Chapter 107: Beheading Upper Rank Four

Boom!

The mecha piloted by Zero dashed out like a bolt of lightning, crossing the dense obstacles composed of wooden dragons.

These wooden dragons were like giant waves, surging and trying to stop Zero's advance, but he was fearless and pressed forward.

The mecha's outer shell shimmered with a dark red light, exuding an aura of fearlessness.

Zohakuten quickly struck the thunder god drums on his back, gathering the wooden dragons together to form a wall of copper and iron once again.

Zero piloted the mecha and crashed directly into this barrier; in an instant, wood chips splattered, and the wooden dragons were smashed to pieces.

Zero was not blocked by the wooden dragons' attack; he piloted the mecha to move quickly, striking directly at the heart.

Breaking through to Zohakuten, he stomped down!

Zohakuten, unable to dodge in time, could only control the wooden dragons to block, and then rolled to the side to avoid being trampled.

However, Zohakuten still underestimated the speed of the mecha.

One could see the mecha quickly extend its hand, grab Zohakuten, and slam him fiercely onto the ground!

He slammed him more than a dozen times in succession, then threw him into mid-air.

The mecha took a giant sword from its back, slashed with force, and Zohakuten was cut in half at the waist!

Zohakuten, who had fallen to the ground, had not yet had time to regenerate quickly when Zero controlled the mecha to trample him incessantly.

He didn't stop until he had trampled Zohakuten into a pulp of flesh.

After Zohakuten completed his regeneration, the mecha grabbed him and clutched him in its hand.

Zero's cold voice came through the mecha, saying: "You shouldn't have said that about my Mitsuri!"

Bang!

He slammed Zohakuten into the ground once again.

With a deafening roar, the mecha's engine started up again.

It raised that huge mechanical fist.

The fist was like a meteor tearing through the night sky, carrying endless momentum, and fell with one punch, smashing onto Zohakuten!

When it smashed onto Zohakuten, the entire space seemed to tremble for it.

Under the impact of this punch, the ground, like a fragile spider web, instantly cracked in all directions.

Accompanied by the cracking of the ground, a huge crater appeared beneath Zohakuten.

The soil and rocks around the crater collapsed and flew, as if forming a sandstorm that blotted out the sky.

When the mecha's fist was raised from the crater, it was covered in Zohakuten's viscous blood.

Zohakuten, having no power to fight back, was filled with fear and anger!

He didn't understand why there would be such a monster in this world?!

He even couldn't understand who had provoked such a monster to join the Demon Slayer Corps?

Now Zohakuten only hoped that the main body would hurry and escape from here, otherwise, no matter how much time he bought, it would be useless!

Just this one Pillar in front of him was hard to deal with, let alone the two other Pillars who came later!

However, the time that followed was replaced by Zohakuten's endless fear and torture.

He was beaten into pieces again and again, and regenerated again and again, but this monster simply didn't give him any chance to fight back!

Not to mention that there were many strange weapons hovering on the side waiting for orders, which could be said to have formed a four-sided pincer attack!

On the other side, Tanjiro and Shinazugawa Genya found Hantengu's main body.

Just as they were about to swing their Nichirin Swords to cut off his neck, Hantengu suddenly grew from the size of a fist to giant size!

He grabbed Tanjiro and Shinazugawa Genya with both hands simultaneously, tightly choking their necks, making them unable to breathe.

"Don't you think... I'm pitiful?! Don't bully the weak, ahhhhh!!" Hantengu scolded angrily.

He felt that he was a weakling, and being hunted down by these demon hunters was a very pitiful thing.

Shouldn't they let him go?

He hadn't done anything wrong, nothing wrong at all!

Even, Hantengu felt that those who were eaten by him didn't know how to respect him, this old man!

Hantengu's twisted worldview was enough to show how dirty and disgusting his heart was!

"You bastard evil demon, your theories are all bullshit!"

Bang! Bang!

Even though Shinazugawa Genya was being choked by the neck, he still raised his firearm and fired two shots at Hantengu's head!

But this had no effect; instead, it angered Hantengu even more.

Shinazugawa Genya, not believing in evil, swung his Nichirin Sword to slash at Hantengu's neck.

Unexpectedly, the Nichirin Sword broke into two pieces directly!

"I won't let you escape...! Even if you escape to the ends of hell... I will... hunt you down... until I cut off your neck...!!"

Tanjiro was also disgusted by Hantengu's twisted worldview, and although he was being choked by the neck, he still swung his Nichirin Sword to slash at Zohakuten's neck!

Breath of the Sun, First Form: Waltz!

An arc-shaped slash wreathed in flames slashed toward Hantengu's neck.

However, Hantengu was too hard, and plus he was being choked by Hantengu, so this strike only cut in halfway!

And the Nichirin Sword also began to show cracks!

