Chapter 43: Kochou Kanae

The scene was quiet for a rare moment; the man-eating ghosts were terrified because they realized the ghost that had just been blasted to pieces had truly turned into fly ash, while Hirano Katsumi twitched twice and then fell silent.

【You have killed the Magistrate, Hirano Katsumi, and gained 50 Dimension Points.】

【Milestone: Seed of Murder progress updated, currently: 10/100.】

Kochou Kanae was also stunned where she stood; although she did not understand what "JOJO" meant, the man's wild and violent fighting stance before her, as well as his act of mercilessly crushing Hirano Katsumi to death, both dealt her a massive shock.

"Who... are you..."

She spoke, slowly regaining her senses at this moment. Looking at the magistrate Hirano Katsumi, who had collapsed lifelessly, she knew that the events of this night might already be impossible to explain clearly; the magistrates of the nearby villages would likely all turn to view the Demon Slayer Corps with hostility due to the death of their colleague.

And that minister... he would certainly spread this far and wide, and the Master might be implicated once again.

"You, what on earth have you done!"

Kochou Kanae glared at Bai Cangshu.

Bai Cangshu ignored this woman who could not commit herself fully to the slaughter; the other party was kind and beautiful, but she was not a qualified killer. So-called status was only something that needed to be considered outside of the killing.

He felt his state beginning to become unstable, with a faint, sharp pain emerging from his lower abdomen; this was a situation he had never encountered before when activating this stance.

But Bai Cangshu did not show it; instead, the smile on his face became even more wanton.

He scanned the man-eating ghosts in the area, and the next moment, he stomped violently on the ground.

Bang! 【Two Tigers Style: Fire Heaven Form: Raging Fire】 activated once again.

His figure was violent, appearing in an instant before the nearest man-eating ghost. Seeing Bai Cangshu pounce toward it, the ghost opened its mouth directly, its neck stretching out and its jaw tearing open at a huge angle, coming directly to bite at Bai Cangshu.

Bai Cangshu did not even look, his head bending at an unnatural angle to dodge the bite, while Ripple Sprint was already activated on his left hand.

Pfft! It was as smooth as a hot knife cutting through butter.

Bai Cangshu's left hand, fingers held together like a blade, slashed out casually, and the man-eating ghost's elongated neck and head were severed, rapidly beginning to melt.

【You have killed a man-eating ghost and gained 10 Dimension Points.】

【Milestone: Demon Hunter progress updated, currently: 12/20.】

In his current state, Bai Cangshu's speed and strength completely crushed ordinary man-eating ghosts. Bai Cangshu estimated that after the amplification, his actual stats should be above 20 points.

Like a fierce ghost pouncing on prey, amidst the explosive sounds of his violent footfalls, the man-eating ghosts fell one after another.

Watching this terrifying man, Kochou Kanae felt her heart palpitating; such a scene was even more frightening than the strongest Pillar, the 【Stone Pillar: Himejima Gyoumei】.

That extreme violence, born entirely from physical strength and speed, made her spirit tremble.

【You have killed a man-eating ghost and gained 15 Dimension Points.】

……

【You have killed a total of 20 man-eating ghosts in this world. Milestone: Demon Hunter has been achieved. Will you equip it?】

【Demon Hunter—You have fully mastered the vital points of man-eating ghosts; your attacks will deal additional damage to man-eating ghosts.】

"This guy is not right, run!"

The remaining few man-eating ghosts, either because they possessed troublesome Blood Demon Arts or had fled far away at the first opportunity, now dove into the woods and disappeared.

Bai Cangshu still wanted to pursue, but that dull pain had become extremely intense.

As he gasped for air, his figure rapidly shrank, returning to its original state, and his muscles began to spasm violently.

That sharp pain radiated from his abdomen and continued to spread to other parts of his body.

Bai Cangshu's complexion quickly turned pale; he calmly took out a Scroll, tore it open, and pressed it directly onto his stomach.

Green Chakra lit up, and that Chakra, carrying intense vitality, rapidly entered Bai Cangshu's body.

