Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube-Chapter 1234 - 899: Ten Shadow Techniques

Nearly a month has passed.

Now, Reiger’s mastery of the "Limitless Curse Technique" has been basically completed.

His progress speed is as fast as ever, fast enough to make Gojo Satoru doubt his life, repeatedly saying things like, "Am I actually a loser?"

According to Gojo Satoru, everything that needed to be taught has already been taught, and Reiger could complete the rest even without his step-by-step guidance.

At this point, there’s actually very little that Gojo Satoru could teach Reiger, or rather, nothing at all.

As long as Reiger continues to refine and complete the assignments set by Gojo Satoru, his proficiency in the "Limitless Curse Technique" could advance to a staggering pace, catching up with Gojo Satoru or even completely surpassing him.

Believe that this day will come soon.

Therefore, Reiger did not take the so-called surprise test mentioned by Gojo Satoru seriously.

After all, with his current use of the "Limitless Curse Technique," there’s no way he would fail.

...Hmm, there’s absolutely no need to worry about being punished with a signature kill by a shameless teacher.

That being said, should I try to develop other techniques as well?

"Let’s try it first."

Reiger quickly made a decision. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

He has now learned a total of four curse techniques.

The "Limitless Curse Technique" from Gojo Satoru.

The "Ten Shadow Techniques" from Fushiguro Megumi.

The "Subjugation Curse" from Kugisaki Nobara.

And another belonging to the first-grade curse mage responsible for teaching Itadori Yuji, named the "Ten-stroke Curse Technique."

Among them, the "Limitless Curse Technique" from Gojo Satoru is undoubtedly the one with the highest potential, at least the "Subjugation Curse" and the "Ten-stroke Curse Technique" cannot compare at all.

But as a hereditary technique passed down by one of the Three Great Families like the "Limitless Curse Technique," the "Ten Shadow Techniques" may not be much weaker in potential, and could even exceed it.

Gojo Satoru himself has admitted this.

Reiger still remembers what he said at the time.

"Once, there was someone from the Gojo Family with the Six Eyes, who inherited the same technique as I do, the ’Limitless Curse Technique’."

"But during a death match with one of the generation’s Zenin Family Heads, he was dragged down together and perished."

"The Zenin Family Head of that time was using the ’Ten Shadow Techniques’."

What does this signify?

It signifies that the "Ten Shadow Techniques" at least have the potential to fight the "Limitless Curse Technique" to a deadly result!

In this case, the technique is definitely worth developing.

Right now, Reiger recalled the effect of the "Ten Shadow Techniques."

"Using one’s own shadow as a medium, make the corresponding hand shadows to summon the corresponding Shikigami."

"There are ten types of Shikigami, each stronger than ordinary Shikigami, but once completely destroyed, they can never be summoned again."

"The power of the Shikigami is also basically determined by the caster’s curse power and strength, and each possesses unique abilities, ordinary Shikigami cannot compare."

Back then, in the unfinished domain of the special grade hypothetical Curse Spirit, Fushiguro Megumi summoned one of the "Ten Shadow Techniques" Shikigami—"Divine Dogs."

These are canine-type Curse Spirits, usually consisting of one black dog and one white dog each.

The "Divine Dogs" can remember the scents of humans, Curse Spirits, and objects, chase and devour curses, making them extremely excellent Shikigami.

Reiger then made a hand seal, created hand shadows, letting his entire body flow with spectacular curse power.

"Divine Dogs."

With a low-toned summoning voice, Reiger’s shadow began to move.

"Awoo!"

"Awoo!"

Like a wolf’s howl, an animal’s call came from the shadows, which then began to squirm and undulate, gradually forming into canine shapes.

Soon, the shadows surrounding the canine figures splashed like water, and two large dogs emerged from the shadows in front of Reiger.

A white dog and a black dog, the two Shikigami dogs with eyes full of spirit stared at Reiger, bowing obediently before him, awaiting orders.

"Are these the ’Divine Dogs’?"

Reiger curiously observed for a while, noticing that his two "Divine Dogs" seemed much larger than Fushiguro Megumi’s "Divine Dogs."

Though Fushiguro Megumi’s "Divine Dogs" are large, their size did not surpass that of ordinary dogs.

In contrast, Reiger’s two Shikigami dogs are as big as horses, possibly due to the massive amount of curse power imbued, making them much larger than any jackal, tiger, or leopard.

"Let’s try again."

Reiger formed another hand shadow to summon the second Shikigami.

"Nue."

This is an extremely peculiar creature.

In the legends of this country, Nue is a strange creature with the face of a monkey, body of a tanuki, limbs of a tiger, and tail of a snake, and it can fly without wings, its cry resembling the thrush, considered an ominous cry.

