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

"It's time to go."

Xia Jie said to the somewhat dejected golden beetle.

"Go? Where to?"

Jin Guizi was somewhat confused, but Xia Jie's hand had already reached out.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing? Stop grabbing my wings!"

Xia Jie picked up her ladybug and stepped away from the "present" of November 12th, arriving in the future of December 24th.

For Xia Jie, time, like space, is now a dimension he can freely traverse.

Unlike the world of the sun and moon, the world of the cursed return has neither a past nor a future; only the "present" exists in spacetime.

Therefore, Xia Jie did not directly travel to the future by time travel; he simply took the Golden Beetle away from the real universe and came to the void where there is no time or space.

Then, when he observed that the time in the Cursed World had reached December 24th, he moved back to reality.

On the top of a building in Shinjuku, Rōsō, dressed in a monk's robe, stands with Episuka and Rime.

"I plan to hunt down the swimmers of the Death Return while you are fighting Gojo Satoru," Tōsō said to Sukuna.

"Get out of my way, you eyesore!"

Upon hearing that Lu Suo had subtly taken advantage of Lord Su Nuo's scheme, Ri Mei turned around and shooed Lu Suo away like a fly.

"What can I do?"

Lu Suo let out a rather dramatic sigh, then spread his hands in a resigned manner, saying:

"If I leave here before the final battle begins, I'll probably be killed by Gojo Satoru immediately."

"No, you don't need to worry about that anymore, Lu Suo, because you're going to be killed by me right here."

An unfamiliar male voice sounded almost against Lu Suo's back.

At that moment, a fourth person appeared on the top of the building.

"Heaven and a tyrant?"

Lu Suo, Li Mei, and Su Nuo were all startled by the sudden appearance of the unfamiliar voice.

The words "Heaven and Tyrant" were blurted out by Lu Suo, who was unaware of Xia Jie's curse power.

For them, being able to be infiltrated so closely by a powerful stranger was a mistake that could seriously injure them or even cost them their lives.

"No, no, no, Mr. Xia Jie is a swimmer who has survived the extinction, and a very, very strong swimmer at that."

The Golden Beetle answered Lu Suo's question. To it, Lu Suo, as the initiator of the Death Return and the establisher of the barrier, was somewhat special.

"Hmph, you ignorant brat!"

Startled, Su Nuo's expression turned somewhat grim, and the immense magical power of his entire 20 fingers was awakened along with his killing intent.

He, Su Nuo, will show the little devil before him what true terror is!

Xia Jie, whose clones could blast the sun apart with Black Flash, stood on the rooftop, quietly sensing the "Bang~ Bo~" spell power that Su Nuo unleashed, a slight smirk playing on his lips.

"As my challenger, you have already shown commendable courage."

Xia Jie's approving gaze made Su Nuo's face darken even more.

Rimei frowned, his breath carrying a large number of tiny white ice crystals. He wanted to use an ice-condensing spell to obliterate the madman who had offended Lord Su Nuo.

However, since Sukuna intended to take action himself, he had no choice but to suppress his murderous intent and obediently step aside, giving the stage for the battle to Lord Sukuna.

Seeing this, Lu Su temporarily put aside his curiosity about "why the swimmer was able to leave the barrier with the golden beetle" and turned to retreat to Ri Mei's side.

He knew all too well that Sukuna was an absolute egocentric, and that no matter who you were, once you crossed the boundaries set by Sukuna, Sukuna would kill you without hesitation.

If he doesn't back down now, Su Nuo might beat him up too.

As for the questions he's curious about, he can ask Jin Guizi after the fight is over.

"untie."

As Su Nu raised his hand, several terrifying slashes capable of severing "buildings symbolizing human civilization" instantly flew towards Xia Jie.

I said…

Xia Jie stood with his hands in his pockets, neither defending nor dodging, simply letting the slashes hit him, as if he were a nobody who was unaware of the danger.

"Not dodge?"

Lu Suo looked strange. Just from what he said, he thought the person in front of him was some kind of peerless master.

