Infinity Castle Melee (3)

"You're getting a little too cocky!"

His own injury fueled Muzan's rage.

His eyes narrowed.

Then, Doma's seemingly impressive Blood Demon Art was instantly destroyed.

Muzan tentacles shot out from the platform beneath Muzan's feet, like a multitude of whips, their illusory forms shattering the Bodhisattva statue and Snow Princess, while Doma's true form was once again sent flying through the air.

While Doma's Blood Demon Art is indeed powerful, the difference between him and Muzan lies not only in their souls, but more importantly in their physical attributes.

The terrifyingly low temperature and cold air could not freeze Muzan's body.

The flesh and blood that grow from his cell division have the power to easily penetrate even the most solid ice.

However, it seems that Doma did not intend to inflict further damage on Muzan. Muzan injured because he underestimated Muzan's soul abilities.

For Doma, being Muzan to harm Muzan was enough.

In the instant he was sent flying, Muzan saw the smile on Doma's face.

Whoosh! A dark figure evaded Muzan's senses, leaped up, and closed in on his back.

The enormous and powerful demonic blade, imbued with soul power, slashed down.

It's Kokushibo!

"Um?"

Above, Long's eyes lit up.

Kokushibo's soul ability bears traces of his early growth in the anime "Hunter x Hunter".

Through their soul talents, they can conceal their aura and remain undetected.

It belongs to the method of 'changing one's aura'.

It has a bit of an 'amazing' feel to it.

However, this method or ability works on the soul, and its effects are extraordinary, so much so that even Muzan did not notice it.

Furthermore, Kokushibo can infuse his soul power into external objects, inflicting 'physical' damage on the target, without much variation. However, if Muzan is grazed by the Muzan sword Void Cry, Divine Departure, his soul will be injured and will not be able to recover in a short time.

Long sensed it with his divine sense.

At this point, most of the inheritors were in trouble.

They fell into the 'cage' that Muzan had prepared in Muzan.

The latter separated the inheritors one by one and sent them to different rooms. In each room Muzan. When a person appeared, the cells in their blood would be activated, causing them to transform into flesh and blood or launch an attack. Although not as powerful as the force that Doma had encountered, it was not weak either.

It can be said that Muzan was able to Doma because his mind was constantly scattered, controlling multiple battlefields and not fully focused.

Doma and Kokushibo also had some understanding of the Infinity Castle and Muzan. In his mental state, while still in the midst of battle, Muzan was unable to fully control the Infinity Castle. Previously, he had Nakime, who could help him relieve a lot of pressure. Now that Nakime is gone, Muzan to expend some of his mental energy controlling this alternate dimension.

This gave Kokushibo the opportunity to break through and launch a Muzan.

Swish.

Moon Breathing Face-Piercing Slash, Luo Yue.

Knowing Muzan's power, Kokushibo held nothing back, and his blade flashed.

Two oval-shaped, sharp rainbow lights tilted and exploded into countless moon-shaped discs, Muzan.

Perform continuous cutting.

The stone platform beneath Muzan's feet transformed once more, forming a fleshy cocoon that enveloped and bound him within it.

But Kokushibo's attack was determined to succeed.

The swordsmanship, coordinated with his breathing, took on a new twist. The fleshy cocoon only blocked the moon-shaped slash; Kokushibo used the serrated edge of his demon sword to slit open the fleshy cocoon's skin and stabbed Muzan hard in the shoulder.

He originally intended to slash, but in order to prevent Muzan from dodging, he chose a faster 'stab'.

Stabbed by the demon sword, Muzan's soul trembled, and he was in unbearable pain.

The pain of his wounded soul not only made him mentally confused, but also made his brain feel like it was about to explode.

Looking at Kokushibo, who was now demonized and had three pairs of crimson pupils on his face, so close to him, Muzan's face Muzan. Doma was one thing, that guy didn't have human emotions, and his thoughts and temperament were uncontrollable, but Kokushibo was different... Muzan never expected that one day, this loser in life would actually dare to raise his sword against him.

Breathing in and out.

He squinted.

He gleaned something from Kokushibo's techniques.

Breathing Technique.

Sure enough, although he became a demon, as a swordsman... breathing techniques have become a part of the current world's power system, and Kokushibo will definitely train and study them.

