Chapter 58

The hotel owner's heart was very unsettled at this moment, his eyes constantly looking toward the direction of the Wan Shi Paradise Sect in the distance.

He had always worshipped the sect leader of the Wan Shi Paradise Sect; it could be said that he had been brainwashed to the point of being completely devoted.

The words Zero said before leaving this morning made him feel restless.

"Boss, this is something I found just now when checking that guest's room; it should be something he accidentally dropped."

The hotel owner's subordinate held a black rectangular metal box, which also displayed a red countdown.

It also made a "beep~ beep~" sound.

The hotel owner couldn't understand what this thing was at all, and subconsciously felt that this should be a very valuable item.

He ordered: "Keep this thing well; after that guest discovers it, he will come back to get it himself."

"But boss, this thing should also be very valuable, we..."

"Are you the boss or am I the boss? Do as I say!"

"Yes!"

Although the hotel owner's subordinate didn't understand what had happened, he still followed his instructions, wrapped the item in cloth, and placed it in the drawer at the front desk.

The hotel owner did this just hoping to leave a good impression on Zero, hoping he would let bygones be bygones and put in a good word in front of the sect leader.

However, not long after, when the countdown turned to 【00:00】, a violent explosion occurred!

Boom!

With a loud noise, an explosion occurred on the first floor of the hotel, and the hotel owner and his several subordinates were blown into pieces directly in the explosion!

And at this moment, the Wan Shi Paradise Sect was no better off.

Whether inside or outside, it had already turned into a mess!

Thick smoke was billowing everywhere in the sect.

Believers and sect members were fleeing everywhere.

Choked by this thick smoke, they couldn't open their eyes, and tears kept flowing from their eyes.

This was naturally Zero's handiwork.

After entering the Wan Shi Paradise Sect, he took out timed smoke bombs and tear gas bombs from the 【Nano Space】; as long as the time was up, they would explode automatically.

At that time, under the mixed effect of smoke bombs and tear gas bombs, people would lose their mobility.

Naturally, they would have no time to attend to the matters of their sect leader here.

This was also why Zero had previously told Doma to give him two minutes to say his last words.

He had completely achieved what is called time control!

At this time, inside the room in the center of the Wan Shi Paradise Sect.

Doma's figure kept dodging left and right in Zero's firepower, having no chance at all to think about using his Blood Demon Art.

Let alone getting close to Zero.

The once invincible attack method appeared so powerless at this moment.

Under the coverage of the cross floating cannon's fierce firepower, it ruthlessly devastated everything in the dim room; everywhere it passed was a mess, and flames were also burning fiercely.

Zero's face, illuminated by the tongue of fire from the gun barrel, became more and more evil and crazy.

However, the only thing that puzzled Doma at this moment was why his believers hadn't appeared yet to come and help him.

Seeming to see Doma's doubt, Zero stopped firing and said: "You seem very curious why those believers of yours haven't come to help you?"

Pointing out the thoughts in his heart, Doma looked at Zero in front of him and only felt that he was truly terrifying!

Not only could he see through what he was thinking, but he was also terrifyingly calm; it seemed nothing could shake him!

"Oh my~ you seem to see through my thoughts, then can you tell me why?"

"Hehe... why? Then why don't you go out and see for yourself?"

"You are really a terrifying Demon Slayer~ but it should be over!"

Blood Demon Art—Lotus Leaf Ice!

Blood Demon Art—Scattered Lotus Blossoms!

Blood Demon Art—Frozen Clouds!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Doma waved the pair of iron fans in his hands and instantly released three Blood Demon Arts.

A large amount of ice crystals and ice mist froze everything in the room.

If this were any other Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps here, they would probably only face death!

These ice crystals not only contained highly toxic substances, but once breathed into the lungs, they would damage the alveoli, which was undoubtedly a presence specifically designed to restrain Breathing Techniques.

Contacting the skin would also cause freezing, and movement would be even more restricted.

However, Zero still maintained that evil and calm smile.

When all the ice crystals and ice mist touched Zero's surroundings, the 【Quantum Shield】 on his chest suddenly emitted a blue light, blocking everything outside, unable to enter.

Clang!

A metallic collision sound rang out; it turned out that Doma had waved his fans to attack when he was caught off guard, aiming directly at Zero's neck! As a result, it was also blocked by the blue light, unable to advance even half an inch.

Coupled with the fire ignited in the room due to the destruction by the cross floating cannon, the ice crystals and ice mist dissipated even faster!

"Doma, you... still don't learn your lesson! Hehe!"

Rat-tat-tat-tat...

Instantly turning the muzzle of the cross floating cannon to aim at Doma, he fired wildly!

Doma, who had no time to dodge, had his chest directly swept with dense wounds, flesh and blood blurred, and blood spurted out!

Afterward, he stopped firing, took out the Nichirin Sickle, and cut off Doma's arms at the shoulders!

