"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" Sasuke, having received his power-up from the Sage of Six Paths, formed a single hand seal. The fire light blazed brightly as a massive fireball roared forth, causing the temperature of the entire arena to suddenly rise.
"Heh!" Sukuna, who had recently cut Gojo Satoru into two half of Gojo and was possessing Fushiguro Megumi, let out a disdainful sneer.
He abruptly brought his hands together. A fleeting flash, a gleam of cold light appeared! The massive Great Fireball was instantly sliced into countless scattered sparks.
"A slash?" Sasuke, having landed, narrowed his eyes at his opponent. His surprise lasted less than half a second before he reverted to the arrogant style befitting the possessor of the Kekkei Genkai [Pretentiousness Release], calmly stating, "You are weaker than me."
Hearing this, the smile on Sukuna's face widened. "Fool, understand your position... you are the challenger here."
Sasuke's aura intensified. A dark purple skeletal giant rose majestically. It swung its bone sword fiercely down at Sukuna.
Sukuna instantly transformed into his true form with two faces and four arms. He raised a hand and blocked the incoming bone sword bare-handed.
"Chidori!" The piercing screech of electricity, like a bird's cry, rang out beside Sukuna's ear. By the time Sukuna reacted, Sasuke had already flashed to his side.
A Chidori accurately struck his flank, sending him flying.
"Faster than expected," Sukuna mused while flying backward. He once again formed a hand seal different from those of the Planet Ninja. A sharp slash capable of cutting anything in the world shot forth at a speed difficult to perceive by the naked eye, instantly cutting Sasuke into four pieces in a cross shape.
Bang!
A sound like a bursting balloon echoed as Sasuke's cross-sectioned body turned into blocks of wood. It was a Substitute Technique!
Sukuna's true form's expression changed slightly.
The next instant, that dangerous six-tomoe Rinnegan appeared abruptly at his side. Sasuke leaped into the air, his right leg executing an axe kick, striking Sukuna's shoulder consecutively with Lion Combo.
"Is this all the strength you have?" On the third kick, Sasuke sent Sukuna flying hard once again.
"Fool!" Sukuna's left hand revealed a cursed tool resembling a dumbbell, Kamutoke.
With a light wave of his left hand, a massive pillar of thunder erupted and descended.
A flicker of surprise passed through Sasuke's eyes, but the next instant, he focused his Rinnegan's gaze on Sukuna.
Whoosh!
Sukuna only saw an afterimage flicker before him. A deadly sense of crisis came from above his head.
'This bastard! Did he swap our positions?!' At the very last critical moment, Sukuna rapidly used his Spatial Cleave to weaken the attack power of Kamutoke's lightning.
His abilities were quite broken against the 'strongest of the modern era', 'strongest of 400 years ago', 'strongest in sports', etc. But Sasuke's techniques weren't much less troublesome for him either.
"Chibaku Tensei!" Sasuke shouted loudly. An indescribably loud noise erupted throughout the venue. The surrounding walls, the tiles on the ring rapidly broke away, pulling everything upward with immense gravitational force. Including Sukuna himself.
"Truly strong, you are. But..." Sukuna, rapidly ascending and seeing that he was about to be sucked in, interlocked his fingertips, forming a strange seal.
"Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine!"
At the edge of the alternate dimension filled with skulls, a massive gate to hell stood tall above Sukuna.
Thud!
Sasuke's entire body flew backward, crashing hard against the edge of the domain. If the speed were slowed down a hundred times, one could vaguely see an ethereal, illusory slash cleanly bisecting Sasuke's body at the waist.
"You are merely a mortal born into a world without my existence," Sukuna sneered contemptuously. "If you're still alive, state your name. As a reward for amusing me, I will remember it, just like that guy Gojo Satoru who died by my hand before."
Sukuna has the same smile as when he had defeated Gojo. The scene before him seemed like a video replay, identical to that battle… Sasuke's legs remained standing, but his upper body had fallen backward, face up. He had become two half Sasukes.
