Continuing forward, Hongyue looked toward the Wisteria Flower forest surrounding Mount Fujikasane, her gaze gradually turning cold.
The Demon Slayer Corps regarded Mount Fujikasane as a Swordsman Trial site, so they naturally placed great importance on it. There were quite a few swordsmen assigned to guard the mountain; the ones Hongyue had encountered earlier had merely been at an outpost at the very foot of the mountain.
After walking for only a few minutes, a squad of three swordsmen spotted Hongyue and quickly rushed over to block her path.
"Who goes there? Stop!"
Unlike the relatively mild attitude of the swordsmen at the foot of the mountain, these three drew their Nichirin Blades the moment they saw Hongyue. Their cold blades gleamed beneath the moonlight.
Hongyue's arrival, coupled with the complete lack of news from the swordsmen ahead, already said a great deal.
With merely a casual glance, three slender crimson chains formed from tough flesh and blood shot from her fingertips. Each chain flashed like lightning, trailing afterimages as it moved at tremendous speed.
The three swordsmen had been prepared, but they still found it difficult to deal with an attack invisible to the naked eye.
Just as they pushed their Breathing Techniques to their limits, the chains pierced through their hearts.
They did not share the good fortune of the swordsman below the mountain. Hongyue killed them without hesitation.
The Demon King forged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood had never been one to show mercy.
Thud. The swordsmen fell to the ground at the same time, their faces withering as their bodies visibly shriveled.
Streams of pure flesh-and-blood energy flowed through the crimson chains and were completely absorbed by Hongyue. Her aura increased by the faintest trace, like adding a few drops of water to