Chapter 43: What do you treat life as?

【Giant Dark Alloy Combat Mecha】 is about to appear. I don't know how to draw it, so I'll use Gundam as a model. If you don't like it, I'll find a way to redraw it later.

Falling into the Infinity Castle, Zero looked at the intricate, upside-down houses around him, full of confusion.

It was his first time seeing such a strange domain, so he turned on the 【Analysis Glasses】 to scan here.

【Turn on scanning】

【Scanning... Scanning successful】

【Location: Infinity Castle】

【Kibutsuji Muzan's base camp】

【Note 1: The target is too large, unable to scan all data, please move the current position to collect complete data!】

【Note 2: Infinity Castle can move to any position, and can also teleport targets to any position, unable to accurately locate!】

"So this is the Infinity Castle, Kibutsuji Muzan's lair... No wonder it hasn't been discovered by the Demon Slayer Corps for so long... Hehe..."

Just as Zero was sighing, Kibutsuji Muzan's voice came from behind him.

"Finally met again, white-haired demon hunter! This time, let's see where you can escape to?!"

"Yeah, long time no see, Kibutsuji Muzan! It seems you still haven't learned your lesson!"

He turned around and looked at Kibutsuji Muzan on the high platform, his eyes full of sarcasm.

Although he said so, Zero's eyes were fixed on another female demon beside him. He could clearly feel in his heart that the female demon seemed to be not simple.

Her skin was grayish-white, and she had long black hair covering her eyes with bangs, revealing only the lower half of her face.

Seeing this look, Kibutsuji Muzan recalled what happened a year ago, and anger was ignited in his heart once again.

But thinking that Zero's fate would be in his hands next, he suppressed this anger and said disdainfully: "Hehe, you are just being brave with your tongue for a moment, soon you will be turned into a demon for my use."

"Heh... Hahaha... Muzan, I'm very curious, who... gave you the courage to say this to me?"

During the time he was talking to Kibutsuji Muzan, Zero used the 【Analysis Glasses】 to scan the female demon and quickly browsed her data.

【Scanning... Scanning successful】

【Name: Nakime】

【Identity: Biwa Woman, Demon of the Castle】

【Superior: Kibutsuji Muzan】

【Blood Demon Art: Change structure, Teleport, Eyeball clone】

【Note: As Kibutsuji Muzan's attendant, Nakime is often located in the Infinity Castle, playing the role of assisting Muzan. She can use Blood Demon Art to change the spatial layout within the Infinity Castle, and can teleport things within the Infinity Castle.】

Understanding this information, Zero already understood what was going on. When he first met Doma and was about to exterminate him, the sound of a biwa rang out and saved him.

It seemed that it was this Nakime who manipulated the space to do it.

And that time on Yunxue Mountain, Kibutsuji Muzan was able to escape, which was also done by this Nakime.

Understanding the reason, which confirmed his guess at the beginning, the corners of his mouth on both sides tilted slightly, thinking to himself: "Hehe... interesting little doll..."

Seeing that he had been talking for a long time and Zero was still unmoved, Kibutsuji Muzan only felt that he was looked down upon by him, and the nameless anger in his heart was ignited again.

"Nakime!!"

Zing!

Nakime plucked the shamisen in her hand, and instantly five Upper Moon demons appeared in every corner around.

Upper Moons Two, Three, Four, and Six were all gathered in this Infinity Castle, and even the Upper Moon One he had just fought was no exception.

They appeared not far away, forming a siege circle, their eyes looking at Zero under the stage, full of pressure.

Such a lineup, even if all the Pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps stood together, would feel strong pressure.

But in Zero's eyes, it seemed that he had long been accustomed to it.

The battles of the past thousands of years, the pressure brought by those alien beasts was stronger than this.

Not to mention that the demons around him now were just a group of slightly older little dolls.

Although he said so, Zero's combat instinct told him that he couldn't be careless at all!

One of the demons saw Zero and revealed an unbelievable smile, as well as eyes full of fighting spirit.

He was Upper Moon Three—Akaza.

In his eyes, he saw the scarlet fighting spirit on Zero's body, which had turned into substance, very thick.

He could feel that this fighting spirit had been tempered by many battlefields. To be able to condense such thick fighting spirit on his body, the battlefields he had experienced must be extraordinary.

"Stronger! Heh hahaha... Amazing! Truly amazing! A powerful powerhouse, I must turn him into a demon and fight with him forever!" Akaza didn't deliberately lower his voice when he said this, and everyone present heard it.

Zero looked around, using the 【Analysis Glasses】 to record every evil demon present.

Analysis required a little time, so he could only find a way to delay time while quickly analyzing and making corresponding strategies.

