As usual, it was an ordinary dusk, and the sky gradually darkened.
In the large, retro Japanese architectural garden, predominantly black and red, lanterns had been lit early. This was the Kamo Family's stronghold.
"Eat. Eat."
Kamo Kenichiro stood on a red bridge, casually grabbing a handful of fish food and scattering it into the pond, attracting dozens of carp to scramble for it.
But suddenly, Kamo Kenichiro stopped his movements, as if he had frozen.
"Hmm?"
Kamo Kenichiro looked up at the sky, as if something existed in the twilight sky where day and night interchanged.
Even the fish, eager for their meal, suddenly sensed an anomaly and danger. They all stopped gathering and began to flee frantically, but the pond was only so big; where could they escape to?
Generally speaking, animals predict disasters faster than humans, but this time, the carp were slower than that old man.
"Rumble."
A sudden thunderclap, a deep, muffled roar, exploded in the sky, a reverberation from striking something incredibly hard.
The tremor spread from top to bottom without any buffer, making the sensation incredibly startling.
So much so that the entire Kamo Family stronghold seemed to have experienced a massive earthquake, with houses trembling.
"Earthquake!"
The unprecedented violent shaking caused people to stumble, unable even to stand. The Jujutsu Sorcerer of the Kamo Family sensed the anomaly and rushed out of their houses to see what was happening.
But the sight that greeted them left them all utterly astonished.
"The sky has cracked."
The sky, originally filled with fiery red clouds, now had very distinct cracks, winding for hundreds of meters like a shattered eggshell.
People discussed the sudden weather phenomenon.
"What on earth is happening?"
An older Sorcerer reprimanded a younger apprentice Sorcerer:
"Don't talk nonsense, that's our Kamo Family's Great Barrier shattering."
A thousand years ago, as one of The Big Three Families of the Jujutsu World, the Kamo Family's barrier could not have been poor. It was specifically set up for them by Lord Tengen. Above the Kamo Family, there had always been an invisible, semi-circular dome-like structure directly covering the entire Kamo Family area.
It usually had no presence, but today everyone realized that there was such a thing above their home.
"Isn't that even worse?"
The young apprentice Sorcerer exclaimed.
"It means it's an enemy attack!"
The Kamo Family, which had dominated the Jujutsu World in recent times, had enjoyed too easy a life. For nearly three hundred years, there had been no attacks on their main family, and now that peace was suddenly shattered.
Before this, they didn't even need to be prepared for danger.
No sooner had he spoken than a huge whistling sound came from the sky, a noise louder than a fighter jet engine. With a bang, a punch directly shattered the precarious barrier hovering over the Kamo Family. The sharp sound of breaking glass echoed, and fragments tinkled down at extreme speed from hundreds of meters high, smashing into the Kamo Family buildings and destroying seven or eight houses.
The dust generated by the impact of the shattered barrier enveloped the eyewitnesses on the ground.
After the smoke and dust finally cleared, the scene they witnessed sent a chill down the spines of the coughing crowd.
On that day, people finally remembered.
The terror ruled by the Blood-Colored Skull.
A giant red pupil, filled with insane killing intent, was peering through the shattered barrier of the Kamo Family, observing everything inside.
The moment they were gazed upon by that pupil, their blood felt like it would freeze from fear.
If it were just one eye, it wouldn't be so bad, but the problem was they could tell it was a giant Blood-Colored Skull at least a hundred meters tall, its bones covered with countless incomprehensible, terrifying symbols.
That crimson eye was rolling around, within a large fragmented hole created by its hand.
The Skull merely poked its head through the opening, using its single eye to peer inside the hole.
If it were just a monster with one eye, it would be far from achieving this shocking scene. The sight before them, obscuring the sky and sun, was so overwhelming that it was difficult to muster any resistance.
In front of that enormous body, they were no different from ants. At the same time, the unknown giant monster was using its bony hand to clear away the surrounding debris, forcefully expanding the opening.
The efficiency was astonishing; in no time, one-third of the barrier was completely torn down.
But as if this efficiency was still too slow, the Blood-Colored Skull reached out its hand, clenched it in the void, and a blade constructed purely of blood appeared in its hand.
The Blood-Colored Blade was forty to fifty meters long, shimmering with a terrifying light under the crimson setting sun.
The Skull, holding the sword with both hands, raised it high towards the already precarious and increasingly dim family barrier. The symbols written by Lord Tengen were no longer visible, and finally, the entire barrier was completely destroyed.
"Annoying!!"
