"Oh? Getting desperate now?"
Satoru didn't dodge at all. When the frost crawled toward his feet, its speed suddenly slowed as if frozen in time, until it looked completely still.
From the cursed spirit's point of view, the ice veered around him and shot toward the two behind him.
Right as the frost was about to reach Suguru, the boy calmly jumped up. A stingray burst through the air beneath him and carried him higher in a smooth arc.
Mukuro's way of dealing with it was much simpler and rougher. He stomped down once, causing cracks to spread out like a spiderweb. The ground collapsed under him, and the force blasted dust and rubble upward. The airborne debris smashed into the incoming frost, shattering both in a burst of mist and stone.
When the dust cleared, Mukuro stood in the center of the crater without taking a scratch.
"No wonder you're all special grades. You really are skilled. Once I kill you, this filthy human world can finally end!"
The cursed spirit screamed. Facing the three boys who stood at the peak of the jujutsu world, its frost-covered body felt as if it were burning. The blood of a special grade was boiling.
It would create a world without the disgusting species called humans, a world for curses alone. And it would start with the three in front of it.
"Big mouth for a curse. Want to guess what happens if this void touches you?"
Red light glowed at Satoru's fingertips. Reversal energy. He wanted to see how many holes he could open in the curse and whether it would still act tough afterward.
"This world never belonged to humans!"
The cursed spirit slammed both fists into the ground, and the earth split open as a massive ice mountain erupted upward like a giant maw biting down on the three.
"Stay back." Satoru stepped forward. "I'll show this ugly thing what happens when you interrupt a sweets lover's sugar time."
"Cursed Technique Reversal: Red!"
The violent blast shot out. The moment it touched the ice mountain, the whole thing exploded. Shards flew in every direction as the leftover shockwave barreled straight toward the cursed spirit.
Boom!
Dozens of ice pillars shot up from under the curse and lifted it away from the attack. It swung its arm and sharp ice blades rained down toward the three.
"Cursed Technique Amplification: Blue!"
Blue cursed energy spun out from Satoru's hand. It shredded the blades and snapped the ice pillars, dragging the curse down from the air.
But just before it reached its face, the curse changed its tactics. It stopped forming ice and instead focused cursed energy into both fists, throwing a punch at Satoru's head.
"Feels a little strange…" Satoru muttered as he raised his arm.
The punch landed hard and sent him sliding back several meters.
"Satoru!"
Suguru's heart tightened. He jumped from the stingray, wanting to rush to his friend.
"I'm fine. Just took a light hit."
Satoru waved him off, refusing the help, but his expression turned serious. That punch had clearly broken through his Infinity, which meant it carried a guaranteed-hit effect.
"Two and a half minutes left."
Mukuro spoke from behind, reminding him about the time.
"I know, I know. Guess I should… get a little serious."
Using reversed cursed energy's repulsion, Satoru moved instantly and appeared before the curse.
"So fast!"
The curse reflexively tried to use a technique, completely forgetting that it was still under Domain Amplification and couldn't use any.
Satoru's fist slammed into its stomach. A mouthful of dark purple blood burst out but froze inches before touching him.
The curse tried to lift its arms to guard, but Satoru's rapid punches left it dizzy and helpless.
'No…'
After enduring that barrage, the curse finally regained a sliver of clarity and released the Domain Amplification.
Spikes of ice shot up from the ground. They couldn't break Infinity, but they slowed Satoru for almost a full second.
And that single second was all it needed.
"Domain Expansion: Bone-Chilling Mountain Burial!"
The cursed spirit's hands clasped together. Space closed in around them, sweeping all three boys into the domain.
The world shifted. They now stood in an endless stretch of icy mountains. Wind and snow roared like they meant to bury everything.
Under normal conditions, even a one-on-one fight inside a domain was exhausting, but what the curse now planned was to take down all three at once.
"This is troublesome…"
Suguru whispered as he channeled his cursed energy for defense. Even he and Satoru had yet to fully grasp domains.
"You three… huh? Only two?"
The cursed spirit froze. As it prepared to activate its guaranteed-hit technique, it suddenly realized… only two targets were locked?
"Don't mind me. I won't make a move."
Mukuro waved kindly, letting the curse see he really was inside the domain… simply unaffected.
"Die!"
The curse slammed its palms on the ground. A violent blizzard surged toward Satoru.
It decided to take out the loudest, most annoying one first.
"Satoru!"
In Suguru's astonished gaze, his best friend turned into an ice statue without resisting.
"What Six Eyes? What special grade? Without a domain, you're no better than an ant on the street."
The curse smiled at last. That jujutsu sorcerer who sent it here had exaggerated way too much. These brats were nothing to worry about. Next were the other two…
"Hahahaha… amazing! What a beautiful feeling! So this is what a domain feels like?!"
When the cursed spirit was about to attack again, cracks spread across the ice statue, then it shattered with a loud crash.
Satoru stepped out with a wild grin, the same kind he had when he awakened the Reversed Cursed Technique. Blood trailed from the corner of his lips.
He could have killed the curse with Hollow Purple before it even moved. He could have used his clan's technique to cancel the guaranteed effect entirely.
But he didn't.
He chose to take the attack head-on, all for the experience. Feeling a domain from the inside was nothing like reading about it.
Fear? Helplessness?
None of it.
For him, it was pure exhilaration, endless thrill, a surge that pushed him higher.
Now he felt ready.
Satoru raised one hand and formed the Indra mudra.
"Domain Expansion: Unlimited Void!"
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