Chapter 117: Battle Through The Sky

On a street, two sorcerers could be seen impaling a curse with swords. The sorcerers were men wearing grayish suits. They looked over at each other until one of them spoke in an exhausted voice. 

" M-Man, we don't get paid enough for this. "

" Quit complaining. We only killed one cursed spirit so far. "

Said the other man. The first man just scoffed before he suddenly looked up into the sky noticing someone rapidly flying through the sky. 

" Hey, what is that? " 

" I'm not really sure- "

Before they could finish their sentences, their heads were both suddenly sliced off making blood pour out of their necks like a waterfall. Their bodies violently collapsed onto the road still twitching as the figure flew through the air passing several skyscrapers. 

This figure's hair blew wildly in the wind while blood streamed down the right side of his face. This figure was no other than Yuta who was hit so powerfully that it launched him through the air. However, the attack wasn't the only thing that propelled him through the air. Another unknown force continued to push his body through the air. 

Yuta smirked as his body flew past a glass skyscraper. He passed by several windows before he murmured talking to Rika. 

" Hey, Rika I might need everything for this fight- "

Before Yuta could finish his sentence, the sound of shattering glass rippled out as an arm smashed through the skyscraper window grabbing onto Yuta's collar before violently pulling him into the building, throwing him through several desks.

Yuta extended his right arm out grabbing onto a receptionist's desk before gracefully flipping over it to stop his momentum. Yuta stared at a man standing next to the shattered window before he spoke. 

"It's been awhile, hasn't it? Mute? "

" If you count a few months as being a long time, yes it has. "

Said Mute glaring at Yuta, Yuta just scoffed while grabbing onto the hilt of his katana while spreading his feet apart, getting into a stance, without saying another word, Yuta and Mute lunged towards each other.

Their footsteps rippled out loudly as Mute's fingers twitched rapidly sending a web of string toward the charging Yuta. The string cleanly sliced through the desks before being slashed in two by Yuta who appeared directly in front of Mute thrusting his sword at Mute's neck.

The sword cut through the air before it abruptly stopped inches away from Mute's jugular. Yuta's eyes widened surprised as Mute's right leg flickered delivering a powerful kick that sent Yuta stumbling to the side while Mute twirled elegantly throwing another kick, aimed at Yuta's nose. However, before it could land, massive white claws materialized in front of Yuta blocking the kick. 

A powerful shockwave rippled out as Rika's white claws grabbed onto Mute's leg before Mute could free his leg from her grasp. In a single swift motion, Rika yanked down slamming Mute through the floor, making him plunge to a lower level. Yuta took a deep breath before the floor under him was sliced with razor-sharp string making him fall through the floor with debris falling next to him. 

Yuta stared through the falling debris glaring at Mute. The two men locked eyes with each other before Rika appeared on Mute's left throwing a punch that Mute easily dodged by leaning back. Mute kept on swaying his body dodging Rika's attacks until suddenly his body froze as a voice yelled out. 

"Don't Move! "

Mute's eyes widened while he glanced up at Yuta seeing markings on his face. Mute stared at them baffled as Rika slammed a lightning-fast punch into Mute's nose launching him through the skyscraper. The sound of rattling broken glass rippled out while Mute plummeted out of the sky with his body frozen. 

Yuta stared at the broken window. Mute soared through before he started sniffing the air catching a whiff of something. The smell Yuta smelled was undoubtedly smoke.

" Why is there smoke? "

Murmered Yuta as he started to look around confused until he glanced behind him and stared out of the window behind him seeing smoke. Yuta stared at the smoke before the sound of creaking entered his ears and the skyscraper metal frame started to bend like someone was pulling at the foundation of the building. 

All of the windows surrounding Yuta shattered in unison while the skyscraper was split in half. The skyscraper tumbled through the air as Yuta's feet slid across the floor sliding towards a destroyed window. Yuta was about to fall through the broken window when he pierced the floor with his katana catching himself. Yuta's body swayed in the air wildly as he stared through the broken window watching the road rapidly approach him.

Yuta's eyes were focused on the road before he suddenly pulled up on his katana watching Mute effortlessly jump into the crumbling skyscraper and swiftly ascend towards Yuta running up the vertical floor, Yuta stepped onto his katana and gracefully leaped off it landing on a nearby falling desk.

Mute sprinted past Yuta's katana while glaring at him before he warped the distance between himself and Yuta, appearing directly in front of Yuta throwing a punch that he slipped. 

Yuta quickly countered with an elbow that Mute easily countered. Mute and Yuta locked eyes before they threw a barrage of attacks at each other while leaping onto falling desks. Mute stopped a kick from Yuta using his cursed technique before he slammed a devastatingly powerful uppercut into Yuta's chin launching him up through the skyscraper with blood pouring out of his mouth. 

Yuta slammed through a metal beam flying several feet above the falling skyscraper until Mute appeared directly in front of the bloody Yuta throwing a punch. However, before the punch could land a massive punch slammed into the back of Mute's head sending him flying through the air. 

