Chapter 194: 194
No matter how much he struggled, he couldn't grasp a shred of hope.
Fortunately, Chu Yang knew when to stop and wasn't too ruthless. Although Satoru Gojo was somewhat scared, he could still control his emotions.
If Satoru Gojo were truly pushed to the brink, his body might unconsciously erupt out of self-preservation.
At that point, after Satoru Gojo broke free from the illusion, he might genuinely fight Chu Yang to the death.
Satoru Gojo composed himself, then turned to Megumi Fushiguro behind him and asked, "How long was I spaced out?"
Megumi Fushiguro replied blankly, "You weren't spaced out. You just froze for a moment when the cursed technique disappeared."
Satoru Gojo took a deep breath, and a chilling smile gradually appeared on his face.
Megumi Fushiguro shivered.
That smile only appeared when Satoru Gojo was extremely angry.
Chu Yang spoke first, "You wanted to experience it yourself. We agreed there would be no settling scores later."
Satoru Gojo's expression froze, his face flushed, and a surge of anger choked him, almost suffocating him.
"Teacher Yang, are you alright?"
Megumi Fushiguro looked at Chu Yang in surprise, interrupting Satoru Gojo's rising anger.
Chu Yang smiled and nodded.
"Sukuna's fingers…"
"They've already been absorbed by him."
Satoru Gojo waved his hand, signaling Megumi Fushiguro not to press further, completely disregarding the latter's shocked expression.
"Come back to Tokyo Jujutsu High with me. You can't keep the fact that you swallowed Sukuna's fingers a secret, so it's better to tell them yourself."
"There are countless Jujutsu Sorcerers in the history of the Jujutsu world who, like you, devoured Sukuna for power, but they all failed."
"Now it seems the best option is to let you absorb all the remaining fingers and solve this biggest problem of the Jujutsu world from the past millennium."
Satoru Gojo put his blindfold back on, seemingly abandoning his plan to fight Chu Yang here.
Chapter 111: Domain Expansion! An Invitation to Battle from the Captain Commander!
Jujutsu High.
Chu Yang was locked in a room covered in cursed writings.
Perhaps that's not quite accurate; he walked in himself.
Before he went in, Satoru Gojo said a few words to the higher-ups of Tokyo Jujutsu High.
"This room cannot hold him. He's just giving you face, cooperating with your charade, which is meaningless."
"In the entire Jujutsu world, besides me, no one can definitively defeat him."
"So, don't provoke him, because that will only make things more complicated."
The leader of the conservatives, the principal of Kyoto Jujutsu High, Leiyan Temple Jia Shen, an old man whose age was unknown.
Leiyan Temple Jia Shen leaned on his cane and retorted in a deep, hoarse voice, "Satoru Gojo, how can you guarantee that he won't become an enemy of the Jujutsu world?"
"If he eats all of Sukuna's fingers and becomes an even more troublesome existence than Sukuna, what then?"
"Our goal is to solve the problem brought by this Special Grade Cursed Object, not to create an even bigger problem!"
Satoru Gojo scanned the room and showed a confident smile, "I will handle it when the time comes."
Hearing Satoru Gojo's words, the higher-ups, including Leiyan Temple Jia Shen, fell silent.
Just that one sentence made it very difficult for them to refute.
If a problem arose in the Jujutsu world that even Satoru Gojo couldn't solve, then there was no longer any hope to be had.
The negotiation took much less time than Chu Yang expected. Not long after, Satoru Gojo appeared in the room covered in cursed writings.
Chu Yang sat in a chair, legs crossed, dozing off, not at all worried about his impending fate.
Satoru Gojo directly threw six more of Sukuna's fingers, also in a sealed state, to him.
"Can you eat them? Don't accidentally burst from overeating. I was just bragging about you in front of those old geezers."
The twenty Sukuna fingers were scattered across the world, and Jujutsu High had six of them sealed. After some negotiation, Satoru Gojo brought them all to Chu Yang.
Satoru Gojo had an ulterior motive.
