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

Yu Hu turned her head in disbelief, only to be met with Yang Jie's icy gaze.

Meanwhile, in front of Muichiro at the rear, a shield made of blood from the Blood Domain blocked the poison needles that were being sprayed at him.

Having experienced extreme joy and sorrow, Yu Hu went completely mad, hysterically roaring, "You can't kill me! I'm a ghost, and you're a ghost too! You can't kill me!"

Yosuke sneered, "Heh, Kibu Muzan can seal all the abilities and immortality of the demons transformed from his own blood and easily destroy them. He has the power of life and death over all of you demons. As a fellow demon king, do you think I can't?"

Yu Hu felt the blood cells in her body being destroyed, and she felt utterly desperate: "No...don't kill me...I have news about the Blue Spider Lily. If you can spare me, I'll tell you everything!"

Yosuke looked at the begging Yu Hu with a mocking expression: "Oh? Then tell me."

Sensing that the cells in her body had stopped destroying, Yu Hu said urgently, "Deep in the Nozake Mountains of Takamatsu Town, there is a wisteria forest. It is said that some people have seen traces of blue spider lilies at night."

However, as soon as Yu Hu finished speaking, the cells that had stopped being destroyed began to be eroded and destroyed again.

"You... you lied to me?!"

Yosuke scoffed, "Idiot, a blue spider lily that blooms at night? What a joke."

In the terrified and uneasy gaze of the jade pot, its body gradually vanished.

The fifth waxing crescent of the twelve demon moons perished.

Yosuke walked over to Muichiro's side. By this time, Muichiro's wound had stopped bleeding through breathing techniques.

"Is it alright?"

Muichiro nodded silently, then looked up and stared directly into Yosuke's eyes: "I want to ask, you just said that I look a lot like her, who is she?"

Yosuke sat down next to Muichiro and recalled, "Her name is Kaori. You are a descendant of the Tsugikuni clan, a samurai family from the Warring States period, while she is an ancestor of the Tsugikuni clan."

“My ancestor…” Muichiro murmured.

"Do you care a lot?"

Muichiro lowered his head, trying to recall the past, but his mind was blank, his eyes filled with confusion: "I can't remember anything from before, but I vaguely remember someone telling me that the 'Mu' in my name, Muichiro, means 'incompetent,' but it doesn't seem to be."

"Are you confused because of this one sentence?"

Muichiro did not answer Yosuke, but instead curled up his body slightly.

"The words spoken by the person you remember may not have been his true intention. The 'nothingness' in Muichiro's name can also be the 'nothingness' of infinite hope, can't it?"

Muichiro stared blankly at the ground, Yosuke's words vaguely reminding him of a phrase: "Muichiro's 'Mu' is infinite 'Mu'... it is 'Mu' that can exert infinite power to protect others."

Sensing that the Demon Slayer Corps members had arrived nearby, Yosuke spread his blood wings and slowly rose into the air.

"I hope you can find the missing memories in your heart, and the emotions buried deep within. Farewell, Kaori's descendant, Tokito... Muichiro."

Recalling the memory with its completely opposite meaning once again, Muichiro's previously lifeless eyes began to sparkle, and he felt his indifferent heart begin to burn again.

"Muichiro! Are you alright?!" Yu Tianyuan asked worriedly, looking at Muichiro who was covered in blood.

The Demon Slayer Corps members who escaped from Muichiro's battle with Gyokko notified the nearest Sound Hashira, Utena, through Crow.

Yu Tianyuan rushed to the battlefield without stopping and found Muichiro, who was seriously injured.

Muichiro was immersed in the memories he had regained and did not answer Yu Tianyuan.

"What about Upper Moon Five?" Utena asked Muichiro again after receiving no response.

Muichiro raised his head and smiled: "I'm fine. Upper Moon Five is dead."

Yu Tianyuan stared incredulously at Muichiro's smiling face: "What's with that smile? You're not Tokito Muichiro! Who are you?!"

