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Chapter 166: Muzan Kibutsuji's Escape Route
Looking at the Infinite Castle that is gradually rising and about to rush out of the ground, Fang Yi, who has obtained the approximate position of the enemy by sharing the vision of the crows in front, is trying hard to rush towards Muzan Kibutsuji.

He wanted to shorten the distance between himself and Muzan Kibutsuji so that he could catch the Demon King as soon as possible after the Infinite City broke out of the ground.

Although it is unclear what the opponent's current combat power is, he will not give this ghost king the opportunity to eat humans to replenish vitality and speed up the recovery of combat power.

Because Fang Yi's initial battle strategy was to seize the opponent's weak period and kill it while it was sick, using a pre-prepared plan to kill it.

As for this Ghost King, although Fang Yi had obtained the skill [Breath of the Sun·Strengthening] and the trait [Ghost Slayer] and could have tried to defeat him alone, he still chose the most stable plan.

Use poison and [Human Transformation Drug] to weaken the opponent once, then provoke Liao Lin to weaken the opponent once, and finally kill the Ghost King.

He is not the kind of person who takes advantage of the favorable situation. As long as he has a choice, he must operate steadily without giving the opponent any chance, slowly dismembering the opponent's advantages and finally killing the opponent.

From the current perspective, the progress of this final battle is much faster than Fang Yi expected, and the mission is progressing smoothly.

Now on the panel of the main god space, the only thing left to be completed in the to-do task column is [Shinobu Kocho's long-cherished wish].

At the same time, when it was dark, after encountering Muzan Kibutsuji in the base, the main god space thoughtfully gave the panel how much time was left before the normal return time.

There are still seven hours and forty-three minutes left before the return time, which also tells Fang Yi that there is still this much time left before dawn.

Because the normal return time for this mission is at sunrise, which is the seventh day after Fang Yi entered the scene.

Judging from the current battle situation shared by Crow, most of the lower-rank demons have been eliminated, the fourth upper-rank demon, Naruto, the first upper-rank demon, Kokushibo, and Liao Lin are dead.

Originally, they expected to use Muzan Kibutsuji's weakened period to hold back Liao Lin, the most difficult enemy, and buy some time, relying on the ordinary swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps to wipe out the lower-rank demons, use the "pillars" to hold back the other upper-rank demons, and at the same time find Naruto as soon as possible to ban the space transfer ability and fix the battlefield.

He also made preparations for both situations, sending out the combination of Tomioka Giyu and Yushiro, as well as Kanroji Mitsuri as a reserve team. These two "pillars" with certain protective abilities went to ban Mingnu.

But no one expected Liao Lin to arrive so quickly, and the weak and sweet body of Muzan Kibutsuji was unable to hold back the swordsman.

However, after the crow, which had just dared to hover in the distance and perfectly followed the order of "Don't approach Muzan Kibutsuji", sent back the appearance of Muzan Kibutsuji, Fang Yi understood.

Obviously, Liao Lin's ability was useless against Muzan Kibutsuji who had transformed back into his original form. The swordsman crossed some bottom lines, and after making enough psychological preparations, the "man on top of man" failed, so naturally his mentality exploded.

Fang Yi finally understood why the ugly swordsman came to him in such anger to cause trouble.

Perhaps the grass carp that the swordsman had raised for a year was about to be harvested, taken out of the pot, heated with oil, and served on the table, but when he fished it out, he found that the grass carp had turned into an ugly scavenger fish covered with bacteria.

Liao Lin forced himself to endure the discomfort and took a bite of the "scavenger fish" Muzan Kibutsuji, but then found out that it had no edible value, so he angrily came to cause trouble for Fang Yi.

Whenever he thought of this, Fang Yi felt very innocent.

"Who knew that when you came into contact with Muzan Kibutsuji, he was in geisha form.

“Then, your thoughts were so wild that you even went so far as to covet this Ghost King.

"You're not a T0 level 'Ghost Uncle'."

Fang Yi shook his head and rushed towards Muzan Kibutsuji while opening Kokushibo's treasure chest. If he could get the [Transparent World] from the treasure chest, he could give Muzan Kibutsuji a novel experience of death.

After killing Kokushibo, the main god space simply gave two hints.

