A Simple Domain is, after all, just a Simple Domain. It's often called the domain of the weak, and when it clashes with a proper Domain Expansion, it might not shatter at a touch, but it's close.
Watching the Simple Domain, which had just been deployed seconds ago, now being disrupted and dissolved by Kenjaku's Domain Expansion until only a step's worth of range remained, Kenjaku's lips curved slightly.
She had bet correctly.
The girl before her was barely past her jade years; at such an age, she shouldn't have awakened her own Domain Expansion yet.
When a formal Domain Expansion clashes with a Simple Domain, the goddess of victory would decide which side to stand with in just a few short seconds.
After this battle, her Higher-Ups within the Jujutsu World, who had called Chinatsu out and then lost her, would certainly be investigated. It could be said that this chess piece was now useless.
However, Kenjaku believed that exchanging a not-particularly-important chess piece for a pair of Rikugan was well worth it. If a pair of Rikugan wasn't dealt with now, it might not be possible to eliminate them even by sacrificing several more chess pieces in the future.
Just as Kenjaku, the cautious survivor, thought the outcome was decided, the pure land generated by Chinatsu's Simple Domain beneath her feet was completely dissolved by Kenjaku's Domain Expansion.
Kenjaku gathered her Cursed Energy, ready to immediately impose her Domain Expansion's effect on Chinatsu and thus secure victory in this battle.
Who knew... [Simple Domain]
The instant the first Simple Domain dissolved, Chinatsu immediately deployed a new Simple Domain.
Perhaps for others, this would be an almost impossible feat, but for a Six Eyes Sorcerer gifted with ultra-high precision Cursed Energy manipulation, it was nothing.
Kenjaku's eyebrow twitched; the taste of celebrating halfway through was truly unpleasant. Her hands trembled slightly before clenching into fists, Cursed Energy attaching to her body like armor, her fists like war hammers.
With the Simple Domain capable of being redeployed after breaking, although Kenjaku still believed a prolonged battle would lead to her victory, she didn't want to give Chinatsu much time to breathe.
Back then, Toji Fushiguro had failed to finish her and Gojo Satoru, which allowed them to awaken. Kenjaku would not make that mistake.
Kenjaku stomped her foot and charged towards Chinatsu within the Simple Domain at an astonishing speed, unleashing a rain-like barrage of attacks on Chinatsu.
Even within the Simple Domain, Chinatsu still had the protection of Limitless Defense, but she had to simultaneously monitor the Simple Domain, which could dissolve at any moment, and fight Kenjaku in front of her, who was trying to distract her.
The pressure in Chinatsu's heart doubled!
Time passed minute by minute, and drops of sweat ran down Chinatsu's cheeks.
Neither she nor Kenjaku knew how many Simple Domains she had deployed, but both understood that as time passed, Chinatsu's chances of turning the tide were gradually decreasing.
A Simple Domain is, after all, just a Simple Domain; barely buying some time was its limit. Without a winning strategy, continuously deploying Simple Domains was merely a slow death.
Delaying for time, waiting for rescue?
Leaving aside whether anyone knew about the situation here, this was Kagoshima, the southernmost city in the country. It would take nearly two hours to get here from Tokyo by special vehicle, and even Gojo Satoru couldn't arrive quickly with his teleportation.
While relying on the glory of companions and shouting about friendship and bonds like in hot-blooded manga and anime, then punching the enemy to send them flying, is classic.
But no matter how many companions one has, or how powerful those companions are, if one's own strength is insufficient and one faces death, would one still think about having companions by their side at the moment of death?
[At the moment of death, all are alone]
Thinking of this, a serene expression appeared on Chinatsu's face. The next moment, facing Kenjaku's punches and kicks, she abandoned the healing of Reverse Cursed Technique and even stopped paying attention to the Simple Domain beneath her feet.
Her clear, azure Eyes of the Azure Heaven shimmered with light, as she threw her entire being into the battle with Kenjaku.
Is she... insane?
Observing Chinatsu's actions, a hint of confusion appeared in Kenjaku's eyes. In her view, facing her Domain Expansion, Chinatsu's behavior was no different from giving up, akin to exposing her egg-like body to her stone-like self.
An egg striking a stone, shattering upon impact.
"How foolish."
Just as Kenjaku gathered Cursed Energy, preparing to impose her Cursed Technique effect and Domain Expansion effect on Chinatsu the moment the Simple Domain beneath Chinatsu's feet collapsed, to overwhelm her.
However, in the few short seconds before that Simple Domain collapsed, Kenjaku was met with a storm of attacks from Chinatsu.
As long as the Simple Domain existed for one second, Chinatsu's Limitless Defense would also exist, meaning Chinatsu would still be in an invincible position.
Chinatsu grabbed at the air with her palm, and a powerful suction force forcibly pulled Kenjaku into her hand. Chinatsu violently slammed Kenjaku's body to the ground, then fiercely flung her into the distance.
"Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue - Maximum Output!"
A flame-like, light-like energy body instantly shot out from Chinatsu's hand gesture. Although the power of "Blue" was not as great as "Red," in terms of entanglement, gravity was far more annoying than repulsion.
Kenjaku was sent flying several tens of meters. Fortunately, she had previously covered her entire body with Cursed Energy like armor, so the damage from this blow was not significant.
Furthermore, to put it another way, for a Jujutsu Sorcerer who can use Reverse Cursed Technique, any injury that isn't a fatal, head-severing wound can be healed within seconds.
Breathing slightly after breaking free from the maximum output Blue, Kenjaku's gaze returned to Chinatsu directly in front of her. Coincidentally, the last part of the territory generated by the Simple Domain beneath Chinatsu's feet was also dissolved by Kenjaku's Domain Expansion.
Chinatsu was completely exposed within Kenjaku's Domain Expansion!
Kenjaku breathed a sigh of relief. Although the process had suddenly deviated somewhat from what she had expected, the result was the same.
She raised both hands and once again made a reversed cross-palms gesture, preparing to use the effects within her Domain Expansion to overwhelm Chinatsu.
However, Chinatsu, whose expression was as calm as water, also slowly raised her hands, forming a gesture similar to a Buddhist mudra.
Kenjaku, being quite knowledgeable about Domain Expansion, naturally understood what Chinatsu was preparing to do. A strange sense of crisis welled up in her heart.
Both hands clasped externally, both thumbs held upright, and both index fingers raised and slightly curved like lotus leaves—this was the Samaya-kai Mudra of Vajra-Bodhisattva.
Chinatsu slowly exhaled, and soft words emerged from her lips.
[Domain Expansion: Mirror Flower, Water Moon]
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