Jujutsu Kaisen: I have everything I need now!

"Get out of the way!"

The voice of the new moon rang in her ears.

He reached out and grabbed Zhenyi's shoulder, pulling her backward forcefully.

Right where Zhenyi had been standing, a sharp, black arc of light struck down without warning.

Without making a sound, the huge, withered leaf was cut in two with remarkable precision. The cut was as smooth as a mirror.

Following the force of the first day of December, Zhenyi rolled on the ground, quickly knelt on one knee, raised the "Black Queen" with both hands, and aimed the gun directly at the spot where the dark figure had fallen.

Only then did the fierce winds generated by the attack finally reach their faces.

The wind pressure was so high that it was difficult for Mayi to open her eyes. She gritted her teeth, her finger on the trigger, but she didn't fire immediately.

"Don't fire recklessly." December Shuo stood beside Zhenyi, his body blocking some of the wind pressure.

Zhenyi squinted, staring intently ahead.

It was a monster that, from their current perspective, was at least three stories tall. It had a human-like torso, but its limbs were entirely insect-like arthropods. Most terrifying of all were its arms, which were two enormous, sharp black scythes covered with serrated barbs.

The shadow soldiers of the mantis-shaped group.

The monster turned its head, its eerie green compound eyes staring at Zhenyi and December, emitting an extremely grating friction sound.

The next second, the monster disappeared from its spot again.

"above!"

On the first day of the twelfth month, he shouted and suddenly raised his hands upwards.

Within this microscopic spatial barrier, the power within him no longer needed to be channeled through Mayi; instead, it surged directly from his hands.

A transparent wall of telekinesis instantly formed above their heads.

"clang!"

The enormous black scythe slammed down on the wall of psychic energy.

The two forces collided, producing a deafening thud. December's legs bent slightly, and the surface of the withered leaves beneath his feet instantly cracked extensively.

"Its power isn't great, but its speed is too fast." December 1st stared at the two black scythes above that were constantly applying pressure.

"What should we do then?" Zhenyi looked at the monster above her head and slightly raised the muzzle of her gun.

"Strike its joints! If it has an insect-like body structure, then the point of force should be at the junctions of those segments!"

Without any hesitation, Zhenyi immediately adjusted the muzzle of her gun and aimed at the joint where the monster's right arm scythe connected to its torso.

"Bang!"

A muffled gunshot rang out, sounding even more muffled than usual, as if it were fired underwater.

A pure black energy blast shot out.

"hiss--"

The energy blast struck the monster's right arm joint with pinpoint accuracy.

The monster let out a piercing scream. A large hole had been blasted into its right arm joint by an energy blast, and black slime gushed from the wound. Losing the support of one arm, the monster's balance was instantly shattered in mid-air, and it crashed heavily to the ground some distance away.

"Walk!"

Instead of checking whether the monster was dead, he grabbed Zhenyi and ran in the opposite direction towards a thick patch of grass.

"Shouldn't we kill it?" Zhenyi gasped for breath as she ran. In this environment, every breath felt incredibly difficult, and the air felt extremely thick.

"That shot just now gave us away." December Shuo pulled her through the green grass stalks that were as tall as towering trees. "I sensed that there was more than one around here, and several more were scattered around us."

The two ran into a "forest" made of giant moss.

The terrain here is extremely complex, with uneven moss-covered surfaces covered with puddles of all sizes. Normally, these puddles wouldn't even wet their shoes, but now, each one is like a bottomless lake.

On the first day of December, he stopped and looked back.

There was no sign of pursuers behind them.

He released Zhenyi's hand and leaned against a thick blade of grass.

"How are you?" He asked, looking at Zhenyi's pale face.

Mayi shook her head, pressing her hand to her chest. "I'm just a little out of breath. And..." She looked down at the "Black Queen" in her hand, "firing the gun is taking a toll than usual. The space here not only shrinks our bodies, but it also seems to be suppressing our magical energy output."

Zhen leaned against the other side of the grass stem, calming her breathing. She looked at December's clear face, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

"You...you now have a physical form?"

December 1st paused for a moment. He looked at his hands, then touched his cheek.

"It's not clear yet; you were originally my observer." He straightened up, his eyes gleaming with golden light.

