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

"Do you have anything else to say?"

The outcome was decided. Yi Gu's voice was calm and resolute as he issued Lu Suo's final ultimatum.

"Even if I die, you cannot live on, Otokoyata!"

Lu Suo shouldn't have given up his last bit of stubbornness. Faced with the demon-slaying sword raised high, he still chose to be defiant.

His chin was slightly raised, and his eyes held an arrogant refusal to back down, as if he could change his predetermined fate if he spoke with enough certainty.

"Unable to subdue the demon Xu Luo, you will ultimately die just like me, like a stray tree by the roadside."

But a slight tremor in the depths of Lu Suo's voice betrayed him.

"It's simple, I'll just subdue them, won't I?"

In an instant, the entire space was violently shaken by the immense magical power.

That was the power of the Pure Love Cannon's spell, already stored up in the shadows, like a bullet loaded into a gun barrel, waiting for the moment of release.

The cursed power filled the entire space, determined to destroy everything, surging and churning in the air, creating a suffocating sense of oppression.

"This is it, six years of pure love, can you resist?"

Just then—

A second surge of emotion suddenly erupted, colliding with the cursed power emanating from the Pure Love Cannon.

It actually suppressed the Pure Love Cannon in an instant!

"This is……"

As Yi Gu sensed the sudden surge of energy, he was instantly terrified.

"It's Sukuna's aura!!!"

He was astonished to recognize that the aura belonged to the King of Curses!

Moreover, it was more magnificent, stronger, and purer than anything he had ever seen.

Not the Sukuna who revealed his strength with fifteen fingers during the battle of the Hōsei Palace.

A more primal, purer, and more powerful aura, like a curse itself that has traveled through time and space from a thousand years ago, rose from the ground.

"Is it finally finished?"

Lu Suo let out a long sigh of relief, as if the previous embarrassment and despair were just a performance, and the real script had always been under his control.

"Truly unforgettable, Yuuta Otokoku, but will you be able to keep me entertained any longer?!"

Lu Suo's composure returned to his face.

With a wave of his hand, the ground around him collapsed with a deafening roar, as several layers were smashed down by an invisible, immense force.

Lu Suo's figure plummeted downwards with the collapsing ground, his robes billowing as he fell deeper into the underground space. His figure grew smaller and smaller in the darkness until it was finally swallowed up by the darkness.

As Lu Suo's base, he knew all too well how his plan was laid out.

In the instant that Yi Gu's mind wandered, he had already vanished into the dust and smoke, heading towards the place where the final plan was hidden.

"Mustard Seed...The Buddha in This Life..."

"Don't let me down!"

As if declaring victory, Lu Suo strode toward a hidden corner, its footsteps fading into the darkness until they disappeared completely.

"Pure Love Cannon!"

At the last moment, Yigu chose to turn the cannon towards Moxuluo and unleash it.

The beam of light, imbued with immense magical power and carrying an aura of annihilation, struck directly at the pale figure.

Demon Void.

And yet, his short life came to an end once again.

"Oh, so you're not coming after us?"

Lu Suo was surprised to see Yi Gu deal with Mo Xu Luo first.

"Foolish! If I destroy it, won't I truly subdue it and make it my shikigami?"

As if it were only natural, Yi Gu formed that palm print again.

"Burube, Yura Yura."

Yi Gu summoned Mo Xu Luo again, but this time, it was under his control. Not only did it possess combat instincts, but under the ace pilot's guidance, it could also employ countless point-slave tactics.

True Hand-Controlled Demon Void.

In this timeline, Egoku has become the first person to successfully subdue the demon Xuro.

"Chase after them!"

The demon-slaying sword was raised once more and swung at Lu Suo again.

Swoosh—

As the battle raged on, Su Nuo's aura intensified once more!

An aura surged forth from the depths of the earth like a tsunami, sweeping across the entire space.

The aura was growing exponentially, as if some power that had been suppressed for too long had finally broken free of its restraints and seen the light of day again.

"What exactly did you do?!"

Feeling the ever-increasing aura of cursed power, Yuta Otsukotsu panicked.

"What did you do?"

"I am simply allowing the Buddha in this very life to return to that era."

Lu Suo gave a sinister, fox-like smile.

"To transform the Buddha from a dried corpse back into a human being?"

As Yi Gu pondered this possibility, his brow furrowed and his mind racing.

The Buddha in this very body is the remains left behind by Su Nuo a thousand years ago, and is the last physical trace of the King of Curses in this world.

If Lu Suo can really bring that dried corpse back to life... wouldn't that mean that we'll be facing Su Nuo at his peak next?

The King of Curses who made the entire world of sorcery tremble a thousand years ago?

"That's not all!"

"The fingers inside the brat's body won't disappear."

"By borrowing the power of the Buddha in this very life to restore his 20 fingers, he can also swallow the tiger staff again."

"By then..."

Lu Suo paused deliberately, as if savoring the moment of revelation, as if appreciating the shock on Yi Gu's face.

"It's the 35th Flying Deity!!!"

"Swallow it again! Swallow it again!"

Lu Suo's tone grew increasingly frantic, like a gambler betting his last chip.

"Swallow the rest of your fingers."

"In the end..."

"I will nurture a god!"

Its aura suddenly erupted once more.

It erupted from the depths of the earth, impacting the entire space. The walls trembled, the ground cracked, as if the laws of the entire world trembled before that aura, as if time itself stood still before it.

The aura of the King of Curses is about to materialize.

Yi Gu and Mo Xu Luo were no longer able to stop the eruption of the Buddha in this very life.

He could only place his hopes on Fukuro and Itachi, who had infiltrated again earlier.

They should now be deep within the underground structure, closer to the area where the Buddha Huisu resides.

Yi Gu gazed into the depths of darkness, placing all his hopes on his descendants.

The future of the world of sorcery.

The burden rests on this first-year student!

"We have to win, Fukuro!"