Curse Returns, a gamble from the start, I awaken dual spells

Chapter 159 Taking a Gamble

The blood spread in the murky seawater, like a blooming red flower.

Fuheishen lowered his head, looking at the huge tentacle that had pierced through his abdomen, and a satisfied smile appeared on his lips.

"Now we're even."

His voice was deep, carrying a sense of relief and calm.

The next second, he grabbed the tentacle with his right hand and slammed his left fist into the base of the tentacle.

boom!

A dull thud echoed across the seabed, and the tentacles snapped off.

Fuhesh'er's body lost its support and slowly sank downwards, blood gushing from the wound in his abdomen, staining the seawater beneath him red.

His eyes remained open, his gaze fixed on the boy in the distance who was desperately swimming towards the exit.

"Live well—"

His voice slowly faded into the depths of the sea, and his body sank into the deeper darkness.

It felt as if an invisible hand was gripping Li Ren's heart tightly.

But he didn't stop.

He can't stop.

He gritted his teeth and sprinted through the murky seawater, catching up with Itadori and Saya's retreating figures.

The golden light of the export market is getting closer and closer.

ten meters.

five meters.

three meters.

Just as Rito's fingertips were about to touch that layer of light film.

hum!

A terrifying surge of magical energy came from behind.

Li Ren suddenly turned his head, his pupils contracting sharply.

Countless bizarre-looking cursed spirit fish emerged from the cracks in the seabed. Their bodies resembled a deformed combination of some deep-sea creature and cursed power, covered with dark red scales and filled with rings of sharp teeth.

Their eyes glowed blood red, fixed intently on the four people.

Their sheer number was like a black tide, sweeping across the sky and turning the entire sea area black.

"Run!!" Rito shouted.

The golden light was right in front of them, but the schools of fish were already surging in like a tide.

Li Ren suddenly turned around, his hands forming hand seals so fast that they were just afterimages.

"Domain Expansion"

His voice exploded on the seabed, and his magical power surged out like a flood bursting its banks.

"The Palace of Annihilation!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the seawater centered on Li Ren suddenly froze, and gray mist spread outwards from him.

Wherever the light touched, the bodies of the cursed spirit fish turned to ashes as if weathered over hundreds of years, slowly dissipating in the murky seawater.

Hundreds and thousands of fish turned to dust in the gray fog.

A vacuum zone rapidly formed on the seabed, enveloping Urajiro, Fushiguro Megumi, and Saya.

A magnificent, gray-white hall appeared behind Li Ren.

The temple was constructed from interwoven wisps of gray mist, and every crack exuded an aura of death that seemed to end all things.

"This is—" Itachi stared wide-eyed at the unexpected palace.

Fushiguro Megumi's pupils contracted slightly; he could sense the terrifying cursed power contained within this domain.

Rihito stood in the center of the hall, his hands still in a mudra, but his face had turned as pale as paper.

Expanding a domain, especially expanding a domain within another domain, consumes a huge amount of spell power.

He knew he couldn't hold on for long.

But those schools of fish—

They keep coming in.

Countless cursed spirit fish emerged from the seabed cracks, their bodies instantly annihilated by the terrifying gray mist as they touched the boundary of the Temple of Annihilation.

But their numbers were simply too great, one after another, like moths drawn to a flame.

Each wave of fish impacts causes the boundary of the area to tremble.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Li Ren's forehead. He gritted his teeth and continuously channeled his magical power to maintain the stability of the domain.

"Riri!" Itadori looked at his swaying figure and felt a bad premonition.

"It's okay, I can still hold on—" Rito's voice was weak.

The voice just fell.

boom!!

A terrifying tremor emanated from the boundary of the domain.

The entire hall shook violently, countless cracks appeared on the ceiling, and debris fell like raindrops.

Rito's body swayed violently, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

"What's going on?!" Itadori's expression changed drastically.

Fushiguro Megumi raised her head, her gaze piercing through the crack in the dome to the churning sea outside.

Deep in the ocean, an even greater force is awakening.

Blood spread across the murky seawater, staining Rito's vision crimson.

Countless cursed spirit fish surged out of the seabed cracks like a black tide, densely packed and overwhelming.

