Chapter 137 (Patreon)

“Domain Expansion—Unlimited Void.”

With Satoru Gojo at its center, Unlimited Void erupted outward, forming a barrierless domain with a radius of two hundred meters.

“A barrierless domain?!”

Kenjaku’s expression changed immediately.

He could not allow Unlimited Void to reach him. The instant it did, the battle would be over.

“Domain Expansion—Womb Profusion!”

He had no choice but to counter it with his own domain.

“That was close…”

Kenjaku watched the power of Unlimited Void stop just short of consuming him. He had managed to deploy Womb Profusion at the last possible moment.

Had he been even a second slower, the consequences would have been unthinkable.

“So you neutralized it with your own domain.”

Gojo stood with one hand resting against his hip, his expression completely at ease.

“You were lucky.”

“I never imagined I would encounter another jujutsu sorcerer capable of using Domain Expansion twice in a single day,” Kenjaku said. “Not since the man who lived a thousand years ago—Ryomen Sukuna.”

“Huh?”

Gojo tilted his head slightly.

“Sukuna could use Domain Expansion more than once a day too?”

“More than once?” Kenjaku replied. “You have no idea how powerful Sukuna truly was.”

“Is that so?”

Gojo’s eyes narrowed behind his blindfold.

“He might have been powerful in the past, but now… he has no choice but to rely on a human vessel.”

Kenjaku smiled faintly.

He then pulled back the enormous, half-dead cockroach that had been caught within Unlimited Void.

Or rather, the Special Grade Cursed Spirit—Kurourushi.

“Your cockroach is already brain-dead,” Gojo remarked.

“I never expected a mere Special Grade Cursed Spirit to defeat you. That would have been far too optimistic.”

Kenjaku extended one hand.

“Cursed Spirit Manipulation—Maximum: Uzumaki.”

“Cursed Technique Reversal: Red.”

Gojo did not know exactly what Kenjaku was planning.

He only needed to stop him before he could complete it.

“Impatient, aren’t you, Six Eyes?”

Kenjaku activated the reversed application of the Antigravity System, generating an immense gravitational pull that dragged Red downward and buried it within the earth.

Both of them possessed techniques capable of manipulating attractive and repulsive forces.

In that regard, neither held an absolute advantage over the other.

Kurourushi’s body was drawn into the spiraling mass of Maximum: Uzumaki and completely absorbed.

So he managed to absorb it after all…

A faint smile appeared on Kenjaku’s face.

He immediately tossed several egg cases onto the ground.

“Eggs?”

Gojo stared at the densely packed cluster in front of him, the corner of his mouth twitching.

“Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue.”

A powerful gravitational force erupted.

Most of the eggs were pulled inward and crushed instantly, their shells and contents ground into dust.

However, three survived.

“That’s not good…”

The remaining eggs began expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.

As their translucent surfaces stretched, shapes gradually became visible inside them.

“Humans?”

Gojo stared at the enlarged eggs, an unpleasant chill running through him.

Bang!

One of the enormous eggs burst apart.

A person emerged from within—a figure who looked exactly like Kenjaku.

The other eggs broke open one after another.

More identical figures stepped out.

“What exactly did you make?”

“It is now four against one, Six Eyes.”

Kenjaku spread his arms as though the scales of victory had finally tipped in his favor.

“Humans born from eggs…”

Gojo studied the replicas carefully.

If each of those beings could use Kenjaku’s techniques, dealing with them would become troublesome.

More importantly, the reproductive capabilities of cockroaches were absurd.

The thought of hundreds—or even thousands—of Kenjakus spreading throughout the world was enough to send another chill down his spine.

“So,” Kenjaku said, “what will you do now?”

The egg-born replicas ignored Unlimited Void and charged into the domain.

However, the instant they entered, their bodies faltered.

One after another, they collapsed.

“Of course.”

Gojo looked down at them.

“They possess consciousness. Unlimited Void overloaded their minds the moment they entered.”

Kenjaku considered the result for a moment.

He then produced another group of egg-born replicas.

This time, however, the creatures had no heads.

