Curse Reply: I'm going to fight the Myriad Corpse Immortal, the highest level one!

"Jacob's Ladder!!!"

The beam of light falling from above instantly struck Sukuna, who was trying to activate the "Stove Opening" skill within the domain.

The Nuo master, who was highly focused on the field and the stove, only had time to dodge half of his body before he enjoyed the most powerful photon skin rejuvenation in the world for free.

The Flame of Ten Thousand Deaths was immediately interrupted by the interference of the angelic spell, and even Sukuna himself found it difficult to maintain the domain due to the discord between his spirit and flesh.

Then the crimson that filled the heavens and earth faded away, and the shrine built of white bones vanished without a trace.

The land within a 50-meter radius seemed to have been flattened by an invisible giant hand, becoming a full meter lower than the ground further out. This was truly a case of digging three feet into the ground.

According to intelligence from the Shibuya Incident, Sukuna's open field has a radius of 200 meters, but in order to maximize his attack power and ensure that he could kill Natsuki, Sukuna deliberately formed a binding:

In exchange for maximizing the power of the slash, the radius of the domain is reduced to 50 meters, the attack range does not include the underground, and the domain can only be maintained for a maximum of 30 seconds.

If Sukuna hadn't been standing in a low-lying area when he opened his domain, there wouldn't have been even this meter-deep damage to the soil.

In the center of the circular flat ground, Su Nuo, the original owner of the body, frowned deeply, not understanding.

Logically speaking, a domain of this level could instantly kill even the Demon Void Luo before the wheel started turning, so Xia Jie, this brat, should have been cut into a bloody mist in the first second.

Why was he able to survive? Could it be that the cursed spirit he revealed during the attack had something special about it?

The moment Su Nuo saw that bizarre brain with spider legs, he realized that Xia Jie's true nature was actually a cursed spirit.

No, to be more precise, it's a curse on the fetus!

Su Nuo was very unhappy about this. No wonder he failed to possess a body before, it would be strange if he failed to possess a corpse as well.

Moreover, the feel is off.

Sukuna savored the feedback the domain had given him, and thought of the ultimate shikigami that Fushiguro Megumi had summoned in Shibuya.

It's similar to what Mo Xu Luo was like back then, but there are subtle differences.

That wasn't an unreasonable adaptation, but more like... rejection?

at the same time,

Having just finished bathing in the Sukuna domain, Xia Jie used cursed blood to barely create a stick figure-like human body. Then, she picked up the finger that Sukuna dared not pick up from the ground and put it back in the same position, restoring Sukuna's battle-damaged complexion, which had been baptized by Jacob's Ladder, to a healthy and rosy state.

The Nuo master's face is red and warm again.

Xia Jie and Su Nuo thought of the same question: as a mere special-grade cursed vengeful spirit,

He doesn't know any of the following: Domain Expansion, Vast and Enveloping, Fallen Flowers, or Simple Domain.

How could they possibly survive in the realm of the monster with the highest physical damage output from the Curse Return?

Just because he has causal resistance?

Yes, because he has causal resistance!

Xia Jie simultaneously resisted the domain's guaranteed hit and the destructive power of the slash at the causal level.

This is equivalent to reducing the actual effect of the domain by more than 90%.

Not only that, Xia Jie also tricked Su Nuo with the cursed blood that filled her body and had the same aura as her, and used her already dead body to absorb a large amount of the slash damage.

Only after the body dissipated did the domain's pinpointing ability barely lock onto Xia Jie's true form.

In a sense, this can be seen as a youthful version of Mi Xu Ge Long who avoids being caught off guard. At least for now, he can stand shoulder to shoulder with Lu Ziyun, who also cannot develop her domain, at the very bottom of the elite hierarchy, and together they can become the laughing stock in the debate.

This is undoubtedly a step forward!

"What about the constraints? Can I resist the price of those constraints and then take out an unlimited loan?"

With a deeper understanding of causal resistance, the quick-thinking Xia Jie immediately came up with a use for what could be described as a wheelchair.

"Very well, causal resistance. Let me see your limits!"

