Chapter 208 The Brother Who Succeeded Yuanyi

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With a slight landing sound, Li Ge landed on the top floor of a building.

This is a palace.

Li Ge landed on the open-air top floor of the palace and entered a place that looked like an altar.

There are murals carved around the altar, especially the two sides, which are not only far from each other, but also have completely opposite contents.

The mural on the left is engraved with a sun, radiating light all around. Under the light are many people. They open their hands in the direction of the sun and make worshiping postures, much like worshiping gods. hero.

The mural on the right is engraved with a moon, which is also emitting light to the surroundings, but there are no people or animals underneath, only a lonely night scenery, which looks a bit desolate.

The location where Li Ge stood was right in front of the sun mural, and opposite was the moon mural.

"The Amyrlin Seat...it doesn't seem to be the case."

Li Ge murmured, and then spoke calmly.

"One of the winding strings?"

As he spoke, a figure slowly walked out from the shadow of the moon mural opposite Li Ge.

He holds a knife in his hand.

He is wearing a kimono.

He has long black sideburns and a high ponytail, wears a black hakama, has red lines on his left forehead and right chin to his neck, and has six eyes on his face.

The six-eyed Warring States warrior appeared under the moon mural.

It's the first string, black and dead.

"...Is that you?"

Hei Shimo opened three pairs of six eyes, looking at Li Ge with a somewhat cold gaze, full of murderous intent.

"Is it you... claiming to be Jiguoyuanyi...?"

The strongest ghost on the string asked such a question as soon as he appeared.

"Is there any problem?" Li Ge also looked at the other party and said calmly: "Or do you think I'm not qualified?"

"..."

Hei Shimo did not answer this question, but slowly pulled out the knife from his waist.

It was a knife with eyes on the handle, which looked a bit scary.

After pulling out such a knife, Hei Shimo said this.

"Whether it's qualified or not...let me try it..."

Saying these words, Hei Shimo suddenly disappeared from where he was.

"Breath of the Moon——"

Like the bright moon that parted the dark clouds, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Li Ge.

"One type·Dark Moon·Palace of Night."

This is an Iai slash.

The speed of the Iai Slash is so fast that the blade cannot be seen clearly, but it can leave crescent moons on the path of the slash.

It was like the blade of the moon competing with the sun, slashing at Li Ge's neck with a cold chill.

"Ding!"

The next moment, the blade that brought up countless crescent moons was stopped by two fingers, pinched in the fingertips.

"Huh?"

Hei Shimo's six eyes narrowed slightly.

"Did you block it so easily?"

Hei Shimo's words were only met with a reply from Li Ge who remained motionless.

"Is it difficult?" Li Ge Gujing said calmly: "There are people in the pillars who can block this level of tentative attacks relatively easily. If you really want me to be unable to block it, you'd better come up with something real." It’s better to do it yourself.”

With that said, Li Ge released the blade from his fingertips.

Immediately afterwards, he suddenly rose up and kicked out, hard towards Hei Shimo's chest.

"Bang!"

Amidst the muffled sound, Li Ge's sudden and fierce kick landed on the knife that Hei Shimo had set up in time. It exploded with astonishing force, making the top stringer fly upside down, with his feet rubbing violently on the ground. , withdrew a long distance from the old man.

Li Ge's kick directly kicked Heidi Mou back to the moon wall, allowing him to return to where he was.

Hei Shimo looked at the hand holding the knife, which was trembling slightly.

One can imagine what kind of power Li Ge's kick just unleashed.

"Amazing power..." Heishi Mou said in a deep voice: "A mere human being... actually possesses such a strong power... I see... No wonder the Qian Shang Xian Wu and Qian Shang Xian Continent died in your hands..."

As he said that, Hei Shi Mou's six eyes revealed not relief, but an emotion that was even more difficult to let go.

It was as if the person standing in front of him was not Li Ge, but some other existence.

"This kind of monster-like power that is not like humans...is indeed a bit like him..."

Hei Shimo said this coldly.

"But I still have to say... you are not qualified to use that name... even if you learned the Breath of the Sun from somewhere..."

Hearing this, Li Ge smiled.

"This is really not an ordinary irony from you." Li Ge said to Hei Shimo: "At least, someone is using this name. Unlike you, you have even abandoned your own name and completely reduced it to Such an ugly look.”

Hei Shimo narrowed his eyes again, releasing an even stronger murderous aura.

"...you know about me?"

Hei Shimo asked in a deep voice.

And the answer is, of course, yes.

"Many people who know the history of the Demon Slayer Squad during the Warring States Period know the existence of Enichi Tsukuni, but they don't know that Enichi Tsukoku actually has an older brother."

Li Ge's voice sounded slowly.

"He was once a swordsman who was given high hopes and longed to become a powerful warrior."

"He was once more favored than his younger brother, and was regarded by his father as the only heir to the family."

