With Obanai joining in, the situation soon changed.
Although his constitution left Obanai relatively weak in head-on clashes, he had an excellent grasp of openings in battle. Like a venomous snake waiting to strike, he attacked again and again at the perfect moment, from the trickiest angles.
Although Giyu's defense still held, everyone present could tell that as Obanai and Sanemi's coordination improved, the intervals between their attacks grew shorter and shorter, leaving Giyu less and less room to react. It was only a matter of time before an opening appeared.
However, Giyu lost even faster than they had expected.
The wooden sword in his hands could not withstand combat of this intensity, snapping on the spot during a clash with Sanemi.
Faced with this sudden turn of events, Sanemi and Obanai could no longer stop the attacks they had already launched. They could only shift their trajectories slightly to avoid Giyu's vital points and pull their blows a little.
Then their attacks landed on Giyu from the front and back respectively, while he was still somewhat dazed by his broken sword.
But after that single blow, Sanemi and Obanai both stopped, with no intention of taking the opportunity to beat Giyu up some more.
As they saw it, landing a blow to vent their anger was enough. There was no need to keep attacking an opponent who could no longer fight back.
Besides, the two of them had interpreted Giyu's earlier words as him looking down on their strength. Now that they had fought, surely he would not keep mocking them to their faces as he had before.
Kanzaki Kumo: You two are still too young.
While a round of "spot Giyu, surround Giyu" played out at the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters, a grand round of layoffs was