sorcerers.

There will always be those who don't make it in time to be rescued, and there will always be those who have to be on the front lines. Even if that person is just a child, even if you know they shouldn't have been pushed to this point, you have to force yourself to accept reality and keep fighting in the next second.

He always knew—

As a sorcerer, one must sometimes even force one's companions to be prepared to sacrifice their lives for others.

That's utter garbage!