"Double Upper Moon Kill"
"Where is it, where is it?!" Aoki frantically searched the forest, his Mangekyō Sharingan constantly scanning for Hantengu's main body.
"There!" He spotted Hantengu's main body peeking from behind a tree.
Aoki's discovery prompted Hantengu's main body to quickly retreat and flee.
"Devouring Breathing, Fourth Form: Thunder Annihilation!"
Aoki's figure blurred into a fleeting shadow as he sprinted towards Hantengu, leaving trails of black lightning in his wake.
"Clang!"
His blade struck Hantengu's neck with immense force, but it didn't sever it, only inflicting a deep wound and spraying blood.
"Aaah!"
Hantengu let out a piercing scream. Zohakuten, sensing the life-threatening danger to the main body, prepared to intervene, but was intercepted by Tanjiro and the others.
Aoki, poised to deliver the killing blow, was interrupted by one of Hantengu's forms.
"Don't… don't you think… I'm pitiful?!" Hantengu's main body suddenly began to inflate dramatically, growing to the size of an average adult in a fraction of a second. The "fear" on his tongue transformed into "Zohakuten".
Over the next few breaths, Hantengu continued to grow, eventually becoming a giant over two meters tall.
With incredible speed, he grabbed Aoki's head before Aoki could react.
"Don't bully the weak! Everything you say is nonsense!"
As Hantengu's grip tightened, Aoki felt his head about to burst. He instantly activated a pre-placed Flying Thunder God kunai to teleport away, narrowly avoiding death.
Seeing Aoki escape, Hantengu didn't pursue, instead fleeing immediately. Yōgetsu remained hanging from his neck, its black mist slowly corroding his skin.
Ignoring this, Hantengu focused solely on escape, knowing he was in mortal danger. Zohakuten's exertion had significantly slowed his regeneration, so even after fleeing several hundred meters, the wound on his neck hadn't fully healed.
"You must bear the consequences of your crimes, you liar!"
A memory from his human life flashed in Aoki's mind. He didn't understand why it surfaced now, nor did he wish to dwell on it.
While running, Hantengu suddenly saw a Flying Thunder God kunai appear on the ground nearby. Aoki instantly materialized beside it, his Mangekyō Sharingan focused on Hantengu.
"Amaterasu!"
A drop of blood welled from Aoki's right eye, followed by numerous cracks. The next instant, black flames erupted on Hantengu's body, slowly consuming his skin and flesh.
"Aaah!"
The searing pain caused Hantengu to cry out in agony, momentarily losing consciousness. Aoki seized this opportunity, instantly appearing beside him and retrieving Yōgetsu from his neck.
"Devouring Breathing, Sixth Form: Demon Slayer Slash!"
Blood-red energy surged around Yōgetsu. With a swift strike, before Hantengu could react, Aoki severed his neck.
The crimson blade wave spun in the air, forming a dazzling ring, and Hantengu's head fell to the ground.
Aoki's breathing became ragged. Tanjiro, worried, ran towards him, followed by the demonized Nezuko.
"Aoki-senpai!" Tanjiro shouted excitedly.
Aoki smiled, the rising sun bathing him in its warmth. But then he saw Nezuko behind Tanjiro and the open, exposed terrain, his expression turning grim.
"Tanjiro! Sunlight! Sunlight! Nezuko!" Aoki yelled urgently, trying to use Flying Thunder God to move Nezuko, but a sudden, intense pain in his eyes forced him to his knees, his face contorted in agony.
Tanjiro also noticed the rising sun and Nezuko still running towards him.
"Nezuko! Run! The sun's rising! You'll die!" Tanjiro shouted, but Nezuko, despite hearing him, continued running relentlessly.
Instead of going to Tanjiro, she ran past him towards Aoki. Tanjiro then saw that Hantengu, though decapitated, hadn't died. His headless body slowly rose, raising a hand to strike Aoki.
Aoki, having overused his Mangekyō Sharingan, was completely drained and unable to dodge the fatal attack.
"Blood Demon Art: Exploding Blood!"
Suddenly, Hantengu's headless body burst into a violent inferno. Just as he was about to attack Aoki again, Nezuko delivered a powerful kick, sending him flying.
Instead of attacking Aoki, Hantengu, seeing the rising sun, desperately tried to escape.
But before he could take more than a few steps, his body collapsed.
His true form, hidden within his heart, which he believed to be perfectly safe, had been completely incinerated by the Amaterasu black flames that had permeated his body.
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