Knife Forging Village.
Back mountain hot spring.
Nobuhiko and Anjuro were soaking in the open-air hot spring.
"Nobuhiko, do you think I can defeat Yiwozao if I meet him again?" Purgatory Xingjulang asked seriously.
Nobuhiko replied without any hesitation: "Of course! If you hadn't consumed a lot of energy in advance last time, you would definitely be able to defeat him!
And this time the chakra seeds I give you are stronger. Once you get used to it, your body will be stronger.
I believe you can do it! "
In fact, from an objective point of view, Nobuhiko believes that if Anjuro encounters Yiwozao again, he will lose even more.
After all, Yiwozuo's blood ghost technique is not focused on special effects like other ghosts on the string, and does not contain poison. His blood ghost technique is a powerful combat skill. If you can't beat it, you can't beat it. You must Confrontation.
Unless it reaches the level of opening the 'transparent world' and can completely avoid the induction of Yiwozuo's blood ghost technique 'Destruction Killing Luo Needle', it can only be fought with hard power.
"Thank you Nobuhiko!" Although Purgatory Anjuro knew that Nobuhiko encouraged him more, the last battle gave him more insights. In recent times, his sword skills have improved to a higher level, and his chakra He also became stronger.
If he meets Yi Wo Zuo again, Purgatory Xingshou Lang will still not let him hurt anyone!
"Yeah!" Nobuhiko patted Anjurou on the shoulder.
Sometimes positive encouragement is useful when the gap is not too big.
After all, the congenital gap between humans and ghosts is very large.
Yiwozuo has been a ghost for hundreds of years, and Xingshou Lang in Purgatory is only 20 years old.
They are all geniuses whose talents far exceed those of ordinary people. The huge gap in cultivation time cannot be made up in a short time.
Even with the super physical bonus of chakra, it's still the same.
As for Nobuhiko, he is confident that he can defeat Yi Wo Zuo.
The reason is, of course, because he is a guanbi.
...
The sun sets in the west and finally sets.
Back mountain.
In the dense forest, there was a scream.
"ah!"
"Where is your village chief? If you tell me, you won't have to suffer any pain?" A look of unbearability appeared on Bantian Gou's face, but his attack was extremely vicious and he broke the arm of the swordsmith he caught.
"If you don't know, you just don't know! Ah!" The swordsmith screamed in pain, but he was determined not to betray the village.
It is precisely because of this awareness and belief that the Demon Slayer Squad and the Sword Forging Village have been able to persist in fighting against ghosts for hundreds of years.
"Although I don't want to treat you like this, that adult has his life and I can't help it. Don't blame me. If you are to blame, just blame it on you for not going against that adult!" Bantengu continued to torture the swordsmith.
"ah!"
boom!
Yiwozuo on the side raised his eyebrows and killed the swordsmith with one punch, ending his pain.
"Master Yiwozuo, what are you doing? Do we need to find the position of the village chief through him first?" Gou asked timidly for a long time.
Yi Wo Zuo said in a deep voice: "Since he doesn't want to say it, forget it. There is no point in torturing the weak. Anyway, we have already arrived at the specific location of the Knife Forging Village. Just go and look for it separately!"
"That's...okay!" The dog hesitated for a while and then agreed. He headed west and Yiwozuo headed east.
Yiwozuo had just walked to the back mountain near the hot spring.
I found a few swordsmiths taking a bath in the hot spring, so I prepared to follow them, waiting for an opportunity to find the location of the village chief's house.
However, he didn't know that Hantengu hadn't gone far to the west when he met Nobuhiko.
Several swordsmiths had just left the hot spring, and Yiwozuo quickly followed them. After taking just two steps, he suddenly stopped and looked back.
I saw one with long yellow and red hair, sharp eyebrows, and piercing eyes. A swordsman wearing a flame-patterned cloak stood behind him.
[Pillar of Flames] Purgatory Xingjulang.
"Xingjuro! I didn't expect to see you here again! It's so great!"
There was a hint of excitement in Yiwozuo's eyes, and he looked a little happy.
"I haven't seen you for a while, and your fighting spirit has become stronger again! Now you are only half a step away from the 'Supreme Realm'! I ask you again, are you willing to become a ghost? This way you can fight with me forever. Got it!"
Purgatory Makijuro held the Nichirin sword at his waist. His Nichirin sword had been broken. This was the Nichirin sword that his father Purgatory Makijuro once used. He temporarily used it as a replacement.
