"Ah, ah, ah!!!"
Everyone from the Demon Slayer Corps standing around Zhong Chen was stunned. Shouldn't they have entered the village quietly, without firing a shot?
To so openly tell Kibutsuji Muzan, 'I'm here to kill you,' wasn't that a bit too arrogant?
"Um… Lord Chen, isn't this a bit too flamboyant?"
Kanae Kocho, who was nearby, leaned closer to Zhong Chen and asked cautiously.
Feeling a faint, delicate fragrance from beside him, Zhong Chen replied a little unnaturally:
"Uh… don't worry, it's not a big problem, he definitely can't escape!!!"
After speaking, Zhong Chen, holding his Linglong, strode into the Infinity Castle. Seeing Zhong Chen enter, the others quickly followed.
"Lord Zhong Chen! This place is so vast, do you know where Muzan is?"
Giyu Tomioka, holding his nichirin blade, walked alongside Zhong Chen and respectfully asked him.
"Don't worry, someone will come looking for us. Look… here they come!!!"
Zhong Chen pointed ahead to a group of demons slowly appearing and said to Giyu Tomioka.
"Demons!!! Everyone, be on alert, and make sure not to get separated!!!"
"Yes, First Squad, draw your blades!"
"Second Squad, draw your blades!"
"Third Squad…"
As all the Demon Slayer Corps members drew the blades from their waists, the atmosphere instantly became incredibly solemn, and a murderous aura enveloped everyone present.
Zhong Chen looked at the demons rushing towards them from ahead and lightly clicked his tongue:
"What are these things, a bunch of cannon fodder! Does Muzan use this kind of stuff to entertain guests?"
Discovering that the opposing side was full of cannon fodder demons, Zhong Chen declared that the local gang was truly impolite, and he decided to teach them a lesson.
"Everyone of the Demon Slayer Corps! Avenge our families, charge!!!"
"Kill!!!"
"Kill… ugh, ugh, ugh!!!"
Just as the Demon Slayer Corps members, faces full of rage, were about to charge into battle with the demons, a golden sword energy filled everyone's eyes.
The sword energy swiftly struck the group of demons, and wherever it passed, both buildings and demons were crushed into fragments. Demon corpses lay scattered on the ground, and buildings turned into sawdust, flying in the air.
The Demon Slayer Corps members, having recovered, still maintained their charging postures. Looking again at the scene before them, which was now just ruins and a desolate, corpse-strewn clearing, they were all dumbfounded.
They involuntarily turned their gaze to Zhong Chen, who still held his sword-wielding posture.
"Heh ya! I told you all along that I could handle everything myself, you just needed to watch from the side!!!"
Zhong Chen looked at the Demon Slayer Corps members staring at him and calmly stated that he could handle everything himself. It wasn't that he wanted to be a babysitter, but rather that he had boasted so much at the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters.
If he just stood by and watched, he felt he would lose face, and there was an even more important reason: with so many people present, if he didn't show off, wouldn't he be letting down his invincible strength? Rich and not returning home is like wearing fine clothes in the dark!
Looking at the shocked and admiring gazes of the surrounding Demon Slayer Corps members, Zhong Chen couldn't help but feel secretly pleased.
Moreover, a leader also needs to appropriately display strength to better command his subordinates. See, isn't this how loyalty skyrockets!
"Is this Lord Zhong Chen's power!!!"
"This is simply a god!!"
"With Lord Zhong Chen, we can definitely kill Kibutsuji Muzan!!"
"Oh oh oh!!!"
The morale of the Demon Slayer Corps was greatly boosted for a time. Seeing this, Zhong Chen ordered Rengoku Kyoujurou, the Flame Hashira, who was serving as commander beside him:
"You lead everyone to sweep through the ordinary demons in the vicinity. If you encounter a Lower Rank Demon, you deal with it yourselves. If you encounter an Upper Rank Demon, call out to me loudly, and I will take action then, understood?"
Hearing the order, Rengoku Kyoujurou immediately knelt on one knee and accepted the command:
"Yes! Your subordinate understands! And you…"
"Oh, I'm going to play with Muzan. I just wonder if he can handle the fun, hehehehe!!!"
