Curse Reply: After choosing Nawa, the cursed spirit cursed me for being cruel.

Smoke and dust rose slowly from beneath their feet. The two men looked up at the same time, their eyes meeting in mid-air.

Gojo Satoru had that smug smile on his lips, while Duanmu Yan's eyes were calm and focused.

They had already exchanged dozens of blows, but they both knew that this was just a warm-up, and the real showdown was just beginning.

"Hey, Duanmu. Why are you still wearing your armor even though you used Domain Extension?" Gojo Satoru flicked his wrist and tilted his head to look at the fully armed Duanmu Yan opposite him.

During the exchange, he clearly saw that Duanmu Yan was using his domain extension to counter his lack of restraint throughout, and every punch landed squarely on his spell defense, yet the Yatalis armor did not disappear.

The cost of the domain extension is that the life-giving technique is temporarily unusable. Logically, the technique for armor fusion should be dispelled immediately.

Duanmu Yan chuckled, his tone tinged with barely concealed smugness: "I can use the spell of another suit of armor to activate the domain extension, thereby ensuring the normal use of Yatalis. Did you think that I and the other two suits of armor were just for showing off?"

Gojo Satoru was silent for a moment, then sincerely exclaimed, "As expected of you, your mind is so meticulous, only a little bit less than mine."

"You narcissist," Duanmu Yan replied expressionlessly.

"Thank you for the compliment." Gojo Satoru nodded without blushing, then looked around at the ruins beneath his feet, which they had almost completely demolished. Suddenly, he changed the subject, "Speaking of which, with this place so badly destroyed, won't you get nagged by those old guys when you get back?"

"Don't try to shift all the blame onto me," Duanmu Yan sneered.

"You chose the location for the final battle, so all the losses should naturally be attributed to you." Gojo Satoru spread his hands, looking completely innocent and self-righteous.

"How could you say such a thing? Besides, this place was going to be demolished anyway, and the two of us just happened to save the association some demolition fees."

On the airship, everyone had already seen the slow-motion footage clearly, and realized that the seemingly warm-up between the two was actually a thrilling confrontation.

Yuta said thoughtfully, "The Domain Extension technique was used by those top-tier cursed spirits in Shibuya. I never expected that Teacher Duanmu could use another set of armor to maintain Extension and Yatalis at the same time. This kind of dual-technique parallel operation is simply unheard of."

Miwa Kasumi frowned, her face full of confusion: "Then why don't they just open their domains? If they use domains to fight, wouldn't the outcome of a battle be decided very quickly? It's clean and efficient, isn't that better?"

Xing Qiluo shook her head: "It's easy to say. They are both top-tier sorcerers. Once they unleash their domains, it means they're betting everything. No one will easily overturn the table without absolute certainty. Besides... if they were really confident, do you think Chairman Duanmu would hesitate?"

Kasumi Miwa paused for a moment, about to say something, when Megumi Fushiguro suddenly spoke up.

"No. Teacher Duanmu has never hesitated. The reason he doesn't use his domain is probably not because he's worried about losing... On the contrary, if he really felt he couldn't win, Teacher Wutiao should have used his domain first."

Shoko nodded in agreement: "Yes, Gojo's personality is so wicked, and with the blessing of the Six Eyes, there's no way he wouldn't see through this. The fact that he didn't open his domain on his own means that he knows Duanmu is fully capable of catching his Boundless Void."

Upon hearing this, Itachi suddenly slapped his thigh, as if he had remembered something important: "That's right! When Sukuna was still in my body, I discovered that his domain seemed to have no boundaries. How did Master Duanmu manage to defeat Sukuna under such circumstances?"

Upon hearing his younger brother's words, Zhang Xiang had a sudden inspiration. He crossed his arms in front of his chest and said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid it's precisely because we can't engage in conventional domain battles."

"According to Yuujin's description, Sukuna's domain is an open domain that does not require the deployment of a barrier, and the fact that Chairman Duanmu was able to defeat him indicates that Chairman Duanmu himself possesses a domain of the same type."

As if to confirm the bloated image's words, on the broadcast screen, the two people who were originally standing facing each other suddenly raised their hands and formed a mudra at the same time.

Chapter 320 Basketball Field

The speed at which the fingers flew was dazzling, but everyone present recognized the gesture—the starting stance for expanding the domain.

Golden and blue magical light exploded from the two of them at the same moment, splitting the sky of the entire Nyuki River Hot Spring Village in two by these two completely different yet equally terrifying forces.

