从鬼灭开始,成就最强魔刀! 第4章

However, when the two of them reached the middle of the mountainside, Sakonji Urokodaki, who was leading the way in front, stopped and turned around to say.

Now, make your way back down the mountain to the house by yourself... With those words, his figure melted into the thick fog and vanished completely.

Hearing this, Tanjiro also looked around, intending to use his sensitive nose to retrace Sakonji Urokodaki's scent all the way back.

A couple of light sniffs through his nose were enough to determine the direction.

Over this way!

He had barely taken two steps when Lin Fan's warning rang out in his mind.

Watch out, there are traps here!

Just as the warning finished, Tanjiro stepped on a tripwire.

The very next moment, several stones flew rapidly toward him, striking him directly in the face. Caught off guard, he took a few steps backward and promptly tumbled straight into a deep pit dug in advance.

The fall left him dizzy and disoriented.

But he still managed to climb laboriously out of the pit, and even though his face was bruised and battered, he still spoke with a resolute expression.

Ashura Maru, thanks for the warning.

Hearing this, Lin Fan was truly speechless, so he had no choice but to continue.

This path all the way down the mountain is already covered in traps. If you charge down blindly like that, you're just asking to die.

Upon hearing Lin Fan's reminder, Tanjiro finally realized just how difficult this so-called test really was.

Even though there are countless traps along this road, aren't your senses of smell extremely keen? Traps set by human hands will definitely leave traces of scent behind!

Guided by this hint from Lin Fan, Tanjiro understood immediately. I get it, thank you so much, Ashura Maru!

Emptying his mind to gather all the surrounding scents with his nose, he soon sensed something different.

He immediately walked forward and spotted a bamboo stalk on the ground tied back with a rope and bent slightly—if he had stepped on it, wouldn't he have been whipped away?

Tanjiro felt a chill run through him.

Don't let your guard down, keep going!

Striking while the iron was hot, Lin Fan continued to urge him on.

Tanjiro gradually adapted as well, and began hurrying down the mountain, but even though he could smell the traps in advance, his body simply couldn't react in time.

During this period, he still triggered a few traps, and a few more injuries were added to his body.

Every time he triggered a trap, the system's prompt tone rang in Lin Fan's mind.

[Ding! Detected that Tanjiro generated negative emotions, gained 7 emotion points!]
[Ding! Detected that Tanjiro...]

Just like that, he made his arduous journey back to the wooden cabin at the foot of the mountain and pushed the door open.

Tanjiro was nearly exhausted to the point of collapse right at the threshold. Looking at Sakonji Urokodaki inside the cabin who was tending to Nezuko, who had fallen into a deep sleep, he said laboriously.

I'm back...

The expression behind Sakonji Urokodaki's mask froze as well. He truly had not expected him to make it back so quickly.

This went completely beyond his expectations.

According to his assumptions, making it back before dawn would have already surprised him; now that he was back this much earlier, how could he not be shocked?

I acknowledge you, Kamado Tanjiro.

Having received approval, Tanjiro finally could no longer hold on and passed out from exhaustion.

The next day.

In Mount Sagiri.

Sakonji Urokodaki said unhurriedly.

Since ancient times, demons have existed, and the Demon Slayer Corps is an organization unknown to the general public and unrecognized by the government, dedicated solely to hunting demons!

As for myself, I am a trainer—just as the name implies, I train swordsmen. If you want to join the Demon Slayer Corps, you must survive the final selection held at Mount Fujikasane!

As for whether you are ready to accept the final selection, I shall decide! If there are no problems, then starting today, I will be responsible for guiding your training!

Understood!

Tanjiro replied without the slightest hesitation.

Immediately afterward.

The long and monotonous training began. Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, two years had already passed.

Not only did he undergo physical conditioning, but he also learned breathing techniques and all ten water-form sword skills!

Finally, on this day, Tanjiro at last won Sakonji Urokodaki's approval, and was presented with a fox mask.

At the same time.

Lin Fan also received an epic reinforcement.

System, open the personal panel!

Host: Lin Fan
Template: Ashura Maru!
Demon Power: 100
Extracted Ability: Eternal-grade buff Indestructible!
Template Abilities: Blood-Weeping (Unlocked), Devour (Unlocked), Heal (Unlocked), Body Control (Unlocked)
Nurture (Can allocate a portion of the devoured power to reinforce the blade-master's physical body. Unlocking requires consuming 10,000 emotion points!)
Demon Curse (Hitting a target can inflict a demon curse, poisoning them! Unlocking requires consuming 10,000 emotion points!)
Sky-Walking (Can control the blade body to fly. Unlocking requires consuming 10,000 emotion points!)
Demonization (Can instill a massive amount of demon power into the blade-master for all-around enhancement, theoretically without upper limit! Unlocking requires consuming 30,000 emotion points!)
...
Golden Horn (Blowing it activates the Seraph Form, codenamed Salt King! Unlocking requires consuming 500,000 emotion points!)
Emotion Points: 8000

Looking at the panel, there were many basic abilities, but none of them attracted Lin Fan's attention quite like the last one.

