Hearing Lexon's words, Doma's brows furrowed.
He had no human emotions; all the emotions he expressed were just simulated states. He simply liked to play the role of a "person full of human feeling."
But for some reason, watching this person before him reveal a smile that was so similar to the one he often used, he felt a strange taste in his heart.
In short, Doma did not want to see the other's smile.
'What should I do...'
Doma took out his other iron fan, which was also engraved with a lotus pattern, opened both, and waved them.
"Lord Akaza, he's the one who attacked me first, you know!" he even had the mood to explain to Akaza.
"Blood Demon Art: Lotus Ice!"
With a wave of his twin fans, lotus-shaped ice crystals scattered out, emitting an incomparably bone-chilling cold and freezing air as they rushed towards Lexon.
'I can't touch it. I can't even be touched by the freezing air it's giving off.'
Lexon knew most of Doma's abilities and the characteristics of his techniques, so he would respond accordingly.
After the freezing air from these ice lotuses made contact with an opponent, it could freeze their skin, and then freeze the air in their lungs, tearing them apart.
Although Lexon believed his physical body had already reached the peak for a human in the world of Demon Slayer, he wasn't sure if his internal organs could withstand the freezing air that could freeze the air in his lungs and the ice crystals that could tear them.
So he would not take this hit.
Although after demonizing, these injuries could be healed at will, so there was no need to worry.
But Lexon was currently intent on testing his strength in his human state, wanting to know just how strong he was without relying on demonization.
"Water Breathing, Third Form: Flowing Dance."
He once again used the long-unused Water Breathing.
Rippling water clung to his Nichirin Sword. With a strange, dancing footwork, he passed by each of the ice lotuses. The slashes and flowing water that accompanied his dance steps dispersed the incoming freezing air.
He gradually approached Doma.
"Blood Demon Art: Scattering Lotuses!"
Doma was unhurried, continuing to wave his golden twin fans.
In an instant, a large number of fine, blade-sharp ice flowers scattered out, enveloping all of Lexon's possible directions of movement.
Unavoidable.
But Lexon was not flusteredin the slightest. His breathing technique suddenly changed, and the dissipating water at the corner of his mouth transformed into a scorching flame.
"Flame Breathing, Fourth Form: Blooming Flame Undulation!"
The raging flames on the Nichirin Sword, with a swing, formed a vortex-shaped shield of fire with Lexon at its center, enveloping him within.
Most of the ice flowers were burned to nothing the moment they touched the fierce flames, dissipating into the air.
"Destructive Death: Annihilation Style!"
An ultimate power that seemed as if it would destroy everything suddenly assaulted from the side. The impact and wind pressure pushed aside all unrelated things.
The shield-like flames and the remaining ice flowers were all scattered.
The Annihilation Style seemed to encompass not just Lexon, but Doma as well, who was also within its attack range.
"Mist Breathing, Third Form: Great Mist Spray."
Lexon reversed his grip on the Nichirin Sword, its tip pointing to the ground.
The Mist Breathing style replaced the Flame Breathing style, and white mist once again escaped from the corners of his mouth.
An extremely dense fog suddenly spewed out from the tip of the sword, like a jet engine, instantly carrying Lexon soaring upwards at high speed.
In an instant, he had escaped the range of Akaza's Annihilation Style.
And within the range of the Annihilation Style, only Doma was left alone.
"Alas, Lord Akaza," Doma sighed inexplicably.
Next, the ultimate power of destruction completely impacted his body, crushing Doma's body until only a small part of his head remained.
In mid-air, Lexon saw that Akaza had completely ignored Doma, who had almost been turned to pulp by him, and was instead leaping straight for him.
"Mist Breathing, Second Form: Great Fog Blaze."
In mid-air, Lexon activated his Mist Breathing technique, continuously swinging his Nichirin Sword at extreme speed. An extremely dense fog gathered on the blade.
Swing after swing, slash after slash.
As the number of swings and slashes increased, the mist continuously stacked and compressed on the blade.
Just as Akaza was about to reach him, Lexon swung his Nichirin Sword one last time.
In that instant, the condensed mist exploded, and the violently rushing fog slammed into Akaza, sending him flying backward like a missile and smashing hard onto the ground.
Within the large crater Akaza had smashed out, the mist spread. The next second, the temperature inside the crater suddenly soared, and all the mist instantly transformed into a raging, burning flame, violently scorching everything within the crater.
"Ugh... ugh... ugh... ugh..."
The muffled sounds of Akaza being burned by the fierce flames echoed.
A burnt smell wafted out.
"Blood Demon Art: Creeping Lotuses!"
Doma's voice came from another direction. While Lexon was still in freefall, he had already recovered and immediately unleashed a technique on the still-airborne Lexon.
From all around Doma, several ice vines entwined with ice lotuses suddenly surged out, rushing towards the airborne Lexon, intending to bind him.
'Not easy to dodge.'
In the air, Lexon realized that these ice vines were difficult to evade, so he had no choice but to continue swinging his Nichirin Sword.
"Mist Breathing, Fifth Form: Ring of Fog."
Instantly, an arc-shaped dense fog formed a semi-circular ring shield in front of Lexon, blocking the assault of the ice vines.
But what Lexon hadn't expected was that in the next moment, an ice vine actually bypassed the ring shield of dense fog and whipped violently at him.
However, Lexon's reaction was extremely timely. In a flash, he raised his Nichirin Sword and blocked the sudden ice vine.
But the immense force from the ice vine still sent Lexon smashing hard onto the ground.
'As expected... is it still a bit difficult for this ordinary human state to deal with Upper Rank Two Doma and Upper Rank Three Akaza?'
'It would take some time to kill just one of them.'
Lexon stood up and patted the dust off his body.
'I'm not injured...'
'But in this world of Demon Slayer, this is one of the few attacks that has hit me. What was the last one? Ah, right, it was Muzan's whip.'
'Since it's a bit difficult to fight both of them like this... then I'll just open my mark.'
'With my mark open, I should be able to kill both of them relatively quickly.'
Lexon suddenly thought.
[Gyokko, act.]
However, the moment before Lexon was about to open his mark, the pot at his waist suddenly shook.
Lexon looked at it with surprise, only to see the pot suddenly shatter. The figure of Gyokko abruptly appeared.
His pupils, filled with extreme venomous hatred, stared at Lexon.
The next moment, from within Gyokko's mouth, a ferocious and terrifying arm stretched out and violently grabbed Lexon's shoulder.
"Twang."
The clear sound of a biwa, from some unknown source, suddenly rang out.
The next moment, the figures of Lexon, Gyokko, Akaza, Doma, and Youmei all vanished.
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