Chapter 177: A Real-Life Hundred Demons Night Parade?
"Don't look at me with that expression. Do you know? In this world, only our souls are the same, because we can both touch that illusory essence."
Mahito played with the soul in his hand. It was like sticky glue. A ferocious face appeared between his hands, like a ghost in the dark night.
"It hurts…!"
The three human heads on the festering wall of flesh wailed. The muscle fibers on their faces dripped like liquid, and soon they were lifeless.
"..."
"Are you trying to disgust me?"
Tatsuro's scarlet pupils stared at the smiling Mahito. The sound of Chidori echoed in his ears.
He didn't feel much for these dead people. At this moment, his eyes were only on the system mission; a sorcerer's foundation is to save people, and that's what he was doing. As long as he killed the cursed spirits, no one else would die.
He raised the sword in his right hand and got back into his offensive stance. In his perception, the transfigured curses had already gone out along the sewer. At this moment, he had to kill him.
Two hundred meters away stood five cursed spirits, as if specially modified. They exuded a dangerous aura, standing motionless.
*Are they trying to prevent me from using 'Domain Expansion'?*
It was indeed a good method. After all, the external barrier of a domain was too fragile.
*Mangekyo…*
He didn't want to use it on him. Then he would just have to exorcise him with his fists!
"How heartless. We've met so many times, yet you still want to save those humans you've never even met?"
Mahito looked at the lightning-intertwined sword in Tatsuro's hand and immediately recalled what Geto had told him about the 'Special Grade Cursed Tool' · 'Cursed Sword'; a sword that could transform cursed energy into a physical slash.
He then clapped his hands together forcefully. When he opened them again, a long, snake-like cursed spirit appeared, its white teeth bared. Because there was no skin to restrain it, its gums were exposed, and its tongue was hanging out. It bit down at Tatsuro.
"In that case, let's fight with all our might against each other, 'Transfigured Human'!"
"Swoosh—"
Seeing the attacking curse, Tatsuro's sword rose and fell. The silvery-white lightning instantly cut it in two. His scarlet pupils stared directly at Mahito. He turned again and sent out the lightning contained within the blade!
"You don't want to talk to me? How scary."
Staring at the attacking lightning, Mahito's legs transformed. His bare human feet turned into horse legs, and he then leaped away.
"Click—"
Although the human body is very perfect, able to adapt to various harsh environments, the limbs of some animals are far superior to humans, such as the explosive power of a horse's legs.
With the explosive power of a horse's hind legs, but only the weight of a human, his speed was also quite terrifying.
In just an instant, Mahito dodged the swift slash and then rushed towards Tatsuro, his hands covered in dark purple cursed energy.
The war had begun!
"Hahahaha!"
*He dodged?*
Tatsuro looked at the attacking Mahito, a little surprised. *How did he know that this sword could slash out cursed energy?*
He had never used it since he had acquired this sword. Could it be that the jujutsu higher-ups had been infiltrated by that guy Geto?
How speechless. *Trash higher-ups.* At this moment, Tatsuro's disgust for those higher-ups was growing. *Can information about sorcerers and special grade cursed tools be revealed?*
But his counterattack did not stop. That last blow had already sent out the Chidori attached to his right hand. The sewer, which had been illuminated by lightning, was now dark again; the receding lightning broke through the sturdy walls of the sewer.
"Swoosh—"
He had never forgotten the swordsmanship Maki had taught him.
The young man threw the 'Special Grade Cursed Tool' in his hand like a dart, and a Rasengan began to form in his right hand.
Under Maki's guidance, Tatsuro realized that he should not be so rigid with his weapons. When he should throw, he should throw, and then use other weapons to continue attacking; a cursed tool was just a tool. As long as it fulfilled its mission, it was enough; and now its mission was to create an opportunity for Tatsuro.
Seeing the attacking long sword, Mahito paused, then immediately dodged. His mismatched pupils stared at the flashing long sword. He didn't understand why he had thrown this 'Special Grade Cursed Tool'.
"Clang!"
