Chapter 837: The Fastest Legend
Gyomei Himejima had no intention of chatting with Gyutaro. After dealing with these two, he still had to support the other Hashira.
It was not that Gyomei Himejima lacked faith in the other Hashira. He was simply cautious by nature. Besides, as the strongest Hashira in the Demon Slayer Corps, protecting his comrades was only natural.
Gyutaro, who had launched a surprise attack from midair, had no way to evade Gyomei Himejima's strike. With a thunderous blast, Gyomei Himejima's spiked flail and axe struck Gyutaro squarely.
Gyutaro's Body Techniques were nowhere near as formidable as Dark Annihilation's. After taking Gyomei Himejima's fierce blow, the entire left half of his body instantly exploded, flesh and blood scattering like a blooming, bloodthirsty rose.
That was only because Gyutaro had done everything he could to evade it. Had he collided with Gyomei Himejima's spiked flail in his previous posture, he would likely have ended up just like Daki.
Having barely escaped the fatal strike, Gyutaro lightly tapped the ground with his toes and propelled himself more than ten meters away, widening the distance between himself and Gyomei Himejima.
Of course, Gyomei Himejima was also highly skilled at long-range attacks. Gyutaro knew that as well. He needed to buy time for himself and Daki to recover.
He glanced at Daki, whose body was slowly repairing itself. It was still far too slow. This could not continue.
"Damn it, why would Nakime send a monster like this over here?!" Gyutaro cursed Nakime viciously in his heart. If he were not too preoccupied to think about anything else, he would have personally sent his warmest regards to eighteen generations of Nakime's ancestors.
It was Gyutaro's first time encountering such a powerful Hashira. In all his years as Upper Rank Six, this