"Run!!" Rito shouted, his hands quickly forming hand seals.

Under the domain's influence, countless schools of fish were instantly wiped out, only to be quickly replaced.

One hundred.

Two hundred.

Five hundred.

boom! boom! boom!

The fish surged forward relentlessly, causing the area to tremble and cracks to spread like a spider web.

"Go!!" Rito shouted, pushing Itadori and Sayo towards the exit.

With Itachi carrying Sayo on his back and pulling on Fushiguro Megumi with his other hand, he swam forward with all his might.

The golden light of the exit was less than three meters ahead.

But then—buzz!

A terrifying surge of magical energy came from above.

Li Ren suddenly looked up, his pupils contracting sharply.

The figure of the dragon swooped down from above the sea, its body now twice its original size, covered with dark red patterns, like a demon god crawling out of hell.

Black liquid was still flowing from its left eye, but its right eye was burning with a frenzied rage.

"None of you are leaving here!!"

The roar of the dragon exploded on the seabed, and countless tentacles stretched out from both sides of its body, stabbing towards the direction where the four people were.

The area was trembling violently.

Li Ren's vision began to blur, and he could feel the boundaries of the "Hall of Annihilation" being constantly eroded by the tentacles of the Torgeng and the schools of fish.

Cracks spread outwards like a spider web, and each impact felt like his internal organs were being struck by a heavy hammer.

On the gray-white walls of the main hall, cracks were increasing, and debris was falling like raindrops.

With Itachi carrying Sayo on his back and supporting Fushiguro Megumi with his other hand, they had already rushed to the edge of the golden light membrane.

He turned to look at Rito, his eyes filled with anxiety: "Rito! Come here quickly!"

The person in charge did not move.

He knew that as soon as he removed the domain, the fish would devour all four of them in an instant.

The tentacles of the dragon had already broken through the first layer of defense and were less than five meters away from his back.

Worse.

He felt the repulsive force emanating from the domain itself.

The undulating horizontal line is encroaching on his territory.

When two fields unfold in the same space, they are destined to collide and erode each other.

Meanwhile, in this sea area strengthened by the Death Return Barrier, the territory of the rational people is suffering a steady defeat.

"I can't hold on any longer—" A trickle of blood spilled from the corner of Rito's mouth. He gritted his teeth, feeling his curse power rapidly draining away.

The fish surged in again, hundreds of cursed spirit fish shooting towards him like arrows.

Li Ren raised his hand, and an ice wall solidified in front of him, but the fish smashed the ice wall in an instant.

He staggered backward and nearly lost consciousness.

"Ririto!!" Itadori's voice was almost ripping apart.

He saw the resolve in Li Ren's eyes.

He had seen that look in Rito's eyes far too many times.

That's the look in someone's eyes who's already made up their mind.

Rito took a deep breath, the icy seawater rushing into his lungs, bringing a stinging sensation.

His gaze swept over Itadori and Fushiguro Megumi, finally settling on Sayo's pale and worried face.

We can't let them die here.

He took a deep breath, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and straightened up again.

"We have no choice but to take a gamble."

As soon as he finished speaking, the magical power within his body began to circulate at an unprecedented frequency.

That fluctuation was completely different from the previous ones.

He raised his hands and slowly brought them together in front of his chest.

The fingers intertwine to form a complex and ancient handprint.

The next second, all the magical power began to converge in his palm, forming a ball of gray and white light.

The ball of light was constantly changing shape, sometimes shrinking and sometimes expanding.

It was as if some living thing was breathing, and the aura it emitted caused the surrounding seawater to tremble.

Itachi's pupils suddenly contracted; he could feel the terrifying fluctuations of magical power.

Even though it was several meters away from the sea, the ripples still made his heart pound.

At this moment, the magical power within the rational body surged like a rushing river towards that ball of light.

The golden light membrane was less than three meters behind him, but Rito chose to turn around and face the churning sea.

The fish surged in like a black tide, overwhelming everything.

The tentacles of the dragon pierced down from above the sea, carrying an overwhelming killing intent.

But Rito's eyes remained unusually calm.

"Domain Expansion"