Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube-Chapter 1423 - 1001: Experience It for Yourself (Part 2)
[Soul-splitting Blade] is an attack capable of splitting the soul into two. As long as one is struck by it, death is almost certain.
Yet Reiger was struck and his soul injured, but only experienced some issues, rather than splitting and dying outright.
"Is this kid’s soul that resilient?"
Even Sukuna found it unbelievable.
He could master various techniques, excel in close combat, wield immense curse power, and output non-human levels of curse energy; now, even his soul is incredibly strong and resilient...
Does this kid really have any weakness?
What Sukuna didn’t know was that there were essentially three reasons why Reiger was wounded so lightly.
Firstly, he was protected by the mystical blessing of a great fairy, safeguarding his soul amidst the sudden calamity.
Secondly, his "Abnormal Resistance" ability seemed to treat this soul-targeting attack as an abnormal state, granting Reiger considerable resistance against soul attacks.
Lastly, Reiger’s innate spiritual constitution caused subtle changes in his own soul.
These various reasons led to this supposed deadly blow not effectively harming Reiger.
Moreover, Sukuna’s strike with the [Soul-splitting Blade] did not wield its maximum power.
Although he chanted incantations to boost its power, the mutually canceling effects between his domain’s inevitable effect and Reiger’s domain’s inevitable effect meant it missed the core of Reiger’s soul.
It was akin to missing the vital point; thus, instant death was not the outcome.
If that’s the case—
"[Dragon Scale]—[Refraction]—[Dual Meteors]."
Sukuna formed another Tan Tu Seal, gazing deeply at Reiger, lavishly expending his own curse energy.
"[Soul-splitting Blade]."
The mouth on Sukuna’s abdomen continuously chanted incantations, boosting output temporarily to rival Reiger’s level.
This is the benefit of Sukuna’s abnormal corporeal body.
The extra pair of hands can double the combat mode’s suppression force and also form seals effortlessly during battles.
The additional mouth can chant incantations unimpeded by combat, enhancing the power of curse techniques and power output.
It is this near-perfectly flawless abnormal body from the perspective of curse battles that allowed Sukuna to dominate the peak era of the Heian period, revered as a demon god.
By reviving this body, he fully restored his peak power, completely compensating for the loss of combat power caused by losing Demonic Void, and possibly even surpassing it.
"Boom!"
In an instant, infinite slashes shot out from Sukuna’s domain, overwhelming, densely packed, numbering in the billions.
"[Heavenly Net]."
Reiger also deployed techniques within his domain, launching countless slashes to meet Sukuna’s incoming barrage.
"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom...!"
The slashes collided, mutually canceling, exploding, completely disrupting the atmosphere and curse energy, causing the two linked domains to become turbulent.
The water waves swirled violently within as if encountering a storm, constantly rising and falling, creating a terrifying scene.
"It’s so frightening..."
That scene resembling the arrival of a natural disaster made many on Gojo Satoru’s side feel a chill in their hearts.
"The endgame is here."
Gojo Satoru’s azure eyes widened to the brink, even feeling slightly sore.
But he kept his gaze fixed on the duel, observing the curse energy flows, realizing the situation.
At this point, Sukuna had exerted all his power, even surpassing his limits.
If Reiger could withstand this power, he could successfully defeat Sukuna.
If not, Sukuna would claim final victory.
Undoubtedly, this is the endgame.
Reiger also realized this, closing his eyes for a moment before silently reopening them.
"You’re indeed strong, Ryomensukuna."
Reiger spoke calmly.
"Though I don’t like you as a person, I must extend a certain degree of respect for this strength."
So...
"In return, I will also give my all." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
As his words fell, a weapon appeared out of thin air, landing in Reiger’s hand.
It was neither Oni Slayer nor Curse Killer, but an indestructible blade forged by deities.
Its whole body was as black as ink, with runes formed by Holy Text arrayed on its blade, emanating divine aura.
This was the Vindicator.
"Sizzle—"
The black electric sparks crackled on the blade of the Vindicator, sparking through the sheath, bursting outward.
Reiger placed it at his waist, controlling the domain to continuously unleash slashes to counter Sukuna’s relentless Soul-splitting Blade, while lowering his body, placing one hand on the handle, assuming a drawing stance.
"Boom!"
Violent lightning exploded around him.
It was not black lightning, but golden lightning.
"—!"
At that moment, Sukuna sensed fatal danger.
His perception was accurate.
"What will happen when [Dimensional Slash] is integrated into this strike..."
Reiger’s voice slowly echoed.
"Come and experience it for yourself!"
The golden lightning flashing around Reiger combined with the black lightning from the Vindicator, transforming into black-gold thunder.
That was thunder that tore through space.
That was thunder that ended all.
"Breath of Thunder, Seventh Form..."
The black-gold thunder erupted, first shattering Reiger’s domain.
"Fire Thunder God!"
Suddenly, a dazzling Thunder Dragon appeared in the shattered domain, roaring as it surged forward.
"What, what is that?"
Outside the domain, everyone was astounded.
They saw a black-gold Thunder Dragon suddenly emerge within Reiger’s domain, rushing toward Sukuna’s domain.
Wherever the black-gold Thunder Dragon passed, whether it be Reiger’s domain or Sukuna’s domain, all shattered in an instant.
Space instantly fragmented as if the black-gold Thunder Dragon was rampaging in the air, its mere movement shredding space to pieces.
Black space fissures immediately appeared in the air.
All invisible slashes flying within exploded one after another, either shattered by the Thunder Dragon or crushed along with the surrounding space and domains.
The black-gold Thunder Dragon darted through at a seemingly slow but actually astonishingly fast speed.
In the blink of an eye, from the Thunder Dragon’s appearance to the space and domain shattering, the entire process transpired in less than 0.01 seconds.
In less than 0.01 seconds, everything shattered under the darting of the black-gold Thunder Dragon, including space itself.
Everyone only felt the Thunder Dragon flash by, and when it vanished, Reiger and Sukuna had already fallen out of the shattered domains and space.
Sukuna stood in place, maintaining the posture of releasing slashes with full concentration, frozen on the spot.
Reiger somehow appeared behind Sukuna, surrounded by flashing lightning.
In his hand, the black blade exuding divine aura had already been drawn, and the strike had been made.
"Ka..."
Reiger slowly returned the blade to its sheath, letting the blade scrape against the sheath, producing the sound of sand iron grinding.
"Clang."
As the blade fully returned to the sheath and the sheath gently collided with the sheath opening, producing a metallic sound, Sukuna, whom Reiger faced away from, also moved.
"Splurt!"
Sukuna’s waist suddenly gushed with blood, revealing a clean cut, perfectly straight, without any gaps or deviation.
Sukuna’s four arms fell limp as his upper body slid off his standing lower half.
One strike, two halves.
