Monster Hunter Gathering

Nie Chiwu's words did not stop Kokushibo. Instead, he became even more crazy against Nie Chiwu. His raised arms had begun to accumulate strength, ready to release a powerful combat skill.

but……

The light that appeared in front of him made Kokushibo's pupils shrink suddenly.

It was a...guide insect that suddenly turned from green to red.

At the moment when Kokushibo was distracted, his fighting skills also fell on Nie Chiwu.

"Iai Sword Draw and Air Blade Slash!!"

At this moment, a sharp light turned into a line and appeared in Kokushibo's sight.

He only saw that Nie Chiwu's movements at this moment seemed to break through time, and the huge sword slashed across from the scabbard, almost cutting his entire body in half.

At the moment when Kokushibo's tall body was about to fall down, he saw Tanjiro who was carrying Kazuma here.

I also saw the markings that were very similar to those of Yuichiro Tsugakuin, as well as the exact same earrings and sword.

Originally, Kokushibo's body was about to fall, but it was pierced from the inside by countless swords made of flesh and blood, and was forcibly held up.

"Yuan...yi!!!"

Chapter 43: The Death Chosen by Kokushibo

"Yuichi!!!!!!!!!!!!"

At this moment, Kokushibo saw Tanjiro, who had markings similar to Yoriichirō's.

Exactly the same earrings, exactly the same sword, and even Kokushibo knew clearly that the other party mastered the Breathing of the Sun passed down by Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

Even though Kokushibo knew very well intellectually that Tanjiro was not Tsugokuni Yoriichi, but... he just felt that emotion, as if a lid deep in his heart had been opened, erupting uncontrollably.

Was he such an emotional being? He had originally thought that over the centuries, he should have suppressed these emotions, but today, he was repeatedly provoked by these things.

Originally, his body was almost falling down after being cut into pieces. However, after seeing Tanjiro, the emotion made Kokushibo forcibly use his flesh and blood to produce a large number of blades, which pierced his body to prevent himself from falling down.

Now, some of the knives emerging from Kokushibo's tall body were born by himself, while some pierced his flesh and finally emerged from his body in order to keep his body from falling.

"!"

As soon as Tanjiro entered the battlefield, he felt the tremendous pressure from Kokushibo.

Kazuma on his back was also terrified and screamed at Nie Chiwu: "Hey!!! Why does Kokushibo look even scarier than his original appearance?!!! What on earth did you do to him!!!"

At this moment, Nie Chiwu, who sheathed his sword after a graceful Iai, put on a handsome smile and gave a thumbs-up: "Of course, we are strictly following our plan!"

"And..." Nie Chiwu said, spreading his arms: "Tanjiro! You will chop off the head of this Upper Rank One!!"

"Huh... me?" Tanjiro's eyes widened as he looked at Kokushibo, who exuded an extremely powerful aura, but the next moment his gaze became firm: "I understand!"

After Tanjiro put Kazuma down, he also pulled the Nichirin Sword out of its sheath: "I will try my best to chop off his head!"

"You are such a delightful young man..." Nie Chiwu said happily, "I like you for who you are. You don't hesitate, you can make decisions at critical moments, and you trust others."

"rest assured."

Nie Chiwu turned around and looked at Kokushibo, who had been exhausted from the previous fierce attack and whose recovery speed had slowed down significantly. He said, "Go ahead. I, Joetsu, the two Monster Hunters, the other four Ennead Swordsmen, and Hidenagawa Genya will assist you."

"You will kill him yourself! This is the death we have chosen for Kokushibo!"

Nie Chiwu raised his head and said in the direction of Kokushibo, "That's what we thought... the most suitable way for this Tsugakugo Yansheng to die!"

"nonsense!!"

Kokushibo's furious voice, now enhanced by his swollen size, was close to a roar. "A swordsman who isn't even one of the Nine Pillars...so what if he learned the Breathing of the Sun! There's no way I'll be beheaded by such a being!"

Kokushibo accelerated the recovery of his abdominal injuries, forcibly using flesh and blood regeneration to ignore the fire damage from Nie Chiwu's Flying Dragon Sword. Then, holding the huge sword formed by blood demon art, he pointed it at Nie Chiwu: "I will never lose again! I won't lose to you either!"

"Tanjiro... is just a guy who accidentally learned the Breathing of the Sun! I will never die at the hands of such a guy!" Kokushibo roared with some unwillingness.

"is it?"

Nie Chiwu and Kokushibo looked at each other: "I think this is the best way for you to die."

"Listen up to me! Tanjiro, you have to listen too!!"

