The blood that had splashed across Mirai's chest healed almost instantly.
His gaze toward Mahoraga grew brighter, this was not just a top-tier tool, it was a divine weapon incarnate.
No, not a tool... a divine instrument.
In the manga, the Mahoraga summoned by Sukuna was destroyed by Gojo Satoru rather quickly. But that wasn't because Mahoraga was weak, it simply hadn't had enough time to grow or engage in enough battles.
Even in its incomplete form, Mahoraga had given Gojo significant trouble during their fight.
Its adaptability was indeed fearsome, but its growth potential was equally terrifying.
Given enough time, in theory, Mahoraga could become the single strongest force in this world.
As this thought passed through Mirai's mind, he twisted away from another lethal slash.
There was still a hint of a smile at the corner of his lips, but the moment Mahoraga adapted to his phasing technique, a layer of caution had crept into his expression.
Within the tight confines of the crater, Mirai narrowly avoided strike after strike, the blade missing him by mere inches.
As he dodged and weaved, his hands flashed through a flurry of hand seals.
"Snap!"
From the shadows, a long tongue shot forth like a whip!
With a thunderous crack, it bound Mahoraga in place.
It was the toad shikigami, hidden in the darkness, only its tongue was revealed, tightly restricting Mahoraga's movement.
"Zzzrak!"
A flash of lightning illuminated the narrow pit as the thunder-winged Nue burst from the shadows!
With his cursed energy output adjusted, Nue's form was just the right size to stretch its wings within the cramped space.
Seizing the instant Mahoraga was bound, Mirai pushed off lightly with his toes and leapt onto Nue's back, soaring into the air!
Since Mahoraga had not yet been subjugated, it didn't count against the summoning limit, allowing Mirai to summon two shikigami simultaneously.
"Boom!!"
The moment Mirai shot out of the crater, the toad's tongue was torn apart by Mahoraga's immense physical strength.
"Crash!"
Another deafening explosion.
Mahoraga glared upward, locking eyes with its target in the sky. It bent low, charged, and with a thunderous leap, the pit collapsed beneath it, rubble scattering in every direction.
Like a cannonball, it rocketed upward, closing the distance with frightening speed.
Its right arm flexed, muscles bulging, the Demon-Slaying Sword poised to strike.
Mirai glanced down, a faint smile on his face.
"Hah."
Just as Mahoraga raised its arm, Nue's body suddenly burst apart like a splash of ink.
Taking its place was a fully manifested Max Elephant, its power pushed to the limit.
With cursed energy cranked to the maximum, Max Elephant's body stood as tall as a five-story building, its weight exceeding several thousand tons.
Mahoraga's vision went dark. There was no time to adjust in midair, Max Elephant's crushing body slammed down!
Towering over five meters tall, Mahoraga suddenly seemed puny in comparison, like a child before a mountain.
"BOOOOM!!"
The earth shook like an earthquake had hit. The explosion of debris and dust shot dozens of meters into the air.
Even Naobito, observing from five hundred meters away, felt his eyelids twitch in sync with the tremors beneath his feet, his heart pounding wildly.
With this sudden turn of events, his anticipation swelled to its peak.
The Zenin sorcerers assisting with evacuation thousands of meters away were also trembling in disbelief.
Would Mirai succeed or fail?
If he succeeded, the Zenin Clan would enter a new golden age, rising to a level never before seen.
But under a ruler like Zenin Mirai, a merciless tyrant, their lives would hang by his moods alone.
If he failed, they might breathe easier for now, but the Zenin Clan without the Ten Shadows Technique would be doomed to decline. It would only be a matter of time.
Before they could dwell on it, a thunderous rumble echoed from the estate, shaking the night sky.
Max Elephant's immense body was wedged perfectly at the crater's edge. Cracks spread outward, deepening rapidly.
At Mirai's will, Max Elephant dissolved into shadow, revealing only Mahoraga's upper half at the rim. Its lower body had fallen into the abyss with the broken stones.
"As expected, the Ten Shadows Technique alone isn't enough to tame this monster."
As Mirai spoke softly, the wheel above Mahoraga's head began to spin. Its severed lower half regenerated at an alarming speed.
In the blink of an eye, Mahoraga was whole again and immediately launched another slash.
A long, narrow trench tore across the earth, tens of meters in length.
Its attack speed and cutting force had clearly improved since it was first summoned.
Like a dancer at the tip of a blade, Mirai continued to dodge blow after blow, all while calculating Mahoraga's growth metrics.
The creature's strikes were fast, but to Mirai's crimson eyes, its every movement was laid bare.
With a sudden leap, Mirai dodged a fatal strike and flashed behind Mahoraga, landing a powerful roundhouse kick to its waist.
He didn't rely solely on enhancing his techniques or cursed energy control.
Mirai had never ceased refining his physical combat skills.
The impact of the blow visibly dented Mahoraga's hardened musculature.
"Crash!!"
The monstrous shikigami was sent hurtling through several buildings, finally buried under a pile of rubble.
"Clink~"
As the wheel above its head rang out, Mahoraga erupted from the debris, fully intact, as though nothing had happened.
"Boom!"
With a roar, Mahoraga launched itself again, sending shockwaves through the air. Now in its second evolution, its presence was on par with a Special Grade.
"Rabbit Escape."
At that moment, Mirai's vision filled with countless white rabbits, surging forward like a tide.
Thousands upon thousands of conjured rabbits latched onto Mahoraga, biting and clinging without hesitation.
Not only did they block its sight, but even Mahoraga's perception of cursed energy from the caster was momentarily scrambled.
In its moment of disorientation, the rabbits exploded and vanished into shadows.
When Mahoraga's perception cleared again, Mirai was already less than a meter in front of it.
"Shhk."
As Mahoraga raised its blade, it suddenly staggered and collapsed to the ground.
Silent and sudden, a strange cursed force had erupted, and Mahoraga's left leg had vanished.
The wheel began to spin once more. The missing leg regenerated at blinding speed. Mahoraga looked ready to rise again at any moment.
Standing over the fallen creature, Mirai's eyes turned ice cold.
Cursed energy surged as their gazes met, again and again, then dispersed violently.
Its thigh, its arms, its abdomen, chest, and head...
Mahoraga's immense body was devoured piece by piece by spatial erasure.
During this time, its regeneration speed and the spinning of the wheel simply couldn't keep up with the rate of its disintegration.
"Clatter~"
The wheel fell to the ground with a dull clang.
And Mirai clearly felt it, lurking within the shadow at his feet was now a terrifying presence, ready to be summoned at his command.
"Hahahahahaha!"
With the evolution of the Outer Path Gedo Statue, the birth of the white cursed spirit, and now the subjugation of the strongest shikigami...
Zenin Mirai had taken yet another leap toward becoming the strongest.
He laughed freely and wildly.
In the moonlight, amidst the wreckage, the boy's maniacal laughter echoed...
A scene that sent chills down the spines of every sorcerer watching from a thousand meters away.
No more doubts. No more questions.
The battle was over. The tyrant had won.
From the rooftop, Naobito clenched his fists and stared into the distance, eyes blazing with emotion.
It was done.
The ritual that no one in history had ever completed, Mirai had succeeded.
The undisputed strongest Clan Head in the history of the Zenin.
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