"Hahaha! We're running so fast, it looks like they can't catch us!!!" Karaku, one of Hantengu's clones, laughed as he raced ahead.
By contrast, Sekido, another of Hantengu's clones running beside him, was tense, his face practically screaming that he was in a foul mood.
"What are you laughing about? We finally get to come out, only to turn around and run away! This is infuriating! It makes me so angry!"
Sekido was furious, but his feet never slowed. He and Karaku raced ahead, plunging into the dense forest.
Muichiro and the others pursued them relentlessly. Among them, Tanjiro pressed his lips together, his mind racing.
"Cutting off their heads creates new individuals. At this rate, even if we behead them again, we'll only make them keep split-"
Before Tanjiro could finish, Muichiro calmly interrupted him from up ahead with his own assessment.
"No demon can split endlessly. As long as we keep slashing, this demon's weakness will reveal itself."
With that, Muichiro and Mitsuri, who was beside him, struck together, each unleashing a sword technique.
"Mist Breathing, Third Form: Scattering Mist Splash."
"Love Breathing, First Form: First Love's Tremor!"
Their sword techniques severed Sekido's and Karaku's necks in an instant, but the two kept running even without their heads.
The two heads that rolled onto the ground quickly sprouted new bodies.
Hantengu-Urogi!
Hantengu-Aizetsu!
Hantengu possessed a powerful cloning ability, creating four main clones centered on joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure, each with a different ability.
Urogi's ability was "flight."
Aizetsu's ability was "martial arts."
Sekido's ability was "lightning."
Karaku's ability was "hurricanes."
Now all four of Hantengu's main clones were in view, most notably Urogi and Aizetsu, whose bodies had only just formed.
Muichiro's gaze sharpened, and he decisively slashed at the two bodies. But Urogi reacted swiftly, grabbing