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

Kanae's body was hidden by countless petals. When she reappeared, she was already in front of Doma, her Nichirin Blade surrounded by petals, and she once again slashed at Doma's neck.

Just as Kanae was about to sever Doma's neck, everyone heard the sound of a biwa (Chinese lute).

In a moment of confusion, Kanae Butterfly flew backward, while four demons of different shapes appeared in front of Doma.

Each demon has numbers similar to those on Douma etched on its eyes.

They are engraved with 'the third of the upper moon', 'the fourth of the upper moon', 'the fifth of the upper moon', and 'the sixth of the upper moon'.

Chapter 45 Fighting Alone

Faced with the sudden arrival of the Upper Moon, Osamu and the others' expressions became extremely solemn.

After years of investigation, Osamu and his companions have gathered most of the information about the Twelve Demon Moons. All of the Upper Moons except for Kokushibo have come.

Doma looked at one of the Upper Moons with a surprised expression: "I didn't expect you to be here too, you tsukumogami! I thought you hated me~"

The tsukumogami, with Upper Moon Three tattooed on its eyes, dressed in white mourning clothes, and sporting a single horn, sneered, "Hmph, if it weren't for Lord Muzan's orders, do you think I would have come to such a filthy place?"

Doma put his hand on the tsukumogami's shoulder: "As expected, tsukumogami, you're quite upset that you didn't defeat me in the battle of the swapped positions, aren't you? Don't be angry. Anyway, I'm getting tired of it too. How about I give you Upper Moon Two? I also want to try what it's like to be Upper Moon Three."

"You bastard!" The tsukumogami angrily slapped Doma's hand away, then glared at him. "If it weren't for the fact that my Blood Demon Art is useless against an emotionless monster like you, do you think you'd be a match for me?!"

With a swollen forehead, two horns growing from its head, and a face resembling that of an old man with a vengeful appearance, the Upper Moon Four Hantengu, looking extremely timid, said cowardly:

"You two, stop arguing. Although I'm scared, this time Lord Muzan has given orders for us to deal with them here. It's five against four now, and we're the dealer. Luck has turned in our favor."

"I can't wait to dig out their bones, grind them into ash, and decorate my pot!" said the Upper Moon Five Jade Pot, which was entirely white with yellow eyes, green lips, purple fish fins on its head, and whose body was hidden inside the pot.

Another Upper Moon Six, who looked like an ordinary child, was different from the noisy other demons. He stayed behind the group in a daze, silent.

Zhi scoffed, "Ha, you think you can take us down like this? It's been a long time since I've fought to my heart's content..."

Zhi shouted, "Unleash the spell!"

A twelve-pointed snowflake array appeared beneath Osamu's feet, and it taunted, "You guys better hold on, don't let me get bored!"

Osamu charged toward the nearest tsukumogami, shouting, "Suru-ryu Technique? Destruction Kill? Shattering Style? Ten Thousand Leaf Flash Willow!"

Osamu's powerful punch from above shattered the ground like leaf patterns, sending the tsukumogami flying.

With a burst of speed, Jiro caught up with the flying tsukumogami and unleashed a continuous barrage of blows.

"Oh, Mr. Osamu, are you in such a hurry? I also need to find an opponent quickly, otherwise it wouldn't be good if Mr. Osamu snatched it away. Blood Demon Art? Flying Blood Scythe!"

Following closely behind, Gyutaro pulled out his blood-stained scythe and swung the thin, bloody blade at Hantengu.

Yu Hu looked at Xiao Mei with a sinister gaze: "I can't wait to sew your bones into my pot, Blood Demon Technique? Blood Prison Bowl!"

Yu Hu used a teapot with wave patterns to splash water onto Xiao Mei.

"Blood Demon Art? Eightfold Slash"

Xiaomei released several ribbons from her body, completely blocking the water splashed from the jade pot. She then used the ribbons to block the jade pot's path, and the sharp edges of the ribbons slashed towards the jade pot.