"I don't want to see you again at all. As for turning into a ghost, no matter how many times you ask me, my answer is absolutely impossible!" Purgatory Anjuro said loudly.
"That's such a pity!" Yi Wozuo's tone was full of regret, his eyes turned cold, "I won't give you another chance this time!" "
"Expand the technique!"
[Destruction Kill·Luo Needle]
Yiwozuo said nothing more and directly deployed his formation to start fighting. Twelve-pointed snowflake-like formations instantly appeared under his feet, exploding with all his strength.
Purgatory Anjuro directly used the mixed breathing method. After the last battle, he became more proficient in using the mixed breathing method during this period, and Nobuhiko gave him more chakra seeds, and his chakra became stronger and stronger. , the durability has also been improved several times.
A circular flame slash pointed diagonally upwards, hitting Yiwozuo's fist.
Only this time, Purgatory Xingshoulang clearly felt that he had hit Yiwozuo, but his fist did not suffer any damage.
"What's going on?! How is it possible? This is..."
Purgatory Xingjulang took a closer look, and the principle was that Yiwozao kept changing his moves during the battle, changing the previous long-range attack skill [Destruction Kill·Sky Style] into a close-range skill. Before his fist was hit by the Nichirin Sword, When the time comes, counterattack the Sun Lun Dao.
The cyan energy protected Yiwozuo's fist, making it impossible for Purgatory Xingjuro's Nichirin Sword to break through the defense even after it turned into a He sword.
"Xingshou Lang, your sword skills have improved again! It's great to meet an opponent like you!" Yiwo Zuo's face showed excitement, and his fist attacks became faster and faster.
And Purgatory Anjuro gradually changed from attack to passive defense, and at the same time began to accumulate chakra in his body.
"Huh? This feeling?" Yiwozuo chased after him and launched a fierce attack on Purgatory Xingshou Lang, but he soon discovered something was wrong.
[Mixed Breathing Method·Two Types of Biluotian]
Purgatory Anjuro's body rotated rapidly in the air, continuously releasing arc-shaped flame sword light to protect his body.
[Destruction Kill·Kick Style·Flash Group Light]
Yiwozuo continued to rapidly and violently kick the body of Purgatory Xingjulang. The cyan energy wave and the flaming sword light continued to collide, and the dazzling light filled the forest.
[Destruction Kill·Destruction Style]
Huge power gathered on his fist, and Yiwozuo launched a full-force impact towards Purgatory Xingjulang.
[Mixed Breathing·Nine Types of Purgatory]
The whole body of Purgatory Xingjulang was filled with crimson flames, and a huge beam of light blasted towards Yiwozuo
Red and cyan, two huge energy waves collided together.
Under the terrifying shock wave, the surrounding trees broke in half, flew upside down, and turned into pieces in the air.
"Xingjuro, what are you waiting for? Isn't this your full strength?! Why don't you take the initiative!"
Feeling that Purgatory Xingshou Lang's aura was gradually becoming unstable, Yiwozuo couldn't help shouting. He didn't hold back at all, but Purgatory Xingshou Lang was still only passively defending, which made him very unhappy.
No matter how Yiwozu stepped up his offensive, Purgatory Xingshoulang turned a deaf ear and only used the Nichirin Sword in his hand to defend, with no intention of attacking at all.
"Let's see how long you can hold on!" Yiwozuo felt ignored and felt angry, and his speed skyrocketed again.
For a time, Purgatory Xingjulang was surrounded by dangers.
However, the high-frequency fighting lasted for nearly ten minutes, and Yiwozuo never hurt Purgatory Xingjulang.
"This time, there is still a long time before dawn, you have no chance!" Yiwozuo saw that Purgatory Xingshoulang did not respond to him at all, and directly used the strongest trick.
Compared to the last time he used it hastily, this time, he exerted 200% of his power.
[Destruction Kill·Final Style·Green Silver Chaos Afterglow]
Yiwozuo quickly set up a formation, and the twelve-pointed snowflake pattern glowed with blue light.
His fists turned into afterimages, and hundreds of blue energy waves intensively struck at Infernal Anjuro.
At this time, Anjuro seemed to have entered an inexplicable state. Facing the overwhelming blue energy wave, he just stood there, holding the Nichirin Sword in both hands.
Heart rate soars.
My body is extremely hot, and every muscle in my body seems to be full of strength.
