The buried Nichirin Blades

"Kongniqiwa!!!"

Doma sat at the dining table and waved to Mitsuri and the others.

Mitsuri froze on the spot, her lips moving unconsciously up and down.

The person opposite her looked a lot like Upper Rank Three, Doma the team had been talking about.

But... what she couldn't understand was, if it was Doma, then why was Doma in the Swordsmith Village?

He was still eating something!

Before she could finish thinking, she felt her wrist being grabbed and pulled to the side.

Tengen Uzui, carrying Kotetsu in one hand and grabbing Mitsuri's wrist with the other, ran quickly outside, saying as he ran:

"You stupid woman, what are you standing there for? Run!"

After being led around by Tengen Uzui for a while, Mitsuri finally realized what was happening and started running on her own, saying as if to confirm:

"Was that Doma just now?"

Seeing that Mitsuri was running away on her own, Tengen Uzui released her wrist and said:

"Of course! Otherwise, why would I drag you along?"

"But... but why is Doma in the Swordsmith Village?" Mitsuri asked, puzzled.

Tengen Uzui said, "You don't care why he's here, just know that he's already here!"

"Shouldn't we go and fight him?" Mitsuri, looking at Tengen Uzui ahead.

"We just finished soaking in the hot springs, and we don't even have our Nichirin Blade on us. How are we supposed to fight him?" Tengen Uzui cursed angrily.

Seriously, how did this guy even become a Pillar?

He's nowhere near as shrewd and capable as his wife!!

Upon hearing this, Mitsuri immediately looked at herself.

"Huh? It seems so!"

"Stop arguing, hurry back to your room, grab your Nichirin Blade, and then come back!" Tengen Uzui said.

"Yes!" Mitsuri nodded quickly.

Kotetsu was grabbed by Tengen Uzui and they ran outside.

He's still a bit confused. He clearly brought them to see his teammates, so how did things suddenly turn out like this after they met them?

Why do they look like they've seen a ghost?

Doma... isn't he a Pillar?

No, he might not even be human!

Did I bring the ghost into the village myself?

They even brought the Big Sister Kanroji along!!!

The thought of this possibility caused Kotetsu's pupils to dilate uncontrollably.

Suddenly, a figure emerged from the receding restaurant in sight; it was...

Doma!!!

The smile was still on his face, but Kotetsu no longer felt the same warmth when he saw it before; instead, he felt an unusual chill.

Doma watched the departing group with a smile, and muttered to himself:

"Seriously, you're supposed to be Demon Slayer, yet you don't always carry your Nichirin Blade with you. In that case, I guess I'll just have to teach you a lesson!"

Having said that, he gently raised his right hand, which was holding the folding fan.

"Watch out! He's going to attack!!" Kotetsu Tie, who was being held by Uzui, shouted in alarm.

Upon hearing this, Tengen Uzui turned his head and glanced at it, his brows immediately furrowing.

"Damn it! Why build such a huge house if there's no reason to?!"

Swish!

The folding fan unfolds.

An ice-blue arm instantly formed in front of Doma and began to grow at an extremely rapid pace.

Soon, the limited corridor restricted the growth of the ice sculpture arms.

Upon seeing this, Doma raised an eyebrow slightly, then quickly raised his folding fan in his right hand.

The ice sculpture's arm rose upwards following Doma's movement.

Bang!

The ice sculpture's arm touched the ceiling.

The wooden ceiling held up for only a moment before being pierced by the ice sculpture arm.

Then, with a loud rumble, the ice sculpture's arm stood straight up.

This time, nothing could stop its growth; the ice sculpture arm expanded and enlarged at a visible rate.

Once the energy had mostly coalesced, Doma looked towards the group of people who were almost at the end of the corridor.

Rumble!

The sound of houses being crushed was rapidly approaching Tengen Uzui other two.

Tengen Uzui turned his head and glanced at it.

From his position, he could only see part of the ice sculpture's arm, but as the arm fell toward him, he could see more and more of it, along with the constantly falling debris from the houses.

"We can't worry about that now, let's jump out first!" Tengen Uzui said, frowning.

"But the Nichirin Blade..."

Before Mitsuri could finish speaking, Tengen Uzui had already crashed into the window.

Bang!

The glass shattered, Tengen Uzui, carrying Kotetsu, leaped away in an instant.

Mitsuri glanced at the ice sculpture arm that was about to crash into them, then, disregarding everything else, she turned and jumped out through the hole that Tengen Uzui had just created.

Bang!

Not long after Mitsuri jumped out, a loud bang came from behind her.

Without even looking, Mitsuri knew it was the arm of that ice sculpture that had just hit the ground.

Without turning around, Mitsuri quickly ran to Tengen Uzui's side.

The two stood about twenty meters away from the guesthouse and observed the situation there.

A roughly 20-30 meter long ice sculpture arm was slowly raised, then paused slightly after it was fully upright.

Seeing this, Tengen Uzui quickly reminded him:

"Watch out, he might attack!"

"Okay!" Mitsuri nodded.

Whew!

The ice-sculpted arm slowly descended.

To the surprise of Tengen Uzui and the others, the ice sculpture arm did not attack them, but instead began to destroy the guesthouse.

The rumbling sounds of houses collapsing continued, Mitsuri suddenly remembered something, exclaiming in surprise:

"Oh no, Nichirin Blade!!"

Kotetsu, somewhat dazed, said, "Uncle... Uncle Yamashita is still inside!"

Tengen Uzui frowned as he looked at the scene before him, and said solemnly:

"I can't worry about that anymore!"

"We are not Kato; without Nichirin Blade, we are no match for Upper Rank!"

"What's more, this time the opponent is Doma, who is the least suitable for fighting bare-handed among the existing Upper Rank."

At this point, Tengen Uzui couldn't help but joke:

"Ha, if Kato knew Doma was coming to the Swordsmith Village, he wouldn't have needed to leave!"

"Hmm, but Teiichi has gone out too! Mr. Uzui, what should we do now?" Mitsuri looked at Tengen.

Tengen glanced at Mitsuri, then tossed Kotetsu over.

"Then!"

"Huh? Huh! Huh?!!"

Mitsuri hurriedly caught the Kotetsu, then looked at Tengen Uzui with a puzzled expression and asked:

"What... what is this?"

Tengen Uzui turned to look at the house, which was mostly destroyed, and said:

"Go down quickly and tell the villagers of Swordsmith Village to escape. I'll hold off Doma!"