CP-Nue Captain VS Progenitor of Demons!

A large number of sharp ice pillars fell from mid-air, and two floating 'goldfish' spat out dense poison needles.

These two fierce long-range attacks were easily dodged by Captain Guts and Horobi, who used their Observation Haki to sense and predict the attacks, leaving only the slightest gaps between them.

Only the Sixfold Strike Shockwave from Akaza, the Upper Rank Three Akaza, forced Horobi to swing the Black Blade on his right arm to block it.

This surprised her, and she noticed a snowflake-like, ice-blue array appearing beneath the other person's feet.

Akaza noticed the blonde woman's gaze, maintained his martial arts stance with his right arm outstretched, palm facing outward, left fist tucked to his waist, and legs in a horse stance, a cold smile on his face, and proudly uttered the name of this move.

"Spell activated! Blood Demon Art: Destructive Killing: Compass Needle!"

The 'Twelve-Pointed Snowflake Array' beneath its feet acts like a compass, sensing the target's fighting spirit and making its attacks and evasions as precise as if attracted by a magnet.

Furthermore, the stronger the opponent's fighting spirit, the stronger the Compass Needle's reaction, and the higher its intensity and accuracy. Both Horobi and Captain Guts have extremely strong fighting spirit due to their strength, and neither of them has the ability to hide their aura.

In short, Akaza's move essentially negated the evasion effect of Observation Haki.

"Horobi! Hold back! Fight with all your might!"

At that moment, Captain Guts, who was engaged in Doma battle with Upper Rank One, Kokushibo, and Upper Rank Two, Doma, with his fists covered in black armor, roared, his voice echoing throughout the Infinity Castle.

"Clear!"

The next moment, Horobi stretched his left palm upwards, and a jet-black thread shot out from his palm, precisely sticking to the upside-down corridor above his head.

As the threads stretched and contracted, he was pulled upwards at high speed, dodging various Blood Demon Art attacks that followed. But that wasn't all; during the ascent, he opened his mouth and spat out a purplish-blue energy blast at Akaza's location.

The energy blast Gangyi transformed into a beam of light upon exiting the shell, blasting through the wooden platform and penetrating downwards, causing a series of destructions to the corridors, rooms, and stairs below.

This is the destructive power of the 'Nue' form of Kabaneri!

"Don't be so arrogant, you monster from overseas."

Several blurry figures flashed back and forth between the buildings at incredible speed, all heading towards the Horobi clinging to the upside-down stairs.

Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be the five Lower Rank demons: Enmu, Rokuro, Mukago Wakuraba, Kamanue, and Fu Nue, each with an excited expression.

This is in front of Lord Muzan! If we perform well, will we receive even greater rewards?

"Blood Demon Art: Compulsory Somnolent Hypnosis Whisper!"

As the 'Lower Rank One', Enmu leaped through the air, and when it was less than ten meters away from Horobi, it aimed its right hand, which had a mouth, at him.

"Go to sleep!"

The upper and lower teeth of that 'mouth' snapped shut with a sharp crack, and a ring of translucent ripples spread through the air.

[Pfft----]

Suddenly, a dark blue afterimage flashed past Enmu like lightning. In the blink of an eye, its head, limbs, and upper body were severed, and a large amount of foul-smelling blood splattered out.

"How... how is that possible?"

Enmu's eyes, etched with 'Lower Rank' and 'One', were filled with utter confusion. It couldn't understand why Horobi hadn't fallen asleep, or why its Blood Demon Art hadn't worked.

The facts are simple.

The Kabaneri in their 'Nue' form are naturally skilled in mental abilities. They can not only concentrate their Divine Power into energy blasts, but also easily master Observation Haki. Their level of 'hypnosis' is simply ineffective.

[Whoosh whoosh whoosh.]

However, Horobi had no interest in explaining anything. Following Captain Guts's method, he released a net-like black thread that wrapped around Enmu's severed limbs and then quickly Hardening it, sealing it in a Black Jar as solid as steel.

This scene shocked the other Lower Rank; they hadn't expected Lower Rank One to be dealt with so easily!

"What a brilliant mind! I'm taking it!"

Just then, Gyokko, the Upper Rank Five, greedily stared at Horobi's head and finally got serious.

"Blood Demon Art: Octopus Pot Hell!"

No sooner had the words left its mouth than a large number of pink tentacles squeezed out of its jar. Looking at the densely packed suckers, good heavens, it was a giant octopus.

As soon as it appeared, it shot out tendrils toward the Horobi, the convoluted movements of which disgusted the Horobi.

At the same time.

Daki, the Upper Rank Six who had always had a relatively low profile, also launched her attack.

This female ghost, who goes by the alias "Warabihime" at Kyogoku House and plays the role of a courtesan every day, is filled with malice whenever she sees Horobi, whose beauty is no less than her own.

