"Yes!" Hearing this, Tanjiro quickly nodded. He immediately rescued the hanged people. The human-faced spiders, seeing Takeru approach, instinctively retreated.
Although they had lost their rationality after becoming monsters, they still had some sense of danger.
"Come here." Looking at these already-transformed monsters, Takeru used a bit of hypnosis magic.
Instantly, these monsters, as if seeing the Spider Brother again, instinctively obeyed Takeru and gathered around.
Takeru then began casting magic on them to help them detoxify. Among them, several already-dead Demon Slayer Corps' members were beyond help.
Although he could use time magic to revive them, Takeru had no need to be so diligent.
Meanwhile, while Takeru was treating them, the area where Rikka, Nezuko, and the others were was also attacked. The attacker was the 'family' member Rui had cobbled together: the Spider Father.
Compared to the others in the 'family', the Spider Father, like the Spider Brother, looked like an absolute monster just at a glance.
Murata and two other Demon Slayer Corps' members, who had been resting, were suddenly attacked by the Spider Father and sent flying with one punch each.
Just as the Spider Father was about to finish off these Demon Slayer Corps' members, Inosuke, wielding two swords, rushed out and stopped him.
Facing Inosuke's slashes, the Spider Father simply raised his hand to block, easily stopping them.
"So hard!" Feeling his swords unable to advance, Inosuke's expression changed. Before he could react, he was also sent flying by a punch.
Bang!
Knocked flying, Inosuke only stopped after crashing into a large tree.
"It hurts. Just his arm has this much strength. No good, I can't beat it with just brute force." Struggling to stand, Inosuke spoke in a low voice.
"Inosuke!" Seeing Inosuke knocked away, Nezuko ran out worriedly. Looking at the fierce Spider Father, she had lost her demon powers and was now an ordinary person, completely powerless.
"So disgusting." Rikka, following behind, saw the Spider Father and frowned slightly.
"Rikka-san, what should we do?" Seeing Rikka come out as well, Nezuko looked at her, feeling a bit regretful. If she hadn't turned back into a human, at least she could have helped.
"What to do? Just kill a thing like this. Although my strength is not as great as Takeru's, I'm not so weak that I can't handle this kind of Demon." Hearing Nezuko's question, Rikka said confidently.
Indeed, although her strength was negligible compared to Takeru's, and even within Takeru's team in the main world, she was only middle to upper tier, not even top-tier, in this world, even facing an Upper Rank, she could easily kill them.
"Give me back my family!" Roaring, the Spider Father charged at Rikka again.
"Hmph, comparing strength?" Seeing the Spider Father's actions, Rikka, instead of retreating, advanced. She raised her small, delicate fist and swung it at him.
But as she swung, her fist turned pitch black. This was Armament Haki. Although still basic, it was more than enough to handle this Demon.
"Be careful!" Seeing Rikka's reckless actions, Nezuko's heart rapidly tightened.
Kanae and Giyu, who were quickly approaching, could only watch as the two fists collided.
Bang!
With the loud collision sound, under everyone's stunned gaze, the Spider Father, who seemed so powerful, was sent flying backward.
In contrast, the seemingly weak Rikka seemed completely at ease. Instead, she was surprised, with an 'Is that all?' expression.
After this collision, Rikka was indeed surprised. It's because these Demons were much weaker than she had imagined.
Actually, that wasn't the case. Having gone through so many Reincarnation Missions, obtained quite a few enhancement potions and attribute points, special level-up panels in mission worlds, and eaten so many energy-rich foods and undergone high-intensity training under Takeru, her strength had long exceeded 280 points.
Meanwhile, the Spider Father before her had a strength attribute of at most 150 points.
The strength gap between them was immense. Not to mention Rikka also specifically used Armament Haki to further amplify her strength. Being sent flying was a matter of course.
But the other was, after all, a Demon, with a very strong physical constitution.
Rikka hadn't used her full strength just now. So, after being sent flying, the Demon father realized the situation was bad and quickly stood up, preparing to run away.
"Hmph, you want to run after losing? No such luck." Speaking softly, Rikka jumped a few times, quickly surpassing the Spider Father. Her right eye had already turned into a Three-Tomoe Pattern, and her hands quickly formed hand seals.
"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!" Fiercely dancing flames shot from Rikka's mouth, quickly colliding with the fleeing Spider Father.
The impact of the flames knocked him into a large tree. Then, the high-temperature flames completely ignited him.
Feeling his body rapidly being consumed by the heat, the Spider Father went berserk, frantically rolling on the frozen ground.
But the flames were not ordinary. The flames created from Chakra were not only extremely hot but also sticky and not easy to extinguish.
Finally, as expected, the Spider Father was completely burned to ashes in his frantic struggle.
After easily finishing off the Spider Father, Rikka returned to Nezuko and the others. She then looked at Kanae and Giyu.
"Hello, I am the Flower Hashira, Kocho Kanae. This is the Water Hashira, Tomioka Giyu. May I know your name?" Seeing Rikka easily kill the Spider Father, and not relying on a Nichirin Blade or wisteria poison, Kanae found it incredible.
"A Hashira is here? And the Flower Hashira and Water Hashira!" Over with Murata, hearing Kanae's words, his expression showed delight.
No matter what, with a Hashira coming, everything could end. The rest could be left to them.
"I am Takanashi Rikka." Hearing Kanae's words, Rikka spoke calmly. She could also sense that Kanae and Giyu were not simple, at least not comparable to these weak Demon Slayer Corps' members.
"Are you that Demon?" Suddenly, Giyu looked intently at Nezuko.
Giyu could never forget Nezuko and Tanjiro, who had left a deep impression on him. What shocked him most was that the demonic aura on Nezuko had completely disappeared.
"Tomioka-san, calling such a cute girl a Demon is very rude, you know." Hearing Giyu's words, Kanae looked at Nezuko with confusion, then turned to lecture Giyu.
"What exactly did you do? She really turned back into a human." Ignoring Kanae's lecture, Giyu walked towards Nezuko and directly grabbed her arm. Indeed, all signs indicated that the Nezuko before him was just an ordinary little girl.
"Yes, thanks to Takeru-nii's help, I have completely recovered. Thank you for your care before." Seeing Giyu's somewhat rough actions, Nezuko didn't panic, as she also recognized Giyu.
When she had first become a Demon, without Giyu's appearance and help, she might not have survived to turn back into a human.
Although Giyu had also intended to kill her when they first met, Nezuko understood very well that with his strength, he could have easily killed her and her ordinary brother.
But instead of killing her on sight, Giyu tried to persuade Tanjiro to let him do it. It was only after being moved by their bond that he introduced them to a teacher and put a bamboo muzzle on her.
All these actions showed Giyu's gentleness and thoughtfulness.
"Wait, Tomioka-san, can you tell me what's going on? You said she was a Demon before, and now she's turned back into a human?" At this moment, hearing their conversation, Kanae's heart started racing, her expression tense and excited.
Living peacefully with Demons had been her long-standing wish. But almost all Demons saw humans as their most delicious food and were full of lies, making peaceful coexistence basically impossible.
However, if Demons could be turned back into humans, did that mean her wish could be fulfilled?
Another thing that puzzled Kanae was that Giyu hadn't killed Nezuko when he knew she was a Demon.