Chapter 170 The Hundred and Fifty-Eighth Chapter – Gluttonous Light Sea
The target of the cursed corpse was set on Hanami who was embedded in the ground, while behind the cursed corpse were several一级cursed spirits that charged forward upon the release of the cursed ropes.
The puppet cursed corpses pounced onto the fallen Hanami, forming a pile. The一级cursed spirits also pounced on them, viciously tearing at the defenseless puppet cursed corpses.
This scene felt familiar; it seemed that in the next moment, the cursed corpse would be destroyed by the erupting branches.
However……
“Self-destruct.”
Yagumo Masamori sternly said as he fell from mid-air.
White lights thrust out of the puppet cursed corpses, swallowing Hanami and the一级cursed spirits. The dark forest was illuminated by this light, making it seem like daytime for an instant.
Boom!
A deafening explosion occurred. The dazzling flame extinguished all the一级cursed spirits. Hanami suffered severe injuries at the center of the explosion, his body torn and ragged. His right arm was blown off, and purple blood gushed from his mouth.
Yagumo Masamori landed on the ground, watching the destruction caused by the cursed corpses except for the murder rabbit cursed corpse beside him.
The ground was blasted open with a deep坑, all一级cursed spirits eliminated, and a特级cursed spirit injured significantly. On their side, besides himself remaining unharmed, only one cursed corpse survived, undoubtedly claiming an overwhelming advantage.
The scales of victory tilted back towards humanity.
“In terms of strategy, it should be considered successful.” The sturdy man said with a hint of regret.
After all, those sacrificed cursed corpses were made by him stitch by stitch.
“Cough……”
Hanami struggled to stand on his feet from the ground, spending curse energy to recover his wounds: “This is the first time in my existence I’ve received such serious injuries.”
“I didn’t want to use this move if I could avoid it.”
As he spoke, Hanami knelt down, gently placing his palm on the ground.
Ripples of light yellow began to radiate outward from him, and plants touched by these ripples, whether trees or weeds, withered visibly before his eyes.
As the surrounding plants withered, a red flower bud blooming on Hanami’s left shoulder slowly opened, revealing a half-closed eyeball. Golden light pulsed rhythmically within the eye, almost as if breathing.
“What’s happening?”
Although he did not know what would happen when the flower bloomed, Yagumo Masamori knew he couldn’t let it continue.
He immediately took a step forward and rushed at Hanami along with a nearby murder rabbit puppet cursed corpse.
“I can’t generate curse energy from plants, but my left hand can steal the life force of plants and convert it to curse energy. However, the converted energy doesn’t transfer to me; instead, it transfers entirely to this offering flower.”
The monocular red flower was fully open, its substantial output of curse energy manifesting as solid material, golden lightning clustering within the golden glow.
“Domain Unfold·Gluttonous Light Sea!”
The dark boundary rapidly spread outward, engulfing Yagumo Masamori, like a surging tsunami, sealing him and the murder rabbit cursed corpse inside the domain.
“What!?”
The surroundings instantly changed, and upon realizing it, Yagumo Masamori found himself in a seemingly endless field of beautiful flowers, colorful blossoms blooming everywhere, blue sky above.
It felt like being in the most beautiful place in the world, and his mind relaxed alongside this inviting environment.
Men and dolls looked content.
No!
Yagumo Masamori snapped back into realization: “It induces a sense of relaxation to lose combat will—Is this the effect of that guy’s domain!?”
Due to this delay, the golden light shining from the eye of the offering flower on Hanami’s left shoulder grew to its peak, blinding anyone who looked directly at it, like the sun.
Not just visually, but similarly in the detection of curse energy, the huge energy source resembled an activated bomb, flashing restlessly; the unstable golden lightning symbolized the imminent explosion; the alarm beeped continuously.
Within the domain, assigned techniques gain guaranteed hits. They can only be countered by jujutsu or if the opponent unfolds their own domain to negate the guaranteed effect.
Then, had Yagumo Masamori, the特级jujutsu sorcerer recognized as capable of creating autonomous, self-generating cursed corpses, mastered the skill of domain unfolding, which symbolizes the pinnacle of jujutsu?
The answer was no.
But there was a degraded version—a simplifieddomain.
“New Shadow Style·Simplified Domain!”
At a radius of two meters around him, Yagumo Masamori deployed the simplified domain. Although it couldn’t completely negate the guaranteed effect of the main domain, it resisted for a period.
Such was how it should be.
Plop!
A branch pierced flesh, bursting through his chest, a flower bud quietly blooming, with razor-sharp teeth lining the core.
The simplistic domain, erected just a second ago, shattered.
“What!?”
Yagumo Masamori’s glasses slipped down his nose, revealing a shocked expression.
When did I get hit?
Could it be……
“Yes, the moment you were pulled into the domain and hesitated, you fell for my technique.” Hanami smiled softly, “When did you start thinking you negated the guaranteed effect of Gluttonous Light Sea?”
Yagumo Masamori finally realized that he was not in any romantic flower sea, nor were those regular wildflowers—the mouths that devoured flesh, masquerading as flowers!
The assigned techniques under this domain weren’t from the offering flower on Hanami’s shoulder but rather from that absorbing curse energy seed!
“As the first jujutsu sorcerer to wound me so severely, I’ll remember you.” Golden lightning filled Yagumo Masamori’s vision, “Goodbye.”
Like beams of sunlight, the cursed energy rays, flickering with golden lightning from the offering flower’s eye, pierced through Yagumo Masamori’s chest, submerging him in a storm of lightning.
…
“Masa, you said my mom came to see me; is she Masa’s wife?”
In the forest, Yagumo Masamori was leading a toy bear’s hand, walking down a muddy path away from the woods.
“No, she is indeed my mother, Xiao Wu.” The man replied softly, hard to believe such a massive, fierce-looking man could produce such gentle words.
Man and bear reached the forest’s edge. At the end of the path stood Yokosuka Atsuya, pushing a wheelchair. A listless white-haired woman sat on the wheelchair.
Yagumo Masamori led the toy bear cursed corpse named Xiao Wu to them.
“Masa, that person there is my mom, right?” Xiao Wu peeped out from behind Yagumo, hiding slightly.
“Right, you noticed that, you’re really smart.” Yagumo Masamori smiled.
“Hehé, the moment I saw her, I thought maybe it was her.” Xiao Wu proudly pointed to himself with his thumb, “How smart am I?”
The lady’s dispirited eyes suddenly glittered with a tear, her pupils gradually focusing.
She lunged out of her wheelchair, clutching Xiao Wu, “Xiao Wu! Uuuu…my Xiao Wu…”
Surprised by the sudden embrace, Xiao Wu’s expression showed confusion, seeking help from Yagumo Masamori. Not receiving a reply, he conformed to his instincts, wrapping his small arms around the woman’s neck.
This moment, the woman sobbed uncontrollably.
Yagumo Masamori approached Yokosuka lightly and said, “That thing isn’t your nephew. It’s just a cursed corpse carrying information about your nephew.”
Faced with the cruel truth revealed by Yagumo Masamori:
“Living continuously in grief over the loss of a relative, how can one face their future? But my sister, if she loses what sustains her past, she cannot live on.”
“In any case, thank you, Yagumo Principal.”
“Not at all.”
…
After school, then becoming a jujutsu sorcerer.
