Dirty Tricks

Loud words caused Daki's expression to change slightly, but it was too late for her to turn her head away.

At the crucial moment, Gyutaro pounced on him.

Without time to gather his strength, he swiftly thrust his Blood Scythe forward.

Boom--!

A huge explosion rang out, and the Blood Scythe successfully pressed against the Nichirin Blade.

Their plan to Daki with the Nichirin Blade was thwarted.

However, the enormous energy generated by the explosion still severely injured Daki, and she was blasted away by the subsequent shockwave.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Daki was blasted away by the shockwave, and after hitting the ground several times, she finally stopped with the help of the ribbons behind her.

Daki braced herself on the ground with her hands, and the flesh that had been blasted off her body grew back rapidly as she did so.

Daki suddenly looked up, staring at the two people entangled in the distance, and let out a shrill roar.

"Ouch!! That hurts! You Demon Slayer, I'm going to kill you!"

The ribbons behind him began to sway rapidly.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh--!

The ribbon ripped through the sky, shooting towards Tengen Uzui.

Seeing this, Tengen Uzui frowned slightly, abandoned his restraint on Gyutaro, and took several steps back.

"Fourth Form!"

Tengen Uzui took a deep breath.

He gripped his Nichirin Blade tightly with both hands.

The chain connecting the Nichirin Blade swayed slightly, producing a series of clanging metallic sounds.

Looking at the Blood Scythe and ribbons hurtling towards him,

"Constant Resounding Slashes!"

The Nichirin Blade swung rapidly in front of Tengen Uzui.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!...

The sound of metal clashing echoed incessantly across the battlefield.

The Nichirin Blade clashed violently with the Blood Scythe and the ribbons.

The blade flashed incessantly before Tengen Uzui, each flash precisely striking the incoming Blood Scythe and ribbon.

"Wow... that's amazing!"

Standing on the rooftop, Inosuke watched the battle unfolding in the distance and couldn't help but speak up.

"Inoko's okay, you'll definitely be able to reach that level someday!" Makio said from the side.

Upon hearing this, Inosuke glanced at Makio and crossed his arms.

"Of course! I'll be even stronger than them in the future! Then even the Bandage Monster won't be a match for me!"

"Bandage Monster?" Makio, somewhat puzzled.

"It's that... Mr. Kato!" Inosuke said hesitantly.

Hearing this, Makio chuckled softly. Although she didn't know how Mr. Kato had earned the nickname "monster" from Inoko, she still gently patted Inosuke's head.

"You clearly remember people's names well, so why do you always dislike saying them aloud?"

Inosuke turned his head away haughtily, "I'm the king of the mountains!"

Makio chuckled softly, then became serious again and asked:

"Inoko, do you have a way to assist Lord Tengen?"

Inosuke hearing this, also became serious, and carefully examined the group of people not far away.

"Daki is alright, but Usui and that guy are too strong. I can't beat them right now!"

"No need to fight, just support is fine!" Makio.

Inosuke shook his head and said, "At that speed, unless the two are locked in a stalemate, it's very difficult to catch each other!"

Upon Makio could only nod and turn her gaze back to them.

Clang!

The Nichirin Blade struck the Blood Scythe, sending sparks flying.

He forcefully pushed the Blood Scythe away.

As he watched the ribbons shooting towards him again and the Blood Scythe slashing down once more, Tengen Uzui frowned deeply.

This can't go on; we can't keep getting entangled with them like this.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!...

Gyutaro gripped the Blood Scythe in both hands and swung it around incessantly.

Suddenly, his hand froze.

In his field of vision, the Demon Slayer in front of him took advantage of a gap in the attack to reach into his robes again.

Although it was too fast for him to see what he pulled out, he had already figured out the Demon Slayer's tricks after many battles.

As soon as the attack stopped, he quickly jumped backward.

Sure enough, not long after he retreated, there was a huge explosion.

Smoke and dust rose again on the street.

"Is he going to use that trick again? "Gyutaro wondered.

With a twist of his body, he quickly rushed towards where Daki was.

Actually, the best solution is for him to run away to another place.

That way, the Demon Slayer couldn't possibly cut off two people's heads at the same time.

But there was nothing he could do; his younger sister was the one he was protecting!

If he could, he wouldn't allow anyone to hurt his sister!

Soon, Gyutaro returned to Daki's side.

His head darted around, alerting himself to any unusual movements.

Whoosh--!!

Several pellets of gunpowder were thrown out from the still-smoldering smoke.

Gyutaro's gaze sharpened.

Are you still here?

Boom! Boom! Boom!...

The gunpowder fell to the ground, raising another cloud of smoke and dust.

Following closely behind were streaks of blood-red blades flying into the smoke and dust.

A hissing sound kept rising from the smoke and dust.

The next moment.

Bang!

The sound of breaking windows came again from beside Daki.

Gyutaro, which were wielding the Blood Scythe, froze.

By the time they wanted to send a rescue, it was too late.

Whoosh--!

The golden sword slashed towards Daki's neck.

Having learned from the previous experience, Daki was more prepared this time.

Upon hearing the bang, the ribbons behind them began to gather and shoot towards the direction from which the sound came.

Tengen Uzui's gaze narrowed slightly as he watched the ribbon shooting towards his chest.

He shifted his body to the side, holding one sword against his front, while the other remained in the same position as before, slashing towards Daki.

Clang!

The ribbon slammed into the Nichirin Blade, causing the Nichirin Blade to collide with Tengen Uzui's body.

The blade did not press against Tengen Uzui's body.

Laugh--!

A long, bloody gash appeared on Tengen Uzui's body.

However, Tengen Uzui had no time to care about any of that; all he cared about was that the Nichirin Blade didn't cleave him in two.

With his other hand gripping the Nichirin Blade, he continued forward in the original direction.

Whoosh--!

A flash of light, and for the nth time tonight, Daki's head flew into the air.

No time to be happy, Tengen Uzui quickly turned his gaze away.

We'll have to check Gyutaro's head first!

Fortunately Gyutaro had just protected Daki, and the two were not far apart.

Tengen Uzui quickly arrived at Gyutaro's side in a few steps.

No sooner said than done, only the time it took for Tengen Uzui to burst out of the house had passed.

However, that short period of time was more than enough for Gyutaro, the Upper Rank Six, to prepare himself.

Gazing at the Demon Slayer's raised golden blade, Gyutaro's lips curled into a slight smile.

Even if you are perfectly healthy, it's impossible for you to chop off my head with a single blow!

Besides, you're poisoned now!

You think you are...

Bang!

Gyutaro's eyes suddenly bulged out.

A sharp pain shot through the groin, and Gyutaro's body involuntarily bent over.

Damn it, that Demon Slayer, he's using dirty tricks!!!