Forging the Strongest Demon Blade Starting from Demon Slayer: Chapter 30

"This fellow should be human, right? Father, leave this fellow to you, I'll go help big brother..."

With that, she left a step ahead.

That demon with a spider head chose to face Inosuke in direct combat.

Watching the two fighting, the remaining spider demon with a human head also smiled mischievously, targeting the shivering Zenitsu.

"It's already too late to run. Are you prepared to accept death?"

"Ah?!"

Zenitsu turned around, scrambled away on all fours, and bolted.

The spider demon followed closely behind, spraying spider silk from its backside to swing through the air.

Each had chosen their opponent.

As for Tanjiro's side, the female demon's joining also caused him some trouble, after all, this female demon always launched sneak attacks at critical moments.

Blooming Flames!

"Kill that female demon first! The other three Twelve Kizuki will arrive immediately!" Lin Fan reminded, while in his perception, the auras of those other three Twelve Kizuki were also getting closer and closer.

Tanjiro also understood that he could no longer drag this out.

Wielding his blade with one hand, his power erupted.

Water Breathing -- Third Form -- Flowing Dance! His figure shot out explosively, like surging water, and a flash of blade light crossed in an instant.

The female demon's head separated from its body.

It didn't even have time to react, and Rui had no intention of saving it, instead seizing the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on Tanjiro.

Moreover, those threads successfully left several bloody wounds on Tanjiro's body, fortunately with Lin Fan consuming demon power to heal his injuries.

"So even without being a demon, one can quickly recover from injuries..." Rui murmured, seemingly confirming the accuracy of intelligence.

Yet right at this moment.

Lin Fan reminded, "They have arrived!"

Tanjiro turned around, his nerves strained to the absolute limit.

The next moment.

A white-haired little loli with two beast horns on her head appeared, and the Lower Rank Four in her crimson eyes also revealed her identity.

The newcomer was none other than Lower Rank Four, Mukago.

As she appeared, she looked at Tanjiro with keen interest, saying with a slightly playful and cute tone, "Is this the demon slayer that that lord wants killed?"

The words had just fallen.

Another demon appeared from behind, a scruffy-looking middle-aged uncle, except that his face had a large number of black cracks.

Numbers were similarly present within his eyes.

The newcomer was shockingly Lower Rank Two, Rokuro!

Only to hear his lifeless voice ring out, sounding like a tolling death knell, "Rui, why haven't you killed this demon slayer yet?"

Rui had no intention of paying attention to him at all; right now, only Tanjiro existed in its eyes, and it desperately wanted to make him repudiate his denial of their bond!

Yet only three demons had appeared here at this moment.

Tanjiro asked doubtfully, sniffing the scent in the air, only to smell that same irritating odor, which severely affected his sense of smell.

Fortunately, he had Lin Fan as his radar.

"There is one more hiding in the third tree to your left."

With the reminder, Tanjiro immediately turned to look, and sure enough, a vague figure could be faintly seen.

They had clearly already surrounded Tanjiro.

Seeing that everyone had arrived.

Lin Fan didn't really take these few demons seriously; even if demon-fified Tanjiro couldn't beat them, escaping would definitely be no problem.

Coupled with having himself to back him up.

This battle could be fought however he pleased!

Without hearing Lin Fan mention escaping, Tanjiro subconsciously believed that he could defeat these demons, and immediately took up his stance with his blade.

The demons opposite were also somewhat surprised.

To think he wouldn't run even like this—has he always been this brave?

"Get out of the way, he's mine!"

Rui attacked first, crimson threads assaulting like a storm.

Not far away.

The playful and cute Mukago cupped her chin with one hand and giggled.

"That might not be the case, yo."

As the words fell, an ink-green vine abruptly grew from beneath her feet, reaching several meters in height, with an extremely massive flower bud growing at its very tip.

This vine seemed to possess a life of its own.

Just like a giant snake, it coiled and twisted as it charged toward Tanjiro.

As for the other two demons, they didn't make a move immediately, looking more like they were just observing.

Tanjiro frowned slightly.

Faced with the attack of threads and vines, he gripped the longsword in his hand tightly, "Water Breathing -- Fourth Form -- Striking Tide!"

His body surged forward, swinging his blade like a rising tide.

In an instant, he slashed the threads into numerous pieces, and even the flower bud of that vine was severed in half.

Yet right at this moment.

