Boom—!
Accompanied by a deafening roar that shattered the heavens, the dark-red light barrier over the Sendai Colony warped violently!
This colony, originally held in an iron grip by the "Four Heavenly Kings" and considered the most brutal meat grinder in the Culling Game, finally welcomed its terminators today.
At the end of the street, two figures stood back-to-back atop mountains of cursed spirit corpses.
On one side stood the black-haired Sword Saint, holding Shiranui, with not a shred of cursed energy fluctuating around him.
On the other side was the God of Pure Love, whose cursed energy surged like an ocean, backed by the coiled presence of a Special Grade Vengeful Cursed Spirit.
"Senior Yoru, there are more ancient sorcerers here than I imagined."
Yuta Okkotsu casually flicked the blood off his long blade, his gaze sweeping across the ancient sorcerers shivering among the ruins, his tone laced with chilling murderous intent.
"And their caliber is absurdly high. Just in terms of Special Grade cursed energy fluctuations, I can sense four."
"Yeah, naturally."
Yoru's gaze pierced through the billowing smoke and dust, landing on four massive pillars of cursed energy soaring into the sky in the distance.
Those were the Four Heavenly Kings of the Sendai Colony—Dhruv Lakdawalla, Ryu Ishigori, Takako Uro, and Kurourushi!
Each of these four was a pinnacle powerhouse who had shaken an entire era during the Heian period, possessing terrifying strength rivaling modern Special Grade jujutsu sorcerers!
They each held a quarter of the Sendai Colony, maintaining a delicate balance.
Any Player daring to step into their territory would be crushed into mincemeat in an instant.
"Still, precisely because they've clustered together, it saves us the trouble of hunting them down everywhere."
Yoru slowly drew Shiranui from his waist, its crimson blade radiating a heart-stopping heat in the dim colony.
"Yuta, stick to the plan."
"Leave the two in the east and north to you. I'll handle the two in the west and south."
"Let's see who clears them faster, shall we?"
Hearing Yoru's slightly teasing remark, a trace of frenzied battle intent surfaced on Yuta Okkotsu's normally brooding face.
"Since it's an invitation from Senior, I naturally can't refuse."
"Rika, let's go!"
Boom!
As Yuta Okkotsu's words fell, the Special Grade cursed spirit Rika behind him let out an ear-shattering roar!
Vast cursed energy detonated in an instant, and Yuta Okkotsu hurtled toward the east like a cannonball leaving the barrel!
The moment he departed, Yoru's figure turned into a stream of crimson light, vanishing on the spot.
A one-sided slaughter worthy of being etched into the annals of jujutsu history officially commenced!
...
In the eastern section of the Sendai Colony, within ruins shattered into fragments by countless bizarre trajectories.
A burly, bare-chested old man sat cross-legged upon a throne constructed of human skulls.
Dhruv Lakdawalla!
This ancient sorcerer, who had carved a renowned legacy across two incarnations, possessed an extraordinarily terrifying domain-type cursed technique.
His shikigami could trace guaranteed-kill trajectories across a vast range; any living creature that stepped within would be shredded into pieces in an instant.
"Hmm?"
Dhruv snapped his eyes open, a sliver of gravity flashing through his cloudy gaze.
"A vast surge of cursed energy is approaching this old man at an unbelievable speed."
"A cursed energy reserve of this level is even more exaggerated than that muscle-brained Ryu Ishigori!"
Dhruv rose to his feet, quickly forming hand seals to summon his shikigami for battle.
However, the very moment his hands snapped together to form the seal...
A cold voice suddenly echoed beside his ear.
"Your technique is too slow."
Slash—!
A blinding flash of blade-light cut across Dhruv's throat in an instant, like lightning tearing through the night sky!
Dhruv's movements seized abruptly, his eyes widening in disbelief as he tried to clearly see the white-clad youth standing before him.
Yet his field of vision began tumbling and flipping uncontrollably.
Until he caught sight of a headless corpse spewing blood, slowly collapsing onto the throne of bones.
An instant kill!
In merely a single encounter, one of the Four Heavenly Kings who had dominated the Sendai Colony was decapitated by Yuta Okkotsu with a single strike!
"Rika, eat him."
Without sparing the corpse a second glance, Yuta Okkotsu directly issued the command to Rika.
"Roar—!"
