The Peak of Sorcery–Chapter 126
The footage continued to play, though the camera shook violently. Dust and vibrations from distant explosions blurred the image, but the next moment silenced everyone in the room.
A white shape emerged into the sky.
It was massive. Towering.
A muscular humanoid figure with four grotesque wings protruding from its eye sockets and a tail-like appendage trailing from the back of its head. Above it spun a large, eight-handled wheel, turning slowly, ominously, like a death clock.
The being's massive frame flew through the air, powered by the sudden growth of white-feathered wings on its back.
Everyone froze.
Gojo Satoru's voice cut through the silence."That's Mahoraga…"
His calm tone sent an actual chill down the spines of every sorcerer present.
Even Megumi's face paled as he stared at the footage. He didn't know Mahoraga could fly.
The image on-screen looked surreal—like some twisted angel of destruction. It was both awe-inspiring and horrifying.
The room grew colder when Mahoraga swung its enormous Sword of Extermination at Ren.
And Ren blocked it.
Gasps filled the room.
A few sharp-eyed sorcerers whispered among themselves, their voices cracking:"Did… did he use the force of Mahoraga's swing to redirect himself toward Geto?!"
Ren's movements were surgical, using the sheer momentum of Mahoraga's attack to close in on Geto while avoiding the full brunt of that monstrous sword.
He was fighting both of them.
Simultaneously.
Then—suddenly—the battlefield on the screen vanished under a black dome.
The camera struggled to focus, its image grainy and distant.
"Is that… another weird cursed technique?" someone muttered, voice filled with unease.
But Gojo spoke, his tone cutting through all the chatter like a blade:"No. That's a domain expansion…"
The room went silent.
The pinnacle of jujutsu sorcery—right in front of their eyes.
But then came the question.
Who had expanded it?
Was it Geto?Was it… Mahoraga?
The thought that Ren Sato—a first-year—could use a domain expansion wasn't even considered.
It was too insane to believe.
But what came next shattered their expectations.
The domain on the screen broke apart.And within it, the image flickered with an eerie hue—everything bathed in red.
Threads.
Strings of blood-red light, linking everything together.
Gojo's jaw clenched. For the first time, his calm demeanor shifted, just slightly.
"What…? How did he…? That's Ren… His cursed technique… Did he use his domain to break Geto's domain?!"
Gojo's voice was just speculation, but the room took it as fact.
Whispers turned into stunned silence.
A 16-year-old boy had potentially expanded a domain and broken Geto's own domain expansion.
It was madness. And yet, they couldn't deny what they had seen.
Then the footage revealed the red strings snapping apart, leaving the sky strangely empty and silent.
But only for a moment.
A swirling mass of cursed energy formed in the air, coalescing into a shape.
Gojo narrowed his eyes and muttered,"Maximum: Uzumaki…"
The term alone sent a ripple through the room.
Cursed Spirit Manipulation was a mystery to many, but a maximum technique—that was something everyone understood. It was the mark of a sorcerer pushing their cursed technique to its absolute limit.
Geto had been forced to use this.Against Ren.And Mahoraga.
A maximum technique right after a domain.
It was almost unthinkable.
Then the screen shook violently. The footage grew distorted, static crackling over the image.
A massive explosion flared across the camera's lens—too bright to comprehend.
The lens shattered.
The feed cut off.
The room was silent.
Everyone stared at the blank screen, the weight of what they had just witnessed pressing down on them.
They had seen the peak of jujutsu sorcery.
And at the center of it all—Ren Sato.
Different thoughts filled the room.
Most sorcerers still wondered the same thing:"Just… how strong is he?"
But one person, standing quietly near the back, was thinking something else entirely.
Mei Mei.
Her breathing slowed, eyes sharp as she watched the screen fade to black.
"What the hell is that brat? Fighting monsters like that… Domain expansion? Who even taught him that?…"
A faint smile touched her lips."Good. This is the best-case scenario for me. Being tied to someone like him… being his slave might be my greatest investment. He might become one of the strongest sorcerers of this era."
And far away, in a hospital bed—the same person everyone was talking about stirred.
Ren's eyes cracked open, heavy and burning.
He exhaled a single word.
"Fuck…"