Chapter 106: Zero, the Beloved Husband, Is Back Online

“Mr. Steel Tomb, hurry and leave with me!”

Tie Xuesen gripped the kitchen knife in his hand, vigilantly guarding beside Steel Tomb Ying.

His face was grim, muscles taut, ready to respond to any imminent danger.

Just now, the frantic clanging of the alarm bell had pierced the night sky, making his heart leap instantly.

He knew it meant the demons were coming.

The air around them was thick with tension, as if even the atmosphere had frozen.

Tie Xuesen dared not slacken for a moment; he knew well the cruelty and cunning of demons.

He fixed his gaze on everything around him, not missing the slightest movement.

Time passed second by second, and Tie Xuesen’s nerves grew tighter.

But Steel Tomb Ying remained oblivious, gripping the blade, mind empty, eyes fixed solely on the knife he was polishing.

His gaze was resolute, his breathing steady and deep, each breath seemingly in harmony with the blade’s vibration.

In his eyes, the blade was no longer a tool—it was a work of art, a part of his life.

He slowly polished the blade, each stroke as if infusing it with a soul.

His movements were gentle and delicate, as if tending to an infant.

Like he existed in a world without others, mind and body united, nothing in the world able to disturb him in the slightest.

“This steel is fine, this blade is fine! Such exquisite craftsmanship—truly amazing!”

“Who is this blade-smith? Who could forge such a blade—and yet not carve his name, leaving only this one character?!”

“No, I understand… I understand…”

Steel Tomb Ying murmured to himself, lost in polishing the blade, eyes focused as if the outside world had nothing to do with him.

Beside him, Tie Xuesen tried to persuade him to leave quickly, but Steel Tomb Ying paid no heed, as if the entire world had shrunk to just him and the knife in his hands.

“The reason he forged this blade without carving his name… is this one character: it is the only belief he poured into forging it! He forged this blade for this one purpose alone!”

Re-forged this blade, left no name, only the character 【Yuan】—this character was his sole belief in forging it; the blade was made for this one purpose.

This was what Steel Tomb Ying thought.

Thus, his polishing motions unconsciously quickened.

Boom!

A loud crash sounded outside the workshop door.

Tie Xuesen assumed it was a demon attack, brandishing his kitchen knife and rushing to the door.

But the visitor was not a demon—it was Shinseng Muichiro.

Since he was Shinseng Muichiro’s new blade-smith, he naturally recognized him.

“Mr. Shinseng!”

“You know me?” Shinseng Muichiro brushed dust off his clothes and asked.

“I’m Tie Xuesen, your blade-smith!”

“Is that so… Then where is my blade?”

“Please wait—I’ll fetch it at once.”

Immediately, Tie Xuesen brought out a newly forged blade from the workshop and handed it to Shinseng Muichiro.

Shinseng Muichiro took the new blade—it felt just as comfortable as before.

The tsuba was shaped like a manji, the scabbard black.

He drew the Nichirin Blade—the edge glowed a pale blue-white.

“Thank you, Mr. Tie Xuesen, for making this blade for me.”

“No, it’s not true—I merely followed the records left by your first blade-smith to forge this one.”

“Yes… originally, it was Mr. Tie Jinghu who forged my blades…”

Staring at the brand-new Nichirin Blade, he seemed lost in memory…

An elderly man, past sixty, sat atop a massive rock, smoking a pipe, his face filled with worry as he watched Shinseng Muichiro.

He was Shinseng Muichiro’s first blade-smith, named Tie Jinghu.

Unfortunately, he had passed away from heart disease…

“I’m deeply worried for you, boy. Who could possibly understand you? How frantic and overwhelmed you are, how your forgetfulness leaves you so unsettled…”

“I’ve seen the blades you’ve used—I nearly wept. All your painstaking efforts—how many could ever understand you?”

