Tanjiro sprang from the ground like a coiled spring.
He did not charge at the enemy. Instead, he poured all his strength and every ounce of his will into this throw.
The Nichirin Blade became a bolt of black lightning, shooting straight toward the enormous eyeball in the center of the dome at a speed beyond the limits of sight.
The blade flashed black as ink!
Fast! Precise! Ruthless!
It aimed straight for the very center of that enormous pupil.
"Wha...?!"
Above the dome...
For the first time, Crossing Dream, who had been calmly controlling the nightmares and savoring fear, showed utter shock and disbelief on his eerily beautiful face.
He saw that black flash of steel rising from below, carrying the will to cut through everything.
He also felt the pain of having his eyeball stabbed like that.
"No-!!!"
A piercing, inhuman shriek rang out, distorted beyond recognition. Demon or not, he could still feel pain. No one could stand being stabbed in the eye.
No longer breathy moans or seductive laughter, his voice became a wail filled with terror and agonizing pain.
That scream instantly pierced the deathly silence of the entire Central Station.
Squelch-!
A dull, wet sound rang out high above, like an enormous bubble bursting.
"Aaaaaah-!!!"
Crossing Dream's screams reached their peak.
The giant eye, formed from pure darkness and mental power, violently collapsed inward like a punctured abscess.
The dark purple glow of its pupil flickered wildly, flashing on and off.
Black blood radiating intense malice gushed from the wound that pierced it.
The lights throughout Central Station flickered wildly with the giant eye's agonized wails, like a dying struggle.
Although the giant eye had not been completely destroyed, the damage from the Nichirin Blade piercing its core was very real.
The invisible nightmare