Curse Return: Swordsmith Start

A bone-chilling cold swept over the two of them, a chilling current so strong it could be seen with the naked eye enveloped them, freezing them solid in an instant.

"What?!"

"This ice...it's completely immovable."

There's no need to look back.

A figure slowly emerged from the darkness not far from the two.

White hair, monk-like clothing, snow-white skin, and most notably, a short bob.

She was short, like a girl next door, but a cruel smile played on her lips.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Hisahito Itadori."

"As the vessel for Lord Sukuna, I thought you would have more self-awareness, but I didn't expect you to be so foolish."

Huzhang felt a chill on his back, partly from the indestructible ice covering his body, and partly from his own consciousness telling him that this person was dangerous.

What should we do? We need to think of something quickly. Haven't Fuhei and the others arrived yet?

This ice, I can't break free...

Zhang Xiang, standing to the side, was furious. How dare this guy treat his younger brother like this!

"You think you can trap me with an attack of this level?"

His body surged with magical power, his blood began to accelerate, and heat rose from his body, helping him break free from the shackles of frost.

"Don't even think about it!"

Rime was secretly alarmed; this guy had actually managed to break through his frozen blockade, and his movements were quite swift.

He tried to stop him, but an owl shikigami suddenly appeared at the edge of his vision in the distant sky, releasing lightning that halted his progress in reinforcing the spell.

Two people were clinging to the owl's hooves; Fushiguro Megumi and Kugizaki had arrived.

Hanako launched another attack, wanting to take down Zhang Xiang and the other two first, but the rampaging plants were neutralized by Fushiguro Megumi's shadow slash.

Kugizaki seized the opportunity to unleash his long spikes, which the two easily dodged, but he successfully bought them some time.

Taking this opportunity, the expansive phase helps the scalp escape the confinement of the ice.

"Thank you, you've been a great help."

"We don't need to talk about this."

"Be careful!"

Before he could finish speaking, a wave that they hadn't even seen clearly suddenly swept towards them. Fu Hei instinctively formed a hand seal, and "Escape Rabbit" instantly enveloped everyone.

The reddish-brown and milky-white waves collided instantly, like two waves crashing together, impacting and canceling each other out, affecting the surrounding environment and gradually stripping away the terrain.

However, "Escape Rabbit" was ultimately just a distraction shikigami, and after withstanding the first wave of attacks, it was easily defeated.

Fortunately, the desired effect was achieved; everyone escaped the first wave of attacks and was moved to a relatively safe place.

Only now did everyone realize who had launched the attack—no, it wasn't human at all.

It was a cockroach.

A huge cockroach, taller than a person, covered in a jet-black shell.

It was surrounded by a swarm of cockroaches the size of a palm, its antennae trembling in the air like two rotting ropes.

Its mouthparts were chewing, and upon closer inspection, it was clear that it was a section of a human finger.

His expression turned ugly, and he even felt a wave of nausea.

"Another top-tier cursed spirit!"

Black Mu spread its wings, and countless tiny cockroaches were wriggling in the folds of those wings.

They surged out like a tide, densely packed, covering the entire street.

Where those little cockroaches crawled, the asphalt was corroded, the cement was gnawed, and even the flower vines of the flower garden were bitten off by them.

Kugizaki instinctively took a step back, not out of fear, but out of instinct—an instinct that arose spontaneously when faced with such dense, overwhelming, and scalp-chilling creatures.

The cockroach wave swept in again, and just as the four were preparing to deal with it, a slash from the sky came down and shattered the attack.

This was followed by the boy's screams.

"Aaaaaah..."

Junpei's tearful voice approached from the sky. The next moment, like a cannonball hitting the ground, a large crater appeared in front of Itachi and the others. When the dust cleared, Maki appeared, holding a sword in one hand and grabbing Junpei's clothes on the back with the other.

"Three top-tier weapons, that's quite a move. It seems Yue Ren was right; their target is Haddock."

Shunping, who had temporarily lost his ability to fight, was put down. He then hid to the side and began to vomit. He now deeply felt that coming along was not a wise choice.

"Two cursed spirits, one with the ability to control plants, and the other a swarm of cockroaches. The one with the bob haircut, its spell is probably ice."

Fushiguro briefly explained the information, and Maki nodded.

"Kudoshin, Kugizaki, and Kuga, you two deal with the one that controls the plants. Fushiguro, you deal with the cockroach. I'll take care of that little sister-head."