“My days are few, and at my age, I have little left to cling to—but the only thing I can’t let go of is you…”

Shinseng Muichiro recalled the words of his former blade-smith, his heart filled with emotion and nostalgia.

“Mr. Tie Jinghu… I’m sorry for worrying you…” Shinseng Muichiro thought.

“I’m off to slay demons. You two must be careful.”

“Understood, Mr. Shinseng!”

Immediately, Shinseng Muichiro seized his Nichirin Blade and hurried toward Tanjiro’s location.

“The flute’s call reached too far—it’s wasted too much time. I must return quickly!”

On the way, he met Mui.

“Mr. Shinseng!”

“Mui? You’re here too?”

“Yes, I received word from the Sound Hound. I didn’t expect my assigned area was this close to the Blade Village!”

“I see.”

The two ran without pause, racing together toward Upper Rank Four.

Boom!

Kiyui’s staff released another burst of lightning.

Tanjiro and Nishimura Genya had no choice but to leap away simultaneously!

“Do it again! Hahaha!”

Whoosh!

Koroji fanned his fan, sending a violent gust of wind that blasted them both away.

Seeing this, Tanjiro grabbed Nishimura Genya with one hand and plunged his Nichirin Blade into the ground, gripping it tightly to avoid being blown away.

“Damn! No opening at all! If this continues, Genya and I will die! I must think of something fast!”

“The sulfur smell in the air is too strong—I can’t detect the fifth demon’s scent! I must think of something fast!”

Tanjiro rapidly devised a strategy.

Yet precisely because of this gust, the sulfur scent from the hot springs was scattered, allowing Tanjiro to catch the scent of another demon.

“This… right! Because Koroji’s Blood Demon Art blew away the sulfur—then…”

When the wind ceased, Tanjiro dropped Nishimura Genya and rushed toward Xi, Ai, and Le.

Sun Breathing Eleventh Form: Sun Halo Dragon, Head Dance!

Using Sun Breathing again, in the blink of an eye, he decapitated Xi, Ai, and Le.

He then shouted to Nishimura Genya: “Genya, head straight northeast—the fifth demon is there! I’ll hold them off, go now!”

“But—”

“Aren’t you aiming to become a Pillar?! I believe in you—leave this to me!”

Hearing this, Nishimura Genya paused, thought for a moment, then turned without hesitation to search for the fifth demon.

Tanjiro raised his Nichirin Blade, watching Xi, Ai, and Le.

He knew well: no matter how many times he severed their necks, they wouldn’t vanish.

So he resorted to this desperate tactic.

He didn’t know how long he could hold out—but every second counted!

He had to buy Genya more time.

“Damn!”

Tanjiro felt something wrong with his body—Sun Breathing’s side effects had begun.

His lungs felt scorched; his body temperature was rising.

“What do I do? What can I do? If Sun Breathing’s side effects strike now, then…”

“But Water Breathing lacks power, and I can’t sustain Sun Breathing for long…”

As Tanjiro struggled to decide, a memory flashed through his mind.

He remembered Zero giving him a piece of intelligence detailing the “Hybrid Breathing Technique.”

He wondered: if he combined Water Breathing with Sun Breathing, could he endure longer?

Then the power would exceed Water Breathing, and the duration would surpass Sun Breathing!?

Just as Tanjiro prepared to try this method, an accident occurred.

Kiyui controlled the headless body and unleashed a denser barrage of lightning than before.

Tanjiro had no time to react—he was struck, his body paralyzed by electricity.

Seizing the opportunity, Kiyui reattached his head, sprinted to Xi, Ai, and Le, and absorbed them in the blink of an eye.

He himself began to transform, becoming a new young demon, his back bearing the Thunder God’s Drum.

From his palms, he expelled two “S”-shaped drumsticks.

Upper Rank Four—Zeng Po Tian

Seeing this, Tanjiro was utterly stunned!

It absorbed the other three demons and merged!

A stronger pressure descended upon Tanjiro.

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Dadadadadada ……

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