"Is this a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit? Even in an injured state..."
Renji could clearly feel the bloody Cursed Energy rushing towards him. Yhe salty, fishy stench was nauseatingly vivid.
Grade 1 Cursed Spirit – Yogami.
In countless secluded villages, the twisted preference for boys over girls grew more warped. Numerous baby girls abandoned in the mountains slowly stopped breathing in dark corners, their tiny bodies crawling with maggots. Eventually, a plague caused all the cattle and sheep in the village to die.
Ignorant people believed it was a so-called divine punishment sent by the gods. Their fear became the most delicious food for the Cursed Spirit. Thus, the Grade 1 Cursed Spirit, Yogami, was born.
According to the information on the mission sheet Masamichi gave to Shoko, this Grade 1 Cursed Spirit's Cursed Energy is terrifying. Four First-Grade Sorcerers from Jujutsu High were killed in action, and two First-Grade Sorcerers from Kyoto Prefecture are missing. A single ordinary Grade 1 Cursed Spirit caused the Jujutsu World to lose six First-Grade Sorcerers.
Reverse Cursed Technique!
Shoko stood up, her hands enveloped in a faint blue energy. She pressed her palms against Renji's back.
"Right now, it's just a slightly stronger Grade 2 Cursed Spirit. Let's take it on together. Don't look down on me, I'm a Jujutsu Sorcerer too."
Shoko patted the dirt off her skirt and slowly looked up. In her eyes, Renji's back was reflected.
Although Renji was only ten years old in this world, he didn't look like a normal ten-year-old at all. Instead, he looked like a youth of thirteen or fourteen, and he was even slightly taller than Shoko.
The next second, Yogami's massive, blue hand, accompanied by a gust of sharp wind, instantly reached Renji, as if intending to completely eliminate this human emitting a terrifying Cursed Energy in a single blow.
Boom!
The cave floor was instantly covered in dense, spiderweb-like cracks.
"For a Jujutsu Sorcerer, the best way to grow is through actual combat. I always hear Satoru say that."
Shoko was still holding onto Renji's clothes. Just now, she had reacted first and pulled him back.
Such incredible speed?!
Even while heavily injured, it still possesses such terrifying speed?
It was completely different from the Kappa Cursed Spirit he had killed before. If that Kappa Cursed Spirit was just an ordinary Grade 2 Cursed Spirit, then the Yogami before him was like dozens of Kappa Cursed Spirits combined.
Calm down. Every enemy has a weakness.
Cursed Energy... that's it!
Renji closed his eyes and a Cursed Energy thread, distinct from the others, abruptly appeared at Yogami's neck. It seemed that was its weakness.
"Shoko-san, back me up."
Renji focused Cursed Energy into his legs, using it to force his body to increase its speed.
Boom!
The ground cracked, sending rocks and dirt flying.
Renji's figure vanished instantly as he charged straight for Yogami's massive head.
Yogami snapped open a giant eye made of countless eyes, and those pupils instantly focused on Renji's body.
Eyes of All Grudges!
[Ding! First time witnessing Cursed Technique: Eyes of All Grudges, unlocking it in the compendium.]
With just a single look, Renji's legs went weak and gave out, almost kneeling on the ground.
If Shoko, seeing things go south from not far behind, hadn't kicked a stone infused with Reverse Cursed Technique into the back of his legs, he might have lost control of his legs entirely by now.
"Thanks, Shoko-san."
Renji awkwardly held the long blade, Natsume, in front of his chest.
Pfft!
Renji left a bloody gash on Yogami's bloated neck, and salty, fishy black blood gushed out frantically.
"Renji-kun! Watch out!" Shoko suddenly shouted.
What?
Watch out for what?
Wasn't its weakness already...
Damn! It didn't cut through!
How ridiculous is that?
No, wait...
Can we settle this peacefully?
Boom!!!
A massive palm pressed down on Renji's head, slamming him heavily into the ground.
Yogami slowly raised its hand, letting out a strange, cruel laugh.
In the pit left by the palm, a blood-covered Renji was half-kneeling. Fortunately, Shoko had stored a brief burst of Positive Energy on his back, preventing him from being flattened into meat paste.
However, Renji's current situation was not optimistic. His ribs were nearly all broken, and his right lower leg bone was twisted and snapped, with bone spurs already visible piercing through the skin.
"Oh no!"
Shoko changed her attack method, infusing all the stones in her pocket with Cursed Energy and hurling them at Yogami.
Boom... Boom...
Yogami repeated its trick, extending its massive hand again. It seemed to realize what would happen if Shoko got close to Renji, so it immediately used its full strength.
As a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit, it possessed a learning ability that Grade 2 Cursed Spirits couldn't match. Their Cursed Techniques were generally very dangerous, and most of them had more than one.
Sobbing Iron Box!
"Waaah!!!"
Sharp cries flooded into Shoko's ears from all directions. She collapsed to the ground, blood dripping from her ear canals. Her eardrums had been shattered within two seconds of hearing the cries.
Seeing the massive hand about to fall, a cold flash of light traced a crescent moon arc.
Buzz!
The massive arm was sent flying by the impact, slamming heavily into the wall and causing the cave to shake. It seemed this place wouldn't hold out much longer.
Renji's body was enveloped in Cursed Energy. Having lost the strength to walk, he instantly appeared before Yogami's neck.
Strong Acid Attack!
A burst of acid emitting a corrosive stench instantly exploded at Yogami's neck, dissolving its skin in an instant.
"Ahh!!!"
The sharp scream instantly made Renji's chest tighten, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood. It seemed some organ in his body had been injured.
"Since I can't cut through the neck where your Cursed Energy is linked, I'll just cut it this way!"
Renji instantly brought down the long blade. Yogami's massive head erupted with a soaring pillar of blood, dyeing the entire cave black.
It turned out that while Renji was thinking about how to exorcise this Cursed Spirit, he remembered the Cursed Technique he had only one use left for.
If ordinary brute force won't work...
Then use some brains.
By using acid to corrode the Cursed Spirit's toughest skin and then cutting through its Cursed Energy supply point, he could easily eliminate it.
However, it was lucky he took that hit. Otherwise, if he had thought of this move and thrown the strong acid at the start, it would have been blocked 100%. If it had been blocked, it would have been game over.
The intense pain made Renji almost withdraw the Cursed Energy covering his body, but he still forced himself to walk over to Shoko.
"Shoko-san! Are you okay?!"