Garou's Monster form radiated a suffocating, oppressive aura. Menacing bone spikes protruded from his body, while his bulging muscles gave him the appearance of a ferocious beast from ancient times.
His crimson eyes locked onto Gojo Satoru, and a battle-ready grin spread across his face.
"Now this is more like it!"
Gojo Satoru's Six Eyes eagerly observed the violent energy surging through Garou. His cerulean eyes gleamed with the excitement of a hunter who had finally found worthy prey.
"Come on!"
"Taste this!"
Garou roared. His figure vanished, not through sheer speed, but through bizarre footwork that resembled a spatial leap. In an instant, he appeared beside Gojo Satoru.
His fist, carrying an aura of absolute destruction, slammed toward the barrier of Infinity.
Boom!
The impact was far more powerful than the previous attacks, almost breaking through Infinity.
Although it still failed to penetrate, the resulting shockwave managed to seep through, causing Gojo Satoru's cursed energy to become momentarily chaotic.
"Oh? You're almost able to shake Infinity?"
Gojo Satoru raised an eyebrow. He finally stopped relying solely on defense.
"Blue!"
He extended one hand toward Garou, and a powerful attraction instantly manifested, attempting to forcibly drag Garou closer and crush him.
However, Garou's reaction was incredibly fast. The moment the attraction took hold, he used the force itself to spin his body violently, twisting in a manner that seemed to defy physics. His legs swept toward Gojo Satoru's head like battle axes.
At the same time, he pressed the fingers of his other hand together and thrust them toward Infinity like a drill.
Offense and defense in a single motion, precise and ruthless.
Gojo Satoru had no choice but to interrupt Blue and float backward. At the same time, he formed another hand seal.
"Red!"
A powerful repulsive force erupted like an invisible cannonball, blasting toward Garou.
Surprisingly, Garou did not dodge. He crossed his arms in front of his body, tensed every muscle, and allowed his dark skin, gleaming with a metallic sheen, to take the full force of Red.
Bang!
Garou was blasted several meters backward. His feet carved deep furrows into the ground, but he quickly regained his balance.
He shook his slightly numb arms, and the battle intent in his eyes burned even more fiercely.
"Haha! This is exhilarating! Again!"
Garou laughed wildly before charging forward once more.
His ability to learn and evolve was terrifying. After only one exchange, he already seemed to have gained an initial understanding of the characteristics of Gojo Satoru's Blue and Red.
He no longer attacked blindly.
Instead, he used his bizarre footwork to constantly change positions, alternating between probing punches, long-range kicks, and attacks launched from seemingly impossible angles. His martial arts rapidly evolved throughout the battle, gradually incorporating a rudimentary understanding of spatial power.
Gojo Satoru also became completely serious.
He pushed his Limitless to its maximum, unleashing Blue, Red, and Hollow Purple in succession. Space throughout the simulated battlefield twisted violently as energy raged in every direction, creating an apocalyptic scene.
All the onlookers held their breath.
"That Garou... He's actually pushing Gojo-sensei this far..."
Yuta Okkotsu was utterly shocked.
"Garou is evolving."
Bang's expression was complicated. He did not know whether he should feel proud or embarrassed. Garou, who had joined the Monster Association, had once been his disciple.
"Every setback and every exchange makes him stronger and better adapted to his opponent's fighting style. That kind of talent is truly terrifying."
On the Monster Association's side, Psykos's eyes gleamed repeatedly.
"Garou's potential truly is boundless."
Under Gojo Satoru's relentless barrage, Garou's body was injured repeatedly. Yet each wound healed at a visible rate, while his body subtly adjusted with every exchange.
His bone armor became thicker, and the structure of his joints gradually became better suited for generating and dispersing force.
Finally, after taking a small-scale Hollow Purple head-on, Garou's right arm was almost pulverized.
Yet instead of retreating, he released an excited roar.
"I understand! The interval of space!"
The flesh of his mutilated right arm writhed violently as it rapidly regenerated. On the newly formed arm, the tips of his bone spikes flickered with unstable energy.
Garou charged at Gojo Satoru once more.
This time, his fist was no longer purely physical. Space subtly twisted around its edge, as though a thin film of distorted space had formed around his knuckles and was tearing through the void.
"Look at this move!"
Garou roared.
He combined the martial principles he had learned throughout his life with the crude yet effective spatial tearing power he had just comprehended, then drove his fist directly into Gojo Satoru's Infinity.
Rip!
A sound like fabric being torn echoed through the battlefield.
Gojo Satoru's seemingly absolute defense, the infinite space created by Limitless, was torn open by Garou's punch. The combination of his evolutionary power and newfound understanding of space created a genuine opening.
Although the gap was extremely small and stabilized almost instantly, Garou's fist had successfully penetrated Infinity and grazed Gojo Satoru's cheek.
A thin trace of blood appeared on Gojo Satoru's face.
The entire venue fell silent.
Gojo Satoru touched the blood on his cheek. Genuine surprise appeared in his cerulean Six Eyes before transforming into even greater interest.
"Incredible... Truly incredible..."
But Garou's attack had not stopped.
The moment Infinity was breached, he had already closed the distance and latched onto Gojo Satoru like a relentless parasite.
Fists, palms, elbows, knees...
Every part of Garou's body became a deadly weapon as a violent storm of attacks descended upon Gojo Satoru.
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