Chapter 166: Ending, Demon Slayer Headquarters (Two in One)
The Hate Ghost is like an enlarged version of Hantengu, and he also has a huge red tumor on his head.
"Huh!!" The Hate Ghost opened his mouth, revealing sharp fangs on both sides of his gums. His scarlet tongue with the word "Hate" engraved on it twisted in pain. He wrapped his other arm around his neck, trying to block Xia Shang's attack!
This is actually not Hantengu's strongest form.
If Ji Nu, Ai Jue, Kong Xi, and Ke Le were not killed one by one by Xia Shang, then these four split bodies would merge with each other and eventually give birth to the Hate Po Tian who combines joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness! Hate Po Tian's strength is not weak. He not only has all the abilities of the four ghosts of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, but also can release blood demon arts related to wood.
It is because of his existence that Hantengu can become the fourth of the upper strings.
Otherwise, Hantengu is at best a sixth of the upper strings.
"You can't stop it."
As the red knife in Xia Shang's hand slashed out! In an instant, a handful of bright red blood flowed along the tip of the knife and sprinkled into the night sky.
At the same time, the expression of the Hate Ghost, who was stunned in place, gradually stiffened. His lower jaw twitched slightly, as if he wanted to say something. Coincidentally, at this moment, a gust of evening wind blew, and puff! A shocking knife scar appeared on the surface of the Hate Ghost's arm, and then countless blood gushed out like a burst water pipe!
Then, the Hate Ghost's head and half of his arm slowly slid down diagonally, and finally fell into a sticky pool of blood.
"Dead... dead? The Upper String Four just died like this?" Kotaro, who was flying in the sky, was stunned. He couldn't believe his eyes. You know, since the establishment of the Upper String, there have been no casualties for hundreds of years. Their strength cannot even compete with the pillars. Unexpectedly, at this moment, he actually witnessed the death of an Upper String with his own eyes.
Because he was too shocked, Kotaro even forgot to flap his wings and almost fell from the sky.
"Huh... I finally made it."
With sweat all over his forehead, Rengoku Kyojuro panted slightly. Under the leadership of 'Yao', he finally arrived at the battlefield.
However, he seemed to be a step late.
"Is it over?" Rengoku Kyojuro frowned slightly. His thick and fluffy yellow hair was red like fire at the edges. In the night, it was like a bunch of dancing flames, which was particularly eye-catching.
He was wearing a haori with flame patterns on the end, and a coffee-colored Demon Slayer Corps uniform inside.
"No."
Xia Shang suddenly raised the blade, pointed the red tip of the knife at the heart of the corpse of the hateful ghost on the ground, and stabbed it fiercely! Accompanied by a scream, an evil ghost that was not as big as a fist was picked out by Xia Shang.
Seeing that he failed to pretend to be dead, the cowardly ghost, as the body of Hantengu, quickly got up from the ground, knelt in front of Xia Shang, and kowtowed.
"Please spare my life, sir. I really don't want to die."
When the cowardly ghost raised his head, he saw that his face was full of wrinkles and he looked like an old man. Tears welled up in his eyes, and he looked particularly pitiful for a moment.
Even Rengoku Kyojuro, who was walking over, felt a little bit sorry for him.
"Go away." Xia Shang put away the blade and said calmly.
After hearing this, the cowardly ghost's eyes suddenly filled with ecstasy! What a stupid guy, are you going to let me go just because of sympathy?
Although he was secretly happy in his heart, the cowardly ghost still had a miserable expression on his face. He kowtowed to Xia Shang several times with tears in his eyes: "Sir, I will never forget your kindness in my life. If I have the chance, I will definitely repay your kindness to me."
After saying that, he stood up, wiped his tears, and walked away with a staggering gait.
"We can't just let him go..." Kyojuro had just pulled out the Sun Wheel Sword from his waist.
Who would have thought that Xia Shang, who was standing by, was much faster than him. A blade of light instantly landed on Hantengou's neck. Hantengou didn't even react before his head was cut off by Xia Shang. With a snap, his head, which showed a smug look on his face, flew out and landed among a pile of rubble.
"Did I let you go?" Xia Shang just wanted to send him 'away', but didn't say to let him go.
