Curse Returns: Eight Extraordinary Skills? I lack nothing.

Louhu narrowed his single eye slightly.

"What kind of technique is this?"

"Why don't you try it and you'll see?"

Lou Hu did not speak again.

He took a deep breath, and the fiery magical power surging in his chest churned, compressed, and condensed within him. The surrounding temperature soared again, the moisture in the air evaporated completely, and even breathing felt like being burned.

"I don't care what you are," Louhu's voice was low and dangerous. "You killed Huayu—I'll make you pay with your life."

He suddenly raised his right hand.

Yu Ren didn't move. He simply looked at Lou Hu, at the ten top-tier cursed spirits, and at the surging cursed power emanating from them. The array diagram of Feng Hou Qi Men slowly rotated beneath his feet, the power of the five elements silently adjusting the rules of this space.

Then he spoke.

“Lou Hu,” his voice was not loud, but it clearly reached the perception of every cursed spirit, “You said you hate humanity. You think humanity is a cancer on Earth, and you think humanity should be eliminated.”

Lou Hu paused slightly in his movements.

"But have you ever thought about this—you were born from human fear, and your very existence is part of human consciousness. If you hate humanity, you are hating yourself."

A flicker of emotion flashed in Louhu's single eye.

"Shut up—"

The surrounding temperature soared again. Louhu's body began to change—dark red cracks appeared on his skin, like pottery about to shatter, with intense heat surging from the fissures. It was a sign of overloaded magical power; he was burning his core.

Just like what Hanami did.

"What do you know..." Louhu's voice was hoarse and heavy. "You humans cut down forests, burn the land, and fill in the oceans. You know in your hearts what kind of mess you have made of this world!"

He spread his arms, and the surrounding air exploded violently. Several dark red pillars of fire shot into the sky from the ground, turning the night sky a blood-red color.

"Hua Yu just wanted to restore the world to its proper state, what did he do wrong!"

Yuuto looked at Yuko.

silent.

Then he spoke, his voice calm, so calm that it didn't seem like he was facing an encirclement of eleven top-tier cursed spirits.

"You're right, humanity has indeed done a lot of wrong things. Cutting down trees, burning mountains, filling in the sea, polluting—it's all a fact."

Louhu narrowed his single eye slightly. He hadn't expected this human to admit it.

“But Hanami’s method…” Yuto continued, “is to kill all humans. Including ordinary people who have never cut down a single tree in their entire lives, including those who are desperately protecting the forest. Including the elderly and children living in the mountains that Hanami herself wanted to protect.”

He took a step forward.

"Tell me, what kind of justice is this?"

Louhu remained silent.

“Hana-Gami wants to purify the world,” Yuuto’s voice was soft. “But he himself is a product of this world. He wants to eliminate humanity, but he himself was born from humanity’s fear. The more he kills, the more fear humanity has, and the stronger he becomes—he can never kill them all.”

The array diagram of Feng Hou Qi Men suddenly accelerated its rotation beneath his feet, and the golden array patterns shone brightly.

"This is a vicious cycle."

Louhu's single eye stared intently at him.

“And you!” Yuuto raised his right hand, palm up, and golden magical power condensed into a small ball of light in his palm.

The leaking coral finally moved.

He took a sudden step forward, and the ground beneath his feet exploded, spewing out several thick columns of magma from the cracks. The surrounding temperature soared to its limit, the air distorted and deformed, and even visibility became blurred.

"enough!"

His voice exploded, like a volcanic eruption.

"I don't need you to tell me what to think! Hua Yu is dead! You killed him! Today I'll make you pay with your life!"

The ten top-tier curse spirits behind him simultaneously took a step forward.

Eleven different spells surged simultaneously, compressing the encirclement to its limit. The air was squeezed, emitting a piercing shriek; the ground trembled, and gravel bounced.

But Yuuto did not back down.

He didn't even change his posture.

He simply stood there, looking at Louhu, at the ten top-tier cursed spirits, and at the surging cursed power emanating from them. The array diagram of Feng Hou Qi Men slowly rotated beneath his feet, golden array patterns covering the ground within a ten-meter radius centered on him.

Then he raised his left hand.

Spread your five fingers.

"Golden Light Mantra........."

Golden light emanated from his palms, covering his entire body. The layer of golden light was as thin as a cicada's wing, yet it exuded an indestructible texture, as if it had coated his skin with a layer of flowing liquid gold.