Yu Hu retracted its head back into the pot, and Xiao Mei's silk cut the pot, but the pot was not damaged at all and remained as clean and new as ever.

"Blood Demon Art? Octopus Pot Hell!"

Yu Hu poked its head out of the pot and summoned a giant octopus the size of a house, which then engaged in a fierce battle with Xiao Mei.

The octopus's tentacles were soft and elastic, and Xiaomei's sharp, blade-like silk could not cut through them in time.

Xiaomei could only passively defend against the attacks of the octopus and the jade pot.

Osamu, Gyutaro, and Komei have each found their own rivals.

Now only Doma, who has been staying in the back, and Upper Moon Six remain on the field.

Doma gave his habitual fake smile and asked the child-like Upper Moon Six beside him, "Doma, aren't you going up?"

The Upper Moon Six, whom Doma called the "Kami-do," did not answer Doma. Instead, he stared blankly at Doma with a dazed look before taking a small step back.

Doma seemed to have no way to deal with Doma, and said helplessly, "Oh dear, you're still so timid."

Douma waved his pair of fans, looking at the butterfly sisters behind Renyuki: "I really like you two. If only no one bothered us. Even though you've turned your swords against me, I haven't given up on you. Come, become a part of me..."

Lianxue stood in front of the Butterfly Sisters and warned them, "Take care of yourselves, I'm going to fight too!"

"Blood Demon Art? Snowstorm Ice Gluttony!" Dozens of ice crystal spheres covered in sharp spikes appeared in front of Renyuki and rushed towards Douma.

"Blood Demon Art? Winter Ice Pillar!"

Doma created an ice pillar, which collided with Koyuki's ice crystal sphere. Due to their interaction, Doma's ice pillar and Koyuki's ice crystal spikes canceled each other out, turning into ice shards that floated in the air.

On the summit of the Eternal Bliss Sect, the battle between ghosts officially began, and the situation was extremely tense.

The tsukumogami that fought against Osamu possessed the ability to manipulate illusions.

"Plain Style Technique? Destructive Kill? Chaotic Style!"

Just as Osamu was about to rush towards the tsukumogami and launch a fierce attack, the tsukumogami in his eyes suddenly transformed into Koyuki's appearance.

Facing his lover, Zhi's fist instinctively paused.

By the time Zhi realized that the girl in front of him, Renxue, was an illusion, it was too late.

The tsukumogami's right hand pierced through Osamu's left chest.

The tsukumogami chuckled sinisterly, "Let me guess, the woman you just saw was probably the one fighting that bastard Doma right now, wasn't she?"

His eyes were filled with an uncontrollable rage.

"Plain Flow Technique? Destructive Kill? Void Style!"

Osamu used his fist to deliver six rapid punches to the tsukumogami in front of him at a speed too fast to see clearly.

However, Zhi found that he did not feel any impact from the punches; instead, it felt like hitting thin air.

When Zhi looked at the tsukumogami again, the tsukumogami's figure had already appeared in the distance.

Osamu glared at the tsukumogami with gritted teeth, but the tsukumogami, in response to Osamu's anger, burst into a morbid, maniacal laugh: "Hahaha, that's right, that's the expression! It's so delightful! I, who manipulate people's hearts, am always looking forward to seeing how your moods change!"

"Plain Flow Technique? Destructive Kill? Footwork? Flowing Flash!"

Enraged, Osamu charged at the tsukumogami once more, delivering several rapid and powerful kicks to its body with a single foot.

But Osamu's vision blurred again, and the tsukumogami in front of him turned into Gyutaro.

Gyutaro, who was suppressing the two emotional clones of 'Anger' and 'Joy' that had split into half a dog, was suddenly attacked by Osamu's unreserved Stream of Light.

Left with no other choice, Gyutaro had to temporarily abandon his pursuit of the Hantengu clone and instead focus on fending off Osamu's attacks.

Gyutaro raised his two limp, broken arms and waved them at Osamu: "Mr. Osamu, if you're not satisfied with your current opponent, you don't have to hit me, it hurts a lot."

