Chapter 16
The two sides of the battle were in chaos.
The perfect Shuten-doji in front of him might be the strongest cursed spirit in history. Lian was extremely excited when she thought of this.
Lian no longer held back and used the Eye of the Moment with all his strength. Next, he wanted to try to challenge his own limits.
In an instant, Lian and Shuten were like two burning meteors, crushing the hard ground under their feet with the force of thunder and rushing towards each other.
The fists of both sides collided with each other, black lightning scattered, and the huge impact shattered the surrounding ground.
The physical strength of the perfect Shuten-doji far exceeded that of most cursed spirits, and even the hardness of Geto Suguru's Rainbow Dragon could not compare with it.
Rei relies on the self-buff after performing Black Flash to make her punching power close to Shuten. As long as she performs Black Flash continuously, she can make an effective attack.
With Shuten's physical strength, Rei's only move that can cause fatal damage is "Annihilation", and "Annihilation" requires a certain amount of charging time, so Rei must use Black Flash to cause a short stiffness on Shuten.
Rei, who cannot reverse the spell, has a very low endurance, and once she suffers too much damage, her combat power will drop significantly. Now Rei is racing against time and must get rid of these two cursed spirits before the cursed power stored in "Sheng" is consumed.
After the fistfight, Shuten punched again, and this punch was more powerful than the previous one.
"Spell forward·Shock, maximum power!"
Rei once again used the maximum power of Shock, deleting 0.5 seconds, and quickly counterattacked after avoiding this punch.
The black flash reappeared, and this punch hit Shuten's chest hard, but failed to penetrate the armor and cause damage.
Three consecutive black flashes have brought a considerable boost to Lian. If it is an ordinary special-grade cursed spirit, I am afraid that it can be killed instantly with just a random kick.
But Lian knows that it is not enough. Such an attack alone is far from enough to penetrate Shuten's armor. He must create opportunities for himself, opportunities to use the "annihilation" attack.
Shuten seemed to have sensed Lian's intention and wrapped his hands with flames, using absolute power to defeat Lian before he succeeded!
The fists wrapped in flames attacked Lian continuously. Lian used the time of the Eye of Moment to counter the moves and seized the opportunity to punch again. This punch hit the same position as the last time, but unfortunately it failed to hit the black flash.
Shuten took advantage of this perfect opportunity and suddenly swung a punch, smashing it hard on the ground with a fierce momentum. In an instant, raging flames erupted like a volcanic eruption, setting off a hot wave of fire, sweeping everything around.
The ground was vulnerable to this terrifying force and was torn apart in an instant, revealing a deep cross-shaped crack, as if it was a scar on the earth, shocking.
Seeing this, Lian deleted time again to avoid this attack.
"The next part is the highlight!"
Lian actually leaped through time again and came in front of Shuten. Another black flash hit Shuten's chest, and the powerful impact blew a dent in the surrounding ground. This time, Shuten was finally repelled, and a piece of armor on his chest was broken.
But Lian was not feeling well either. The blood flowing from the corner of his eye showed that deleting time three times in a row had already caused a lot of stress on his body.
"Haha, this is the first time I've done this. I didn't expect that I could actually do it. I should be able to leap through time again. Are you ready?" Lian's smile became more and more perverted, and it could be said to be crazy.
Shuten touched the broken part of the armor, and a feeling of joy surged in his heart. He turned his head and gestured to Ibaraki in the distance. After seeing this, Ibaraki immediately launched another spell to amplify Shuten again.
After being amplified, Shuten leaped up to a high altitude and stored up his strongest attack in the air. The violent cursed power gradually gathered in his fist, and the purple flames on his body poured out, wrapping Shuten inside. The armor that was originally used to protect his body was gradually melted and turned into an accelerant for the flames, making the fire more fierce.
This was a full-strength attack that gave up defense, and the end point of this attack trajectory was exactly where Lian was.
Lian did not dodge or evade. Shuten gave up his full-strength attack and gave up defense. Only at this time could he cause fatal damage to Shuten, which meant that now was the time to decide the outcome!
"It saved me a lot of energy."
Lian called on the last cursed power storage, this time, it was the maximum power "annihilation"!
"Purification."
"Rebirth."
"The Path of the Fire Sword."
The gray cursed power surged around Lian.
Now, he snapped his fingers, and the curse gradually took shape and constructed. When the irregular pattern reappeared, it seemed that the outcome of this duel had already been determined.
After the strengthening of the spell, the size of "Annihilation" became larger than before, and the surrounding trees gradually withered due to this strange curse.
"Nirvana ritual."
