Boom! Crack!
The fragile wooden cabin, along with the forceful strike of the vine giant snake, was directly smashed into pieces, with half of it turning into splinters.
As the wood chips flew, the hidden demon was also exposed.
Since she was exposed, Mukago simply stopped pretending.
Her expression turned fierce as she made a grabbing motion in the air with her right hand.
Instantly, behind the shattered cabin, in the dark corners of the forest and from underground, one bloodthirsty and ferocious demon after another roared out.
Over a dozen demons lunged straight at Shinichi, but faced with this sudden scene, Shinichi wasn't surprised at all.
He had long known these demons were gathering.
With a powerful kick off the ground, Shinichi leaped up, dodging another strike from the vine giant snake.
As he quickly descended in mid-air, Shinichi adjusted his posture, holding his sword with both hands.
His heterochromatic eyes instantly locked onto the demons below.
"Forest Breathing, Third Form: Thorn Stab!"
Whoosh!
The flash of the blade that appeared in an instant was like harmful thorns suddenly bursting out from within the hidden forest.
Squelch! Squelch!
In a flash, the heads of several demons were pierced through.
The moment he landed, several demon heads immediately flew into the sky.
Disdainfully flicking the blood off his Nichirin Blade, Shinichi looked towards the fierce-faced Mukago.
"Is that all?"
Whoosh!
"Awooo!!"
A ghostly wolf howl suddenly rang out.
A demon that had just crawled out of the ground was struck by a black lightning bolt and immediately flew backward uncontrollably.
Crack! Crack!
An eerie tearing sound followed and it was only then that one could see clearly that what had crashed into the demon earlier was a black wolf.
"What's going on? Where did this wolf demon come from? Why is it helping the Demon Slayer?" Mukago was so shocked her jaw nearly dropped.
However, now wasn't the time to worry about that wolf demon.
Fully annihilating the Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps was her goal.
Shinichi's agility and the terrifying power of his sword techniques far exceeded Mukago's expectations, also making her heart tremble.
Is this the strength of a Hashira from the Demon Slayer Corps?
How could they be so powerful?
Wasn't it said that for thousands of years, the Demon Slayer Corps had always been crushed under their feet?
"Forget it! I don't care about this or that, I'll fight you to the death! Blood Demon Art: Blood Frenzy Dance!" She clapped her hands together forcefully with a loud shout.
Then, under Mukago's mental control, more demons emerged from their hidden places in the darkness.
The vines growing on each demon's neck began to subtly secrete some venom.
Instantly, the demons in contact with the venom became even more bloodthirsty and ferocious in their gaze, completely losing their rationality.
They charged towards Shinichi almost without any strategy, neither dodging nor avoiding him.
The vine giant snake under Mukago's feet also grew several times thicker, rushing towards Shinichi like an overwhelming force along with the horde of demons.
"Is this all you've got? Are you for real? If all the Lower Moons are like this, then Muzan is truly foolish, raising so many useless creatures like you is a waste of time!" Shinichi said mockingly.
One hand took over from both hands gripping the Nichirin Blade, while the free hand drew the Nichirin short sword from his waist.
Crossing the two blades, he slightly stepped back with his right foot.
Boom!!
A surging life force mixed with a beast-like ferocious aura erupted violently.
"Forest Breathing, Thirteenth Form: Niten Ichi-ryu: Wolf Soul!"
Countless strands of blue-green life force began to envelop Shinichi's body, and in an instant, they condensed into a huge blue-green wolf with its mouth open in a roar.
The whistling sound of the rising air currents seemed like an enrage wolf's howl.
"Go all out! Tear him to pieces!" Mukago shouted loudly with a twisted face.
Awoo!!
The blue-green giant wolf lowered its head, seemingly letting out a howl, then suddenly stomped the ground and fiercely crashed into the demon horde.
For a moment, countless demon roars sounded around Shinichi as numerous sharp claws and fangs tearing towards him, but his Nichirin dual swords blocked all attacks and shattered everything before him.
Squelch! Squelch! Rip!
One ferocious demon head after another was severed and torn apart.
These weak demons controlled by Mukago couldn't even slow down Shinichi's advance.
Mukago's face turned green.
The vine giant snake swung its huge tail, taking advantage of Shinichi's focus on slaughtering the cannon fodder demons, and smashed down towards him with a thunderous force, completely disregarding the several fellow demons within its attack range.
Bang!!
With a huge crash, the vine giant snake's tail smashed heavily into the ground.
This time, because of the interference from other demons who had lost their minds, Shinichi couldn't dodge in time and was hit along with several other demons by the vine giant snake's attack.
"It really works?!" Mukago's eyes lit up.
With such a powerful and heavy strike, even if you're a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, you should be severely injured if not dead, right?
Unfortunately, Mukago's hopes were shattered in an instant.
A blue-green light shone from beneath the vine giant snake's tail, then suddenly erupted.
Boom!
With a thunderous sound, the giant tail of the vine snake directly burst open, countless juices and fragments flying everywhere.
Shinichi, also drenched in the juices, emerged holding his dual swords with an annoyed expression.
"You bastard, do you know how hard it is to wash the Demon Slayer Corps uniform? I'll definitely slaughter you!" Shinichi's forehead bulged with veins.
"YOUU!" Mukago wanted to say a few more words, but at this moment, shouts of killing also came from behind her.
"Charge! Slay the demons!"
"Fight alongside the Forest Hashira! Everyone, charge!"
"Surround them! Don't let them escape!"
...
More than a dozen Demon Slayer Corps members, gripping their Nichirin Blades, with determined gazes, charged towards Mukago and the demons she controlled.
In other words, she was now surrounded!
But what shocked Mukago the most wasn't this, but the youth wearing maple leaf decorations behind those dozen or so Demon Slayer Corps members.
Yuichiro calmly gazed at the Lower Moon Five on top of the vine giant snake.
That Lower Moon Six didnt lie.
There really was another Lower Moon on the mountain.
It wasn't in vain that he had changed plans and brought the squad members to support his master.
Well, although it seemed like support wasn't really necessary.
At this moment, more than a dozen brave Demon Slayer Corps members had already engaged in battle with the demons, which allowed Shinichi to relax a bit.
He finally had time to specifically and properly deal with that little demon.
However, when Shinichi saw Yuichiro's figure, a hint of complex emotion flashed in his eyes.
Shinichi was the first person Yuichiro told about his self-created breathing technique.
This youth, considerate of his master, actively sought Shinichi's opinion, because he also knew that there were too few users of Forest Breathing.
If he abandoned Forest Breathing, it would mean the inheritance of Forest Breathing would be severed once again.
Although regretful, Shinichi still encouraged Yuichiro to innovate freely.
The breathing technique that suits oneself best is the best breathing technique.
While inheritance is important, the original intention of inheritance is to be able to slay demons.
Blindly sticking to tradition would only waste one's talent.
Moreover, Yuichiro's Maple Breathing could be said to have derived from Forest Breathing.
How could this not be considered another form of inheritance?
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