Chapter 169

"Immediately initiate Level 3 emergency response!"

"Notify the Special Action Group, everyone move out! Let the medical team and logistics team be prepared!"

Chen Zhen's mouth lifts unconsciously. Although he tries hard to make his voice serious, the joy in his tone is hard to express, and the entire duty room is a bit excited.

Although he doesn't know why these two Myriad Realms treasure holders are fighting, it's good that they are fighting. If they don't fight, how would they know there are two more Myriad Realms treasure holders in their city, and they are Stage Two, close to Stage Three ones at that.

If they are recruited into the Tianshu Bureau, he doesn't dare to imagine how many rewards they can get.

The piercing siren pierces the night sky, and three black armored vehicles roar out of the underground garage.

"Attention everyone! Target Zhaoyang Park, two suspected Stage Two peak Myriad Realms treasure holders are fighting! Prioritize ensuring civilian safety, establish a cordon, and wait for further instructions!"

"Yes."

Zhaoyang Park, by the artificial lake.

"Bang!"

Zhou Ming hits the third ginkgo tree heavily before barely stabilizing his figure, a ferocious expression on his pale face; he never expected that on the day he confirmed his body change, without any exposure, someone would come to his door, and even more unexpectedly, the visitor would be such an existence.

Under the moonlight, the figure of the boy holding the sword burns his retina like a branding iron.

"Yoriichi Tsugikuni..."

Zhou Ming grinds his teeth. He is naturally not saying that the other party is Yoriichi Tsugikuni, just that the other party reminds him of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

At the first sight of the other party, his blood boils instinctively. That scorching, disgusting aura is undoubtedly the successor of the Demon Slayer Corps!

It's just that he doesn't know whose inheritance it is. There is more than one person who can use Sun Breathing besides Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

Li Shuyang approaches slowly, the wooden sword glowing red in the moonlight, his eyes as terrifyingly calm as the man standing in front of Muzan in the *Demon Slayer* world.

"Seeing you reminds me of a... damn person."

The boy's voice is low, and the red light on the wooden sword becomes more intense.

The arc of Zhou Ming's mouth becomes more ferocious, laughing grimly:

"Coincidentally, me too."

He doesn't explain that he only obtained Muzan's ability today, and there is no need to explain anything.

The Demon Slayer Corps and demons are naturally opposed.

The moment he became a demon, in the eyes of the Demon Slayer Corps, he deserved to die.

So—

"Boom!"

His figure explodes suddenly, turning into dozens of flesh and blood afterimages rushing from all directions! Each afterimage extends sharp bone spurs, tearing the air and making a harsh whistle.

Li Shuyang's figure doesn't move, but the wooden sword suddenly ignites with red flowing light.

"Sun Breathing, First Form: Dance!"

The scorching arc slash blooms, vaporizing all the incoming bone spurs, but Zhou Ming's attack doesn't stop.

"Sun Breathing, Second Form: Clear Blue Sky!"

Li Shuyang changes moves extremely fast, slashing out a sun-like flame slash horizontally. Zhou Ming's chest is slashed open with a huge wound, but he grins and regenerates instantly.

"Although I don't know how you learned Sun Breathing, as long as it's not him, Sun Breathing in anyone's hands is no different!"

Zhou Ming's voice comes from all directions, and flesh and blood tentacles protrude from the ground like poisonous snakes.

"Sun Breathing, Fourth Form: Fake Rainbow!"

Li Shuyang's figure turns into seven afterimages, and his true body has advanced to Zhou Ming's front.

"Sun Breathing, Seventh Form: Beneficent Radiance!"

The wooden sword is like a scorching rainbow, stabbing directly at Zhou Ming's throat!

"Puff!"

The blade tip enters the flesh for three inches, but Zhou Ming twists his neck strangely, and backhands five bone blades to stab at Li Shuyang's abdomen.

"Sun Breathing, Third Form: Burning Sun Mirror!"

Two arc-shaped flame slashes intersect, barely blocking the fatal blow, but Zhou Ming's attack is continuous like a tide, and twelve flesh and blood spikes attack from different angles!

"Sun Breathing, Sixth Form: Solar Heat Haze!"

The rotating flame slash burns the spikes, but Zhou Ming has already taken the opportunity to pull away, seven hearts beating wildly, and the regeneration speed reaches the limit.

"It's useless, you're still far behind."

Zhou Ming licks the corner of his mouth. He doesn't care where the other party learned this Sun Breathing, whether it is Yoriichi Tsugikuni or Tanjiro, it doesn't matter to him.

As long as Yoriichi Tsugikuni, that monster, doesn't come in person, even if the other party obtained Tanjiro's template, he doesn't think he can hurt him at all with Sun Breathing.

Demon King Tanjiro? The only person this body has feared from beginning to end is one person!

"Boom——!"

Zhou Ming's figure disappears instantly. The next second, he appears in front of Li Shuyang. The boy doesn't even have time to raise his sword before being kicked heavily in the side of the abdomen!

"Crack!"

The sound of broken ribs is clearly audible. Li Shuyang flies out like a rag, hitting several trees in succession before slamming heavily into the embankment of the artificial lake.

"Cough!"

Blood sprays from his mouth. Li Shuyang struggles to get up, only to see Zhou Ming standing in front of him like a ghost.

"Do you know?"

"The moment you found me, I was very afraid."

"Even though I obtained his ability for less than a day, even though I have never hurt anyone, I am still very afraid; especially after you used Sun Breathing, that fear became more profound. I even thought Yoriichi Tsugikuni came to kill me in this world with a new identity."

"Fortunately, you are just a lucky person who obtained Sun Breathing, an impostor who made me feel fear."

Zhou Ming leans over, his pale fingers pinching Li Shuyang's throat and lifting him up.

"Bang!"

A heavy punch hits the abdomen. Li Shuyang's spine is almost folded in half, and his internal organs seem to be stirred to pieces.

"See, this is the gap between us."

"A gap like a chasm."

Zhou Ming lets go, letting the other party collapse on his knees, then steps on Li Shuyang's back. Bone cracking sounds follow one after another, and Li Shuyang's pupils begin to dilate.

"Look at your own miserable appearance, successor of Sun Breathing."

Zhou Ming grabs Li Shuyang's hair, forcing him to look at the reflection in the lake, where a boy covered in blood and in a miserable state is reflected.

"Although I really want to kill you, you should indeed be grateful that there are strong people in this world who can kill me, and I don't want to hide in a place like Muzan Kibutsuji just to wait for them to die."

"So, you will survive."

"Before obtaining power, because of one's own weakness, one has to follow rules and order; after obtaining power, one still has to follow rules and order because of one's own weakness."

"It's truly regrettable."

Human desire will not converge because they have obtained power, but will expand because they have obtained power.

Zhou Ming is like this.

In less than a day after obtaining Muzan Kibutsuji's power, he formulated countless plans for his future, each of which was to move toward the strongest power and obtain the power to do whatever he wanted.

Do you understand what "above the self, all beings are equal; below the self, the hierarchy is strict" means?

Having to follow order before obtaining power, and still having to follow order after obtaining power, did he obtain this power for nothing?

After people obtain what they want, the first thing they do is—forget their roots.

(End of chapter)