The sound of the biwa pierced their ears like demonic music, hurried and filled with an ominous rhythm.
The ground at Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters began to crack and collapse like a fragile biscuit. Beneath their feet was no longer solid earth, but bottomless spatial rifts shimmering with eerie light. Countless buildings were silently swallowed, twisted out of shape, and dragged into another dimension.
"Ahhh! What is this?! We're going to fall!"
"Hold steady! Don't panic!"
The ordinary Demon Slayer Corps members instantly fell into panic. The ground beneath their feet was disappearing, and their bodies began plunging uncontrollably into the darkness below.
Trying to disrupt our formation with this move, then pick us off one by one? What a stale tactic. It hasn't changed in centuries.
Sasuke stood atop the tottering Watchtower, ignoring the upheaval beneath his feet. His left eye, the purple Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, blazed with unprecedented light.
The moment Muzan gave the order to activate Infinity Castle, he acted as well.
"Shinra Tensei!"
An invisible, overwhelmingly powerful repulsive field instantly spread out from Sasuke, enveloping the area where the Demon Slayer Corps' core members stood.
The collapsing ground was forcibly stabilized by the repulsion. The Hashira and core members who were about to fall into the spatial rifts felt as though an invisible hand had caught them, leaving their bodies suspended in midair.
"This is..." Giyu Tomioka stared beneath his feet in astonishment. The force holding him steady came from Sasuke, who stood at the highest point.
"Everyone! Rally around me!" Sasuke's voice was not loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.
Muzan's plan was to scatter everyone randomly throughout the corners of Infinity Castle, like flowers strewn through the sky.
Sasuke's plan, however, was to bind all their strongest fighters into a single force and drive