Chapter 184: First Demon Slayer
the other side.
In the dust, Tanjiro's sense of smell was affected and he could not find Yoshiichirō at all. He could only hold the knife, narrow his eyes, look around and stay alert at all times.
At this moment, a terrifying roar came from the depths of the dust, and the earth trembled. Tanjiro's hand holding the hilt of the sword was slightly sweaty. But soon it returned to calm.
A strange thing happened, and although Tanjiro was confused, he still didn't dare to let his guard down.
"…what happens?"
Muttering softly, looking at the pitch-black dust, Tanjiro felt a little fear of the unknown. But when he thought of the soldiers and townspeople who died tragically, the anger in his heart rekindled his fighting spirit.
Tightening the sword in his hand, Tanjiro walked deeper into the dust, slowing down his pace as much as possible to prevent sudden attacks.
“It should be this direction…”
Frowning, Tanjiro was just talking to himself to determine his location when a pale figure flashed before his eyes and ran in the direction he came from!
He wrinkled his nose subconsciously, but then his face was stunned. The distance was so close that even in the dust, Tanjiro immediately smelled a familiar strange smell!
"That's... an evil ghost!"
The muscles of both legs tensed instantly, and with a push of the feet, he rushed backwards at full speed!
"stop!"
The "mom" who passed by Tanjiro naturally noticed him, and was secretly happy that the person she met just now was not the tall red swordsman.
Ignoring Tanjiro's yells behind him, he kept running towards the town exit, his steps becoming faster and faster, his eyes full of desire for a new life.
If I can escape...no one will bully me anymore!
Thinking of this, "Mom" smiled. As she continued to run, she had escaped from the dust. Then, through the moonlight shining through the spider silk, the exit of the town was right in front of her!
She couldn't hide the joy on her face, but at this moment, a hot breath blew on her neck.
"Stop..."
Hearing this somewhat breathless voice, "Mom"'s face was filled with shock.
How could it be! That kid couldn't possibly catch up with me!
He slowly turned his head and looked back, his pupils shrank, and he saw that Tanjiro's eyes were white, his face was ferocious, and hot breath was exhaled from the corners of his mouth as he breathed regularly.
An inexplicable feeling of oppression came over her, and just when "Mom" was about to tremble, Tanjiro suddenly coughed violently a few times, and the terrifying aura on his body dissipated.
Let the "mom" realize that the other person is just a child.
While Tanjiro was coughing uncontrollably, "Mom" gently waved her hands, and white spider silk rose from her fingers and floated in the wind. She raised her arms and was about to take action when she paused.
Yes...it's just a child...
Putting down her hands, "Mom" looked at Tanjiro who had just recovered and said softly.
"I just want to escape from here and survive... Don't follow me!"
Then he turned and walked out of the town, but Tanjiro's painful voice came again behind him.
"What a joke... You want to just walk away after killing so many people?"
Hearing this, "Mom" stopped walking, her pupils trembled slightly, and the scene of herself manipulating the swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps to kill each other emerged in her mind, while Rui and other "family members" behind her watched coldly, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"I don't want to do that either! But if you don't obey my orders, you will be tortured, dismembered, and hung in the sun to turn into dust..."
At this point, "Mom"'s body gradually hunched over and she started crying like a wronged girl.
"…Well…I just want to survive…"
Listening to the crying "mother" in front of him, a trace of pity flashed across Tanjiro's face, but the next moment his eyes regained their firmness, his breathing was readjusted at this moment, and he spoke slowly.
"Perhaps you have your own difficulties...but those swordsmen...don't they deserve to live?"
The voice became louder and louder, and Tanjiro raised the black blade in his hand.
"hiss…"
He took a deep breath, his chest bulged slightly, the muscles in his body bulged and became hot at this moment, and then he exhaled a long breath of hot air, which condensed into a white mist in the cold winter day.
"I will never...let you leave!"
Faced with Tanjiro entering that terrifying state again, "Mom" wiped away her tears. Even though she felt afraid, she still chose to throw out the spider silk in her hand in order to live freely.
