Looking Forward to Another World Chapter 899: Ten Shadows Technique

Nearly a month had passed, and by now, Riezel had basically completed his training in Limitless.

One had to admit that his rate of progress was as fast as ever, so fast that even Satoru had begun to question his own existence. More than once, he had muttered something along the lines of,

As Satoru put it, he had already taught Riezel everything that needed to be taught. From this point onward, even without personally guiding Riezel through every step, Riezel was capable of completing the rest on his own.

At this stage, Satoru had very little left to teach Riezel about Limitless. In fact, it could practically be said that there was nothing left.

As long as Riezel kept honing his skills and completing each assignment Satoru gave him, his mastery of Limitless would catch up to Satoru's at an astonishing speed, and he might even surpass him entirely.

It was only a matter of time before that day arrived.

Hence, Riezel did not take Satoru's so-called test very seriously, since with his current level of mastery over Limitless, there was no way he would fail.

Since that was the case, Riezel thought that perhaps he should try developing another technique as well.

Riezel quickly made up his mind.

At present, he had learned a total of four cursed techniques.

Limitless, which he had learned from Satoru.

Ten Shadows Technique, which he had learned from Megumi.

Straw Doll Technique, which he had learned from Nobara.

And one more that belonged to the grade 1 jujutsu sorcerer responsible for teaching Yuji, known as the Ratio Technique.

Among them, the potential of the Limitless he had learned from Satoru was undoubtedly the highest. At the very least, the Straw Doll Technique and Ratio Technique could not compare to it at all.

However, the Ten Shadows Technique was an innate technique passed down through generations by one of the Big Three Clans, just like Limitless, so its potential might not be much weaker than Limitless and could even surpass it.

Satoru had personally admitted as much before.

Riezel still remembered what he had said at the time.

What did that prove?

It proved that the Ten Shadows Technique had, at the very least, enough potential to fight Limitless to the death!

If that was the case, then that technique was certainly worth developing.

Riezel recalled the effects of the Ten Shadows Technique.

It used one's own shadow as a medium and formed the corresponding hand signs, allowing the user to summon the corresponding shikigami.

True to its name, the Ten Shadows Technique had ten shikigami in total. Each one was stronger than an ordinary shikigami, but once one was completely destroyed, it could never be summoned again.

The strength of the shikigami was also largely determined by the user's cursed energy and overall power. Furthermore, each one possessed a unique ability that ordinary shikigami simply couldn't match.

Back when they were inside the incomplete domain of the special grade cursed spirit, Megumi had summoned one of the shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique—Divine Dogs.

They were dog-type shikigami, consisting of one black dog and one white dog that could remember the scent of humans, cursed spirits, and objects, then pursue and devour curses, making them exceptionally capable shikigami.

In the clearing within the forest, Riezel formed the hand sign and created a shadow figure, causing a spectacular amount of cursed energy to flow throughout his body.

Following his low call, Riezel's shadow began to move.

Animalistic cries resembling wolf howls came from within the shadow. It began to writhe and ripple, gradually taking the shape of two dog-like creatures.

Before long, the shadow surrounding the dog-like creatures splashed outward like rippling water, and the two enormous dogs emerged from within Riezel's shadow.

One was a white dog, while the other was a black dog—both resembling wolves. Both shikigami stared at Riezel with intelligent eyes before obediently lowering themselves in front of him, looking as though they were waiting for his orders.

"Divine Dogs, huh?"

Riezel observed them curiously for a while and discovered that his two Divine Dogs seemed to be much larger than Megumi's.

Megumi's two Divine Dogs were large dogs, but their size had not exceeded the range of an ordinary canine.

In contrast, each of Riezel's two Divine Dogs was as large as a horse. Perhaps it was because he had infused them with an enormous amount of cursed energy. Either way, they were far larger than any ordinary wolf, leopard, or tiger.

"Let's try another one."

Riezel formed another hand sign and summoned the second type of shikigami.

It was an extremely peculiar creature.

According to the legends of this country, Nue was a strange creature with the face of a monkey, the body of a raccoon, the limbs of a tiger, and the tail of a snake. Even though it had no wings, it could fly through the air. Its cry resembled that of a scaly thrush and was regarded as an ominous sound.

Nue was said to judge whether people were good or evil, and those it deemed would receive its protection, while those it judged to be would be killed in an extremely cruel manner.

It was a creature that existed only in folklore.