Muichiro's smile vanished instantly, his expression returning to its usual blankness as he said indifferently, "You've mistaken me for someone else."

The familiar feeling returned to Muichiro, and Yu Tianyuan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself, "Even the gods who govern splendor can sometimes be mistaken!"

Chapter 61 The Battle of Mount Natagumo

The severely injured Muichiro Tokito was taken back to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters by Ulten Gen.

Seven days had passed since Yu Hu's death.

Meanwhile, on Mount Natagumo, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke are going through a tough battle.

Rui, the fifth Lower Moon demon, created a demon called "Family." His "older brother" had already been killed by Zenitsu, but Zenitsu was also seriously injured and lost his ability to fight.

Because of her fear of Rui, "Mother" willingly allowed Tanjiro to kill her.

"Father" and Inosuke are engaged in a fierce battle.

"Sister" was sent by Rui to deal with the rest of the Demon Slayer Corps members.

Meanwhile, Rui is fighting Tanjiro and Nezuko.

At this moment, Tanjiro's Nichirin Blade had been severed by the spider silk threads, and Nezuko was being held protectively in Tanjiro's arms.

Nezuko, being a demon, does her best to protect Tanjiro, which makes Rui want Nezuko to be his little sister.

Rui made a request to Tanjiro: "Little guy, if you hand over your sister to me, I'll spare your lives, okay? This is the only way you can avoid this unwinnable battle."

Tanjiro roared angrily, "How could I possibly agree to such a thing! Nezuko is not an object; she has her own thoughts and will! I will absolutely not hand Nezuko over to you!"

Tanjiro raised his broken Nichirin Blade, shielding Nezuko behind him with unwavering resolve.

Unable to achieve her desired outcome, Rui manipulated the threads and sped towards Tanjiro. If she could kill Tanjiro, Nezuko would still be hers.

Tanjiro's reaction speed had slowed down after a long battle, and by the time he realized what was happening, Nezuko behind him had already disappeared.

Just as Tanjiro was searching everywhere for Nezuko, blood kept dripping from the sky onto Tanjiro's Nichirin Blade.

Tanjiro looked up at the sky in fear and saw Nezuko completely wrapped in spider silk. The sharp and hard threads were embedded in Nezuko's flesh, and blood was dripping from the spider silk.

"Nezuko!" Tanjiro cried out Nezuko with heart-wrenching despair.

Lei said coldly, "It's so noisy, but she won't die like this. She's a ghost, after all. I really need to teach her properly. Let her bleed for a while first. If she still doesn't obey me, I'll leave her until sunrise... and roast her a little!"

Nezuko temporarily lost consciousness due to massive blood loss.

Tanjiro forcibly suppressed his impulsive emotions, admonishing himself to calm down and not act on impulse.

Tanjiro closed his eyes, regulated his breathing, and when he opened them again: "Total Concentration? Water Breathing? Pick-up Form? Life Flow!"

"It's no use." Rai kept releasing spider silk, trying to interrupt Tanjiro's sword-shaped attack.

However, under Tanjiro's dragon-like sword, as it spun and tumbled, the power of the slashes gradually increased, and the white spider silk was cut off one by one.

Rui realized that Tanjiro's slash was enhanced by rotation, and crossed his arms in front of his chest, the spider silk at his fingertips covered with blood.

As Tanjiro drew closer, Rui remained indifferent: "You think this is the limit of the threads' strength? Blood Demon Art: Silk Prison!"

Blood-red spiderweb threads wrapped around Tanjiro and quickly converged.

Sensing the different scent of the threads, Tanjiro realized that his slashing power was insufficient to cut them, and he felt extremely unwilling.

Under the shadow of death, Tanjiro recalled scenes from his childhood.

At that time, Tanjiro's father was still alive, and he remembered the Kagura dance passed down through generations of the Kamado family.

