People in Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began with Demon Slayer

Several slashes struck the puppet soldiers, yet they remained completely unharmed.

Huang Quan let out a chilling laugh: "Ubuyashiki Yosuke, like the demonic power within me, comes from another world. We are like magnets, attracting each other and craving to devour one another in the hope of evolving."

Actually, we're only hostile to each other because of our evolutionary instincts; there's no inherent conflict. We can cooperate. I can give you half of my demonic power, and you can give me half of yours. Wouldn't it be better to evolve together?

Huang Quan proposed a collaboration to Yang Jie, and Shion, out of fear, began to tremble uncontrollably.

Yosuke placed a hand on Shion's head and comforted her, "I told you, you can always trust me."

After Yosuke comforted her, Shion's body stopped trembling.

Huang Quan shook his head helplessly: "It's a real shame. It seems you don't plan to cooperate with me."

Yosuke immediately entered the Demon Sage Mode.

Seeing Yosuke's devilish figure, Shion took a step back in fear.

Yang Jie comforted him, "Don't be afraid. I will fight Huang Quan. You prepare to seal him."

Hearing Yosuke's still gentle voice, Shion was no longer afraid and nodded heavily: "I understand!"

With a casual gesture, Huang Quan summoned several dark purple energy dragons from the magma, which roared toward Yosuke and Shion.

Yosuke raised his hand, and a shield made of blood appeared in front of him.

The immense force generated when the energy dragon made contact with the shield caused the entire ground to shake.

The lava was churning and churning, as if it would erupt at any moment.

Yosuke flapped the bone wings on his back, shuttling back and forth between the energy dragons.

The demon horn on its forehead gathered power and launched a black energy ball toward the Yellow Springs.

Huang Quan opened his palm, generating a purple energy ball that canceled out Yang Jie's energy ball.

After forcing Yosuke back, Yomi summoned dozens of giant purple energy dragons again to fight against Yosuke.

At the same time, Shion, who was hiding behind Yosuke's blood-made shield, also began to cast a sealing spell.

"You want to cast a sealing spell? Then try it out, but can you do it?"

Huang Quan was completely unfazed by Shion's sealing technique.

"Let me tell you, Shion, I can't kill you, but you also don't have the power to make me disappear. If you ask why, it's because... we are originally the same body!"

Shion didn't believe Huang Quan's words: "What a joke! Are you trying to fool me with lies?"

"The so-called seal is to merge you and me into one. Your mother, Maitreya, was like that. Therefore, your mother, Maitreya, is inside my body."

Ziyuan's eyes were filled with disbelief.

"The priestess's power was too great. In order to avoid misusing that power, she split her heart and mind in two, living together with mutual resentment. At some point, she became known as the priestess and the demon. Words like light, darkness, good, and evil cannot be used to summarize us! If you seal me away, you will die as well!"

"If my death is inevitable, then I will seal you away!" Ziyuan looked at Huangquan with unwavering determination, her hands beginning to form hand seals: "Send, Form, Release."

A purple barrier appeared, and Ziyuan's feet floated in the air as she continued chanting the incantation. A coffin rose from within the barrier, and inside the coffin was the flesh of the demon.

Just as Shion continued to cast the sealing spell, Huang Quan, who had been lying on his side in the seat, suddenly appeared behind Shion and put his head on Shion's shoulder.

Ziyuan retreated in terror, and a voice different from Huangquan's appeared.

"You're really impatient, priestess. We should wait until Yomi dies of old age before we can set up a barrier. Once the barrier is set up, we won't be able to get out until we take over the other side, and what determines that is our chakra!"

Chapter 278 The Demon Breakthrough in Evolution

Ziyuan only now realized that Huangquan had used her to open the barrier and break the seal on the body of the demon.

When Yosuke saw that Shion was trapped in the barrier, he wanted to break the barrier and rescue Shion.

"Blood Breathing? Seventh Form? Higanbana Burial Slash!"

Countless crimson flower stamens bloomed continuously during the journey, eventually forming a slash that successfully struck the barrier.

In an instant, the entire barrier was enveloped by blood-red flower stamens, which continued to bloom.

However, the barrier flashed with purple lightning, completely destroying the blood-red flower stamen.

"It's no use, Yosuke Ubuyashiki. This barrier is the source of power that connects to my world. You can't destroy it! Shion, I am deeply grateful to you, because you are indispensable to breaking the seal on this shrine."

"Now, return, my flesh!"

The laughter of the demons filled the entire shrine of the seal.

Huang Quan's physical body ruptured, revealing a mass of purplish-black energy. The coffin sealing the body of the demon opened automatically, and the energy instantly entered the coffin, which then closed again.

As the coffin closed, the barrier failed, and Ziyuan collapsed to the ground as if she had lost all her strength.

Ziyuan's tears fell to the ground, drop by drop: "What have I done...? What have I been doing all this for...?"