It turned out to be a roadside creature that couldn't even react to a slash.

Haha, I was just scaring myself before.

Rimei, standing beside Ryosaku, remained calm. In his heart, Lord Sukuna was the epitome of strength and invincibility.

Isn't it normal that Xia Jie, a mere summer mustard seed, can't react to a slash?

Thus, to the astonishment of Su Nuo and the other two, the slash that struck Xia Jie failed to even tear his clothes.

"Hey Xiao Nuo, do you know that killing someone is like solving a math problem? You won't get any points just by writing down the solution."

Only then did Xia Jie finish speaking slowly at the pace of everyday conversation.

"That's impossible!"

Even more anxious than Su Nuo himself was Nuo Xiaozi Li Mei.

"A technique with no lower limit?"

As a veteran academic, Lu Suo made the guess with the highest probability of accuracy under normal circumstances.

"I didn't expect you to have some ability, you just have too much of a mouth."

Despite realizing that Xia Jie was a tough opponent, Master Nuo remained stubborn.

"No, no, it's perfectly normal for a level 1000 hero to not lose any health when hit by a level 1 slime."

Xia Jie grabbed the beetle's tail and teleported it to the group of students at the high school who were watching the Shinjuku battlefield live through the mysterious crows' live stream.

Then, with a casual gesture, he deflected Su Nuo's fist, which was imbued with an extended domain, with his finger:

"I've already said, this is purely a numerical difference. Little Nuo, don't even think about using extension to neutralize my spell."

While blocking Su Nuo's attack with a single finger, Xia Jie turned her gaze to Lu Suo, who was sweating profusely and trying to sneak away.

Lu Suo, who wanted to control the cursed spirit to cover his retreat, felt like an insect frozen in ice, unable to move an inch no matter how hard he tried.

If I'm not mistaken, he, Lu Suo... seems to be frozen in place by the gaze of the person in front of him.

A wisp of blue light flew out from nothingness and slowly disappeared into Lu Suo's brow.

Then a voice rang in his mind.

"I promised you an unknown new world; after you've seen it, go die."

In that instant, countless fragments of memory flooded into Lu Suo's consciousness.

First, there's footage from last week's episode.

Tengen, who unfolds the mandala of Dharma realm, seeks to assimilate all of humanity.

Xia Jie's mental imagery was released, along with the frenzied flashes of 638 billion finger spells.

A four-in-one integrated field.

Sukuna's Space Immortal Slash.

And then there's the final, darkly humorous underworld reunion.

That battle raged from the ground to the sky, from space into the sun, and then back down to the ground.

Every moment was wonderful, and everything was full of unknowns. His life, which had been searching for thousands of years, was not as interesting as this short day.

Then comes the scene of the new world.

The law of cause and effect that governs everything. A system of seekers of magic that is completely different from sorcery. Magnificent and wondrous spells and supernatural powers.

The causal monster that exists simultaneously in the past, present, and future—the Corpse Immortal of Myriad Causes. An incomplete dream that has lasted for 46 billion years. Creating Jadam like God.

The bizarre sights of this fictional world. And the blood-soaked clones that haunt the past, present, and future, lurking in the shadows of human history…

Lu Suo's thirst for the unknown was satisfied in an instant, but this was followed by an even greater thirst; he wanted more and more.

But there was no chance anymore; the sins he had committed meant that Xia Jie would never consider him a companion.

Therefore, at the end of memory lies the inescapable death.

This was the destined death that Xia Jie had bestowed upon him.

"I've wasted my life."

Inside the soul passage, Lu Suo's expression was twisted with remorse.

He knew that it was too late to cling to Xia Jie and beg for help.

Therefore, he regretted that he had embarked on the path of evil, and that he had missed out on the true unknown because of his unscrupulous means.

So he hates, hates that his past self for choosing to take over Xia Youjie's body.

If he continues to be Itadori's mother, will Natsuki spare his life out of Itadori Hisahito's sake?