"F*CK! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, YOU WHITE HAIRED BITCH!"

"It doesn't matter, after all, it's not something you should be worrying about right now!" Responded Lorien as he ducked under another one of Sukuna's attacks.

*Swish*

*Swish*

*Boom*

However, as this dangerous routine of dodging and counter-attacking from time to time continued, it soon became monotonous causing Lorien to feel somewhat bored.

After all, even though dodging attacks at a hair's width and slashing Sukuna from time to time felt somewhat exciting at the beginning, such a thrill could only last for so long as boredom quickly took over.

So, to spice things up a little, Lorien finally decided to be a bit more ruthless with both himself and his opponent.

'I have never actually tried this, I hope that it works, otherwise, It'll be quite embarrassing.'

Not hesitating any longer, Lorien's eyes began twirling in place as he thought of a way to seamlessly execute his plan without his opponent noticing it, otherwise, it wouldn't be fun.

'Alright, This should do it!'

His thoughts still racing at light speed, Lorien focused his attention on Sukuna's face not wanting to miss any of his facial expressions.

However, as he did so, it seems that while defending and dodging Sukuna's flurry of attacks, Lorien finally made a mistake as he appeared to react one second a bit too late to one of Sukuna's palm slashes.

Noticing this, the king of curses who had been attacking without rest immediately reacted his eyes shining with murderous intent as he immediately slashed at Lorien's waist using one of his four hands as the weapon.

However while doing so, Sukuna didn't forget to withdraw a portion of his power so he could defend in case all of this was just a trap.

After all, while the chance of such an opportunity appearing in quick hand-to-hand combat was quite big, Sukuna still felt that something was wrong with the whole situation.

It's just that to his surprise and to the shock of all those who were watching, his attack actually landed on its target and also managed to do damage for the first time since the battle began.

Moreover, this wasn't any normal damage as Sukuna's powerful slashing attack which landed on Lorien's waist was enough to cut his opponent in half.

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This sort of damage was something even Phil Swift with his flex tape couldn't fix.

'This...'

'This actually worked?'

Still in a daze, Sukuna's expression froze alongside his body which maintained his slashing form, after all, never in his wildest imagination would he have thought that this battle would end this easily.

However, compared to Sukuna's surprise and sock, the fright and fear felt by those watching the battle was bigger as Lorien's loss would mean their end.

Of course, the ones who were most frightened were Yuki, Maki, and Lorien's direct subordinates at the Tunisian Sorcerer's HQ.

It's just that such feelings be it for normal people or sorcerers only lasted for a moment as they quickly calmed down after thinking logically about the situation.

'This doesn't make sense, if he's truly dead, then why are the broadcasting screens still there.'

And indeed, it is as everyone expected as following the loud *thud* caused by Lorien's body parts falling into the ground, the 'corpse' suddenly started dematerializing quickly before completely disappearing from the face of the earth.

Then, what followed was Lorien's abrupt appearance next to Sukuna which was followed by a left hook to the jaw of the king of curses.

*Swish*

*Boom*

Unable to react to the sudden change, Sukuna couldn't defend against this attack causing him to shoot to the side like a rag doll rolling uncontrollably on the ground for a while before finally managing to come to a halt.

*Puff*

Spitting a mouth full of blood, Sukuna wobbly stood up again healing the damage caused to him by the punch in the process.

However, compared to the sudden attack he received, Sukuna was more worried about what had happened with Lorien before that.

'What was that...'

'I am sure that my attack landed, moreover, I am sure that his body was truly cut at that moment, however, I don't understand how he simply restored his body.

'No, rather than restoring his body, it was as if he denied the fact that the attack even happened.'

'Wait, that could be it!'

Thinking of Lorien's ability, Sukuna's heart immediately sank, unable to suppress the shock in his eyes as he looked at the man in front of him.

This detail was swiftly captured by Lorien who couldn't help but tease his opponent at this moment.

"By the looks of it, it appears that I don't need to explain what I did, this saves me a lot of trouble, however, do you like it? I copied an ability from a show I've seen, This ability is called 'Izanagi'!"

Saying this, Lorien paused again as he instead focused his attention on Sukuna trying to find any signs of wavering or fear.

However, to his disappointment, he found none of the emotions he was looking for, instead, Sukuna actually had excitement mixed with his anger.

Noticing this, Lorien couldn't help but feel puzzled at the situation, after all, he was sure that he noticed fear earlier, however, since the battle began, no such feelings had been found which isn't logical at all.

'What's going on with this guy, I wanted him to beg for mercy or at least show clear signs of fear.'

'Is he doing it on purpose or...'

Frowning lightly, Lorien finally couldn't help but think more deeply about the situation.

'Could it be...'

'The fear that I sensed in him earlier wasn't actually because of me, instead, it was because of his loss of power.'

'It would seem now that this guy doesn't actually fear death, instead, he is afraid of dying powerless!'

Looking at the cursed spirit in front of him that had already begun getting ready to attack once more, Lorien who came into this battle full of malice and arrogance finally couldn't help but look in appreciation at his opponent.

"It seems that I've underestimated you...King of Curses"