"Damn it! I knew the Hashira wouldn't be so easy to deal with! Fuck, Fuck, Fuck!" Mukago's face was so bitter it looked like juice could be squeezed out of it.
One Hashira had already given her a hard time and now in just a moment, another Hashira with a group of Demon Slayers had arrived.
The bunch of cannon fodder demons she had painstakingly gathered were almost all killed.
Although they were cannon fodder demons, Mukago had put a lot of effort into controlling them, but they only lasted this long.
Mukago's heart had completely lost her initial confidence.
Now, her mind was filled with only one thought: escape!
She must escape!
The Demon Slayer Corps was too terrifying.
She didn't want to die yet.
Although she might be killed by Muzan-sama later, if she didn't run now, she would die here.
Having made up her mind, Mukago's attacks became increasingly frenzied.
The giant vine snake under her feet also seemed to have lost all reason, not caring whether what stood in front of it was a demon or a Demon Slayer, simply crushing everything in its path.
Faced with Mukago in her frenzied state, the Demon Slayers had no choice but to evade.
For a moment, several demons didn't die by the Demon Slayers' blades, but were instead crushed into pieces by the giant vine snake.
"Blood Demon Art: Parasitic Blood Vines!"
BOOM!
The frantically advancing giant vine snake exploded as it approached Shinichi, bursting into hundreds or thousands of extremely thin, blood-sucking vines.
The blood-sucking vines with sharp teeth lunged at Shinichi from all directions.
Facing this attack, Shinichi didn't take it lightly.
His Nichirin Blade instantly whipped up a violent hurricane.
"Forest Breathing: Sixth Form - Resilent Grass · Hurricane Strike!"
Whoosh whoosh!
In an instant, countless blood-sucking vines were swept up into the air by the hurricane.
At the same time, flashes of blue-green light flickered within the hurricane.
The terrifying slashes shattered these blood-sucking vines in a moment.
But there were still some stray blood-sucking vines that escaped Shinichis hurricane and turned to attack the other Demon Slayers.
The sight of the blood-sucking vines with their mouths full of countless sharp teeth sent chills down the spines of the Demon Slayers.
They all used their full strength to destroy these vines.
"Ah! Not good! This thing has wrapped around me!"
However, some Demon Slayers were unfortunately caught off guard.
One was suddenly bitten on the nose by a blood-sucking vine.
Almost instantly, that Demon Slayer's face turned pale, and he directly lost consciousness.
"Hiss!"
The blood-sucking vine let out a chilling, high-pitched demon cry.
Its dense sharp teeth gleamed coldly as it raised its head, about to burrow into the unconscious Demon Slayer's neck.
"Maple Breathing: Third Form - One Leaf Autumn!"
A thin red line flashed by, and half of the blood-sucking vine's body immediately split into two.
Yuichiro gripped his red Nichirin Blade tightly with both hands, his light blue eyes rapidly moving, constantly locking onto the positions of the remaining blood-sucking vines.
Visible heat seeped from the corners of Yuichiro's mouth.
He took a slight step back, the muscles in his calves tensing in an instant.
"Maple Breathing: Fourth Form - Autumn Fire Dance!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
For a moment, flashes of fiery red afterimages swept across the eyes of every Demon Slayer.
One blood-sucking vine after another was severed.
In an instant, all the stragglers were destroyed.
At the same time, as Shinichi swung his Nichirin Blade, the violently raised hurricane slowly dissipated, and countless fragments of blood-sucking vines and foul-smelling blood fell to the ground.
But it was at this moment that a sharp-eyed Demon Slayer spotted a figure suddenly appearing between Shinichi and Yuichiro.
"Forest Hashira, Maple Hashira! Be careful!"
"Die, Hashiras of the Demon Slayer Corps!" Mukago's face was fierce, her red claws extending several centimeters, her fangs was grotesquely exposed.
With a cruel expression on her face, she roared in an unusually low voice.
Mukago had successfully concealed her presence using the cover of countless blood-sucking vines.
Her body was hidden among the fragments and blood of the countless blood-sucking vines that had just been destroyed.
She was taking this opportunity to launch a fierce sneak attack.
Her target was clear: Shinichi.
She wanted to try to kill this Hashira!
However, Shinichi and Yuichiro's reactions would greatly surprise Mukago.
Shinichi and Yuichiro moved almost simultaneously.
Blue-green and red blade lights flashed from in front of and behind Mukago at the same time.
"Forest Breathing: Seventh Form - Soaring Wood Dragon Slash!"
"Maple Breathing: Fifth Form - Maple Sparrow Flash!"
BOOM!!
A blue-green giant dragon and a fiery red sparrow simultaneously took form, each letting out silent dragon roars and sparrow chirps.
The overwhelming aura that swept up made Mukago and the surrounding observing Demon Slayers unable to open their eyes.
Such a shocking and exciting scene was right before their eyes.
The Demon Slayers were deeply impressed by the strength displayed by the two Hashiras.
'I never want to fight a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps again!' Mukago only had time to complain this much in her heart.
The next second, the blue-green giant dragon and the fiery red sparrow engulfed her body.
Her neck was smoothly cut open from front and back by the two Nichirin Blades.
The head with two small pointed horns flew towards the sky.
Clang!
A crisp sound of metal clashing rang out as Shinichi's Nichirin Blade collided with Yuichiro's Nichirin Blade.
Along with this sound came the thud sounds of Mukago's head falling to the ground.
The battle was over.
"So... so strong..."
The Demon Slayers swallowed, looking at the scene before them with both admiration and some disappointment.
They admired the Forest Hashira and Maple Hashira's strength, which left them in awe.
The regret was that they, as ordinary Demon Slayers, had hardly helped at all, which left the team members somewhat felt bad.
Some had even begun to think that having Hashira to slay demons was enough and that they, as ordinary members, seemed to have no real purpose...
But now was not the time to think about such things.
After all, slaying a Lower Moon demon was something worth cheering about, wasn't it?
The Demon Slayers' cheers didn't affect Shinichi and Yuichiro.
Yuichiro watched as Mukago's head turned to ashes with reluctance, but for some reason, he always felt something was off.
So he looked at Shinichi with an inquiring gaze.
Shinichi sheathed his Nichirin Blade and also noticed Yuichiro's gaze.
What a clever disciple.
"This one isn't dead."
Yuichiro's eyes widened, "Indeed. But, Master, why?"
Shinichi chuckled lightly, turning to look towards the distant mountains.
"Sometimes slaying demons is not the best solution. We must always seek opportunities to take the initiative, preferably to directly find that bastard Muzan's lair."
"Ah? Master, do you mean...?"
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rustle!
The dense undergrowth was roughly pushed aside.
With black fur burning with flames that looked like a ghost, Maru-ni's red eyes flickered with an eerie light.
His slender claws paced slightly, and soon Maru-ni locked onto a direction.
Then his body quickly turned into a black lightning bolt!
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