Heaven has bound me to weakness? I angrily unleash the Eight Gates!

Nanami gripped the short sword tightly, her eyes more serious than ever before.

He will not allow such a tragedy to happen again.

Just as the two were preparing to face an even more terrifying cursed spirit, they discovered that the other party had not appeared, and the surrounding mountain demons also retreated and ran into the deep mountains.

It's as if it received some kind of instruction.

"Boom——!"

A commotion erupted from the deep mountains as two powerful magical forces clashed.

Seeing this, Zenji Jinsuke became interested and disappeared from the spot in a flash.

Nanami and Tennen exchanged a glance. "What should we do?"

In this situation, we should first report it to the higher education institution and send a more powerful sorcerer to handle it.

However, it seems their teacher went to watch the play instead, and they were at a loss for what to do.

"Let's go take a look. The uncle is quite strong. Even if we can't beat him, he should be able to lead us away."

Analyze calmly within a day.

Based on her understanding of Zenin Jinsuke, to be honest, she didn't know exactly how strong he was, but judging from Gojo's previous evaluation of his younger brother, he, as the older brother, shouldn't be too weak either.

She couldn't say anything else, but one thing she was sure of was that if things went wrong, the other party could at least help them escape.

At this speed, what's the difference between that and teleportation?

Upon hearing this, Qi Hai said nothing more and headed into the deep mountains with Tian Tian.

Within minutes, Nanami and Tennen arrived at the center of the battle.

Zenji Jinsuke stood at the edge, arms crossed, watching the center of the battlefield with great interest.

A mandrill, estimated to be three meters tall and covered in long white fur, was confronting a man with an extremely ferocious expression.

The humans standing opposite them caused Tennen and Nanami to pause in surprise.

"Summer oil!?"

Dressed in a dark kasaya, he was Xia Youjie, who had been identified as a curse master by the high school and sentenced to death.

"Oh, it's Riko and Nanami."

Xia Youjie wore a blank expression, neither happy nor sad. He had sensed that there were two sorcerers fighting against the cursed spirit outside, but he didn't expect them to be two old acquaintances.

"Huh? You're here too?"

Xia Youjie was taken aback when he saw Zenji Jinsuke standing beside the two.

If it weren't for Nanami and Tennen's appearance, he probably wouldn't have discovered Zenin Jinsuke's existence yet.

After all, he just stood there watching the show like he was invisible, not saying a word. Who would know there was someone else standing next to him?

"Xia You! Why did you do such a thing? You were framed, weren't you?"

Tian Tian stared intently at Xia Youjie and asked loudly.

She couldn't accept that Natsumi was identified as a curse master. Although Gojo Satoru and Ieiri Shoko told her it was true, she still couldn't believe it until she saw it with her own eyes.

How can a person change so much in such a short period of time?

"I'm sorry, Riko, I did all of this voluntarily."

Xia You looked relaxed and said to Zenji Jinsuke, "Thank you for your words last time. They helped me understand a lot and made me determined to do what I love!"

Zenji Jinsuke, who had been watching the show, was stunned. "Hey, hey, hey, don't talk nonsense. This is your own choice. What does it have to do with me?"

He shouldn't take the blame; if anyone should, it should be Jiujiu Yuji.

"Uncle! What exactly happened? Could it be that Xia You becoming a curse master has something to do with you?"

Tian Tian stared wide-eyed at Zenji Jinsuke, making him look quite innocent.

“It has nothing to do with him. He just helped me understand a lot of things,” Xia Youjie said.

Instead of remaining depressed and doubtful, it's better to take direct action and do what you believe is right.

Now, he believes that killing all non-magicians in the world is the right thing to do!

The near-Special Grade Imaginary Wraith before him was one of the weapons he valued.

The terrifying stories passed down through generations in the village have influenced generations of children, causing this cursed spirit to soon transform into a special-grade one.

That's why it sends its minions to the villages to eat people, increasing their fear and accelerating its transformation.

However, this action successfully brought it to the attention of the higher vocational college and made it a target for Xia Youjie's recruitment.

After all, subduing this one mountain demon king and getting hundreds of shrimp soldiers and crab generals as a bonus is quite worthwhile.

"Ow-!!"

The white-haired mandrill roared to the sky, and hundreds of mandrills around it surged forward to attack Xia Youjie.

The biggest threat to it here is the man in front of it.

As for the three standing next to it, the two of them didn't have enough magical power to make it feel any pressure, and the other one didn't even have any magical power, so he was just a nobody and didn't need to be bothered with him at all.

"Tsk, just a near-Special Grade. Giving up resistance is your only option."

Xia Youjie did not take the mountain demon king seriously.

Generally speaking, the level of a sorcerer is higher than that of a spirit.

In other words, a level one sorcerer is capable of exorcising a level one cursed spirit, while a special-grade sorcerer has the ability to exorcise a special-grade one.

Even if it's just a near-Special Grade, and has some intelligence, it's still easy for him to handle.

Chapter 19 The Death of the Mountain Demon King: A New Function of the Cheat Code?

In the pitch-black forest, the immense magical power emitted a dazzling light. The air tore open a crack, and two giant claws pressed against the edge of the crack, crawling out from within.

Its hideous head was exposed.

"Roar--!"

The terrifying curse power instantly annihilated the ant-like curse spirits that attacked from all around.

