Extreme rage filled Tanjirou's eyes with blood, red capillaries spreading throughout them. His crimson gaze fixed on Muzan's hideous body, and in a daze, Tanjirou saw the numerous scars hidden beneath Muzan's skin.
This was... Tanjirou realized these were the imprints Yoriichi-sensei had left on Muzan, and these imprints were precisely how Yoriichi-sensei had shown him the best way to kill Muzan!
Tanjirou took a deep breath, his eyes resolute. Before the other Pillars recovered, he had to stop Muzan. This was something he absolutely had to do!
It was something he had to achieve, even if it cost him his life!
His crimson nichirin blade, flowing with scorching flames, illuminated the somewhat dim battlefield. Hot breaths escaped Tanjirou's mouth, his burning body erupting with unprecedented power.
Hinokami Kagura: Enbu!
Move! Don't stop!
The final form of Hinokami Kagura was to link all sword forms together!
Only then could its maximum effect be unleashed!
Continuously swinging his nichirin blade, the scorching flames cut through the incoming bone whips. Tanjirou slowly approached Muzan, pushing his body to perform one evasion after another.
Hinokami Kagura: Hekira no Ten!
Hinokami Kagura: Kagerou!
...Muzan's arm, transformed into a thorny whip, grazed Tanjirou's right hand, instantly stripping away a large section of flesh, revealing stark white bone. Tanjirou endured the pain; such continuous use of Hinokami Kagura was a massive burden on his body. Blood welled at the corners of his lips. Tanjirou gritted his teeth, sidestepped the bone whip, and spun his body.
Hinokami Kagura: Kasha!
His steps were unsteady and weak, the hand gripping the hilt trembling slightly.
No... if this continued, he wouldn't be able to get close to Muzan and would collapse first!
What should he do?
"Zzz~ Zzz!" A peal of thunder echoed from behind Tanjirou, accompanied by dazzling lightning. Golden flashes streaked across Tanjirou's vision, like a thunder dragon, roaring as it charged towards Kibutsuji Muzan!
Thunder Breathing, Seventh Form: Honoikazuchi no Kami!
Muzan's eyes widened. A gash instantly appeared on his chest, the scent of scorched flesh from the lightning, and a numbing sensation spreading through all his nerves.
"What are you staring at, Gakeunrou!" Inosuke yelled, charging towards Muzan. His flexible body easily dodged Muzan's bone whips, whose nerves were paralyzed.
"This great lord will chop you into pieces!"
Beast Breathing, Fourth Fang: Kiba Furikake!
Facing Inosuke, who was now at close range, Muzan's chest, which had been gouged open by Zenitsu, regenerated into a giant mouth. Its sharp teeth bit down on Inosuke's two nichirin blades.
"Danger! Inosuke!" Zenitsu shouted, running towards Inosuke.
"What is this! It's disgusting!" Inosuke struggled to pull his nichirin blades back. The next second, a bone whip pierced Inosuke's abdomen.
"Inosuke! Zenitsu!" Tanjirou's eyes widened as he yelled.
Inosuke coughed up a mouthful of blood, and along with Zenitsu, was swept away by Muzan, crashing into the ruins with a "boom."
Hinokami Kagura: Shakukotsu En'yo!
He brandished his blade, the flowing flames swirling, scorching the bone whips. The acrid smell of burning flesh was far less potent than the metallic scent of his comrades' blood.
Those smells constantly stimulated every nerve in Tanjirou. Veins bulged on his forehead, arms, and the backs of his hands. Tanjirou's shoulder was pierced, yet his movements didn't falter.
"Ahhh!" he roared, unleashing a powerful thrust that instantly pinned Muzan to the wall, rendering him immobile!
Hinokami Kagura: Yoka Futsuryaku!
The crimson blade was firmly embedded in Muzan's body, piercing one of his hearts. The heat of the crimson blade made Muzan shriek in agony.
"Kamado! Tanjirou!" Catching sight of the pale dawn sky in the distance, Muzan's crimson pupils constricted sharply. The damage from the crimson blade combined with the Breath of the Sun prevented him from even deploying his bone whips.
He frantically dug his sharp nails into Tanjirou's head, tearing through the crimson Mark.
"Let go of me!"
"Die!" Tanjirou poured all his strength into his nichirin blade, completely disregarding the intense pain in his head!
Muzan's grip tightened relentlessly. Just as Tanjirou was about to collapse, a biting gust of wind swept by.
A white flash of a blade, its coldness piercing through Tanjirou, numbing even the pain of his wounds with its severe chill.
Yoizumi, his face covered in light blue fractured patterns, appeared before Muzan and Tanjirou, severing the arm Muzan used to touch Tanjirou. Without hesitation, Yoizumi plunged his blade through Muzan's head.
He joined Tanjirou in restraining Muzan!
"Yoizumi!" Muzan shrieked Yoizumi's name. From his pierced head, crimson blood flowed down the blade onto Yoizumi's hand.
"Let go of me!" Seeing Muzan about to unleash another shockwave, Yoizumi pressed his body closer to Tanjirou, sending Tanjirou flying before the shockwave hit.
"Yoizumi-nii!" Tanjirou, sent flying, felt his vision go black, followed by a tremendous roar. Only a ringing remained in his ears.
With hardly any good flesh left on his body, Yoizumi still didn't release his grip. The crimson blade continuously scorched Muzan's body.
"Go to hell, Muzan!" His body was shattered, pierced, and regenerated by Muzan. Half of Yoizumi's head was blasted away, and his sole remaining blue eye stared coldly at the grotesque Muzan.
Catching sight of the increasingly bright sky in the distance, Muzan's heart grew more anxious. His tense pupils constricted, veins throbbed on his forehead, yet the blood-soaked man before him held him firmly in place.
Just like that snowy night when he first met him.
This man, too, had gnawed at him without restraint, just like this.
Like a jackal.
Those cold eyes, dark and filled with only deathly silence.
He, Kibutsuji Muzan!
How could he possibly die here!
From the pierced head, the wound expanded, and Muzan's head split into two, forming a giant mouth that swallowed Yoizumi's nichirin blade. Immediately after, it bit down on Yoizumi's right hand!
Before Muzan could consume more, Yoizumi forcibly tore off his own arm, while his other hand used an aerial strike to cleave Muzan's head in half!
The frost-white nichirin blade fell from Muzan's severed head. The moment Yoizumi caught it, a glint of light refracted a misty blue glow from the white blade.
Yoizumi realized... this long-delayed sunlight, after a thousand years... had finally arrived!
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