A Dimensional Journey Begins with the Dragon Clan

Chapter 401 394. You three?seems not enough
Soon, Tanjiro followed the aura all the way and found the place with the strongest aura.

He jumped down from the high courtyard wall, pulled out the sun wheel knife on his waist, and observed the surrounding environment vigilantly.

"It should be like this..."

The smell came from here. There were two smells, one was the stench from the ghost, and the other was the fragrance from the girl.

The combination of these two smells means that a ghost should have attacked an innocent girl.

Tanjiro frowned, searching for clues.

But no matter how carefully he observed, he couldn't see any traces left by ghosts.

"No traces were found around, but..."

Tanjiro turned his gaze to the ground.

If the ghost had left with its prey, then the smell should be getting weaker and weaker, but these two smells did not weaken or disappear, but concentrated somewhere on the ground.

Tanjiro slowly raised the Hirinkō, pointing down.

He wasn't too sure if his guess was right, but it was always worth a try.

The teacher once taught him about ghosts. It is said that stronger ghosts can use blood ghosts, and the teacher has seen the kind of blood ghosts that can sneak into the ground!

Tanjiro raised his knife and stabbed at the place where the stench was coming from.

"what!!!"

A scream came from the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the pitch-black shadow began to spread, and an unconscious girl in a printed kimono gradually emerged from the ground in the shadow.

Seeing this, Tanjiro quickly stretched out his hand to pick up the sleeping girl.

With his strength, he should be able to easily lift the girl up, but the resistance from below told him that something was holding the girl up.

Tanjiro gritted his teeth and stabbed again with the Hinata sword in his other hand.

"what!"

Another scream came.

Tanjiro felt the girl in his hand lighten suddenly, and quickly picked her up and jumped back.

"Damn boy!"

It was exactly as Tanjiro expected.

A ferocious ghost poked its head out of the shadows on the ground as if swimming.

There are three sharp horns on his head, and his hair is disheveled like a water ghost. Half of his body is sunk in the ground, and there is still a healing wound on his shoulder. left behind.

"Sure enough, it's a ghost that knows blood ghost art!"

Tanjiro protected the rescued girl with one hand, and stared vigilantly at the evil spirit with only a normal body exposed, holding a knife in the other hand.

"Answer me! Where are the other girls you took?"

"squeak squeak..."

The sound of sharp teeth grinding came from the mouth of the evil ghost, and he stared angrily at the arrogant human boy in front of him without saying a word.

Brat, brat!It's really disgusting and arrogant, why do I have to be questioned by this kid?I finally found a fresh prey, and I was stabbed just as I was about to enjoy it. Who should I ask for reason?
The evil ghost was full of resentment, hateful, hateful!If you don't eat it quickly...it won't be fresh!

Thinking of this, half of the evil ghost's body floating on the ground gradually sank to the ground, not to escape, but to look for opportunities.

"..."

Tanjiro stared at the ground vigilantly. The ghost had completely submerged into the ground and was out of sight, but the stench still persisted.

"Huh...huh..."

There was a loud gasp from behind.

Kazumi, who ran after Tanjiro all the way, also saw the astonishing scene just now. He never thought that there really are such extraordinary creatures as "ghosts" in this world.

The whole body is a little stiff, and I don't know what to do.

"If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have come here with this boy..."

"Mr. Kazumi!"

Before the oni attacked, Tanjiro quickly turned around and handed the girl in his arms to Kazumi.

"Please hold this lady and stand behind me, I will definitely protect you!"

The atmosphere suddenly became silent, and even Kazumi, who was out of breath, was too nervous to breathe out.

He took the girl in Tanjirou's arms somewhat stiffly, and stood there completely daring not to move.

Because the boy holding a long knife in front of him began to concentrate on feeling something after handing over the girl to him, and he didn't dare to disturb him at all.

"Where will it attack from?"

This ghost's ghost blood technique should be able to attack from the ground or the wall at will.

Tanjiro twitched his nose slightly, searching for the stench in the air.

At this moment, his attention is extremely concentrated, because the enemy may attack at any time hiding in the dark, and he must remain vigilant all the way to deal with it.

Suddenly, a strong stench came from below.

"coming!"

Tanjiro's eyes were fixed, and he raised the Japanese sword in his hand and prepared to deal with it.

"Water Breathing, Wu Zhixing..."

But when he had just used half of his sword skills, he realized something was wrong.

Three pitch-black shadows spread across the ground, and three ferocious faces emerged from the ground and rushed towards him.

"There are actually three!?"

The expression on Tanjiro's face changed slightly, but he didn't let go.

His excellent physical fitness and the reflex nerves honed in high-intensity stress resistance made him completely able to deal with the three evil spirits that were close at hand at the same time.

The trajectory of his swinging knife was forcibly changed.

tread--

He raised his foot and slammed down towards the space between the three ghosts, and then poured his strength from his legs all the way towards the raised Sun Wheel Knife.

"Breath of Water, Hachi no Takitsubo!"

