Yuta gritted his teeth, sweat dripping down his face as he dodged another vicious slash from Sukuna, many he wasn't even able to and got many shallow cuts all over him. The pressure from Sukuna was immense, nothing like what hit was when he caught him first.
And that wasn't his only problem, there was another monster who was turning out to be more challenging and dangerous than Sukuna. His punches and kicks had landed solidly on Mahoraga earlier, and they worked just fine but then suddenly they weren't anymore. It was hard to say, even Yuta couldn't describe the it but he has feel something similar before, its was like fighting that that Nomu with shock absorption. His attacks slowly started to do far less damage than they should.
Sukuna smirked, dodging Yuta's attacks and countering with more deadly slashes from his cleaver-shaped energy. Yuta narrowly avoided a fatal hit, but he wasn't unscathed. Blood trickled down his arm where Sukuna's attack had grazed him, his arm wasn't the only part of his body which was bleeding at this point.
He so much wanted to just use RCT to heal himself right now but thank to the useless system he can't.
"What, brute force not working anymore…how do you even call yourself a sorcerer is beyond me. Though I am interested how you even have this kind of power with Curse Energy" Sukuna taunted, his grin widening.
Yuta clenched his fists and charged again, trying to land a solid blow, but at thsi time Mahoraga came in between, landing a brutal kick to Yuta's stomach, sending him skidding across the ground.
'The hell, what's wrong with spider sense, it was working just fine before on this monster and now its like they don't even register him anymore ?'
Yuta groaned, feeling the impact in his bones, but he quickly pushed himself up, refusing to back down.
As Yuta tried to regain his momentum, Mahoraga lunged at him from behind, and Yuta spun around, ready to meet the attack. He sent a powerful kick toward Mahoraga. The hit didn't connect like it had before. Instead of sending Mahoraga flying, the creature barely moved, shrugging off the blow like it was nothing.
"What the—" Yuta muttered, confused and frustrated. He followed up with another punch, putting more power into it, even planned to use King's Engine but again, it had no effect. Mahoraga seemed to have nullified his punches and kicks, and now Yuta's physical attacks weren't working.
Yuta by now realized that this wasn't power, it was something else entirely.
'At this rate I have no other option but to use ROFA…' Yuta muttered with both irritation and helplessness.
In that moment of distraction, Sukuna appeared beside him, slashing at Yuta with terrifying speed. Yuta barely managed to block the hit, Spider sense were still working on her at least, but the force of the attack sent him stumbling backward.
"Damn it," Yuta cursed under his breath. He was starting to feel overwhelmed. But then he saw Mahoraga rushing at Sukuna, making him sigh, that might be the only good thing about this fight, the monster attack whoever was the closest to him.
Sukuna laughed as he closed the distance toward Yuta. "You're starting to break, kid. What happened to all that power you were showing off earlier?"
"I officially hate you now…" Yuta muttered under his breath as he stood up with a little struggle, he was bleeding everywhere at this point, the wounds weren't deep but at this rate he won't last long, and lasting long enough was his strategy altogether here.
Gritting his teeth's he got ready to punch this king of curse to hell and but before that something strange happened.
Sukuna who was earlier were sending slashes after slashes towards him suddenly top and flames appeared on his hands. Making Yuta.
'Wait, wasn't slashing his curse technique ? How come he can use flames ?' Yuta was wary now, this means that Sukuna's technique was something else entirely, this was dangerous.
An fire arrow manifested around Sukuna and he pointed that arrow at Yuta.
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"Nah… not sure how you are so fast but that no fun if you dodge it." Sukuna side and then the grin on his face turn into a maniacal smile as he turn towards other side. The same side were Rika.
Yuta's eyes widen. 'How he find where she's hiding ? hell how he even know that I will save her ?'
"Let's see what you do in this case." Sukuna all but laugh and release the arrow.
Just as the arrow release, Yuta also vanish from his place, using his full speed to intercept the arrow.
There was no way she could avoid it in time, and the destructive power behind that attack was enough to obliterate everything in its path.
Without thinking, Yuta dashed forward, pushing his body beyond its limits. He activated his King's Engine and Time Skip, the energy surging through him like a tidal wave. He had been holding back at 50%, but now, with Rika in danger, he pushed it further—75%.
The rush of power was immense. His muscles burned, veins bulging as he forced every ounce of strength into his legs, propelling himself between the fire arrow and Rika just before it hit.
"Haaaa!" Yuta yelled, his voice strained with effort. He threw a punch at the arrow, his OFA-enhanced fist colliding with the burning energy. The impact created a shockwave that rattled the entire street, the punch was so powerful that it created a shift pressure so powerful that calling it a hurricane would be wrong, the flames scattering in all directions, but the intense heat still seared his skin.
"Agh!" Yuta cried out as the fire licked at him, burning his arms and chest. The force of the attack sent him flying backward, crashing through the side of a building. His body hit the ground hard, debris falling around him as he groaned in pain.
"Yuta!" Rika screamed, rushing over to him, her small form trying to shield him from any further harm. She reached out, pulling him from the rubble, her voice shaking with concern.
"Yuta… Yuta…" Rika call out again while tears already rolling down her cheeks
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