Chapter 339

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The Wind Hashira, Sanemi Shinazugawa, along with his adoptive son Genya Shinazugawa, headed to another location together.

The location of Upper Moon Four, Hantengu.

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Mitsuri Kanroji, Muichiro Tokito, and Obanai Iguro headed to the location of Upper Moon Five, Gyokko.

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Outside the town that served as the main base of the Eternal Paradise Faith.

On top of a small hill.

Kyojuro Rengoku, Shinobu Kocho, Kanao Tsuyuri, and the summoned Inosuke Hashibira stood on a cliff, letting the mountain wind blow as they gazed at the town.

"So that's where Upper Moon Two, the Ice Demon Doma, resides?"

Kyojuro Rengoku spoke up.

Shinobu Kocho and Kanao Tsuyuri gripped their Nichirin blades, staring at the distant town. Neither wore their usual smile; instead, a bone-chilling coldness showed on their faces.

Within the purple eyes of both women, there was nothing but killing intent.

Shinobu Kocho closed her eyes and let out a light breath, then showed her usual smile: "We... shall go."

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Inside a town.

At night, the streets were brightly lit and bustling with people.

"Is Kibutsuji Muzan hiding here?"

Giyu Tomioka asked Ron beside him.

Ron ate the spicy meatballs he had bought from the side of the road and nodded with a hum.

A bone-deep hatred flashed through the eyes of Tamayo, who was traveling with them.

Kibutsuji Muzan, this time for sure...

I will kill you completely!

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Within this town.

Kibutsuji Muzan, who had taken the form of a child and blended into a medicine merchant's household, was still focused on researching a way to overcome sunlight.

Completely unaware that his end was drawing near.

46. Slaying Demons (Combined Chapter)

For the current Demon Slayer Corps, to kill Kibutsuji Muzan at the smallest cost, two things were needed: eliminating as many Upper Moons as possible, and slaying Nakime, who controlled the Infinity Castle.

The Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, each accompanied by their successors, split up to go exterminate the Upper Moon demons.

Ron had brought Giyu Tomioka and Tamayo to this place where Kibutsuji Muzan was hiding in human form, in order to prevent him from sensing the danger and fleeing again.

As this thousand-year battle between humans and demons was about to reach its finale, Ron preferred to be a witness—to witness those demon-slaying swordsmen, driven by hatred and anger, sever this thousand-year fate with the blades in their hands.

Kibutsuji Muzan, I wonder what kind of expression you'll make once you learn everything.

It really is something to look forward to...

Thinking of this, Ron took a bite of the spicy meatball in his hand, and his azure eyes, gazing in a certain direction, were filled with a teasing look.

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That night.

The brightly lit Yoshiwara pleasure quarter.

When Tanjiro and Zenitsu discovered Upper Moon Six's Daki and engaged her in battle, Tengen Uzui appeared before them just in time.

"A Hashira?"

Daki stared at Tengen Uzui, who had suddenly appeared, her expression shifting slightly.

"So you're Upper Moon Six? How disappointing."

Tengen Uzui stood in front of Tanjiro and the others, raised his Nichirin blade, pointed it at her, tilted his head, and said: "There should be another one, right?"

Daki's eyes narrowed slightly.

Whoosh!

Before she could even react to what had happened.

A head fell off.

Immediately after, under the shocked gazes of Tanjiro and Zenitsu, another demon grew out from her back.

Upper Moon Six, Gyutaro.

"Brother, he—this guy actually dared to call me weak! I'm not weak at all, right? I'm a genuine Upper Moon Six!"

Daki's head wailed loudly, complaining to him in grievance.

Gyutaro, with his back to Tengen Uzui and the others, placed Daki's head back onto her neck: "Crying won't help. It's just a head falling off, can't you put it back on yourself?"

"Your face is so rare and cute, look at how ugly you look crying now."

"I've already tried so hard, I tried that hard, and I was alone too, but they had the nerve to gang up and bully me!!"

Daki stood up, hiding behind Gyutaro as she cried and shouted loudly.

"Well then... that's unforgivable."

Gyutaro glanced sideways at Tengen Uzui, Tanjiro, and the others, a murderous intent appearing on his ugly face.

"My precious sister tried so hard—everyone who bullied her must... die!"

He raised both hands, and the crimson twin scythes in his grasp, "Blood Demon Art: Crescent Moon Slashing Winds," slashed out in an instant.

Over a dozen crimson blood-blade gusts, accompanied by the howling sound of tearing air, slashed toward Tengen Uzui, Tanjiro, and the others with an extremely fierce momentum and killing intent, their speed astonishingly fast.

Tanjiro and Zenitsu stared at the incoming blade-wind of blood, both feeling a bone-piercing chill, their hair standing on end.

The two had just been about to swing their blades.

Uzui Tengen had already swung the twin blades in his hands, slashing forward.

Breath of Sound · Fourth Form: Resonant Slash, Endless Echo!

He blocked the strike completely with his sword form, then turned his head to look at Tanjiro, Nezuko, and Zenitsu.

"Leave this one to me. You two go kill that female demon."

Tanjiro came back to his senses and, with a resolute expression, nodded firmly at him.

"Understood!"

He immediately led Nezuko and Zenitsu to attack Daki in the corner.

Both sides resumed the inconclusive battle from before, clashing fiercely.

Gyutaro, somewhat surprised that Uzui Tengen had blocked his strike, said: "Hey, hey, hey, that was an attack I swung with killing intent, and you actually blocked it. Seems you're a little different from the Hashira of the past."

Bare-chested, gripping his blood-red scythe, he tilted his head and stared at him with a sinister grin: "You're not bad, really not bad. That face of yours too…"

Uzui Tengen instantly appeared before him and swung his blade down at him.

Accompanied by a boom—

The ground beneath the two of them suddenly shattered.

Gyutaro blocked his slash with the blood-red scythe in his hand, and on his ugly face, as he looked at Uzui Tengen's handsome face, a hint of disgust and jealousy surfaced.

"So jealous, so jealous. Could I trouble you to die?"

Uzui Tengen tilted his head back, and a hint of contempt flashed in his eyes as he looked at him.

"If you can do it, come and try."

"Mere human…"

Blood vessels instantly crowded Gyutaro's eyes.

He swung the blood-red scythe and slashed at Uzui Tengen.

Blood Demon Art: Flying Blood Sickle.

Uzui Tengen stared at the sheer number of blood slashes, and the scene of his training under Luo En surfaced in his mind.

The corner of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

Far too slow.

Whether in speed or in number, they couldn't compare at all with that person's slashes.

He stamped his foot, advancing toward Gyutaro instead of retreating. The twin blades in his hands swung at a speed the naked eye could barely follow. Accompanied by the rumbling roar of explosions, his figure vanished into the dust of the blast.

"He vanished?"