Gyutaro's hands were fractured instantly when he blocked Osamu's kick, but they healed on their own in the next moment.

With a gloomy face, Zhi said, "I'm sorry."

Gyutaro wanted to say a few more words to Osamu, but the third emotional clone of Hantengu, 'Soraki', had already launched a Blood Demon Art at Gyutaro.

"Blood Demon Art? Ring Out!"

The 'Soraki' clone of Hantengu emitted a destructive sonic wave from its mouth toward Gyutaro. Wherever the sonic wave reached, the land was overturned by the powerful impact.

"Blood Demon Art? A clumsy, leaping spectacle!"

Gyutaro surrounded his body with the blood-red slashes for a comprehensive defense, completely blocking the impact of the sound waves.

Although Gyutaro managed to withstand the impact of the sound waves, his ears were still injured and bleeding.

However, Gyutaro didn't care about this minor injury and rushed forward again to fight against Hantengu's emotional clone.

Chapter 46 Fierce Battle

Osamu, who was tricked by a tsukumogami and attacked Gyutaro, searches for the tsukumogami.

The tsukumogami was sitting on a huge rock, looking at Osamu with a mocking expression.

Zhi forcibly suppressed his anger, silently exerting force with both feet. The ground beneath his feet could not withstand Zhi's strength and collapsed.

Just as Osamu was about to rush in front of the tsukumogami, the tsukumogami disappeared once again, replaced by countless severely injured 'Koiyuki' surrounding Osamu.

'Love Snow' pleaded with Osamu on her deathbed, "Osamu...save me, I don't want to die..."

The treatment for bulging veins on the forehead, even though I know these are illusions, still makes me unable to suppress my anger.

Faced with Osamu's indifference, countless 'Love Snow' cursed him with hatred: "Why, why didn't you save me? My father died because of you, and I became a ghost because of you. Why wasn't it you who died? I hate you! Go die!"

Zhi took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

"Plain Flow Technique? Destructive Kill? Compass Needle!"

Hidden within the illusion of 'Love Snow,' the tsukumogami, waiting for its chance to strike, saw that Ji had closed his eyes, and used his hand as a knife to stab towards Ji's chest.

However, the outcome did not happen as the tsukumogami had predicted, piercing through Osamu's body; instead, Osamu tightly gripped his hand.

The spirit exclaimed in disbelief, "How is this possible?!"

With a blank expression, Zhi opened his tightly closed eyes: "Your ability should be to manipulate my emotions with Blood Demon Art to create illusions, right? But I can sense your fighting spirit clearly! Plain Flow Technique? Destruction Kill? Annihilation Style!"

Osamu unleashed a devastating punch, instantly shattering half of the tsukumogami's body.

The tsukumogami dragged its mutilated body and retreated at top speed, escaping Osamu's attack range.

Osamu tossed aside the severed arm of the tsukumogami in his hand and assumed the starting stance of the Soryu technique: "Our battle has only just begun."

The tsukumogami, having instantly healed itself, sneered and mocked, "Heh, don't be so arrogant! My abilities aren't just about creating illusions. Everyone has emotions. You think you can ignore them by closing your eyes? Blood Demon Art? Twin Killing!"

Before Osamu's eyes appeared a figure that looked exactly like himself, striking the same pose as Osamu in the Suryu technique.

Zhi frowned deeply. "Another hallucination?"

The illusion that looked exactly like Ji launched the first attack, swinging its fist and charging towards Ji.

Zhi intended to ignore it, but then he felt the whistling wind of the punch coming towards him, and he quickly crossed his arms to block it.

Zhi was actually blasted away by his own illusion and crashed into a boulder.

Incredibly, the illusion had actually launched an effective attack on him, and it was using his own basic technique, Destruction Kill, Chaos Style!

The tsukumogami beside him laughed wildly, "This is not an illusion, but a real entity with the same abilities as you. It has all your abilities! This is a clone generated from the depths of your heart, which means it is you!"

Zhi frowned and activated the Blood Demon Technique again.