Curse Return: Swordsmith Start

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As expected of a thousand-year-old ghost god, his combat adaptability is simply unparalleled.

However, his opponent is Gojo Satoru, and Sukuna won't have an advantage during the simple spell meltdown period.

Sure enough, just as Sukuna was thinking that the two sides should start to reconsider their position, Gojo Satoru, who had already come to terms with reality, rushed over again with an action that surprised him and was not intuitive.

Su Nuo's aura was fierce; wanted to exchange punches? Come on.

The cursed power flowed through his body, and the two forces collided, exploded, and neutralized each other.

Within their coverage area, the strongest forces of both eras are fighting in the most primitive way.

Su Nuo's four arms give him a huge advantage in close combat. He uses two hands to block and two hands to attack, and his rhythm is so perfect that it seems impossible for a living being to do it.

His fists were imbued with magical power, each strike capable of causing buildings that could withstand a magnitude 9 earthquake to collapse.

Gojo Satoru uses only his hands, but he is faster. At the same time, the "Six Eyes" grant him a powerful information gathering ability, making him like a sophisticated quantum calculator in battle, dismantling attacks and making defense and counterattacks no problem.

Both entered the spell's melting phase simultaneously. This should have been a moment of respite for both sides, but Gojo Satoru didn't want to give Sukuna any chance to catch her breath.

And it's also because he has the means to deal with it.

With his feet on the rubble, his body moved like a projectile, tracing a straight line through the ruins.

Sukuna raised all four of his arms at the same time, the two that were used for blocking crossed in front of his chest, while the two that were used for counterattack stabbed at Gojo Satoru's ribs from the side.

Gojo Satoru did not slow down. Just as his body was about to collide with Sukuna's fist, it was as if an invisible hand had deflected it, causing it to veer off course. Sukuna's fist grazed his ribs, and the wind it generated tore a hole in his clothes.

Gojo Satoru's fist had arrived, containing cursed power that was under extreme control.

The fist slammed into Sukuna's crossed arms, the sound of flesh and bone colliding like two rocks hitting each other. Sukuna took half a step back, his feet carving two white marks on the concrete. His two counter-attacking hands changed their trajectory, from stabbing to sweeping, his four fingers like four knives, slicing towards Gojo Satoru's throat.

Gojo Satoru lowered his head, his fingertips brushing against his hair, cutting off a few white strands that drifted in the wind.

His knee came up from below, but the target wasn't his abdomen, but his thigh.

Noticing this, Su Nuo shifted his leg to the side, his knee hitting the air with a muffled thud.

But Gojo Satoru's other hand had already grabbed Sukuna's wrist.

He pulled that wrist into his arms, and Su Nuo's body leaned forward. His forehead collided with Su Nuo's head. This blow was even heavier than the previous punch. Su Nuo's head snapped back, and blood from his nose drew a red line in the air. His brain was somewhat disoriented due to the secondary injury.

However, even if Gojo Satoru's offensive still hadn't ended, or rather, this was the time for him to unleash his true killing move.

Releasing one hand, Gojo Satoru formed a hand seal while Sukuna looked bewildered.

"Domain Expansion—Boundless Emptiness"

A pitch-black shell appeared instantly and began to envelop the two of them.

That's right, Gojo Satoru used "Reversal Technique" to repair "Technique Failure" in advance.

His goal was to exploit this information gap, to teach this old codger a lesson when the opponent was most relaxed.

"We won!"

All the mages watching this scene couldn't help but beam with joy. The expansion of a domain, as the ultimate skill of a mage, is no joke. In the state of "spell meltdown", if one side completes the repair and reopens the domain first, it almost means a decisive victory.

Moreover, it was Gojo Satoru who opened the domain.

The "Boundless Void" is a representative of the closed domain. It uses unlimited techniques to pull the target into an independent space and forcibly instill invalid information into the target's brain, causing the cognitive system to collapse.

Compared to open domains, closed domains like "Boundless Void" have a clear "health bar" called the domain shell, but as long as they don't collide with each other at the same time, their sure-hit and sure-kill characteristics are absolutely powerful.

It possesses an absolute advantage in control skills. Under normal circumstances, if someone is pulled in first, it is almost equivalent to Gojo Satoru winning.

