Chapter 180 One Hundred and Sixty-Eighth Chapter: What Would He Do?
“Is it possible to deploy a domain without making seals?”
Sangen Naibu’s face turned serious: “Now things are getting troublesome.”
Yukinoshita Yukino and Inugami Takuma also looked extremely concerned, but only Kugisaki Nobara showed a starkly different reaction.
“Woah! Hawaii! It’s Hawaii!”
Underfoot was soft sand, overhead a clear blue sky, in the distance endless sea, and floating on it a giant red octopus head.
The orange-haired girl’s expression fell immediately.
“This isn’t Hawaii. It’s a domain deployed by the enemy,” Yukinoshita Yukino reminded her.
“I know, I saw that ominous octopus head and knew instantly,” Kugisaki Nobara made a face of disgust towards the nearby Special Grade Cursed Spirit.
“We have no means to counter domains. Everyone needs to be careful!” As Inugami Takuma spoke, blood began spurting from his waist.
Yukinoshita Yukino and Kugisaki Nobara also received injuries almost simultaneously.
“Is this the hit-effect of the domain? You can’t detect these cursed spirits until they attack!?”
Inugami Takuma looked back at the Piranha gradually fading into the air, sweat trickling from his forehead.
“Mystery Technique: Falling Flowers Affection!”
Among the group, only Sangen Naibu possessed techniques against domains. Standing defensively, he was covered in curse energy.
If any cursed spirit attacked, touching his body would trigger the curse energy for an automatic counterattack with a hex dance, Hex Dance + 6, Second Light “Tree Skirt: Force Counter.”
Cursed Spirits were being killed with every swing of Falling Flowers Affection, yet more kept coming as if endless.
Gyogan’s response came after seeing four jujutsu sorcerers counter their own techniques: “That bearded man is indeed different; warm-up time is over.”
“He should use seven tenths of his strength on the bearded man, three-tenths on that mask wearer and black-haired woman, regarding the spiky-haired woman, her strength is weak, no need to worry about her.”
Gyogan clasped his hands together: “Technique Release: Death Army Marching!”
At its back, the tranquil sea suddenly erupted into violent waves, and huge fish-shaped cursed spirits leaped up, their mouths brimming with sharp teeth.
“The cursed spirits are attacking!” Inugami Takuma said nervously.
These cursed spirits vanished quickly as if they had never been there.
Yukinoshita Yukino tried swinging a slash towards the front, but struck nothing. Her face grew even darker: “They don’t exist until they attack… This technique is incredibly tricky.”
She ran swiftly on the beach, hoping to evade the attacks, but the domain’s hit-effect left her efforts futile.
Yukinoshita Yukino felt intense pain before she realized a large eel cursed spirit had bitten her.
Fortunately, Inugami Takuma with the power of the spirit turtle could withstand the attacks, albeit not without difficulty. He tried to avoid and resist Death Army Marching.
Naibu also noticed the problem with these cursed spirits: “There seems to be no end to their aggressive offensive. Could this domain’s special technique be…”
Before he finished, a colossal fist expanded rapidly in his vision—the fist of Gyogan crashed into the old man’s face, sending him flying.
Falling Flowers Affection countered the hit-effect temporarily, but defending against direct attacks from the enemy was challenging.
Kugisaki Nobara scowled, noticing only herself was safe: “That dead octopus, do you despise me?!”
Nails were flung high, the orange-haired girl striking the nails with hammering force, propelling them directly at Gyogan’s bulky figure. However, they were easily brushed off, and in mere instants, Gyogan reappeared before her.
“You are the most vulnerable here.”
Gyogan lifted a leg, his thick calf smashing like a whip into Kugisaki Nobara’s abdomen.
She felt like hitting a speeding train, flying backward as blood splattered into the air.
“Let’s take this one down first,” Gyogan said coldly, observing Kugisaki Nobara who had crashed into the jungle after the impact.
Blood exploded from Gyogan’s octopus head, and his throat was sliced narrowly. The wound barely lethal, it healed swiftly as Gyogan touched it.
Yukinoshita Yukino cut the cursed fish eating her body into pieces. Even ignoring these cursed spirits and attacking the Special Grade Cursed Spirit directly proved fruitless—the exchange of blows was impossible.
She couldn’t approach the cursed spirit while under the domain’s hit-effect…
What now?
As Yukinoshita Yukino pondered, her mind grew blank.
Facing immense curse energy disparities and the domain, she couldn’t think of an effective strategy.
She couldn’t imagine a victory.
Reflecting the image of Gyogan extending a hand toward her, several gigantic fish cursed spirits emerged from between his fingers, charging angrily.
Pain surged again, vision obscured by cursed spirit bodies. As she saw the cursed spirit, she understood she had been bitten.
Would she die here?
Lin Qi…
“Yukinoshita!”
Still entangled with Death Army Marching, Inugami Takuma seeing the black-haired girl enveloped by cursed spirits clenched his teeth. Learning from her earlier tactic, he abandoned the summoning of the spirit turtle and unleashed Zhixi.
A giant piranha bit into his shoulder, but a high-speed rotating shell gathered in his hand, slicing through the cursed spirits attacking Yukinoshita Yukino.
The black-haired girl snapped into action, biting her lip and unleashing strikes that chopped all her nearby fish-type cursed spirits into pieces.
This cannot continue!
How could she always wait for Lin Qi’s help, when he was combating the Special Grade Cursed Spirit too?
I must rely on myself.
Yukinoshita Yukino’s eyes narrowed onto the enemy, a fierce aura surrounding her.
Gyogan’s expression changed, instinctively retreating a step in warning.
Yet he quickly felt ashamed of his reaction.
What?
Could I, a man, retreat because of a woman?
Ridiculous!
Growling, Gyogan extended a hand, a horde of ferocious cursed spirits swarming to attack the girl.
Yukinoshita Yukino took a deep breath, her focus becoming absolute. The world blurred, leaving only the enemy in view.
Think carefully.
If Lin Qi were here, how would he react?
…
After school, and become a jujutsu sorcerer.
