But it was completely useless.
Before this slash, everything was meaningless.
Flesh and blood were easily torn apart by the blade. It sliced through the outer layers of flesh and severed the massive cervical vertebra beneath them as well.
Perhaps the strike had been too powerful. Even the connection to the engine could not withstand it and snapped apart.
The moment its cervical vertebra was severed.
The engine let out a heartrending scream. The flesh attached to it shattered and fell away, gradually turning to ash.
Tanjiro immediately leaped forward, grabbed the conductor by the collar with one hand, and returned to the roof of the first carriage.
He plunged his blade into the roof to support himself.
The engine ahead also lost control. Amid Enmu's agonized howls, it violently jumped off the tracks, and the train behind it began to shake intensely as well.
However, with its head completely severed and Enmu not yet fully fused with the train, the carriages behind it ultimately came to a safe stop in the wilderness.
At the engine that crashed to the ground, flesh and blood scattered everywhere.
One chunk of flesh still retained its consciousness, but it could only turn completely to ash amid agonized screams and vanish between heaven and earth.
As for the now-stable train cars behind it.
Tanjiro turned to look at the conductor beside him and offered a gentle smile of reassurance.
"It's all right now. Please don't worry..."
Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, the conductor suddenly lunged at him with a gloomy expression and a dagger in hand.
He roared as he did so.
"It's all because of you... Why did you do this..."
Faced with the incoming dagger, Tanjiro's gentle smile vanished, replaced by sorrow.
However, he did not choose to explain anything. He