The long sword stuck into the ground. Tatsuro, who was forming the Rasengan, also disappeared from his spot. A blue light arrived in an instant, reaching above Mahito's head, and then he pressed down.
"'Sage Art: Great Ball Rasengan'!"
"..."
"I'm being underestimated."
Mahito's pupils reflected the blue sphere. He recalled the memory of his body being forcefully ground away; unlike the feeling of his soul being torn apart, it was like being cut by a thousand knives, ground away along with the cells. Just as it was about to hit him, his horse legs kicked hard.
Like a super-low-altitude flight, he skimmed across the ground and left.
"BOOM!!"
The giant Rasengan fell, and cracks appeared on the solid stone wall, beginning to spread.
"Crack—"
As the spreading cracks grew larger, this cylindrical sewer also began to collapse due to the uneven force.
"This is..."
Mahito looked at the collapsing sewer and also understood that his initial attack was not aimed at him, but was intended to bury him to deal with the curses that had already gone up.
"I won't let you go up."
Mahito's hands suddenly became huge. His Adam's apple began to move, then bulged, as if something was about to come out.
"Ugh—Vomit!"
Dozens of compressed human souls were spat out from his mouth. His cupped hands clapped together, like a soft, sticky substance, squeezing out from between his fingers but not splashing out; when he opened them again, those compressed souls were completely revealed. Dozens of long snakes bit down at Tatsuro in the sky. The cracks had already reached the ceiling, and rubble had begun to fall. This place could collapse at any time!
"Looks like he's at full power. His strength is so formidable."
Tatsuro looked at the attacking man-made curses. He didn't think he could kill him, because when he first met him, he knew he could split his soul to the point of being "unkillable." He could only exorcise this body of his.
Now that he was at full power, it was easier. *I'll kill him!*
Dark red cursed energy covered his entire body. Using the expanding Great Ball Rasengan as a stepping stone, he charged into the dozens of long snakes with their mouths wide open, plunging headfirst; in the pitch-black space, the crowded walls of flesh wanted to crush this foreign object alive.
The young man moved forward, his hands quickly forming seals. As the sound of Chidori rang out again, Tatsuro cut a slit in the ground, picked up the 'Wave Breaker' stuck in the ground, and completely cut open the huge body of the curse. Red blood rained down; the freed boy charged towards Mahito. The power of lightning was re-injected into the blade. The silvery-white current flashed past, and the three-tomoe in his eyes spun rapidly, preparing to finish him with this one blow!
"Want a hug?"
Mahito spread his arms, his eyes turning into the compound eyes of an insect, analyzing Tatsuro's current movements. Although his speed was indeed very fast, so what?
Under the analysis of the compound eyes, everything was so slow.
Nature was truly amazing. Insects evolved "compound eyes" for survival, composed of many hexagonal small eyes. The more small eyes, the more developed the visual perception; a dragonfly has 28,000 small eyes, and he had 100,000!
Tatsuro's every move was laid bare. Mahito, having seen through his attack trajectory, was preparing to give him a loving hug; after the hug, he would become his property!
Just as Mahito was about to step forward and embrace him, that pair of scarlet pupils seemed to burst with astonishing cursed energy, and his vision began to blur…
"Eh, strange? What's going on?"
Mahito was a little surprised, but he also knew it was Tatsuro's eyes playing tricks. But just knowing was all he could do. At this moment, he seemed to be unable to do anything; to die!? He was going to die!
He didn't know how many seconds had passed outside. He only knew that his consciousness seemed to be drawn in. He began to feel anxious. He didn't expect Tatsuro to have such a trump card! It wasn't like before, where his soul was drawn into a different space, but his consciousness seemed to be clouded by something, disconnected from his body.
He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he found that he seemed to have arrived at a familiar place; the blue sky, the sound of the waves, and Geto in front of him, playing chess.
"Your turn."
As soon as Geto finished speaking, the world before him instantly turned dark. The blue sky was quickly eroded by darkness, like ink, and vanished into thin air; when he looked again, it was a wall, and at this moment, he seemed to be flying in the sky, with only his head.