As expected, beings without brains could not be overwhelmed by the information flooding Unlimited Void.

“You cannot be serious, Kenjaku.”

A sphere of crimson light formed in Gojo’s palm.

“Removing their brains might keep Unlimited Void from affecting them, but what makes you think mindless creatures like these can touch me?”

The headless replicas rushed into the domain.

“Cursed Technique Reversal: Red.”

The repulsive force erupted instantly, annihilating every replica that approached him.

Swish!

In the next moment, Gojo appeared directly in front of Kenjaku.

His fist, reinforced with Cursed Energy, slammed into Kenjaku’s body.

“You could not even react to that?”

“Who knows?”

A blade suddenly appeared in Kenjaku’s hand.

He swung it downward, leaving a black arc in its wake.

“Limitless is still active. An attack like that will never reach—”

Splat!

Bright red blood sprayed from Gojo’s shoulder.

The blade had passed through Limitless.

“No.”

Gojo’s gaze sharpened.

“The blade is coated in Domain Amplification.”

“Oh?”

Kenjaku noticed the vigilance in Gojo’s expression.

“So you saw through it.”

Gojo immediately activated Reverse Cursed Technique.

The slash had not cut deeply, and the wound closed within moments.

“To think you reacted quickly enough to avoid a fatal wound,” Kenjaku said. “The Six Eyes truly are an unfair advantage.”

Kenjaku raised the blade and attacked once more.

“Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue.”

A sphere of condensed blue light appeared.

Kenjaku’s body was immediately seized by its powerful attraction and hurled through the air as Gojo redirected Blue’s movement.

Gojo raised one hand toward Kenjaku, who had been thrown into the sky.

A crimson sphere of repulsive energy formed at the tip of his finger.

“Cursed Technique Reversal: Red.”

“This is the end.”

Gojo spoke quietly.

Red shot forward.

The spheres of Blue and Red converged directly in front of Kenjaku.

“Hollow Technique—Purple.”

The collision produced an imaginary mass of overwhelming destructive power.

Purple expanded instantly, erasing everything in its path as it tore through space itself.

“So this is your finishing move?!”

Kenjaku faced Hollow Purple head-on.

The pressure alone made one thing perfectly clear.

A direct hit would kill him.

“Cursed Spirit Manipulation—Maximum!”

A concentrated beam of Cursed Energy erupted from Maximum: Uzumaki.

However, even its full output could not stop Hollow Purple.

“Uzu… maki…”

Kenjaku slowly lowered his gaze.

The entire lower half of his body had vanished.

Nothing remained beneath his chest.

“No…”

His eyes widened.

“That is impossible.”

“I won, Kenjaku.”

Gojo’s voice remained perfectly calm.

Would he win?

He would.

——————

“H-How is this possible…?”

As Tengen fought Suguru Geto, his movements suddenly began to slow.

The operation of his barriers started to lag, as though something had interfered with the foundation of his techniques.

“What… is happening?”

Geto clutched his chest and struggled to catch his breath.

Tengen had stopped attacking.

Geto immediately used the opening to recover.

However, he had no intention of launching a surprise attack.

Dozens of Cursed Spirits still stood between him and Tengen, completely blocking his path.

“He can create Cursed Spirits from nothing using only Cursed Energy…”

That was the pressure Geto faced while confronting Tengen.

Although they were still Cursed Spirits, they had been directly created and controlled by Tengen.

They were not masterless spirits.

Because of that, Cursed Spirit Manipulation could not subjugate them.

“I cannot afford to prolong this battle.”

Tengen looked toward Geto.

If the fight became a contest of attrition, Tengen would eventually win.

However, Kenjaku could no longer hold out.

Using the barrier network, Tengen directly transported Kenjaku away from the battlefield.

“You will not be this fortunate next time, Suguru Geto.”

“Wait!”

Geto forced himself forward.

“Where do you think you are going?!”

He could not allow Tengen to escape.

As long as he kept Tengen occupied, the situation on the other battlefields would become much easier to control.

However—

“You cannot stop me.”

Tengen disappeared through the barrier directly in front of Geto.