Dream of a Past Life

"General! Those two monsters are here, and they want to compete before the Emperor!"

In the ninth year of Keicho, in Edo, Japan, a samurai wearing armor rushed towards the shogunate, shouting and running in panic.

When the old shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu heard this, he immediately waved his hand and commanded with trembling hands: "Release... Release Hidetada, I still want to live for a few more years!"

Tokugawa Ieyasu was appointed by the Emperor as the General Conqueror of Barbarians and Senior Minister. In fact, he had effectively overthrown the Emperor and become the highest authority in Japan.

But such a great man showed a panicked expression at this moment, only because the two monsters mentioned by the warrior were actually invincible by human beings.

If these two started to fight, the consequences could be dire.

People tend to fear death more as they age, so Tokugawa Ieyasu hurriedly ordered his son to lead the imperial competition on his behalf.

Although the second-generation shogun candidate Tokugawa Hidetada was also afraid of death, he did not dare to disobey his father's wishes, so he had to leave the city in fear with a large number of his own soldiers.

"Hey, someone from the Tokugawa family is here, but it's a pity it's not the old man, Tokugawa Ieyasu."

"No matter. Since we're here, let's begin."

The voices of two men actually came from the sky.

Tokugawa Hidetada and the others looked up at the two people in the sky, as if they were seeing gods.

Both were the most handsome men in the world.

One had long black hair tied back casually, wearing a kimono as black as the night sky, and a pair of black eyes like an intimidating abyss.

The man stood on a large harpy-faced monster, urging the other man to start the decisive battle.

The other man said nonchalantly, "Don't be anxious."

Although this man was equally handsome, he had a very different temperament.

The white-haired man had a hairstyle that was quite strange for people of that time. His eyes were as bright as sapphires and as mesmerizing as the starry blue sky.

The man wore a loose, pure white kimono, standing in the air, with a smile often seen on his lips.

"The three great sorcerer families in the Jujutsu world have inherited family Cursed Techniques integrated into their bloodlines for generations. Among them, the Zenin family is the strongest with the Ten Shadows Technique, while the strongest in the Gojo family are the Limitless Technique and Six Eyes."

"Originally, the two families lived peacefully and harmoniously, alternating as the strongest families in the Jujutsu world. But I did not expect that the Jujutsu Sorcerer of the Ten Shadows Technique and the Jujutsu Sorcerer of the Six Eyes and Limitless Technique of this era would be born together."

"This led to an unprecedented conflict between the two families to compete for the top spot, so members of the two families primarily used the method of fighting in front of the emperor to determine the outcome of the two families."

The speaker was none other than Tokugawa Hidetada. The Jujutsu world was hidden from the world, but the secular leaders of Japan were well aware of it.

If Jujutsu Sorcerers had no intention of dominating the world, how could this world be ruled by people like them?

Tokugawa Hidetada recounted the situation of the two people in front of him with a dizzy face. He would be the one to replace the Edo Shogunate in the future, so he could not die young here.

So he immediately ordered his soldiers to surround him and hide inside to protect himself.

"The white-haired one is Gojo Shintaro, and the black-haired one is Zenin Kenichi. Watch over me, don't let them accidentally hurt me!"

The soldiers were ordered to surround Tokugawa Hidetada.

Shintaro in the sky smiled and said: "You haven't even set up a Curtain, are you planning to destroy Edo? Anyway, I should make the group of people below witness your defeat by me."

Kenichi was very displeased and said: "You're contradicting yourself, as a witness that I defeat you."

The verbal confrontation between the two had begun, and they formed a seal with one hand at the same time.

"[Emerge from the darkness, blacker than darkness. Purify that which is impure], [The name of the head of the Keicho era Gojo family]"

Along with the incantations recited by the two men, a large black barrier suddenly appeared outside Edo City, covering the open space outside the city nearly as large as the entire city.

There was a small transparent barrier within the barrier, covering Tokugawa Hidetada and his group.

The effect of both barriers was that people inside could not get out, and people outside could not get in, and they had very strong internal and external defenses.

Only the two strongest people in the world could use such a powerful barrier effect.

"Now, you can begin." Shintaro raised his finger and challenged.

Kenichi's face darkened, he made a shadow with his hand, and shouted firmly: "Get down from here!"

"[Bansho] (Max Elephant)!"

A giant pink elephant covered with patterns suddenly appeared above Shintaro's head.

It was a shikigami summoned by Kenichi's power using shadows as the medium. Therefore, its size and weight were much larger than ordinary elephants, and it had strength comparable to ancient beasts.

*BOOM*

Shintaro was thrown from the sky to the ground. The weight of the elephant and the kinetic energy falling from the sky created huge cracks in the earth, and a burst of dust covered the sky and rose into the air.