"clear!"

The battle erupted again in an instant.

Fu Hei was the first to move. His shadow exploded, and the jade dog leaped out from within, pouncing on Hei Musi.

Hei Musi flapped its wings, and countless small cockroaches cascaded down like a black waterfall, engulfing the jade dog.

The jade dog struggled in the swarm of insects, its mouth full of cockroaches trying to kill them, but there were too many, too many to kill, and it was even devoured by them.

Fu Hei instantly drew his sword, a dark shadow slash deflecting the attack and retrieving his heavily injured puppy.

This thing is very difficult to deal with.

Before he could make his next move, Hei Musi revealed his true form, raised his boning knife and slashed directly at Fu Hei. Combined with his own special attack using his magic and curse power, he caught Fu Hei off guard and left him severely injured in an instant.

Cursed Weapon "Rotten Life Knife"

Hei Mu's companion cursed tool, a terrifying boning knife, is a demonic sword situated between life and death.

The hollows in the blade contain insect eggs, which can be launched at the opponent during combat. The eggs will grow into larvae that bite the opponent's body. Alternatively, the eggs can be parasitized on wounds and hatch at any time, causing secondary damage.

Without any relevant intelligence, Fukuro immediately suffered a great loss.

And in this emergency...

"Guan Niu"

A rampaging bison suddenly appeared just as Hei Musi was about to deliver a fatal blow to Fu Hei, separating the two.

Fuhei forced himself to continue forming hand seals.

"Round Deer"

A massive elk with two antlers appeared behind him, its antlers emitting a milky white light. It enveloped Fu Hei's body, removing the parasites and healing his injuries.

Thank goodness. This guy's stats are perfect, and his moves are insidious. He instantly inflicted disgusting secondary damage on the wound, which could be fatal in high-level combat.

We have to rely on shikigami; we can't fight this guy ourselves.

Having understood this, Fuhei immediately formed a hand seal – "Demon Void".

The shadow behind him exploded.

The figure of the strongest shikigami, Mo Xu Luo, rose from the shadows.

A cold, emotionless aura spread around, finally causing Kuromu, who was facing Fukuro, to tense up.

the other side.

A "Blood Piercing" attack pierced through the attack and struck Hana's shoulder. The latter couldn't dodge in time, and its shoulder was pierced. It forcibly dodged the attack, and faced with the punch that Tiger Staff was about to deliver, Hana instinctively threw a punch. The two made contact in the air, and Hana's fist was shattered by the positive energy attached to the weapon.

"whispering sound--"

Countless branches pierced the earth, and Huzhang, unable to dodge in time, had several small holes pierced through his body.

The two figures were separated.

But it wasn't over yet. While it was still in mid-air, nails imbued with cursed power and "blood threads" shot out again, blocking its surrounding movement routes from the left and right.

Using Su Nuo's host as bait, the other two were responsible for restraint and the final blow, along with the weapon that countered him... This group of guys worked together very well.

With the threat of death drawing ever closer, Hua Yu naturally wouldn't remain indifferent.

I need to break their cooperation first, otherwise I'm definitely doomed. Thinking this, Hanami turned her gaze to Kugizaki, the weakest of the three.

The earth suddenly cracked, and countless plant roots and stems rose from the ground. The swollen body became unstable, and the direction of the bleeding was deviated, which was avoided by Hanami. Kugizaki's nails were also blocked by the plants.

The three of them barely managed to steady themselves, and Tiger Staff once again headed straight for Flower Goddess.

Suddenly, a giant domino flower appeared behind the latter. The flower bloomed, revealing hundreds of seeds with sharp teeth and small mouths inside.

Kugizaki instinctively shuddered upon seeing this scene; anyone with trypophobia would be tormented by it.

The next moment, countless seeds were shot out like bullets.

The first to be hit, Itachi, quickly swung his short sword, and the seed dissipated the moment it touched the blade.

Kugizaki's axe hammer slammed into the ground from behind, and the cursed power exploded from the blade, shattering some of the seeds in front of him into fragments.

But then more surged up, and I instinctively raised my hand to block them with my magic, but that backfired.

Upon encountering the parasitic seed of cursed power, it immediately pierced Kugizaki's fragile skin and began to devour her cursed power. The immense pain caused her to instinctively let out a painful scream.

"ah......"

Spellcasters are all sentimental. Kugizaki's scream made Itadori turn around instinctively, and in an instant he realized something was wrong.

