The brave Simmel wants to resign

"But if you want to fight me, you'll at least need to use a Special Grade weapon."

The hem of her clothes was lifted by the storm of the cursed spirit's fierce attack. Simmel dodged the claw strike of the beast-shaped cursed spirit to the side, and then suddenly ducked to avoid the weapon that swung its chain in a circle.

Amidst the attacks of countless cursed spirits, he remained composed, tilting his body towards the ground with ease, and then suddenly launched himself out at a moment when he was almost parallel to the ground.

boom!

He spun around, delivered a side kick, and swung his blade, blasting the nearest cursed spirit, along with several level-one cursed spirits in that direction, far away. They crashed through a concrete wall, rolled several times on the ground, and finally trembled as they dissolved into a puddle of liquid...

Despite the overwhelming force of the battle, Simmel, located at the heart of the battlefield, was effortlessly terrifying.

After all, when facing Simmel, a level one cursed spirit would be exorcised without even having the strength to resist.

He smiled and suddenly turned around.

"You need to be more serious, Xia You."

But also at this moment.

"Who said I didn't use a special-grade spirit curse?"

Xia Youjie's voice also came from afar.

"Incantation: Form a net to cover the mountain."

The Earth Spider's spell stirred the flow of the earth's veins, crashing towards Simmel like a tidal wave.

This should have been an easy spell to dodge—for Simmel.

Because he possesses A+ level agility, allowing him to break the sound barrier instantly, and is also very familiar with the Earth Spider's attack range, he can... the moment the spell is activated.

"Ok?"

But the moment Simmel exerted his strength, he noticed something was wrong.

Dudu lu...

The tendrils of the soil wrapped around his heels, binding his cloth boots tightly!

(It's faster than any technique I'm familiar with initiating...)

Before I could finish thinking, my whole body lost its balance.

It was like encountering the Kraken in the middle of the ocean during a torrential downpour; a tremendous force came from his heels, and Simmel was thrown into the air, his vision blurred by the rapid scene changes.

call!------

The mud whip swung around and flung Simmel away, the wind blades cutting through her cloak. Simmel let out a 'whoosh' sound as she was thrown into the air without any resistance.

At an altitude of about 300 meters, just as he finished adjusting the focus, Simmel naturally stretched out his limbs and noticed Xia Youjie standing in a corner of the steel plant.

Click.

He drew his sword, only halfway through the swinging motion.

——————Click.

One corner of my field of vision was covered in darkness.

Bang!--!--!------------

The coordinates where Simmel was located were struck from all directions by earth pillars as he swung his sword, creating a huge plume of smoke in the air!

"Um....."

Xia Youjie, who remained on the ground, looked up at the sky and squinted slightly.

"If only it could be solved that easily..."

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"That won't do."

Buzz—! ————————

Almost simultaneously with the sigh, the blade flashed, as if a laser with its own axis of rotation had sliced ​​through the plane of the sky.

Countless streams of light, layered and enveloped, burst forth from the center of the earthen pillar. Then, the view shifted from black to white as the pillar was instantly cut into dozens of short, round cylinders with smooth, flat cut surfaces.

And the hero emerges from within.

Head down, using the scattered cylinders in the air as landing points, it hurtles towards the ground!

"Hey!"

At the same time, Simmel swung her sword in the direction of Xia Youjie.

The blade flashed and spread, the white crescent moon of water chestnuts enveloping Xia Youmen's face.

kang--!--!------

At the critical moment, the earth spider stretched out its long, slender limbs and heavily blocked Xia You's path, and an explosion rang out at the same time.

The strong wind dispersed the dust, and Simmel landed perfectly.

After a brief exchange, the two were able to face each other again at the same height.

"Although I had guessed it after hearing that you and Gojo had fought and escaped unscathed... I was really surprised. As far as I know, the Spirit Manipulation Technique should not be able to upgrade the spirits it has absorbed."

Simmel dusted herself off and looked at the tear in her cloak with a touch of heartache.

He noticed it.

Xia You's cursed spirit is stronger than I remember...

They must have done something shady.

"That's generally true."

Xia Youjie was happy to have a conversation, and he remained calm as well.

"Although the spell spirit manipulation technique is quite convenient and has almost unlimited growth potential, it requires the sorcerer to control the spell spirit."

"The more quantity, the better, but the quality cannot be controlled by the sorcerer."

"I hadn't thought of a solution before that mission."

"That mission?" Simmel tilted her head.

Do you remember the hospital mission we did together?

Simmel rolled her eyes and began to recall.

"Oh...that Herpes God..."

"It was at that time that I understood how to improve my spell manipulation skills."

After saying that, Xia Youjie slowly took out a long, dark object from his sleeve.

That is.....

"Su Nuo's fingers."

Xia Youjie looked at the cursed object with a calm expression.

"You've seen it too, haven't you? This cursed item is a 'tonic' that cursed spirits are eager to obtain, because the immense cursed power of the cursed king Su Nuo from a thousand years ago still remains in here."

"After a level one cursed spirit devours a finger, it will quickly grow into a special-grade cursed spirit."

"Of course, this gift is not simple, otherwise the higher-ups in sorcery would have monopolized it first."

Xia Youjie's accent was melodious and varied.

"Humans cannot digest the poison of cursed objects. Even if they resist it, their will will be usurped by the remaining soul of Sukuna."

"Humans can't... but cursed spirits can."

Simmel continued the conversation, "So, you mean the best match is—a sorcerer who is human but can control cursed spirits?"

The atmosphere between the two made them seem more like old friends to outsiders—if one ignored the huge craters caused by the battle and the fragments of the original pillar that were only now beginning to fall to the ground under the influence of gravity, kicking up dust.

"If you can't break through, you should consume external objects. It's a common approach. I chose the Sukuna Finger simply because it's the most powerful cursed object I know."

“Of course, there are limitations,” Xia You continued. “After all, if I were to directly swallow a cursed spirit that had already ingested a finger, and then mold it into a ball and swallow it again, the poison would still enter my body. So, it has to be like this…”

Xia Youjie waved his hand, summoning a new cursed spirit once again.

A gigantic bull demon appeared behind him, and then he extended his finger to the bull demon behind him.

"AAAAAaaaaaa!!————!——————"

After the incomprehensible screams, the familiar figure of the bull demon gradually began to swell, its skin becoming closer to bluish-purple, and its curse power surged up all at once.

"Preserve the finger, then after subduing a specific spirit, summon it and give it the finger..."

Simmel watched this scene with genuine admiration.

Simply put, it involves summoning the cursed spirit and then inserting it into your finger.

"That's really convenient."

"Right? I even went and looted the cursed tool storehouse before leaving... We passed through there on our way to see Tengen, and leaving behind remnants of cursed power really helped a lot."

Everything so far has been foreshadowed, and now it's time to bring everything to a close.

but--

Click.....

Even so, it's still not enough.

A faint cracking sound rang out between the two.

"Ah, that's definitely not enough."

Xia You nodded in agreement.

boom.

As soon as he finished speaking, the earth spider's body suddenly swayed, and it let out a scream. Its massive body was completely separated from its legs, which were pinned to the ground.

It was the limb that had just received the sword energy from Simmel.

The reality is obvious.

"As expected, even after becoming a top-tier cursed spirit, it still can't match you." Xia You glanced at it and shook his head helplessly.

His smile immediately faded.