[Upper String Four, Hantengou... Die! ]
"You are..." Kyojuro quickly figured out the trap in Xia Shang's words. He shook his head silently and didn't agree with Xia Shang's approach. In his opinion, if you want to kill the other party, just do it straightforwardly. There is no need to give the other party a hope and then wipe out the hope. This approach is a bit cruel and doesn't seem like the style of the Demon Slayer Corps members.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit solemn.
Kotaro quickly spoke to ease the situation: "Master Xia Shang, I'm glad you're okay. Master Kyojuro was sent by the headquarters to support you."
"Go back." Xia Shang was going to put away the long sword, but found that there were several cracks on the blade. With a bang, he crushed the Nichirin Sword directly, "Notify your headquarters and remember to prepare a new one for me."
A knife, once damaged, will affect the feel of the hand. He didn't want to encounter Muzan again next time, and cut down with a knife, but Muzan's head didn't fall off, but his knife broke instead.
On the way back, Kyojuro seemed to have forgotten what happened just now. After all, he was not the kind of person with a gloomy personality. Besides, there were few normal people among the guys who became pillars, such as the Mist Pillar Tokito Muichiro, who lost his memory and his emotions, or the Water Pillar Tomioka Giyu, who was not good at speaking and often misunderstood.
Rengoku Kyojuro could tolerate their shortcomings, so he naturally didn't care too much about Xia Shang's style of doing things.
"I'm really sorry, I'm a step late." Kyojuro apologized to Xia Shang with a serious expression.
"It's okay."
Xia Shang didn't care about this, since his goal had been achieved anyway.
It is estimated that after this incident, Wu Kai will not dare to show his face for a while. However, his bait will always be there. As long as Wu Kai wants to get the blue Higan flower, then one day they will meet each other.
By that time, Wu Kai would not take action if he was not sure of victory. Presumably Wu Kai would summon all the people to act together.
Infinite City... Xia Shang thought of the maid next to Wuhan, Mingnu.
If he remembered correctly, the opponent's ability should be to control Infinite City. Xia Shang was still a little tempted by this space system ability. However, from his battle with Wu Mei just now, it can be seen that Infinite City His movement speed shouldn't be too fast, otherwise, during the battle, he could just escape directly into the infinite city.
There is no need to throw a half-day dog here to die.
Moreover, the Infinite City is a bit special. It seems to have been created by Muzan, and Narume is just the manager. If this is the case, he will have to analyze the blood ghost technique related to Muzan, fearing that Muzan The city is an accidental result, unique and special.
Because from the original work, it can be known from the battle of Infinite City that the control power of Infinite City is unique. When Muzan handed over the authority to Naruko, he himself no longer had authority, so when Yushiro controlled it through his ability After taking Naruto home, Muzan would rather destroy Mugen City than let it be used by the Demon Slayers.
Could it be that Wu Kai was unable to control Infinite City from the beginning to the end? He only has the ability to create, but not the ability to control?
Trouble.
Seeing Xia Shang frowning, Purgatory Xingshou Lang on the side couldn't help but asked with concern: "What? Are you feeling unwell? If you are injured, please tell me and I will carry you to a nearby medical center."
Come to think of it, after chasing down Muzan Demonbutsuji alone and then killing an upper stringer, how could he be fine?
Xia Shang, whose thoughts were interrupted, was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "Mr. Purgatory, I'm fine, I was just thinking about something."
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"Master Xia Shang, it's great to see that you are fine!" Murata breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Xia Shang who was safe and sound.
"What about Wuhan?"
Yushirou walked out of the inner room, followed by the slightly tired Miss Tamashi.
"He escaped." Xia Shang bent down and took out a clean towel from the wooden barrel on the side, and wiped his face. At this time, his whole body was covered with the ghost's blood. The dog's blood has long been dried by his body temperature and has completely lost its activity.
"Master Zhushi, the place we live in now is no longer safe. We have to move in a short time." Yushiro said anxiously, with a hint of complaint. If Xia Shang hadn't suddenly appeared, disturbing him and Miss Zhushi’s original ordinary life.
Otherwise their residence would not be exposed.
You know, they have lived in Asakusa for hundreds of years and have never been discovered by ghosts. This is good, they have to move to other places.
