Ink Shadow: You could even stomach that? Looks like you're seriously ill.
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With Tengen Uzui's advance warning, and Kyojuro's own steady, methodical fighting style, he had fallen behind during their exchange but had not been injured.
Naturally, he had not said that because he needed time to recover like Tengen Uzui. Instead, he was preparing to try awakening the Demon Slayer Mark Kanzaki Kumo had mentioned.
Flame Breathing included a technique that forcibly boosted physical capabilities by stimulating the heart. In theory, deliberately intensifying that state would be enough to awaken the Demon Slayer Mark.
After their exchange, Kyojuro judged that even if he and Tengen Uzui joined forces, they could only suppress the Upper Rank Four before them, not kill him. Dragging things out too long would put them at an even greater disadvantage.
So Kyojuro decided to awaken his Demon Slayer Mark.
Deeper within the Infinity Castle.
Kanzaki Kumo was fleeing at tremendous speed, looking utterly panicked, his entire body seemingly transformed into a flash of light.
Though he was fast, the Infinity Castle was Nakime's territory, after all. Despite doing everything he could, Kanzaki Kumo had failed to buy much time.
The streak of lightning racing forward abruptly stopped, revealing Kanzaki Kumo poised for battle.
Before him stood a tall man wearing a black-and-purple kimono.
His long, dark red hair was tied in a high ponytail behind his head. Six eyes were arranged symmetrically across his face, lending an eerie, sinister air to features that otherwise looked rather masculine.
The words "Upper Rank" and "One" in his middle pair of eyes proclaimed his identity-Upper Rank One, Kokushibo.
A being who had awakened both the Demon Slayer Mark and the Transparent World centuries ago.
Precisely because he knew how powerful Kokushibo was, Kanzaki