Legend has it that a top-tier Demon Slayer swordsman can slay demons without even getting his Nichirin Blade stained with blood.
Looking at the pool of ghost blood she had flung onto the ground, Chika realized that her swordsmanship was still far from perfect. Her swordsmanship only possessed powerful attack capabilities due to the enhancement of her breathing technique; she still had much to learn in terms of pure swordsmanship.
Tanjiro watched as Chinatsu instantly killed a demon, but he was no longer stunned. However, instead of using Hinokami Kagura like Chinatsu, he continued to use Water Breathing.
However, the difference isn't actually that big. In any case, whether facing Hinokami Kagura or a fully focused Water Breathing user, the damage output is clearly excessive.
"Water Breathing: Water Spray + Water Surface Slash!"
Tanjiro used two sword techniques in succession, one of which, Water Spray, was a movement-based sword technique. Yahaba's eyes trembled as he tried to lock onto Tanjiro's figure but failed until Tanjiro struck him with a Water Surface Slash, severing his head with deadly precision.
Whew~
Tanjiro exhaled. Although he could sense that the two demons from before were much stronger than the one on Mount Fujikasa, they were still within the range of being instantly killed.
This is the power that can be displayed after completing the "Full Concentration - Normal" stage. Although it is not enough to become the standard Pillar of this era, if we push the era forward a few generations, the Demon Slayer who has mastered "Full Concentration - Normal" would be worthy of the title of Pillar.
Because the pillars of this era were the strongest group after the Warring States period!
After dealing with the two demons, Chinatsu and Tanjiro quickly turned and left, returning to Tamayo's mansion.
After Chika and Tanjiro dealt with Akasamaru and Yahaba, Muzan, who was pretending to be a hardworking father to a little girl, sensed that his subordinates had been killed.
He wouldn't have reacted at all if it were just an ordinary brat being killed, but Akasamaru and Yahaba were his direct subordinates who had come to this city with him, and their area of activity was not far from his own.
His own men were killed by the demon hunters not far away; no matter how despicable he was, he couldn't possibly remain indifferent.
"Dad? Dad? What's wrong?"
The little girl in Muzan's arms looked at him with a puzzled expression. Muzan immediately put on a gentle smile and said to the little girl, "Daddy suddenly remembered that there is some work that needs to be done. I need to go there right away. You come home with Mommy first."
"Ah~ okay, then Daddy should come home early~"
The little girl and her mother were put into a car by Muzan and left this area under his watchful eyes. As they left, Muzan's expression changed drastically. He turned around seriously and walked into an alley in the street. Then, he flashed and arrived at the place where Akasamaru and Yahaba were destroyed.
After a quick glance, Muzan deduced that two members of the Demon Slayer Corps had arrived and were fighting with Akasamaru and Yahaba.
"They lost in a two-on-two battle? What a useless bunch." Muzan muttered in annoyance.
Although he wasn't the one who lost, these two were still his direct subordinates. The fact that his direct subordinates were killed by the Demon Slayer Corps in his vicinity was a great humiliation.
Muzan's expression was quite solemn. He was already preparing to investigate which two Demon Slayer Corps members had attacked his subordinates, and then personally "avenge" them.
Just as Muzan was thinking this, he saw the sword mark that Chinatsu had made with Hinokami Kagura on the wall next to him. In an instant, his originally solemn face turned extremely pale... no, perhaps "pale" would be a more accurate description.
"This sword mark...this is!!!"
Muzan stared wide-eyed, his face deathly pale. Without even realizing it, his hands were trembling slightly.
The original name of Hinokami Kagura is "Sun Breathing," and this breathing technique is also known as "Origin Breathing," which is the original and strongest breathing technique. Muzan once encountered a swordsman who used this breathing technique. In just one exchange, the swordsman suppressed Muzan, and in the end, Muzan had no choice but to split his flesh into pieces and flee in panic.
If Muzan is the strongest character in Demon Slayer, then that swordsman is the supreme being standing on the roof. Because of his existence, the demons were suppressed by humans during the Warring States period until he died of old age like an ordinary human, at which point the demons sounded the horn of counterattack.
Muzan: Yoriichi Tsugikuni is finally dead!!!
After Yoriichi Tsugikuni's death, Muzan was overjoyed, but due to psychological trauma, he spent a lot of time specifically killing people related to Origin Breathing. This is why, apart from the Rengoku family, no one knows about the existence of Origin Breathing.
Looking at the sword marks on the wall, Muzan's presbyopia flared up. It was as if the terrifying man from back then appeared before him, holding a black and red Nichirin Blade, staring at Muzan like a demon.
"What do you take life for?!"
Muzan shuddered, lowered his head, clenched his fists, and bit his teeth tightly.
How is this possible?!
There's even a successor to Yoriichi Tsugikuni who killed my subordinate right in front of me. Is this a warning to me?
Muzan is both despicable and cowardly, but this is entirely because he was beaten by that man back then. He understands that the current successor of Yoriichi Tsugikuni is probably not strong enough to contend with him, but what if... what if the other party "explodes"?
Even if there's only one possibility out of a hundred thousand that the other party will kill him, he doesn't want to try it.
Muzan arrived at the wall marked with sword marks. He reached out and pressed his hand against a section of the wall, and in an instant, the wall turned into fragments and dust.
"hateful!!!!!!"
Muzan then urgently convened the Infinity Castle meeting, the kind that required all Upper Moon demons to attend. Normally, a meeting of this caliber would only signify one possibility: that one of the Upper Moon demons had died at the hands of a demon slayer.
Akaza, the Upper Moon Three, opened his eyes upon arriving at the Infinity Castle. His gaze was grave as he pondered why he had been transported here. After finishing his thought, Akaza's eyes widened, and he blurted out, "Could it be that Doma was killed by the Demon Slayers?!"
"Hey, hey, hey~ You can't say that, can you? I'm not that easy to kill~" Upper Moon Two Doma appeared behind Akaza and said with a smile.
Upper Moon One, Kokushibo.
The second upper moon, Doma.
The third upper moon, Akaza.
Upper Moon Four, Hantengu.
The fifth waxing moon, Jade Pot.
Upper Moon Six, Gyutaro.
After the Upper Moon demons gathered, they stood before their leader, Muzan Kibutsuji.
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