He didn't know if it was because of the compound eyes that he had more room for thought at this moment, because... the world in front of him had slowed down a lot.
"There's really no other way. Let's begin..."
Mahito's mouth opened, but no sound came out. Two hands appeared from his mouth and then formed a seal.
*'Domain Expansion: Self-Embodiment of Perfection'!*
Like a blooming flower, countless hands began to blossom. A black domain instantly enveloped Tatsuro, who was preparing to finish off Mahito. The lightning-intertwined sword was still dancing in the sky. Dark red cursed energy covered Tatsuro's hands. Just as he was about to completely destroy his body, he sensed the abnormality at this moment. His scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan contracted violently. He looked in disbelief at Mahito's flying head, and the flower-like hands blooming behind him. *He could actually open a domain!*
Dozens of hands bloomed out of thin air, attacking the young man.
*Not good!*
Tatsuro quickly retracted his hands, his hands intertwining. He was going to open a domain to have a head-on clash!
"'Domain Expansion: Mirror-Formed Duplex'!"
Another black domain expanded. The sage art in Tatsuro's body plummeted, almost emptying him out.
"Drip—"
The sound of a water drop came. The tug-of-war between the two domains began!
"Become my thing!"
Within the domain, Mahito shouted; because both domains existed, they both lost the domain's unique 100% hit effect, turning it into a 'power' tug-of-war between the domains.
On the mirror-like water surface, what was reflected was no longer the starry sky, but countless hands, connected together to form a net. Dozens of hands fell from the sky, slapping down at Tatsuro.
"Tch!"
Tatsuro caught the 'Wave Breaker' dancing in the sky and then prepared to flash away. Because the sage art in his body was exhausted, he could no longer release ninjutsu to fight back. He could only go "outside" the domain to hide for a bit and release the 'Yin Seal'.
"Crack—"
This was not the sound of a mirror shattering, but the sound of the domain shattering. The sewer, which was already on the verge of collapse, was now collapsing!
Tatsuro looked at the giant rock that had broken through the domain and was falling, his pupils contracting violently; this guy had set him up!
!
"Crack—"
The cracks on the domain began to spread. At this moment, Tatsuro didn't have any extra sage art in his body. The 'Yin Seal' had not yet been released. If he were to be hit by these things, he would surely die; and Mahito had taken advantage of his weakness of having his cursed energy emptied after using 'Domain Expansion', using the collapse he created to bury himself; he had been played…
"Want a hug? My embrace is very warm."
Mahito, who had reattached his head, looked at Tatsuro with a playful expression. Even if these things smashed him to pieces, he wouldn't die. But what would Tatsuro, who had no cursed energy at this moment, do?
"Heh, see you upstairs."
The three-tomoe in Tatsuro's eyes began to converge. The 'Wave Breaker' in his hand, which was glowing with lightning, now became dim. The young man withdrew the sage art stored inside; the skeleton Susanoo began to appear.
"CRACK—!"
The already tattered domain completely shattered. The collapsing giant rocks instantly buried the two.
"BOOM!!"
"'Yin Seal: Release'!"
Tatsuro, buried under the rubble, quickly formed hand seals. Because he had the protection of the Susanoo, he was fine at this moment. It was just that his eyes were hurting more and more. He couldn't stand it anymore…
The cursed energy stored in his forehead flowed back into his body. The dim sage markings on his face completely dissipated. The Mangekyo Sharingan in his eyes began to decompose, turning back into the three-tomoe. As the 'Susanoo' dissipated, the unsupported giant rocks began to fall!
"Phew…"
His tired eyes looked at the falling giant rocks. Tatsuro tightly gripped the 'Wave Breaker' in his right hand. He was also a little tired. Even if the empty cursed energy in his body was refilled… but after all, he had been fighting all the way. His spirit was inevitably tired.
But… the situation at this moment did not allow him to leave the stage. The system mission was not even completed yet.