However, this was not the end. Along with a roar, a large amount of water spurted out from the elephant's trunk, sweeping it away in an instant.

The inside of the Curtain instantly became empty.

If not for the Curtain's protection, Edo Castle would have been flooded.

Kenichi immediately retracted the elephant and controlled the human-faced bird under his feet to dive down.

"Nue!"

Kenichi jumped into the air, and Nue dived down, bringing with it a powerful purple bow.

Nue rushed into the water with force, and the electric arc on its body spread, causing huge waves to shine with purple light.

Seeing this, Kenichi changed his hand shape again, this time into a snake shape.

"[Orochi] (Great Serpent)."

He summoned a giant snake and landed smoothly on the back of the snake.

At the same time, Nue grabbed Shintaro with its claws and threw him into the sky.

The tens of meters long Orochi swallowed Shintaro directly into its belly.

However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred.

A strange red light emanated from the mouth of the giant snake, then its entire head exploded, and five strands of hair flew out unharmed.

"You haven't progressed much compared to when you were young."

The Gojo and Zenin families had a good relationship in the past, so the two met and fought each other when they were young.

"Have you mastered Reverse Cursed Technique?!" Kenichi looked surprised.

He knew that the series of operations just now could not penetrate Infinity, it was just to trap the other party.

Unexpectedly, Shintaro mastered Reverse Cursed Technique one step ahead, which directly destroyed one of his shikigami.

"Damn, I can't use Domain while maintaining the Curtain."

Both Domain and Curtain are a kind of barrier, which will isolate each other. In other words, if you are in a Domain, you cannot maintain a Curtain.

"If I can't use Domain, then just use Cursed Technique. Let's show off."

Shintaro said while pointing two fingers at Nue flying in the air.

"[Cursed Technique Reversal: Red]"

*BOOM*

A big hole suddenly appeared in the large body of Nue, and then it fell to the ground weakly, turning into a shadow and disappearing.

Shintaro's smile widened, as if he had already secured the victory.

Kenichi was furious and infused Cursed Energy throughout his body, and his shadow hands continued to change.

"[Gyokuken] (Divine Dogs)."

"[Gama] (Toad)."

"[Datto] (Rabbit Escape)"

"[Bansho] (Max Elephant)"

"[Madoka] (Round Deer)"

"[Kangyū] (Piercing Ox)"

Kenichi's use of the Ten Shadows Technique was extremely proficient, and he used each shikigami to the extreme.

Even though they were weak like frogs and rabbits, they could hold and confuse the enemy.

For small and medium shikigami that did not have range attacks, he put them in an unstable state and injected a large amount of Cursed Energy into them to make them go berserk, thereby expanding their strength and range.

But no matter how hard he worked, he couldn't cover the gap in hard power.

The shikigami could not penetrate the absolute defense of Infinity, instead, they were destroyed one by one by Gojo Shintaro's Blue and Red.

In the end, only the deer who used the Reverse Cursed Technique to heal Kenichi, and the ox remained.

The ox stepped on the ground and made the final sprint after gathering strength.

The further the ox ran, the higher the damage.

However, instead of avoiding it, Shintaro faced it head-on.

"[Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue]"

Shintaro deactivated Infinity and simultaneously used Blue to pull himself towards the ox.

A man and an ox collided head-on, and the resulting powerful Cursed Energy explosion was astounding, shaking the ground.

The tremor was so strong it was felt throughout the Edo region.

After the initial shock, the final winner was Gojo Shintaro.

Shintaro looked at Kenichi and said, "Admit defeat. After all, this isn't the first time you've lost to me."

Kenichi was kneeling on the ground in the middle of the night. The battle had taken a severe toll on him.

He touched the deer beside him and released its spell.

The ox had been dealt with, so there was no need to try other methods, and it was difficult for him to use any other techniques in his current condition.

Kenichi suddenly lifted his head, displaying an unprecedentedly mad expression: "Since I can't defeat you, let's die together!"

Shintaro was shocked: "Are you crazy!"

He knew there was a shikigami among the Ten Shadows Technique that no Jujutsu Sorcerer from the Zenin Family had ever subdued in the past.

"With this treasure, I summon... [Furube Yurayura]!"

Subduing a shikigami required a subjugation ritual, which could be performed by one person or several people. If completed by one person, the shikigami could be successfully subdued. If completed by many people, the result would be the ritual simply being canceled.

If the shikigami in turn killed its participants, the ritual would also be ineffective.

At this moment, Kenichi began the final subjugation ritual of the Ten Shadows Technique.

A large humanoid shikigami several meters tall emerged from the shadows to the ground, with a turntable hanging behind it.

The Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga appeared!

"Hahahahaha! I'll take the first step! You have to work harder."

*Bang*

Mahoraga knocked Kenichi down with one blow, his life or death unknown.

