Chapter 14: The Ritual Ends, Mahoraga Tamed
The blood splattered across Mirai's chest healed in an instant.
His eyes gleamed brighter as he looked at Mahoraga—this was the ultimate tool. No, the ultimate god.
In the manga, when Sukuna summoned Mahoraga, it had been defeated by Gojo Satoru fairly quickly. The reason was simple—Mahoraga hadn't had enough time to grow, to fight enough battles. [T/N: As mahoraga fights and gains experience it grows because of its adaptability. So the more experience it gains the powerful it becomes.]
Even so, Mahoraga, despite not being in its fully evolved form, had caused Gojo considerable trouble during the battle.
Its adaptability was indeed the strongest, but its growth potential was just as frightening.
Given enough time, theoretically, Mahoraga could become the most powerful force in this world.
With this thought in mind, Mirai twisted his body, narrowly dodging the sword thrust from Mahoraga.
His smile remained, but there was now a hint of caution in his expression. This Mahoraga had already adapted to Kamui, making it a dangerous opponent.
Within the narrow pit, Mirai dodged strike after strike from the massive blade, moving with the precision of a dancer. As he evaded, his hands swiftly formed a series of seals.
Snap!
A tongue shot out from the shadows like a whip, creating a sonic boom as it coiled tightly around Mahoraga, pinning it in place.
The toad shikigami, hidden in the shadows, had extended its tongue to hold Mahoraga still.
Sizzle!
A flash of lightning lit up the cramped space as the lightning-winged Nue shot out of the shadows!
Mirai adjusted the output of his cursed energy, making Nue just large enough to spread its wings in the pit.
With Mahoraga momentarily bound, Mirai lightly tapped his foot and sprang onto Nue's back, launching himself skyward!
Since Mahoraga wasn't tamed yet, it didn't count toward the summoning limit. That meant Mirai could still summon two other shikigami.
Boom!
Just as Mirai shot out of the pit, Mahoraga's immense strength shattered the toad's tongue restraint.
Boom!
Another explosion rang out as Mahoraga, glaring up at the figure in the air, bent its legs and leaped with terrifying speed. The ground caved in further, debris flying everywhere.
Like a cannonball, Mahoraga closed in on Nue, its massive right arm poised to swing the Exorcist Blade.
Mirai looked down at the scene below, a faint smile tugging at his lips.
Whoosh!
At the moment Mahoraga raised its arm, Nue exploded into a spray of black ink, dispersing instantly.
What took its place was... a fully charged Max Elephant!
With cursed energy output maxed out, the colossal Max Elephant now stood as tall as a five-story building, its weight reaching an astonishing thousand tons!
Mahoraga's vision darkened as it was hit head-on by the overwhelming weight, leaving no time to adjust mid-air.
Compared to the elephant's bulk, the five-meter-tall Mahoraga looked like a child.
Boom!!!
The ground shook as though hit by an earthquake, and the rubble and dust rose tens of meters into the air!
Naobito, standing at a distance of 500 meters, felt the tremor under his feet and his heart raced with excitement as the battle shifted in Mirai's favor.
The Zen'in sorcerers helping with the evacuation a kilometer away were equally rattled, their thoughts torn between hope and fear.
If Mirai succeeded, the Zen'in clan would undoubtedly rise to new heights of power. But their ruler would be a tyrant—one whose whims could decide their lives.
If Mirai failed, their lives would be safer for a time, but the Zen'in family without a Ten Shadows Technique user would inevitably fall into decline.
Before they could ponder further, a thunderous crash echoed from the estate, reverberating through the night sky!
...
Max Elephant's enormous body was wedged in the pit's opening, deepening the cracks along the edges.
With a thought, Mirai dismissed the elephant into the shadows just as Mahoraga's upper body emerged, the lower half having fallen into the abyss along with chunks of stone.
"As expected, simply using the Ten Shadows Technique isn't enough to tame this monster."
As Mirai murmured to himself, Mahoraga's head spun its floating wheel, and the moment it turned, its lower half began regenerating at incredible speed, merging with the upper body.
In no time, the fully restored Mahoraga launched another devastating sword strike, carving yet another deep gash across the fractured ground.
Its speed and power had visibly improved since the start of the battle.
Mirai dodged the lethal blows with the grace of a blade dancer, calculating Mahoraga's growth rate with each attack.
Although Mahoraga's speed was increasing, Mirai's crimson eyes could still track the trajectory of every strike with precision.
Leaping away from another attack, Mirai landed behind Mahoraga, delivering a powerful kick to its waist.
It wasn't just about mastering techniques or controlling cursed energy—Mirai had never neglected the training of his physical body.
The impact of his kick left a clear dent in Mahoraga's muscular waist!
Boom!
Mahoraga crashed through several buildings, disappearing under the rubble.
Clink—
The wheel atop its head spun again, and when Mahoraga burst from the debris, it was completely unscathed.
Boom!
Mahoraga charged forward, the gusts of wind stirred by its movement rolling across the battlefield. After its second evolution, the shikigami's pressure was no less than that of a Special Grade cursed spirit.
"Divine Dogs: Totality."
Just as Mahoraga neared, Mirai unleashed a flood of white Divine Dogs, their sheer numbers overwhelming as they charged toward the monstrous shikigami.
Like a crashing wave, thousands of Divine Dogs fearlessly leapt onto Mahoraga, biting at its flesh.
Mahoraga's vision blurred as the swarm clouded its senses. Even its perception of the caster's cursed energy was momentarily thrown off.
In that brief window of confusion, the Divine Dogs exploded into shadow and vanished.
As Mahoraga regained clarity, it found the caster standing less than a meter away!
Whoosh.
Before it could lift its sword, Mahoraga suddenly staggered and collapsed face-first into the ground.
Without a sound, an eerie burst of cursed energy had severed Mahoraga's left leg entirely.
The wheel on its head spun again, and the leg began regenerating, but the rate of recovery couldn't keep up with the relentless damage being inflicted.
Cursed energy surged as Mirai stared down coldly at the fallen Mahoraga.
Legs, arms, torso, head...
Bit by bit, Mahoraga's massive body was devoured by space, vanishing into nothingness.
During this time, Mahoraga's regeneration and the wheel's rotation simply couldn't match the speed of its own disappearance.
Clink!
The wheel finally dropped to the ground, and as it did, Mirai felt the presence of a powerful new entity resting in the shadows at his feet, awaiting his command.
"Hahaha!"
The advancement of the Gedo Statue, the birth of the white cursed spirits, and now the successful taming of the strongest shikigami.
Having taken another huge step toward becoming the strongest, Mirai burst out laughing, his voice echoing into the night.
Beneath the moonlight, in the midst of the ruined estate, the sound of Mirai's wild laughter filled the air.
And from a kilometer away, the sorcerers who witnessed this scene couldn't help but shudder in fear.
There was no need for them to wonder anymore—the battle was over, and the tyrant had won.
Standing atop a rooftop, Naobito gazed at Mirai in the distance, clenching his fists in excitement.
The taming ritual was a success!
A ceremony that had never been completed in the history of the Zen'in clan had finally been accomplished by Mirai.
Without a doubt, he was now the strongest family head in the clan's history!
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