Overwhelmed with remorse, Shion sobbed towards Yosuke in the air:

"I... am of no value to you, to all of you... I have absolutely no value in protecting you."

Suddenly, the ground began to shake, the ground beneath Ziyuan's feet cracked, and Ziyuan fell into the crevice.

"Shion! Damn it!"

In the air, Yosuke rapidly flapped his bone wings and plunged into the crack in the ground.

Once inside the crevice, Yosuke found himself surrounded by complete darkness, with not a single ray of light in sight.

At this moment, Shion was also shrouded in darkness, but the bell pinned to her chest shone with a holy light.

The voice of a demon rang out: "Don't cry. It's because of this light that I can't devour you, but is this really okay...? It will make you see things you don't want to see."

Shion suddenly opened her eyes. She foresaw that Yosuke, who rushed into the crevice to save her, would be devoured by the demon.

Yosuke's situation was quite difficult as he groped his way through the darkness.

Yosuke felt his power was constantly draining away, being swallowed up by the darkness.

Moreover, Yosuke discovered that the space he was in was not the ninja world.

Rather, it is the border between the ninja world and a certain other world.

This world, connected to the ninja world, must be a world of demons.

The demon is now using his world as its foundation and is constantly devouring Yosuke's power.

Yang Jie was powerless to resist, because at this border, fighting against the demons was tantamount to fighting against an entire world.

Having absorbed a large amount of power, Yosuke was unable to maintain his demon-transformed sage mode and regressed back to his demon king form.

Just as Yosuke was caught in a dilemma, a radiant bell appeared beside him, dispelling the darkness around him.

Yosuke overheard the conversation between the demon and Shion.

"Is this alright? Giving the priestess's amulet to someone else? Fine... if that's your wish, I'll grant it. And then watch closely as those who tried to protect you die after we become one. Yes... the horrific destruction and end of the world! Hahahaha..."

Ziyuan closed her eyes in despair, suddenly remembering something her mother, Miroku, had said when she was a child:

“The power of Ziyuan, if not handled carefully, will far exceed the threat of Wangliang. Right now, that child cannot control this power, so let’s use this bell to suppress it. The power that awakens due to death will be suppressed with the lives of the villagers!”

Tears streamed down Ziyuan's face: "So my prophetic abilities, foretelling the deaths of those around me, were to suppress the power within me... If I had understood this from the beginning, the villagers wouldn't have lost their lives... Is that right, Mother..."

Suddenly, Shion's consciousness arrived in a pure white space, where Shion's mother, Miroku, held Shion in her arms.

"Mother, I... Mother, I can't even protect you... I can't even trust you. Do you hate me?"

Ziyuan opened her tear-filled eyes: "No... Mother, Ziyuan loves Mother the most."

As consciousness returned, Shion's body radiated a holy light, illuminating the dark space.

The demon's voice was filled with panic: "This is..."

"I understand! How do I use this power? Activate!"

A white halo appeared above Shion's head, a ribbon floated around her, and patterns representing the power of a priestess appeared on her body.

"So many witches have been there so far... now even their childhood voices can be clearly heard."

"Really... Time flies..."

In Shion's mind, the memories of the priestesses of past generations appeared.

The demon was terrified: "So that's how it is! That bell sealed your power!"

"It's over... From now on, everyone will live in the world that follows... This is my destiny..."

Shion's mind was filled with images of faces from the past, which finally settled on Yosuke.

"Thank you for letting me know that the future can be changed... I really want to know more about you..."

"Let's disappear together, you demons!"

With regret, Shion unleashed the powerful priestess energy within her, intending to perish together with the demon.

"Ring ring..."

The familiar sound of bells rang in Ziyuan's ears.

"It's not the final moment yet, we can't give up now!"

Shion opened her eyes and found Yosuke holding a bell, who had come to her side.

"Why...why don't you leave?"

Yosuke grasped Shion's hand: "Didn't you promise me you'd always believe in me? Breaking your promise isn't a good habit! Fate is something you control in your own hands. If you don't want to accept your fate, then change it!"

With the help of the bell, Yosuke broke through the darkness and flew upwards.

Yosuke, with Shion, broke through the darkness and returned to the Shrine of Seals.

The voice of the demon rang out again: "Ubuyashiki Yosuke, thank you for your help. If it weren't for you, I might have really been killed along with you. But now I have absorbed the power within you and have begun to evolve to the next level!"

A surge of purplish-black energy erupted onto the ground, and a person resembling Yosuke appeared.

The demon moved its newly created body and let out a wild laugh: "Although I haven't merged with the priestess's body, it doesn't matter now. With your power, I no longer need the priestess's body!"

Chapter 279 Demon Form

Having absorbed Yang Jie's power, the demon created a new body for itself.

What made Yang Jie extremely troubled was that the aura emanating from the demon was incredibly powerful, and the demon's evolution had not stopped and was still ongoing.