However, among the shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique, the summoned Nue resembled a gigantic owl instead, looking far less frightening than the creature described in the legends.

As Riezel's shadow began to surge violently, a gigantic owl burst out of it as though breaking through the ground.

With that, he successfully summoned his second shikigami.

Like Divine Dogs, Nue was enormous. Its wingspan alone was nearly four meters, making it more than capable of carrying a person through the sky.

However, when Nue appeared, it did not obediently lower itself as Divine Dogs had. Instead, it flew into the sky and looked down at Riezel from above, an ominous aura appearing in its eyes.

"Oh?"

Riezel raised an eyebrow, the corners of his lips curling slightly upward.

In the next second, Nue let out a piercing cry before diving straight toward Riezel.

Lightning began flashing across its body, enveloping it completely and transforming it into a terrifying thunderbird.

Accompanied by a deafening roar of thunder, it shot toward Riezel.

Nue's ability was to control lightning and use it to attack its enemies. If he were struck by a diving attack like this, paralysis would be the least of his concerns. Being burned to a crisp on the spot was entirely possible.

Seeing Nue charging toward him with lightning surrounding its body, Riezel smiled and changed the hand sign he had formed, turning it into a blade-shaped seal before raising it upright.

Nue, its entire body flashing with lightning, let out another piercing cry and slammed straight into Riezel's body—the impact shattered the ground beneath his feet and sent dust and sand surging into the air like a storm.

However, such a powerful attack still failed to touch his body.

Nue had only charged to within several centimeters of Riezel before coming to a complete stop, unable to move any farther. Even the lightning flashing violently around its body could not touch him.

"I'll have to hold back a little more. Gotta be careful not to completely destroy the shikigami."

Riezel spoke nonchalantly to himself as though he couldn't even see the Nue right in front of him.

"Otherwise, I might not be able to summon it again later."

Immediately after saying that, Riezel extended one hand toward Nue as knowledge regarding the cursed technique he was about to use flashed through his mind.

Generally speaking, every cursed technique had its own method of operation. By injecting cursed energy into the technique according to its method of operation, the user could successfully activate it.

According to Satoru, that operation was called

Ordinary jujutsu sorcerers used cursed energy and jujutsu by operating their techniques according to that natural flow.

However, a cursed technique could be operated normally, but it could also be reversed.

If cursed energy was used in a multiplicative manner, causing the negative energy inherent in cursed energy itself to become positive energy, that power would transform into reverse cursed energy, capable of healing injuries and eliminating all kinds of ailments.

was the name of the method of operation—a method of manipulating cursed energy that could be used to heal oneself or others even without relying on a cursed technique.

And if the positive cursed energy produced through Reversal was injected into Limitless, it would produce an infinitely powerful repulsive force called...

In an instant, an astonishing amount of cursed energy appeared at Riezel's raised fingertip. It rapidly contracted, dispersed, and condensed, eventually transforming into a dangerous crimson color.

Not long after, a point of light constructed from condensed red cursed energy appeared at his fingertip, almost illuminating the entire forest and causing the bird shikigami before Riezel to freeze in place, too terrified to move.

In the next moment...

With a deafening roar, a wave of red light suddenly erupted from somewhere within the forest before surging forward like a shock wave.

Everything in the path of the red light was blasted away by a terrifying, repulsive force before being crushed, annihilated, and destroyed.

Soil flew through the air.

Trees toppled one after another.

It was no exaggeration to say that the red light was like a divine spear, flattening everything in its path and leaving nothing standing as it tore through the forest.

By the time the red light dissipated, a gigantic ravine several hundred meters long had appeared through the forest, while dust and fragments of trees slowly fell back to the ground.

Riezel stood at the beginning of the ravine, while the red light in his hand had already been fired.

At the far end of the ravine, Nue lay there covered in blood, barely maintaining its original form.

A moment later, the gigantic bird shikigami transformed into a shadow and disappeared on the spot.

Of course, it had not been destroyed, but its summoning had simply been canceled.

At the same time, Riezel's heart stirred, and he instinctively understood something.

In fact, this was one of the taming rituals of the Ten Shadows Technique.

A jujutsu sorcerer who used the Ten Shadows Technique would initially only receive the two Divine Dogs to control, while the remaining nine shikigami would be in a state where they could not be controlled.

Only by defeating those remaining nine shikigami one by one could the user complete their taming and gain control over them.

"So, there are eight more?"

Standing before the enormous ravine, Riezel suddenly smiled.

"I'll take them on one at a time, then."