[Collect the enemy's vitality and gain some free lifespan. The current free lifespan is 260 years.]

Kill one of the Upper Moons, Kokushibo. Earn 15000 points and 5 C-rank plot points based on your contribution to this battle.

As expected, after Fang Yi opened the treasure chest, he found what he wanted, except for a piece of [Muzan Kibutsuji's blood] with a somewhat strange shape.
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【Transparent World】

Skill category: Special skills

Skill effect:
1. At close range, depending on the difference in attributes between the enemy and us, we can see through living things to varying degrees and observe their internal organs and blood vessel structures.

2. After obtaining it, the user's perception ability will be greatly increased, and the burden on the brain will be moderately increased.

3. After obtaining it, you can hide your own strength to a certain extent and reduce the murderous intent generated when attacking, but it may be ineffective when facing a strong opponent.

Special Effect: This skill will produce a certain degree of amplification due to different personal abilities, traits, and talents. Please test it yourself.

Tip 1: The actual effect of this skill is affected by the difference in strength between the enemy and us, our own attributes, and the degree of skill mastery.

Tip 2: This skill may evolve and strengthen after the user practices and acquires other skills.

Warning 1: Maintaining this skill for a long time with [Unknown Attribute] less than 12 points may cause irreversible damage to the body.

Warning 2: Do not use this skill to penetrate the enemy. When using this skill, it will automatically apply the extended usage of [Unknown Attributes]. Your behavior may be regarded as a provocation, leading to unpredictable consequences.

Introduction: Welcome to the transparent world. With this skill, you may be more suitable to become a doctor.
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Fang Yi couldn't help but complain when he saw the introduction.

"A doctor? If you really have the ability to see through the human body, being a doctor is indeed very lucrative, but then you can be more than just a doctor.

"I have to identify the cause of the disease at first glance, and then use my appearance to appear on variety shows and package myself as a national miracle doctor idol.

"Then set up your own pharmaceutical company and use it as a spokesperson to make a killing?"

Throwing away the strange thoughts in his mind, Fang Yi spent 12000 points and 4 C-level plot points to crush this skill scroll. He glanced at the crow leading the way in front and began to test the effect of this skill. At the same time, he made a last-minute attack to improve his control over the skill.

After using [Transparent World], Fang Yi only saw the crow in front of him. Its body became transparent, and the distribution of its internal organs and blood vessels was displayed in his eyes with incredible clarity.

I can now accurately judge the opponent's route by the flow of blood and the movement of muscles in his body.

When running [Transparent World], Fang Yi was surprised to find that this skill further enhanced the effect of predicting the enemy's trajectory brought by [Blood Demon Art·Invisibility]. The two skills can complement each other to a certain extent.

After [Transparent World] brings in more enemy information, [Blood Demon Art: Hidden Eyes] can use the information obtained to further accurately predict the enemy's movements and correct the trajectory prediction.

This skill is undoubtedly a very useful skill. Its main effect is more like a close-range white eye attack against living creatures, but with a narrower range of use.

After all, it seems that the spatial version of the [Transparent World] skill does not have the function of seeing through objects, so hiding fighting spirit and increasing perception ability can only be regarded as a bonus.

However, this skill, combined with Fang Yi's trait [Understanding of the Human Body], will allow him to temporarily serve as a surgeon and perform some minor operations in the future. At the same time, this skill further enhances the effectiveness of [Reversal Technique·Strengthening].

Like in the previous mission world, Fang Yi used [Reversal Technique·Strengthening] to pinch the heart of Miss 'Trust' who was about to run out of vitality after taking [Black Plasma] and went berserk. In fact, there was a bit of gambling involved.

Now that you can see through living things, the ability of [Reversal Spell·Strength] to construct organs and repair limbs will only be stronger, and the mana consumed by [Reversal Spell·Strength] can be further saved.

Even, it was easier for Fang Yi to slaughter chickens and cows than before. [Transparent World] could help him better decompose the limbs of wild animals, make furs, and obtain materials. He even wanted to find some fantasy creatures to practice his ability of dismemberment and obtaining materials.

That's all I can say about this ability. The skill [Transparent World] is worth its high price. Fang Yi temporarily turned off this skill to maintain a better state.