"——Annihilation!"
As soon as the voice fell, the terrifying ritual was launched by Lian, and even the surrounding space was distorted by this move.
Shuten Douji did not escape, it crashed into "Annihilation" like a comet.
Even the flame that can burn the soul is meaningless in front of this attack that devours everything. Even before it touched "Annihilation", the flame disappeared due to the distortion of space.
When Shuten was about to touch "Annihilation", his mind became blank, as if everything in the world had nothing to do with him anymore, as if everything about himself had been erased.
When "Annihilation" was about to hit Shuten, Lian detonated it in advance. At the moment of the explosion, the violent blast swept the surrounding woods into it.
After the explosion, the surroundings fell into a dead silence, and no sound was heard. Although the battlefield was filled with smoke, even the sound of wind blowing dust was gone.
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After a while, when the smoke dissipated, Lian was the only one standing on the field, stepping on Shuten Douji, who was left with only his torso. Lian deliberately saved his life, after all, this cursed spirit was very strong, and he planned to give it to Geto.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound behind him.
Lian looked back and saw that it was Ibaraki Douji. When the explosion occurred, it used flames to form a high wall, so it was not affected by the aftermath of the explosion.
"I almost forgot that there was another one. Forget it, I'll pack it up and give it to Geto as an early birthday gift." Lian moved his body, thinking that since Shuten had been dealt with, it would not be a big problem to leave Ibaraki with no combat ability.
Just when Lian was thinking this, Ibaraki suddenly opened his mouth, and the next words shocked Lian.
"Domain - expand."
The domain began to extend from behind Ibaraki Douji, gradually surrounding Lian.
"Tsk, you can actually use the domain, a couple partner, one after another." Lian complained, and then said: "But, you are not the only one who has a partner..."
As soon as Lian finished speaking, Ibaraki's domain collapsed instantly, and it was Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru who came from Kyoto to stop Ibaraki from expanding the domain!
"Hey, idiot, you really got yourself into big trouble." Gojo Satoru slowly fell from the air and came to Lian's side. Seeing Lian's tattered clothes, he couldn't help laughing.
Lian immediately retorted: "Hey, seeing your best friend like this, shouldn't you show some concern first?"
Sugasawa Geto and Gojo Satoru noticed that Lian was missing not long after she left, but because she was moved too far away, Gojo Satoru couldn't sense Lian's location for a while, until Lian's "annihilation" explosion, he successfully located Lian's location and rushed over immediately.
Sugasawa Geto came over with Ibaraki Douji. When Lian and Satoru were arguing, he arrested Ibaraki who had entered the ritual fuse, knocked him out with a punch and dragged him over.
"Lian, explain it to me, what's going on, we came to you at the risk of being criticized, and the game over there is not over yet." Xiayou Geto said with a speechless expression.
Lian didn't hide anything, and told the two of them about the black-robed woman's attempt to steal the cursed object and her being plotted against.
Geto: "I see, it seems that it was right for Wu and I to drop the game and come to you. I didn't expect that the other party would send such a powerful cursed spirit to kill you."
Gojo Wu's expression did not change much, but his eyes revealed a strong murderous intent.
"Haha, let's not talk about this for now, Jie, just absorb these two cursed spirits, just treat it as a birthday gift for you in advance." Lian said with a smile.
Although Geto's technique is powerful and is called an unlimited technique, he is too weak. He can still deal with ordinary special-grade cursed spirits, but when facing a cursed spirit with a strong body like Shuten Douji today, Geto is in danger.
Shuten Douji's strengthening technique can make up for Geto's physical shortcomings, allowing him to have a physical strength comparable to the strongest cursed spirit. Ibaraki Douji's flame can be used for coordinated combat and can burn the soul. When Lian first saw these two cursed spirits, she planned to give them to Geto.
Geto heard the meaning of Lian's words and was very moved.
"Thank you, Lian."
Suguru Gaku transformed the two cursed spirits into glass balls, and he swallowed Shuten Douji first.
Looking at Suguru Gaku's patient expression, it was obvious that this thing was not delicious.
Just when Suguru Gaku swallowed Ibaraki Douji, he was stunned.
"
Strange..."
Lian and Wu saw the surprised expression of Xiayou Jie and asked: "What's wrong, Jie?"
Xiayou Jie quickly waved his hands to indicate that it was nothing.
Then, the three of them prepared to return to Kyoto.
Xiayou Jie and Lian put their hands on Gojo Satoru's shoulders and prepared to teleport back.
When leaving, Xiayou Jie muttered in his heart: "Why, that disgusting smell is gone..."