Kanae's Shock

Boom! Boom! Boom!

At the outskirts of the town, explosions shook the heavens and earth. None of the townspeople knew what was happening. They all hid inside their homes, trembling, too afraid to go out and investigate.

Makomo had also considered that fighting inside the town would cause too much destruction, so she had deliberately suppressed Akaza while shifting the battlefield away. After nearly two hours of fighting, they had reached the area outside the town.

In the distance.

A graceful figure rapidly approached the town.

It was Kanae Kocho, the Flower Hashira, who had come to investigate after receiving orders.

"What terrifying demonic aura..."

Kanae Kocho sensed the disturbance ahead from afar. Her expression shifted, waves churning in her heart as she murmured, "Is this an Upper Rank Demon?"

Even with several thousand meters still between them, she could clearly sense the terrifying demonic aura erupting from Akaza. It far surpassed that of any demon she had ever encountered.

Even—

Even the Lower Moon Demon among the Twelve Kizuki that she had once slain could not compare to such an aura. They were simply not on the same level!

Akaza at full strength truly was this terrifying.

Even before breaking through Demon's Limit, Akaza had already been comparable to a swordsman at the level of the Transparent World. That level stood at the pinnacle of the world, and after breaking through the limit, even those who had reached the Transparent World would find it difficult to defeat him.

In the timeline where Feng Ye had not intervened, Akaza's battle with the Flame Hashira Rengoku Kyojuro lasted until dawn. Akaza had only kept holding back because he enjoyed the battle; if they had truly fought to the death, Rengoku Kyojuro, who had yet to awaken his mark, could never have