"Doma, I won't kill you, but... I will torture you well and let you taste a thousand times, ten thousand times the pain that my beloved girl suffered back then!"

Adjusting the power of his mechanical left hand, he activated the Bright Red Blade and cut off Doma's regenerated arms again.

The power of regeneration was restricted, and Doma was now completely in a passive state!

Zero directly swung his fist and punched through Doma's face!

He raised his foot and kicked him out, causing him to hit the wall!

But this wasn't over yet; carrying the Nichirin Sickle, he attacked again, directly cutting off the legs of Doma, who was embedded in the wall, making him unable to even run away!

He was truly cut into a demon stick!

He swung his fist with all his might to hit Doma's body; every bit of power was exerted to the extreme, and one could even see the wall behind Doma cracking like a spider web!

Finally, the wall couldn't bear such power and collapsed with a bang!

Doma also fell to the ground as a result!

Feeling that it wasn't enough to vent his anger, Zero raised his foot and kept stomping on Doma's body.

The regenerative power of his limbs was restricted, and Doma was extremely miserable at this moment!

He clearly felt that the killing intent, hatred, and anger of this Demon Slayer Pillar in front of him had reached a certain critical point!

He didn't understand why he had such emotions?

After venting for a while, Zero grabbed Doma's hair and lifted him up, staring at him with scarlet eyes.

He said: "Rest assured, I still say the same thing; I won't kill you! Didn't you say you wanted to know my name just now? Then I'll tell you."

"I am the Zero Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps, and my name is Zero! Just like I said in the Infinity Castle last time, I have lived for more than two thousand five hundred years or even more!"

"The user of Flower Breathing who fought you two years ago is one of the lovers I mentioned!"

Looking at Zero's eyes, Doma seemed to see a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood and endless dark wandering.

He even felt fear in his heart; he, who had no emotions, felt this for the first time!

However, his face still maintained a smiling appearance.

"So your name is Zero, the name is really good, and you look very good too! First time seeing such a beautiful boy..."

Bang!

Before Doma finished speaking, he was grabbed by the hair by Zero and thrown to the ground, and he swung the Nichirin Sickle again to cut off his limbs that had just finished regenerating halfway!

Finally, Zero retrieved the Nichirin Sickle back into the 【Nano Space】 and stepped on Doma's body.

He took out the 【Dark Alloy Annihilation Cannon Sniper】, aimed at Doma's head, and used a cluster explosion to blow it into pieces!

Waiting for Doma's head to finish regenerating, he did the same as just now.

This was repeated several times, and it still didn't stop!

Clang!

Suddenly, a sound of a stringed instrument rang out, and Doma and Zero instantly disappeared and appeared in the Infinity Castle.

Seeing Doma, who had been tortured into a mess, Nakime frowned slightly.

But when she saw the person stepping on Doma, she was almost scared out of her wits!

Seeing him again reminded her of the fear of being dominated by that steel monster more than half a month ago!

She hurriedly plucked the shamisen in her arms again, preparing to teleport him away!

But before she could act, Zero fired a shot at Nakime, shattering her shamisen, and her stomach was also blown through.

Immediately, he used a cluster explosion again to blow Nakime into pieces!

He kicked Doma, who was no longer in a demon-like state, and said: "Feel the fear again!"

Plan B:

Dark Alloy Battle Mecha, activate!!

……

Inside a luxury villa.

Kibutsuji Muzan was hiding in the study reading a book, and the surroundings were also tightly covered by curtains, so not a single ray of sunlight could leak in.

But now, Kibutsuji Muzan had a very strong sense of unease in his heart.

It was as if something big was about to happen!?

As time passed, this sense of unease became stronger and stronger!

The restless emotion made him very unhappy, so he decided to convene an Upper Rank meeting to see if anything had happened recently?

So he gave an order to Nakime, who was staying in the Infinity Castle, in his mind: "Nakime, gather all the Upper Ranks to the Infinity Castle for me; I have something to ask!"

"Yes, Muzan-sama."

After receiving the order, Nakime plucked the shamisen in her arms and teleported Doma over first.

Not for anything else, just because Doma was relatively close to here, although he was very annoying and hateful.

As a result, she didn't expect...

It wasn't just Doma who appeared in the Infinity Castle, but also a guy who made her extremely terrified!

Looking at Doma, who was being stepped on by Zero, she was even more extremely angry!

Before she could teleport Zero away, her shamisen was directly shattered, and her stomach was pierced through.

She was blown into pieces again!

Dark Alloy Battle Mecha, activate!

Hum!

A violent fluctuation in the void, and the battle mecha appeared out of thin air, descending into the Infinity Castle again.

The battle mecha squatted down, the cockpit on its chest opened, and Zero entered the cockpit and began to control the mecha.

"Start overload operation! Target: Destroy the Infinity Castle again!"

