Curse Returns: Eight Extraordinary Skills? I lack nothing.

Yuuto was afraid that he would lose contact before he could explain himself, so he interrupted him and relayed the question:

"After we kill that level two cursed spirit, the tunnel may become a loop, so whether we go forward or backward, it's the same as going in the same direction."

Ijichi was clearly thinking of a solution, and after a two-second silence, he spoke again:

"The thing that could cause this anomaly is probably not a level two cursed spirit. According to the regulations, I have an obligation to report this situation."

He paused for a moment, as if considering his words:

"I will contact Mr. Gojo."

Nishimiya Momo was taken aback.

The strongest modern-day Gojo Satoru?

"Will he come?" Nishimiya Momo asked, her voice tinged with doubt.

"Unsure," Ichichi replied.

“But at least he should be informed of the situation; Mr. Gojo always takes these kinds of things very seriously.”

Iji Tomo is two grades below Gojo Satoru in elementary school. During his student days, Gojo persuaded him to switch careers and become an assistant supervisor.

Over the years, he has been responsible for cleaning up after the five dogs, and the number of times the two of them have worked together is countless.

Therefore, for a task of this level, it's impossible for someone else to call Gojo Satoru, but it's hard to say if Ichichi can make the contact.

"Then I'll leave everything to you."

After Yu Ren finished speaking, he hung up the phone, took out the Qi-boosting pill from his pocket, and put it in his mouth.

The pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, and the dried-up magical power, like a pool of water that was about to run dry, began to rise again.

When Nishimiya Momo caught sight of his movement, she was taken aback at first, then her eyes lit up instantly:

You have such good stuff?

Yuuto didn't say anything, but instead took out a pill and tossed it to her.

Nishimiya Momo reached out and caught it, then smelled it.

The pill emitted a faint medicinal fragrance, and just smelling it made one feel that the magical power within their body had become more active.

"What is this?" she asked Yuuto curiously.

Yuuto replied simply, "It's for quickly restoring your spell power."

Nishimiya Momo has seen all sorts of spell tools and items, but she has never seen a pill that can quickly restore spell power before.

"Where did you get this?"

"secret."

"So stingy..."

Nishimiya Momo didn't ask any more questions. After all, everyone has secrets, and she didn't want to pry.

Yuuto shared such a good thing with her, so she should be content.

After the pill entered the stomach, the spell power that had been more than half depleted began to recover at a visible rate.

She stared wide-eyed at Yuuto in disbelief: "Do you know how much this thing is worth in the world of sorcery?"

"know."

"Then why were you so generous in giving it to me?"

Yuuto glanced at her: "If you die, I can't beat you by myself."

Nishimiya Tao choked, wanting to refute but unable to find a reason.

She snorted and turned her head away, but the tips of her ears were a little red.

"Alright." Yuuto gripped the hilt of his sword and looked into the depths of the tunnel.

"Since going backwards is the same as going forwards, let's try going forwards. Maybe then we'll end up going backwards and returning to the exit."

"Are you sure?" Nishimiya Momo clearly didn't want to move.

"There's no other way, let's just give it a try."

The two turned and headed deeper into the tunnel.

Kiyotaka Ichichi hung up the phone, his finger lingering on the screen for a few seconds.

He opened his contacts, found the number saved as "Mr. Gojo," and dialed it...

The deeper you go, the higher the concentration of cursed energy in the tunnel becomes.

Xi Gongtao's expression grew increasingly serious: "This is not right. A level two cursed spirit could not possibly have this level of residual curse power."

Yuuto didn't speak; he was silently calculating the amount of curse power he had recovered.

At the end of the tunnel, a side opening appeared.

That wasn't a normal tunnel structure; what was originally a sealed emergency escape route now had a crack.

And those handprints and corpses are moving towards that crack.

"Let's go in and take a look."

Yuuto gripped his knife tightly and led the way toward the crack.

The crack was very narrow, barely wide enough for one person to squeeze through sideways.

Yuuto squeezed in, and Nishimiya Momo put away her broom and followed behind.

Passing through the crack, the space inside suddenly opened up.

This is a small room, about 20 square meters, with things piled up densely on the walls.

These are all unclaimed tombstones from the Edo period, which were moved here due to tunnel construction, but have never been properly resettled.

Instead, it was abandoned here and has been neglected for many years.

Yu Ren's gaze fell on the blurred inscriptions on the tombstone.

According to the records, these should all be tombstones of various nameless craftsmen, prostitutes, abandoned infants, and those who died by execution.

These people were at the very bottom of society during their lives, and they didn't even leave behind their names after they died.

Suddenly, the walls began to melt.

The piled-up tombstones seemed to come alive, their surface stones turning into a gray-black mist that gathered towards the center of the room.

The black mist gathered more and more, gradually condensing into a main body ten meters long.

Apart from the black mist that condensed around the main body, the rest condensed into various human limbs around it.

Yuuto looked at the black mist spirit, gripped the hilt of his sword, and activated the Golden Light Spell at full power, the pale golden light on his body shining brightly:

"That's level one..."

A level one cursed spirit, something that wasn't mentioned at all in the intelligence reports.

Those bastards in the upper echelons, we'll kill them all sooner or later.

This is pushing top-tier sorcerers into a fire pit!

Nishimiya Momo clearly couldn't believe what she was seeing, and said in a trembling voice:

"This is impossible. How could a level two mission have a level one cursed spirit..."

"It was only recently born, its consciousness is chaotic, and the resentment within it is still conflicting with each other. What we need to do is hold on and find an opportunity to break apart its core," Yuuto said in a low voice, staring at the cloud of mist.

"Are you crazy? That's a level one cursed spirit!" Nishimiya Momo said in shock.

“I know, but can we get out?” Yuuto gestured for him to look back.

Xigong Tao looked back and saw that the crack through which they had entered had long since closed.

"What bad luck..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the cloud of mist suddenly expanded.

Countless human faces and black hands emerged from the mist, emitting deafening wails.

Chapter 13 Fierce Battle

Faced with the attacking black mist curse spirit, Yuuto reacted immediately, leaping high into the air and slashing at the various limbs connected by the black mist that were flying towards him.

However, these cursed limbs did not dissipate after Yuuto struck with his lightning-infused blade.

All of these turned back into black mist, gathered back into the main body, and then reformed into body parts.

More cursed limbs immediately followed, relentlessly attacking Yuuto. Yuuto once again used lightning magic, instantly destroying the limbs closest to him, then turned and shouted:

"West Palace!"

"They're here." Before Xigong Tao, who was flying behind, could finish speaking, a gust of wind swept out from in front of her.

Many cursed limbs were blown about, but the main body of the black mist remained completely still.

During the brief pause in Nishimiya Momo's attack, the limbs that she had blown away or even cut in half by Yuuto reformed and pounced on them again.

A few minutes later, Nishimiya Momo hovered in mid-air on her broomstick, frowning and panting:

"Something's not right about this..."

Yuuto stared at the cloud of mist without saying a word.

He realized that the cursed spirit in front of him was just toying with him and Xigong Tao.

Or perhaps they were being used as sparring partners.

It's just a few moves over and over, but there's one difference: each attack is more skillful than the last, and the power of the spell is constantly increasing.

If this continues, it won't be long before it becomes a true level-one cursed spirit.

We must act swiftly and decisively.

Yuuto pulled out the Five Warriors Talisman, which he had been using as a trump card, from his pocket.

After performing the corresponding invocation gestures, Yuuto said to Momo Nishimiya beside him:

"Cover me!"