He was too eager to see how strong Chu Yang would become after swallowing all the fingers.
He should be an unprecedentedly powerful opponent!
However, Satoru Gojo didn't understand Chu Yang.
He didn't know that the man in front of him improved his strength at an exponential rate.
Each clone in each world made a small improvement, and when combined, it amounted to a complete transformation.
Nine Yin Manual, Nine Yang Skill, Invincible Sword, and other supreme martial arts scriptures.
Fengdu and Tianque, two Zanpakuto that merged many of Chu Yang's traits and were powerful enough to fully complete the Hogyoku.
Demon Slayer Chu Yang's sword mastery and Breathing Style.
Naruto Chu Yang's constantly refined Ōtsutsuki bloodline.
Pirate Chu Yang's Haoshoku Haki, gradually rivaling that of Emperor-level powerhouses.
Magic Chu Yang and Marvel Chu Yang were perfecting a new spell system, intending to integrate all the magic-related skills they had learned so far.
With so much support, Chu Yang didn't think he would lose to Satoru Gojo.
Taking Sukuna's fingers from Satoru Gojo, Chu Yang methodically peeled off the cursed seal, which felt like the wrapper of a candy.
"I suggest you eat them slowly, don't just gulp them down…"
Before he could finish, Satoru Gojo watched Chu Yang pour all six fingers into his mouth and swallow them directly.
"You don't know how disgusting this stuff tastes…"
Better a quick pain than a prolonged one. Chu Yang didn't want to savor each one; it was best to swallow such disgusting things in one go.
It was a similar mindset to eating traditional Chinese medicine as a child.
As soon as the six Sukuna fingers entered his stomach, his consciousness uncontrollably plunged into chaos.
When he opened his eyes again.
Chu Yang saw Sukuna sitting high on his throne.
Surrounded by corpses.
Sukuna propped his chin with his hand, lazily crossing his legs.
"Is it just you this time?"
A cold glint flashed in Sukuna's eyes.
"I'm surprised too."
Chu Yang had expected the Soul Palace to appear again, but this time, he was pulled into Sukuna's domain.
This showed that the appearance of the Soul Palace seemed to depend on its mood; things like Sukuna's fingers were just triggers.
Sukuna slowly rose, his killing intent pouring out like a floodgate opening, drowning Chu Yang.
Chu Yang stood at the center of the storm of killing intent and directly summoned Susanoo.
The humanoid monster enveloped Chu Yang, and Armament Haki immediately covered Susanoo's entire body.
"Another cursed technique I've never seen. You know quite a lot of things."
Sukuna narrowed his eyes and formed hand signs.
"Malevolent Shrine."
Within his Innate Domain, Sukuna could unleash terrifying slashes, divided into "Dismantle" and "Cleave."
Everything with cursed energy, living or non-living, within the domain would be sliced to pieces.
Its destructive power was on par with Satoru Gojo's Limitless Cursed Technique.
But for Chu Yang, compared to Satoru Gojo's versatile spatial abilities, Sukuna's pure physical attacks were easier to deal with.
Susanoo was incredibly tall, almost touching the ceiling of Sukuna's domain. He only needed to glance to quickly pinpoint the target.
Countless silver-white threads appeared in the void.
Looking closely.
Those were sharp slashes tearing through space.
Countless slashes, like a torrential downpour, landed violently on Susanoo's massive body.
Instantly.
The clashes between the slashes and Armament Haki produced dazzling sparks that filled the sky.
The Armament Haki was gradually worn away.
The remaining slashes were endured by Susanoo.
"Oh?"
"He actually blocked it?"
Sukuna was very surprised. In all these years, it was the first time he had seen someone directly block his slashes head-on.
Chu Yang was also surprised. The intensity of Sukuna's slashes was stronger than he had predicted; they could directly break through Armament Haki's defense.
Susanoo drew its bow and nocked an arrow. A giant arrow, formed from concentrated Chakra, shot towards Sukuna.
Sukuna unleashed another slash.
Lines of silver-white streaks formed a storm, grinding the arrow to dust.