Rika gaped her bloody maw and swallowed Dhruv's corpse whole, along with the remnants of his cursed technique information!
"Now then, the next target."
Yuta Okkotsu turned his head toward the soaring pillar of light to the north, which was erupting with cursed energy uncontrollably.
"Ryu Ishigori, possessor of the greatest cursed energy output from four hundred years ago, huh?"
"I hope he lets me warm up a little."
...
Meanwhile, in the western sector of the Sendai Colony.
High in the air hovered a woman, entirely bare save for distorted space concealing her vital parts.
Takako Uro!
Former captain of the Sun, Moon, and Stars Squad, an assassination unit directly subordinate to the Toh clan!
Her technique, "Thin Ice Breaker," allowed her to manipulate space like fabric, not only granting a flawless defense against all physical and cursed attacks, but also enabling her to fold space to unleash terrifying reflections!
"What in the world... Was that terrifying burst of cursed energy from the east just now that old fossil Dhruv getting wiped out?"
Takako Uro gazed toward the east, her brow furrowing tightly.
"To instantly kill Dhruv... has that monster Ryomen Sukuna come to Sendai?"
Just as Takako Uro was gripped by doubt and unease...
A gentle voice suddenly floated up from below.
"Ryomen Sukuna isn't here."
"Though if you don't hurry and run, your fate might end up far worse than running into Sukuna."
Takako Uro whipped her head down, finding a black-haired youth clad in a dark uniform standing amid the ruins below before she had even realized it.
"No cursed energy?"
Sensing Yoru's aura, Takako Uro's face immediately contorted into a disdainful sneer.
"Where did a monkey without cursed energy crawl out from? How dare you boast so brazenly before me!"
"Since you're courting death, I'll gladly grant your wish!"
Takako Uro raised her right hand and jerked it violently toward Yoru.
"Thin Ice Breaker!"
Boom!
The space above Yoru instantly underwent severe distortion and folding, crashing downward like a massive, invisible net to envelop him completely!
An attack operating on a spatial level was something even a Special Grade jujutsu sorcerer could not withstand head-on; evading was the only option.
Yet Yoru stood motionless in place, not budging an inch.
"Manipulating space, huh? Truly a troublesome technique."
Yoru slowly raised his head, the light of the Transparent World blazing within his deep crimson eyes!
"Still, as long as it's a cursed technique, it must have activation trajectories and cursed energy nodes."
"And in my sight, no cursed technique in this world is without a weakness!"
Clang—!
With a crisp ring of steel, Shiranui at Yoru's waist unsheathed in an instant!
"Sun Breathing, Fourth Form: Fake Rainbow"!
Yoru's figure left behind a series of lifelike afterimages, slipping through the gaps in that spatial net along a bizarre trajectory that utterly defied the laws of physics!
"What?!"
Takako Uro blanched in terror. Before she could react in any way, Yoru had traversed a hundred meters and appeared right before her eyes!
"Impossible! How could you see through the trajectory of my spatial folding?!"
Faced with Takako Uro's shrill, terrified shriek, Yoru merely swept his blade forward with nonchalant ease.
"Before a slash of absolute mastery, space is nothing more than slightly thicker paper."
"Sun Breathing, First Form: Dance"!
Boom—!
A crimson crescent of flaming sword-light, radiating terrifying heat capable of vaporizing steel in an instant, crashed heavily against the spatial barrier before Takako Uro!
Crack!
Upon contact with the overbearing might of the Bright Red Nichirin Sword that severed all Karma, that supposedly impregnable spatial barrier shattered like brittle glass, emitting a groan of utter failure!
Immediately afterward, before Takako Uro's despairing gaze...
That crimson flaming slash tore straight through space and cleaved viciously into her chest!
"Aaaaargh—!"
With an agonizing shriek, this former assassination squad captain who had dominated the Heian period was sent plummeting from midair by that terrifying strike, crashing violently into the ruins below!
At this moment, the entire Sendai Colony fell into frantic trembling!
The greatest cursed energy output to the east and the invincible spatial defense to the west had both suffered devastating blows at the exact same time!
And the ones responsible for all of this were merely two youths who had entered the colony less than ten minutes ago!
With the fall of two Heavenly Kings, the balance across the entire Sendai Colony was completely shattered, and an unprecedented panic began spreading wildly through the hearts of every ancient sorcerer!
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