Because its creed is "an eye for an eye when hurt, and to steal happiness from others when suffering misfortune," it now wants to tear apart the face of the Horobi entity.

"Blood Demon Art: Eight-Layer Obi Slash!"

In Setsuna, eight sharp pink ribbons, as sharp as blades, were released from its body, instantly sealing off the surrounding space of the Horobi site.

"Comparing the number of attacks?"

With Horobi cold snort, she released dozens of black threads from her entire body without saying a word, transforming herself into a human-shaped sea urchin.

Some of these threads are extremely sticky, binding any incoming ribbons tightly upon contact, while others are as hard as iron and as sharp as needles, easily piercing the thick, long octopus tentacles.

[Boom!]

She first spat a 'Fear Energy Bullet' at the giant octopus, then ran along the Hardening black lines, leaving a trail of eerie blue afterimages as she charged towards Daki at high speed.

Because the Horobi had noticed that the female ghost's aura was the weakest.

"You! Don't come any closer!"

The innocent yet cruel Daki tensed up upon seeing the blue-glowing eyes and ferocious Visor of the Horobi, and hurriedly released more pink ribbons in an attempt to stop it.

However, these ribbons were either cut off one by one by the Black Blade on the right arm of the Horobi, or easily dodged by her. In the end, when the Daki was in a panic, she cut off its beautiful head with one stroke.

"Ugh, it got cut again!!"

The head of Daki, still flying in mid-air, was making a ruckus with a face full of frustration, but just as Horobi turned around to cut its body into pieces...

From the severed neck, a male ghost emerged, emaciated, ugly, covered in black spots, hunchbacked, and shirtless.

It wielded two scarlet scythes that looked like they were made of flesh and blood, and with incredible speed, it blocked the incoming thick, long Black Blade, immediately engaging in a close-quarters battle with the Horobi.

The clanging and clashing of weapons erupted amidst the countless afterimages between the two sides.

The swirling, powerful winds were like a giant black and red Tatsumaki, refusing to allow anyone or anything to approach.

Whether it was the Daki's ribbons that shot towards them after her body had been reborn, the tentacles of the giant octopus, or the Shockwave from Akaza -range attack, all of them were blocked by the outer edge of the Tatsumaki.

"Such powerful fighting spirit! So this is the true form of 'Upper Rank Six'? I knew that Daki's fighting spirit was too weak; it didn't even reach the level of 'Upper Rank'."

Akaza squinted as he observed Gyutaro in the midst of the battle.

These Upper Rank seem to be quite close, but due to Muzan Kibutsuji's orders, they have had little contact over the years. It also has no interest in fighting Daki, who is much weaker than itself, so this is the first time it has met Gyutaro.

However, as the fight progressed, facing the Horobi who possessed Observation Haki Gyutaro, who was always proud of his attack speed, was clearly no match for her.

The Black Blade left more and more wounds on its body, while its Blood Scythe could hardly touch Horobi. Even when it occasionally struck Horobi, it was protected by the black armor on its body.

"Blood Demon Art: Rotating Circular Slashes!"

The wounded Gyutaro unleashed his Blood Demon Art, and the blood on his body seemed to be imbued with a spirit, transforming into thin blood blades that spun rapidly around him, forcibly Horobi Miehuo back.

As she flew backward, the dense, blood-red blades slashed through the air with rapid whooshing sounds, followed closely by a strong, pungent stench.

This Gyutaro's Blood Demon Art allows him to control his own demon blood!

At the same time.

To the left of the Horobi is Akaza, the Upper Rank Three, who is charging forward; to the right is the giant octopus summoned by Gyokko; and behind them are Daki's ribbons.

Only the 'Upper Rank Four' Hantengu remained completely inactive.

There's no other way; it can only summon its four powerful emotional clones—'Anger,' 'Joy,' 'Happiness,' and 'Sorrow'—when it's cornered or even beheaded. Before that, it's just a cowardly and inferior 'Timid'.

Muzan Kibutsuji also aware of this, so he didn't think much of it.

Moreover, she also realized that the Horobi Extinguisher wasn't very strong, and that it wouldn't be long before it was defeated by the combined attack of the three Upper Rank.

As for those few useless 'Lower Rank', she had long wanted to 'cut them off'.

For so many years, it has always been these 'Lower Rank' demons who have been killed, and several generations have been replaced. Since that's the case, from now on, only demons with the strength of 'Upper Rank' demons will be allowed to join the 'Twelve Kizuki'.

What does it mean to possess the power of an 'Upper Rank'?

That's the strength of someone who can single-handedly take down a entire Demon Slayer Corps Pillar!

Muzan Kibutsuji's gaze was mainly focused on the battle between Captain Guts and Kokushibo and Doma, because the former was actually dominating the latter two!