Mute gritted his teeth in pain as he glanced back seeing Rika covering the bloody Yuta's body clearly worried about him. Yuta just let out a bloody smile before he spoke to Rika. 

" Are you ready Rika? We're going to match his speed. "

Rika just nodded her head before the air around Yuta's body started to warp rapidly. The main problem for Yuta during this entire fight was something quite simple. Yuta and Mute might be evenly matched when it comes to cursed energy control and Yuta even has a slight strength superiority. However, that strength means little to nothing if Yuta can't land a hit on Mute. 

Due to Mute's cursed technique, Mute far out speeds Yuta, which is not very surprising. Mute was someone who could match speeds with Satoru Gojo to a certain extent. But in this next barrage of attacks everything will change. 

Mute stood still taking a deep breath before he noticed the air above him was warping oddly, in the next instance. Yuta suddenly appears directly above Mute throwing a mighty kick that slams into Mute's mouth launching him through the air. Mute glances behind him before shrinking the distance between himself and the road appearing next to a destroyed car. 

Before Mute could regather himself, Yuta appeared directly in front of him throwing a punch, Mute stared at Yuta's knuckles before he leaned back narrowly dodging the punch, Mute tracked the missed punch watching it slam into the door of the car until he felt someone grab onto his hair before his body is violently pulled back and thrown. 

Mute soars through the air before flipping and landing on the road coming to a grinding stop while staring at Rika and Yuta standing next to each other. From that brief exchange, Mute already knew what Yuta had done. Mute just smirked before he violently slammed his foot on the road causing the asphalt to fly up into the air. 

Mute tapped the flying asphalt with his index finger while speaking.

" Do you honestly believe that you can beat me using my own cursed technique? "

As soon as Mute said this the asphalt expanded rapidly into a massive dark pillar that slammed through nearby cars and ripped through the road while approaching Yuta. Yuta stared at the incoming pillar before it suddenly froze in the air stopping all momentum.

Yuta just smirked while leaping onto the pillar. Yuta started to sprint across the pillar before suddenly the sound of a spinning wheel entered Yuta's ears and an unknown force slammed into his back causing him to stumble forward. Yuta looked behind him confused as Mute leaped onto the pillar with a small brown roulette wheel balancing on his index finger. 

This wheel was one of Mute's newly required cursed tools. The premise of this cursed tool is not complex. A ball is dropped into the spinning wheel landing in either red, black, or green. If it lands red something physical will happen to the enemy and if it lands black something will happen to the enemy's curse energy. However, if the ball lands on green the cursed tool will backfire and the user of the cursed tool will be affected. 

There are 38 slots on the lightning roulette wheel, and only one of them is green so there is less than a three percent chance that the ball will land green. These odds are completely acceptable to Mute. Mute just smirked at Yuta as the wheel dropped a metal ball and started to rapidly spin. 

Yuta watched the wheel spin before the ball landed red and a powerful force slammed into Yuta's chin contorting his face. Yuta stumbled pack in pain as he waved his hand forward sending Rika charging towards Yuta as the ball spun once again.

Rika appeared directly in front of Mute. Swiping her claws at his body until the ball landed black and powerful energy engulfed Rika's body before a thunderous explosion happened destroying the asphalt pillar. A thick smoke cloud formed covering the street. The sound of raining asphalt could be heard while a wheel spun wildly. 

Yuta stared through the smoke cloudy breathing heavily until an intense force slammed into the back of Yuta's left knee making him kneel. Yuta stared at the ground while the roulette wheel spun again. 

Yuta looked to his left and watched as Rika materialized next to him before he spoke.

" Rika, focus on getting rid of that cursed tool. Even if I cover myself in his cursed technique the cursed tool is somehow still landing hits on me. But if we get rid-"

Before Yuta could finish his sentence another powerful force slammed into his chest sending him sliding across the cracked asphalt road with blood pouring out of his mouth. Rika stared at the injured Yuta enraged as she quickly stormed towards the silhouette of Mute in the smoke cloud. The smoke cloud blew wildly as Rika stormed through it until suddenly Mute began to chant. 

"Emerge from the darkness, blacker than darkness. Purify that which is impure"

As soon as Mute finished chanting a small curtain descended down. The curtain was smaller than the veil Kenjaku made but this curtain would be important for Mute to use his full abilities. Rika quickly noticed that the air around her stagnated from the flowing smoke cloud suddenly stopping.

Rika worried, came to a sliding stop before she crossed her massive claws blocking a lightning-fast kick from Mute. The kick propelled her back before she slammed her claws into the road coming to a screeching stop. Rika let out a low inaudible growl as Mute laughed hysterically.

" You're running out of time Yuta, you don't have much longer to breathe. But my cursed technique is quite useful don't you think? "

"You're right, your technique is simple but insanely powerful, but it'll be your downfall."

Said Yuta pushing off his right knee, standing back up while glaring at Mute through the dense smoke cloud. Mute just wildly grinned before he spoke. 

" I can't wait for you to enlighten me on how it will be my downfall. "

The wheel balancing on Mute's finger started to spin, as Yuta started to quickly charge toward Mute at an insane speed...