Nue judges good and evil in people; those it deems "good" receive its protection, while those it deems "evil" are killed in a gruesome way, belonging to the realm of folklore.

However, among the Shikigami in the "Ten Shadow Techniques," the summoned Nue looks like a large owl, not as horrifying as in folklore.

"Screech!"

As Reiger’s shadow undulated intensely, a giant owl emerged, as if breaking through the earth and soaring, marking the successful summoning of Reiger’s second Shikigami.

Just like the [Jade Dogs], it is immense in size, with a wingspan nearly four meters long, capable of carrying a person through the sky.

But when [Nué] was summoned, it did not bow obediently like the [Jade Dogs]; instead, it soared high into the sky, looking down at Reiger with a fierce glint in its eyes.

"Oh?"

Reiger raised an eyebrow, a slight curve on his lips.

"Screech!"

In the next moment, the shikigami eagle cried out and dove down towards Reiger.

"Crackle!"

Bristling with flashes of lightning, it wrapped itself in a terrifying electric aura, transforming into a thunderbird that shot furiously towards Reiger with the roar of thunder.

[Nué]’s ability is to control lightning, unleashing electric attacks on its enemies.

If struck by its dive like this, a full-body paralysis would be minor; the likelihood of being charred on the spot was very real.

"Seems I shouldn’t inject too much Cursed Energy, I ought to take it slowly."

Watching [Nué] charged at him with lightning, Reiger chuckled and changed his hand seal, forming a knife mark and raising it vertically.

"Screech!"

The shikigami eagle, radiating blazing lightning all over its body, screeched and crashed straight onto Reiger.

This strike fractured the ground beneath Reiger’s feet, sending up a dust storm of sand and dirt.

Yet, such a powerful blow failed to reach Reiger.

[Nué] stopped abruptly just a few centimeters away from Reiger, unable to move, with even the flashing lightning on it unable to touch Reiger.

"Still, I must restrain the force, careful not to completely destroy the shikigami."

Seemingly oblivious to the [Nué] right in front of him, Reiger murmured to himself.

"Otherwise, I might not be able to summon it in the future."

With that, Reiger reached out a hand towards the [Nué].

In his mind, knowledge about the spell technique surged forth.

Typically, spell techniques have a mode of operation. By injecting Cursed Energy according to its mechanics, the curse technique can be activated smoothly.

According to Gojo Satoru, this is what’s called the normal technique application, whereby Curse Mages use Cursed Energy and curse techniques by operating spell techniques in this manner.

However, the spell technique can be reversed too.

If Cursed Energy is applied in a multiplicative form, transforming its inherent negative energy into positive energy, then this energy can be used to heal wounds, eliminate all ailments – known as reverse Cursed Energy.

This is the technique reversal, a way to use Cursed Energy to heal oneself or others even without using curse techniques.

Furthermore, if the positive Cursed Energy generated after the technique reversal is injected into the [Limitless Void], then it will create an infinite repulsion force.

And this is...

"[Jutsushiki hanten Aka]."

Instantly, an astonishing Cursed Energy appeared at Reiger’s raised fingertips.

The energy swiftly coalesced, dispersed, and concentrated, finally transforming into a dangerous crimson hue.

Soon, a red Cursed Energy light point, formed at the tip of Reiger’s finger, appeared.

The red glow emanating from it almost illuminated the entire forest, causing the [Nué] before Reiger to freeze in place, so terrified it couldn’t move.

Then...

"Boom!"

Amidst the forest, with a rumbling loud crash, a surge of red light erupted like a shockwave from a point in the forest, rapidly advancing forward.

Everything the red light touched was rebuffed by a terrifying repulsive force, followed by grinding, obliteration, and destruction.

Dirt danced wildly in the air.

Trees continuously toppled.

The gale-like divine spear leveled everything in its path, turning everything into flat ground.

When the red light faded, a massive trench several hundred meters long appeared in the forest, with dust and tree fragments slowly falling down.

Reiger stood at the origin of this trench, having fired off the [Aka] from his hand.

And at the end of the trench, the blood-soaked [Nué] lay, barely maintaining its form.

"Pop..."

Soon, the massive shikigami eagle dissipated into a shadow and vanished.

It wasn’t destroyed; the summoning was simply undone.

Simultaneously, something clicked in Reiger’s mind, his subconscious recognizing something.

"From this moment on, I can freely summon [Nué] and control it at will."

This was a subjugation ritual of the [Ten Types of Shadow Techniques].

For casters using the [Ten Types of Shadow Techniques], initially, they only get two [Jade Dogs] to command as shikigami, while the other nine remain uncontrollable.

Only by defeating these nine shikigami one by one can they complete the subjugation and gain the rights to command them.

"Eight more to go?"

Standing before the huge trench, Reiger broke into a sudden smile.

"Then let’s take it one at a time, slowly."