What happens
In Sendai, Yuta has been breaking the deadlock. 
Dhruv LakdawallaDhruv LakdawallaHumanAn incarnated ancient sorcerer whose shikigami technique created barriers along their flight path. Yuta copied Dhruv's technique and used the barrier-creating shikigami during the ... falls, his patrolling shikigami go with him, and that brings out 
KurourushiKurourushiSpecial Grade · Cursed SpiritA cockroach-type cursed spirit that appeared in the Sendai Colony during the Culling Game. Its Earthen Insect Trance summoned massive swarms of cursed insects that interfered with ...: a swarm of real cockroaches reinforced with cursed energy, which strips a man to the bone in front of the stadium full of civilians Yuta is trying to shelter.
That leaves 
Takako UroTakako UroHumanAn incarnated ancient sorcerer in the Culling Game's Sendai Colony who wielded Sky Manipulation: the ability to fold, stretch, and twist atmospheric space. Uro was a formidable thr... and 
Ryu IshigoriRyu IshigoriHumanAn incarnated ancient sorcerer possessing the highest cursed energy output ever recorded. Ryu's Granite Blast hit with the force of artillery, and his raw firepower dominated the S.... Uro's technique treats the sky as a surface she can take hold of, fold and swing, so her attacks arrive from directions that should not exist. She fights because an incarnated sorcerer has come back from the dead and she does not intend to waste the second one. Ishigori has been hungry for four hundred years and wants nothing except someone who will hit him with everything.
Yuta puts the ring on and Rika manifests whole, five minutes of stored cursed energy and a chest full of cursed tools, and he opens with the Inumaki clan's cursed speech written across his mouth.
Then he copies. Rika takes a piece of Uro's arm and 
Sky ManipulationSky ManipulationUro controls the sky as if it were fabric. She folds, stretches, compresses, and twists atmospheric space around her, deflecting attacks by curving their trajectory through warped ... becomes his, which is how Ishigori's 
Granite BlastGranite BlastExtension TechniquePure cursed energy compressed into a projectile and fired at lethal velocity. Ryu Ishigori's output is the highest ever recorded, and Granite Blast is where that number becomes a p... ends up redirected into the sky.
He spares both of them and takes their points instead, which the rule Higuruma added now allows.
Fights
Yuta vs. Kurourushi
Yuta vs. Uro vs. Ryu
Manga chapters adapted
- Chapter 174
- Sendai Colony, Part 1
Volume 20
- Chapter 175
- Sendai Colony, Part 2
Volume 20
- Chapter 176
- Sendai Colony, Part 3
Volume 20
- Chapter 177
- Sendai Colony, Part 4
Volume 20
- Chapter 178
- Sendai Colony, Part 5
Volume 20
- Chapter 179
- Sendai Colony, Part 6
Volume 20
- Chapter 180
- Sendai Colony, Part 7
Volume 20
- Chapter 181
- Tokyo No. 2 Colony, Part 1
Volume 21