A flame-shaped scar appeared in the middle of his forehead.
From his perspective, Yiwozuo's body became translucent, and he could clearly see the flow of blood in Yiwozuo's body, and even the muscle contraction was very obvious.
The green fist shadows all over the sky also slowed down a lot.
[Mixed Breathing·Eleven Type Halo Dragon·Head Dance]
The same trick is used against Yiwozuo's trick.
Roar~
The huge flame dragon soared into the sky and met the dense fist shadows head on.
In the end, the cyan fist shadow was completely swallowed by the flame dragon, and the half-weakened flame dragon completely swallowed Yiwo Zuo.
Same trick, different results.
Yiwozuo, who was burned by the flames, looked at Xingshou Lang with excitement, "This is! This is! Xingshou Lang! I really saw the right person! You really surprised me! This is what I pursue The highest realm! You have finally reached it!"
In Yiwozuo's perception, Xingshou Lang in front of him had completely disappeared.
Only by reaching the highest realm can one completely and freely turn off fighting spirit.
In other words, his Destruction Killer Luo Zhen will be completely unable to sense Anjuro.
The next battle can only be seen with the eyes.
"Xingshou Lang! Let me see the power of the supreme realm!" Yiwozuo set up his formation and rushed forward.
This time, in just a few rounds, Yiwozuo's body was left with a lot of wounds by Xingshou Lang's He Dao.
Purgatory Anjurou's speed and sword skills were completely different from those before.
Yiwozuo, who had always been at an advantage, was gradually at a disadvantage. However, Yiwozuo did not have the fear of being killed at all, but was extremely excited.
"This is a sword skill that I didn't have time to use last time! Just use this move to send you to hell!" Purgatory Anjuro held the Nichirin sword in his hand tightly, and the flames soaring into the sky enveloped his whole body, and his whole body was completely Turned into a whirlwind of flames.
[Mixed Breathing·Ten Types of Flame Burning Sky]
[Destruction Kill·Final Style·Green Silver Chaos Afterglow]
Yiwozuo quickly set up a formation, and the twelve-pointed snowflake pattern glowed with blue light.
He used his special move again, and the blue energy wave that filled the sky hit the flame whirlwind.
All the fist shadows were shattered by the flame whirlwind, and there seemed to be no resistance at all.
The whirlwind of flames passed through his body. Yiwo Zuo felt a pain in his neck, and the next second he saw his back.
"I'm really not willing to accept it! I just saw the supreme realm and I haven't reached the limit yet. How can I just die like this? I'm not willing to accept it!"
Yiwozuo's heart was roaring.
Zheng!
Purgatory Xingshoulang sheathed his sword and looked at Yiwozuo's head.
However, he was surprised to find that Yiwozuo's body had not dissipated.
The next second, Yiwozuo's headless body actually moved and took the initiative to attack Purgatory Xingjulang.
"How is this going?!"
"Xingshou Lang! Thank you! I have also broken through the boundaries of ghosts." Yiwozuo's head looked at Purgatory Xingshou Lang.
At this time, Yiwozuo retreated, grabbed his head, and put it back on his neck.
"Is this the highest realm?!"
Yiwozuo felt his vision change, and finally understood why he couldn't feel the fighting spirit of Purgatory Xingjulang, because the supreme realm could turn off the fighting spirit at any time.
"Anjuro! We can continue fighting!"
Yiwozuo shouted excitedly.
Purgatory Xingjulang frowned, "It's really difficult!"
Poof!
Purgatory Anjuro once again used the Ten Forms to cut off Yiwozao's head, but he quickly completed his regeneration.
"Huhu~" Purgatory Anjuro's breathing rate gradually became disordered. Because his body was overheated and his heart beat too high, he gradually felt a little overloaded.
It's just that beheading can no longer kill Yiwozuo. It can only destroy Yiwozuo's body on a large scale.
"Xingshou Lang! Keep going! Don't stop!" Yiwozuo stepped up his offensive and regained his initiative.
'Komaji. '
"who is it?!"
The sudden sound in his ears made Yiwozuo stunned, and he was beheaded by Purgatory Xingjulang again.
'Husband. "
"Who is talking?!" This time, after Yiwozuo was reborn, he did not attack Purgatory Xingjulang, but froze in place holding his head.
'I am Lianxue, don't you remember me? 'The gentle voice made Yi Wozuo's heart throb.
