Yamada lunged forward, turning into a streak of lightning. He didn't even use spatial displacement. By sheer physical explosiveness alone, he broke the sound barrier.
Sukuna's four eyes caught this fatal flash of lightning. He immediately crossed his four arms in front of his chest, concentrating all his Cursed Energy on the surface of his arms to form the sturdiest barrier of Cursed Energy defense.
In the next millisecond, Yamada's right hand pressed against Sukuna's defensive arms.
The high-density lightning instantly pierced through Sukuna's Cursed Energy barrier.
The destructive power of Chidori: Starbreaker did not falter for a second. The lightning melted Sukuna's arm bones and struck his chest directly.
The violent lightning surged through Sukuna's body, then bombarded the three-hundred-meter-diameter rock sphere beneath Sukuna's feet in a radial pattern.
The blinding light stripped everyone below of their vision. This was followed by an eardrum-shattering explosion.
Under the ultimate destructive power of Six Paths Lightning Release, the massive rock sphere created by Chibaku Tensei developed countless cracks running through its entire body, starting from the point of impact. Purple light leaked from the cracks.
BOOM!!!
The entire rock sphere exploded in the sky. Tens of thousands of rocks turned into dust, spreading in all directions along with the aftershocks of the lightning.
At the center of this explosion, Sukuna's body suffered a devastating blow. His four arms were blown off at the roots, a massive bloody hole was pierced through his chest by the lightning, and his internal organs were extensively carbonized.
He lost the ability to fly, and his broken body plummeted straight toward the ground along with the dust filling the sky.
Thud!
Sukuna slammed heavily onto the ruined streets of Chiyoda Ward.
He couldn't move.
The Cursed Energy system in his body had been completely severed by the Six Paths lightning. Reverse Cursed Technique lost its energy source and could not heal his broken body.
Yamada descended steadily from the sky and walked to Sukuna's side.
Sukuna's two pairs of eyes stared fixedly at Yamada, blood continuously pouring from his mouth.
"Who... who on earth are you..." Sukuna's voice was faint to the extreme.
He was unwilling to accept this. He was the King of Curses from a thousand years ago, possessing the most Cursed Energy and being the strongest Sorcerer in history, yet he was being unilaterally crushed by a human who didn't use Cursed Energy at all.
Yamada did not answer his question.
"I said it before, in your current state, you aren't even qualified to make me draw my sword."
Yamada leaned down, his Rinnegan locking onto Sukuna's head.
Human Path!
He reached out his left hand, fingers spread, and pressed it onto Sukuna's crown.
"Come out."
Yamada's fingers exerted force, pulling upward.
Invisible spiritual energy penetrated Yuji's flesh. A soul emitting a dark red glow, with four arms and two faces, was forcibly ripped out of this physical shell by Yamada.
The soul of Ryomen Sukuna.
Sukuna's soul struggled desperately in Yamada's hand. He let out a roar, trying to mobilize the curse power deep within his soul to counterattack. But the rules of the Human Path suppressed the soul's ability to act.
With the complete extraction of Sukuna's soul, the body on the ground began to change. The black marks on the face rapidly faded. The two extra eyes closed and disappeared beneath the skin. The two extra arms protruding from the sides of the ribs also dissipated into Cursed Energy.
The body returned to Yuji's original appearance.
Although there was a massive puncture wound in his chest, Yamada had deliberately preserved Yuji's vitality during the soul extraction process.
Holding Sukuna's soul in his left hand, Yamada turned to look at Megumi in the distance.
"Come here. Take this kid away."
Megumi immediately ran forward. He hoisted the heavily injured and unconscious Yuji onto his back, and quickly retreated to Satoru's side.
Yamada withdrew his gaze and looked at the twisting dark red soul in his hand.
"Stripping you of your body is only the first step. I won't give you any chance to reincarnate in a new vessel. Your existence will be completely concluded today."
