With [Thoughts Without Form],
Xia Xi could, before the poisonous gas and thick smoke dispersed and before his opponent's vigilance reached its peak,
be the first to charge into the battlefield.
And his two layers of protection against detection let him safely close to within Muzan's close-range attack radius.
Yet even after seizing an opening like this,
Xia Xi's slashes still failed to slay Muzan Kibutsuji on the spot.
Even after beheading him with his [Bright Red Nichirin Blade] active,
and slicing open several of his vital areas in succession,
his opponent still looked completely unharmed.
The five brains and seven hearts scattered throughout his body...
Xia Xi's furious assault just now had only destroyed about half of them.
As for the poison coating the blade...
Whether the dosage was insufficient or the Bright Red Nichirin Blade had altered its properties, it had at least shown no effect in these few breaths.
Xia Xi even suspected that these supposed [weak points] were nothing more than a patch trap Muzan had fabricated.
After all, that explosion's yield
had practically torn Muzan's body apart, even vaporizing a considerable amount of his flesh.
And those supposedly important organs had definitely suffered severe damage too.
They had all been charred directly by the intense heat.
Yet his opponent seemed completely fine.
He simply controlled the chunks of his body to piece them back together and began regenerating at a speed visible to the naked eye.
That made no sense...
Having experimented on so many demons, Xia Xi knew a fair amount about their anatomy.
Even if vital organs such as their brains or hearts could regenerate endlessly,
the functions they were supposed to perform would be put on pause the instant they were destroyed.
After having their heads blown apart, demons would briefly lose