Tanjiro was unwilling to give up, gripped the Nichirin Sword in his hand tighter, and his wrist erupted with even more powerful strength!

Puchi!

Hantengu's neck was finally cut!

The two were thus saved!

At the same time, having experienced a long battle, the Nichirin Sword couldn't bear it and cracked into several pieces again!

Not only that, but things weren't over; Tanjiro discovered that on Hantengu's head, the character 【Fear】 on his tongue had turned into the character 【Hatred】!

"The character on the tongue has changed! What to do? My sword is broken!"

Looking at the cliff in front, Tanjiro revealed his determination!

Since there was no Nichirin Sword, he would push the evil demon off the cliff and find a way to drag him until dawn, letting the sun burn him to death!

He could smell that Hantengu hadn't run far; he was somewhere in this headless body!

Shinazugawa Genya beside him seemed to understand what Tanjiro was going to do when he looked at him, so he decided to help him together!

Breath of Mist, Fourth Form: Shifting Flow Slash!

Breath of Love, First Form: Shivers of First Love!

Mitsuri and Muichiro not far away arrived simultaneously.

One could see Muichiro sliding under Hantengu with a slide and cutting off his legs, while Mitsuri's Nichirin Sword used a whip-like strike to entangle Hantengu's headless body, tearing it to pieces with ease!

And precisely because of this, Hantengu's main body, which was the size of a fist, was exposed again.

He didn't expect Hantengu to be hiding in the heart position of the headless body!

Seeing this, Tanjiro shouted: "Miss Kanroji! Tokito! That is Hantengu's main body! Must cut off his neck!"

"Understood!" x2

Breath of Mist, Second Form: Eight-Fold Mist!

Breath of Love, Fifth Form: Swaying Love, Wild Claw!

The eight-fold slash that was fast to the extreme and the rapid combo of random strikes all greeted Hantengu!

In an instant, Hantengu's neck was cut, and his body was torn into pieces, turning into ashes.

Moreover, at the very moment his neck was cut, he saw his own lantern-lit journey...

Tanjiro smelled that Hantengu had indeed died, and his tense nerves were able to relax.

"Tanjiro, Genya, you really worked hard!" Mitsuri ran over and hugged the two of them.

Shinazugawa Genya immediately didn't dare to make any moves, his face like he was running a high fever, flushed red!

Muichiro looked at the scene in front of him, and the fog in his mind slowly began to disperse.

Although there was still some confusion, for him now, it was already very good.

The scene shifted back to Zero's side.

Zero was controlling the mecha to beat Zohakuten, but as he beat him, he discovered that Zohakuten had no movement!

He took a look and only then knew that Zohakuten had disappeared, which indicated that Tanjiro and the others had already resolved Hantengu.

Looking at the pitted ground around him and the forest that had fallen in patches, Zero said with some regret: "A pity for this small forest and land, because Zohakuten it became like this..."

(Zohakuten: I********)

He left the mecha cockpit, took back all the weapons into the 【Nano Space】, and went to rendezvous with Mitsuri and the others.

Dawn had broken.

The morning dawn illuminated the azure sky.

Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters.

All the Kasugai Crows gathered together, led by Zero's Kasugai Crow, Snow.

Everyone looked at this peculiar scene in front of them, unable to help but feel somewhat puzzled.

What had happened to make all the Kasugai Crows gather together?

However, the following news shocked them greatly!

"Pillar Zero, Zero, fought Upper Rank Two alone and beheaded him! Love Pillar Kanroji Mitsuri, Mist Pillar Tokito Muichiro, and member Kamado Tanjiro, Shinazugawa Genya assisted Zero in beheading Upper Rank Four!"

"Pillar Zero, Zero, fought Upper Rank Two alone and beheaded him! Love Pillar Kanroji Mitsuri, Mist Pillar Tokito Muichiro, and member Kamado Tanjiro, Shinazugawa Genya assisted Zero in beheading Upper Rank Four!"

"Pillar Zero, Zero, fought Upper Rank Two alone and beheaded him! Love Pillar Kanroji Mitsuri, Mist Pillar Tokito Muichiro, and member Kamado Tanjiro, Shinazugawa Genya assisted Zero in beheading Upper Rank Four!"

The announcement continued for three times, spreading to every corner of the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters.

Ubuyashiki Kagaya heard this, and his mood was even more excited!

"Another beheading of Upper Rank demons! And two Upper Rank demons at that! Zero, Mitsuri, Muichiro, Tanjiro, Genya, you did very well! Zero, thank you for bringing unprecedented changes to the Demon Slayer Corps!"

"Kagaya..." Ubuyashiki Amane tightly held Ubuyashiki Kagaya's hand, also feeling happy for him in her heart.

This indicated that Kibutsuji Muzan would be beheaded in this generation!