The violent slash from top to bottom created a stormy sea like a waterfall falling from a high place.

"what!"

There was a scream, and all the arms close to Tanjiro were severed by the violent slash. Although they failed to slay the evil spirits, the impact of the smashing force forced the three ghosts to suppress them.

The broken arm fell to the ground and sank as if it had fallen into the water, and the three ghosts quickly escaped into the ground again.

Tanjiro frowned and continued to search for the ghost's breath.

The three ghosts that appeared just now have the same aura. Ghosts are not creatures that live in groups, and it is impossible for such a coincidence that the three ghosts have the same scent. Then this ghost's ability should not only escape into the ground, but also split!

"This is troublesome..."

Tanjiro had a headache, he didn't expect to receive such a difficult target for the first mission, it would be fine if he was alone, but now behind him there is Mr. Kazumi and the unconscious girl.

It is not easy to deal with the sneak attack of three ghosts while protecting two people.

"But if you can't even deal with this situation, what's the point of finding Wu Mi and finding a way to turn Nezuko back into a human?"

Tanjirou's eyes became firmer, and there was no timidity or hesitation in his heart, and his hand holding the knife was even stronger.

"Behind!"

Tanjirou immediately turned around and swung his sword when he smelled the breath.

"puff--"

The blade slashed at the ghost's shoulder, tearing apart most of the ghost's body.

Such an injury would be fatal to a human, but a ghost's weakness is only the neck.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the ghost immediately retracted to the ground and moved towards the distance. The body that sank into the ground moved freely on the ground like a fish, and quickly jumped out of Tanjiro's attack range.

"hateful……"

Tanjiro gritted his teeth in regret.

Cut off.

He could only smell the general location and there were two people behind him to protect, which made him deflect his saber, otherwise, this saber would be enough to kill a clone of this ghost.

"What a kid!"

The demon's head protruded and cursed at Tanjirou.

He didn't understand how this kid noticed his movements at all. Did he have eyes behind his back?
"Don't hinder me! This woman won't be fresh anymore! This woman is about to be 16 years old, if you don't eat it soon, the taste will get worse!"

"Fresh?"

Tanjiro's face became a little gloomy.

Is this a word used to describe people?
"Don't get excited, another me."

Just when Tanjiro was about to get angry, another ghost's clone slowly poked its head out from the ground.

"I think it's nice to have a night like this once in a while~"

This one is obviously much calmer than the other two, and the expression on its face is not as ferocious as the previous two, even with a faint smile.

"I have eaten a lot of girls in this town, and I think it's good to change the taste once in a while~"

"But I haven't had enough!" retorted the other angrily, "I'll eat more!"

"squeak squeak..."

The sound of grinding teeth came from behind Tanjirou.

At first, the most ferocious ghost appeared behind the three of them.

At some point, the ghost's three bodies surrounded him and the other two people.

"Strange...monster!"

Kazumi looked at the three evil spirits surrounding them with some fear.

This is really a man-eating ghost!And listening to the words of these ghosts, they should have eaten many girls!

"What's wrong with you guys?"

Kazumi's voice was a little trembling, and he almost had the answer in his heart, but he still asked with the last glimmer of hope.

"Riko? Who are you referring to?"

the smiling ghost asked teasingly.

As he spoke, he pulled off his coat, and showed the accessories displayed under the coat to Kazumi in front of him.

Those are ladies' headgears, and he hangs these headgears in his clothes like medals for collection.

"Look carefully? If there is the tiara you mentioned, it means that she has been eaten by me."

"..."

There is no need to look carefully at all.

Tears gushed from Kazumi's eyes like a burst embankment, and he saw the hair ornament that his beloved once wore at a glance.

At this moment, the red bow tie that was already very conspicuous seemed to be stained with blood in his eyes, making him feel desperate.

Noticing the desperate look on Kazumi-san's face, Tanjiro's expression became even more gloomy.

Because it reminded him of when he lost his family.

It just treats human beings as food, and even collects the relics of dead people as trophies...

Unforgivable!

Tanjiro's forehead suddenly burst into veins.

Anger is anything but anger.

But he was not dazzled by anger, but focused all his attention on the three ghosts, carefully observing their every move.

These three ghosts have exactly the same aura and look almost the same, only the number of protruding horns on their foreheads is different.

The calmest one has only one horn, the one that yells to eat people has two horns, and the one that just grinds its teeth and doesn't speak has three horns.

Judging from such personality changes, the one-horned ghost is likely to be the main body. The more split it is, the more unstable the mood is, and it is not easy to control. The limit of this ghost's split should be only these three.

"Hey, I also want to ask you two questions."

Tanjiro asked suddenly.

"Oh?"

The one-horned ghost still had a smile on his face, "Let's hear it? I'm in a good mood today."

Hearing the oni's response, Tanjiro confirmed that this oni should be the 'main body' that directs the actions of the other two clones, as he guessed.

But he didn't act rashly right away, because he didn't know whether to kill this ghost would require three ghosts to be killed together or just the main body would be enough.

"Is it just the three of you? It doesn't seem to be enough..."