A wooden rope abruptly shot from the trees behind Tanjiro, directly looping around his neck.

It dragged him backward, while that tree also transformed into meticulously prepared shackles for Tanjiro; if he were caught, he would completely lose the chance to resist.

Fortunately, Tanjiro reacted in time and immediately moved to swing his blade and cut the rope around his neck.

Yet the demon that had been hiding in the shadows also chose to show itself, and a shuriken flew straight over, embedding itself directly into the flesh of his left arm.

The ink-green liquid on that shuriken touched his flesh, causing that area of his body to rapidly wither and turn into something resembling a dried corpse.

Anyone facing this situation would undoubtedly die.

It was just unfortunate for them that Lin Fan was there to assist with a healing; as long as the person wasn't completely cold, he could heal them right back up!

Flesh regenerated, and at the very last moment, Tanjiro immediately severed the rope, thereby escaping disaster.

Yet he also understood that relying solely on his own strength, he could never win.

With a first time, there would naturally be a second time.

"Ashura Maru, lend me all of your power!"

"Then as you wish, release your desires and wipe them all out!" Lin Fan appropriately put on a bit of an act as well.

By the way, he activated the demon-fification ability for him.

Only this time it could be sustained for four minutes, which was thanks to Kamanue's vigorous support in helping Tanjiro elevate his power.

Thanks for having you!

Activating demon-fification.

Tanjiro's profile was once again covered by pale purple patterns, one of his eyes similarly infected, and his entire aura completely changed.

When he looked at those four demons, the corners of his mouth lifted into a smile.

"Let's begin the second round!"

Has he activated that special state?

All four demons present knew of this ability; upon activating it, Kamanue had been almost instantly killed.

They all turned completely serious as well.

Among them, Mukago made her move first, three more vines growing from beneath her feet, the flower buds at their tips blooming to expose densely packed spherical fruits within.

Blood Demon Art -- Flowerburst Barrage!

Those fruits were like bullets, spraying forth in massive quantities, and the vines could also move rapidly to dodge and aim.

Furthermore, the fruits possessed immense power, easily piercing through the surrounding adult-waist-thick tree trunks.

Seeing this, Tanjiro's figure shot out explosively with a speed so great.

That he couldn't even be locked onto by the vines.

Fortunately, Rui released spider webs to restrain him, seeing its hands pull as a giant net assaulted him overwhelmingly.

Tanjiro only turned coldly and sliced it apart with a single slash.

Yet Rui also seized the opportunity, its hands weaving flower ropes.

Blood Demon Art -- Killing Eye Cage!

Countless crimson threads rapidly rose beneath Tanjiro's feet, blocking all directions and completely surrounding him.

Tanjiro lashed out with his blade to cut them away.

The other demons also seized the opportunity to release their own Blood Demon Arts.

For a time.

Countless fruit bullets, over a dozen shuriken, plus two wooden cangues growing from the ground to bind his legs.

Right now, all hope of dodging was gone.

Perhaps the next moment would mean death.

At the very end, there was only enough time to sever the spider web, and Tanjiro's gaze grew somewhat despairing and dazed.

Is it over? I'm going to die... I'm sorry, Ashura Maru... I've let you down...

When all the attacks landed, they stirred up a large cloud of dust, obscuring the vision of everyone present.

Meanwhile, Lin Fan's spirit within the blade had also tightened to the absolute limit the moment before; if Tanjiro failed to comprehend the Dance of the Fire God,

he would have to ensure he could heal him immediately!

As long as it wasn't instant death, there was no problem. Even though Lin Fan had absolute certainty, this was still a high-stakes gamble!

"It's already over!"

Seeing the scene before him, Rui confidently declared the outcome.

Mukago by his side immediately followed up, saying playfully, "Then who on earth should be considered as killing this Demon Slayer?"

"That lord will make her own decision."

Rokuro crossed his arms over his chest, looking extremely seasoned and steady, evidently also thinking it was already over.

And out of the shadows, another demon walked out.

That demon looked like a young boy, with three gruesome scars on his face that looked as though they were caused by a shuriken.

In its eyes, it likewise bore a number.

Lower Rank Three, Wakuraba!

Only it instinctively felt uneasy; this was the feeling he only used to have back when he was a ninja, amidst countless brushes with life and death...

Yet just the moment before he was struck by all the attacks,

Tanjiro also seemed to plunge into a retrospective vision, looking back at the past.