[Now you can try to gain more benefits from Muzan Kibutsuji besides killing him.]
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With a movement like an earthquake, the Infinite City physically broke through the ground and appeared out of thin air on the ground with broken walls and ruins.

Fang Yi looked around and found that he was in the city center. His heart, which had been hanging in the air, immediately returned to where it should have been.

"It seems that the preparations made by Ubuyashiki Yoya-san in advance were not in vain, as there are more than a few people missing here.

"This pre-planned plan has been quite effective. Muzan Kibutsuji is much weaker than he was in the original novel.

"My plan to gain additional benefits from Muzan Kibutsuji should be almost ready to go."

Fang Yi smiled slightly and walked towards the direction where Muzan Kibutsuji was before. He didn't intend to let the Ghost King come into contact with the crowd to obtain supplies. Although there were not many people in the city center of Asakusa, which should have been prosperous, according to his plan, he didn't like to sacrifice anyone if he had a choice.

The collapse of Infinite City did not exceed Fang Yi's plan. When formulating the battle plan, he had considered the situation that after Liao Lin's death, Muzan Kibutsuji would try to control Mingnu again and pass orders to him.

The worst case scenario is like the original, where the Infinite City rushes out of the ground and comes to the city center, and Muzan Kibutsuji tries to escape in this way, and eats people to restore his vitality and physical strength, and speed up the digestion of the poison.

So he found Ubuyashiki Kōya and made full use of one of this leader's greatest advantages - money, and started spending money lavishly to try to solve this problem.

First, through political donations and the relationship between the Ubuyashiki family and the government over the years, the local government implemented a one-day ban, prohibiting most places from operating tonight.

At the same time, he began to distribute money in other places in the name of individuals, and lured most people to leave their homes by offering free eggs for attending lectures, and went to various lecture venues in the suburbs at different times to avoid the crowded population density on the streets of Asakusa, so that Muzan Kibutsuji could have a quick meal.

Now it seems that his "throwing money" strategy has been a great success. The bustling streets of Asakusa, which were at the peak of nightlife at dusk, are now almost like a ghost town, deserted.

At the same time, the vibration caused by the Infinite City breaking out of the ground, and the Demon Slayer swordsman who had pre-arranged some of the minions' strength, shouted, "Earthquake, run!"

Under the guidance of the Demon Slayer Corps' crow, he successfully acted as a guide and took away some of the people staying in the house, completely creating a no-man's land around Muzan Kibutsuji.

Looking at the vision shared by the crows, which showed Muzan Kibutsuji rushing into a residential area not far away but only killing a few dogs and eating a chicken to obtain vitality and barely recover his broken limbs, Fang Yi showed his [California Kiyomitsu].

"The 130% status gained from [Binding] doesn't seem to last much longer.

"The enemy hasn't even digested the poison yet. It's time to end this mission."

"It's time for me to take action. I shouldn't waste too much time."

he thought to himself.
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Muzan Kibutsuji, who had no limbs and was surrounded by a strange aura and unknown liquid, felt an unprecedented threat and despair.

This is the only time in the past thousand years that he has been forced into such a desperate situation, except for the time when he faced Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

When trying to persuade the charming swordsman who seemed to be hiding his evil nature to join his side, although the swordsman showed unprecedented sword skills, at the same time, that sword skill had the shadow of [Breath of the Sun].

But Muzan Kibutsuji didn't think the outcome of the matter would change. He just thought it was a kind of "fun". Even after absorbing the opponent's hands and being poisoned by a compound poison that had effects such as aging and inhibiting cell division, he didn't think he would lose.

It also directly pulled all these annoying "cockroaches" of the Demon Slayer Corps into its own Infinite Castle, used the upper-rank demons to clean up the "pillars", and the lower-rank demons to clear out the remaining miscellaneous soldiers.

Even if his upper-rank soldiers turned into gluttons and were killed by the Pillars, when he had digested the poison and fell into a weak period, he could quickly recover his strength by having Naruto send some "snacks" to eat some ordinary swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps.

As long as Mingnu is there, it will be difficult for the other party to find him. Even if he is found by the "Pillar" before the poison is completely digested, he can order Mingnu to teleport him to a place where no one else can find him.

