Boom!
Max Elephant sat firmly on the Cursed Spirit's body before turning into a mass of shadows and returning to Megumi's shadow.
Junpei's Cursed Energy cannon slammed heavily into the Cursed Spirit, the powerful impact sending it rolling seven or eight times on the ground before it struggled to stand back up.
It could only be said that it lived up to its title as a Special Grade Cursed Spirit. To be able to get back up after taking such a heavy smash from Max Elephant and a blast from Junpei, its health bar was staggeringly thick.
"Huff... Huff..."
The Cursed Energy consumption for Max Elephant was quite high. Megumi felt a sense of exhaustion after summoning Max Elephant. Fortunately, he had been undergoing Cursed Energy training, so he could now use another Shikigami while summoning Max Elephant, though the burden was slightly heavy.
Meanwhile, Yuji could not use other Cursed Techniques while activating the Rot Technique, meaning he couldn't be considered an effective combatant right now. However, Yuji's Rot Technique had brought immense pain and damage to the Cursed Spirit.
Now, they just needed to stall for time until the Corrosion Technique completely corroded all of the Cursed Spirit's Cursed Energy to achieve victory.
After standing straight, the three mouths on the Cursed Spirit's face, abdomen, and tail simultaneously spat out a large amount of purple blood. The blood dripped onto the ground, instantly corroding it into small pits and emitting bursts of black smoke.
It difficultly moved its already somewhat stiff body and once again assumed a combat stance.
Whoosh—
The Cursed Spirit raised its hand and fired three rounds of Piercing Blood at the three of them. The Piercing Blood, augmented with Piercing Ox's Cursed Technique, made Yuji and the others dare not take it head-on, forcing them to dodge to the side.
Totality: Tiger Funue!
Megumi summoned Nue, then merged it with Tiger Funeral, creating a new Shikigami with the powerful strength of Tiger Funeral and the flight ability of Nue.
Boom!
The Cursed Spirit in front was slapped away by the Shikigami called Tiger Funue.
Megumi pulled Tsuranuki Yari from his shadow and followed closely, while Junpei fired Cursed Energy cannons from behind as cover.
Whoosh—
Every hair on Megumi's body stood on end. He saw a streak of purple blood transformed into an arrow flying toward his head. He instinctively turned his face to avoid it, but his face was still slashed.
A sliver of the Cursed Spirit's blood entered Megumi's body through the wound. The Cursed Spirit's blood, which had assimilated Yuji's Cursed Energy, was equally toxic.
Megumi only felt a wave of intense pain throughout his body, and he coughed up a mouthful of poisonous blood, falling weakly to his knees.
Seeing Megumi's poor condition, Junpei and Yuji immediately rushed forward to stand in front of him and protect him. Fortunately, Megumi's Shikigami had high autonomy and could still be of some use even when its master was in a bad state.
Tiger Funue pounced on the Cursed Spirit and opened its bloody maw to bite its throat. Purple blood erupted from the Cursed Spirit's entire body, and countless blood droplets appeared around Tiger Funue, instantly riddling it like raindrops. The severely damaged Shikigami turned back into a shadow and returned to Megumi's shadow.
Megumi, kneeling on the ground in pain, sensed the return of the Shikigami. Round Deer healed his injuries and neutralized the Cursed Spirit's toxin.
By the time the Cursed Spirit rose again, the flesh on its body was uncontrollably dissolving and dripping away in chunks, and white bones gradually appeared before everyone, Rot Technique was terrifying.
Seeing that the battle was almost over, Shin jumped down from the Command Block to speed up the process. After all, judging by the current situation, the Cursed Spirit would be completely dissolved by the Rot Technique in less than five minutes.
Domain Expansion: Genesis!
Although Shin was very confident in his strength, he knew that being steady would never be wrong, so he still expanded his domain to fight.
Maximum: Overworld!
A trident emitting a rainbow-colored glow appeared in Shin's hand. This trident didn't have any flashy functions, it only had the property of [Reverse Cursed Technique Positive Output].
Exorcism Trident!
Whoosh!
Boom!
The moment the trident struck the Cursed Spirit, it exploded with powerful positive energy that neutralized the Cursed Spirit, revealing its core—a pitch-black, denture-like cursed object.
At the same time, the overflowing positive Cursed Energy cleared the toxin and injuries from Megumi's body, restoring his physical state to its peak.
Shin picked up the dentures and tossed them in his hand. "I thought it was another one of Sukuna's fingers causing trouble, but I guess not. What a pity."
Sukuna's mouth appeared on Yuji's cheek and said disdainfully, "Hmph, how could my soul fragment be so weak? Even a soul fragment from just one finger could handle these three brats."
After hearing this, Shin recalled the Special Grade Cursed Spirit under the Yasohachi Bridge, and a large ? appeared over his head.
'In your dreams. If I hadn't actually fought it, I might have believed you.'
Although Shin was constantly badmouthing him in his heart, he only smiled without saying a word on the surface, giving the King of Curses some face.
For that kind of trash Special Grade with only one finger as a power source, Shin could only say that except for Junpei who might not be able to handle it, Megumi and Yuji could both win in a one-on-one. Of course, a large part of the reason was that the Cursed Spirit's domain ability was too poor.