“Fushiguro!
Itadori!”
Minoru struck successfully, without stopping, his voice cold.
“Understood!
Nue!
Divine Dogs!
Interfere with it!”
Nue emitted a dazzling electric light, striking Lower Rank Six.
The two Divine Dogs, one black and one white, shot out, biting the demon’s legs, which were about to exert force.
The powerful impact and tearing force restricted it.
Though it didn’t cause a fatal injury, it made its movements stiffen.
“Now!” Megumi looked at Yuji.
Yuji roared, his entire body’s strength erupting.
The paper nichirin blade in his hand burst forth with astonishing light.
“Take this!”
The Cursed Energy infused by Minoru poured out.
This strike was like a Getsuga Tensho.
As the Cursed Energy fell, Lower Rank Six’s body disintegrated, splitting in two.
Minoru carefully observed its body.
Sure enough, the torso, which had not yet had time to recover, was completely annihilated under the influence of the massive Cursed Energy.
Brute force really does work wonders.
“Wow!”
Although the paper blade softened, Yuji felt incredibly cool.
Yuji’s bravery was undeniable.
When it mattered, he really stepped up.
Minoru’s gaze fell on Lower Rank Four, the only one remaining on the field.
This was a small, somewhat cute, timid female demon with white hair and two horns on her forehead.
If Minoru remembered correctly, this demon’s name was Mukago.
Because of her cute appearance, even though she only appeared for a few minutes, she was quite popular.
“Only you are left.” Minoru looked at her and spoke indifferently.
The moment his voice fell, Mukago’s petite body trembled.
Her eyes were now filled with fear, and tears streamed down uncontrollably.
The overwhelming disparity in strength prevented her from even conceiving the idea of resisting.
“Wuwuwu…
I…
I don’t want to die…”
“Then guess if you will die or not.” Minoru stepped forward.
Mukago looked at Minoru, who was approaching step by step, her eyes trembling with fear.
Mukago instinctively took half a step back.
Her two legs seemed to have lost all strength, trembling uncontrollably, almost unable to support her body weight.
“You can’t even stand steady?
It’s alright, I’ll try to be quick.”
Minoru’s voice and fist arrived almost simultaneously.
Divergent Fist!
With a faint blue afterimage of Cursed Energy, his fist struck Mukago.
The first wave of force had just shattered her head when the second impact exploded through her body.
Mukago fell to the ground, her body continuously shattering and finally turning into ashes.
In a flash, all three Lower Ranks were annihilated.
Minoru’s eyes were cold, and he sneered, “Mongrel, this is the end for you.
If you have the guts, fight me one-on-one.”
“Let’s go!”
Minoru and his group rushed towards the Kamado Family’s direction without any hesitation.
Muzan, who was about to step out of the forest, stopped.
All the scenes on the field were transmitted to his eyes.
The next moment, his expression was filled with solemnity and anger.
“Is he cursing me?
And he wants to challenge me to a duel?”
To be able to instantly kill a Lower Rank so easily, he was definitely not an ordinary person.
Moreover, he killed a demon without using a nichirin blade.
Their objective was clear, they were obviously closing in on his location.
Could they be from the Demon Slayer Corps?
But he had never witnessed such power.
Muzan turned around, and in his red vertical pupils, a pathological excitement and cruelty flickered.
He decided that before conducting his experiment, he would tear apart these ants who didn’t know their place.
However, he did not choose to confront them head-on.
His figure shrank, and his presence gradually diminished in the next second.
Facing this unknown power, he dared not be careless.
…
Swish!
Swish!
Swish!
Just as Minoru and his group were about to rush out of the forest, several blood-red thorn whips shot out from the forest, aiming directly at Minoru.
“Heh, playing sneak attack?
Do you think I didn’t notice you?” Minoru’s lips curled into an extremely mocking sneer.
Muzan’s negative energy was too intense.
It couldn’t simply disappear by reducing his presence.
An indescribably evil energy suddenly erupted from Minoru’s body.
A highly condensed slash instantly formed in front of him.
“Dismantle.”
Pfft!!
Those several thorn whips, capable of killing even a Hashira, were cleanly cut in half.
It even severed Muzan’s right hand along with them.
“What?!” Muzan’s composed expression froze.
“This…
what kind of power is this?!”
A bone-chilling fear coursed through Muzan’s entire body like an electric current.
This was the second time in nearly a thousand years that he had felt such dread.
There was a terrifying aura emanating from this man.
In him, Muzan saw mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
This person was even more like a demon than he was.
I have to escape!
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That’s not right!
Amidst this extreme fear, Muzan’s instinct transmitted a completely opposite signal to him.
This man’s power seemed temporarily unable to kill him.
Although the severed arm and thorn whips were somewhat difficult to regenerate, it was not impossible.
This slash did not contain the power of the sun.
Muzan’s arm recovered as good as new in the next second.
This extremely contradictory feeling plunged his mind into unprecedented chaos.
‘I must understand this power.
If I can obtain it, even better.’ Muzan’s heart was filled with greed.
Greed overcame the desire to flee.
As long as he recovered quickly and killed him before he could attack again, it would be fine.
Whoosh!
Minoru and his group vanished from where they stood.
The next second, Minoru, holding Yuji in one hand and Megumi in the other, passed through the last of the forest and arrived at the open ground outside the Kamado Family’s home.
For Minoru, the open ground was the most advantageous offensive position and crucial for protecting the Kamado family.
Looking at the intact main gate, he knew he had finally arrived at the Kamado Family’s home before Muzan could act.
As expected, just as the system’s countdown displayed, nothing had happened yet.
All was silent.
Then, a crimson glow slowly lit up in the darkness not far away…
no, not one point.
It was two points.
In the darkness, a pair of red pupils opened.
“Your power is very interesting.
If you are willing to share your power with me, I will grant you eternal life.
Do you agree?”
Muzan emerged from the darkness, with nine whips on his back, adorned with sharp spurs.
Facing this invitation from the progenitor of demons, Minoru frowned.
There would certainly be information gaps between abilities and Muzan might not know what Dismantle was.
But he actually didn’t know that the power he was currently using was Cursed Energy?
Could it be that this world was constantly merging?
“No need to trouble yourself.”
Minoru’s lips curled into a cold arc as he looked at Muzan and said, word by word, “I am here to take your life.
Kibutsuji Muzan.”
“Itadori, Fushiguro.”
“Move!”
Muzan seemed to have heard the greatest joke, and his lips curled into a cruel arc.
“Take my life?
For a thousand years, the bones of those who spoke those words have long turned to dust.
You think with these clumsy…”
Muzan’s words abruptly stopped.
Minoru expressionlessly raised his hand and calmly fastened the paper Hanafuda earrings to his earlobe.
Clang!
The crimson “nichirin blade” unsheathed in response.
The seemingly fragile paper blade, infused with Positive Energy, now exuded a formidable aura capable of suppressing all evil.