Kyogai, the demon with drums embedded in his body, felt as if his very brain were trembling!
Looking at the three Hashira who had appeared before him, only one thought remained in his mind.
“Are you Demon Slayer Corps members incapable of playing fair?
Three Hashira ganging up on me, a discarded former Lower Rank Six?!
Is that really necessary?” Kyogai quietly shifted his feet backward.
Although the hope was slim, he still tried to find a chance to escape.
However, the next moment, Kyogai heard a thunderous shout.
“Sun Breathing, Seventh Form: Beneficent Radiance!” Kyogai turned his head in a daze, only to see a blaze of light as dazzling and blinding as the sun.
The next moment, he felt the world before his eyes flip and spin.
It was not until he saw the floor up close that Kyogai realized what had happened.
He had actually been decapitated with a single strike by another swordsman who had suddenly appeared.
Before his consciousness faded, a thought vaguely surfaced in Kyogai’s mind.
“Th-there’s another expert?” Seeing the demon with drums embedded in his body decapitated by his own hand, Lin did not sheath his blade.
He turned abruptly and launched another strike at the room’s wall.
“Sun Breathing, First Form: Flash Dance!” Outside the room, that tall demon had not even reacted before he saw the wall suddenly burst open.
A dazzling flash of fire suddenly struck, and the dark red blade could be vaguely seen within it.
Seeing this, the tall demon immediately turned to flee.
However, the next moment, he felt his perspective getting lower and lower, even seeing his own headless body running at full speed.
It was only when he sensed himself beginning to dissipate that the tall demon realized what had actually happened.
So he had already been decapitated…
That was not the end of it.
Lin turned again, pivoted in another direction, and then violently threw the blade in his hand.
Although this move still utilized Sun Breathing, it did not belong to any specific sword form.
Yet the blade still erupted with a burst of solar flames, then pierced through layers of walls.
Immediately after, a scream belonging to a demon rang out from outside!
Murata’s face was filled with shock.
Three moves!
Mr.
Lin had killed three demons using only three moves!
But after the shock, Murata could not help but feel that Mr.
Lin’s actions were somewhat subtle.
It was almost as if Mr.
Lin was afraid the other three Hashira would steal the demons from him, so he hurried to act…
In fact, Murata was right.
Lin was indeed “stealing kills.” He was about to face Kokushibo, so of course he had to take the opportunity to farm another wave of synchronization.
However, after checking his synchronization, Lin was somewhat stunned.
According to his deductions, killing a Lower Rank demon could increase his synchronization by 5%, while ordinary demons were around 3%.
But now, after killing the former Lower Rank Six and two ordinary demons, he had only gained a total of 6%.
Were these demons too weak, so killing them would not increase his synchronization much?
Or was it that as synchronization increased, the effect of simply killing demons would gradually diminish, and he should shift his focus to understanding Yoriichi Tsugikuni?
As Lin was still pondering, he heard Kyojuro Rengoku say in a bold and hearty manner, “Hmm!
That was a truly beautiful three moves!
You killed three demons directly!
I was completely unable to help!
This truly makes me feel ashamed!” However, Sanemi Shinazugawa had a gloomy face and said, “It’s not that we were completely unable to help.
It is that Mr.
Lin did not give us a chance to intervene at all.
So, does Mr.
Lin feel that our strength is insufficient, that even dealing with demons like these, we are of no use?” Lin sighed helplessly.
After the trip to Asakusa, Tokyo, Sanemi Shinazugawa had completely acknowledged his strength, and his way of addressing him had changed to “Mr.
Lin.” But this guy’s irritable personality still had not improved at all.
Lin could tell that Sanemi Shinazugawa and Kyojuro Rengoku were actually expressing the same meaning.
But somehow, once it passed through his mouth, it immediately changed its tone.
However, although Lin could not directly explain his “kill-stealing” behavior, he could explain it tactfully.
Yet before he could open his mouth, Lin saw signs that Giyu Tomioka, who was beside him, was about to speak.
At this moment, only one thought remained in Lin’s mind.
“It’s over!” If Giyu Tomioka spoke at this time, heaven knows what the effect would be!
But immediately after, Lin recalled that while at headquarters, Giyu Tomioka had been able to communicate with people relatively normally.
At that time, he had even asked him quite seriously, “So, saying whatever comes to mind directly is what you call normal communication with people?” If Giyu Tomioka could really express his thoughts directly, perhaps it would not lead to any more misunderstandings.
He only heard Giyu Tomioka say in a deep voice, “When I was traveling with Mr.
Lin before, we discussed a similar topic.
At that time, to guide me, he told me very seriously that if I felt my strength was insufficient, I should just continue to hone myself.
But absolutely do not let that make you keep disheartening words on your lips.
At that time, Mr.
Lin even used my own situation as an example.
For so many years, I have always felt that I did not truly pass the Mt.
Fujikasane trial, that I did not deserve the position of Hashira, so I would always keep the phrase ‘I am different from you’ on my lips.” Hearing this, Kyojuro Rengoku immediately said heartily, “So that’s how it is!
That’s right!
I really should not say such disheartening words!” Lin silently complained in his heart.
Kyojuro Rengoku’s momentum when speaking was too bold.
He did not feel at all that what the other party said was disheartening.
On the other side, the displeasure and irritability on Sanemi Shinazugawa’s face had actually faded by more than half.
“So it’s been so many years, and you are still minding the matter at Mt.
Fujikasane.
Sigh, never mind.
No wonder you would say things like ‘I am different from you.'” Lin was somewhat surprised to hear this.
Was he about to witness a reconciliation between Giyu Tomioka and Sanemi Shinazugawa?
He looked at Sanemi Shinazugawa, then turned his head to look at Giyu Tomioka, and then discovered that the latter actually still had something to say.
“By the way, at that time I also vaguely heard Mr.
Lin whispering a sentence.
I have been thinking about the meaning of that sentence ever since.
He must have summarized poor performance with the word ‘bad,’ and encouraged me to practice more.
I think this sentence makes a lot of sense, so I am also giving this sentence to you.” Lin was filled with a bad premonition and hurriedly reached out to grab Giyu Tomioka.
But when he grabbed Giyu Tomioka, the latter had already said the words.
“Sanemi Shinazugawa, you…
If you’re bad, practice more!” …
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