As Tanjiro charged toward her with his Nichirin Blade, Daki instinctively leaned back. Noticing this, she gritted her teeth and flung her hands forward.
A series of whooshing sounds rang out as countless ribbons flew out, but these ribbons could not hinder Tanjiro's advance at all. With each flash of blazing flame, one or even several ribbons were cut off.
Something's wrong! Something's wrong! Something's wrong!
As Tanjiro advanced, cutting through Daki's ribbons, she finally couldn't hold back any longer when she reached him. She took a step back.
Daki ran away, and Tanjiro chased after her.
Daki was completely dumbfounded. As an Upper Moon demon, she was always chasing after humans, and this was the first time she had ever been chased by one.
Are this generation's [Pillars] really that powerful?!
Amidst Daki's confusion and bewilderment, Tanjiro suddenly seized an opening in Daki's ribbon attack and struck her in the neck.
In that instant, Daki's neck transformed into a ribbon-like shape, its immense hardness and resilience preventing Tanjiro, who hadn't activated his Crimson Blade, from severing it in a short time.
Daki seized the opportunity, and her body once again split into a ribbon that flew towards Tanjiro. Tanjiro reacted quickly and leaped backward, dodging Daki's attack.
Daki, whose neck had recovered, was panting heavily, beads of cold sweat dripping down her face. Tanjiro, on the other hand, remained calm. Although the Hinokami Kagura was extremely taxing on his body, his long-term training had not been in vain.
Tanjiro frowned slightly. Why was this Upper Rank demon in front of him a little... weak?
No, it's just that the other side hasn't shown their true strength yet. They're at the top level, so I need to be even more serious and cautious.
"Hinokami Kagura: Crimson Mirror of the Blazing Sun!"
Tanjiro leaped again and charged toward Daki. As he approached, Tanjiro unleashed sharp slashes from both sides, sending bursts of fiery energy toward Daki.
Daki's expression trembled. Her dignity as an Upper Moon demon told her to accept the blows, but her demonic intuition told her that taking these sword strikes would be more than just painful.
Daki was desperately dodging Tanjiro's attacks. From the beginning, the distance between her and Tanjiro was estimated to be two or three hundred meters.
Daki, who noticed this scene, had the word "shame" written all over her face, but she was helpless against Tanjiro, who was ruthless, taciturn, and relentlessly approaching her.
With Daki's countless ribbons missing their mark once again, the two widened the distance between them, and the battle seemed to have reached a stalemate.
Just then, Inosuke arrived at the scene with two Nichirin Blades. On his way there, he encountered Zenitsu, who was returning to retrieve the blades. From Zenitsu, Zenitsu told him that Tanjiro was fighting an Upper Rank Demon.
"Tanjiro, I'm here to lend you a hand!"
Inosuke descended from the sky, landing gracefully between Tanjiro and Daki.
Inosuke glanced at the disheveled Daki and then at the unharmed Tanjiro, and his mind went blank.
"Tanjiro, where are the Upper Moon demons?"
Tanjiro immediately revealed the same lazy, fishy look as Chinatsu, and nodded to Inosuke, indicating that the woman in the other direction was the one.
Inosuke was naturally aware of this, but what puzzled him was that Tanjiro alone was able to suppress the Upper Rank Demon. Was Tanjiro too strong or was the Upper Rank Demon too weak?
Tanjiro is too strong?
Inosuke didn't think so. Although he reluctantly acknowledged that Tanjiro was strong, he was also aware of just how strong he was.
So the answer is another one?
Unlike Tanjiro, Inosuke didn't think as much. He turned to Daki and said quietly, "You're too weak. Are you really an Upper Moon?"
Upon hearing this, Daki was furious. She was so angry that she seemed to transform into a Super Saiyan, and her hair even started to fly upwards.
However, this did not frighten Inosuke. Inosuke stood next to Tanjiro with his Nichirin Blade. She could not beat Tanjiro in a one-on-one fight, and now she was facing two against one.
Daki stared intently at the two people before her, and just then, a strange male voice echoed in her mind.
[Okay, let me take over now...]
"No, I can handle it!"
With a remarkably quick response, Daki declared that she wanted to defeat the two humans before her alone to prove herself.
Upon hearing Daki's reply, the other party fell into a brief silence before asking another question.
[What should you do next...?]
"Hmph! The opponent's strength isn't much stronger than mine. I'm a demon, and human swordsmen can't maintain this level of skill forever. They'll eventually get tired, but I can restore my strength and accelerate my regeneration by eating just one human. I've stored up a whole bunch of humans in the underground of the red-light district that I haven't eaten yet. Brother, just enjoy my performance!"
Daki spoke with pride and confidence. She didn't think the brown-haired boy in front of her could maintain this fighting ability indefinitely. As for this pig-headed guy who suddenly appeared, he looked like a small fry and should be easy to deal with.
The advantage lies with me!
Just as Daki took a step forward, preparing to launch another attack, her ribbon clone, who was in charge of managing the underground cave, sent an unusual message.
Beneath the originally highly concealed red-light district, in an underground cave, strips of Daki's silk ribbons intertwine, sealing within them beautiful women.
These are all prey captured by Daki, most of whom are people from various brothels. On the surface, they have disappeared for various reasons, but in secret, they have been captured by Daki and sealed in silk ribbons, to be opened and consumed at Daki's whim.
In this normally quiet food storage area of Daki, two figures suddenly appeared.
"This place actually exists! Chika, how did you find it?"
"Haha, luck, luck."
The two people inside the cave were none other than Chika and Tengen.
The ribbon clone looked at the two of them, its pupils trembling. If Daki could mistake Tanjiro for a "Pillar", then Chinatsu and Tengen were even more likely to be mistaken.
A powerful aura emanated from the two of them. Before the ribbon clone inside the cave could react, a loud roar was heard, and the ribbon clone was instantly cut into seven or eight pieces.
Feeling her clone being destroyed, Daki couldn't help but take two or three steps back. She covered half of her face with one hand, revealing an expression of disbelief.
"Two more [pillars]? And they're even stronger than this brat in front of me?!"
At this moment, Daki finally realized what a huge fish she had caught. Tanjiro and Inosuke, who were directly in front of her, did not wait for Daki to calm down. Taking advantage of the moment when Daki was confused for some reason, they charged directly at her without any sense of martial ethics.
"Beast Breathing - Third Fang - Fang Tear!"
"Hinokami Kagura: Radiant Grace!"
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