Chapter 60: Mountain-Crushing Strike

The sound of Bai Cangshu's loud laughter made Kibutsuji Muzan frown; it sensed a trace of anomaly.

The human before it radiated an exotic aura, and as it mentioned immortality, the other party's heartbeat, pulse, and breathing showed absolutely no ripple of emotion.

Muzan did not even spare a glance at the dead Hirohito on the ground; although the other party was a decent collaborator, greedy and foolish, Muzan did not like the way the other party looked at it, as if a worm were staring at delicious flesh.

"Power, beauty, immortality, authority—anything you desire, I can bestow upon you."

【Plot Character·Kibutsuji Muzan invites you to join the faction. Do you accept?】

Muzan offered terms even more generous than Hirohito's, and the Infinite Dimensional Space even provided a prompt.

It was clear that the Infinite Dimensional Space had a high degree of freedom, and Kibutsuji Muzan truly had no so-called principles or bottom line; it did not care how many of its own ghosts or so-called collaborators Bai Cangshu had killed.

It was genuinely inviting Bai Cangshu to join its faction.

Bai Cangshu looked at Muzan, who had inexplicably "gained wisdom" in this Derivative World, yet remained the same in character; his eyes narrowed slightly as he attempted to observe the other party's muscles and Force.

But the result was that Muzan's physical body had nothing special about it at this moment.

"Muzan, I want the lives of a few 【Twelve Kizuki】."

"For certain reasons you are unaware of, their lives can enhance my power."

"Can you accept that?"

Muzan chuckled; it had thought it would be some harsh demand.

"The lives of the Twelve Kizuki? Naturally, I can."

In its words, it did not take the lives of its subordinates seriously in the slightest.

Bai Cangshu nodded, also revealing a smile.

"Then let's go with this Miss Nakime; I quite like her ability."

Bai Cangshu extended a finger, causing Nakime's movements to pause, but there was no other reaction.

Bai Cangshu pointed at Nakime, yet his eyes remained fixed on Muzan's expression.

Sure enough, Kibutsuji Muzan in this world did not exhibit that kind of dementia.

"Human, Nakime is not one of the Twelve Kizuki."

The smile on its face faded, and its eyes became indifferent.

Muzan was not stupid; it had always been able to sense the malice coming from the human before it, but the malice of a mere worm was something Muzan did not care about.

It just didn't expect that this lowly worm would actually set its sights on it.

The other party's malice-filled gaze was a different kind of disgusting compared to Hirohito's.

It was practically like pointing at Muzan's nose and saying, my target is you, I want to kill you, and... I think I can kill you!

Kibutsuji Muzan's eyelids drooped, its expression gloomy; this insult of being coveted by a worm made its eyelids twitch incessantly.

That killing intent was simply impossible to suppress.

Bai Cangshu sensed the increasingly intense killing intent on Kibutsuji Muzan, and instead of being afraid, he became even more delighted.

Holding the Blue Spider Lily, he took two steps forward to the edge of the door.

At the boundary between sunlight and darkness, Bai Cangshu and Kibutsuji Muzan stared at each other across the line of light and shadow.

In both their eyes was undisguised killing intent and Arrogance.

Clang! The biwa was struck, and several figures instantly appeared in this dark, windowless wooden house; Nakime's form was now completely blocked by several tall figures.

Step, step, step.

Footwork sounded from far away from Bai Cangshu; those subordinates of Hirohito were finally about to arrive.

Bang! A terrifying boom rang out simultaneously; the Professor and Elizabeth began to bombard those military-reformed soldiers with modern thermal weapons. Along with them, the conservative forces local to Kyoto also began to frantically slaughter those left behind by Hirohito.

Bai Cangshu looked at the balance of power for the Main Mission, which had now reached 35% to 65%; the Kibutsuji Muzan Faction was already stronger than the Demon Slayer Corps faction.

Eliminating Hirohito only meant that the additional forces Muzan had acquired began to be pruned.

To complete the Main Mission, one must either kill the generals under Kibutsuji Muzan or continue to strengthen the contact between the conservatives and the Demon Slayer Corps.

Bai Cangshu knew in his heart that with the mission at this stage, the abilities of the Professor and the others were likely already sufficient to complete the main task; after all, there were still over twenty days left in this world, enough for the Professor and the people of Shintoism to spread the news of Kibutsuji Muzan's chaos in the government.

The struggle between humans and ghosts would be brought into the open.

Given enough time, a player like the Professor who excelled at plot excavation might even be able to play out another route, such as combining the armed forces of all of Japan, or even foreign weapons and equipment, to completely suppress Kibutsuji Muzan's forces.

It was just that Bai Cangshu did not like that approach.

Bai Cangshu's left hand, clutching the Blue Spider Lily, slowly opened and reached to the edge of the door, only a hair's breadth away from the shadows.

With a wicked smile on his face, he used the terrain and his own height advantage to look down at Muzan from a position of superiority.

"Don't you want it?"

"Kibutsuji Muzan."

"With this thing, you would be able to completely get rid of your weakness to sunlight, right?"

His tone was smiling, like a delinquent uncle teasing a toddler.

Kokushibo stepped forward from the darkness, his hand already resting on his sword, 【Kokushibo's Sword】.

Bai Cangshu's gaze was also drawn to this powerful swordsman, and the teasing tone toward Muzan weakened somewhat.

As Kokushibo's eyes watched Bai Cangshu's hand, a terrifying sense of sharpness emerged.

It was as if in the next second, he could sever Bai Cangshu's hand with a single strike.

But Bai Cangshu did not blink, and his left hand did not tremble in the slightest.

"If you can do it, then try it, Kokushibo." Kokushibo read this message from the other party's eyes.

Clang! Another biwa sound rang out; 【Hunter】 felt the space in front of him shift, and in the next second, he appeared in a lightless room.

"Hunter, didn't you say you would find the 【Blue Spider Lily】 for me? Now is the time for you to fulfill your promise."

Kibutsuji Muzan's voice carried a chilling malice.

Hunter's night-crawling suit was already torn, revealing his pitch-black skin.

After he turned into a Ghost, fine black scales seemed to grow on his skin, his muscles bulged, and his physique became streamlined, possessing both a sense of speed and power.

His hair hung backward like steel needles.

After obtaining the Ghost Bloodline, the Rating of 【Hunter】 has reached 【Paper Upper Rank】 and meets the advancement criteria; his true strength is likely already Breaking the Rules, and the weaker Lower Rank are simply no match for him.

Yet, he did not even have the ability to resist Muzan's orders.

Looking at "Tao Baibai" in the sunlight with despair, his pupils trembled, filled with struggle.

"Go quickly!"

At this moment, the Reincarnator who once stood high above, prepared to take whatever he wanted in this low-difficulty world, became a Worm beneath the feet of a Plot Character.

Hum! Amidst a dull swishing sound, several powerful Upper Rank Ghosts vanished instantly; wielding his Claymore, Hunter suddenly struck, shattering the door panel and directly flicking it into the air to block the sunlight.

Akaza's eyes lit up; this 【Hunter】 was not a fool and indeed had some aptitude.

Taking advantage of the Instant shadow covering Bai Cangshu, 【Hunter】 exerted force with his Footwork, and the wooden floor shattered instantly.

Boom! Hunter erupted with terrifying speed, appearing before Bai Cangshu like a blurred shadow, his raised Claymore falling swiftly.

【Mountain Crushing Strike】! (End of chapter)