"Now, we need to figure out where the others are. Hopefully, they weren't smashed to pieces during landing."

……

At the same time, at the other end of the botanical garden.

A "desert" area composed of huge sand dunes.

"clang!"

Maki gripped the long sword with both hands and swung it fiercely at a black mantis monster that pounced from the side.

The weapon's blade struck the monster's scythe, sending sparks flying.

Maki felt a tingling sensation in her hand, and the enormous recoil forced her to take three steps back, sinking deep into the sand beneath her feet.

"Ugh! This damn sand!"

Maki cursed in frustration.

For the Heavenly Tyrant's physique, strength and speed are her greatest assets. However, in her current shrunken state, even the slightest movement is disrupted, preventing her from unleashing even 30% of her monstrous strength.

"Maki-senpai, watch out behind you!"

Kugizaki Nobara shouted.

She stood on a huge rock, swinging her hammer wildly, and several nails infused with magical power shot precisely at the monster behind Maki.

"burst!"

The nails exploded on the monster's back.

However, due to the barrier, the explosion's power was greatly reduced, only causing the monster in front of them to stagger slightly without causing any substantial damage.

The monster steadied itself, turned its head, and locked its eerie green compound eyes onto Kugizaki.

Its four thin wings on its back suddenly spread open, emitting a high-frequency vibration. The next second, its massive body rose directly into the air, and two black scythes, like scissors, slashed towards Kugizaki's neck.

"Come on, you ugly monster!"

Kugizaki showed no fear. She pulled a brand-new long nail from her waist pouch, ready to activate "Resonance" the moment the other party got close.

At this critical moment.

A pure white figure darted in from the side.

"Whoosh!"

An extremely fierce sword-drawing slash.

Yuta Etsukotsu paused for a moment in mid-air, his long sword slicing across the monster's vulnerable abdominal segments.

There was no sound.

The monster that lunged at Kugizaki was cut in half at the waist in mid-air, and black blood rained down like a storm.

Eto landed steadily on the boulder next to Kugizaki, flicking the black slime off the blade with his other hand.

"Are you alright, Wild Rose?"

"It's nothing." Kugizaki glanced at the monster's corpse on the ground and pursed his lips.

Maki walked over carrying a knife, panting heavily, her face pale.

"These disgusting bugs are everywhere." Maki looked around. "This is the third wave of attacks since we fell in. There's no way we can kill them all."

Yi Gu's gaze swept across this desolate "desert".

Behind the massive pebbles surrounding them, a dozen or so pairs of compound eyes, gleaming green, could be faintly seen. The monsters didn't attack immediately; instead, they lingered around, seemingly observing or perhaps exhausting them.

"They're toying with us like prey," Yigu's voice turned somber.

He closed his eyes, trying to summon Rika.

"Urika, come out."

A few seconds later, a huge white outline slowly emerged from the shadow behind him.

To Yigu's astonishment, Rika did not possess the usual overwhelming oppressive aura. Under the suppression of the laws of the microscopic world, Rika's size was compressed, and her body appeared somewhat translucent, clearly indicating that her power was severely restricted within this barrier.

"Yuta..." Rika groaned in pain, "It hurts... here..."

"I know." Otsuko reached out and comforted Rika. "Bear with it, Rika. Help us clear a path."

He turned to look at Maki and Kugizaki.

"We can't stay here and be consumed by them. Zhenyi and December are not nearby; we must find them first."

"But which way do we go?" Kugizaki looked at the massive, identical sand dunes around him. "We can't even tell which way to go. Besides, these insect-like soldiers are too fast; we can't outrun them in this terrain."

Yi Gu looked up.

From a very high vantage point, one can vaguely see the original glass dome of the botanical garden, but due to the barrier, it appears as a hazy gray sky.

"We don't look for their direction, we look for the core."

A resolute glint flashed in Yi Gu's eyes.

"Since it's a barrier, it must have a core that keeps it running. It could be the mantis-shaped group's mask, or the legion commander's true form. If we destroy that core, the barrier will definitely collapse."

He gripped the longsword tightly, and white magical light rekindled on its blade.

"Stay close to me. Rika, lead the way!"

"roar!"

Rika let out a roar and charged towards the group of monsters hidden behind the sand directly in front of her.

Otsu, Maki, and Kugizaki followed closely behind.