That was the Golden Horn, after all; activating the Seraph Form would mean slaughtering everyone with ease, but the price was simply unaffordable.

There was also one other thing Lin Fan really wanted to complain about.

Although I like the Golden Horn very much, this isn't even an ability of Ashura Maru. Still, credit where credit is due, the system is truly reliable!

At the thought that he would go to participate in the final examination at Mount Fujikasane tomorrow, Lin Ze could not suppress his excitement.

Even though the emotion points Tanjiro provided him over the past two years were not a small amount, the efficiency was still a bit too low—it simply couldn't compare to the speed of killing demons!

This time going to Mount Fujikasane, he would stick to one principle!

Slaughter every single one of them!

No one gets to stay alive!!!

Still, it would be best to improve a bit first, especially since ever since he came to this world, he hadn't drawn a single lottery yet.

Selecting the gold turntable, he went straight for an eight-consecutive draw!

[Ding! Consumed 8,000 emotion points, starting the lottery... Congratulations on obtaining... Silver ability Match Made in Heaven (Whoever holds you will feel that you are a match made in heaven for them), Silver ability Wielded as One's Own Limbs (When used by someone, it will feel like an extension of their arm), Gold ability Perception (You will gain the ability to perceive your surroundings), Silver ability Sharpness (You will become even sharper)... Thanks for playing... Thanks for playing...]

An eight-consecutive draw: four abilities and four thanks-for-playings.

Fifty-fifty!

Lin Fan had no idea what his luck was really like, seeing as he had never gambled before either, but these three abilities were not bad. At the very least, he felt he hadn't lost out.

Now that preparations were complete, he could just slaughter everything in sight tomorrow.

The next day.

Wearing a fox mask and a blue-and-white-cloud-patterned kimono, with Ashura Maru hanging at his waist, Tanjiro bid farewell to Sakonji Urokodaki.

Before leaving, he glanced at Nezuko, who had fallen into a deep sleep for two years without any sign of waking up, and additionally left behind the Nichirin Blade used during his training.

He headed straight toward Mount Fujikasane the entire way.

When he arrived at his destination, dusk was already approaching. The outer perimeter of Mount Fujikasane was blooming with massive amounts of wisteria flowers, resembling a sea of flowers.

Upon reaching the foot of the mountain.

There were already no fewer than twenty people waiting here, clearly all swordsmen who had come to participate in the final selection.

Right at that moment.

A pair of twin girls emerged from the entrance, both with different hair colors—one black, one white—holding lanterns and speaking in unison.

Thank you all for coming tonight to participate in the Demon Slayer Corps' final selection. Imprisoned within this Mount Fujikasane are a large number of demons captured alive by demon-slaying swordsmen. You need to enter and survive among them for seven days to pass the qualification conditions of the final selection!

Now, please have a safe journey.

Hearing this, Lin Fan had long since been unable to wait, and hurriedly urged, Tanjiro, stop dawdling and get in quickly. I can't wait to go on a killing spree!

Got it.

Without a single shred of hesitation, Tanjiro rushed straight into Mount Fujikasane first.

Lin Fan excited-voiced in his mind.

Tanjiro, you wouldn't want these people who also came to participate in the final selection to die here, right? Then join me in slaughtering all the man-eating demons here!

For these demons, this is a salvation as well!

However, knowing whether I can actually pull it off or not, I'll do my best!

Tanjiro didn't have much confidence in his own strength, and besides, this was also his first time using Ashura Maru again in a battle after these past two years!

As he penetrated deeper.

The scent of demons began to surface around him. Tanjiro immediately stopped in his tracks, holding the sword in a single hand, and instantly felt a sensation of wielding it like an extension of his own limb!

It was simply incomparable to the blade he used before!

Lin Fan was also perceiving the surroundings, and promptly gave a warning. A demon is ambushing from above!

Tanjiro immediately raised his head, leaped up, drew his blade, and met the enemy. The blade left its scabbard, locked onto the demon's neck, and severed it completely in a single instant!

The moment he landed.

Another demon appeared from behind, attempting a sneak attack, and Lin Fan warned instantly.

Behind you!

Tanjiro spun around and delivered another slash, once again cleanly severing the head.

The corpses of the two demons turned to ashes just like that.

[Ding! Detected the negative emotions of a man-eating demon facing death, gained 100 emotion points!]
[Ding! Detected the negative emotions of a man-eating demon facing death, gained 80 emotion points!]

He effortlessly pocketed 180 emotion points; by his usual estimates, he might not even make this much in a whole day.

Lin Fan could not help sighing with emotion.

If you want to earn emotion points, killing demons is still the fastest way!

Meanwhile, as Tanjiro landed and looked at Ashura Maru in his hand, a look of disbelief crossed his face.

Not only was this blade wielded like an extension of his arm, but it was also extremely sharp. He hadn't even used a breathing technique or a sword skill—he had just slashed out like that.

And he had still easily lopped off the demon's head.