A shadow emerged beneath Dabura's feet and outstretched outwards as it enveloped the ground in its darkness.
Simultaneously, another shadow emerged and expanded outwards, which then rose, forming a dark sphere of domain.
It devoured everyone into it, including Hojo, Michizane, and Izumi.
Originally, there were two domains chanted by Dabura to open at the same time.
But Gojo cancelled one of them with his own domain, which was identical to the former.
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Inside the sphere, a mountain of bones and skulls lay in the center.
Before it stood a giant figure with tentacles protruding out from his back. With four hands and multiple eyes embedded in his body, he gazed at the three humans who stood in front of him.
By his will, a slash tore through the air toward those human figures.
A line splitting their flesh cleanly was carved on their neck, aside from the Hojo.
Immediately, the wound that the slash left behind was filled and healed to its original state.
Reversed Cursed Technique. Dabura knew very well about this.
But this technique was ineffective if the number of slashes suddenly jumps to the thousands.
Soon, the massacre began.
Hundreds of slashes invaded the bodies of Izumi and Michizane at the same time. Gojo wasn't present at this moment as he was left outside.
Before the damage could be healed, more damage appeared.
Slowly and surely, their skin turned into crimson red and peeled off, revealing the flash beneath it.
This flesh then was severed from all directions, uncovering the bones that supported it.
Air visibility was reduced dramatically by the spraying of blood that literally dyed the air crimson.
In just a few seconds, they reached the edge of their life. Despite this fact, they still had no pain or fear on their face.
They abandoned the fear of death because of the resurrection ability.
After the bodies of Izumi and Michizane were slashed to death, all their wounds suddenly healed and everything returned to its original state.
This time, instead of again facing the slashes, they decided to open their own domains to resist the influence of Dabura's domain.
"DOMAIN EXPANSION: OMNISCIENT VOID"
"DOMAIN EXPANSION: THE GREAT REFLECTOR"
Simultaneously, these domains struggled to stand against Malevolent Shrine because of their fundamental nature.
Instantly, they shattered and shrank back.
The Malevolent Shrine was a barrier-less domain, making it impossible for other domains to open inside it.
At that moment, a blue shadow spread across the ground, swallowing Izumi and Michizane inside it.
Hojo created it immediately for Izumi and Michizane. As for him, slashes had no effect on him.
For a brief moment, heavy rain of slashes stopped until the simple domain shattered and everything returned to its normal state—countless slashes raining down to kill every living being present inside.
A little frustrated by this repetitive cycle, Hojo took a step forward. The moment his foot was going to land on the ground, his body vanished and appeared outside the domain.
Immediately, the domain was automatically cancelled as its host was no longer in its contact range.
In just a fragment of a second, Hojo had pushed Dabura out of his own domain with a terrifying precision and speed.
But it did no damage to Dabura and he was only pushed out. He still stood intact.
Three of his tentacles grew in their length and extended toward Hojo to pierce through his body with their sharp spear-like tip.
Just as they were about to strike him, Hojo vanished from his position, using teleportation to appear far from Dabura.
As expected, the tentacles grew even longer and after a pause, advanced toward Hojo.
This time he did nothing. Every tentacle that came with the aim of penetrating through his body was blocked midway by an invisible barrier.
Dabura watched silently until the corners of his mouth curled upward.
"I knew—"
He muttered and extended his hand toward Hojo, gesturing something.
Immediately after it, the three tentacles which grew in length began glowing with red light as flames swallowed them the next moment.
Suddenly, the tentacles which were struggling against the barrier tore through it, reaching Hojo.
Hojo, who couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock at this unexpected, retreated back, making enough distance between him and the tentacles.
'Those flames—it all happened because of them. They can rewrite reality in their effective range. I have to avoid them.'
His face returned to its normal when he quickly grasped the reason behind the failure of his Eternif.
Normal Domains have no effect on Eternif. But the flames of contradiction are somewhat special. They can also interfere with time in their range.
That's why Eternif, which fundamentally uses time to block anything, was bypassed.
After all, nothing in this world is perfect.
The tentacles didn't stop and remained chasing after Hojo. Furthermore, they increased in number from three to all ten.
Augmented by flames of contradiction, they definitely wield the power enough to kill Hojo.
He kept defending himself by teleporting away the moment any of the tentacles came close to him.
Meanwhile, letting the tentacles deal with him, Dabura went for the remaining six eye users.
Michizane and Izumi saw this four-handed monster advancing toward them.
Just as they blinked, Dabura vanished from their sight.