However, after his "night raid" on the Demon Slayer Corps' base tonight, the development of the situation was beyond Muzan Kibutsuji's imagination.

First, Liao Lin, the gold medal fighter whom "loyalty cannot be expressed" and whom he trusted extremely, stabbed him in the back and took away the control of Mingnu. At the same time, he fed himself more poison and broke the blood cocoon in which he was sleeping, weakening himself again.

He subjected me, who had turned into a man, to inhumane insults. Even during the insults, if I showed any resistance, I would be chopped into a human pig again.

After finally getting rid of this psychopathic subordinate, he kept trying to 'dial' the unresponsive and uncontrollable Mingnu, and finally got through after a few minutes.

Then, he discovered that Mingnu was playing a blindfold play with others, and the vision of his subordinates was directly controlled. After failing to compete with the other party for control of Mingnu several times.

As a last resort, the Ghost King had to reluctantly kill this subordinate who had great development potential. He was not prepared to stay in the cage of Infinite City and wait for death. He called out to Kokushibo and prepared to rush out of the ground to hunt with the protection of his subordinates. He would first restore his broken limbs and then consider other things.

As a result, the subordinate only faced the swordsman and was killed with three strikes.

After evaluating Fang Yi's combat power and feeling that he was no match for him, Muzan Kibutsuji regained his composure and chose to return to the cowardly boss mode, ready to "hide away".
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As the earth trembled, the Infinite City, which had declared itself to be disintegrating, emerged from the ground. Muzan Kibutsuji was surprised to find that it was the city center, but he soon discovered that the city center, which should have been a prosperous area, was almost empty.

The hungry Muzan Kibutsuji didn't think much about it and rushed into a house and tried to eat a few people to restore his extremely weak body.

At the very least, the broken limbs should be restored first, otherwise wouldn't he be just a human stick?
Then, the weakened Muzan found no one, but only a few chickens and a dog. After being bitten by the dog and pecked by the chicken, Muzan finally ate the animals into his stomach, gained some vitality, and restored his broken limbs.

When there was no one around, Muzan Kibutsuji was not picky about food. He rushed directly into the kitchen of a restaurant, transformed himself into a fish-killing master and seafood connoisseur, and attacked the food.

After a series of "sweeping hunger" actions, it has gained some vitality, and with the help of decomposing some poisons, it can now change its body.

Taking a look at the crows circling in the air, Muzan Kibutsuji vaguely sensed a kind of blood demon magic from these crows, and he immediately knew that the Demon Slayer Corps was monitoring him through this channel.

Considering his current low combat power, Muzan Kibutsuji chose to keep a low profile and hid in the blind spot of the crow's vision. He directly consumed his limited vitality and transformed into a woman of a different form.

In the current situation, he is invincible against the Demon Slayer Corps. Apart from having a few more hearts and brains than ordinary people, his vitality is not much different from that of ordinary people.

With the current population density of Asakusa, if he chooses to kill people before digesting the poison, even though he has been greatly weakened by it, he probably won't be able to kill many people and won't gain much vitality before being hunted by the Demon Slayer Corps. There is a great risk of failure.

The correct strategy now is to use a body that is not much different from that of an ordinary person, blend in with the crowd and follow the Demon Slayer Corps to guide the fleeing people out of the Demon Slayer Corps' blockade, and then take it slowly.

[Unless the people in the Demon Slayer Corps can see through the human body, how can they find me? ]

Full of confidence, Muzan Kibutsuji looked at the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen who were setting up a cordon not far away, and felt that he was about to escape.

Then, it saw Fang Yi in the distance who seemed to be staring at it.

[Oh no! Is it because my new body is so beautiful that it attracted the enemy's attention?]

[Is he being suspected? Or is this just a test from the other party?]

Muzan Kibutsuji looked at Fang Yi nervously and began to think about his escape route.

When he saw Fang Yi asking and giving orders to the swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps, and then stealing glances at his huge white body from time to time, and walking towards him with a smile.

Muzan Kibutsuji, who 'understood' Fang Yi's intention, gave a flattering smile.

[This body is still somewhat useful. It looks like it's safe now.]

(End of this chapter)