The person was chanting a curse, but their hands were wielding the black magic.

"The Demon-Slaying Chef!"

With the incantation fully activated, Su Nuo stood atop the bone shrine, his eyes looking down upon the crowd below, who resembled ants.

The sound of swords being sharpened, rising from the murky air, echoed endlessly in the Palace of Death Stars, like a proclamation from the depths of hell.

Screech!

The chilling sound of cutting echoed throughout the Palace of Death.

Countless invisible slashes swept through the space like a storm, filled with sharp, piercing sounds.

Each strike left deep cuts on the walls, the ground, and the stone pillars, with rubble and dust falling in a flurry.

The Demon-Slaying Chef should have used both the [Dispel] and [Eight] techniques simultaneously for his slashing attacks.

The former is a large-scale cutting, while the latter is a precise and deadly harvest. The two complement each other, forming this purgatory.

However, the punishment that came with the sacrifice of the sun car was a testament to the heroism of the sun car.

It remains entangled in the Imperial Chef's Technique to this day.

Nowadays, Su Nuo can only use [Solve] on the guaranteed hit effect of the domain.

In this situation, the damage is significantly reduced.

Without the deadly slash of [8] adjusted according to the difference in curse power, the wide-range cutting of [Release] is still deadly, but it leaves the possibility of being defended.

In this way, the Dou Nuo Troupe has a chance to survive this hellish realm.

And the most robust defense, of course, needs no further explanation.

That is-

Barrier spell!

The protective shell of magical energy created by the barrier spell is undoubtedly the hardest, far more resistant to slashes than flesh and blood.

The plan was already clear to Fukuro.

During the duration of [Demon-Slaying Chef], the barrier shell continuously expands, using the domain to withstand Sukuna's slashes.

Even a second-stage Demon Void Demon cannot gain an advantage against Su Nuo and may still be killed.

Therefore, as long as one can sustain oneself within the domain until Demon Void Luo completes the third or even fourth transformation and fully adapts.

At that time, Su Nuo, who could no longer use spells to output damage, could only watch helplessly as Mo Xu Luo completely adapted and as the scales of victory irreversibly tipped in favor of the Dou Nuo team.

What? You're asking what to do if the Dou Nuo Troupe also experiences a circuit breaker?

Don't worry, there are people in the Dou Nuo team who will never be affected by the circuit breaker!

"Lao Lu, hang in there!"

Fu Hei hissed hoarsely. Under the command of the Giant Deer Shikigami, the Reversal Technique's light flashed continuously. Combined with Lu Ziyun's own output, the two Reversal Techniques repaired the abdomen that had been deeply hit by [Dispel].

The granulation tissue at the edge of the wound proliferated wildly under the stimulation of the reversal technique.

She tried to heal the wound that had almost split Lu Ziyun in two.

"We can't lose you anymore, Lao Lu!"

Swoosh—

The sound of cutting, like a whisper of death, interrupted Fu Hei's impassioned words. The strike was imminent, and the invisible blade was already close to their heads.

"Domain Expansion!"

The crow had already assumed its stance, arms crossed in front of its chest, its magical power surging.

The constantly folded and interwoven black plane, reconstructed, carved out a barrier amidst countless strikes.

The slashing motion against the flat surface produced a piercing friction sound, like a blade scraping against glass, so sharp it made your teeth ache.

Hang in there!

Fu Heiqian returned to the shadows, causing Mo Xuluo to lose his target and break free from the enemy-locking ritual.

Within the territory of the Black Heron, they quietly awaited the adaptation and advancement to the third stage.

"It's so heavy!"

The heron gritted its teeth and maintained its output in the territory.

She could feel the impact of each strike hitting the outer shell of the domain.

The force of the slash was transmitted back to her through space, and her curse power was being consumed at a visible speed.

"Why should I fight this bunch of idiots?"

The thought flashed through Wu Lu's mind like lightning.

Is this something to be proud of?

Having high aspirations but low abilities... overestimating one's own capabilities...

He could have escaped, he could have survived like last time, so why was he standing here, using his flesh and blood to withstand the wrath of the King of Curses?

The black heron's emotions surged within him as he tried to find reasons to convince himself of the sense of defeat rising within him.

Facing the oppressive force of death reminded her of the brutal battle she fought against the King of Curses hundreds of years ago.

At that time, she was arrogant and proud, thinking that her strength was enough to stand firm in this chaotic world, until she met Ryoumen Sukuna.

At that moment, she desperately activated the [Sky] spell, trying to survive a few more seconds of the King of Curses' slash.

Even a few seconds will do.

The will to survive consumed her thoughts; she couldn't even remember how she escaped the battlefield, only the whistling wind in her ears and the ever-approaching aura of death behind her.

Exhausted, she collapsed in an unknown forest, closing her eyes as she awaited the final blow, having lost all means of resistance.

However, nothing happened.

She opened her eyes and realized that Su Nuo had completely ignored the fleeing soldiers like her.

She was too weak, so weak that she wasn't even worth killing.

Rather than the relief of surviving the ordeal, Wu Lu's chest was filled with a strange, throbbing sensation.

What was that? Was it humiliation? Was it resentment? Or something else entirely?

She couldn't explain it clearly.

Even after she was beheaded by Fujiwara, she was unable to let go of the past.

However, now...

He was clearly throwing his life away in front of the King of Curses.

I clearly did something that completely contradicted what I did at the time.

Why do I feel an unprecedented sense of relief when I'm about to lose my life?

At the same time, Fuhei also noticed that something was clearly wrong with Wulu. Although her domain was still being maintained, a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes.

The two gazed at each other within the realm, their eyes meeting in the air across the constantly trembling space and the shattered plane.

Seeing Fu Hei and Lu Ziyun looking excited even though they were about to die, as if they were about to attend a grand banquet.

The egret finally has the answer.

Using the term "伏黑" (Fu Hei), or "挂象话" (Gua Xiang Hua), which is often used in modern techniques, to describe it.

That is—

"Who wouldn't suddenly leap onto the field, turn pale with rage, deliver a thunderous elbow strike to Sukuna, then proclaim themselves a god of thunder, jump around in a rage, and finally, after eating their fill, lie on the ground and deliver their death eulogy, lamenting that their life was complete after beating Sukuna?"

The egret finally understood this feeling.

"Be proud, Black Heron, you are powerful."

Fu Hei slightly opened his mouth, his eyes showing no pity, only approval.

This completes the final piece of the puzzle for Wulu.

So this is what it's like to fight Nuo!

The egret smiled.

There was relief in that smile; she thought she would never experience such pure joy again in her life.

At this moment, her magical power seemed to break free of some kind of shackles and began to surge and erupt at an unprecedented speed!

"Why did the output suddenly increase?"

Outside the barrier, Su Nuo, feeling his attacks being greatly hindered, suddenly became interested.

He could clearly sense that the woman's domain was becoming more resilient and stable, making it even more difficult to break through.

Su Nuo wanted to know why Wu Lu was able to unleash such a huge improvement under his pressure.

What made her break through her own limits?

"Thank you, Fukuro."

Within the territory, Wu Lu revealed an unprecedented smile.

"I already am."

"They've grasped the core of Nuo combat!!!"