Despite his frail health, Tanjiro's father still performed the entire Kagura dance in the midst of a heavy snowfall.

The scene shifts to Tanjiro's father lying in bed, gently stroking Tanjiro's hair, and telling Tanjiro, "There is a method to breathing, a breathing method that will not tire you no matter how you move."

Tanjiro's father also required Tanjiro to carry on the Kagura dance and the earrings, so that they would not be interrupted.

When Tanjiro meets Yosuke, he tells him that the Kagura Dance he inherited is actually a breathing style.

The scene returns to the battlefield, where Tanjiro's breathing changes; the azure sword shape of his Water Breathing is replaced by flames as bright as the sun.

"Hinokami Kagura: Waltz!"

Tanjiro unleashed a fiery arc-shaped slash at the spider silk surrounding him, instantly severing the silk.

Tanjiro ran relentlessly toward Rui, telling himself he couldn't stop. If he stopped, the forced switching of his breathing technique would have a side effect, and he would be too weak to fight anymore.

Faced with Tanjiro's Hinokami Kagura, Rui's expression finally turned extremely serious, and he once again manipulated a large number of spider silk to sweep towards Tanjiro.

However, the spider silk could not stop Tanjiro's slashes wrapped in flames and was severed in an instant.

Rui kept retreating, trying to avoid Tanjiro's attacks. In the gaps in Rui's evasion, Tanjiro saw the thread connected to Rui's neck.

Tanjiro felt a surge of hope: "I see it! The Gap Line! I will defeat him right here! Even if... we both perish!"

Tanjiro completely disregarded his injuries, his eyes fixed on the thin line of space, giving up on dodging and relentlessly closing in on Rui.

Rui releases a large amount of blood-coated spider silk to block Tanjiro's path. If Tanjiro continues to charge forward, Rui will be cut in half by the spider silk before Tanjiro can cut all of it.

While unconscious, Nezuko seemed to hear her mother's voice: "Wake up, Nezuko. You have to help your brother. Nezuko can do it now. Please, Nezuko, if this continues, even your brother will die..."

Nezuko opened her eyes and forcefully clenched her open palms together.

Blood Demon Art! Blood Explosion!

The spider silk stained with Nezuko's blood began to explode, generating intense flames that continued to scorch the silk.

The spider silk blocking Tanjiro's path was instantly burned away, and Tanjiro's broken Nichirin Blade smoothly struck Rui's neck.

"The bond between Nezuko and me is unbreakable!"

With Tanjiro's roar, the Nichirin Blade drew an arc, severing Rei's head.

Tanjiro and Rui collapsed to the ground together.

Tanjiro was completely immobilized. The side effects of forcibly switching breathing techniques caused him to experience persistent tinnitus, and even breathing caused him excruciating pain in his lungs.

Tanjiro looked at Nezuko falling to the ground from the sky and wanted to return to her side, but his vision blurred and his will began to dissipate.

Tanjiro forced himself to concentrate and not let himself pass out, because Inosuke was still fighting, and the battle was not over yet.

But as Tanjiro tried to climb to Nezuko's side, he suddenly felt the smell of blood behind him getting stronger.

Lei's headless body actually stood up!

Tanjiro exclaimed in disbelief, "I clearly cut off his neck?!"

The spider pulled at the head, which returned to its side: "You think you've defeated me? How pathetic. Are you really happy to indulge in such a pathetic delusion? I cut my own neck with my own spider silk before you chopped it off!"

Tanjiro kept crawling towards Nezuko.

"You guys really infuriate me! This time I'll tear you to pieces without mercy!" Rui reattached his head and approached Tanjiro and Nezuko step by step, the crimson spider silk in his hand reappearing.

"Blood Demon Art? Killing Eye Cage!"

Spider silk surged around Tanjiro, and despite his relentless efforts to push his body to its limits, he was unable to regain his mobility.