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Chapter 242 The King of Curses? Just a mortal who wasn't born in my time.

Sukuna sensed something was wrong when he saw Uchiha Hikaru unleash his power.

The explosion of the mountain of corpses beneath his feet startled the King of Curses, who then darkened his face and said, "You... are you in such a hurry to die?!"

Before he could finish speaking...

Su Nu suddenly raised his right hand, making a downward chopping motion. With this movement, a large amount of blood energy gathered around him, instantly forming clusters of skeletal phantoms that surged towards Uchiha Hikaru's location like a roaring tidal wave!

Uchiha Hikaru's response was even simpler and more straightforward.

"Word of Power... Black Sun!"

This moment.

Uchiha Hikaru exuded a godlike aura.

A mental force several times stronger than before erupted from her body, forming a dark, all-encompassing sun that rose into the sky in an instant, almost filling half of this mental space. Immediately afterward, boundless fiery hurricanes silently formed in the surrounding air, clashing against the blood-red skeleton ahead!

bang bang bang...

A series of explosions rang out in succession!

Upon impact, Su Nuo's blood-red skull was crushed into dust in large swathes.

However, the fire hurricane released by Uchiha Hikaru was only slightly reduced, and then continued to bombard Sukuna with undiminished momentum, sending him flying far away under the latter's increasingly astonished gaze!

"……Um?"

Uchiha Hikaru's eyes flickered slightly.

This kind of confrontation, which takes place on a spiritual level, is different from real-world combat. There are no techniques involved; victory or defeat depends entirely on the strength of the two sides' mental fortitude.

Out of respect for the "Cursed King" who had dominated a thousand years ago, Uchiha Hikari didn't hold back much, gathering almost 90% of her spiritual power to attack Sukuna. However, judging from the current situation... she seemed to have overestimated her opponent.

Only the first round of hedging.

The crimson phantoms created by Su Nuo were all crushed. As for Su Nuo himself, after being thrown to the ground, he was pressed to the spot by powerful mental force. He tried to break free several times but failed. Even a simple movement like moving a finger became difficult.

"This guy's mental strength... is it really that weak?"

"Or is it because we don't have enough fingers?"

Uchiha Hikaru secretly pondered the possibilities:

Theoretically, Sukuna's power during his lifetime was distributed among his twenty fingers.

Currently, Yuujin Itadori has only swallowed three fingers, so Sukuna is naturally not as strong as he was at his peak—although even if we calculate based on seven times his current strength, he still seems far from being as strong as Hikaru Uchiha imagined…

The overall assessment is...

She's not as good as Xiao Ai.

Thinking about it this way, Uchiha Hikaru suddenly felt a bit bored.

"Hey, what did you just ask me?"

"Do I need any special method to get in here? Isn't it enough to just come in whenever I want?"

"..."

Hearing Uchiha Hikaru's nonchalant reply, Sukuna's lips twitched: "What do you think this place is, where you can come and go as you please? If most of my power weren't sealed, a brat like you would have been dead the moment you saw me!"

"are you sure?"

Uchiha Hikaru pursed his lips slightly, revealing a provocative smile towards Sukuna, who was a hundred meters away: "I originally thought that the infamous 'Two-Faced Sukuna' from a thousand years ago would have some extraordinary abilities, but now it seems... he's nothing special. The so-called 'King of Curses' is just an ordinary person who wasn't born in my era."

"?!?!"

Su Nuo was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage.

These words sounded somewhat familiar to him.

If these words came from his own mouth, there wouldn't be a problem, but the fact that they were said by others in front of him made Su Nu feel extremely angry.

"Kid, you're only good for being sharp-tongued now. Once I regain my power... you'll be the first one I kill!"

"Huh, wasn't Gojo Satoru the first person you wanted to kill?"

"...Of course he's going to die, and so are you!"

"Oh."

Uchiha Hikaru chuckled softly, his gaze lingering for a moment on Sukuna's contorted face before he sighed gently, "Well, seeing how hard you've tried to persuade me, I'll believe you this once. However, you'd better actually keep your word, instead of just being impotently furious. Right now... you're not worthy to be my opponent."