The entire barrier collapsed with a roar. And under this terrifying blow, everything beyond the shattered fragments was annihilated.
With no barrier to obstruct it.
The terrifying living Blood-Colored Skull statue moved its massive body, stepping into the Kamo Family's territory for the first time, becoming even more unrestrained.
Its robust physique and terrifying Cursed Energy were now fully displayed before the residents.
Most people thought this was an ordinary Cursed Spirit attack, and they were eager to confront the enemy.
However, when they felt the aura emanating from the Blood-Colored Skull, everyone found it unbelievable.
Some even exclaimed directly.
"How is this possible?"
To ordinary people and apprentice Jujutsu Sorcerer just beginning to learn Blood Manipulation, upon witnessing the monster that destroyed the Kamo Family's barrier, with its wild demeanor like a demon emerging from hell,
Their first reaction was that this was simply a living Special Grade Cursed Spirit.
But the more experienced Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerers who understood Blood Manipulation all, without prior agreement, noticed the problem.
This monster, the more they looked at it, the more it resembled their family's Jujutsu?
The giant Blood-Colored Skull, with its surging technique structure and unique flow, was clearly their specialty—Blood Manipulation.
With the insights of these elders, eventually, almost every Sorcerer of the Kamo Family involuntarily realized that this indeed seemed to be their family's Blood Manipulation.
But this was impossible, according to their understanding and cognition.
A person using the Blood Manipulation technique must control blood from within their own body to construct various peculiar external creations.
The giant Blood-Colored Skull monster before them, entirely composed of blood and Cursed Energy. If it were built by blood volume, it would require at least hundreds of tons of blood to construct such a lifelike, entirely bone-and-frame giant monster.
However, the amount of blood in a human, even throughout their entire life, is far from reaching such a terrifying consumption. Even a hand could not be fully constructed.
So they could never believe that what they were seeing was actually constructed by Blood Manipulation.
"Country bumpkins, let me open your eyes."
Kenmyo stood atop this Blood-Colored Skull, his arms crossed over his chest, his expression arrogant.
"This is how Blood Manipulation is used!"
This Blood-Colored Skull was naturally his handiwork. It was constructed from a total of 274 tons of blood, with all the bones incredibly lifelike.
Ribs, hand bones, and all other bones glowed red, looking extremely brilliant.
The inspiration came from Susanoo, but it was far stronger than Susanoo, which could be breached even by a kunai. The internal structure of the bones was composed of highly concentrated, high-pressure blood.
As for why he didn't immediately use Resurrección to cover the entire Kamo Family with his technique?
Besides the initial barrier technique blocking him, in the real world, he couldn't unleash his full power without restraint.
The affected area would be too large, and he wouldn't be able to control the attack.
Kenmyo's target was the Kamo Family, not destroying the entire city it was located in.
To perform a surgical-like precise strike, Kenmyo needed to use Susanoo to unleash Resurrección, controlling the affected area as much as possible.
However, before that, he needed to fill Susanoo's body with as much flesh and blood as possible to make it a perfect form, thereby maximizing its power.
Kenmyo's eyes first turned red, then pure black, and his entire Cursed Energy erupted.
The Susanoo beneath his feet also underwent a radical transformation. Originally bare, with only a skeleton remaining, now numerous tentacle-like structures grew on each bone. These were tendons forming muscles over the bones.
After the muscles were constructed, came the skin, then armor and clothing.
In a short while, to the horrified gazes of all the Kamo Family members, a fully armored, majestic warrior appeared before them.
The sword-wielding warrior stood solemnly, exuding an immense sense of oppression.
In Kenmyo's hand appeared a blade, the Saint Blood Blade. He was about to perform Resurrección.
"Curse!"
Kenmyo's action was to grip the blade in his right hand and begin to slash at it.
And the warrior constructed by Kenmyo using Blood Manipulation, its movements were perfectly synchronized with his. Kenmyo raised his sword, and Susanoo likewise raised its sword.
Moreover, the self-inflicted damage was also the same. Kenmyo's palm was, without surprise, cut open, and a steady stream of fresh blood dripped down the blade.
Similarly, a large amount of fresh blood dripped from the warrior's palm, flowing out in a steady stream.
"Bloodthirst Black Wrath!"
After this declaration, a large pool of red blood appeared on the ground beneath Susanoo's feet. These bloodstains, as if alive, began to spread outwards from beneath its feet.
These vein-like substances, flowing with the River of Death, rapidly and densely enveloped the entire original Kamo Family area at a chilling speed.