"Yoshiro, after all, we can't stay in one place for too long. As long as Muzan exists, we can't live a truly peaceful life." Zhu Shi heard the complaint in Yushiro's tone, so he spoke, Her tone was always calm, as if she didn't care about moving away from Asakusa.
Miss Zhu Shi is still so gentle!
Yushirou glanced at Miss Tamashi and sighed in his heart.
"How is Ling Yuzi's situation?" Xia Shang used a hot towel to wipe away the solidified blood scab on his hair, and his whole person suddenly felt refreshed.
"Due to excessive blood loss, she is in a coma, but the curse in her blood has been removed by me. It is estimated that she will wake up on her own after a while."
"Can you remove the curse from the ghost's body? Are you Ms. Tamashi?" Purgatory Anjuro on the side said in surprise.
Tamashi, who was wearing a dark purple kimono, was a little surprised: "You know me?"
For hundreds of years, she has been pretending to be a human doctor to help some poor patients who cannot afford treatment. Although she occasionally asks some seriously ill patients if they are willing to give up their identity as a human and choose to continue living, but those who agree Only Yushiro, logically speaking, has never revealed her identity.
Why, not only Xia Shang knows about her, but it seems that more people also know about her.
"Ms. Zhuyo, my name is Purgatory Anjuro, and I am currently serving as the Flame Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps. Your news was told to me by my lord, who specifically asked me to invite you to the Demon Slayer Headquarters because we have the same goal. " Xingshoulang said with a serious expression.
After Zhushi hesitated for a moment, he shook his head and declined Anjuro's invitation with a clear and gentle voice.
"I'm sorry, I'm just an evil ghost who committed an unforgivable crime. I'm trying to atone for my sins in my own way."
Anjuro seemed to have expected that Zhu Shi would reject him. He was not discouraged, but continued: "My lord said that he knows that you and Jiguo Enichi are old acquaintances, and he also knows a little bit about what happened to you. , that was not your fault, you were also deceived by Wuhan at that time.”
At this time Zhu Shi was a little moved.
"In order to prevent tragedies from happening again, we need to unite and fight against our common enemy. Moreover, there is also a swordsman in the Demon Slayer Team who is proficient in medicine and poison. The poison she creates is enough to kill ghosts. The Lord hopes You can discuss medicine with each other, and maybe you can develop a medicine to turn ghosts into humans again."
"Who is it?" Zhu Shi asked.
"Insect Pillar, Kocho Shinobu, she has the same idea as you. She believes that humans and ghosts can live in peace, but she hates ghosts that hurt people." Kyojuro recalled what his master said before he left, and said it exactly as it was.
Tamayo nodded gently, "In that case, I also want to meet Miss Butterfly."
"Yushiro, please pack your things, we will leave in half an hour."
"No problem! Lord Tamayo!" Yushiro obeyed Tamayo's orders almost unconditionally, and he was happy to do so. He hurried into each room and began to pack the necessary luggage. As for some unimportant things, he abandoned them all.
"No need, it's okay to come later. Muzan probably won't dare to come in a short time." Xia Shang asked Tamayo where the bathroom was. After getting an accurate answer, he walked into the long and narrow white corridor.
Soon, Yushiro pushed out several suitcases from the room.
"Go prepare some of your own things." Tamayo didn't even look at it, and knew that Yushiro must have only brought her things.
"Master Tamayo, I don't have anything." Facing Tamayo's gaze, Yushiro lowered his head shyly. In fact, he brought one thing, that is, his diary, which recorded every bit of Miss Tamayo's daily life, not even a word was missed, and the update frequency was in minutes.
For him, nothing is more important than Master Tamayo's diary.
"Then I will go to help you pack it." Tamayo's mouth corners slightly raised.
"Don't bother Master Tamayo, I'll go right away."
Yushiro rushed into the room in an instant. How could he let Miss Tamayo pack his things?
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On the other side, the brightly lit Infinite City.
A space flashed, and suddenly, a figure rushed out from it. The figure covered his left shoulder, stumbled and crushed the floor under his feet, and a rapid panting sounded! !
Huh! ! Huh! ! !
"Bantengu is dead! They killed him so quickly!!" Muzan's eyes were bloodshot, his hair was disheveled, and he looked miserable.
Mingnu, who was standing by, lowered her head and stopped playing the pipa. She was shocked by Muzan's injury and worried that he would take his anger out on her.