"..."

Su Nuo opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to say a few more harsh words, but in the end he gave up.

Although he was arrogant and even considered himself "the only one who is supreme in heaven and earth," he also knew what the spiritual power that Uchiha Hikaru had just displayed meant.

Such mental strength is something even he might not be able to match in his prime. Moreover, the opponent seems to possess the ability to invade others' mental worlds at will, whether through magic or something else is uncertain. Instead of boasting, it would be better to observe how the opponent's abilities operate to determine the best way to counter them.

Of course……

Reason is reason.

After hearing Uchiha Hikaru's provocative words, Sukuna's expression turned grim. If looks could kill, he probably would have killed Uchiha Hikaru hundreds of times over.

the other side.

Uchiha Hikaru felt that the provocation had gone far enough, so he calmly raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.

Accompanying this action.

The black sun, which occupied half of the illusion space, collapsed in an instant, like a nuclear explosion, emitting boundless light and heat, sweeping in all directions in a short moment, forming a huge mushroom cloud that soared into the sky!

Under such impact, the illusion space erupted with an even more violent tremor than before, and then collapsed completely within a few seconds!

……

The confrontation within the mental space, in reality, lasts only a few seconds.

Uchiha Hikaru reopened his eyes.

He saw Hisahito Itadori in front of him covered in sweat, as if he had just run a marathon and was about to collapse.

That's normal.

Sukuna and Itadori Yuujin are in a state of duality, sharing a body. Although the collapse just now occurred within Sukuna's mental world, because they share a body, Itadori Yuujin's body also bears a certain degree of the burden. It's somewhat similar to the situation Kakashi experienced after being trapped in Tsukuyomi.

The fact that Hisahito Itadori could still stand there steadily at this point, instead of collapsing into bed immediately, speaks volumes about his exceptional physical abilities.

Well... after all, he's someone who can jump two stories high using only his physical strength without knowing any spells.

the other side.

Although Kikyo was unaware of what was happening in the spiritual space, she could roughly discern something from Itadori Yuujin's appearance. So she took out a stack of talisman paper from her person, quickly drew several talismans, and then placed the talisman paper into a small dish, where it turned into clear talisman water, which she then handed over.

"This is a calming talisman water. Drinking it should make you feel better."

"Okay."

Yuji Itadori subconsciously responded, took the plate, and drank it all in one gulp.

As the talisman water went down his throat, Itadori Yuujin's eyes gradually regained focus within a few minutes. Although he was still somewhat weak, he was much better than before.

"Miss Hikari, what you just did..."

"I apologize. There was a slight unpleasantness during my communication with the person inside you earlier, so I used a bit too much force."

As he spoke, Uchiha Hikaru observed Itadori Yuujin's condition.

It was clear that Itadori Yuujin's internal energy was very unstable at this moment. Given his current weakened state, if Sukuna wanted to come out and take over the account, she should be able to succeed. However, the latter didn't seem to want to come out to see her, or perhaps he had suffered a severe shock in the explosion and needed to rest temporarily, so no unexpected situation occurred.

Speaking of which...

While Hikaru Uchiha's provocation of Sukuna earlier was partly impulsive, it was also something he had always wanted to do.

She actually looked down on this "King of Curses".

Although Sukuna seemed relatively well-behaved at this time, he was essentially a bloodthirsty scoundrel, with a particular fondness for killing women and children. Unfortunately, Hikari Uchiha possessed both of these traits, so Sukuna was anything but friendly from the first moment she saw her. And since Sukuna had struck first, she naturally had no intention of tolerating him.

The "nuclear explosion" that just happened in the mental space can only be considered a small lesson.

If possible, Uchiha Hikari actually wanted to completely eliminate Sukuna and then absorb the latter's "Demon-Slaying Chef"—this curse ability was somewhat attractive to Uchiha Hikari and could be used to make up for her lack of spatial abilities.

