*Crunch*

*Crunch*

*Crack*

As an ear-piercing hum which was accompanied by some momentary screeches echoed across the now further destroyed cemetery, flashes of black lighting emerged erratically from the center of their clash.

This black lighting looked eerily similar to the clash between two top conquerors' haki in the One Piece World; Even the sound was quite similar.

However, due to the spatial characteristics of these two attacks, such a scene only lasted for a moment before the space surrounding the clash finally gave in collapsing like cracked glass under the pressure.

Seeing this, Yuta's heart couldn't help but sink down as a feeling of unease filled his heart.

Even though he was currently having the upper hand, Yuta wasn't that happy about it, after all, the only reason he was able to achieve this was because he kept sending back an exact copy of each attack he was receiving.

If it weren't for that, there was basically no method in his arsenal that would allow him to counter such destructive attacks.

'Thankfully, I changed paths, otherwise, I would have died quite quickly.'

'However...'

Looking at the center of the clash, Yuta immediately calmed down suppressing the bad premonition he was getting as he concluded that the situation wasn't actually that bad; After all, he still held quite a few advantages for now.

'Let's see if the Dream Path's Neutral Energy is as suppressive to Cursed Energy as I guessed or not.'

*Bzzzzz*

Just as Yuta thought of this, he focused his attention as he waited for some sort of new reaction to appear from the center of the clash.

'Could it be that I was wrong?'

'However, that makes no sense!'

'It is a well-established fact that all attacks made using Cursed Techniques are actually constructed from Cursed Energy.'

'This makes it so that even if someone gets attacked by his own attack, he won't actually get injured, at least not by much.'

'So, with all this considered, shrouding my attack with Neutral Energy should help dissolve the opponent's attack, and more precisely, the Cursed Energy that constructed it.'

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'Or at least that's what I thought...'

But then, just as Yuta was giving up on this small experiment of his and was about to move on to the next strategy, something unexpected happened.

*PUFFF*

With the two attacks touching at zero distance, something amazing took place shocking not only Sukuna and Yuta but also the international audience who was watching this battle very intently.

There, from the contact point, it looked as if Sukuna's attack was a balloon that was leaking air as it started losing mass slowly but surely.

This caused the previously established balance to immediately collapse with Yuta's attack swiftly overwhelming Sukuna's as it then rushed towards the later at unbelievable speeds.

*Crunch*

'How...'

His eyes widened in shock, Sukuna looked stunned at the scene in front of him, however, while that was the case, he still maintained his calm as he swiftly threw a few more attacks toward Yuta's slash causing it to finally lose its power and disappear.

'What was that...'

'It's the energy isn't it?'

'It seems that I've made a mistake, this energy isn't actually a new one, instead, it's more of an evolution of cursed energy.'

Thinking of this, Sukuna grew more excited as this was actually a piece of very good news for him.

'This is even better, my chances just rose exponentially!'

'However, this also means that I have to be a bit more cautious.'

'I must not waste any more time with this fruitless game of tug of war.'

'Maybe...'

However, just then, before Sukuna could further scheme his way to victory, Yuta interrupted him by suddenly switching tactics as the markings of 'Serpent Eyes and Fang' appeared on his cheeks and tongue.

[Cursed Speech: Don't Move!]

Howling this, a powerful slashing attack then appeared surrounding Yuta's sword.

It's just that contrary to what he expected, Sukuna didn't react to this command as he instead looked at Yuta mockingly and said.

"Brat, I've been watching you fight for so long, you don't expect me to not think of any counters for your techniques right?"

"Huh?"

"Cursed Speech; Quite the interesting ability, however, countering it is also very simple as all that is needed is manipulating the flow of cursed energy to the brain's section that controls ear function, by doing so it prevents words and commands from the cursed speech, or at least the curse energy which reinforces those commands from being registered and executed."

Hearing this, Yuta who was preparing for a combo froze in his tracks not expecting such a progression.

This was also noticed by Sukuna who just shook his head in regret and continued his speech.

"As I have already stated, your ability isn't that bad, it's just a pity that it hasn't grown to its full potential!"

Saying this, Sukuna didn't try to attack again using normal slashes as he knew that such attacks were simply useless.

So, with his two bottom hands making a hand sign, a wide malevolent grin manifested itself on Sukuna's face as he said.

"I'm now a bit curious, can you copy this?"

[Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine!]

Realizing what was happening, Yuta knew that he didn't have any other choice at the moment other than entering into a domain clash, otherwise, he would be nothing more than a fish on the cutting board.

So, immediately dispelling that attack that he was preparing, Yuta also made a hand sign that he didn't actually need as he also launching his own Domain/Realm.

'I hope the realm/domain born from this path is strong, otherwise, I'm dead!'

'By the way, what should I call it...'

'Domain Expansion...Realm Expansion...'

'Whatever, let's keep using the old one.'

[Domain Expansion: Mirrored Realm!]