The group quickly arrived at the seaside, far from the Barrier.
"Let's see what the renowned Tamamo-no-Mae is capable of."
Ishiryu stroked his pompadour with both hands.
The muzzle at the tip of his pompadour began to gather Cursed Energy.
"Sandblast Shockwave."
The Cursed Energy quickly coalesced, and a powerful barrage shot towards Tamamo-no-Mae.
Tamamo-no-Mae waved a hand, and a fire fox flew towards the attack.
Bang.
The fire fox exploded upon impact with the barrage, and the resulting burst of flames detonated the attack that had been aimed at Tamamo-no-Mae.
"How about this?"
The muzzle on Ishiryu's head gathered Cursed Energy once more.
Over a dozen Cursed Energy barrages shot towards Tamamo-no-Mae again.
"Not impressive."
Tamamo-no-Mae chuckled lightly, and then a dozen or so fireballs met the barrage.
Ishiryu's Cursed Technique was Cursed Energy Emission. He shaped his hair into the form of gun barrels.
Then, he fired powerful Cursed Energy shockwaves from the muzzles on his hair.
Because Ishiryu's Cursed Energy output and explosive power were both very high, his barrages were incredibly potent.
Furthermore, due to the nature of Ishiryu's Cursed Technique, his attacks were equally devastating whether he used his technique or not.
The advantage during the period after a Domain Expansion's technique had been activated would be significant.
"It's boring to always use these tricky methods."
As soon as Ishiryu finished speaking, the dozen or so barrages in the air actually began to curve to varying degrees.
The barrages bypassed the fireballs and continued to shoot towards Tamamo-no-Mae.
Tamamo-no-Mae frowned slightly, and a fire wall rose before her.
Rumble.
The Cursed Energy barrages collided with the fire wall.
A massive explosion kicked up large amounts of sand and seawater by the sea.
Ishiryu stood with his hands in his pockets, waiting for the smoke to clear.
"Are you looking for me?"
Tamamo-no-Mae's voice suddenly came from behind Ishiryu.
Ishiryu was startled.
He turned around and saw that indeed, a Tamamo-no-Mae had appeared behind him.
Ishiryu turned his head again, and another Tamamo-no-Mae appeared in the smoke.
"No need to be surprised, it's just a few little tricks of mine."
With that, as bursts of flame appeared, one Tamamo-no-Mae after another materialized around Ishiryu.
"Honestly, these annoying tricks again."
"Sandblast Shockwave!"
Ishiryu spun around, firing Cursed Energy cannonballs towards the numerous Tamamo-no-Mae.
Ishiryu quickly locked onto one of the Tamamo-no-Mae.
Ishiryu punched towards Tamamo-no-Mae's chest.
The Tamamo-no-Mae, dressed in elegant robes, crossed her arms and blocked the punch.
The feel is wrong, like hitting a water bag. Her Cursed Energy shouldn't be this low.
Just as Ishiryu had a guess in his mind.
The next moment, the Tamamo-no-Mae before him exploded into flames.
Boom.
Ishiryu, caught in an explosion at close range, was a bit disheveled.
"Heh heh, want to try again? See if you can find my true body."
Tamamo-no-Mae's laughter echoed from all directions.
"I will."
Ishiryu changed his powerful Cursed Energy barrages to rapid-fire cannon mode.
Innumerable Cursed Energy cannonballs shot outwards.
A little over ten minutes later.
"I'm not playing anymore. Hiding around is so boring."
Ishiryu Ryuu waved his hand and stopped attacking, hands in his pockets, looking displeased.
Tamamo-no-Mae was strong, but not the kind of opponent Ishiryu Ryuu liked.
He craved the satisfaction of direct, physical combat, of clashing cursed energy head-on.
He strongly disliked enemies like Tamamo-no-Mae.
"Oh, can I take that as you surrendering?"
Tamamo-no-Mae's figures vanished one by one, leaving only her true body.
"That doesn't matter. Where is the opponent you promised would satisfy me?"
Ishiryu Ryuu desperately wanted to find an opponent willing to go all out with him for a good fight.
"No need to rush. Once our companions gather, there will be plenty of opponents for you."
Looking at the gazes of the three, Tamamo-no-Mae smiled with satisfaction.
Even though perhaps only Uro Sakurako truly followed her, Tamamo-no-Mae didn't care.
Subordinates having their own ideas was normal. As long as they obeyed and got things done, that was all that mattered.
After a brief discussion, Tamamo-no-Mae assigned tasks to the group.
The next day, they all went their separate ways.
Tamamo-no-Mae returned to the Barrier.
In front of countless cursed spirits.
Tamamo-no-Mae's cursed energy surged, and blue butterflies were born from cocoons.
The dreamlike, beautiful butterflies flew over several Grade 1 Cursed Spirits, which had been beaten half to death, and began to parasitize them.
Tamamo-no-Mae knew that even she couldn't control nearly a million cursed spirits.
So, Tamamo-no-Mae chose to control the Grade 1 Cursed Spirits, having them control the weaker cursed spirits on her behalf.
This greatly reduced Tamamo-no-Mae's burden.
The gap between each level of cursed spirits was significant. Low-level cursed spirits would instinctively obey higher-level cursed spirits.
It was like a bloodline suppression; they rarely resisted more powerful cursed spirits.
Northern Hokkaido.
Dhuruv arrived at a shrine that looked like it was regularly cleaned.
"This is it, the place where the Great Tengu is sealed."
The Special Grade Cursed Spirit, Great Tengu.
One of the Special Grade Cursed Spirits recorded by Jujutsu Headquarters.
In the past, the Jujutsu World had organized several extermination teams to exorcise the Great Tengu.
However, due to the Great Tengu's powerful recovery abilities, all extermination attempts had failed.
Ultimately, the Jujutsu World of that time chose to seal the Great Tengu and built a shrine to guard it.
"Hah~ Quitting time, quitting time."
At the entrance of the shrine, two people who had checked the seal and finished cleaning were preparing to leave.
Whoosh, whoosh.
Two streaks of light flew by, and two large holes appeared in their chests.
Instantly, the two men, unable to even cry out a warning, lost their lives.
Dhuruv, who looked no different from an ordinary old man, walked into the shrine.
The two corpses on the ground were quickly devoured by Dhuruv's Summoned Spirits.
Dhuruv gently stroked the important sealing stone of the shrine and spoke slowly.
"Great Tengu, I know you can hear me."
As Dhuruv's voice fell.
A pair of scarlet eyes slowly opened at the bottom of the sealing stone.
Sensing the cursed energy fluctuations from beneath the sealing stone, Dhuruv smiled with satisfaction.
"Do you want to leave the seal? Make a Binding Vow with me."
Dhuruv felt the Great Tengu's rage.
"Heh heh, do you want to continue being sealed here, or make a Binding Vow with me? Choose, Great Tengu."
Dhuruv then sat cross-legged beside the sealing stone, like he was trying to break a wild eagle, and began to wait out the Great Tengu.
Above Sendai at midnight.
Uro Sakurako, hanging upside down in the sky, gazed at the brightly lit city.
This was a sight that hadn't existed a thousand years ago.
A thousand years ago, once night fell, the land was plunged into darkness.
There weren't even many torches for illumination.
After all, you couldn't just find any stick to make a torch that could burn for a long time.
Soon, Uro Sakurako selected a target.
It was a young man with fluctuations of Cursed Energy emanating from him.
Uro Sakurako descended rapidly from the sky, knocked the young man unconscious, and took him back into the Barrier to become a new Incarnation.
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