Then, every ten meters, a pillar of blood shot skyward. If someone looked from above, they would see that all these patterns converged into a single crimson blood bead, surrounded by a pair of wings.
This was the insignia of the Blood Angels.
When this ritual was completed, the entire Kamo Family was completely enveloped within Kenmyo's domain, isolated from the world, with no signal and no way to contact the outside.
The commotion Kenmyo caused was quite significant. The Jujutsu Sorcerer Association should have reacted by now. The Kamo Family, one of The Big Three Families of the Jujutsu World, was under attack for unknown reasons, so support should be arriving soon.
But as long as Kenmyo did not dispel this technique, this place would remain forever isolated. It would not be connected to the outside world.
Even Kenmyo's good friends Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto would be unable to interfere with anything happening here.
It was that domineering.
However, Kenmyo's Holy Blood Myriad Trillion Death Great Burial Formation after Resurrección was far from that simple. What followed was a one-sided slaughter.
From Kenmyo's release phrase:
"Curse! Bloodthirst Black Wrath."
This should be enough to guess the other ability after Resurrección:
Hell Paradise!
That is, to make those within it experience pain. This is an ability that directly affects the mind.
But of course, it wasn't to make Kenmyo's relatives experience the anger of Sanguinius facing Horus and about to be killed; that would be too out of character.
These people were completely ignorant of Sanguinius's power and Horus's terrifying strength, nor could they truly empathize with the complex father-son relationship between the Chapter and its Primarch.
Simply put, Kenmyo believed they were like wild boars who couldn't appreciate fine grain.
So he simply simplified the effect of Hell Paradise to the most terrifying Cursed Spirit the affected person had ever encountered in their subconscious.
They would be killed infinitely by what they feared in their memories, experiencing pain in an endless cycle of suffering.
If there was none, then it would directly be the Skull that Kenmyo originally constructed with Blood Manipulation.
Making them ponder the meaning of pain in death.
Feel pain, ponder pain, accept pain, understand pain!
When their minds collapse, that is when the Black Rage erupts.
These people will completely forget who they are. What are they supposed to do?
Their minds will only be filled with a craving for flesh and blood.
These people will devour and gnaw at each other.
Until they meet their death, completely consumed by Kenmyo's River of Death.
In the sky, there was only a blood-red expanse, like a liquid, giving the feeling of being at the bottom of the endlessly surging River of Death.
Constantly being washed away by the River of Death. Although those with strong willpower might last a few tenths of a second longer, that would be pure agony.
Once one stepped in here, there was basically no possibility of getting out.
"The Black Rage has begun."
Accompanying the first agonizing wail, Kenmyo heard a chorus of painful screams erupting all around.
Those who were quick had already passed the Black Rage and entered Bloodthirst. Kenmyo saw a young man whose consciousness had completely collapsed, beginning to gnaw on an unfamiliar middle-aged man lying on the ground.
This was just a microcosm of everything happening in the entire family. Everyone was unable to escape this mandatory, sure-hit effect.
It was nothing short of a living hell.
Including that old man with stitches on his head who hadn't managed to escape the Kamo Family in time from the very beginning.
"Six Eyes! Damn Six Eyes!"
This old man wandered frantically on the bridge, his expression deranged.
"Why do you keep resurrecting when I've killed you so many times?"
"Five hundred years, a full five hundred years!"
He looked completely insane.
"Do you know how I've lived?!"
"Tengen, that hateful Tengen."
His brain trembled, emitting excruciating pain at all times.
This old man's mind also began to collapse. He pulled at the rope on his head.
"Why are you all stopping me?!"
A horrifying scene unfolded: the Kamo Family's elder's skull was actually peeled open, and surprisingly, no blood flowed out.
Inside was a miniature brain, which even had eyes and a mouth. It looked extremely disgusting and terrifying, and the mouth kept opening and closing.
In his dream, he didn't know what he had experienced, but he had even gone so far as to peel open his skull. The brain inside was trembling violently and steaming as if overloaded.
Ignoring his exposed brain, the old man shrieked and jumped directly into the river.
And those fish, being within Kenmyo's attack range, also had to undergo the judgment of Bloodthirst and Black Rage.
A fish's memory is only seven seconds; the Black Rage couldn't stop them. After seven seconds, the entire school of fish entered a state of Bloodthirst.
The formerly docile carp were now similar to the fierce piranhas of the Amazon River.
At this point, if any living creature fell into the river, it would inevitably be subjected to their frenzied gnawing.
The entire pond was boiling.
It was similar to the sure-hit effect of Unlimited Void.