However, Sukuna is indeed too weak now, so much so that even Uchiha Hikari feels it's a waste to absorb his cursed power. In her opinion, it would be better to find a way to help Sukuna collect all twenty fingers, restore him to his complete form, and then eliminate him once and for all.

This plan is currently just a vague idea, and Uchiha Hikaru plans to spend some more time figuring out how to implement it.

……

That evening.

After resting for a few hours, Hisahito Itadori, who had recovered, took Hikaru Uchiha and Kikyo to a nearby restaurant as a way of thanking them for their help.

To be precise, only Uchiha Hikaru was eating.

As for Kikyo, who is a clay doll, just like the body resurrected through Edo Tensei, she does not have the ability to eat. She only drank a couple of sips of water as a token gesture, and then sat quietly watching from the side.

Wait until the meal is finished.

Hikaru Uchiha and Kikyo temporarily bid farewell to Yuujin Itadori and returned to the Demon Slayer world to arrange the resurrection of all members of the Demon Slayer Corps.

As previously planned, Uchiha Hikaru prepared two plans:

First, use 100 points to bring Kami and the Dragon Balls to the Demon Slayer world and try to summon Shenron there.

By the way, Tanjiro provided the points. After all, he was one of the first members to join the chat group. The points he accumulated by signing in for a year were just a piece of cake for him to spend 100.

However, as it turns out...

This path is not feasible.

The Dragon Balls brought to the Demon Slayer world still contain their power, but they can no longer summon Shenron, and therefore cannot fulfill wishes.

no way.

Uchiha Hikaru then adopted the second plan, which was to pack up the coffins and talismans containing the corpses of the Demon Slayer Corps members and their relatives and friends, and bring them to the Dragon Ball world. Then, at Kami's temple, he summoned Shenron.

—In the process, she also showed Yoshino Junpei's body to the gods, who replied that he could not be resurrected, so she had to give up.

"...Speak your wishes, humans."

"Any wish can be fulfilled, but only one wish can be made."

With a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder, the entire sky darkened. Beneath the sky, the figure of a dark green dragon, its entire body enveloped in light, appeared. Its graceful form coiled in mid-air, emitting a deep and majestic voice.

Soon, the dragon noticed Uchiha Hikaru and Bulma: "...It's you again?"

"hey-hey."

Uchiha Hikaru gave a slightly embarrassed smile, then glanced at Tanjiro beside him: "Go ahead, Tanjiro. Just make your wish."

"……Um."

Tanjiro, whose name was called, took a deep breath, slowly stepped forward, and began to speak.

in this process.

Esdeath stood behind Uchiha Hikaru, arms crossed, watching the divine dragon in the sky with amusement, seemingly weighing whether it was strong enough to fight. Meanwhile, Tamayo, Yushiro, Nakime, and the others beside her were witnessing such a scene for the first time, their expressions filled with shock, and even their gazes towards Uchiha Hikaru became strange.

—Could this Miss Hikari really be a god?

Another one worth mentioning is Yamato.

The more she looks at Shenlong, the more he reminds her of her father.

If Yamato hadn't known he was in the Dragon Ball world, and hadn't had the psychological support of Uchiha Hikaru and others, he probably would have had some kind of stress reaction by now.

"...Resurrect these dead humans?"

After listening to Tanjiro finish expressing his wish.

The dragon slowly turned its head, its gaze sweeping over the hundreds of coffins around it and the souls standing behind them. Then, under the anxious gazes of Tanjiro and the others, it slowly nodded: "It's very simple."

"!"

The words fell.

The dragon opened its mouth and spat out a ball of pale white light. This ball of light split into hundreds of rays in mid-air, falling down like fine raindrops and disappearing into the coffins.

then.

They saw those spirits being pulled into their corresponding corpses by an invisible force, and they began to slowly regain their vitality.

In just a short while.

Kamado Aoi, Kocho Kanae, Tokito Ichiro... one after another opened their eyes, waking up from their long death.

(End of this chapter)