How could this be? Why would Nezuko appear here?
Ren was completely dumbfounded; he had calculated everything, but he never expected Nezuko to show up at this location.
He wasn't the only one stunned. Even Nezuko was at a loss after seeing the devastated landscape and the rivers of blood.
She had already gone to sleep, but the battle between Ren and Muzan was too intense. Even from a great distance, she could hear the ear-piercing sounds of combat.
Thinking that Ren hadn't returned yet, Nezuko worried he might be in danger, so she decided to come out and check. The result was this scene before her eyes!
At this moment, Muzan also spotted Nezuko, and a sinister grin instantly surfaced on his face.
"Heh heh heh, brat, it looks like you know this little girl! Let me guess, is she your sister? Or your childhood sweetheart? If she were to die right in front of your eyes, I wonder what kind of expression you would make?"
Before his voice had even faded, Muzan waved his large hand. More than ten black blood thorns abruptly changed direction, attacking Nezuko like wildly dancing poisonous snakes.
"Nezuko!"
Ren roared, ignoring the wood splinters and ice beneath his feet as he ran straight toward her.
Fortunately, his speed was fast, and his explosive power far exceeded that of ordinary people. With a powerful stomp of his legs, he lunged toward Nezuko like an arrow released from a bow.
Just as she was about to be pierced through the heart by the black blood thorns, Ren arrived in the nick of time. He violently tackled Nezuko to the ground, saving her from being skewered by the thorns.
But Ren wasn't so lucky. Muzan had released too many black blood thorns, and Ren's attention had been entirely focused on Nezuko.
Because of this moment of carelessness, several cuts were opened on his body by the black blood thorns. Bright red blood trickled out, impossible to stop.
"Such strong blood energy!"
Muzan greedily inhaled the scent of blood in the air. After the System's reinforcement, Ren's blood energy was exceptionally intense, comparable to a 'Marechi'—Rare Blood.
Simply put, the nutritional value of his blood was extremely high; his blood alone was worth that of dozens or even hundreds of ordinary people.
"I didn't expect your blood to be so delicious. It looks like I can have a full meal!"
Muzan smiled wickedly. "You might not know this yet, but these black blood thorns carry a potent poison. As long as you are hit once, the toxin will spread rapidly through your blood, eroding your internal organs and finally destroying every cell in your body! How about it? You should be feeling intense pain by now, unable to move, right?"
"Heh, I wouldn't be so sure about that!" Ren sneered. His constitution was over ten times that of a normal person.
The Constitution attribute didn't just refer to defense; it also included physical stamina, resistance, self-healing capabilities, and poison resistance.
Although Ren felt pain at this moment, he was far from being unable to move.
If Kocho Shinobu, a girl, could rely on Breathing Styles to compress seven hundred times the lethal dose of wisteria poison within her body, then there was no reason a man with his superior constitution couldn't handle this.
"Nezuko, this guy is a man-eating demon! I'll cover you, run quickly!"
Ren warned her. He had no way to protect Nezuko while simultaneously dealing with Muzan, the Demon King.
"But..."
"Run! Take Aunt Kie and the others and hide!"
Ren shouted. Seeing this, Nezuko disregarded everything else. She wiped away the tears caused by her fear and hurriedly ran toward the rear.
"Hmph, clearly you're already poisoned, yet you're still acting tough! Fine, then let me see if you can protect that girl!"
Muzan laughed loudly, and immediately, dozens more black blood thorns shot forward in an explosive thrust.
Ever since Nezuko appeared, his target had consistently been her. He knew that to protect Nezuko, Ren would definitely stand in front of her.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Dozens of black blood thorns tore through the sky, creating ear-piercing whistles in the air as they shot toward Nezuko from all directions at lightning speed.
"If you want to hurt my sister, you have to ask if I agree to it first!"
Before he finished speaking, Ren leaped up with a massive jump, landing behind Nezuko. He swung his wolf-tooth club, colliding with the sharp thorns.
Bang! Bang! Bang...
For a moment, heavy collision sounds rose and fell incessantly. Although Ren easily withstood Muzan's attacks relying on his dynamic vision—comparable to a Sharingan—he soon discovered something was wrong.
While his wolf-tooth club had powerful striking force and could cause massive damage to enemies, when facing things like thorns that were flexible and soft, the club couldn't sever them like a blade could.
'Damn it! I was only thinking about how to smash Muzan, I forgot to bring a sword!'
Just as he was secretly worrying, the number of black blood thorns grew greater and greater, to the point where they could be described as blotting out the sky. Muzan also launched an even more intense and domineering offensive.
Suddenly, nine tentacle-like tube whips appeared on Muzan's back, tipped with blades of various shapes. Muzan controlled these nine tube whips as easily as moving his own fingers, stabbing them toward Ren's heart.
Compared to the thorns which were mostly for binding enemies, these nine tube whips were much more threatening!
Just as Ren was blocking the black blood thorns, the nine tube whips shot out with a howl, whipping up a freezing gust in the already cold dense forest.
Hearing the whistling cold wind, Ren noticed these nine highly lethal tube whips in time. His expression changed immediately, and he raised the heavy wolf-tooth club to block.
Bang!
Instantly, the first tube whip arrived with a howl, its bladed tip coming into intimate contact with the spikes on the wolf-tooth club.
At the same time, Ren felt a massive force transmit into his body. Although the tube whips were light, their speed was lightning-fast, allowing them to generate a huge impact force in a short time.
After blocking the first tube whip, the subsequent ones arrived on schedule, crashing into Ren's wolf-tooth club one after another, scraping out bright sparks in the night sky.
This was truly a case of a heifer stepping on live wires—badass and electric; a series of sharp explosions rang out simultaneously.
To cover Nezuko's escape, Ren could only do his best to withstand Muzan's attacks.
[Host withstood the evil ghost's attack, Constitution +1]
[Host swung the wolf-tooth club 1000 times consecutively, Strength +2]
[...]
[Host constantly adjusted speed, force, angle, and timing while swinging the wolf-tooth club, comprehended Earth Combat Technique: Meteor Crash]
"Combat Technique?!"
Ren was startled. For the past three years, he had exercised his physique ceaselessly. Even when wrestling with black bears, he hadn't successfully comprehended a Combat Technique.
He didn't expect that fighting Muzan would actually allow him to comprehend one.
But it made sense; how could a mere black bear be mentioned in the same breath as the Demon King?
"Meteor Crash? Judging by the name, it sounds pretty powerful. I wonder what kind of technique it is?" Ren muttered, and the introduction for the Meteor Crash technique floated before his eyes.
[Meteor Crash: Attack-type combat technique. An attack method using a heavy weapon descending from the sky. It can be a heavy hammer, an iron axe, or even fists and feet.
Condenses flame battle energy, utilizes extreme speed, and unleashes massive power comparable to a falling meteor.]
'This description... why does it sound so much like the Sky Winged Lion King's Demon-Breaking Fist?'
Ren mentally complained. At the same time, the force-exertion techniques for Meteor Crash were carved into his mind.
He charged rapidly toward Muzan, completely ignoring the nine tube whips coming straight at him.
Seeing him advance instead of retreat, Muzan grinned sinisterly. "You actually dare to charge up? Have you given up resistance? Then let me give you a quick death!"
After saying this, dozens of black blood thorns outflanked Ren from the west, blocking off all his retreat routes. However, Ren did not shrink back in the slightest. Instead, he leaped up, jumping more than twenty meters into the high air. He swung the wolf-tooth club like a meteor streaking across the sky, smashing heavily toward Muzan!
"Let me ask you, Muzan, have you ever seen a rod technique that falls from the sky?!"
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