In the inal anime, Ryoumen Sukuna's ability to hold his own against tless sorcerers was due to his mastery of cursed binding and equivalent exge.

  When it came to cursed binding, no sorcerer could rival Sukuna. This wasn't simply a matter of skill, it required ialent. Without it, no amount of effort would make a difference.

  "This is getting iing."

  Even as he uood the situation unfolding in the domain, Sukuna didn't panior did he bother to give Yuji any hints.

  Of course, Sukuna wouldn't admit the real reason for his ina, it was because he currently only had the strength of two fingers, far from enough to make any decisive moves.

  "Looks like this era, a thousand years ter, is far more eaining," Sukuna muttered with a rare hint of amusement.

  Uhe world he knew a millennium ago, where cursed spirits were limited in type and power, the present was brimming with variety. This era was far more dynamic, filled with both innovative cursed spirits and sorcerers wielding all kinds of abilities.

  Sukuna was not oo stay idle for long. He had a relehirst for battle and a deep-seated bloodlust that drove him to massacre sorcerers in his time.

  Now, however, this era offered something new—somethiing.

  Even Sukuna, with his pride, reized the sheer power of Gojo Satoru during his time iadori Yuji's body. Gojo was undeniably a formidable sorcerer, and Sukuna had no illusions about it. Even if he returo his peak strength, Sukuna couldn't guarantee an easy victory over him.

  Of course, if Sukuo speak of it, he'd still cim to be the stro. But such bravado art of his nature.

  "Tch."

  Aside from Gojo Satoru, there was another sorcerer who had caught Sukuna's attention—Ryuji.

  The sorcerer who not only dismantled Gojo's Limitless teique but also wielded his own domain with such mastery that even Sukuna couldn't ig.

  The first time Sukuna saw Ryuji's domain overpower another, he'd been momentarily stunned. It was more eous than Gojo's limitless teiques, an anomaly that even Sukuna hadn't anticipated.

  "Too bad there's so little information about him," Sukuna mused.

  Although he often relied on brute force, Sukuna was no fool. He was a ing tacti who never fought without preparation. Without fully uanding Ryuji's abilities, Sukuna had no iion of engaging him recklessly.

  Having finally been revived in this era, Sukuna had no desire to meet a premature end.

  "Tch!" Sukuna clicked his tongue again, bored with the current situation. For now, he stopped thinking about it.

  ---

  Meanwhile, ba the domain, Yuji, Nobara, and Maki had all somehow returo the campfire.

  They sat silently, staring into the fmes, eaed by their own thoughts.

  "Where did you go?"

  None of them could see or hear each other, yet they all sat around the same fire, unaware of their shared presence.

  The oppressive feeling of loneliness tio build, as if it fed on the crag fmes, growing more suffog with each passing moment.

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  By the time Ryuji arrived, it was already noon the day.

  Walking along the forest path, his pace was unhurried. He didn't seem ed in the slightest.

  But as he moved, the sky suddenly darkened.

  Gng at the time, Ryuji raised an eyebrow. It was only one or two iernoohe surroundings were shrouded in darkness.

  "A domain?" he muttered, a slight smile tugging at his lips.

  It didn't bother him that he'd stepped into a domain unknowingly. In fact, it intrigued him.

  "An open domain?"

  He could tell immediately. Open domains were rare, but not unheard of in this new era. The first time he'd entered one was Sukuna's domain, and now it seemed cursed spirits were evolving. Open domains were being more prevalent.

  The food domain he had seen at Totsuki Academy and this oh qualified as such.

  "Iing."

  Despite reizing he was inside a domain, Ryuji showed no sign of panic. He didn't rush to attack.

  Without the usual guaranteed-hit effect, this domain likely operated on a principle simir to the food domain—repg the guaranteed-hit feature with somethiirely different.

  "What could it be?"

  Curiosity sparked in him, and instead of ag, Ryuji tinued walking forward. He wao uand the domain's meics before doing anything drastic.

  Humming a soft tune, Ryuji strolled along, as if taking a leisurely walk.

  Eventually, he paused, sing his surroundings again.

  "A loop?"

  Though the area appeared to be an endless forest path, Ryuji immediately noticed something odd, he'd seen this sery before.

  In other words, he wasn't progressing; he was being led in circles.

  "Iing."

  Uhe darkened sky, Ryuji decided to stop walking.

  That's when he felt it.

  Loneliness.

  The emotion hit him suddenly, unprovoked. It didn't make sense.

  With his strength, Ryuji knew he could stay in one pce for decades without feeling even a twinge of loneliness.

  This emotion was unnatural fn.

  "I see."

  It was a curse, he realized, a loneliness curse embedded into the domain itself.

  "Not bad," Ryuji murmured. He could admit the curse's design was clever.

  But now that he uood its meics, there was o waste any more time.

  Hands csped together, Ryuji smirked.

  "Si's an open domain, I'll use my own open domain to deal with it."

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