Chapter 83: Plundering Domain! Domain Expansion: Tathāgata

"Alright, don't force yourself!"

Li An nodded and stepped aside.

Zenyū Maki took a deep breath and focused completely.

She used every last bit of her magic to strengthen her body, pushing its physical durability to its peak.

In the next instant, she became a blur as she shot toward Lady Yatsushiro.

Seeing this, Lady Yatsushiro's expression subtly twisted into something almost human—disdain.

Li An understood at once: this Lady Yatsushiro had developed self-awareness and considerable intelligence.

Her power was already nearing the level of the Four Heavenly Disasters (Shinigami, Rokuro, Hanami, Dogen).

She clenched both fists and smashed them directly at Zenyū Maki.

Her speed was astonishing, unaffected by her massive body.

Zenyū Maki reacted swiftly, leaping aside to evade the strike, then sprinted up Lady Yatsushiro's arm toward her head.

Lady Yatsushiro's other hand swatted at Zenyū Maki like swatting a fly.

Zenyū Maki instantly halted, slashing out with "Mist-Cutting Hikari!"

The sharpness of this semi-divine weapon could not be resisted even by a Special Grade Curse.

Lady Yatsushiro's palm was instantly severed into fragments.

Zenyū Maki smiled, continuing to run up Lady Yatsushiro's arm toward her head.

Her goal was simple: decapitate this Special Grade Curse.

Lady Yatsushiro, now armless, had no time to defend—but just as Zenyū Maki reached her face, she smiled strangely.

Her severed palm had been restored by cursed energy, and now formed a hand seal.

Zenyū Maki's pupils shrank instantly; her mind screamed in horror: "Damn it—could it be that technique?!"

The next moment, Lady Yatsushiro spoke in human voice: "Domain Expansion: Tathāgata's Realm of Self-Mastery!"

Tathāgata's Realm of Self-Mastery is the sixth heaven among the Six Desires of Buddhism.

Legends say the denizens there descend to the mortal world, playing with human karma, deriving satisfaction from experiencing human desires and joys.

Thus, the denizens of that realm desire for human desire to endure forever.

The demon king Pāpīyān, who once obstructed Siddhartha's path to Buddhahood, was the lord of Tathāgata's Realm of Self-Mastery—also known as the Sixth Heaven Demon King!

Once Lady Yatsushiro's domain unfolds, anyone drawn into it becomes trapped in endless desire.

This is an attack on the soul and spirit!

Li An knew Zenyū Maki couldn't resist it—because to counter a domain, you need a domain.

Zenyū Maki had no domain!

Without hesitation, Li An moved.

He teleported instantly into Lady Yatsushiro's domain and pulled out a disc.

The disc's surface bore a dragon totem, flanked by eight Sword Crests.

Yes—it was the divine artifact used by Pan Duola in the God-Slayer ritual "Dark Christmas," the Ring of Seizure!

But Li An, having read the original, knew the true name of the "Ring of Seizure" was the "Ring of Plunder"—a divine artifact capable of sacrificing life it had killed, then stealing power from the corpse.

During his time in the God-Slayer world, Li An had let his "Divine Intellect Core" successfully analyze and replicate the "Ring of Seizure" and "Dark Christmas," producing a perfect copy of the "Ring of Plunder!"

Now, he intended to test its power on this Special Grade Imaginary Curse, Lady Yatsushiro!

Her domain's expansion—Tathāgata's Realm of Self-Mastery—showed Li An countless possibilities.

If developed well, it might become a Divine Technique!

Just like Limuru—he once had no Divine Techniques either, yet through Predator's Consumption, Sage's Analysis, and Mutator's Integration, he fused countless skills into three Divine Techniques!

Li An studied magic, Cursed Techniques, and Onmyodo precisely to accumulate skills.

Next time he used the Limuru template, he'd fuse all his skills and forge a few powerful ones.

He wanted this domain!

Holding the "Ring of Plunder" in one hand, Li An crossed his index and middle fingers and smiled at Lady Yatsushiro: "Domain Expansion: Infinite Void!"

With two domains clashing, Lady Yatsushiro stood no chance against Li An.

Though their techniques were similar, of the same tier.

But the user differed—and thus the power differed.

Like Uchiha Madara: his B-rank jutsu "Great Fire Annihilation" surpassed S-rank jutsu in power when wielded by him.

Lady Yatsushiro's domain shattered; Li An's "Infinite Void" flooded her mind with decades of useless information, burning out her brain.

Before her corpse vanished, he activated the "Ring of Plunder," using the body as a sacrifice to plunder her abilities!

The "Ring of Plunder" blazed with intense light, engulfing Lady Yatsushiro's corpse.

The next moment, a blood-red ritual array appeared simultaneously beneath Lady Yatsushiro's corpse and behind Li An.

Dark Christmas, activated!

Through the ritual, Lady Yatsushiro's power was continuously drawn out and channeled into Li An.

Li An's divine power assimilated all the plundered cursed energy into purest divine energy.

Simultaneously, Lady Yatsushiro's Innate Technique and her domain expansion—Tathāgata's Realm of Self-Mastery—were fully plundered by Li An.

Li An smiled faintly: "Second domain. Not bad."