Mahoraga then looked towards Shintaro, stomped on the ground, and charged at him.

Shintaro felt Mahoraga's powerful strength and murmured: "Kenichi... You're even crazier than I am in battle..."

"[Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue]"

He used his old trick again, using Blue's attraction to pull himself towards Mahoraga. His speed was so fast it was indistinguishable from teleportation.

*BOOM*

Edo experienced its second earthquake of the day.

Mahoraga was thrown back, and its chest collapsed.

However, Mahoraga lay on the ground, and the wheel behind its spun, instantly healing its wound.

Shintaro didn't wait for Mahoraga to stand and attacked again with the same blow.

The third earthquake in Edo.

However, this time Shintaro was sent flying through the air like a kite with a broken string.

"The limit has been breached?!"

Shintaro was greatly surprised; he didn't expect there to be an existence that could penetrate Infinity besides nature.

His white kimono was stained red with his own blood, and his internal organs were basically torn apart.

Fortunately, he could use the Reverse Cursed Technique and instantly recover from his injuries.

Shintaro looked serious, speculating that this must have something to do with the roulette wheel behind Mahoraga.

Mahoraga charged forward, but this time Shintaro did not dare to confront him, instead maximizing Blue.

Mahoraga's body was instantly lifted off the ground and pulled into the sky.

The ground shattered from the immense pull, and rocks of various sizes began gathering upward, wrapping around Mahoraga.

Shintaro flew, trying to seize the opportunity to grab the roulette wheel behind Mahoraga.

However, after Mahoraga's struggles were futile, the roulette wheel spun again.

Shintaro sensed something was wrong and flew backward.

*BOOM*

Large debris exploded in the sky, and Mahoraga took advantage of this to land smoothly.

"This is adaptation! Its can adapt to anything!"

Shintaro's scalp went numb, and under tremendous pressure, his manic fighting spirit emerged.

"Hahahahaha! This is amazing! A shikigami like this! Kenichi! You've really given me a huge surprise!"

He extended two fingers and aimed at Mahoraga.

Since the enemy could adapt to attacks, use it to defeat him with one strike when it wasn't adapted.

The maximum result of the Reverse Cursed Technique!

Red light condensed in Shintaro's hand, then immediately extinguished.

Mahoraga was directly hit and thrown by the repulsive force of Red, crashing hard against the Curtain.

Cracks appeared all over the Curtain.

Mahoraga fell to the ground without moving, and Shintaro immediately flew into the sky above Mahoraga, launching one powerful attack after another.

Those Six Eyes made his Cursed Energy consumption close to zero, so the mastered Limitless Technique could be used almost indefinitely.

The ground was covered in dust, and only the red lights were visible flashing from inside to outside.

At that moment, a shot rebounded and hit the edge of the Curtain on the other side, causing the Curtain to suffer severe damage again.

Then the figure that flew out was Shintaro.

Mahoraga adapted to Red, jumped out of the ground, and punched Shintaro.

Shintaro flew like this and flew straight to the other side of the Curtain.

"It seems I can only try that trick!"

He couldn't hide his excitement even though his face was covered in blood.

In the Gojo family, there was a trick that circulated only among the family's top members.

Because no one had actually used it.

This move was called Purple.

The principle of Purple was to combine the negative infinites of the Limitless Technique with the positive infinites of the Reverse Cursed Technique, causing the two to conflict, thus realizing the concept of movement and reversal into reality.

However, the consequences of combining two infinities were unpredictable and extremely difficult, so this trick only existed in theory.

And he was about to realize it.

Shintaro extended his whole palm and said with a smile: "If I fail, I will die."

A massive Cursed Energy gathered in his hand, and the two infinite forces with very different properties began to collide.

"Hollow Technique..."

Mahoraga charged forward again.

As Mahoraga approached, Shintaro said: "It seems I've failed, let's die together, hahahahahaha!"

Mahoraga pierced Shintaro's body with the Sword of Extermination in its hand, but at this moment, the massive energy generated by the collision between infinites and infinites was out of control.

Mahoraga was so terrified that its immediately retreated several meters.

With a loud noise, a strange black light emerged from within, instantly swallowing Shintaro silently.

Then, the black light transformed into a purple light intertwined with red and blue.

The purple light destroyed everything around it, including Mahoraga, Kenichi lying on the ground, the Curtain, and a vast area within the Curtain.

The transparent Curtain was also destroyed. Tokugawa Hidetada and the others were thrown to the ground by the airwaves, and everyone was terrified.

After a long time, Tokugawa Hidetada asked: "Is it over?"

A samurai replied: "The head of the Gojo family seems to have died together with the head of the Zenin family..."

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In the middle of the night, Shintaro woke up from his dream.

"I'm not dead."