Xia Xi finally understood.
Why not one of the Hashira of Every Generation had survived an encounter with an Upper Rank.
Monsters like these simply weren't something normal humans could handle.
Upper Rank Three had a base energy level of around 850.
What about the two ranked above him?
What about the Demon King?
During the Nine Hashira's nighttime conversation, Xia Xi had also roughly figured out the strength of the Hashira of Every Generation.
The ordinary ones only had energy levels of around three hundred.
When the Demon Slayer Corps was short-handed, they would even make exceptions and recruit stronger Swordsmen from the Kinoe rank.
That meant the lower end of the Nine Hashira's strength probably lay somewhere above two hundred energy levels.
A Flame Hashira like Shinjuro, who had lived into his thirties, had a family legacy, and had slain countless demons.
Was already an outstanding rarity in recent years.
How was an ordinary Hashira supposed to fight a Demon alone?
Even if Breathing Styles and martial arts let them draw five or six hundred energy levels' worth of performance out of three hundred.
Against someone on Akaza's level, it hardly made a difference.
After all, if the Demon Slayer Corps could fight beyond their energy levels, couldn't he?
He could just as easily fight above his level through martial arts and Blood Demon Arts.
Honestly, the fact that his Senior Brother Igarashi had held out until he arrived.
Was truly a miracle.
Judging by that kick just now, Xia Xi reckoned Igarashi would have been seriously injured on the spot if he had taken his place.
Without future version updates.
By the later stages of this main storyline, the Nine Hashira would probably be nothing more than bigger super minions.
No wonder he had seen notes resembling