This is also a near-Special Grade Spell Spirit. To suppress a near-Special Grade one, Xia Youjie does not intend to use a Special Grade Spell Spirit.

That would be a waste of talent.

As soon as the quasi-special-grade cursed spirit released by Xia Youjie appeared, it stretched out its sharp claws and attacked the Mountain Demon King.

Seeing this, the mandrill showed a hint of human-like liveliness, "Awooo—!"

With a roar, the surrounding area of ​​several meters was covered by curse power.

Seeing this, Zenji Jinsuke, holding Tennen and Nanami in each hand, stepped back.

A black sphere enveloped Xia Youjie and the Mandrill King.

"Is it a domain expansion!?"

Tian Tian was shocked. This cursed spirit could actually expand its domain, which was something they could not handle at all.

Qi Hai's expression was also very solemn. Such a cursed spirit was actually only dealt with by him, a near-level one, and Tian Tian, ​​a level two sorcerer.

Or perhaps the higher-ups were well aware of the situation and that's why they assigned them team leaders?

"It should just be a simplified version."

Zenji Jinsuke put the two down and looked at the still sphere. Is this the domain?

I couldn't sense what was happening inside at all.

However, he could sense the strength of this domain; it was probably just a nascent form of a domain.

The mountain demon king was unlucky; he was caught at the last moment by Xia Youjie, who used the spell manipulating spirits.

The Spell Manipulation Technique—that's a spell with an extremely high potential.

It's just that Xia Youjie wasn't cautious enough; otherwise, he would have become the strongest sorcerer in the world of magic sooner or later.

After all, theoretically, Xia Youjie could control anything, such as the Nine Phases of the Cursed Embryo, the Four Heavenly Calamities, and the Su Nuo, as long as he was strong enough. Even Tian Yuan's final evolution was towards the Cursed Spirit.

If you play it safe a little, aside from the extremely powerful Sukuna, you can still manage to absorb all the other cursed spirits in the world.

As I was thinking, cracks appeared in the area before me.

The next second, the domain exploded, and the White-haired Mountain Demon King spat out blood, his face filled with rage.

"As a near-Special Grade, you are already strong enough."

Xia Youjie spread his hands, a smile on his face. Beside him stood a slightly chubby cursed spirit with flowing long hair, its hands tucked into its sleeves, and its squinty eyes giving it a comical appearance.

A top-tier imaginary vengeful spirit, incarnated as Tamamo-no-Mae.

The spirits that possess their own domains are all powerful, and they can become one of his sources of power.

The mandrill king glared at Xia Youjie with terrifying resentment in his eyes.

It just wants to hide in the mountains and slowly evolve into a top-tier cursed spirit, so why stop it!

With a roar, the mandrill king turned and ran. It was not unintelligent and knew that it was no match for its opponent and that it probably couldn't escape anyway.

Instead, it ran straight towards the location of Zenji Jinsuke and the other two.

These three people seem to know that guy. Threatening the other party with their lives is its only chance to survive!

They watched as the three-meter-tall, white-haired, near-Special Grade Cursed Spirit pounced on them, landing on all fours.

Nanami looked horrified and immediately gripped the short sword in his hand tightly.

However, out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Tian Tian quickly hid behind the team leader, Zenin Jinsuke. He also silently put away his short sword and took a step back.

He was still self-aware enough to know that he was no match for this cursed spirit, so he should let Master Jinsuke lead them away.

At the speed of this cursed spirit, it shouldn't be able to catch up.

"Were we taken for a fool?"

Zenji Jinsuke watched the mountain demon pounce on him, a smile playing on his lips, as his right hand slowly drew the crimson three-section staff from his waist.

I originally just wanted to watch the show, but this monkey is taking itself a bit too seriously.

Like some sorcerers, do they look down on those without magical power?

The mandrill looked at the human so close by, its sharp claws already outstretched, aimed at Zenji Jinsuke's throat, wanting to tear him apart with one blow.

Clearly, without magical power, one cannot even become its hostage.

However, when its eyes glazed over, it discovered that the other party showed no fear on its face and opened its arms as if to welcome its sharp claws.

This guy is laughing!

That slightly ferocious smile stirred a hint of fear within it.

"Wait! Don't kill it!!"

Xia Youjie, who was far away, saw the top-grade spell artifact Youyun, worth 500 million, appear in the hands of Zen Temple Shenjie. His expression changed immediately, and he shouted.

He finally found a decent cursed spirit, don't let him ruin it!

"Snapped--!!"

With a brutal roar, the mandrill king's eyes became dazed.

A vision flashed through its mind, and it saw itself when it had just become a cursed spirit, only a level four cursed spirit, running happily through the mountains.

However, it was too lonely to be alone, so it went to the village at the foot of the mountain to find humans who could see it and play with it.

For some reason, humans were terrified of it, and gradually, stories about it became more and more diverse and eerie in the village.

It also grew stronger over time, and not only that, but it also gave birth to more of its kind.

It also went from being completely clueless at the beginning to developing a hatred for humans.

Why describe it so badly when it did nothing wrong?

Having gained immense power, it began to take revenge on the villagers at the foot of the mountain, ordering its subordinates to devour a few people every few years.

Since these villagers are so afraid of it, it will grant their wish and let them live in its fear forever.

"Ow..."