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"Swish swish swish—"

Just as Tomioka Giyu spoke, Lin Bei felt the world before him suddenly obscured by snow, turning into a white expanse.

And Giyu Tomioka's figure disappeared from his sight, blending into the white expanse.

Only the reflection of the blade remained in his eyes as an afterimage.

Vision has lost its function.

Only the sounds he heard and the sensation of being slashed by a knife told Lin Bei what had happened.

Giyu Tomioka did not disappear; instead, under the cover of the snow and mist, he swiftly slashed twice at Tomioka's body.

The next moment, the snow and fog dissipated.

Giyu Tomioka still held a knife in one hand and controlled Nezuko with the other.

It was as if it had never moved.

But Lin Bei, who was moving at a rapid pace, suddenly felt his legs go weak.

Then, he fell uncontrollably onto the snow.

Tanjiro, who rushed over at almost the same time, was also knocked face down in the snow by Giyu Tomioka's chop and passed out again.

However, Giyu Tomioka did not notice that before he fell, Tanjiro's eyes were filled with a triumphant satisfaction, and the axe in his hand had disappeared.

"What just happened?"

What's wrong with me?

Lin Bei was utterly astonished.

He wanted to get back up and keep fighting.

But the next moment he found that he could not control his legs.

Then I thought of the locations where Giyu Tomioka had made two cuts in the snow and mist.

Lin Bei reacted instantly.

Giyu Tomioka used the two blows he had just delivered to sever the tendons in his ankles, rendering him unable to move.

Lin Bei was somewhat surprised.

"Is this the Water Breathing Technique?"

"Even when he was strong before, he was still just at the level of a normal person."

"But the speed I achieved after using the breathing technique was simply beyond reason."

"In an instant, he rendered both Tanjiro and me powerless to resist. He truly lives up to his title as the current Water Pillar."

After confirming that Lin Bei and Tanjiro were both powerless to resist, Tomioka Giyuu also stopped his breathing technique and returned to his previous icy demeanor.

"What a weak act of resistance."

"With your abilities, you still want to kill ghosts?"

"I still want to protect my family."

Seeing Lin Bei and Tanjiro knocked down, Nezuko struggled even more fiercely.

Seeing this, Giyu Tomioka stared coldly at the increasingly violent Nezuko, his eyes filled with a sense of "I knew it" disappointment.

"Is a ghost really a ghost?"

"The smell of human blood made it even harder to resist."

"In that case, let me grant you eternal peace and liberation!"

He was about to swing his knife at Midouzi's neck to kill her completely.

However, Lin Bei's eyes lit up when faced with Tomioka Giyu's cold words.

"Now!"

"Take this rocket headbutt."

With a roar from Lin Bei, he pushed off with both hands and flew close to the ground like a cannonball, crashing into Tomioka Giyuu's lower body.

Tomioka Giyuu, who had initially thought that Lin Bei and Tanjiro had completely lost their ability to fight, was shocked.

He never expected Lin Bei to have such a move.

Upon realizing Lin Bei's attack intentions and location, his face darkened.

He couldn't help but swear.

"mean!"

However, Giyu Tomioka is the current Water Pillar and has extensive combat experience.

Although he was caught off guard and Lin Bei gained the upper hand, he had already reached the level of full concentration of breathing techniques, so even without actively activating his breathing technique, he could completely block Lin Bei's attack.

In response to Lin Bei's despicable attack, he decided to retaliate in kind, changing his slash from aimed at Mi Douzi's neck to a vertical slash.

His target was Lin Bei's head, the very head he had used to deliver the rocket headbutt; he was determined to chop that despicable head in two.

However, just as he swung his knife down, a series of "crack" sounds suddenly came from the branches above his head.

Along with it came an extremely dangerous feeling.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka looked up sharply and saw a broken axe falling from the sky, flying straight toward his head.

boom!

My head exploded.

Giyu Tomioka's mind flashed back to Tanjiro's strange attack method.

No wonder he covered his hands and arms with his clothes.

It turned out that he no longer had an axe in his hand at that time.

They made that gesture just to mislead me.

The real axe had already been thrown high into the air, and was now flying towards his head under the cover of the tree branches.

Lin Bei's relentless attacks were not in vain.

All of this was to draw their attention and provide cover for Tanjiro's axe.

At this moment, Giyu Tomioka's expression changed repeatedly, feeling utterly incredulous.

Tanjiro and Rinhoku clearly didn't communicate, so how did they manage to cooperate so seamlessly?

Especially in Linbei.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka even suspected that Lin Bei had predicted that he would use his breathing technique to use sword skills, and that he would later slash at Mizuko with his sword.

This means he will be unable to actively use the breathing technique again in a short period of time.

Because of his continuous changes in tactics, he will be unable to withstand attacks from both above and below at the same time.

In the dim light, Tomioka Giyuu seemed to hear Lin Bei shouting the word "General".

At this moment, he was caught in a dilemma, facing danger from both sides, thanks to the tacit cooperation of Tanjiro and Rinho.

If he insisted on slashing Lin Bei with the knife, he could resolve the crisis in his lower body and completely eliminate the detestable Lin Bei.

But if that happens, the axe will inevitably hit his head, and it's very likely that it will split his skull open.

But if he were to block the axe flying from above, he would inevitably suffer the blows of Lin Bei's rocket headbutt for the rest of his life.

And time was of the essence, leaving him no time for careful consideration and weighing of options.

So he acted on his fighting instincts.

When faced with two evils, choose the lesser one!

My life is more important than my second brother's safety.

With a sense of tragic heroism, Giyu Tomioka forcibly changed the downward slash of his sword into an upward one.

"clang--"

With a crisp clang of metal on metal, the broken axe was sent flying by Giyu Tomioka's single slash.

The threat to life has been lifted!

However, there was no joy in Giyu Tomioka's eyes; instead, he slowly closed them as if resigned to his fate.

next moment.

"Thump—"

A dull thud rang out as Lin Bei's rocket headbutt slammed heavily into Tomioka Giyuu's lower body.

Moreover, there seemed to be a sound of something breaking mixed in with it.

"ah--"

With an uncontrollable scream.

Giyu Tomioka's icy expression turned deathly pale in an instant, then the paleness turned into a dark red in a flash.

Then Giyu Tomioka knelt down, clutching his lower body, and two streams of tears flowed from his closed eyes.

Looking at Giyu Tomioka, who could no longer get back up.

Lin Bei shook his slightly dizzy head, got up and went to Tomioka Giyuu. He grabbed Mizuko with one hand and patted Tomioka Giyuu's head with the other, a smug smile on his face.

"I'll make you treat me differently, and I'll make you foul-mouthed."

"I refuse to believe I can't handle you."

But Lin Bei's smile didn't last two seconds before his expression suddenly changed drastically.

"not good!"

"Nie Douzi, get out of the way!"

The next second, he heard Giyu Tomioka gritting his teeth.

"Water Breathing - Type 8 - Water Takitsubo"

Then Lin Bei saw his two arms fly up.

Then his consciousness went dark, and he lost consciousness.

Before he lost consciousness, his last thought was:

"Damn it, I forgot that this guy's breathing technique is best for defense."