On the battlefield.
Chiyo, wielding the Ninja Blade "Lightning," and Ryūsetsuna, wielding Hiramekarei, blocked Tanjiro's Nichirin Blade head-on. It had already turned into a Scarlet Blade.
Ordinary ninja tools were useless against a Nichirin Blade in its Scarlet Blade state, so they had no choice but to use the weapons of Ringo Ameyuri and Chojuro.
Kakuzu and Darui launched a Compound Ninjutsu of Water Style and Lightning Release, attacking Tanjiro from behind.
From a distance, Yakumo unleashed Wood Release. Tough vines wrapped tightly around Tanjiro's arms and legs, restricting his movements.
Farther away, Hidan stabbed himself with his long blade while performing the ritual technique of Blood-Death Possession!
With a lineup like this, even a Six Paths-level warrior would be in serious trouble, let alone a mere demon.
And yet, Tanjiro still hadn't lost his ability to fight.
Physical and ninjutsu attacks could hurt him and inflict some damage, but he recovered in an instant.
Even when Hidan used Blood-Death Possession to attack his internal organs directly, he couldn't inflict any truly effective damage.
"Hey, hey, something's not right!"
By now, even Hidan, who wasn't exactly the most perceptive, realized something was wrong.
Quite a few people here had fought Upper Moon demons before and knew what demons were like. Not long ago, Kakuzu and Hidan had captured Muku.
They knew that although Upper Moon demons were strange, they couldn't possibly be this difficult to deal with. Otherwise, the Upper Moon demon group wouldn't have been defeated in the last battle in Grass Country, and Ryuhei Ubuyashiki, the Demon King, wouldn't have been forced to flee.
Kakuzu said gravely, "This guy definitely isn't an ordinary demon!"
Leaning against a section of broken wall, Ranmaru panted as he spoke. "I can see a strange power in him. It's neither the power