【Overload operation starting...】

【Activation successful!】

"Launch all missiles!"

Click click click...

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...

The mecha's arms opened, launching a total of twenty missiles.

Five missiles flew toward Doma.

One missile flew toward Nakime.

The remaining missiles flew toward different directions of the Infinity Castle.

Doma and Nakime, who hadn't finished regenerating, were ruthlessly blown into pieces by the missiles again!

Afterward, Zero controlled the mecha to take down the two giant swords behind it.

He swung the giant swords and ran wildly in the Infinity Castle, crazily devastating the Infinity Castle again.

During this period, he also ejected several timed bombs with set times from the mecha's arms, throwing them randomly into any corner of the Infinity Castle...

On the other side, Kibutsuji Muzan waited for a while, and seeing that Nakime hadn't teleported him to the Infinity Castle, his mood became a bit irritable.

"Nakime, what exactly are you doing?!"

"……"

"Nakime!"

"……"

He spoke to Nakime several times, but still didn't get any reply!

At this moment, the sense of unease in Kibutsuji Muzan's heart was infinitely magnified; something must have happened to the Infinity Castle again!

He hurriedly spoke to Akaza.

"Akaza, are you in the Infinity Castle right now?"

"Reporting to Master... I have not returned to... the Infinity Castle..." Akaza responded.

"I know."

Getting Akaza's reply, Kibutsuji Muzan spoke to Akaza in his mind again: "Akaza, where are you now?"

"Reporting to Master, your subordinate is staying with Hantengu."

The reason he was staying with Hantengu was because in the early morning, he saw Hantengu preying on a child, and that child was a girl.

Akaza naturally couldn't endure it, stepped forward and gave him two punches, and since it was about to be dawn, he could only drag Hantengu to a hidden cave to avoid the sunlight and continue beating him.

"Hmm." Kibutsuji Muzan cut off the connection with Akaza.

Since Akaza was staying with Hantengu, it indicated that neither of them was in the Infinity Castle.

Immediately, he spoke to Daki, and the answer he got was the same; Daki and her brother had always been staying in the Yoshiwara pleasure district and had never left.

None of the other Upper Rank demons had returned to the Infinity Castle; it seemed something big had happened to the Infinity Castle!

Consequently, he spoke to Doma again.

"Doma, where are you now?"

"……"

"Doma!!"

"……"

Still no reply, which made Kibutsuji Muzan's heart even more restless.

It seemed something big had happened to the Infinity Castle!

Otherwise, with Nakime's personality, it was impossible for her not to dare to give him any reply.

As for Doma, although he was always smiling, he looked very annoying.

But he was absolutely loyal to him, and it was absolutely impossible for him to dare not give him any reply!

The scene shifted back to the Infinity Castle side.

At this time, the Infinity Castle could be said to be full of scars and dilapidated!

It was even burning with fierce flames.

Blood Demon Art—Frozen Clouds!

Blood Demon Art—Vine Lotus Blossoms!

Blood Demon Art—Lotus Leaf Ice!

Blood Demon Art—Mist Ice. Sleeping Lily Bodhisattva!

Taking advantage of Zero destroying the Infinity Castle, Doma completed regeneration and released many Blood Demon Arts in succession, freezing and extinguishing the flames in the Infinity Castle.

He also created a huge Ice Bodhisattva, wanting to contend with the mecha.

Unexpectedly, the Ice Bodhisattva, which was several meters shorter than the mecha, was split in two by the mecha with one sword in just one encounter!

Doma was also stepped into pieces by the mecha and embedded into the floor again.

Nakime also completed regeneration at this moment.

But her first thing was to teleport herself away first.

The purpose of doing this was to prevent being blown into pieces by this steel monster again!

Clang! Clang! Clang...

Plucking the shamisen non-stop, she created a huge wooden door, teleporting Zero and his steel monster away!

Zero, who was still destroying everywhere in the Infinity Castle with the mecha, was teleported out of the Infinity Castle by this sudden wooden door.

Zero didn't expect Nakime to have learned to be smart this time.

Actually knowing to teleport herself away first and hide.

And this time the teleportation location happened to fall at the Wan Shi Paradise Sect.

The huge body fell from mid-air to the Wan Shi Paradise Sect, creating a strong vibration! Destroying this place and everything around it.

This time, the Wan Shi Paradise Sect could be considered to have been more than half destroyed!

Those believers and nearby residents saw this mecha and thought it was a god descending to the world, kneeling on the ground one after another, worshipping piously.

Seeing this, Zero immediately retrieved the mecha back into the 【Nano Space】, hid his figure while they weren't paying attention, and left here.

His goal had been achieved; it could be considered as venting his anger for Kanae!

But the most urgent thing now was to return to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, otherwise Kanae and Mitsuri would probably start worrying again.

And he still had to fulfill his promise to Xiao Yue.

……