Strange incantations, one after another, spilled from Kenjaku's mouth. These were the specific incantations she had adjusted for this ritual, representing her greatest sincerity.
The massive Cursed Energy swirling above the entire country did not quickly gather toward Kenjaku's location like a Spirit Bomb.
Instead, faint, fragmented lines appeared on Kenjaku's body. Her Cursed Energy, mixed with her soul, leaked out little by little from these broken lines, floating toward the eerie sky above.
Time flowed by, minute by minute.
Although Maki Zen'in couldn't see this bizarre sight because she wasn't wearing Cursed Tool glasses, she still felt the sinister and eerie aura, which made her uneasy.
"Hey, what exactly is happening?!"
Maki Zen'in couldn't help but turn her head and quickly shout the question toward Yuji Itadori and Aoi Todo, but neither of them could answer her.
It was truly too bizarre.
Sweat dripped down Aoi Todo's cheeks. The part of him that was a normal human warned him to run immediately, while the part that was a Jujutsu Sorcerer told him to quickly stop Kenjaku, or else a huge problem would arise.
Compromising, Aoi Todo decided to let Yuji Itadori and Maki Zen'in leave first to report the situation, while he stayed here to figure out a way to stop Kenjaku.
"Bro—"
Aoi Todo had only gotten one word out when he realized that Yuji Itadori beside him was already gritting his teeth, enduring the pressure of the gravity, and stepping toward Kenjaku.
One step, two steps, three steps.
The gravitational pressure emanating from Kenjaku was immense agony even for the superhuman high schooler Yuji Itadori. His entire body constantly emitted the sound of bones cracking, and blood even seeped out from beneath his skin, yet he did not stop his advance.
Kenjaku, who had stopped moving.
Yuji, who was advancing.
More than ten seconds later, Yuji Itadori arrived less than an arm's length in front of Kenjaku. Gritting his teeth, he clenched his fist and, amidst roars of anger, landed a punch squarely on Kenjaku's face.
Bang!!!
The scene where Kenjaku was sent flying with an abstract face and saliva, as imagined, did not happen. Instead, Yuji Itadori's punch hitting Kenjaku's face felt like striking something fragile.
Kenjaku's body instantly disintegrated along those fragmented lines. The Cursed Energy accompanying her soul transformed into a chaotic black mist, surging massively and vertically upward.
Yuji Itadori unconsciously raised his head, unsure if he was hallucinating, but as he looked at the pillar of Cursed Energy rushing toward the sky, he seemed to hear Kenjaku's manic laughter.
"Finally... finally... I finally succeeded! Even if Heaven doesn't favor me or stand on my side, so what? I, Kenjaku, can still defy fate and change destiny!!!"
Kenjaku's soul and Cursed Energy blended into the Cursed Energy swirling in the sky. It wasn't one side dominating this powerful force, but rather an equal assimilation using [Self] and [The Masses] as two separate units.
Under normal circumstances, this would be impossible. However, if a Binding Vow of sufficient strength built a resilient bridge between the two parties, then this impossibility would become possible.
A chaotic vortex expanded in the sky, and the bone-chilling aura transformed into waves of air that swept out in all directions.
Yuji Itadori and the others were nearly blown off their feet by the air waves. After stabilizing themselves, they decided not to continue the fight, instead reaching into their pockets for their phones.
They called Chinatsu.
Beep... beep... beep... Unanswered.
"Chinatsu-sensei didn't answer!"
"Then call her younger brother!"
Another call was placed, this time to Chinatsu's younger brother, Satoru Gojo. However, just like the call to Chinatsu, after a series of "beeps," the answer they received was that the party did not pick up.
"This is truly bad now."
Left with no choice, Aoi Todo raised his phone, switched to camera mode, and prepared to take a picture of the abnormality in front of him, intending to post it in the temporary group chat established for the Jujutsu Sorcerers community.
He couldn't rely on the ordinary Jujutsu Sorcerers at all. To be honest, he felt he couldn't rely on any Jujutsu Sorcerers other than Chinatsu and Satoru Gojo, but since the calls weren't going through, this was all he could do for now.
But before he could press the shutter button, the scene he was aiming at changed once again, and the resulting transformation left him stunned in shock.
He watched as the chaotic Cursed Energy began to spiral, converging and taking shape. It constantly shifted through various monstrous outlines before finally transforming into a humanoid silhouette.
When quantitative change leads to qualitative change.
That qualitative change will once again lead to quantitative change.
The Cursed Energy cycling in the sky according to this rule began to undergo a fundamental change.
In the original work, Sukuna summoned the Shikigami Mahoraga, using its adaptive analysis ability to find a way to break through Limitless Defense.
The action Mahoraga took after its first adaptive analysis was to mutate the form of its Cursed Energy, turning it into a new type of energy different from Cursed Energy, thus bypassing the Limitless Defense based on Cursed Energy.
And now, something similar was happening on Kenjaku's side. When such immense Cursed Energy mutated into a completely new energy form, the life born from it was undoubtedly an ultimate entity transcending both humans and Cursed Spirits.
Under the gaze of Yuji Itadori and the others, the brand new Kenjaku finally began to reveal her new form, towering over the world with a massive stature.
A celestial crown rested upon her head, and a jeweled necklace adorned her chest.
Her whole body shimmered with golden light, possessing three faces and eight arms.
Her faces were benevolent and kind, and a red glow hung between her brows.
It was difficult to associate this appearance with the role of a villain. If one looked into Buddhist scriptures concerning these forms, one might even find that this was the descent of a divine Buddha.
Amoghapasa Lokeshvara Bodhisattva.
The Lasso of Compassion.
The Cord of Salvation.
Salvation for all sentient beings.
The vow is not empty.
Aoi Todo couldn't help but mutter the details related to the famous Amoghapasa Bodhisattva from Buddhist scriptures. Although he already knew this dangerous person was named Kenjaku, a simple name coincidence shouldn't mean anything.
But now... "Seriously, I understand less and less what is happening. Is she... an enemy or a friend? Is she really a living Buddha? How is this possible..." Aoi Todo muttered darkly.
At the same time, the body of this giant Buddha-like form gradually became transparent, but under the illumination of the dazzling Buddha light, Yuji and the others had already lost the desire to fight.
And in the final moment before the Buddha-like form completely vanished, the originally benevolent and smiling face suddenly showed a sinister abnormality, instantly transforming her smile from that of a benevolent Buddha to that of a demon...
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