At this moment, the demon Tanjiro has transformed into a mindless killing machine.
"Roar--!"
The bluestone slabs beneath our feet shattered into dust.
He transformed into a raging meteorite wreathed in Heat Haze flames, moving so fast that even a fleeting afterimage couldn't be captured on the retina.
That's too fast!
"Tomioka! You idiot! Get out of the way!!"
Even after retreating dozens of meters away, Sanemi was still unable to open his eyes due to the terrifying heat wave that was hitting him.
He stared, his eyes bloodshot, at the man who still had his hands in his sleeves; his heart was already somewhat dead...
Not only Sanemi, but also Tengen Uzui, Kyojuro Rengoku, and the others all gasped in shock.
Faced with an impact of this magnitude, if you don't use Breathing Style to avoid it, you'll be instantly smashed into a pile of mud!
However--
At the very heart of the storm, a thoughtful look flashed across Giyu Tomioka's eyes.
"Based on the testing over this period, I've reached a bottleneck in the water, moon, and sun Breathing Style..."
However, a sufficiently substantial control group has always been lacking in tests of stress resistance.
"After all, even ordinary Lower Rank demons can't break through my defenses..."
He watched as the Demon Tanjiro, who was close at hand and hurtling towards him with overwhelming Heat Haze, came crashing down.
A dangerous glint appeared in his deep blue eyes.
At this critical moment!
This surprised everyone!
Giyu Tomioka didn't even try to dodge.
He simply and casually pulled his hands out of his sleeves, letting them hang naturally at his sides.
No dodging! No avoiding! No defending!
"Is he insane?!"
Upon seeing this, Obanai Iguro, who was hiding in the distance, nearly popped her eyes out and gasped in shock.
"Bang--!"
Before his colleagues' gasps had even subsided,
Tanjiro, enveloped in scorching Heat Haze and powerful enough to pierce metal and stone, slammed into the very center of Giyu Tomioka's chest without reservation!
"Boom--!"
A terrifying shockwave, visible to the naked eye, swept wildly outwards from the point of impact where the two collided!
"Splash!"
The bluestone slabs within a ten-meter radius were blown away inch by inch by this violent shockwave, and countless fragments of stone shot out in all directions!
The extreme heat instantly ignited the air.
A huge black hole was burned into the chest area of Giyu's Demon Slayer Corps uniform, and the fabric turned to ashes!
"Giyu!!"
The Sabito's heart almost stopped beating.
However--
When the dust and smoke dissipated slightly in the strong wind.
At that moment, all seven pillars in the audience collectively gasped in shock.
"Hiss--!"
"What... what kind of international joke is this?!"
Tengen Uzui rubbed his eyes, hardly believing what he was seeing.
In the center of that enormous, blasted crater.
That man--
He remained standing!
The gruesome scene of a shattered sternum and gushing internal organs that I had envisioned never materialized!
On Giyu's exposed chest, there was only a faint red mark!
"This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!!"
Sanemi Shinazugawa gripped his hair tightly with both hands, his worldview utterly shattered.
"What exactly is Tomioka's body made of?"
"Steel? Or vibranium?!"
"Is he really not a monster in human skin?!"
Just when the pillars were questioning the meaning of life...
Giyu lowered his head and glanced at the charred hole in his clothes on his chest, a hint of heartache flashing in his deep blue eyes.
"Applying for reimbursement and then having to write a battle damage report is such a hassle."
Giyu frowned, then looked up, his lifeless, dead-fish eyes meeting Tanjiro's dazed expression.
Is that all the strength you've got?
Giyu's voice was flat.
"If this is all the destructive power you have, then I'll be truly disappointed."
"Roar--!"
This extremely insulting taunt instantly ignited Tanjiro's pride!
I'm going to tear you to pieces!
His eyes instantly filled with terrifying bloodshot veins, and the muscles all over his body swelled up again.
He stopped retreating and instead planted his feet firmly on the ground.
Those fists, engulfed in deadly Heat Haze, slammed down towards Giyu's upper body with a terrifying speed beyond the limits of what the naked eye could perceive!
"Blood Demon Art: Heat Haze - Hundred-Splitting Piercing Slaughter!!"
"Ora ora ora--!"
The sky was filled with fiery red fist shadows, which transformed into an impenetrable net of deadly firepower, completely engulfing Giyu Tomioka's figure!
"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!"
A sound that sent chills down the spines of all the pillars rang out.
Dull, piercing, and even with each punch landing, a blinding burst of sparks erupted!
"What the hell are they shooting at?! They're even shooting sparks?!"
Kyojuro Rengoku's eyes widened, and cold sweat poured down his forehead.
Under Tanjiro's almost frenzied, high-frequency bombardment, Giyu's already tattered uniform finally gave way and was completely torn into countless flying strips.
Sharp demonic claws and scorching Heat Haze finally tore through Giyu's skin.
Bloodstains appeared on Giyu's chest, shoulders, and abdomen, the blood mixed with the smell of burning, instantly staining his upper body red.
"Great! Mr. Giyu is injured! Wait... why didn't he dodge?"
Mitsuri Kanroji was so anxious she was jumping up and down, her eyes brimming with tears as she cried out.
Although Tanjiro didn't speak, his increasingly frenzied attack frequency revealed his ambition to beat the man in front of him to a pulp.
However--
Just when everyone thought that Giyu was about to be at a disadvantage in this fierce, stationary exchange of blows...
An extremely terrifying scene unfolded!!
"Hiss--Zzzzz..."
Thick white steam suddenly began to rise from the horrific, blood-soaked wounds that Tanjiro had just torn open on Giyu's body!
Enveloped in white steam.
The torn flesh, the severed capillaries... were frantically intertwining and healing at a terrifying speed, even faster than Tanjiro's punch!
Tanjiro's previous punch had just torn a ten-centimeter-long gash in Giyu's left shoulder.
Before he could land his next punch on Giyu's right chest...
The cut on my left shoulder had completely scabbed over and fallen off in a puff of white smoke, restoring it to a smooth, brand-new state without leaving a single scar!
This is simply a miracle in the history of medicine!
"What?!?!"