If it really didn't work... then he could only fight. Whether he lived or died depended on his own good fortune.

Moreover, his 【Nano Space】 still had a trump card that hadn't been used yet.

【Analyzing...】

【Estimated time: 15 minutes】

"15 minutes... I can only act cautiously, delay for a while if I can..." Zero thought to himself.

His eyes looked at Muzan, revealing a playful sneer: "Kibutsuji Muzan, you... are really a pitiful worm~ hehehe..."

"What did you say?!! If you have the ability, say it again!" Kibutsuji Muzan now only felt that he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, and just wanted to kill the demon hunter in front of him.

"Hehe, what's there not to dare to say? A pitiful worm, self-proclaimed as some kind of perfect ultimate creature, what a ridiculous little doll!"

"Ultimate creature? Heh~ a little guy who has only lived for more than a thousand years, you are also worthy of being called an ultimate creature?! If you are an ultimate creature, then I have lived for more than two thousand five hundred years, what should that be considered? A god? Or your ancestor?"

Every demon present heard these words, and their brains were like exploding.

Their bodies were trembling slightly, and a blurry figure appeared in their memories, which was somewhat similar to the current Kokushibo!

"Can humans really live for so long?" This was the only thought in Kokushibo's heart at this time.

If humans could really live for so long, then he wouldn't have...

A scene of him meeting his brother again hundreds of years ago appeared in his mind...

He shook his head, wiped out all these thoughts, and indicated that this was fundamentally impossible, but his intuition told him: this was true.

"Stop talking nonsense! How could humans live for so long? Even if it's true, only demons would be like this!" Kibutsuji Muzan immediately retorted.

But in fact, his heart was also faintly looking forward to it. If humans could really live for so long, then did it mean that he would have such an opportunity in the future?

"Hehe~ whether you believe it or not is your own business, it has nothing to do with me!"

"Kibutsuji Muzan, I will ask you, how do you view life?"

Boom!

As soon as this sentence was spoken, the brains of the demons were like exploding.

Their bodies were trembling slightly, and a blurry figure appeared in their memories, which was somewhat similar to the current Kokushibo!

Immediately after, Zero didn't care what they were thinking, and continued: "You self-proclaim as an ultimate creature, but your actions are really disgusting to me!"

"You constantly create evil demons, causing the destruction of so many people's families?! Not only do you not repent, but you also take this as fun!"

"It's not easy for humans to live, but you disregard other people's lives, play with other people's lives in the palm of your hand, eat humans and drink blood, do you think this is very funny?!"

"You don't understand at all how fragile life is. Birth, aging, sickness, and death, living is already difficult enough, but you still let your subordinates create disasters and harm lives!"

"Evil demons are all transformed from humans. Could it be that you have also forgotten that you were once a human?! Why does garbage like you still live in this world?!"

"Kibutsuji Muzan, I will ask you, what do you treat life as?!"

Every word of Zero stimulated their nerves, and every word made their brains involuntarily emerge a terrifying figure, as if saying the same thing.

"Enough, shut your mouth! You damn demon hunter! Don't say it anymore!" Kibutsuji Muzan roared, seemingly unable to endure such stimulation!

"Hehehe... Hahaha... Kibutsuji Muzan!!"

"Where is it interesting?"

"Where is it funny?"

"Why don't you understand?"

"Why do you want to forget?"

"What do you treat life as?!"

Every word he said was like a hammer hitting their hearts, as if the fear engraved in their DNA was released again.

Kibutsuji Muzan, who couldn't bear it anymore, waved his hand and ordered the Upper Moon demons: "Kill him!!!"

Instantly, all the Upper Moon demons took action together, launching their Blood Demon Arts or techniques to attack Zero.

Technique Deployment: Destructive Death, Compass!

Akaza took the lead in deploying his technique, and a twelve-pointed snowflake pattern unfolded under his feet.

His figure disappeared from where he was and rushed towards Zero.

"Just in time, taste this!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...

Bang! Bang! Bang!...

I don't know when, Zero took out the 【Dark Alloy Missile Launcher】 and fired ten small missiles directly, starting a carpet bombing!

Zero was very glad that he had put 【Energy Crystals】 into these weapons to store them when he was organizing his equipment.

He didn't expect that it would come in handy now.

Kibutsuji Muzan had already learned the power of this weapon, so he hurriedly dodged to one side, which saved him from the fate of being blown up again!

Kokushibo saw the trajectory of the missiles in the state of the Transparent World and slashed down with the weapon in his hand.

But he didn't expect that the weapon was blown up, and even his upper body was blown up, and the blown-up place was scorched, the regeneration speed was suppressed, and it became slow!

