After Mahito was strengthened by one Black Flash, his second Black Flash was clearly even stronger than the previous one.
The powerful Cursed Energy fluctuations scattered the surrounding rubble; only Hakari, who took the heavy blow to the abdomen, did not fly back again because his feet were firmly locked by Mahito.
Mahito's feet transformed, pinning Hakari to the spot like rivets.
Without giving Hakari a moment to breathe, Mahito's next punch arrived. However, even as someone who had read the script, he couldn't achieve consecutive Black Flashes like Sukuna and Itadori; this punch was just an ordinary one.
But this was also within Mahito's expectations. Since the probability wasn't high enough, he would use quantity to increase the success rate!
One punch, two punches, three punches... Fists rained down continuously on Hakari's body. Because his feet were fixed, Hakari's body swayed from the impact of the attacks, just like a real punching bag.
The deep black Cursed Energy representing Black Flash was mixed among those punches, sometimes appearing after more than ten attacks, sometimes appearing twice in a row.
But under the effect of "Domain Expansion," Hakari, acting as a human punching bag, recovered again and again.
Layer upon layer of Black Flash effects were rapidly stacking. Although the Cursed Energy in Mahito's body was being consumed by the attacks, his precision with his Cursed Technique and Cursed Energy control was improving at a terrifying speed.
Because of this improvement, the feeling given off by Mahito's Cursed Energy became increasingly 'dense'.
The Cursed Energy consumed by this behavior of farming Black Flash stacks became unimportant due to the increase in Cursed Energy efficiency. Even though Mahito had already consumed one-third of his Cursed Energy, the Cursed Energy required to repeat such an attack was far less than one-third because of the temporary effect of the Black Flash buff, and this value continued to decrease as the number of Black Flash stacks rose.
Until Mahito's Black Flash stacks reached double digits, the damage caused by Mahito's heavy Black Flash strikes far exceeded the upper limit that Hakari's body could withstand.
In the last second before the Jackpot effect of Hakari's "Domain Expansion" ended, Mahito's final Black Flash strike completely shattered Hakari's physical body.
Without a suitable punching bag like Hakari, it would have been absolutely impossible for Mahito to accomplish such a feat.
Just as Satoru Gojo said during the final battle, he rarely landed consecutive Black Flashes not because he couldn't, but precisely because there were no opponents who could continuously withstand his Black Flashes.
Almost simultaneously, the Curtain set up by Kenjaku also collapsed.
Satoru Gojo, who rushed in immediately, naturally followed the thick Cursed Residue left by Mahito's consecutive Black Flashes and gave chase, giving up on tracking Kenjaku's trail.
Kenjaku, while fleeing, naturally noticed this. But as someone who had stayed inside the Curtain and felt Mahito's changes from start to finish, he felt that Mahito's current state was rather abnormal.
One should know that the essence of "Black Flash" is a critical hit of Cursed Energy, and this critical power is usually to the power of 2.5. Anyone with a concept of Black Flash can detect it through this obvious change in Cursed Energy.
Not to mention Kenjaku was aware of the existence of the temporary Black Flash buff.
[The 2.5 power is from page 145 of the guidebook. Do not apply the 2.5 power literally in this text; 10 to the 2.5 power is about 316 times. Just understand the initial multiplier as 2.5 times, separating the setting from the effect.]
Intuition told him Mahito shouldn't die, but if anything happened to Mahito, it would mean he would need to stay in hiding for at least another hundred years.
But if he went now, all his plans would surely be disrupted. Even because of his appearance, he might have to gamble on sealing Satoru Gojo with the Prison Realm today.
Kenjaku was very conflicted at this moment. After hesitation and struggle in his mind, he ultimately chose to believe in Mahito and did not turn back to assist him.
Satoru Gojo had just stepped into the room and could already smell a bloody scent so thick it was as if hundreds of people had been slaughtered.
This was mainly because Mahito repeatedly dealt heavy damage to Hakari, and because Hakari's injuries recovered, it allowed Mahito to repeat it many more times, resulting in this massacre-like scene.
And Satoru Gojo, who possessed the Six Eyes, could sense even more. Within this space, the Cursed Residue left by Mahito even bore the traces of those Black Flashes.
Satoru Gojo's expression had already changed. He knew Hakari; because he possessed the endless Cursed Energy of "Domain Expansion," he wasn't that skilled in the precise control of Cursed Energy, so Black Flash was not a technique he excelled at.
Excluding Hakari, the only other person who could have been here was Kokichi Muta. There was no need to say more about Kokichi Muta; he had almost died due to his physical condition after leaking some information last time, so it was absolutely impossible for him to unleash so many Black Flashes.
After excluding the two wrong answers, the only remaining correct answer was the Cursed Spirit who came to trade with Kokichi Muta; he was the master who unleashed so many Black Flashes.
A high-intelligence Special Grade Cursed Spirit, possessing the strength to kill Tsukumo Yuki, and now discovered to be able to land Black Flashes... If that's the case, then Kento... Just as Satoru Gojo was momentarily stunned, Mahito appeared instantly like a ghost, throwing a punch at Satoru Gojo's face with startling speed.
The speed was so fast that in this instant, Satoru Gojo couldn't fully confirm Mahito's current state.
Satoru Gojo didn't sense any signs of a Black Flash from the Cursed Energy on Mahito's fist. Following his usual habit, he didn't make an obvious blocking motion but instead relied on his Limitless technique for defense.
But Mahito's punch easily pierced through Satoru Gojo's Limitless technique, like scissors piercing through white paper.
"Wha-"
Without giving Satoru Gojo a moment to react, Mahito's fist, which had activated Domain Amplification and was strengthened by over twenty stacked temporary Black Flash buffs, slammed heavily into Satoru Gojo's face.
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