"You and him... are not comparable."

Muzan finished speaking in a chilling tone.

The fleshy cocoon suddenly burst into a shower of blood.

Kokushibo tried to dodge, but Muzan grabbed his demon sword, slowing his movements.

As blood poured down, Kokushibo's skin immediately ulcerated upon contact with it, and his limbs and flesh began to writhe and twist—it was Muzan's cells causing the problem.

However, he was forcibly suppressed by Kokushibo.

His physical strength is above that of Doma, so he is not so easily eroded by Muzan's cells, but he doesn't have much time left.

"Ah!"

At that moment, a scream came from one of the locations in the Infinity Castle.

One of the inheritors was unable to escape the power of Muzan's Soul Spores and was devoured by the flesh and blood body.

While Muzan's main body was engaged in battle with Kokushibo and Doma, he had to spare some attention, his brain simultaneously operating on multiple fronts. It could be said that the two former Upper Moons had a significant advantage. Given the skill level of the participants in today's chaotic battle, relying solely on spatial teleportation within the Infinity Castle wouldn't be very effective without employing some means to delay the fighting.

Once this group of people gets together, they become dozens of times more difficult to deal with than if they were dealt with individually.

It's also clear that the skill levels among those who carry on the tradition vary greatly.

They couldn't even defeat Muzan's 'clone'.

"Well."

Although he knew from the beginning that his inheritance of the will was not perfect, seeing it actually happening before his eyes still made Long sigh.

This was only Muzan; these inheritors hadn't even clashed with the most perfect will of this world, the swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps... before they fell.

A little disappointed.

"No!"

Soon, another inheritor let out a mournful cry before his death.

Oboro's gaze refocused on Kokushibo and Muzan.

Because of his soul ability, Kokushibo can be perfectly concealed. As long as he is not physically detected by Muzan's vision, he is 'non-existent'. Since Muzan cannot sense Kokushibo's location, he cannot use the Infinity Castle's functions or target him.

He couldn't find his target.

Kokushibo was like a ghostly assassin, using his familiarity with the Infinity Castle's terrain to burst forth from floating platforms and dilapidated buildings from all directions, launching attacks. For a moment, Muzan's expression was extremely tense, frequently turning around to look around, further expanding the range of his Soul Spores, causing conspicuous eyeballs to grow on the surfaces of many objects.

This is a tremendous drain on the soul.

If he cannot quickly defeat Kokushibo, and is drawn into a war of attrition where he can no longer use this soul ability, he will be in danger.

In Oboro's view, Doma's soul ability combined with Blood Demon Art leans towards the 'mage' type, with strengths in transformation, range, and ice and snow attributes.

Kokushibo, being an 'assassin,' was even more Muzan.

Even he hadn't expected that Kokushibo could actually fight Muzan to a Muzan.

Such a battle scene was something he could never have achieved before joining Demon Slayer.

Take those inheritors who just died, for example. Any one of them could have killed Muzan in the original story... but they couldn't now.

The elevation of the world's level is holistic, a leap from lower to higher levels, bringing about unprecedented changes.

"Interesting."

Suddenly, Long raised an eyebrow.

Looking in one direction.

While Doma was holding off Muzan, and despite his own poor physical condition, Doma was actually taking the opportunity to ambush and devour the successor in order to recover himself.

Doma is not only using the successor to put pressure on Muzan.

He also treated the successors as 'blood bags'.

They actually have such cunning.

To be honest, in the entire Demon Slayer, the only ones who truly deserve the title of 'intelligent' are, in Oboro's eyes, the Ubuyashiki Clan.

Their wisdom doesn't even qualify as cunning.

Compared to Hisoka, Pariston, and Chrollo, the Ubuyashiki Clan's wisdom lies only in their intellect; their minds are not particularly complex. If the Ubuyashiki Clan were to reach the Hunter x Hunter, they might be able to contend with more cunning characters, but winning would still be quite difficult.

Apart from Ubuyashiki, the other characters seemed relatively simple to Oboro... After all, that's the spirit of Demon Slayer; the world's tone emphasizes pure emotions and will. Even Muzan could only be described as cautious, far from being Muzan and shrewd strategist.

Doma is not stupid, but rather conventional... However, it's quite surprising that he managed to outmaneuver the successor.