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

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 wasn't an academic veteran capable of dividing the brain into regions to carry multiple techniques using barrier techniques, nor was he a master in the field of physical modification—Liao Ao.

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 towards 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.

Inside the hollow in 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 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 taking 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, Tian Yuan Neng faced off against Jian Mu Xuan Dou, who was wielding a powerful weapon. However, Tian Yuan Neng's attack was swift and decisive, and he was ultimately defeated. He was defeated by Jian Mu Xuan Dou, who was wielding a powerful weapon. Tian Yuan Neng's attack was swift and decisive, and he was defeated by Jian Mu Xuan Dou ...

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!!!

And in the corridor, the peony was completely covered, and the peony was covered with a gun ...

"Could it be you, Tengen?"

Chapter 17 Cursed Embryo Does Not Bear the Sky

"It seems we need to finish this quickly."

Suspecting that Tengen was up to something, Xia Jie abandoned her original plan to fight Su Nuo and drag things out until Gojou returned to the high school.

After all, if the instigator of the anomaly was indeed Tengen, who was proficient in barrier techniques, then the battle fluctuations occurring within the barrier of the Hōsei Palace would likely be well concealed.

Even if Gojo Satoru finds the old wooden door through the remnants of Sukuna's curse power, Tengen will most likely have already changed the entrance again.

In the entire world of sorcery, only Gao Yu, Zhang Xiang, and Liao Mei can find Tianyuan, who is solely focused on playing hide-and-seek.

The current situation is quite something, it's like Fang Yuan, who boasts of having five hundred years of wisdom, has been given a slap on the wrist by Teacher Bai Ningbing to learn to be humble and not complacent.

So, who will be the one to strike me, this extraterrestrial demon, with a knife? Will it be Tianyuan, Gao Yu, or some villain who deviates from the original plot?

Don't make me get too excited!

By drawing back the cursed blood that forms the Blood Fortress Rock into her body, Xia Jie shattered the iceberg that had been sealing her with a single punch, a punch enhanced by cursed power.

"Higurashi! Takaha! Tsukumo Yuki! Khajiitsu! Chikusō! Tengen! Are you there?"

As soon as Xia Jie emerged, she shouted towards the direction of Hongxing Palace.

"..."

No one responded.

"Angels? Fu Hei? Can you hear me? Respond to me now!"

There was no response.

As if everyone had been vanished at the same time, only Xia Jie and Su Nuo remained within the vast barrier of the Hongxing Palace.

'666, there's even a one-on-one match!'

Xia Jie looked at Su Nuo, who had also noticed the strangeness of the battle because of his actions, and was happy to temporarily stop and wait for the melting spell to recover, and sighed inwardly.

"Um...can we call a truce?"

After a long silence, Xia Jie spoke first. He was already impatient to find out about the unknown source and had no time to waste with Su Nuo, who was only at the three-finger level.

"Ceasefire? At this moment? Your silly joke actually made me laugh, kid."

The Nuo master's crimson eyes flashed with contempt, revealing the look he gave to pigs and dogs.

"I knew it," Xia Jie sighed.

Xia Jie was met with several invisible slashes that only contained fluctuations of magical power.

Xia Jie dodged them all, feeling somewhat uneasy. Clearly, Su Nuo's spell's melting period had ended, and he would now face Su Nuo with both spells and his domain fully deployed.

'Will we win?' Xia Jie asked herself.

"I'll win!" With an arrogant smile full of confidence, Xia Jie grinned and declared his victory before the duel.

"Let me tell you in advance, you are the challenger of Ryoumen Sukuna."

In response to the provocative words of the blood-red stick figure before him, Su Nuo's reply was...?

"Hmph, you overconfident insect dares to challenge me? Watch me crush you!"

The frigid frost and hundreds upon hundreds of slashes arrived simultaneously, sealing off all of Xia Jie's escape routes in the confined underground environment. This time, no one could come to his aid, leaving him isolated and helpless.

'Should I take the gamble? I don't even know if I can do it right now... No, I absolutely can, I definitely can. Causal resistance, I command you!!!'

He will use causal resistance to resist all failures until he succeeds.

Even if you bet wrong, you can just go back to the challenge space and start over.

To Su Nuo's surprise, Xia Jie did not choose to defend against his attack. His true form ":)" actually closed his eyes at this moment "冫)" and calmed down to feel himself.

The slash shattered the blood-soaked body into mist, and ice crystals froze the spider-shaped brain at the center of the blood mist, the extreme cold beginning to brittle it.

"Tch~ You gave up after just spouting nonsense? But I won't let you die so easily, you bug!"

Su Nuo deliberately interrupted the output of his spell power, cut off the piece of ice crystal that was sealing Xia Jie's body, and examined it in his palm.

Whether it was due to the previous provocations or to gain intelligence about the future, Sukuna would not let Natsume die like this.

In other words, did Xia Jie lose?

No.

Xia Jie was inwardly gloating: 'Plan worked! Everything went exactly as I predicted; Master Nuo has fallen for it again.'

Now that we've successfully completed the first step of the plan, I need to rest for a while. I'll leave Tengen to you, Sukuna.

You've been around for ages, don't let me down, you old codger.

With this in mind, Xia Jie completely immersed herself in her inner world, digging into her own true nature.

He has always believed that he was born from cursing the murderer, a fully-fledged, top-tier cursed spirit.

But when he was pushed to his limit by Su Nuo's domain, he felt a tremor deep within his soul.

The feeling was like a pupa about to emerge from its cocoon sensing its existence and instinctively becoming restless.

It wasn't until that moment that Xia Jie realized that she was actually an unhatched cursed fetus.

Precisely,

It is a top-grade cursed fetus.

So, Xia Jie, as the cursed fetus,

Now it's time to complete the incubation process.

Beyond the ice crystals, Su Nuo's fingertips condensed into icy finger sleeves, which she angrily and disdainfully picked up from the ground.

Wash the dirt off it repeatedly with fine ice shavings until no trace of discoloration can be seen.

Su Nuo was still not at ease, so he used a lot of "Jie" to carefully scrape his fingers from top to bottom dozens of times, then cut open his abdomen and threw his fingers into his stomach.

The sheer power of the sixteen-finger curse makes it impossible for him to give up, but given its disgusting nature, it's also impossible for him to abandon his dignity and eat that finger.

For a strong person like him, a personal insult is more terrifying than death.

So we came up with this compromise: skipping swallowing and going straight to the stomach.

Even so, Su Nuo still felt a deep-seated nausea.

After absorbing the fingers, Sukuna's power was successfully restored to 19 fingers.