Chapter 1389 - 982: The Ominous Jet-Black Demon Sword

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom——"

In the vast Xiantai Barrier, the sound of thunder continued to roar, allowing the falling lightning to relentlessly ravage the earth.

Standing atop [Nue]’s head, Sukuna wore a wildly arrogant smile, intensifying the malevolent aura emanating from him countless times over.

"Master Sukuna."

Li Mei, with blood still at the corner of her mouth, flashed onto [Nue]’s head, coming behind Sukuna and kneeling on one knee.

"I sincerely apologize; it’s all because of my incompetence that I had to trouble you to personally handle such a primitive monkey."

Li Mei seemed to feel very ashamed.

On the other hand, Knot, whose head was the only thing left and was held in Li Mei’s hand, seemed to take it for granted.

"Though it’s quite embarrassing, if you hadn’t intervened, both Li Mei and I, at our level, wouldn’t have been able to handle that reverse case of [Heaven and Curse Binding], and we might have easily been killed, so... you were a big help."

Unlike the embarrassed and respectful Li Mei, Knot spoke to Sukuna in an egalitarian tone.

"It can’t be helped." Sukuna finally withdrew his gaze from below, turning his neck as if still adjusting to his body, and said, "Even in our time, such a level of [Heaven and Curse Binding] had never appeared; it’s normal that you couldn’t handle it."

"This era is inferior in every way to the Heian period; the scale and overall strength of mages is far behind our time. Yet, considering it carefully, the special beings emerging in this era are actually even more unique compared to our time."

For example, Gojo Satoru, the Six Eyes appearing once in several hundred years, inheriting [Limitless], even his intrinsic abilities and strength would be unmatched in the Heian era.

For example, the reverse case of [Heaven and Curse Binding]. Though not particularly rare, cases with zero curse energy are exceptionally rare, yet two have arisen in modern times: the former Fushiguro Toji and now Eric Mozart.

And then, that even more special existence... Reiger Brillhaut.

Recalling the youth who once pinned him down with a calm expression, Sukuna couldn’t help but remember the two things the other had said.

"You seem to think I can’t handle you, is that right?"

"Such arrogant thoughts are true arrogance, Ryomensukuna."

Recalling the scene at that time and the look in the youth’s eyes, Sukuna squinted.

"...Master Sukuna?"

Li Mei’s somewhat fearful voice suddenly rang out, awakening Sukuna.

Only then did Sukuna realize he had unconsciously leaked a bit of killing intent.

"Looks like I’m getting impatient."

Sukuna didn’t plan to suppress this killing intent and smiled as if confused, turning to face Sukuna.

"Where is that kid? You should have his whereabouts, right?"

Hearing this, Knot showed a helpless expression.

"I’m grateful you rate me so highly, but unfortunately, this time I’ll have to disappoint you." Knot wanted to shrug but, realizing he only had a head left, couldn’t perform such an action, and said: "Not long ago, signs of his activity appeared in Tokyo, and he even had a bout with the enforcer sent by the Sorcery Department, but then he vanished."

Regarding Reiger’s confrontation with Okkotsu Yuta, the commotion was so great at the time that anyone who cared to investigate would find out.

Of course, Knot couldn’t ignore Reiger’s whereabouts, so he was the first to know about this matter.

In fact, even before Reiger and Okkotsu Yuta clashed, he had already anticipated such a scene would occur.

Because, in truth, the upper echelons of the Sorcery Department had almost been entirely controlled by him.

After Gojo Satoru was sealed, aside from Reiger Brillhaut, there was no one left in the world of sorcery that Knot feared.

So, long ago, Knot had planned to infiltrate the upper echelons of the world of sorcery, secretly controlling them to bring the sorcery world under his command.

This wasn’t difficult to accomplish.

At least, not for Knot.

With endless curses and multiple techniques, and even the ability to swap bodies, someone as cunning as Knot found infiltrating that decaying upper echelon tens to hundreds of times easier than sealing Gojo Satoru.

After Gojo Satoru was sealed, even that announcement was issued under his secret manipulation, aiming to turn Reiger Brillhaut, Itadori Yuji, and others attempting to unseal Gojo into public enemies of the world of sorcery, adding hurdles for them.

He didn’t expect the Sorcery Department’s people to deal with Reiger, only hoped they would cause him some trouble, making him isolated, which would be a great help.

For this reason, even getting Okkotsu Yuta and another special-grade sorcerer to pursue Reiger was arranged by Knot behind the scenes.

But after that, the person suddenly disappeared.

"Now that I think about it, he should have used this time to contact the underground Curse Masters, right?"

Knot thought so.

The rules of the Destruction Revisit strictly prohibited Reiger Brillhaut’s interference.

So, let alone intervening, even slight interference would trigger the rules of the Destruction Revisit.

But for Reiger Brillhaut to stand completely by would also be unlikely.

Therefore, according to Knot’s thoughts, in a situation where he couldn’t act himself, the most likely course of action would be to seek external allies.