Nie Chiwu suddenly raised his voice: "Tanjiro! The sword in your hand... is Tsugikoku Yoriichi's sword."

"Your family's God of Fire, Kagura, is the Breathing of the Sun, taught by Yoriichi Tsugumi."

"The earrings on your ears are also the same style that Jiguo Yuanyi wears all year round."

As Nie Chiwu spoke, he stared at Kokushibo: "Tsugikoku Yoriichi... the founder of the breathing method, and the younger brother of the Kokushibo we see before us."

"To be honest, many people here have the ability to kill Kokushibo at a critical moment!" Nie Chiwu opened his arms: "But... Tanjiro! It would be most meaningful if you were to deal the final blow to Kokushibo!"

"Look carefully, and listen carefully." Nie Chiwu raised his hand and looked at Kokushibo with a sly smile on his face: "The reason why this Upper Rank One became like this is because of his own brother!"

"Shut up!!!"

When Kokushibo heard what Nie Chiwu said, he suddenly became a little frightened.

He was afraid that Nie Chiwu would continue and say things that he wanted to deny but couldn't.

I clearly don't want to believe it, but I can't deny the truth of his words.

Kokushibo rushed towards Nie Chiwu and wanted to interrupt him, but after taking two steps, he was stopped by Qiao Sen who was already in front of him.

His attack landed on Er Qiao's shield, and the blade melted in an instant.

Kokushibo wanted to attack, but the others had already stopped him, allowing Nie Chiwu to continue speaking.

"Words have power, and for you... only when these truths are spoken out loud will they be most powerful."

Nie Chiwu continued to speak to Kokushibo without stopping, "Your talent has always been inferior to your brother's. You became a demon because you chased Yunyi."

"But have you ever thought about how Yunyi sees you?"

Nie Chiwu said something that was a bit cruel to Kokushibo: "To him... you are a good brother."

"Do you remember what you said when you gave that flute to Yunyi? You told him, 'Whenever you want to find your brother, blow the flute and you will appear in front of him immediately.'"

"Tsugikoku Yoshiichi thinks that your brother is very gentle." Nie Chiwu said these words with a smile on his face, pointing at Kokushibo.

And Kokushibo was stimulated again by these words: "Impossible!"

"Do you think I really have to lie to you?" Nie Chiwu said, "You and Jiguo Yuanyi... I think you've never sat down and had a good talk."

"That's why Muzan took advantage of you and used the bait of infinite life to lure you into becoming a demon."

"Do you want me to tell you?" Nie Chiwu grinned and said to Kokushibo, "Tsugikoku Yoriichi has always believed that he is an unlucky child. After his mother died, he left home and met the person he loved, but his wife and children were killed by demons while he was away. He failed to kill Muzan, and later learned that his beloved brother had turned into a demon, so he was expelled from the team..."

"At the end of his life, he wanted to kill his pitiful brother with his own hands, but he failed because his life span had ended."

"I believe I've accomplished nothing, fulfilled no obligations, and am worthless." Nie Chiwu said, "Do you really understand your brother? Ji Guoyansheng?"

Kokushibo's response to Nie Chiwu was an even more frantic roar: "I'm going to... kill you!!!"

Chapter 44: Trap Hunter and Thief Sato Kazuma!!!

"Kill me? Why? Do we have a grudge? Why do you want to kill me? Because I deserve to die? Or because of what I said about Yoriichi?"

Nie Chiwu continued hammering at Kokushibo's heart with words one after another: "You need to explain clearly! Why are you turning your hostility towards me?"

"It can't be that my words irritated you." Nie Chiwu looked at Kokushibo who kept trying to get closer to him but was stopped by others, with a bright smile on his face: "Actually, you don't need to answer, I understand."

"I just want to see you like this, so I'm telling you the truth." Nie Chiwu smiled maliciously: "So! Tanjiro! Do you understand?"

"It's most appropriate for you to chop off his head! Do your best!" Nie Chiwu raised his voice and said, "You should do what Yuanyi couldn't do before he died!"

"Use Breath of the Sun! Send him on his way!"

As Nie Chiwu spoke, he drew his katana and pointed it at Kokushibo, who was already harboring incalculable hostility towards him. "This is a member of your Demon Slayer Corps... a swordsman who once betrayed the Corps and became a demon! He's the twin brother of the original owner of the sword in your hand!"

"This isn't fate!"

Nie Chiwu's voice was sonorous and powerful in Tanjiro's ears: "This is a ceremony prepared for Kokushibo... a ceremony to send him to atone for his sins! Only in this way can his tragic life leave a less terrible end!"

"Tanjiro!"

Nie Chiwu finally asked: "Are you going to do it or not?"

"I understand!"

