Chapter 86 The Counterattack
Aoki reluctantly landed.
After putting it away, the huge bat wings disappeared again, turning into a faint pattern on his back, like a tattoo.
He still had something very important to do.
"It's about time."
Aoki murmured, and his figure suddenly disappeared.
Infinity Castle.
In a pile of ruins, a wooden plaque lay quietly.
The plaque was square and plain, with no particular design, and many burrs on the edges, looking quite ordinary.
However, on one side, a complex silver rhombus pattern was printed, adding a touch of mystery to it.
Ripples spread through the space, and a figure suddenly emerged from the void.
"As expected, I haven't been discovered yet." Aoki bent down and picked up the wooden plaque.
He had dropped this spatial mark during the battle in the chaos.
As soon as he put the wooden plaque away, Aoki felt a "burning" gaze, turned his head, and met Nakime's gaze.
"Looks like I chose the perfect time."
Aoki's gaze swept across the area, finding no trace of Muzan Kibutsuji or the other Upper Moons.
Nakime controlled the Infinity Castle. If
she delayed any longer, the spatial imprint would inevitably be discovered.
Arriving too early, Muzan Kibutsuji and the others might not have left yet. She
had to be positioned perfectly in the middle.
Success still had an element of luck involved.
Nakime was preparing to create a stir and continue searching for the traitor when she saw an uninvited guest in the Infinity Castle. She paused for a moment, then her heart sank.
It was the traitor!
The traitor had actually returned to the Infinity Castle!
Not only could he leave freely, but he could also enter at will?
Without time to consider how he did it, Nakime immediately prepared to summon Lord Muzan and the other Upper Moons.
The traitor was a ruthless character who had managed to take Upper Moon Three away from the combined attack of Muzan Kibutsuji and several Upper Moons; she knew very well that she was no match for him.
Boom !
The traitor, who was just dozens of meters away, suddenly appeared in front of her. A terrifying fist rapidly magnified in her vision, the blast of air creating a powerful shockwave that whipped her long hair wildly.
Several more veins bulged at the corners of Nakime's eyes.
Damn it!
The traitor's strength was even more terrifying than she had imagined.
Moreover, his ability was a perfect counter to hers.
Without Upper Moon One's protection, she had no chance of survival facing the traitor alone.
Clang!
Two rapid notes of a biwa rang out, and the next moment, Nakime's head exploded.
Muzan Kibutsuji walked slowly down the deserted street, his face ashen.
Just
as he predicted.
There were no surprises.
Akaza was dead.
Not counting Nakime, half of the Upper Moons had died in less than a year.
For the previous hundred years, the Upper Moons had never suffered a loss, but this year alone, three had died!
And all of them were the work of one person!
After absorbing Akaza, the traitor's strength would inevitably increase again.
Even Kokushibo might no longer be a match for the defector.
Of course, he still had absolute confidence in crushing that annoying rat.
But the problem was, how could he stop the defector from escaping?
Although he ordered Nakime to continue searching for the defector's trail, he also knew that to deal with the defector, he had to face this problem.
But if even the Infinity Castle couldn't contain the defector, what other options were there?
Muzan Kibutsuji grew increasingly agitated.
The defector had escalated from a minor ailment to a major threat.
He hadn't expected that his unintentional actions would cause such a huge problem.
If he could go back in time, he would never have turned the defector into a demon; he would have killed him the first time.
Buzz!
Just then, a force enveloped him, and then space shifted.
Looking at the dilapidated city and chaotic ruins before him, Muzan Kibutsuji frowned.
The Infinity Castle?
How did Nakime suddenly pull him back to the Infinity Castle?
Kokushibo, Hantengu, and Gyokko appeared almost simultaneously, all three looking equally puzzled.
*Bang!
* A loud crash drew their attention. Turning their heads, they saw Nakime's head being smashed by Aoki.
"He actually dares to come again?"
Muzan Kibutsuji's face turned extremely ugly.
Aoki sensed their gazes, but his movements didn't stop. His fists and feet rained down like a storm, each strike carrying the power of a level 2 "Demon Eater." Nakime had also
expended considerable energy in the previous battle.
Aoki, however, had not only recovered his peak stamina but also experienced a surge in strength.
In an instant, Nakime's body was riddled with holes, nearing her limit, her consciousness fading.
"You dare!"
Muzan Kibutsuji's two arms transformed into ferocious whips, rapidly charging towards Aoki.
*Whoosh!*
The spiked whips swept across, cracking the wall open with massive fissures.
Aoki, carrying Nakime's mangled body, leaped lightly to dodge the attack, looking down at Muzan Kibutsuji and the remaining three Upper Moons.
"You're too late!"
Muzan Kibutsuji roared. "Put Nakime down, or else..."
"Or else what?"
Aoki interrupted him abruptly, his expression turning icy. "Muzan Kibutsuji, just wait. The next time we meet will be your death!"
With that, he and Nakime vanished.
"Ah!"
Numerous spiked whips and tube whips erupted from Muzan Kibutsuji's body, frantically destroying everything around him, powerful shockwaves bombarding everything.
In his thousand-year life, he had never been so enraged.
That man terrified him, the Demon Slayer Corps annoyed and disgusted him, and other humans were food, ants to him, utterly insignificant.
But towards the traitors, he felt only extreme rage, an rage to tear them apart and devour them alive.
Rumble!
The Infinity Castle shook violently, buildings collapsing one after another.
Muzan Kibutsuji snapped out of his rage.
The Infinity Castle was collapsing.
The three demons, Kokushibo, Hantengu, and Gyokko, wore different expressions.
On a desolate wasteland
, a deafening boom erupted as the ground exploded, and the three demons emerged one after another, the last being Muzan Kibutsuji.
Without Nakime's supervision, they couldn't teleport away directly.
After the Infinity Castle collapsed, they were all buried inside.
However, they were demons.
Naturally, they wouldn't die so easily.
"Master?" Kokushibo looked at Muzan Kibutsuji.
"Akaza and Nakime have already been killed. Rather than leaving them to the traitors, perhaps it's better for me to personally execute you first!"
Muzan Kibutsuji looked at them with icy eyes.
The three demons remained silent.
Their attempt to capture the traitors had failed, and they had even been killed by the traitors themselves; they had truly lost face this time.
"Your next task is to continue searching for the Blue Spider Lily!"
Muzan Kibutsuji turned and left.
With Nakime's death, the last glimmer of hope of capturing the traitor was also buried.
He no longer dared to hope of killing the traitor with the existing demons.
However, as long as he obtained the Blue Spider Lily and became the ultimate being, it didn't matter if he couldn't kill the traitor for the time being.
Finding the Blue Spider Lily, overcoming the demons of the sun—next, he needed to add another task: finding demons with the ability to subdue the traitor.
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