"Ah! Shut up! Stop talking!" Yiwozuo held his head in pain, and soon a series of unfamiliar memories came to his mind.
He is a Yiwo constellation, and his name in the human period was Kōji.
When he was 11 years old, his relatives passed away one after another, and his only relative was his father.
But his father was seriously ill, and he tried his best to buy medicine for his father.
At that time, medicinal materials were simply not something that a child from a poor family like Koji could afford.
Therefore, in order to save his father's life, he had to choose to steal in exchange for money to buy medicine for his father.
Out of a poor kid's intuition, he decided that if he was too weak, he would definitely not be able to escape the revenge of the stolen victim and the pursuit from Fengxing.
So, he continued to hone himself while stealing.
During this period, although he was caught by Fengxing many times for stealing and failing, because he was still young, he was often let go after being punished every time.
When he was 15 years old, he received the punishment of one hundred big boards at the execution office, which would make even a strong man completely faint.
Since he has been training to become stronger since he was a child, his physique is stronger than that of ordinary people. Therefore, he still remains conscious even after suffering such severe punishment.
Although he had long become numb to this kind of punishment, what he didn't expect was that after returning home, he learned the sad news from his neighbor's grandfather that his father had hanged himself.
Soon after, Komaji was exiled from Edo.
He was expelled and wandered alone.
Recalling that I worked hard to save my father in the past, and even did whatever it took to do so, my father ended his life tragically.
He finally discovered that what drove his father to death was the ugly world where the rich could do whatever they wanted, but the poor were not even allowed to live.
In order to vent his sorrow for his father's death and his hatred of the world, he then knocked down seven adults who had offended him with his bare hands to vent his anger.
At this moment, he met the noble man in his life - Master Qingzang.
When Kōji was fighting with adults before, Master Keizang could see Kōji's talent in martial arts at a glance.
Since he didn't want Komaji to let himself down like this, the master defeated Komaji easily and took him back to his Soryu dojo.
After arriving at the dojo, he discovered that there were no other disciples except himself in the entire dojo.
In response, the master smiled bitterly and said that because he had to go out to work to maintain his livelihood and the management of the dojo, he really couldn't spare the time to take care of his sick daughter, so he planned to ask Komaji to take care of his daughter Renyuki.
However, Koji always considered himself a sinner, so he felt that he was not suitable for this kind of work.
During this period, because Koji showed his gentle nature when taking care of Lianxue, Lianxue gradually fell in love with him day and night.
But because Koji always believed that he was a sinner and never thought that anyone would like him, he never discovered Renyue's feelings for him.
When he was 18 years old, as he spent time with Renyue and his master, Koji gradually transformed back into the person who only fought to protect others.
The master asked him if he would marry Lianxue, who had always liked him.
In the end, Komaji agreed to his master's request, and at the same time made up his mind to protect Lianxue and his master even if it cost him his life!
Shortly after the two confirmed their relationship, Koji and Renyue went to see the fireworks together, which she had been unable to see due to her frailty since childhood.
Under the sky full of fireworks, Renyue expressed her feelings to Komaji.
Koji confessed to Lianxue without any hesitation - he will definitely become stronger than anyone else and protect her for the rest of his life.
In order to inform Jiuquanxia's father of the good news that he was about to get married, he returned to Edo on the eve of his wedding and went to visit his father's grave.
When returning to the dojo, Koji learned about the death of his master and his fiancée from a neighbor.
After investigation, he finally learned the truth - it turned out that a nearby sword dojo poisoned the well of Soryu dojo.
Once again failing to protect an important person, Komaji's will finally collapsed completely.
In the end, with nothing to protect him, he attacked the sword dojo alone and killed 67 people with his bare hands.
"It turns out that the reason why I like Xingjuro is not because of his fighting spirit, but because he is the same person as me!"
Yiwozuo murmured to himself.
'Husband! '
The image of Lianxue became clearer and clearer in my mind.
Even if Yiwozuo has lost his memory, his destructive killing technique still has the pattern of Lianxue's hairpin.
"Having committed such a sin, can I still go to heaven with you?" Yiwozuo couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Husband, I am willing to go to hell with you to atone for your sins. My father is also waiting here!" Lianxue hugged Yiwozuo's soul from behind.
"Can master also forgive me?"
Yiwozuo punched himself in the heart and looked at Purgatory Xingjulang with a smile on his face.
"Xingjuro, I lost! Thank you!"
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