Born as Gojo Satoru Cousin

Satoru tried to escape the reach of Malevolent Shrine, but Sukuna immediately pursued him.

"You think I'll let you get away?" Sukuna taunted.

*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*

*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*

Running side by side, Sukuna launched punches that Satoru parried, forcing him to stop running.

*SWOOSH!*

Sukuna retaliated with a body kick that Satoru caught before launching a left hook as a counterattack. However, Sukuna ducked under the blow and rolled into a defensive position on the ground, wrapping his own legs around Satoru's legs.

*SWOOSH!*

Satoru launched a downward punch that Sukuna dodged with his head before getting back to his feet.

'Even though he keeps using Reverse Cursed Technique to recover from my slashes, he's still moving incredibly fast.' Sukuna couldn't help but praise his opponent in his heart.

'The center of Malevolent Shrine is actually the temple itself, not Sukuna.'

On the other hand, Satoru analyzed while fighting. Then, he found a method to overcome the guaranteed-hit attacks from Malevolent Shrine.

"New Shadow Style: Simple Domain."

It was an anti-domain technique that erected a small domain complete with a barrier around the user to protect them from the effects of Domain Expansion. Thus, Dismantle stopped hurting Satoru, giving him time to recover his wounds with Reverse Cursed Technique.

Sukuna wasn't willing to give his opponent a chance to recover; he stepped into the Simple Domain's barrier as his superior domain was destroyed.

*CRUSH-BANG!*

*SWOOSH!*

He threw a right hook, but Satoru ducked under it.

*CRUSH-BANG!*

*SWOOSH!* *SWOOSH!* *SWOOSH!*

*Pu-chi!* *Pu-chi!* *Pu-chi!*

Before Satoru could counterattack, his Simple Domain was destroyed, and more direct slashes injured him.

"..."

Seeing this, Sukuna smiled sinisterly.

Meanwhile, Satoru changed his tactics; he immediately activated Simple Domain again, but this time, he stopped using Reverse Cursed Technique.

*BAM!*

*SWOOSH!* *SWOOSH!* *SWOOSH!*

*Pu-chi!* *Pu-chi!* *Pu-chi!*

He tried to parry Sukuna with a kick, but it was blocked, and his Simple Domain quickly returned, resulting in more wounds all over his body.

"So annoying." Sukuna commented as he saw him use Simple Domain again.

*WHOOSH!*

Suddenly, Satoru closed the distance with Sukuna in a flash; he grabbed Sukuna in a hugging position while wrapping his legs around his waist.

'His speed just now…' Sukuna remained calm.

Satoru leaned back while keeping his legs balanced.

"Red."

With his face covered in wounds and fresh blood, he never lost his confident smile. He fired Red at close range into Sukuna's face.

*SWISH!*

*BOOM!*

*RUMBLE!*

The explosion from Red was so powerful that Sukuna's body was flung back like a bullet, crashing into Malevolent Shrine behind him. The shockwave from the attack destroyed most of the buildings around, sending shards of debris into the air like a sharp storm.

Standing where he was, Satoru straightened his body while touching his stiff shoulder. His open wounds were seen healing quickly at the speed of the naked eye, the effect of the Reverse Cursed Technique he was using non-stop.

However, that wasn't the extraordinary thing. What made everyone watching stunned was the fact that Satoru managed to replenish his Innate Technique by using Reverse Cursed Technique, an incredible feat that his allies watching the battle couldn't comprehend.

"Ah, indeed very troublesome." Satoru responded to Sukuna's previous words.

"You can expand its range, can't you?" Seeing Sukuna standing up unharmed after recovering with Reverse Cursed Technique, Satoru had already guessed this.

"..."

Too lazy to speak, Sukuna formed his hand seals again, two hands with his middle and ring fingers raised and touching, forming a kind of triangle. He tried to expand the range of Malevolent Shrine.

"Unlimited Void."

With just one hand where his middle finger circled his index finger, Satoru did the same.

This time, with the rearrangement of the external and internal conditions of his barrier. His Domain Expansion was modified to withstand attacks from outside, creating a neutral zone where the guaranteed-hit attacks from both domains canceled each other out.

"Let's do it again." Satoru said with a smirk.

*BAM!* *BAM!* *BAM!*

*BAM!* *BAM!* *BAM!*

*BAM!* *BAM!* *BAM!*

The two of them switched to close-range combat, launching attacks that exploded the air with every impact.

Sukuna blocked Satoru's kick and grabbed his leg while retaliating with an elbow.

*BAM!*

Satoru blocked the elbow, but Sukuna countered with his hand until his hand came out of position to defend.

*BAM!* *BAM!* *BAM!*

Sukuna took advantage of this with several quick punches to Satoru's chest before finishing the combo with a slash that sent his head back.

'Seriously…? Sukuna… Can he use Domain Expansion and Domain Amplification simultaneously? Has he gotten used to it? And the output is also greater than before… I guess it's not impossible.'

'When using Domain Amplification, you won't be able to use the Innate Technique that's in your body. When the Cursed Technique is already used for Domain Expansion, it's a different story.'

In head-to-head combat, it was undeniable that Satoru was suppressing Sukuna while the guaranteed-hit attacks were being thwarted. However, what surprised him was that his opponent could penetrate his Infinity with Domain Amplification while using Domain Expansion.

The title of King of Curse couldn't be underestimated!

*SWOOSH!*

Sukuna was surprised by the sudden attack, but he dodged outwards to the right and counterattacked with a left hook.

*SWOOSH!*

Satoru ducked under the hook and avoided Sukuna's accurate follow-up as well.

*BAM!*

He landed a powerful counterpunch to his ribs, but Sukuna received the blow calmly and spun behind him.

Grabbing Satoru's leg and as they faced each other, Sukuna deactivated the guaranteed-hit attack within the barrier. He narrowed the range of Malevolent Shrine and increased its power.

*CRUSH-BANG!*

Using Binding Vow, he increased the output of the slashes outside the Unlimited Void barrier in exchange for eliminating the guaranteed-hit effect inside it. By doing so while keeping himself safe from Unlimited Void by touching Satoru, Sukuna once again destroyed his opponent's territory.

"Let's do it again." Mimicking Satoru's previous sentence, Sukuna used Dismantle from Malevolent Shrine to directly bombard Satoru and knock him down.

*Pu-chi!* *Pu-chi!* *Pu-chi!*

*Pu-chi!* *Pu-chi!* *Pu-chi!*

*Pu-chi!* *Pu-chi!* *Pu-chi!*

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Somewhere, Eiji was watching the live broadcast.

"Sukuna's combat experience is very rich; he's countering Satoru Nii-san's attacks with ease. Even so, in physical confrontation, Satoru Nii-san is superior. Even adding Mahoraga and Agito, it's still not enough to defeat Satoru Nii-san. Ideally, the reason for Sukuna's victory is World-Cutting Slash, which Satoru Nii-san doesn't know about."

Eiji admitted that Sukuna was strong, but as long as he was wary of World-Cutting Slash, defeating Sukuna wasn't impossible.

"Hold on, Satoru Nii-san. I'll finish my business soon."

After saying that, he ran in a certain direction.