Looking at the people on the other side who were buried by Tanjiro and Yoriichi, his eyes were a little dull and he murmured something.
"Sorry……"
Then he swung his arms, and countless spider silks shot into the air and flew towards Tanjiro!
Faced with the spider silk flying towards him, Tanjiro quickly tapped the ground and turned around to avoid it as much as possible, or cut it off with the blade in his hand.
At the same time, he secretly compared it with the spider silk he had found on the soldier's body before, and it was exactly the same!
Be careful not to be controlled by it...
After knowing this, Tanjiro dodged more carefully, constantly adjusting his pace to move towards "Mom".
The mother frowned, and spider silk shot out from her fingers again. She concentrated her mind and multitasked, controlling more spider silk to pounce on Tanjiro!
The overwhelming spider silk was coming towards Tanjiro. Faced with the numerical pressure, with his speed and physical strength, he could not dodge most of the spider silk.
Knowing this well, Tanjiro gritted his teeth, stopped, swung the blade in his hand, and slashed at the spider silk falling from the sky!
Wow! Wow!
The blade danced with strong winds, and countless spider silks were chopped into pieces. However, as more and more spider silks attacked, Tanjiro was a little overwhelmed, so he simply put down the sword in his hand, closed his eyes, and adjusted his breathing...
Seeing this, a light flashed in the eyes of "Mom", and she gritted her teeth and threw out more spider silk in her hand. But just when Tanjiro was about to be surrounded by the spider silk, a flash of fire lit up from the black blade.
The next moment, Tanjiro opened his eyes, raised his sword and started slashing. All the spider silk close to the blade was instantly burned to ashes. No matter how hard "Mom" tried, the result was the same!
"how come……"
Muttering in disbelief, the light in "Mom"'s eyes faded, her frowning brows relaxed resignedly at this moment, and her raised hands slowly dropped to both sides.
Without the interference of his "mother" spider silk, Tanjiro seized the opportunity and rushed in front of the other party. Looking at the other party's lifeless eyes, the strong smell of the other party's sadness rushed into Tanjiro's nose.
Although his face showed grief, Tanjiro still tried his best, swinging his arm and slashing at the opponent's neck with flames on the blade, while silently reciting in his heart.
Feel sorry…
Breathing of the Sun? Form One? Round Dance.
bass!
The head flew high up. At this moment, the "mother" whose neck was cut off did not feel the pain she imagined. Looking at Tanjiro with a sad face, she only felt a warmth at this moment, just like...
...like the sunshine I haven't felt for a long time...
boom.
Tanjiro sadly cut off his "mother's" head, lowered his head and remained silent as if thinking about something, but after a few breaths, the side effects of forcibly using the Sun Breathing without fully mastering it appeared again.
After a few violent coughs, Tanjiro fell to his knees. The lack of oxygen caused by his inability to breathe made his brain chaotic. He wanted to remind himself, but he failed.
Oops…
Tanjiro said this in his heart, and his vision gradually became blurred. At this critical moment, in the haze, a figure with a high ponytail slowly walked towards him.
Mr. Yunyi... He is saved now...
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In the dust.
The pitch-black blade sank into his chest, and the dark karma flowed into his body along the blade. The breath of death lingered at his nose!
The next moment, the extremely hard spider silk shield was completely cut open, and Yuichirō's figure appeared in front of Rui again!
"Damn you! How dare you kill my family!"
Looking at Yunyi in front of him, Lei raised his hand and wanted to use the blood demon technique, but a black light flashed, and his arm flew into the sky and landed somewhere unknown.
And in Yunyi's eyes, there was also a reflection of the terrified look on Lei's face, as he recalled the fear that the other evil spirits had shown him just now, as well as his words at this moment.
Family?
“How sad…”
The [Open Door] in his hand ignited with the flame of the sun, and he swung his arm and slashed. A line of blood appeared on the evil ghost's neck, and then his eyes gradually became lifeless, and his head slowly turned into ashes and dissipated.