The right hand that gripped the 'Wave Breaker', its veins bulged. Vast cursed energy was injected into the blade. The silvery-bright blade turned reddish; he slashed out! The giant rock was instantly split in two. The red crescent moon broke through the buried earth and flew towards the sky; Tatsuro followed closely behind, constantly finding footholds in the broken earth, climbing upwards until he broke through the ground. The scarlet crescent moon continued forward, seemingly unstoppable. The road was built really well. A fault had appeared underground, but the concrete road had not collapsed with it; until it was broken by this huge slash, it finally realized that it had been hollowed out and began to collapse.
"It hurts, kill!"
"Help!"
As soon as he came out of the ground, Tatsuro heard the roar of cursed spirits and the cries for help from humans.
He looked over and saw a moving mosaic suddenly attack him, opening its huge mouth to bite him.
"Fishing for law enforcement?"
Only when the curse was right in front of him did Tatsuro see its appearance. It was a creature similar to a fish but with four limbs, and a woman on its tail who could shout.
The needle-like teeth bit down at Tatsuro. The black pupils stared intently at the man who had suddenly popped out. The gaps between the teeth could be seen with pieces of cloth, of various colors. It seemed to have eaten many people; the woman on its tail continued to shout, "Help!"
In the next second, a white light flashed. The curse was instantly dismembered. Red blood splashed all over Tatsuro; the boy paid no mind, but closed his eyes and re-entered 'Sage Mode'. The bloodstains on the sword began to turn black, then turned to dust and dissipated; without the super perception of 'Sage Mode', his highly nearsighted eyes were no different from a blind man's.
Two breaths later, Tatsuro slowly opened his eyes. He looked at the blood on his body beginning to dissipate, his brows furrowing. This was not a man-made curse.
*Why is the body of a non-man-made curse so big?* If it were in a forest or some remote place, he might not be surprised. But this was a bustling city. A curse of this size should have been exorcised long ago; could it be that Geto was also here?
"I'm here... Tatsuro."
Mahito's playful voice came from the pit, interrupting Tatsuro's thoughts; a figure jumped out, followed by five small Titan-like man-made curses. The aura on their bodies seemed even more dangerous…
"Let's start the second round of slaughter. Kill him."
The landed Mahito sat on the concrete ground with a thud, looking at the five man-made curses whose souls had already begun to burn. He needed to recover a little. 'Domain Expansion' was too draining on cursed energy; but, why did it feel like Tatsuro was still so full of life and energy, his cursed energy seemingly not reduced at all…
"ROAR!!"
The man-made curses, having received their orders, roared. The aura in their bodies continued to rise. At the cost of burning multiple lives, they gained explosive power in an instant! At this moment, they were no less than a Grade 1 sorcerer, for one minute.
"BOOM!"
The powerful force caused the ground to crack. A distance of dozens of meters, the five curses arrived in an instant. Fists as thick as thighs swung at Tatsuro like raindrops.
"Tsk."
Tatsuro clicked his tongue and quickly swung his sword to block. The opponent had a feeling of overwhelming the master with random punches.
"Clang!"
The crisp sound of a collision was heard, like the sound of iron clashing. The powerful force sent Tatsuro flying.
"Fuck! Don't your hands hurt?"
Cursing under his breath, the young man took out a 'Sage Art: Explosion Release: Clay Bird' from his backpack, threw it hard, and with his free left hand, clenched his fist, raised his index and middle fingers, and shouted: "Ha!"
"POOF!!"
Five "Golden Eagles" flapped their wings, blew away the white mist, and attacked the attacking man-made curses.
"BOOM!!"
After the violent explosion, Tatsuro also landed safely. But in his perception, those man-made curses were fine. They just paused for a moment and then rushed over again.
"Tsk, it's getting more and more troublesome. I'll wipe you all out at once."
Tatsuro threw the long sword in his hand up, his hands quickly forming seals. The sage art in his body plummeted by two thousand, and then he took a deep breath;
*'Sage Art: Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation'!'*
"WHOOSH—!"
Fierce flames spewed from his mouth. This street was already empty. The setting sun made the shadows of the tall buildings infinitely long. But at this moment, another "sun" was born!
