With Yushiro controlling Nakime, the Infinity Castle was hauled aboveground, then went completely out of control and shattered. Chiba Yo and the others inside, along with the few remaining demons, emerged on the surface.
Doma had seemed somewhat frightened by Chiba Yo's last strike, but that was only an act. Inside, he remained utterly unruffled. Emotions simply did not exist for him; every feeling he displayed was nothing more than a facade.
Akaza ignored Doma's words. After being flung aboveground, he quickly steadied himself. Though he was deeply concerned about Kyojuro in the distance, the aura radiating from Chiba Yo before him made him feel the presence of death.
Before drawing his blade, Chiba Yo had seemed like an ordinary person. But the instant he gripped the hilt and pulled the blade from its sheath, Akaza felt as though the weight of the entire world had settled on his shoulders, as though he were defying heaven itself.
And that was not all. He had already activated his Blood Demon Art, Destructive Death: Compass Needle, yet the Compass Needle that had always served him flawlessly against his enemies now showed no response at all. It could not detect even a trace of fighting spirit.
That crushing pressure was unmistakable, yet his Compass Needle did not react in the slightest. That was what shocked him most.
This must be the supreme realm of martial arts...
Akaza stared at Chiba Yo, his heart filled with astonishment.
Behind them, the upheaval in the Infinity Castle had failed to affect Muzan. After being thrown onto the surface, he continued fleeing in the opposite direction from Chiba Yo without a moment's pause.
Akaza, Doma, and the demons that had escaped Chiba Yo's last attack all stood between him and Muzan.
Seeing Muzan's figure recede into the