On the other side, because Akaza rushed too fast and didn't have time to react, he punched the missile directly, and most of his body was blown away, and the regeneration speed was also suppressed by the scorching.

Then, Doma used Blood Demon Art to create five Crystalline Children to block the missiles, which saved him from being bombed!

As for Upper Moon Four, he looked only the size of a palm and hid in a corner somewhere. Although he wasn't blown up, he was affected by the aftermath of the explosion, which still caused him some injuries.

But because of this, he summoned four clones, with the characters Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Pleasure engraved on their tongues. Their eyes were also engraved with the characters "Upper Moon Four".

As for Upper Moon Six, there were two, a man and a woman, who seemed to be siblings.

The woman looked not very smart, and directly wrapped the missile with her sash, and the result could be imagined...

She was blown up until only two legs were left.

And that brother demon also had to cross the blood sickles on his hands to block it because he didn't have time to dodge, and the ending was the same as the other evil demons.

Blood Demon Art: Frozen White Princess!

Doma created two giant ice lotuses in the form of a girl, and blew out freezing air from his mouth to carry out a wide-range attack, and it was also mixed with many ice crystals.

He wanted to take this opportunity to block Zero's actions, and once the ice crystals touched the skin, his actions would be restricted.

"Doma, you are still too young!"

"!!!"

Zero didn't know when he put the launcher back into the 【Nano Space】, appeared behind Doma, and his mechanical left hand grabbed his hair and smashed it to the ground, and his head was smashed to pieces in close contact with the ground!

Blood Demon Art: Strong Wind!

The demon of Pleasure held a fan in his hand, and while Zero was attacking Doma, he fanned it hard, creating a strong wind.

However, Zero's figure flashed and dodged this attack again.

Everything where the strong wind passed was destroyed, and Doma was also blown to another corner by this strong wind.

"You are nothing more than this!"

He snatched the fan from the hand of the demon of Pleasure, and then a scarlet cold light flashed, and the head of the demon of Pleasure was separated from his body.

Afterwards, Zero held the fan and fanned it several times behind him, directly blowing the demon of Sorrow and the demon of Anger away, continuously breaking through several wooden walls before stopping.

Afterwards, he held the fan and fanned it towards Kibutsuji Muzan and Nakime on the high platform again.

Unexpectedly, Nakime just plucked the shamisen in her hand, and the moment the strong wind swept over, she teleported herself and Kibutsuji Muzan to another high platform.

Boom!

The high platform just now was directly destroyed by the strong wind and turned into a pile of wood chips.

Moon Breathing, Sixth Form: Perpetual Night, Lonely Moon-Incessant!

Dense and chaotic consecutive slashes attacked Zero rapidly, and the blade aura was also accompanied by many small crescent moon blades.

It turned out that while Zero was being held back by the other Upper Moon demons, he had already completed regeneration, which was why this situation appeared.

But Zero didn't mess up his own pace, but continued to hold the fan in his hand and fanned it rapidly, creating more strong winds to collide with Kokushibo's blade aura.

Although he offset most of the blade aura, the fan in his hand was also destroyed by the residual blade aura.

Kibutsuji Muzan, who was standing on the high platform, was gnashing his teeth.

He never expected that after gathering five Upper Moon demons, he thought he would easily take down this white-haired demon hunter.

But now, not only did he not take him down, but he was also fighting on par with the Upper Moon demons, only falling into a disadvantage!

Although it was because he used that strange weapon at the beginning, this was enough to prove the horror of this guy!

Blood Demon Art: Thunder Kill!

The demon of Anger, who was fanned away, flew back with the help of the demon of Joy, and used the tin staff in his hand to create a dense lightning attack to surround Zero.

Dense lightning kept falling on Zero, but he didn't make any sound.

After the lightning attack ended, Zero had a trace of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, obviously injured.

This was his first injury since coming to this different world.

"Hehe... Hahaha... interesting, truly very interesting! Hahaha!!"

Kibutsuji Muzan on the high platform didn't understand why Zero, who could be considered at the end of his rope now, was still laughing wildly?

Only Zero himself knew why he was like this.

Over the years, on the road to exterminating evil demons, it had always been too smooth.

Although he was too cautious, which allowed him to collect a lot of information, it also led him into such a situation today.

Now, Zero already understood one thing: besides information, what he needed most now was a real battle!

A real battle from this different world!

Instead of the small fights between children like with Gyokko a few years ago.

Wiping away the trace of blood from the corner of his mouth, he said: "Since that's the case, then I'll play with you properly!"

"Dark Alloy Mecha, Armament!"

... ===== CHAPTER 44 =====