Gojo Satoru's Boundless Void has an extremely powerful effect. Enemies within the domain are forcibly bombarded with endless junk information, causing their brains to become chaotic and even permanently damaged, rendering them completely incapable of acting.

This is a modern realm that possesses both guaranteed hit and guaranteed kill effects.

The domains that Duanmu Yan had previously demonstrated, in terms of both strength and effect, could not possibly compete head-on with Wuliang Kongchu.

When the giant black sphere enveloped the two figures, everyone thought the battle would be decided inside the enclosed area.

But the next moment, Duanmu Yan's open domain rudely extended beyond Gojo Satoru's barrier.

Golden lightning struck from the outside of the black sphere, causing cracks to appear. The lightning emanating from the cracks grew denser and denser until the entire barrier shattered with a deafening roar.

A thick bolt of lightning descended from the sky, striking Gojo Satoru and electrifying his proud white hair, causing each strand to stand on end and smoke.

Gojo Satoru raised his hand to touch his hair, which was frizzy from the electric shock, and asked, "Why is the damage from your lightning strike so low? It feels like I've been shocked by static electricity... No, it's numbing my body."

"Because the effect of my domain is based on the concentration of malice in the enemy's heart. And in my judgment, Wu, you are righteous."

Duanmu Yan stood in the golden sea of ​​lightning, arms crossed, his voice frank, "So in order to maintain the domain's suppressive power over you, I changed the damage mode to continuous paralysis. It won't hurt you, but it will slow down your movements."

"I didn't expect you to have this trick up your sleeve, Duanmu!"

"That's easy. It's time to admit defeat, Satoru."

Duanmu Yan's tone carried an undisguised smugness, "You should know very well that after losing the battle of domains, you can no longer defeat me."

"Maybe that's really the case," Gojo Satoru said softly, then raised his hand to form a hand seal, and the light of the Simple Domain shone around him.

"The students are still watching me, let me be cool a little longer!"

The next second, he pushed off with his feet and charged straight at Duanmu Yan.

The two once again engaged in a pure fistfight.

On the airship, everyone from the high school stood up the moment they saw the boundless void shatter.

Itadori leaned forward abruptly, his hands gripping the control panel, his eyes wide with shock: "Gojo-sensei! His domain has been breached from the outside!"

Kusakabe: "Gojo Satoru's domain actually shattered. And he's still being struck by the Chairman's lightning... Although the damage isn't high, the paralysis effect will continue to affect his reaction speed."

Zhang Xiang crossed his arms in front of his chest and analyzed in a deep voice: "But the open field has no barrier, so theoretically it is possible to escape. As long as Gojo Satoru wants to leave, he can completely leave the field's coverage area in the first instant."

He nodded heavily: "That's right. Even if Chairman Duanmu's domain can cover the entire Nugui River, with Gojo-sensei's speed, he can get away immediately. His teleportation..."

He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.

Kusakabe slowly shook his head. "No. That guy's teleportation uses a limitless technique to compress space and coordinates. Now that his domain has been destroyed, the technique cannot be activated for the time being, so he can't escape."

Itadori's voice tightened slightly: "In other words..."

Fuhei Hui swallowed hard, his gaze fixed on the two figures clashing wildly on the broadcast screen, and uttered the judgment that everyone was thinking at that moment: "That's right, Teacher Duanmu has won."

However, the situation on the battlefield did not develop as everyone had expected.

Despite having an overwhelming advantage, Duanmu Yan failed to overwhelm Gojo Satoru in one fell swoop.

The two exchanged dozens of attacks above the ruins, the muffled thuds of fists and feet colliding as dense as a torrential rain, each clash causing everyone inside the airship to hold their breath.

Finally, the two were knocked back by each other and landed at the same time, about twenty meters apart.

Gojo Satoru stretched his shoulders, which were stiff from being paralyzed by the lightning, and tilted his neck, making a crisp cracking sound.

He looked at Duanmu Yan, who was also adjusting his breathing, and a confident smile appeared on his lips: "Duanmu, although my 'No Limits' skill is temporarily unusable, my Six Eyes is still there. I saw your movements very clearly."

He pointed to his blue-glowing eyes, then slowly clenched his fist. "Normally, I should run out of your domain as fast as I can now, and come back to fight after your domain dissipates."

But... that's a useless way of thinking.

"I am Gojo Satoru. I will defeat you when you have the upper hand!"

The next second, Gojo Satoru formed hand seals again, and magical power gathered wildly at his fingertips, causing blue light to explode from his body.

"Domain Deployment!"