With this, his sharp pain indeed began to subside. "Hey, the injury on your arm, let me help you treat it."

Although Kochou Kanae felt that Bai Cangshu was a madman, the other party was undoubtedly a human.

And objectively speaking, he had saved her and the few members behind her.

At this time, those few swordsmen wearing black Demon Slayer Uniforms also walked over, supporting one another.

They had lost 2 people, 1 was seriously injured, and two others also had some wounds on their bodies.

They all looked at Bai Cangshu with some terror.

Bai Cangshu's manner of killing ghosts did indeed surprise them, but at the same time, Bai Cangshu's merciless act of crushing that troublesome magistrate with one punch also made them feel afraid.

The wildness Bai Cangshu displayed made them very uncomfortable.

One of the boys brought a girl, whose expression was numb and unable to even show fear, to Kanae's side.

Bai Cangshu recognized at this moment that the black-haired, purple-eyed woman before him, wearing a butterfly-patterned haori and a butterfly hairpin, was none other than 【Kochou Kanae】 from the story of 【Demon Slayer】.

In other words, the timeline of this so-called 【Guimie zhi Ren Yansheng Shijie P9971】 was not the time after the main story began; at this moment, Tanjiro's family had not yet encountered that misfortune.

And...

Bai Cangshu also realized that the danger level of this world was a bit too high. In the original work, man-eating ghosts almost always appeared alone, but here they kept appearing in groups, and there was also that Hand Demon identified by the space as a 【Lower Moon Candidate】.

Seeing that Bai Cangshu did not answer her, Kochou Kanae was not annoyed; she had a gentle nature and maintained kindness toward both humans and ghosts who had once been human.

"This... sir, before I picked up this sword, I came from a family of medicine."

She could tell at a glance that Bai Cangshu's right hand was actually quite severely damaged; a large number of capillaries had ruptured, the muscles were severely bruised, and several fingers were even twisted, as if he had suffered a terrible impact.

But the other party's face was pale, and when he treated himself just now, he had pressed his abdomen; it was clear there were other injuries.

"It is still night; let us go to the old site of Fujikasane Mountain to hide for now. There may be a Lower Rank ghost in the local area."

Kochou Kanae took the hand of the girl with empty eyes and, without further ado, led Bai Cangshu and the team to move together, while still instructing her members to keep an eye out for other signs of battle.

Judging by what she said, Kochou Kanae had originally heard the sounds of battle and come out to look for those fighting man-eating ghosts on Fujikasane Mountain.

Bai Cangshu's abdominal pain had lessened slightly by now, and his thinking had become clear again.

He realized that perhaps this was also an arrangement by the space for the Reincarnators.

As long as the Reincarnator team held their ground and did not separate, they could hold out until the Demon Slayer Corps sent reinforcements, and among those who arrived, there happened to be a Pillar-level swordsman who was also a Pillar-level swordsman skilled in healing.

It was enough for the surviving Reincarnators to successfully make it through the night.

Furthermore, that Hand Demon stayed on the mountaintop; as long as the Reincarnators did not run around, they would not easily encounter it.

Tsk, so this is the Reincarnation Space; it never gives you a mission that is certain death, but at the same time, it won't let you have it too easy either.

It was just that when Bai Cangshu and the others faced danger, they could not maintain a team configuration; two high-mobility Reincarnators fled directly, while Bai Cangshu, whose intent to kill was too strong, pursued too deeply alone and arrived at the mountaintop.

The whereabouts of the others were unknown.

The group arrived at a forest where Wisteria was very dense, and the Ghost Slayer swordsmen all breathed a sigh of relief, but the next moment, several figures suddenly appeared, making even Kochou Kanae nervous for a moment.

Looking at Bai Cangshu, who was injured but had all his limbs intact, the group of professors all had somewhat strange expressions in their eyes.

If they remembered correctly, this madman had chased a group of man-eating Ghosts into the depths of the dense forest alone...

"Yo, you all aren't dead yet."

Bai Cangshu greeted the group in this manner.

(End of this chapter)