"Amane, after they return, come with me to thank them!"

"Yes!"

Butterfly Mansion.

"Zero, I didn't expect you..." Kanae's heart was filled with happiness, and a sweet tear slid down her cheek.

She naturally understood why Zero had fought Upper Rank Two alone.

"Sister, why are you crying? Isn't this very good news? Brother-in-law beheaded Upper Rank Two alone for you, you should be happy!"

"I know, I'm happy! Being able to meet him is the happiest thing in my life!"

Himejima Gyomei, who was practicing under a waterfall, heard the news, but his heart had no ripples, and he didn't even lift his eyelids.

However, it could still be seen that he admired Zero even more!

"Amitabha, it seems this monk must continue to strengthen his practice!"

On the other side, Shinazugawa Sanemi heard this news and was even more stirred up with a competitive spirit!

"Tch, he beheaded an Upper Rank demon again, I won't admit defeat!"

Likewise, hearing that Shinazugawa Genya had also participated in the battle, he felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

He felt that Genya should just settle down, get married, have children, and grow old together.

All he could do was clear away all potential threats and let his younger brother live a good life!

But now...

"Why are you so disobedient! My stupid brother!"

Swordsmith Village.

After a night of fighting, the Swordsmith Village basically didn't suffer any major losses.

However, now that the location of the Swordsmith Village was exposed, it was clearly impossible to stay any longer and they had to relocate immediately.

Thus, with the help of the Kakushi members, the heads of each household in the Swordsmith Village took the things they needed and relocated their base.

Basically, it was Nichirin Swords and some molds needed for forging swords, etc.

And Zero, Mitsuri, and Muichiro acted as guards, scouting on the way of relocation to prevent any accidents.

Tanjiro had suffered some injuries because of his battle with Hantengu's four clones.

He was carried on a stretcher by Kakushi members and sent back to the Butterfly Mansion of the Demon Slayer Corps for treatment in advance.

Shinazugawa Genya was also sent back to the Butterfly Mansion of the Demon Slayer Corps after his demonization ended.

Only on this journey, Shinazugawa Genya still felt somewhat trembling in his heart.

He was afraid of returning to the Demon Slayer Corps and seeing his big brother...

Infinity Castle.

"Douma and Hantengu are both dead... that guy... that guy!!!"

Kibutsuji Muzan felt more and more afraid and fearful in his heart!

He didn't expect the Upper Rank demons to die one after another!

All of this was because of the appearance of that white-haired demon hunter, which led to such a big variable now!

First it was Gyokko, then it was Akaza.

Then it was the siblings Gyutaro and Daki.

And now it was Douma and Hantengu.

That guy, compared to Tsugikuni Yoriichi from hundreds of years ago, was the real monster!

Kibutsuji Muzan had originally thought that human life was only a few decades, so as long as he hid from him for a few hundred years, he could drag that guy to death!

However, the words Zero had said couldn't help but emerge in his mind.

Zero had already lived for thousands of years, so no matter how he hid, it would be to no avail!

Was there really no way for him to become the ultimate life form?

If he had found the Blue Spider Lily now and become the ultimate life form, why would he be afraid of this guy Zero!?

But now, the Upper Rank demons were dead, leaving only Kokushibo and Nakime, so what should be done?

Manufacturing Upper Rank demons was an easy thing for Kibutsuji Muzan.

But, what was the point of Upper Rank demons now?

Even if they were manufactured, they would just be food for that monster!

The more he thought, the angrier he became, and the unwilling Kibutsuji Muzan overturned everything in the room in a fit of rage!

A moment later, Kibutsuji Muzan gradually calmed down.

His eyes revealed a kind of deep worry and unease.

His heart was beating very fast, as if it were about to jump out of his chest, and he felt his body trembling slightly; he knew this was an ominous premonition.

He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

He told himself that this was just an illusion, a manifestation of being overly sensitive.

However, his intuition told him that this was not an illusion, this was a real feeling, a danger that was about to come.

He remembered a series of things that had happened recently, those things that should have been impossible, those things that made him feel confused and uneasy.

Feeling his thoughts becoming more and more chaotic, he tried to sort them out, but they were like an invisible hand, tightly grabbing his brain, making him unable to think.

His heart was beating faster and faster, he tried to calm himself down, but the fear in his heart was like an invisible hand, tightly grabbing his heart, making him unable to breathe.

Suddenly, he felt a cold wind blow, making him shiver involuntarily.

It was as if he saw that guy from hundreds of years ago standing behind him, constantly questioning him:

"What do you consider life to be?"

"No... no! I will never allow such a thing to happen! Since one hundred years isn't enough, then I'll hide for one thousand years, ten thousand years! I don't believe you'll live that long!" ===== CHAPTER 108 =====