Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū Liu Qi

Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū: Liu Qi

Bai Cangshu's breathing maintained a peculiar rhythm through his nose and mouth. The Ripple generated by the vibrations within his body possessed a frequency identical to that of the sun.

That was why Bai Cangshu had smiled when he saw that the world he had entered was Demon Slayer.

Perhaps he now possessed an anti-demon weapon even more terrifying than Sun Breathing.

Hoo~

Professor and the others were startled to see the Man-eating Demon hidden within that enormous body actually begin burning in the hands of the terrifying-looking Reincarnator, whose appearance was almost unbearable to behold.

A fire-based ability?

No. Professor quickly dismissed her guess, because she saw the Man-eating Demon rapidly turn to ash within the flames.

It had actually been killed directly.

While high-level abilities could kill Man-eating Demons without relying on Nichirin Blades, anyone entering the same world as newcomers like them could not possibly be such a powerful Reincarnator.

"Hamon Overdrive?"

Bai Cangshu looked toward Professor. Realizing she had misspoken, Professor took two steps back.

Before Bai Cangshu could say anything, the dense forest suddenly began to shake continuously, the rustling of branches and leaves growing louder and louder.

Professor suddenly realized something and shouted,

"Run! It's a Demon Tide!"

Whoosh!

A figure tore through the air, pouncing out of the forest directly at the speaking Professor.

Bai Cangshu's pupils trembled slightly. With his superior dynamic vision, he saw that the attacker was a blue-skinned Man-eating Demon clad in tattered burlap clothes. Judging by its build, it had likely turned into a demon while still a child.

"Dinner time!"

After warning the others, Professor's heart lurched. By the time she heard the sound cutting through the air, she knew something was wrong. She only had time to raise her hand and fire a wild shot in front of her before she was instantly knocked down.

Bang!

Professor's hand cannon made an enormous noise, exploding through the night once more.

A sharp pain shot through Professor's shoulder. She saw a Man-eating Demon with half its body missing, its bloodshot eyes fixed as it bit into her shoulder. With just one bite, it exposed gleaming white bone.

"Ah!"

As Professor cried out in pain, countless shadows lunged from the forest, accompanied by terrifying howls.

"Boys, fresh humans!"

Dozens of Man-eating Demons emerged from the trees, scrambling to be first. Every one of them emitted a foul, bloody stench.

The sight made the pupils of the two Reincarnators in black nightwear constrict sharply. They exchanged a glance, then instantly turned and fled toward the outskirts.

To hell with teamwork. In a situation like this, nothing mattered more than their own lives!

Their flight drew a chorus of cries from the Man-eating Demons.

"Those two swordsmen ran away!"

"Let's eat these ones first!"

"Just as expected, everything beneath Mount Fujikasane is a ranch!"

Amid wild screams, dozens of Man-eating Demons howled as they pounced on the remaining Reincarnators.

Professor felt suffocated at the sight, but then the man in the conical hat raised his head, and the Long Sword at his waist instantly left its sheath.

Clang!

Under the moonlight, a silver-white blade flash burst forth.

Splurt!

Professor's pupils shrank. Scarlet blood sprayed across her face. She wiped the blood from her glasses and finally saw that the little demon biting her shoulder had been cut into four pieces, which fell to the ground and twitched continuously.

The man in the conical hat held the sheath in one hand and the blade in the other. The katana's edge was bright and clear, and his stance was exceptionally relaxed.

"Hm? There's another swordsman?"

A Man-eating Demon with Green Hair hanging loose over its face saw this and took two steps back, stepping into the darkness. Its figure slowly merged with the shadows and vanished.

The man in the conical hat's heart sank slightly. This was clearly a Man-eating Demon that had mastered a Blood Demon Art.

In Demon Slayer, Man-eating Demons had distinct stages. Newly born Man-eating Demons were often merely beasts with speed, strength, and recovery surpassing ordinary humans. If humans had enough people, or brave warriors among them, they could still defeat them with Physical Strength.

