Chapter 344

Hei Si Mou widened his eyes.

He activated the Transparent World, yet still could not see through the man before him—this guy… was like an unfathomable abyss!

"Impossible! How could a mere human possess such power!"

Hei Si Mou could not accept this reality.

He roared, wielding his evolved demon blade as he lunged at Luo En.

He's just a human—wound him, and his strength drops; he can't possibly compare to a demon with infinite life and an immortal body!

As he reached two meters before Luo En, who stood with arms crossed, and swung his sword downward.

A faint ripple sounded in the air, like a plucked string.

Shua!

Hei Si Mou's arms, still gripping the blade, suddenly severed from his body.

"…Huh? Did he move?"

Hei Si Mou's expression was blank—he hadn't even seen Luo En act.

Luo En raised his hand, pressed it against Hei Si Mou's head, and smiled: "Compared to your brother, your swordsmanship is shit."

Luo En applied slight pressure—Hei Si Mou's head exploded like a watermelon, with a sharp pop.

Shua!

Accompanied by a howling wind.

Two meat whips, bristling with razor-sharp blades, whipped toward Luo En at blinding speed from either side.

But at the instant they neared three meters from Luo En, an abrupt cold air froze, encased, then shattered them into drifting ice crystals.

Luo En turned his head, his azure eyes glancing sideways at Kibutsuji Muzan.

"You, too, wish to fight me?"

A flash of gold-red light vanished from his eyes.

The third-stage Conqueror's domineering aura erupted, spreading in an instant across the entire Infinite Castle.

Mukyo was instantly stunned into unconsciousness by that earth-shattering aura.

The moment he felt that aura, Muzan's face turned snow-white.

His face twisted in horror, his crimson eyes filled with terror as he stared at Luo En.

"W-what are you?!"

50, dawn arrives

"What? Of course I'm human."

Luo En smiled, and suddenly vanished from Muzan's sight.

The next instant, he appeared behind Kibutsuji Muzan, beside Mukyo, his crimson-bladed Nichirin Sword slicing in an arc across her neck.

A head instantly flew upward.

Snow-white-faced Kibutsuji Muzan immediately retreated from Luo En—he knew one thing the moment he felt Luo En's aura.

This man is far stronger than the one from four hundred years ago!

Absolutely!

He could never defeat him—he must flee!

Must flee, or… he'd die!

Terrified by Luo En's aura, Kibutsuji Muzan instantly teleported beside Hei Si Mou, whose body was reduced to half, transformed his left arm into a stinger, drove it into Hei Si Mou's body, injected massive amounts of his own blood, and transmitted the harshest command.

"Stop this man here at all costs!"

Fed Muzan's blood, Hei Si Mou immediately regrew his head, his body mutating—countless sharp blades sprouted from his flesh, his form twisting into something monstrous.

He let out a bestial roar and charged at Luo En.

Moon Breathing Fourteenth Form: Fierce Transformation—Heaven-Full Sliver Moon!

Countless colossal crimson crescent blades flattened everything before him, slashing at Luo En from all directions.

The Infinite Castle began collapsing as Mukyo's head slowly turned to ash.

When Mukyo's head vanished entirely from the world, this pocket dimension would shatter completely.

While Hei Si Mou distracted that man, Muzan, sprinting through the collapsing Infinite Castle, resolved: after escaping this unimaginable monster, he would hide his whereabouts far more secretly than ever before.

A hundred years—no, three hundred years—no more appearances!

He must wait until that monster dies!

Muzan gritted his teeth and ran, his heart pounding with fury, terror, and dread.

Why?

Why did such a monster appear in this world?!

Where the hell did he come from?!

…………

"Looks like he's fully become a monster."

Luo En watched the colossal blade wind rushing toward him, and casually swung his Nichirin Sword.

A ring of crimson ripples spread from his body, calmly crushing the furious wind blades.

Luo En, holding his crimson longsword, looked at the monstrous Hei Si Mou: "I was going to leave you to Giyu and the others to kill… but now… I'll do it myself."

"Aaaah!"

The monstrous Hei Si Mou had lost all reason, transformed into nothing but a creature fulfilling Muzan's command.

He leapt hard, slashing countless colossal blade winds from midair toward Luo En atop the platform—hardly even three or four Pillars combined could withstand this strike.

Facing the overwhelming torrent of giant sword qi, Luo En simply swung his blade with lazy indifference.

The next second.

A thin, vertical crimson slash cut straight through countless blade winds, splitting the monstrous Ketsu-Mu in half from center to center.

"Let you die by the Sword Art of the Sun Breathing—before you perish, truly see the gap between you and Higurashi Enji."

Luo En swung another horizontal slash.

Sun Breathing, First Form: Circular Dance.

A circular arc of crimson flame spread outward from around Luo En, instantly severing the neck of the split Ketsu-Mu, cleaving its two halves from its torso.

That circular slash, after slaying Ketsu-Mu, did not lose momentum—it swept across the collapsing Infinite Castle, slicing it cleanly from top to bottom.

Muzan, fleeing in panic, saw this sight and turned pale with horror.

The head of Miono turned entirely to ash and dispersed.

The Infinite Castle shattered apart.

Luo En, wielding the Nichirin Blade, and Muzan Kibutsuji appeared simultaneously in the real world beneath the night sky.

Muzan Kibutsuji immediately tried to flee the place.

A sharp slash, wrapped in blue flowing water, struck toward him face-on.

Water Breathing, First Form: Surface Slash! From Water Pillar Tomioka Giyu!

Already a frightened bird, Muzan was startled by this sudden attack—but upon realizing the sword's power was nothing special, he exhaled slightly in relief, then raised his iron-hard whip to block it head-on.

Tomioka Giyu immediately struck with his second technique.

Water Breathing, Tenth Form: Continuous Flow.

But Muzan now had no thought of fighting—it only wanted to escape this place, to flee far from that monster.

After using its whip to block Tomioka Giyu's strike once more, it continued sprinting in one direction.

Swish!

Two figures descended from the air.

Wind Breathing, Sixth Form: Black Wind and Smoke Mist!

Flame Breathing, Fifth Form: Flame Tiger!

Wind Pillar Shinobu and Flame Pillar Rengoku Kyojuro, having slain their respective Upper Moons, arrived here without pause—and upon arrival, they saw Muzan Kibutsuji fleeing toward them.

The instant they sensed Muzan's aura, without hesitation, they activated their Demon Slasher Marks and Crimson Blades, and slashed at him with their techniques.

Muzan's eyes flickered with fury.

These damn Demon Slayer brats—why now, of all times, did they show up?!

Damn them!

Its eyes turned instantly blood-red; the whips growing from its arms struck with blinding speed, shattering both warriors' techniques and lashing toward their chests.