Tanjiro didn't hesitate at all.

After hearing what Nie Chiwu said, Tanjiro could feel that his shoulders seemed to become a little heavier... but the feeling was not uncomfortable.

Tanjiro aimed the Nichirin Sword in his hand at Kokushibo without hesitation, and his well-trained heart and lungs had begun to push oxygen into his blood vessels.

"I... am going to fight!!" Tanjiro said this loudly and ran towards the battlefield where Kokushibo was besieged.

"I won't lose to you guys!!!" But Kokushibo roared back: "Except for that person...Except for Yoriichi! You guys! There's no way you can kill me!!!"

"I will never admit it!!!"

Kokushibo roared and overdrew his body. Even the body of one of the upper ranks could hardly bear it because of this overdraw.

Now, the only besieger who can see that transparent world is Beimingyu. He can see that Kokushibo's body, including his organs, is constantly being torn apart and reassembled because of Kokushibo's actions.

"I... want to go too."

Nie Chi held his sword horizontally, ready to go forward and fight.

But before the battle, Nie Chiwu also glanced at He Zhen who was taking medicine next to him, and they exchanged glances.

He Zhen nodded in understanding, then hid in stealth and went to a safe place to observe and take medicine in a wide area.

Nie Chiwu ran directly towards Kokushibo: "Come on! Kokushibo! Kill me if you dare!!"

"All-out attack!!!"

Beimingyu roared angrily, informing everyone present of what he had observed: "His current attack is overdrawing his own vitality!"

"He won't be able to hold on for much longer!" Beimingyu said, "As long as his vitality is gone... we can chop off his head!!!"

"I've actually observed so much! Is that transparent world so convenient?" Er Qiao couldn't help but say, "And I've been wanting to say this before! Why does the voice of this Sorrowful Island sound exactly like mine!!!"

"Don't complain about these things at a time like this!!"

Nie Chiwu also endured Kokushibo's fierce attack and came to Qiao Er: "Also! Qiao Er! Hurry up and use your invincible ripple to think of a solution!!!"

"You're definitely playing a trick!" Er Qiao noticed something was wrong with Nie Chiwu's tone. "This kind of guy can't be dealt with simply by using ripples!"

If she could really get close to Kokushibo, Jotaro could indeed use the ripples to cause damage to Kokushibo, or even kill him directly.

But demons...are quite different from vampires and pillar men.

Pillar men like Kaz might be scarier, but the regenerative abilities of these demons are so fast they're a little frightening.

When fighting with Akaza before, Jotaro discovered that if the ripples were not transmitted directly to every cell of the opponent in a timely manner, these ghosts might be able to directly break off a small part or even most of the body to escape.

"Stop talking nonsense! Let's get started!"

Nie Chiwu roared, raised his katana, which had just been sharpened to a red blade, and rushed towards Kokushibo, shouting: "The blue planet of the New World! Brother Terra Red Blade has descended here! Come on!!!"

Now, the entire battlefield has turned into a war of attrition with injuries exchanged for injuries.

Kokushibo forced himself to overdraw his body. Once his body could no longer hold on, the besiegers would chop off his head while he was recovering.

The besiegers were now relying on Kazuma's wide-area expansion and their willpower to hold on.

Although the injuries can be recovered, the pressure felt during the battle is real... If Kokushibo is really killed directly by destroying the brain with one blow, even recovery medicine will no longer be effective.

The severe pain and the threat of death test the will of the besiegers, and the anger overdraws the bodies of the besieged.

And the person who witnessed the whole process... was Fuzukawa Genya, who had no idea about breathing techniques.

Hiding in the corner, he felt a little sad and regretful at the moment.

Why couldn't he master the breathing technique? Then he wouldn't be unable to participate in the battle...

The feeling of powerlessness made Xuanya Busei feel more and more regretful, and he was also thinking about whether he could do something insignificant... even though he only had a Nanban spear in his hand.

But at this moment, someone suddenly patted his shoulder from behind, which frightened Xuan Mi's already uneasy heart.

"It's me, uh." Kazuma drank the recovery potion and greeted Xuanya: "You are Fuzuigawa Xuanya, right?"

"Are you... one of the hunters that the messenger raven mentioned?" Xuanya looked at Kazuma, a little hesitant: "Aren't you going to join the battle?"

"I'm in charge of logistics now!" He Zhenli continued to drink the medicine confidently: "How do you think they recovered? It's all thanks to the medicine I drank! Don't underestimate me and Master Zhen, you bastard!"

"Besides, I'm a thief by profession!" Kazuma said confidently, "What kind of thief would fight head-on? I definitely wouldn't do that!"