Looking at Zhong Chen's sinister laugh, Rengoku Kyoujurou couldn't help but shiver. Lord Zhong Chen in this state was terrifying.
"Whoosh…"
In the blink of an eye, Zhong Chen used Shrink Ground into an Inch to leave the main group. Seeing Zhong Chen disappear, Rengoku Kyoujurou stood up and ordered everyone:
"Now, everyone will begin clearing out the remaining demons in small teams. If you encounter danger, you must call for help immediately!!! Is that clear to everyone?"
"Yes!!!"
While the Demon Slayer Corps was preparing to hunt down the stragglers in small teams, Zhong Chen was observing the six-eyed figure before him.
[Yo! This must be Kokushibo, right? If you look at his aura, he actually looks more like the final BOSS than Muzan!]
Kokushibo also observed the human who had suddenly appeared before him.
He had black hair, wore strange clothes from who knows where (apologize to the aunties at the modern clothing factory, hey!), seemed lazy all over, and held an ancient longsword in his right hand, completely lacking the demeanor of a strong individual.
But the mere fact that he could suddenly appear before him was enough to warrant his attention. Kokushibo tightly gripped his nichirin blade and coldly said to the human before him:
"Human!!! I don't care what you rely on, but since you dared to intrude, are you ready to die?"
"I haven't really thought about how to die yet, why don't you tell me how I should die?"
Hearing Kokushibo's words, Zhong Chen waved his hand indifferently, provoking Kokushibo across from him.
"Human! It's been many years since anyone dared to speak to me like that! I will mercifully grant you a magnificent funeral!"
[Good grief, this guy is even better at showing off than me! No, this world doesn't allow anyone—er, any demon—to exist who can show off more than me!]
Looking at the show-off across from him, Zhong Chen decided to add fuel to the fire:
"Oh dear! A guy who was suppressed his entire life by Tsugikuni Yoriichi can actually be so arrogant. It's truly 'when the tiger is away, the monkey becomes king'!!!"
Kokushibo's pupils suddenly contracted, and his right hand gripping the sword hilt tightened even more:
"How do you know about that! It's been hundreds of years, how could anyone still know!"
"Damn you, Tsugikuni Yoriichi! I have far surpassed you now! Human, I promise you will die a terrible death!!!"
Saying this, he charged towards Zhong Chen, holding his nichirin blade.
"Moon Breathing, First Form: Dark Moon, Evening Palace!"
Kokushibo instantly unleashed a powerful slash towards Zhong Chen, but Zhong Chen didn't even move as he watched the attack.
"Golden Light Incantation!"
System: Once again, Basic Cultivation Method is awesome!!!
The slash struck a golden protective barrier without causing the slightest ripple.
"Is that all? You're not very good, you know. Why don't you go back a few hundred years and learn swordsmanship properly from your brother again!"
"Damn it, what is this!!!"
Seeing his attack fail, Kokushibo immediately used a powerful technique.
"Watch me break your turtle shell! Moon Breathing, Sixteenth Form: Moonbow, Half Moon!"
Kokushibo instantly leaped up, launching a devastating downward slash that could easily cleave through the ground.
Unfortunately, the slash reached the golden barrier and still didn't cause the slightest ripple.
"This… how is this possible!!!"
"Are you done playing? Then it's my turn! Watch my ordinary slash!"
Zhong Chen, using spiritual energy, drew a golden sword energy that instantly arrived before Kokushibo. Kokushibo's pupils constricted, and an extreme sense of death permeated his entire body.
He desperately tried to move his body, but it felt as if he was fixed in place by something, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move an inch.
Looking at the golden sword energy before him, Kokushibo couldn't help but think of his younger brother, Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
[So there are humans infinitely stronger than you, after all these years, was I wrong? But… brother, I just wanted to become like you…]
The sword energy sliced through Kokushibo's body and then disappeared. Kokushibo's body slowly split into two halves, the light in his six pupils gradually fading until only stillness remained.
"Heh, gotta say, spiritual energy really is the bane of demons. One slash and everyone dies, no chance of recovery!"
Zhong Chen glanced at Kokushibo's corpse and then turned to leave. What was there to see about a corpse?
"My little darling Muzan, big brother is here to play with you, hehehehe!!!"
System: You're definitely a bit of a pervert!!! (;￢_￢)