"Is this your trump card? Dull and boring." The familiar voice sounded again. Sukuna instinctively turned his head, meeting those bizarre purple tomoe eyes.
He looked at the two half Sasukes in front, then at the completely unharmed Sasuke behind him, finally revealing an expression of incredulous astonishment.
"H-how? Th-this isn't a substitute... how are you still...?" He could determine that the one on the ground, cut in half like Gojo before, was not a substitute. But, but why was there another one!?
"I'm also starting to find you annoying." Sasuke abruptly formed hand seals. All his Chakra and the power from his left eye continuously poured out. The original skeleton rapidly grew tendons, muscles, and was clad in armor over its surface.
"This is the power of the third eye… Susanoo!" The giant, reaching for the sky, pierced through the entire expanded domain.
[Complete Body Susanoo!]
Suddenly, the Susanoo abruptly drew its sword, gripping it with both hands and bringing it down fiercely, aiming directly for Sukuna's face.
Ssshh-
In Sukuna's disbelieving gaze, he felt his own body being split in two from the center. However, the sound of the earth being torn apart did not reach his ears.
Abruptly, Sukuna felt the world before him become hazy, like scenes from a revolving lantern. He didn't know how long it lasted before it became clear again. The entire world was enveloped by those light purple tomoe demon eyes!
Gradually, the voices of the audience began to echo in his ears again.
"What's going on? The referee announced the start two minutes ago, and those two have just been standing there?" Gintoki scratched the curly hair on his head, looking puzzled, 'Are they going to fight or not?'
"Could it be... an illusion?" The nearby Ainz Ooal Gown guessed. Among the Supreme Beings of the Great Tomb of Nazarick in the past, there were also those skilled in illusions.
Sukuna's face did not feel the expected pain of being slashed, but his body felt an unprecedented sense of fatigue.
'Wh-what's going on?' Sukuna was confused as he fell to his knees.
"Die!" If it were Naruto, he would most likely hold back at this point. But with Sasuke, it was another matter.
Having failed to achieve his revenge and then suddenly being dragged back to do hard labor, he was currently filled with immense anger.
Squelch!
The drawn Kusanagi Sword severed Sukuna's throat. The blood-stained Kusanagi Sword was swished back into its sheath.
The moment it fully returned to the scabbard, Sukuna's head also fell to the ground with a thud.
"Winner, Uchiha Sasuke," The commentator announced.
"Apologies..." Sukuna's mouth on the severed head moved slightly, "I apologize... for not being able to make you use your full power..."
Lott, sitting by the ringside, showed a speechless expression, barely holding back laughter. This fight was just too funny for him.
Meanwhile, on the Planet Jujutsu, Okkotsu Yuta, Zen'in Maki, Kashimo Hajime, Itadori Yuji, and the others who were queuing up waiting to deliver themselves to Sukuna couldn't feel happy at all.
Sukuna being defeated was naturally a good thing, as if that guy didn't die soon, they would go to fight Sukuna themselves.
But... this also meant their planet was going to be...
"Alright, let's eliminate this person's planet as well," The Grand Kai said, his tone so calm it was as if he were asking the nanny to take out the trash from the kitchen… casual and effortless.
[Wait! Please wait, Grand Kai-sama! We still have value!] Hakari Kinji, the inventor of the [Gachinko Fight Club], couldn't care less about potentially angering the gods at this point, desperately sending messages to the various King Kais and the Grand Kai: [Please give us another chance! We will definitely prove that we can contribute to the peace of the universe!]
The Grand Kai glanced at the message and said cheerfully: "Everyone, don't worry. As long as you did enough good deeds in life, that kid Yenma will arrange for you to go to heaven. Rest assured, rest assured~"
Hearing this, the gathered Jujutsu Sorcerers were speechless. Although they had temporarily united to deal with Sukuna, to be honest, none of them considered themselves particularly good people. They'd be lucky not to go to hell, let alone heaven?