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Chapter 47 The Five Elements Seal!

When Uchiha Hikaru reached out to catch the ball, she had already covered her palm with a layer of chakra. Even so, she could still feel some pain, which shows that the impact of the ball was indeed remarkable.

But that's all.

To deal with an opponent of this caliber, there's no need to use the Kaleidoscope eye technique at all.

As the words fell.

Uchiha Hikaru's figure vanished from his spot. As the handball fell, he rapidly approached Suzamaru, casually deflecting a handball thrown at him. He then dodged another handball by shifting his body, and with a final leap, delivered a clean and crisp double spinning kick!

Two bangs.

Uchiha Hikaru first kicked Suzamaru with a left roundhouse kick, causing her to stagger, and then immediately followed up with a right sweep kick, sending her flying far away!

Bang!

Zhu Shamaru's body slammed heavily into a large tree, her arms, which she had used to block the flying kick, appeared to be broken. But they healed almost instantly, at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Thump, thump—

Two more sounds of things hitting the ground rang out simultaneously.

The first sound was Uchiha Hikaru falling from mid-air after completing a double kick, his knees slightly bent to absorb the impact.

The other sound was the ball she had caught and then let go of earlier, which landed on the ground and bounced slightly.

"Reaction speed is average, physical strength is average, self-healing ability... is okay."

Uchiha Hikaru made another assessment.

Her nonchalant attitude startled Zhu Shamaru for a moment, then she flew into a rage: "Where did this human brat come from, daring to look down on me, one of the Twelve Demon Moons... Well then, I'll get serious!"

Sensing the aura rising from Suzamaru, the already injured Tamayo called out from afar, "Little girl, you can't kill demons this way. Only a demon slayer's Nichirin Blade can..."

"Fire Release..."

Uchiha Hikaru ignored Tamayo's shouts and made a hand seal.

She knew, of course, that demons in the Demon Slayer world possessed extremely strong vitality, virtually impervious to anything except sunlight and Nichirin Blades. Even wisteria, generally considered a counter to demons, only caused them disgust; a massive dose was needed to kill them. But…

(What if it was burned to ashes by the flames?)

Zi-Chou-Xu-Wu-Shen-Hai...

As Uchiha Hikaru began forming hand seals, Suzamaru gathered all six handballs together, and after a brief moment of charging, swung them forward in one go!

shhhhh--

A series of whooshing sounds were like firecrackers exploding!

At that moment, Uchiha Hikaru placed one hand to his lips and gently exhaled:

"Extinguish the mighty flames!!"

As chakra surged, crimson flames streaked out!

Then, in the blink of an eye, it transformed into flames like ocean waves, soaring into the sky! The bright flames not only illuminated the dilapidated courtyard but also dyed the surrounding night sky crimson!

At that moment, everyone present widened their eyes.

The five handballs were engulfed in flames; the powerful impact dissipated in an instant, and they quickly turned to ashes. Zhu Shamaru, too, showed a look of terror, retreating while instinctively raising three pairs of arms to protect her neck. Before she could finish this movement, her entire demon was swallowed by the raging flames and vanished in an instant!

"……what?"

Zhu Shiren was dumbfounded.

Yushiro, Nezuko, and Tanjiro, who had just finished eating half a Senzu Bean and rushed over, were all stunned.

About half a minute later, the raging flames began to shrink and go out.

When the fire subsided, a charred human figure was left in the same spot.

That's right, "humanoid." Because the demon's entire body was almost completely burned to ashes by the flames, leaving only the head, which was firmly held by six arms, barely recognizable. However, the remaining flesh was mostly mangled and would turn into clumps of ashes with the slightest breeze.

"...Wow, that's amazing!"

Yushiro swallowed hard, staring incredulously at Uchiha Hikaru's profile: "Ms. Tamayo, this girl... is she really human?!"

In his mind, only the Blood Demon Art could possibly create fire out of thin air.