The human physique of the One Piece world, the 'Nue' form of Kabaneri, the Rokushiki Powers of martial Physical Arts, plus Armament Haki and Observation Haki, make Captain Guts a truly all-around warrior.

In that short period of time, Doma was smashed three times by his fists. If it weren't for Kokushibo's interference, this 'Upper Rank Two' would have turned into Black Jar long ago.

It is worth mentioning that because Kokushibo was a swordsman who knew Breathing Technique in his previous life, his self-created "Moon Breathing" also has the ability to predict the target's movements.

This greatly reduced Captain Guts's Observation Haki.

Nevertheless, given another ten minutes or so, Captain Guts would have to cut up 'Upper Rank One' and put him into the Black Jar.

At this moment, Kokushibo felt as if he had encountered the third opponent in his life who was so much stronger than himself. No matter how he used various Swordsmanship and unleashed a dense array of crescent-shaped blades, he had no way to deal with this so-called Kabaneri.

[Swish----]

Just then, an incredibly fast black shadow shot towards the back of Captain Guts' head, its speed being quite swift even in the perception world of Observation Haki.

In this critical moment, Captain Guts didn't have time to use any Physical Arts. He could only turn to the side and strike with his right fist, which was covered by a layer of black armor.

[Boom!]

Only then did the deafening sonic Sound Explosion reach their ears, followed by the sounds of the black fist colliding with the bone whip.

"What a hard fist!"

Completely disregarding his unsportsmanlike conduct in launching a sneak attack from behind, Muzan Kibutsuji retracted the Spiked Whip that had formed from his right hand and stared at Captain Guts in surprise.

"Heh, so you've finally made your move, 'Progenitor of Demons'?"

Guts sneered, while simultaneously stretching his right fist, which he had further 'Hardening' with Armament Haki.

It must be said that Muzan's Spiked Whip attack is quite powerful. If he hadn't used Armament Haki, the black armor on his hands alone wouldn't have been enough to stop it.

If it were Horobi, he would probably be dead by now.

"I heard you've lived for a thousand years, but why are you so weak? As weak as me?" Captain Guts didn't care that he was being insulted as well.

Because he knew very well that there were far too many people stronger than him in the Sea Star World.

"What an arrogant and foolish being! You're so proud of yourself just because you're slightly stronger than these 'Upper Rank'?"

As Muzan Kibutsuji spoke, his body began to transform from female to male, and his black kimono instantly shattered, revealing a muscular physique and arms covered in red markings.

"You two go and take care of that woman. Don't kill her, and don't eat a single piece of her flesh or shed a single drop of her blood!"

"Yes, Muzan."

Kokushibo and Doma quickly agreed to the order, but could only glare at Captain Guts resentfully.

In the arena, only Muzan Kibutsuji and Captain Guts remained, staring at each other from a distance.

One was menacing, the other indifferent. At the same time, the latter threw his kimono aside, revealing a heart radiating a dazzling blue light and blue veins spreading out from his chest.

See here.

Muzan narrowed his eyes.

[Swish! Swish!]

The next second, the two vanished from their original positions and then clashed violently in the arena. The Spiked Whip- like arms and the Hardening Haki fist, accompanied by surging air waves and Sound Explosion, turned into countless afterimages invisible to the naked eye.

[Bang bang bang bang.]

The collisions were several times more intense than the previous fight between the Horobi and Gyutaro, with the Sound Explosion booms shattering the platform beneath their feet.

This expanded the battleground to the entire Infinity Castle.

After those brief few seconds and hundreds of exchanges, Muzan Kibutsuji had fully realized that Captain Guts was someone he couldn't defeat without going all out.

This allowed him to unleash all nine Spiked Whip on his back, the eight Spiked Whip on his legs, and the Spiked Whip that his arms had transformed into.

Nineteen terrifying Spiked Whip, each capable of destroying a human's cells with a single touch, rained down on Captain Guts was flying rapidly through the air using Geppo.

The Sound Explosion booms generated by each of the Spiked Whip were like a supersonic fighter jet ravaging the Infinity Castle, causing unprecedented and massive damage to the various buildings within Infinity Castle.

It even affected the 'Twelve Kizuki' who had just captured the Horobi not far away, forcing them to retreat frantically and get as far away from the battlefield of the two big shots as possible.

"This... this is Lord Muzan's true strength? So powerful!"

Both the Lower Rank and the Upper Rank stared in Muzan Kibutsuji and Captain Guts as they clashed and intersected.

Only Kokushibo and Akaza could sense each other's movements; the others could see nothing but ripples in the air like splashes of water.

Outside the 'Infinity Castle,' the Japanese Government was in a state of panic.

The Super Sandstorm originating from the direction of Mount Fuji showed no signs of abating in terms of momentum or size, and was instead sweeping massively towards the Tokyo Area.