But if such Man-eating Demons consumed large numbers of humans, they would evolve. As their speed, strength, and recovery increased, they would awaken special abilities known as Blood Demon Arts.

Such Man-eating Demons were generally much harder to deal with, requiring the Demon Slayer Corps to dispatch elites or multiple people against them.

Beyond that were special individuals known as the Twelve Demon Moons.

Why had this mission encountered so many demons, including one that had mastered a Blood Demon Art...

There was something wrong with this mission!

The man in the conical hat, Liu Qi, thought so, but his hands never stopped moving. He returned his blade to its sheath, lowered his center of gravity, bent his knees slightly, and loosely gripped the hilt with his right hand.

In an instant, terrifying killing intent radiated from his entire body.

Professor clutched her shoulder and took two steps back. Hesitation flashed through her eyes, but she ultimately gritted her teeth, gripped the hand cannon with both hands, raised it, and fired at the howling Man-eating Demons charging toward her.

Bang!

With the tremendous blast, even the air was blasted away.

A dense barrage of pellets instantly riddled several Man-eating Demons leaping through the air.

Just then, from the shadow behind Professor, the Green Hair-covered Man-eating Demon emerged from the darkness once more. He split his mouth open, revealing interlocking teeth and bits of uncleared flesh that gave off a bloody stench.

Professor smelled it and turned her head, only to see that mouth already torn open all the way to its neck, biting down at her head.

From the corner of her eye, she saw that the man in the conical hat was still maintaining his drawing stance and had not moved. Professor's heart turned cold.

I... am going to die.

Clang!

The next moment, the man in the conical hat drew his blade instantly. He was so fast that neither his arm nor the blade could be seen. Only a crescent moon lit up, and that enormous mouth, along with its body, was severed in one stroke.

Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū: Godspeed Draw...

Professor was knocked down by the momentum of the corpse that had lunged at her. She understood the man in the conical hat's ability, and guessed that this drawing technique was probably at least above Lv4, paired with extremely high swordsmanship specialization.

This man was an expert!

After resolving the crisis with one strike, the man in the conical hat did not stop. He turned and continued drawing his blade.

The sword had not returned to its sheath, so he would cut with the sheath instead!

Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū: Twin Dragon Flash!

Splurt!

The wooden sheath instantly blasted another Man-eating Demon that had pounced toward Liu Qi away. The force was so great that its cervical spine had clearly been completely shattered.

Liu Qi's blade flashes kept lighting up. On the other side, the burly blond man was also working with his female companion, continuously blasting Man-eating Demons away.

The few Reincarnators barely managed to avoid any casualties.

Even Professor, who had been injured at the start, had calmed down by now.

Suddenly, she realized the problem. Where was the man who possessed Hamon?

You killed a Man-eating Demon. Gained 10 Dimensional Points.

You killed a Man-eating Demon. Gained 15 Dimensional Points.

You killed the Man-eating Demon Kōtarō. Gained 100 Dimensional Points.

Milestone: Demon Hunter progress updated. Current progress: 6/20.

Bai Cangshu raced wildly through the dense forest. At that moment, he felt as though he had found a monster spawn point in a game.

Hamon Overdrive was a power capable of instantly reducing beings that feared sunlight, such as the Pillar Men and vampires, to ash. The Man-eating Demons of the Demon Slayer World were no exception.

The Ripple around his fists was as pure as sunlight itself. With one punch, a Man-eating Demon would begin to burn.

"Go find Lord Hand Demon! This guy... Aah!"

Bai Cangshu stomped down violently with his left foot. His body surged forward with the fury of blazing fire, and he smashed both his fist and the Man-eating Demon into a tree trunk.

Bang!

As the thick tree toppled over, pale flames burned across the Man-eating Demon's body. In the blink of an eye, it turned into black ash and drifted away.

Bai Cangshu rampaged through the dense forest, pursuing the Man-eating Demons.