"Because my younger brother had strange markings on his forehead when he was born, he was almost despised and abandoned by his family, but he had all the love and growth environment that should have belonged to his younger brother."

"But there is only one thing. He is not as good as his brother no matter what."

"That's the talent of swordsmanship."

Li Ge's words made Hei Shimo's hand holding the knife slowly tighten.

Li Ge continued to speak as if he didn't notice any of this.

"Like his younger brother, he also joined the Demon Slayer Corps and became a ghost hunter in the Demon Slayer Corps."

"In order to surpass his younger brother, he continued to hone his skills. In the end, he not only opened the pattern, but also awakened the transparent world, entered the supreme realm that martial artists dream of, and became one of the most powerful members of the Demon Slayer Corps. exist."

"However, he has never been able to surpass his younger brother. In front of his younger brother's dazzling achievements and unparalleled talents, he can only look at his back from beginning to end."

This is Jiguo Yuanyi's brother, a man who longs to be strong and constantly works hard to hone himself, but he has strong jealousy because he is never as good as his talented younger brother.

"Jikuni Iwakatsu, that's that person's name."

Li Ge said this to Hei Shimo.

"How does it feel to hear the name you abandoned after such a long time?"

These words made Hei Shimo close his eyes.

After a long time, he opened his eyes again.

"Since it is a name that has been abandoned...then what is there to be nostalgic about...?" Heishimou said calmly: "Jigoku Yansheng has died long ago...the only one who exists here is Heishimou, one of the upper strings...only That’s all…”

"It's quite easy to say." Li Ge said without any emotion: "I just caused great harm to your brother."

At first, Jiguo Enichi was expelled from the Demon Slayer Corps and was even asked to commit seppuku for three reasons.

One is to let Oni Wu Tsuji run away.

One is to take the initiative to let go of Zhu Shi who is a ghost.

Another one is that a close relative who was also in the Demon Slayer Corps assisted Demon Slayer Muzan in killing the leader of the Demon Slayer Corps at the time.

No matter which one of these three things is done to anyone, it is an unforgivable sin.

Just like Zenitsu's master and predecessor Naruhashira, who took the blame and committed suicide just because his disciple turned into a ghost, Tanjiro was almost asked to commit seppuku because he shielded his sister who was a ghost.

And when these three things were all concentrated on one person, even if that person was the almost mythical Enichi Tsukuni, he was eventually expelled by the Demon Slayer Squad.

Jiguo Iwakatsu's betrayal can be said to be the last straw for this decision.

If this incident hadn't happened and the leader hadn't been killed, then with Ji Kuni Enichi's contribution and ability, he might not have been expelled from the Demon Slayer Corps.

It is precisely because even the beloved lord was killed by Enichi Kuni's brother that the members of the Demon Slayer Corps fell into inextricable grief and anger, and there was no possibility of being lenient.

Li Ge said that General Ji Guo Yuanyi had been greatly harmed by the black dead Mou, but he really wasn't talking nonsense.

But, I obviously don’t think so.

"You...what do you know...?"

Hei Shimo spoke in a low voice.

"Can you understand the feeling of not being able to catch up with someone around you no matter what...?"

"Can you understand the feeling of working hard but ultimately falling short of someone else's random attempt...?"

"Can you understand...the feeling when everything becomes futile...even the right to work hard is taken away...?"

Hei Shimo's chest began to rise and fall, and his eyes staring at Li Ge were bloodshot.

"You don't understand... because you and Jiguo Yuanyi are both uniquely endowed..."

Hei Shimo was indeed jealous of Ji Guoyuan and his younger brother.

Because of this jealousy, he even hated Jiguo Yuanyi, so much that he couldn't help but get bored whenever he thought of him.

His dream was to become a powerful swordsman. As a result, such a dream was easily fulfilled by his younger brother, who had been ignored and despised by others since childhood. How could others understand the gap?

If this were the case, Hei Shimo would not have turned into a ghost, betrayed the Demon Slayer Team, and killed the lord.

The most fundamental reason why Hei Shimo decided to become a ghost was actually the stripes.

He has stripes turned on.

The lines on his forehead and neck are markings.

And when he knew that the striped swordsman would die before the age of 25, the first emotion Hei Shimo had was reluctance.

I feel frustrated that I no longer have time to exercise.

I feel unwilling that I have no chance to surpass that person.

Therefore, in order to gain eternal time to improve his martial arts, Heishimou accepted the invitation of Onibatsuji Mukai, became a ghost, and beheaded the head of the contemporary Utsuyashiki family.

What's more, Heishimou also participated in and assisted in the operation to exterminate those who understood the Sun Breathing Method launched by Onimu Tsuji Mukai.

"Since you used his name... used his breathing method... then be prepared..."

Black Death Mou exuded a terrifying aura.

"I...must kill you here..."