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Chapter 22 - Chapter 5: Part 5

As I was gazing over the knocked out sorcerer, Noritoshi Kamo, a felt a huge rumble as I saw thick swarm of plants began to emerge from the ground. Greate swathes of plants and flowers, woods and thorns seemed to emerge from the temple ground as a figure made itself known to my senses. It had a white body covered in black markins with its arms being made of wood. One of its arms was covered in a great many bandages which seemed to be concealing something underneat. 

"@#$)(*#)@*#&*#" I heard it mutter, its voice incomprehensible to me. 'I can't understand a single word of what it says' I thought as I called upon my connection not Selena. 'Hey Selena, can you make a potion that allows me to speak whatever language this is?' I asked her through our special connection. 'Of course, omnilingualism potion is done' she said as the potion was deposited in my hands and I immediately downed it and the effect were immediate. 

"Filthy humans who trample on the Earth's grace" the beast muttered, but before it could get another world in I slashed at it with my sword, its skin blocking the blades power, only making a shallow cut. 'Huh, even the reinforced bokken didn't do anything, what a monster' I thought as the creature looked at me with anger. "I was speaking you trash!" it shouted as it tried to pierce me with spears of wood which I easily dodged. 

"That's mean" I said as I gathered a heaping amount of magical energy in my hand as I conjured blades of water which I launched at high speeds. The creature, or curse if I have to guess, did dodge while summoning more vegetation to manipulate using their own cursed technique. I even have a feeling they're special grade in nature and power. 

"False humans, we will be glad to rid the world of you" it said as it summoned giant boughs of wood and foliage, elevating itself higher in the sky. Grinning, I concentrated mana at the soles of my feet and began to jump up into the air, using mana footholds to hold me up properly. I grinned as I concentrated all the magic energy I had in my hand, and after adding the concept of knocking back, I punched it with all my might as it soared through the air, breaking the sound barrier as it fell into the forest. I followed, using magic to accelerate my body as I landed where it fell, and there at the spot was an astonished Yuji and Aoi Todo, the latter being a special grade sorcerer. 

"Heyo!" I said in a cheerful tone as I stood above the curse. "Curse you!" it spat as it tried to get up but I forced it to remain still. "Thomas!" shouted Itadori, clearly having recognized me. I saw Todo looking at me like I was an anomaly. "What women is your type?" he asked as he seemed all serious. I just stared at him with a look that said 'What'. 

"I'm sorry, is that question really important?" I asked him as he nodded profusely. "Of course! A mans taste in women will tell me all about him and how he feels!" he shouted with such a profuse love and grandiose nature, it made me wonder if I was watching those soap operas that were popular back in the 90s.

"Do I have to answer?" I asked as he nodded, seemingly not letting this go. I sighed as I envisioned the perfect woman for my taste. Then, she flashed in my mind, Shuna. "A mild manner woman, who is slender, and has Sakura pink hair" I said. Todo looked at me with a gaze that seemed extremely dull. "Is that all? None of the bigger features a man desires?" he ask as if he was now disinterested. 

"Yeah, my only interest is in one specific girl you know? How can I have a preference for anybody but her?" I said with a smile as I felt the angry shaking and shuttering of the thing beneath me. "I admire that, but it still sounds boring so I demand a duel later" he said with determination but I wasn't really in the mood for it. The thing beneath me was not having it anymore as it threw me off as I skidded in the dirt, creating tracks in the dirt.

"I have had it with you humans! You scum of the earth, Die!" it uttered in the strange and foreign tongue it seemingly spoke with words that belonged to no language or tongue. It summoned swathes of large wooden boughs and spears to swarm our little group as a barrier formed around me and them, only there to prevent fatal wounds as Itadori and Todo got to work with some of my help.

Itadori was imbuing his fist with cursed energy, with no lag apparently according to Todo. "He was thinking his body into different parts, thus causing a lag" said Todo as he explained things to me. "It was what caused his divergence fist technique, yet he came to a realization with my help, allowing a better flow" he said as Todo clapped his hands and him and itadori switched using is technique, Boogie woogie, a teleportation type technique.

I grinned and I imbued my fist with magical energy, my fist attaining a glow as I jumped with a boom and my fist made contact with the curse. I felt its body bend as it shot back with a stream of purple blood flowing from its mouth. We made our way over there to see it healing itself, slowly. I had imbued a slight spell I had thought of on the spot, a spell that slows down regeneration by a certain amount. 

"You bastard!" it screamed as it summoned more of its cursed foliage. It felt like its anger was imbued into each and every plant as they attacked alot more ferociously then before. It was quite a bit of a work out, but my body was protected from that damage and certain wear and tear. I summoned a mass of energy as I began to form a spell out of it. Ideas swirled in my head as I saw Itadori make use of a technique I was told was incredibly rare.

Black flash, a technique that was incredibly difficult to perform, one that could onyl be performed by luck. It creates a spatial distortion when cursed energy is applied within 0.0000001 second of a hit, creating a phenomena that is similar to lighting. It amplifies the users hit and puts them in a 'zone' amplifying their understanding of cursed energy by seeing the core of it. 

"Nice one Brother!" shouted Todo as he watched this phenomena after he placed his strike. Itadori seemed to have a feeling of elation as he performed the technique, as if he was under an energy high. However, I noticed something peculiar. It was a dashed line marking the spot where he hit the curse, and a cut was immediately made among its body, amplifying what damage it did already. 

"You vile Beasts! Scourge of the earth!" it screamed as it was enraged and its cursed energy seemed to fluctuate. Feeling the battle was about to drag on, I summoned my blade once more as I imbued it with mana, calling upon the blessing hidden deep within my spirit. The water glowed as I slashed at the beasts, which it barely survived as I cut it 3/4 of the way, the wooden armor it made last minute saving it from total severance. 

I grinned as the battle seemingly got more exciting. I called upon my magical energy and my cursed energy in tandem, overlapping them as I activated my cursed technique. I dashed forward with explosive speed as I unleashed a barrage of punches, imbuing the concept of weakness onto it using my technique. I could feel it weaken as its cursed energy was depleting very noticeably. 

As It was swaying, I felt something tingle in the air as I spread my mana in a dome like fashion as I spotted Gojo somewhere farther away from our current location. I could see him with an eminating glow as a sphere of purple was formed. I shielded me and my teammates from the technique as it seemingly devoured everything in its patch like a predator, and the curse, which seemed powerful was annihilated, not even a speck of its body being left. 

Gojo then descended near us. "Woops! Hope you guys didn't get to roughed up" he said with some concern. "We're fine, but can you use the sacred gear to heal any unseen damages?" I asked him as he nodded and began applying the gears power as a portal opened up near me. "Where are you going?" he asked as he was healing them with its holy power over the concept of life. "Home to rest, you can figure the rest out" I muttered as I slipped into the special dimension that housed my bed and collapsed. feeling like everything that happens was like a 20k marathon as I closed my eyes. 

[A/N: Sorry for the late upload, school and stuff was happening. Anyway, I like how the arc was written, but I could have done better. Also, I got no game no life volumes 1 and 3-4 of the lightnovels. Gonna have to buy vol 2 separate. Its been slow as well due to me being tired from school. Anyhow, this is becoming too long so enjoy!]

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