Tanjiro, who rushed over while leaning against the wall, also widened his eyes, his surprise no less than that of Tamayo and the others: "That demon... was it just burned to death like that?"

A brief silence.

then.

"No……"

Uchiha Hikaru slowly shook his head: "He's still alive, but the healing process is extremely slow..."

After testing her skills with both taijutsu and ninjutsu, she had a general idea of ​​the strength of the "demons" in the Demon Slayer world.

Well...

Demons are indeed much stronger than ordinary people in terms of physical fitness and reaction speed, but compared to ninjas... they are at most Chunin level, and even then, they are not Chunin specializing in taijutsu.

Of course, considering that the demon in front of us is not a real one of the Twelve Demon Moons, but a minor character casually transformed by Muzan Kibutsuji, the strength of the Twelve Demon Moons might be even higher.

Furthermore, some demons' Blood Demon Arts are indeed very strange, somewhat similar to the Death Possession Blood Technique in the Naruto world; their strength cannot be discussed based on mere power. Uchiha Hikaru himself isn't afraid, but if Bulma is coming later, he'll have to be a little more careful.

but……

The regenerative abilities of demons are indeed exceptionally strong.

The Great Fire Annihilation technique that Uchiha Hikaru just unleashed was enough to kill an ordinary Jonin, but Suzamaru was not quite dead yet. Although her breath was as weak as a candle flickering in the wind, it was still pulsating, trying to reignite.

This vitality is almost comparable to that of the Impure World Reincarnation.

As for the recovery power she gained from wishing on Uchiha Hikaru's body... it's hard to say. After all, she wouldn't dare use this method to test her recovery limit. If she actually burned herself to death, there would be no one to complain to.

"That's interesting."

"If they have this kind of regenerative ability, they would be perfect as test subjects for the 'Eight Thousand Spears'..."

After the flames died down, about a minute or two later, the charred black humanoid figure twitched a few times.

Then, little by little, fresh flesh began to grow, outlining the original human shape...

"Miss, please kill her with your Nichirin Blade now, or she will recover quickly!" Tamayo shouted anxiously.

Tanjiro instinctively wanted to rush forward, but Uchiha Hikaru raised his hand to stop him: "Don't rush, wait a little longer."

"?"

Although he didn't quite understand what Uchiha Hikaru was trying to do, Tanjiro obediently stopped and hugged his sister Nezuko, who was about to rush up and finish her off.

As for Tamayo and Yushiro, although they were anxious, they were not in the battle sequence, and due to the formidable strength that Uchiha Hikaru had just displayed, they could only hold back and watch from a distance.

A good ten minutes or so passed.

Zhu Shawan's appearance has finally recovered to about half its original state, and you can basically see her original appearance again, but she is significantly smaller than before, and looks like a child of about ten years old.

Moreover, by this point, her recovery speed had visibly slowed down.

"Is this already the limit for an ordinary ghost?"

"They'll probably need to eat people to replenish their energy in order to continue recovering?"

Uchiha Hikaru figured he couldn't glean anything more from her, so he flashed in front of her and gently slapped the already formed sealing seal onto her: "Seal of Self-Destruction!"

Black runes moved along the charred human figure, binding her tightly.

With her strength almost completely depleted from restoring her physical form, she couldn't even manage a struggle.

Then, Uchiha Hikaru pulled out another scroll, his five fingers flying across the paper, chakra runes glowing at his fingertips as he moved them around: "Five Elements Seal!"

These two sealing techniques were ones she had recently learned from Minato Namikaze. Although she wasn't quite proficient at using them yet, they were more than enough to deal with the now half-crippled Suzamaru. With a single combo, she smoothly sucked her into the scroll.

As the runes on the paper flickered a few times, the ghost's figure vanished completely, leaving only a lingering aura in the air, which was dispersed by the cool night breeze.

Uchiha Hikaru put away the scroll and slowly stood up.

"The first one."

(End of this chapter)