However, his opponent was Ryoumen Sukuna, and in terms of combat adaptability, perhaps no one in the world could match him.

After sensing a clear flow of positive energy and understanding what the other side had done, he quickly figured out a way to break the deadlock.

"Mixu Gelong"

The prototype of the True Yin Flow "Simple Domain" possesses the ability to neutralize the field and negate the effect of guaranteed hit.

A Yue man in the distance let out a soft hum.

Simply using this skill in front of "Boundless Emptiness" is nothing more than a desperate struggle; it can only delay the judgment of Su Nuo being controlled by a second or two.

Both Yue Ren and Gojo Satoru frowned at the same time.

How is that possible? How could he possibly repair the "Spell Fusion" so quickly under such circumstances?

The Yue people were astonished. Could Su Nuo's learning ability really be that strong? This was even more outrageous than Yi Gu's technique of "copying".

The domains collided again. "Boundless Void" opened 0.5 seconds earlier than "Demon-Subduing Chef". In the next 0.2 seconds, "Demon-Subduing Chef" spread to the outside of "Boundless Void". In the following 0.1 seconds, the outer shell of "Boundless Void" was shattered once again.

At the same time, "Subduing Demon Chef" collapsed, and a flood of information over 0.8 seconds poured in. Although "Mixu Gelong" helped to offset some of it, it still caused Sukuna's brain to overload and bleed from all seven orifices.

The barrier collapsed, and the two figures reappeared in the real world.

Seeing the changed aura emanating from Su Nuo, Yue Ren seemed to understand.

At this moment, the cursed power reaction on Sukuna's body was cut in half, considering Sukuna's special circumstances.

It should be "restraint".

Just now, he must have forcibly repaired the spell at the cost of reducing his total spell power limit by half!

The Yue man chuckled and shook his head.

No wonder he's called the "Loan King," he's really got a knack for it, managing to overcome even such a desperate situation.

However, having lost half of your curse power, and still facing an opponent like Gojo Satoru, how will you cope with the upcoming battle? The King of Curses?

Speaking of this, we have to mention "restraint".

This is a very special technique for sorcerers, which can be described in one word: "equivalent exchange".

The greater the investment, the greater the reward; defaulters may face death or limited capabilities.

There are generally three types of bondage. The first is "Heaven and Curse," which is an inherent bondage of an individual life. The character does not need to actively form a bondage to exist. It can be said to be a forced bondage imposed by the world on living beings. For example, Maki's lack of curse power was exchanged for the powerful physique of Heaven and Tyrant. Another example is exchanging Singgi's weak body for a huge range of curse power perception and control.

There is no other way but to adjust the soul; it is an innate, cruel bond that cannot be changed by the will of the possessor.

Secondly, there is the constraint of the opponent.

It is a contract made with others, even cursed spirits or the world itself, which requires the consent of both parties.

In the original work, Singi and Sukuna exchanged helping Tosou and revealing information for the real person to heal their bodies with "inaction transformation". Yuuji Itadori exchanged reviving himself for Sukuna to gain control of his body for one minute after shouting a specific keyword and forget the constraints of this agreement.

The effect is mandatory and must be completed; any violation will be punished in a way and at a time unknown to the violator.

Thirdly, it involves self-imposed constraints.

It is a contract that the sorcerer voluntarily makes with himself in exchange for greater power.

For example, Nanami Kento sets a constraint, usually using 80% of his spell power for work like an office worker, in exchange for 150% spell power output during critical moments (overtime). Or the most basic "disclosure of spell formulas" allows him to increase the power of his spells by revealing information about them. These perfectly illustrate the survival strategy of modern spellcasters.

Moreover, unlike other forms of bondage, self-binding has a clear "loophole": the penalty for breach of contract is merely the loss of the power gained from the bondage, without any catastrophic consequences such as death or injury. This gives the caster a great deal of room for maneuver.

In the original work, Sukuna frequently uses this point, treating the bondage as a "loan" that can be repaid to a limited extent.

In the Shinjuku showdown, Sukuna demonstrated a textbook example of "loan" tactics.

In his battle against Gojo Satoru, he traded the price of "having to chant, form hand seals, and point the direction with his hand every time he uses a spatial slash" for a spatial slash attack that could be launched instantly without preparation, successfully severing Gojo Satoru in half and delivering the final blow.