But it is already late.

Hua Yu had already arrived in front of him, and with a powerful abdominal punch, he sent Hu Zhang flying.

It wanted to continue the pursuit, but a piercing shot blocked its path.

Turning his head, Zhang Xiang forcibly tore off the seeds from his body, whose effects had been weakened by absorbing the poisonous blood. Upon seeing that Hu Zhang was injured, he instinctively launched an attack, his expression filled with rage.

"You bastard, how dare you..."

However, a huge roar from not far away drowned out the expansion's howl.

With a casual strike, Mo Xuluo's Demon-Slaying Sword landed on the swarm of insects.

The powerful restraining energy instantly dissipated the wave. Hei Mu Si, hiding within, instinctively dodged due to a sense of crisis, narrowly escaping the fatal blow. However, one of its wings was severed, and it let out a sharp screech. The swarm's attack finally slowed down.

Its advanced intelligence told it that this creature was definitely its natural enemy, so it dispersed into several waves to disrupt it, and it began to flee.

"Don't even think about it!"

Fu Hei immediately controlled Mo Xu Luo to give chase, and even when some waves hit Mo Xu Luo, there was no protection.

Cockroaches crawled on it and gnawed at Mo Xu Luo's body, but the speed at which they gnawed at it was far from keeping up with Mo Xu Luo's recovery speed. When it wanted to increase the number of cockroaches, Mo Xu Luo would swing its sword to shatter the attack, while relentlessly pursuing the Black Mu Death Swarm.

Finally, the disc above Moxu Luo's head spun once, and the cockroaches were no longer able to cause any harm.

Mo Xuluo instantly accelerated, about to cleave Hei Mu to death with a single sword strike.

Just then, a cold current suddenly appeared and surrounded Mo Xuluo, slowing down his sharp attack. Hei Musi managed to sever his tail in advance and dodge this fatal sword strike.

"You dare to get distracted while fighting me? You're pretty arrogant, little sister."

Because she had helped others, Rime, with her front door wide open, was finally approached by Maki, who was wielding a large cleaver.

He immediately blew out cold air that condensed into ice to block it, but it was no use. The solid ice was once again cleaved in two by a single slash, just like before, and Rime's body was also cut in half.

But no blood flowed from the body that had been split in two; the cut surface was ice.

Looking again, Rime's main body had retreated more than ten meters from the side, and the expression on his face was no longer that indifferent smile.

"What a troublesome weapon."

He muttered to himself.

Having just escaped, Hei Mu was still furious and headed straight for his master, Fu Hei Hui, in mid-air. With the help of the curse, his body was instantly restored.

Since it's a shikigami user, as long as the master is killed, the shikigami will automatically disappear, right?

Thinking this, Hei Mu rushed towards Fu Hei at his fastest speed.

However, the title of the strongest shikigami is not undeserved, especially since Demon Lord has already adapted to its attacks.

Unbeknownst to it, a flash of light appeared behind it, and Hei Mu was cleaved in two with a ferocious expression. Its body and the swarm of cockroaches vanished in an instant, like tufts of cotton burned by flames.

The top-tier cursed spirit Hei Mu is dead and offline.

With a corner of the triangular formation torn open, the dawn of victory seemed to have already shone in everyone's hearts.

Without time to rest, Fuhei immediately ordered Moxuluo to support Huzhang and the others who were in a losing position.

The swollen bloodline cuts through the flower vine, and while restoring his body, he is engaged in close combat with the Flower Emperor.

After being kicked away, Itajima struggled to get up from the deep pit. Seeing Kugizaki lying on the ground, he immediately stood up and decided to go to Kugizaki to help remove the negative status effect on her.

However, Kugizaki endured the excruciating pain and got up. Seeing Itadori about to come over, he quickly yelled.

"Go help Zhang Xiang, I'm fine."

With that, he aimed the axe blade at the seed in its abdomen, which was groaning incoherently, and chopped it down.

The positive energy that specifically countered cursed spirits instantly cleared away the seed, and Kugizaki's pain lessened somewhat.

Upon seeing this, Itachi immediately nodded and rushed towards Hana-go again.

Hana, caught in the bloating, was certainly aware of the danger, but she couldn't escape...

As long as they cooperate with Mo Xuluo to deal with Hua Yu, then Li Mei alone will naturally pose no threat to so many of them.

Fu Hei's lips gradually