The scorching flames touched the ground and then sputtered out. The dozens-of-meters-wide street was instantly filled with flames. The trees on the roadside sizzled from the high temperature and turned to ashes in a moment.
Like a sea of fire, a wave dozens of meters high instantly submerged the five attacking curses. The remaining power continued to sweep towards the resting Mahito.
"How terrifying."
Feeling the temperature that distorted the air, Mahito quickly got up and left. He had to run to a crowded place, or it would be difficult to restrain this guy, Tatsuro.
"BOOM!!"
Wherever the fire wave covered, it was all burned to starch. The glass began to crack due to the sudden localized heat!
"Crack—BOOM!"
The glass shattered. The people hiding in their homes looked at the scorching flames outside the window, their bodies trembling with fear; what was this? The end of the world? Not to mention the man-eating monsters that suddenly appeared on the street, what was with this fire? Had this world already collapsed?
"Phew…"
The flames dissipated. Tatsuro looked at the now-empty street and spat out a mouthful of fire.
In his perception, Mahito was now fleeing, towards a crowded place. He cursed, "This damn guy."
The road ahead had become a restricted area. The scorching flames had burned the air clean. At this moment, it was a vacuum region, although the air was refilling.
His left hand took out a "Golden Eagle" from his backpack and then threw it out. With a "Ha!", the "Golden Eagle's" size increased; Tatsuro picked up the 'Wave Breaker' stuck in the ground, grabbed the "Golden Eagle's" leg, and chased after him.
*I must kill him today!*
"Hahaha! It was the right decision not to run away today. It's too much fun!"
Mahito ran wildly on the street. His original human legs had now turned into rabbit legs, and he could leap dozens of meters at a time. His mismatched pupils scanned the surroundings.
"Don't even think of passing! Cursed Spirit!"
A sorcerer who was escorting people away saw the humanoid cursed spirit running this way, held his cursed tool, and charged over.
"Oh! There they are, there they are."
Mahito was ecstatic to see the humans. He looked at the sorcerer attacking with his cursed tool, accelerated, and instantly rushed to his face. His right hand grabbed his neck and said, "What a nice experimental material, 'Idle Transfiguration'."
"Ugh!"
The man being choked, his eyes rolled back, his figure began to distort, his face contorted, his hands tightly gripping the hand on his neck; then, under the gaze of a group of confused humans, the man transformed into a giant cursed spirit.
"Ah!!"
Screams were heard. The helpless people began to scatter; the sorcerer who had been protecting them had now suddenly turned into something like a so-called cursed spirit!
The people's worldview began to collapse. No, it had already collapsed. At this moment, all they could think of was how to escape!
"Kill them."
Mahito gently patted the cursed spirit created from the sorcerer in front of him and soothed it in a low voice.
"ROAR!!"
The giant cursed spirit began to move, slaughtering those he was supposed to protect. Screams filled the air in an instant. Tears also welled up in the cursed spirit's eyes; he really wanted to die… to end this state of being neither human nor ghost.
"Don't run, let me touch you properly."
Mahito instantly grabbed the two fleeing people, his hands on the back of their necks. Just as he was about to use 'Idle Transfiguration', he sensed that the man-made curse he had just transformed was dead.
It was not a natural death from having its soul burned out, but was instantly killed by someone;
Tatsuro…
This guy is really fast at chasing.
"Hmph, you're quite the runner, Mahito."
Tatsuro, holding the 'Wave Breaker', slowly walked over. Red blood dripped from the blade. A large white bird could be seen circling in the sky; he had taken a shortcut over the tall buildings… how convenient.
"Of course."
Mahito was not particularly afraid. He tightened his grip on the two humans in his hands and laughed loudly, "Hahaha, how is it? My 'Hundred Demons Night Parade'. Feel the powerlessness at this moment, Tatsuro!"
"Save me! You're a sorcerer, right? Save me quickly!"
"Save me! Save me! I have a lot of money! I can share it with you! No, I'll give it all to you!"
The two who were being held by something unknown shouted, tears streaming from their eyes.
"Damn it…"
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