A second before the lightning covered him, Kenjaku wrapped his entire body in blood armor created with Blood Manipulation.
"You really have a lot of blood."
So much blood that it seemed almost inexhaustible. Kamo Noritoshi would be green with envy.
"After all, Blood Manipulation can only unleash its full power once you have mastered Reverse Cursed Technique."
Kenjaku said with a smile.
The next second, the two turned into spell turrets, continuously bombarding each other.
Whenever water approached him, Kenjaku would neutralize it with Anti-Gravity Mechanism, preventing the water from affecting him.
Thus, the two began a war of attrition.
'This can't go on.'
Kenjaku's expression was grave.
Although he did not know whether Eichi truly had inexhaustible Cursed Energy,
Kenjaku had indeed never seen or heard of Eichi running out of Cursed Energy.
But Kenjaku's own Cursed Energy was limited.
If this war of attrition continued, Kenjaku could not guarantee how the battle would end.
'If that's the case...'
Kenjaku suddenly changed tactics and deployed Anti-Gravity Mechanism.
What fighting method has low Cursed Energy consumption and high damage?
In this world, the answer is physical combat!
Gravity was nullified by the Technique's effect, and Kenjaku charged toward Eichi at extremely high speed.
Anti-Gravity Mechanism.
The forward rotation of the Technique, as the name suggests, is anti-gravity.
The reverse rotation of the Technique is gravity.
Seeing Kenjaku suddenly challenge him to close combat, Eichi did not refuse.
"Tiger Funeral, Piercing Ox."
The Ten Shadows Treasure Wheel rotated.
Gale-force winds gathered at Eichi's feet and then blasted out, propelling Eichi into rapid flight.
Piercing Ox, meanwhile, enhanced Eichi's physical abilities.
It increased both Eichi's attack and defense at the same time.
Bang.
Their fists collided fiercely.
A visible shockwave spread from the center of the impact.
Before the two collided, Kenjaku had already adjusted his Anti-Gravity Mechanism.
He increased his attack power through gravity.
However, he was still at a disadvantage in this exchange.
If it were not for the short distance between them and Piercing Ox not having enough time to build up speed, his right hand would probably have exploded from that punch.
Kenjaku looked at Eichi with a grim expression.
Eichi returned a flamboyant smile.
Then came the second punch, then the third punch.
Very quickly, Kenjaku was forced into a defensive state.
To break out of that passive situation, Kenjaku endured one attack with his blood armor.
Then, seizing the opportunity, he spun and drove an elbow strike toward Eichi's solar plexus.
The gale-force winds at Eichi's feet suddenly surged, carrying Eichi high into the air and causing Kenjaku's elbow strike to miss.
Then Eichi, like an eagle diving from the sky, kicked toward Kenjaku.
Crack.
The sudden sound startled Kenjaku.
This time, the sound was not Kenjaku's bones breaking again.
It came from the Barrier Techniques Kenjaku had set up.
At this moment, outside the Barrier Techniques,
Nue, with a wingspan of dozens of meters, was continuously releasing lightning to strike the Barrier Techniques.
To the eyes of Jujutsu Sorcerers who could perceive the effects of Techniques, this area had already turned into a thunderstorm.
'So fast, but never mind, the time is almost up anyway.'
Kenjaku made that judgment in his heart, then launched a life-for-a-life attack at Eichi.
Bang, bang.
Both of their attacks landed on the other's chest at the same time.
Both of their hearts suffered severe damage at the same time.
"Puh-ha, cough cough, are you crazy?!"
Kenjaku could not help but curse loudly.
Normally, when facing this kind of life-for-life fighting style, shouldn't someone back off a step?
Why would anyone really exchange blows with him?
"Cough cough, you're not doing so well either, are you?"
Eichi coughed up blood, but the smile on his face widened.
"You lunatic."
"I least want to hear that from you."
Crack.
The first layer of Barrier Techniques shattered, and the second layer would not last much longer.
Eichi felt his shadow, which had originally been fixed at the size of one person, begin to stir.
In the next moment, the shadow began to expand.
Kenjaku ignored his injuries, reversed his hands, and pressed the backs of his ten fingers together.
"Domain Expansion..."
Just then, Eichi also began to form a hand seal.
However, unlike the original Chimera Shadow Garden hand seal, in which the fingers crossed and formed a fist-like shape after sealing, this time Eichi's hand seal had the tips of his ten fingers touching, faintly forming the shape of a throne.
"Domain Expansion..."
Kenjaku realized that things had once again slipped out of his control.
He had originally intended to suppress Eichi with his Domain.
If Eichi could also expand his Domain, that would be even better, because his open-barrier Domain had a larger range.
He could directly shatter the outer shell of Eichi's Domain from the outside, thereby forcing Eichi into a state of Cursed Technique Burnout.
At that point, he might not need to retreat, and he might even have a chance to finish Eichi here.
That's right, from the moment the battle began, Kenjaku had been preparing to retreat.
For this thousand-year-old schemer, unless it concerned his ideals, any action that risked his life was foolish.
That was why, as soon as the battle began, he had sent his shikigami to the stronghold to search for Cursed Objects and reinforcements.
Kenjaku watched this hand seal, completely different from the one used during the Star Plasma Vessel incident, with vigilance.
His mind raced, considering every possible scenario.
"Womb Profusion."
"Throne of Heroes."
Beside Kenjaku appeared a grotesque giant tree made up of countless twisted human faces.
The surroundings transformed into a desolate wilderness.
Beside Eichi, a magnificent throne appeared.
The throne was entirely golden.
Its backrest and seat were a vivid red.
Below the throne was a staircase leading up to it, with a red carpet laid down the middle.
Open-barrier Domain, Throne of Heroes.
This Domain was Eichi's second Domain, developed over several years with the help of Medea and Tengen by making use of Barrier Techniques and the Holy Grail left behind by the System before it departed.
Something produced by the System was truly a masterpiece.
Later, Eichi placed the Holy Grail in the Tombs of the Star Corridor, a place that could connect to Tengen's Barrier Techniques that covered all of Japan.
Then he spent several years loading the Holy Grail's power into the Barrier Techniques that covered all of Japan.
This extended the Holy Grail's effect to the entirety of Japan.
Afterward, Eichi and Medea began constructing the Throne of Heroes on top of this foundation.
This open-barrier Domain, Throne of Heroes, was a byproduct of that period.
Through the nationwide Barrier Techniques, theoretically, Eichi could deploy an open-barrier Domain with a larger range than an ordinary Domain anywhere in Japan.
Within this Domain, Eichi could temporarily summon Heroic Spirits at will.
No rituals were required, nor were Command Spells needed to teleport distant Heroic Spirits.
He could directly summon temporary Heroic Spirits at the Special Grade level within the Domain.
A second earlier, when Kenjaku saw Eichi preparing to use Domain Expansion, he had happily prepared to trap Eichi here forever.
Unexpectedly, a second later, he was already thinking about how to escape.
He had originally thought that the Zen'in Family was only exaggerating Eichi's strength, claiming he was equal to or even above Satoru, simply for the sake of family prestige.
Now Kenjaku realized that this was very likely true.
Because Eichi's Heroic Spirits and Mahoraga were still protecting his students.
Even so, Eichi was already this flawless.
Who could contend with Eichi in his full state?
At that moment, an image of a two-faced, four-armed figure like a demon god appeared in Kenjaku's mind.
(To be continued.)