The six Truth-Seeking Orbs behind Yamada began to move. They converged, elongated, and fused in front of Yamada's right hand.
The black matter underwent a morphological change. It transformed into a massive, uniquely shaped longsword.
The blade featured a double-helix DNA structure, devoid of any reflection, as pure and deep as pitch black.
Sword of Nunoboko!
A sword of creation and destruction formed from the ultimate fusion of Yin-Yang Release. It represented the Sage of Six Paths's power to shape the world, while also being able to erase any conceptual existence.
Yamada gripped the hilt of the Sword of Nunoboko and held Sukuna's soul up before him.
Sukuna's soul felt the ultimate aura of destruction emanating from that black double-helix longsword and he stopped struggling.
In the span of a thousand years, he had touched the boundary of "death" for the first time.
Not the death of the body, but the nothingness of the soul and concept being completely erased.
Yamada did not hesitate for a second. He swung the Sword of Nunoboko, the blade piercing straight into the center of Sukuna's soul.
Squelch!
The law-based power of the Sword of Nunoboko destroyed the structural foundation of Sukuna's soul.
Starting from the point of impact, the dark red soul rapidly dissipated outward. It did not turn into Cursed Energy residue, nor did it leave any fragments behind.
In just three seconds, Sukuna's soul was completely erased from this world.
Yamada released his left hand and decomposed the Sword of Nunoboko, turning it back into six Truth-Seeking Orbs floating behind him.
Everything returned to calm.
Satoru's Six Eyes operated at full capacity, scanning the spot where Yamada had just been.
Satoru's tone was very serious. "He's gone. Sukuna's Cursed Energy, the aura of his soul, even the karmic connection with those twenty fingers—everything has been severed and erased. This isn't an exorcism, it's complete 'non-existence'."
Megumi, carrying Yuji, heard Satoru's words and let out a long sigh of relief.
The greatest threat was over.
Yamada turned around and walked toward Satoru and the others. He raised his right hand, and Yang Release Chakra lit up in his palm.
The green light covered the chest of the unconscious Yuji. The puncture wound healed rapidly, new flesh filled the void, and the skin returned to its smooth state.
As Yuji's breathing became steady, Yamada withdrew his hand and cast his gaze toward the sky.
The barrier of the Culling Game had been completely destroyed by his Truth-Seeking Orbs.
Kenjaku was dead, and Sukuna's soul had been erased. The root causes capable of triggering large-scale disasters in this world had been swept clean by him.
"The fun on this side ends here." Yamada's voice was calm.
A crisp mechanical voice sounded in his mind.
[Ding! Host detected to have killed the King of Curses, Ryomen Sukuna (Complete Form)!]
[Used Human Path to extract the soul and executed conceptual-level erasure with the Sword of Nunoboko!]
[Perfectly achieved the ultimate kill determination for the Jujutsu Kaisen world!]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining 100,000 Dimension Points!]
One hundred thousand Dimension Points were credited. Added to his previous remaining points, Yamada's assets once again reached a very respectable figure.
He closed the panel and turned to face Satoru and Toji. "Leave the cleanup of Tokyo to the people from Jujutsu High. As for those ancient Sorcerers who have lost the protection of the barrier, handle them yourselves."
Yamada pointed at Toji. "Toji, stay here. If those higher-ups make any more restless moves, take action directly. No need to report to me."
Toji grinned. "Understood, Boss. I'll keep an eye on these guys."
Yamada spoke no more.
A diamond-shaped portal radiating starlight opened in the center of the street.
Yamada stepped into the gate and the passage to the Miniature Divine Realm closed rapidly behind him, leaving no trace of spatial fluctuation.
Satoru watched the direction where the gate had vanished and put his black blindfold back on.
He turned and patted Megumi's shoulder. "Let's go, Megumi. We still have a lot of cleanup work to do. However, without those annoying old geezers and thousand-year-old monsters, this world can finally change according to our vision."