Unlike the orthodox Golden Light Mantra of the Celestial Master's Mansion, his golden light is mixed with the power of the Five Elements circulating through the Feng Hou Qi Men Dun Jia. The golden light is the exterior, and the Qi Men Dun Jia is the interior, combining offense and defense.

"You think........."

Louhu's voice carried the roar of a volcanic eruption.

"—This can stop me?!"

He clasped his hands together abruptly.

"Firefly—"

Hundreds of dark red fireballs erupted from Louhu's palm, each the size of a fist, covered with fine cracks, and surging with molten lava inside.

They scattered in the air, like a swarm of enraged fireflies, shooting towards Yuu from all directions. They were fast, numerous, and covered every angle from which to dodge.

But Yuuto did not dodge.

He simply stood there, his entire body enveloped in golden light.

The firefly crashed into the golden barrier.

"Boom boom boom boom boom...!"

A series of explosions ripped through the night sky, the crimson flames intertwining with golden light, illuminating the entire area as if it were daytime. The shockwaves from the explosions spread outwards, sending rubble flying and snapping roadside trees in half.

The smoke and dust cleared.

Yu Ren stood still. The barrier of the Golden Light Mantra was covered with fine cracks, but it did not shatter. Those cracks were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye—the self-repairing ability of the Golden Light Mantra was being brought to its limit with the blessing of Feng Hou Qi Men.

He patted the dust off his sleeves.

"The strength is alright. But—"

He raised his right hand, palm facing up. A new Senluo Rune Seed appeared at his fingertips.

It wasn't the previous one, but a different one.

While he was speaking, he was using the Divine Refinement Technique to refine new rune seeds on the spot, taking materials from the pebbles and broken branches under his feet. He could transform and control objects in three seconds and complete the refining process in five seconds.

The time that Louhu and the ten top-tier curse spirits spent surrounding him was enough for him to do many things.

"Not fast enough."

Louhu's single eye suddenly contracted.

He saw the runes on the surface of the talisman on Youren's fingertip lighting up—gold, red, and blue light intertwined and flowed, representing the perfect fusion of the five elements.

"you--"

"Don't rush," Yuuto's voice was calm. "It's not time to use this yet."

He tucked the talisman into his sleeve and placed his right hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist.

“I just want you to know that I’ve been prepared while you’ve surrounded me.”

The Feng Hou Qi Men formation diagram beneath his feet suddenly accelerated its rotation.

Golden array patterns rose from the ground, weaving into a huge network in mid-air, covering the entire space within a radius of 100 meters.

Lou Hu felt an unprecedented sense of oppression. The direction beneath his feet was changing, the flow of air was changing, and even the direction of the flow of the curse power within his body was being forcibly reversed by some invisible force.

He didn't recognize the technique, but he could sense that this human was rewriting the rules of this space in their own way.

"what is this?"

"Feng Hou Qi Men".

Yuuto drew the sword from his waist.

Kikuichimonji Norimune's sword reflected a cold white light under the moonlight, with a thin layer of golden incantation attached to the blade.

"The ultimate in Qimen Dunjia. In my chart, the direction, the five elements, and the generating and restraining relationships are all determined by me."

He slowly raised the tip of his knife, pointing it at Louhu.

"Are you ready?"

Louhu's single eye burned with a dark red flame. The ten top-tier cursed spirits behind him simultaneously released their full cursed power, causing the air in the entire area to tremble, the ground to crack, and eleven completely different auras of destruction to surge in the night sky.

But he did not act immediately.

He is waiting.

Wait for the best time to attack.

Yuuto is also waiting.

He stood there, the tip of his knife slightly raised, golden light enchanting his entire body, and the Feng Hou Qi Men formation diagram slowly rotating beneath his feet.

His breathing was steady, his heartbeat was normal, and his eyes were as calm as if he were standing in his own yard looking at the moon.

The night breeze blew from the mountains and forests, carrying the fresh scent of grass and trees and the acrid smell of lava.

The two people stared at each other from a distance of several dozen meters.

Ten top-tier curse spirits stood behind him.

A human who had killed Hana Yu stood in front of him.

No one made the first move.

The air was tense to the limit.

The single eye of the Leaky Coral burns with a dark red flame.