Buzzzt!
The spatial distortion created by Black Flash continued rippling outward as Uro's abdomen took the hit directly. Terrifying physical force and explosive cursed energy spread through the point of impact.
"Pfft!"
A huge mouthful of blood burst from Uro's lips, some of it even splattering across Yuji's face. That powerful punch made it feel as though all of her internal organs were shaking violently.
Yet Uro immediately gritted her teeth and twisted her arm, grabbing and pulling space itself before slamming it forward.
Simultaneously, Yuji also lowered his knees and crouched low. His upper body nearly became horizontal as he slipped past her side.
Before Uro could even turn around fully, he gathered cursed energy into his right elbow and slammed it into her ribs.
"Black Flash!"
There was no anger. No fear. Yuji simply wanted to defeat her here with everything he had.
His eyes became clearer and clearer, and the endless fog that had always covered the road ahead of him as a sorcerer finally seemed to be slowly fading away.
Right then, Uro endured the pain and spun around completely, smashing her elbow into Yuji's face.
Blood sprayed from his nose, yet while being blown backward, Yuji twisted his body using the force of her strike and kicked her in the head.
"Black Flash!"
This was already Yuji's third Black Flash in nearly uninterrupted succession. He had fully entered that mysterious state brought about by Black Flash.
Distorted space and black-red cursed energy resembling flashes of lightning violently exploded around him, perfectly displaying the passion burning within the young sorcerer.
Both of them were blasted backward simultaneously and crashed into buildings behind them. The enormous impact shattered walls effortlessly and sent dust everywhere.
"That brat is actually using Black Flash like it's a normal attack..."
As Uro forced herself halfway back up and spoke, she suddenly vomited another mouthful of blood onto the floor, several white teeth mixed within it.
Even during the golden age of jujutsu a thousand years ago, she had never heard of anyone using Black Flash like this. Three consecutive Black Flashes had undeniably caused her serious damage.
But only that much.
The injuries on her face slowly began healing. Even the missing teeth had already regrown.
At this moment, the advantages of Reverse Cursed Technique became fully apparent. Although using it consumed a large amount of cursed energy, damage of this level was still far from enough to seriously weaken her.
On the other side...
"Haa... haa..."
Yuji staggered out from the broken wall in silence while breathing heavily. He raised the back of his hand against his still-bleeding nose.
The earlier injuries combined with that elbow strike had already started making his vision blurry.
"Getting pushed this far by trash like her is honestly pathetic, brat."
Inside his body, Sukuna openly expressed his disgust toward Yuji. Hidden within his words was also a faint suggestion that Yuji should beg him for help.
"Shut up."
Yuji completely ignored him.
Ever since surrendering control during the Shibuya Incident, he had lost all trust in Sukuna. He did not know what exactly Sukuna was planning, but unless absolutely cornered, Yuji would never willingly let him out again.
"Thin Ice Breaker!"
From the nearby ruins, powerful cursed energy suddenly surged as space rapidly distorted and rushed toward Yuji.
BOOM!
Yuji twisted his body sideways just in time. The building behind him instantly collapsed and turned into rubble, even partially blocking his escape route.
"You dragged me into a place like this because you wanted to use the complicated terrain and blind spots to catch me off guard with your decent close combat skills."
Uro slowly walked forward while gripping a section of space in each hand.
Since her opponent wanted to restrict her movements with the surrounding terrain, she would simply destroy every building nearby instead. Once nothing remained except ruins, she wanted to see what tricks this brat still had left.
The next moment, two more rapid Thin Ice Breakers blasted toward Yuji.
'This is bad...'
Though Yuji used agile movements to dodge the shattered chunks of space flying at him like cannon shells, the collapsing buildings and crumbling streets behind him constantly reminded him how dangerous the situation had become.
Still, he had no idea how Yuta's side was going. He did not dare recklessly search for him either, fearing he might create even more trouble.
So Yuji could only continue retreating along the path he originally used to enter here, trying to avoid becoming trapped beneath endless rubble and collapsing terrain later.
"Kashimo has a companion on your side, doesn't he?"
Uro no longer wasted cursed energy bombarding the area nonstop with Thin Ice Breakers. She had already begun sensing the fierce battle occurring several kilometers away.
Two overwhelming sources of cursed energy were violently clashing against each other, and even from this distance she could still feel their overflowing pressure.
To her, this was an opportunity.
She needed to quickly finish off this brat and then head over there to see whether she could eliminate those two as well.
After firing another Thin Ice Breaker to temporarily cut off Yuji's path, Uro rapidly closed the distance and arrived close behind him.
"Divergent Step!"
Just like before, Yuji abruptly stopped and explosively reversed direction, charging straight toward Uro. He absolutely had to seize this chance where she willingly entered close combat range.
However, unlike their previous exchanges, Uro showed no panic whatsoever facing Yuji's sudden attack.
Instead, she looked exactly as though she had anticipated it. A satisfied smile appeared across her face.
Then she crossed both wrists before her chest, connecting her thumbs and index fingers together into the Gundari Myo-o mudra.
"Domain Expansion: Sky Burial Mirror Palace!"
Suddenly, space around them twisted apart. The sky itself seemed to collapse downward and seal both of them inside.
In only that brief moment, Yuji had already become trapped within her domain.
Endless sky-blue color covered the world around them. The two now stood as though atop a heavenly palace above the clouds.
"You've already lost."
Uro wore a relaxed expression as she casually grabbed at empty space. Yuji's attack instantly veered off course.
Then she directly seized the distorted space itself and flung his entire body away, sending him tumbling endlessly through the sky.
Meanwhile, Uro took a deep breath and once again gripped the nearby space surface with both hands, preparing another Thin Ice Breaker.
With the boost granted by her domain and the added guaranteed-hit effect, she intended to completely crush that brat with this attack.
'What do I do... what do I do?!'
At this distance, there was no longer any way for Yuji to stop her attack. But he still had not learned Simple Domain.
Was he really going to die here...?
Just as he fell into despair, hesitating between releasing Sukuna or fighting to the death himself, an entirely out-of-place sound suddenly echoed through the domain.
Clap!
It sounded like applause.
At the same time, a massive figure barged directly into the domain itself.
"I've arrived, my besto friendo!"
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