Thinking it over and trying it out, Xia Jie dodged Su Nuo's elbow strike, which was about to be broken by the spell, and set up a binding.

"I'm sacrificing 99% of my spell power for the next 24 hours to maximize the efficiency of my spell power output in this very minute."

Feeling the magical power within her body surge and flow smoothly, Xia Jie unleashed her attack with bright eyes:

"Cursed Blood Manipulation Technique - Tier 2 Bloodthorn Bullet!"

The high-density cursed blood, compressed by Xia Jie to the size of a marble, burst out, so fast that it left only a blur in the air.

Then it was blocked by an ice wall that appeared out of nowhere.

"This is the only way."

Su Nu sighed. The bond that Ri Mei had formed—the desire to offer everything in pursuit of the ultimate physical intimacy—had even affected the structure of her brain.

The original Ice Condensation Spell existing in the brain was also affected, and it became distorted to make way for Sukuna's Okita Soukishiko Spell, making it difficult to use.

After all, Rime was neither an academic veteran who could divide the brain region to carry multiple techniques through barrier techniques, nor a master in the field of physical modification—Lu Suo.

It's normal that Fushiguro and Itajō, who weren't born with a tolerance for Sukuna fingers, would have such flaws due to the hasty binding and modification.

In order to safely get through the spell's inactivity period, Su Nuo made a promise that he would be unable to use the Ice Condensation Spell for the next year in exchange for the spell being able to be used normally today.

While he was thinking, the blood droplet that had hit the ice wall suddenly exploded like a hedgehog's quills popping out. The exploded blood spikes cracked the ice wall and provided new kinetic energy, propelling a smaller blood droplet out and, with Xia Jie's intervention, accurately shooting it toward Su Nuo.

Then it was blocked by the second ice wall.

"Shimonagi".

"Blood Fortress Rock".

The frost that freezes everything collided with the huge, hardened blood clot, turning it into an iceberg of frozen, blood-red rock, like amber trapping a mosquito.

In the hollow at the center of the Bloodfortress Rock, Xia Jie didn't rush to break the iceberg. Instead, he scratched his head in confusion, feeling as if he had overlooked something.

What exactly is it?

Perhaps it was the causal resistance within her soul that kicked in, and Xia Jie finally remembered someone who should have participated in the war but had remained hidden until now.

Xia Jie remembered very clearly what she said to that person before the battle:

Gao Yu, you're in charge of close combat with Su Nuo.

"Hey Gao Yu, where the hell are you? Why am I the one tanking damage in melee now?"

As the black cloth covering cognition was torn away by causal resistance, Xia Jie noticed more and more things were wrong.

The period of spell meltdown after the collapse of the Sukuna Domain was clearly an extremely precious opportunity, so why didn't Tsukumo Yuki use the Phoenix Wheel to support him?

In the original work, Tengen could dismantle Rōsō's domain, so why was there no reaction when Sukuna opened her domain? Was it because this was outside the Hōsei-gū Palace, and it couldn't do that, or...?

Given Sukuna's personality, shouldn't he have prioritized eliminating the others when he realized I was difficult to kill? Even if Sukuna hated me, shouldn't he have captured my teammates, tortured them, and killed them in front of me to wound my spirit? Why is he focusing solely on attacking me now?

Angelic spells are not the type that consume a lot of energy. With her magical power reserves, shouldn't the frequency of the light pillars be higher? I created so many opportunities, so why did Jacob's Ladder only appear three times?

Something's not right. Something's not right at all. From the moment the Japanese car industry collapsed, the entire battle seemed to be controlled by the hand of fate.

Both he and Su Nuo were now exposed to unknown influences.

But Xia Jie was not frightened by this unknown; he only felt that this dessert called the Death Return Journey was becoming sweeter and sweeter.

If the magical world he descended into wasn't a Frankenstein's monster of anime and manga or some kind of fanfiction world,

Therefore, the most likely source of all these anomalies is—Gao Yu!!!

At the moment of Lu Suo's death, within this vast Hongxing Palace, there were those capable of interfering with Gao Yu and causing anomalies...

"Could it be you, Tengen?"