It was precisely because of this that Sukuna earned the title of "Loan King".

This result led many to believe that the power of the binding was outrageous. Why didn't Gojo Satoru use it? The reason is simple: firstly, the power gained from the binding wasn't as strong as imagined; secondly, it was Gojo Satoru's own personality.

The power called "binding" is definitely not a power that should be promoted.

Because the power temporarily gained through 'binding' often comes at a price that is far greater than the benefits.

Why do I say this? A very obvious example is Miwa from the original work. In order to kill the enemy of the person she loved, Mechamaru, she bound herself to never be able to wield a sword again for the rest of her life, in exchange for a single strike that surpassed her own limits. She can be considered a typical example.

But in the end, the speed of that slash did exceed her limit, but Lu Suo used it with one hand, and the slash broke directly.

In the end, the girl gained nothing except for severing her own path as a "mage." Did she use it wrong?

No, that's because she misunderstood the essence. "Self-restraint" is actually a more outrageous form of usury, an action of exchanging "future possibilities" for certain existing "bargaining chips".

It can grant a person certain powers for a short period of time, but the extent of those powers depends on the person who applies the restraint.

In the original work, Sukuna's Space Slash skill was awakened by Sukuna himself. It was given by Mokuro after he understood the limitless, and Sukuna subsequently created the technique through the derivation of "resolve".

The restraints imposed by Su Nuo only grant the ability to cast this skill once instantly, but at a great cost.

The reason these costs seem insignificant is because Su Nuo is different from ordinary people. He has four hands and two mouths, which makes this skill, which should be restricted and sealed by ordinary people, usable again. However, even so, he was still affected. His Spatial Slash had a noticeable wind-up, so he hardly made any progress in his subsequent battles with others.

For someone like Su Nuo, this skill is basically useless, because when bound, the only effect this skill can have when fighting enemies of the same level is to give the opponent an opportunity.

This is the price: the Space Slash super skill has lost its 'future'.

Imagine if there were no binding effect. With Sukuna's "talent", given enough time, it wouldn't be impossible for him to turn the Spatial Slash into a skill that can be activated at will, like "Release". However, the binding directly seals off this possibility, which means that this powerful skill has lost its "future" and cannot cope with high-end battles in the future.

Therefore, the price of being bound by constraints is actually not worth the gains.

The reason why Sukuna's technique is so amazing is that he successfully exchanged a certain amount of "future" for "present".

At the cost of essentially losing one skill, combined with his inherent strength, he unleashed overwhelming power in an instant to kill Gojo Satoru, thus securing his current existence.

To use a vivid analogy, imagine a penniless person with investment experience borrowing a large sum of money from the underworld, only to win big in one investment and achieve a leap in social class.

Sukuna-Utau Gojo Satoru was probably similar; he used the power gained from the bondage as a springboard to achieve results far exceeding his gains.

Sukuna succeeded because he was an opponent of similar strength to Gojo Satoru. The "binding" technique caused his strength to surge at a certain moment, allowing him to defeat his opponent.

She failed in the third round because her opponent was far stronger than her. The power granted to her by the 'binding' was even greater than the opponent's ordinary strength, so she failed and lost everything.

Therefore, "restraint" is just a costly and opportunistic behavior, which is a gamble. It may be useful against opponents of similar size, but it is useless if the difference in strength is too great.

Ordinary people cannot make accurate decisions and are likely to lock themselves into their own "upper limit".

Why would someone as proud as Gojo Satoru use such opportunistic and highly restrictive methods? Instead of engaging in such nonsense, he should be thinking about how to unleash his ultimate move.

Su Nuo must have sacrificed half of his spell power to eliminate the "spell meltdown" and open his domain to save his life.

He truly lives up to his title of "Loan King," making another decision where the returns outweighed the risks.

But having escaped this hurdle, how should he proceed? For sorcerers, the total amount of magical power is one of the decisive factors in battle, and it accounts for a significant portion. Cutting it in half directly tilts the scales of victory in Gojo Satoru's favor.

With a tap of the fingertip, one is instantly transported to Chapter 42: The Wonderful World of the War Continuation.