The enormous barrier instantly enveloped the space within hundreds of meters around it, and the pitch-black sphere reappeared, but this time everyone could feel that it was completely different from before.

Inside the airship, the students from the college stood up almost simultaneously.

Xia Youjie stared intently at the rapidly changing black sphere on the broadcast screen. "Wu wants to expand the domain to encompass Duanmu's entire domain, but if he can expand his domain, so can Duanmu. The open domain's range could probably cover the entire Nuguichuan... Trying to surround the open domain from the outside by expanding its range is a dead end."

With his arms crossed and brows furrowed, Cheng said, “If we want to prevent external damage, we must increase external defenses. But according to the principle of domain balance, if external defenses are strengthened, the interior will be relatively weak. Chairman Duanmu can completely defeat him from the inside.”

Itadori's palms were sweaty: "What should I do...? Is Gojo-sensei really going to lose like this? No way..."

"Wait! Look at the screen!" Nishimiya Momo suddenly shouted, pointing at the broadcast screen.

All eyes were refocused.

The enormous barrier that originally covered an area of ​​hundreds of meters on the screen is rapidly shrinking, eventually forming a pitch-black sphere only the size of a basketball.

Kusakabe's eyes widened, and he didn't even bother to pick up the lollipop that slipped out of his mouth and fell to the ground: "Such a small barrier? Theoretically speaking, shrinking the area of ​​a domain can indeed greatly increase its strength, but it's only the size of a basketball... How can it fit two people?"

Maki: "Why not? It's not uncommon in the world of jutsu that the size of the container's exterior doesn't match the size of its interior."

Kusakabe shook his head. "It's not that simple. For barrier techniques, the most important thing is the specific impression and cognitive framework. Even if you narrow down the scope, there has to be a limit. How can the size of a basketball fit two complete people?"

Suddenly, Zhang Xiang spoke, his voice as deep and calm as ever: "The item that imprisoned Gojo Satoru."

Everyone looked at him at the same time, and Xia Youjie's brows relaxed in the next second. "That's right. Because he was once sealed, a palm-sized object could lock a person inside. During the few hours he was sealed, Wu personally experienced the method of compressing a huge space into an extremely small container, and then applied this experience to his own field."

"He compressed the outer barrier of the domain to its limit to obtain the strongest resistance, and simultaneously gained extremely high strength inside and outside."

"To be able to learn new things even in such a desperate situation, you truly deserve to be called Go."

Chapter 321 This move... was specially prepared for you.

There was a moment of silence inside the airship.

Itadori spoke first, his tone carrying a mix of admiration and helplessness: "So, Gojo-sensei was sealed away once, yet he not only didn't suffer any psychological trauma, but he even learned a move from it. Just how big is his heart?"

Wild Rose added dryly from the side, "He's probably the only one in the world who would want to learn something while he's sealed away."

Megumi Fushiguro concluded expressionlessly, "That's Gojo-sensei for you."

Everyone nodded, their expressions complex.

Just as the group was chatting, the basketball-sized black sphere silently cracked open within the golden sea of ​​lightning.

At the same time, the golden lightning that had been swirling over the entire Nyukigawa Onsen village also vanished in an instant.

The two realms were destroyed by each other in the same instant.

After a brief moment of deathly silence inside the airship, deafening cheers erupted.

Exclamations of surprise rose and fell, no one remembered who had shouted first, and no one cared whether their voice was drowned out by the shouts of others.

"To be able to destroy one's own barrier from the outside while simultaneously dismantling the opponent's barrier from the inside... what kind of combat intuition is that!"

"Both of them are terrifying. This level of offense and defense isn't about techniques, it's about timing and understanding each other perfectly!"

"So this is how a domain can be used: compressed to the limit to increase its strength, and then the time gained by compressing the domain can be used to counter the opponent's domain... Gojo Satoru's tactical thinking is simply monstrous."

"Chairman Duanmu is also a monster. He can maintain his advantage without being reckless, steadily apply pressure, and at the same time keep an eye on the opponent's counterattack opportunities... These two are simply monsters against monsters."

The atmosphere inside the airship was beyond enthusiastic; everyone seemed to be ignited by the two magical forces emanating from the ruins.

They witnessed firsthand the ultimate showdown between closed and open domains, and saw two of the strongest in modern times use ingenious tricks to turn the impossible into possible in a desperate situation.

Being able to witness a battle of this caliber firsthand, even if I were to die on the spot right now, would absolutely be worth the price of admission.

Above the ruins, Duanmu Yan and Wutiao Wu gaze at each other across a patch of white ground crushed into dust.