"Oh? Boy, you seem very arrogant!"

The one-horned Oni's smile became a little dangerous when he heard Tanjirou's question.

"The last swordsman of the Demon Slayer Squad like you has no bones left."

As he spoke, he pulled off the clothes on the other side.

"Clang clang clang..."

The crisp sound of metal collisions sounded with the shaking of the clothes.

Tanjiro's pupils shrank sharply, because they were the swords of Japanese knives.

This ghost...not only ate a lot of people, even many swordsmen of the Ghost Slayer Squad died in his hands!

But thinking about it is not incomprehensible.

This ghost's special ability is difficult to deal with. It can not only hide from the ground but also clone itself. If it is not strong enough, it will be consumed by them to death.

But... It seems that there should be only these three.

Asking questions was nothing more than delaying time, Tanjirou twitched his nose to see if there were any other auras lurking nearby, luckily there were no other auras besides these three.

"second question……"

Tanjiro adjusted his breathing, and the hand holding the knife slightly tightened, ready to go.

"what?"

The ghost was a little puzzled.

"Do you know... where Ghost Dance Tsuji is?"

"!?"

Hearing this name, the bodies of the three ghosts froze for a moment as if they were electrocuted.

And at this moment Tanjirou moved.

Tanjirou's nerves have been tense since just now, and what he has been waiting for is this moment.

In his line of sight, three 'lines of flaw' extended from the tip of the knife to three different directions, ending at the necks of the three ghosts.

That's right, all of this was calculated by him.

Ever since he made a mistake in the 'final selection' and went back with a serious injury, he has been taught by the teacher.

Don't hesitate when killing ghosts, and don't try to get clues about "Ghost Dance Tsuji Wumi" from the mouths of these ghosts, because ordinary ghosts are not qualified to call this name, let alone know Wumi's whereabouts.

And most importantly -

Most ghosts, when they hear this name, their first reaction is fear!
These are the valuable experiences that the teacher has gained from hunting ghosts for many years. With these experiences, he can avoid many detours!

"Teacher, thank you so much!"

Tanjirou's figure disappeared instantly.

The breath of water, the shape of the three, flowing and dancing!
The winding afterimage flows like a turbulent river, drawing a complete cycle around the positions of the three ghosts.

Three afterimages flashed with the light of the knife, because the speed was too fast, the three ghosts didn't even realize what happened.

"how is this possible……"

The blood spurted out from the necks of the three ghosts at the same time as if it was half a beat behind. The expressions on their faces were finally unified, and they all turned into horror.

Then, the three bodies turned into ashes and drifted into the night with their terrified expressions at the same time.

When the girls' hair ornaments and the swordsmen's swords were about to fall, Tanjiro gently caught them.

He took a big breath, the move just now was probably his current extreme speed slash.

Fortunately, there was no deviation from the plan.

This ghost was too arrogant and made a fatal mistake. Three bodies appeared in front of Tanjiro at the same time. Maybe it has an advantage in facing ordinary swordsmen.

But Tanjiro, who has experienced hellish training, has surpassed ordinary swordsmen by far in terms of strength and speed. The only thing he lacks may be the combat experience of fighting ghosts.

It may be difficult for Tanjiro at this moment to fight against the ghost of the string, but this kind of ghost who is not even the string is so careless in front of him that he can only be killed in seconds.

"Mr. Kazumi...are you alright?"

Tanjiro squatted lightly in front of Kazumi who was kneeling on the ground in despair and asked.

At this moment, Kazumi still had tears on his face, and his eyes were dull.

Hearing Tanjiro's voice, he raised his head and looked at the boy in front of him with somewhat empty eyes, "Do you think it's possible for a man who lost his fiancée to be fine?"

"..."

Tanjiro was silent for a while, "Mr. Kazumi, no matter how much we lose and how much we suffer, we can only continue to live..."

"How can a child like you understand my pain!?"

Kazumi pulled Tanjiro's collar, he was a little excited, his face was full of despair and anger.

But when he saw the gentle smile on Tanjirou's face, he was slightly stunned.

There was an extremely sad smile on the young man's face at the moment. He looked very gentle, but it made people feel heartbroken for no reason.

"Mr. Kazumi."

Tanjiro took Kazumi's hand gently, and stuffed the girls' hair accessories into his palm.

"Take it, I have to go, I hope you... can find Miss Lizi's belongings here."

"Leave the rest to me for safekeeping..."

Tanjiro looked at the remaining knives in his hand, put them away in his arms, then bowed deeply to Kazumi in front of him, turned and left.

"what……"

Kazumi tightly held the hair ornament in his hand, and looked at the leaving figure apologetically.

When Tanjiro held his hand just now, he felt it. Those thick little hands were covered with calluses from training. Just looking at it made people feel heartbroken. It shouldn’t be a teenager. hand.

"sorry!"

Kazumi stood up and bowed loudly to the departing figure, apologizing, watching the boy turn around with a gentle smile on his face and waving at him, he seemed to be redeemed.

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