Monster Hunter Gathering

"Someone will come looking for you before the supplies run out." Kazuma held Tamayo's head again and said, "If you see a member of the Demon Slayer Corps...oh, wearing clothes like this."

Kazuma pulled out a rough sketch and said, "You can contact them, but listen carefully! I won't be responsible if they die! I won't feel any psychological pressure!!"

After saying this, Kazuma held Tamayo's head and prepared to go back to provide support.

"Hmm... Mr. Kazuma." Tamayo was speechless. "Actually, you don't have to use such... strange methods to cheer them up."

"No way to win the race!! I gave up the chance to gain favor with beautiful girls just to save someone!" Kazuma cried as he ran, "Damn it! I must make these evil spirits pay!"

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At this moment in the room, Douma was still resisting the pressure from several people.

Douma is also under a lot of pressure at the moment. In the previous battle, he also came into contact with Inosuke and Kanao, and confirmed that these two people also have fighting power comparable to the Pillars.

Moreover... the opponent has that strange recovery ability. Originally, Douma only needed to use blood demon technique to seal the opponent's lungs to win the battle, but now, even if the lungs are destroyed, they can stand up in a short time and attack again.

The most dangerous time was when Douma had just blocked Kanao's attack when he was pierced in the right eye by Shinobu Kocho who hid behind her haori. He almost lost his vision and was beheaded by Giyu Tomioka who attacked from the right.

Although Douma successfully counterattacked and cut off Tomioka Giyu's left hand and Kocho Shinobu's ankle, new hands and feet grew out again the next moment.

"Go ahead, little bug! Bite him!"

As for the captain, while he was attacking with brute force, he seemed to be using the stick to command a giant insect to attack him. Douma could even feel the insect sucking a mouthful of blood from him, and after returning, a red light lit up on the mysterious stick...

And...what Douma feels most wary of is the boy named Kazuma who can hide his aura.

Until now, Douma has not detected the other party's breath!

He has been able to suppress his emotions until now. Is it because he is looking for a more suitable flaw to create a situation where he can kill with one blow?

Because of Kazuma, Douma had to use continuous large-scale blood demon magic to launch area attacks on the surroundings.

As for whether Kazuma isn't here...

Douma himself doesn't think so. After all, in Douma's impression, these members of the Demon Slayer Corps are all demon hunters, and there are very few of them who run away when faced with evil demons.

"Ah sneeze!!!"

At this moment, Kazuma, who had just said goodbye to the girls, sneezed loudly on his way back to support. "Who is it? Is someone thinking about me? It can't be Douma, right?"

"But I've been away from that room for a long time..."

Chapter 15 The Rhythm of the Sun!!!

"Mr. Joseph, be careful!!"

At this moment, on the battlefield on the other side, Tanjiro was cooperating with Jotaro to fight against Akaza.

After Akaza's punch hit the ground and knocked Tanjiro away with its impact, he turned around and attacked Jotaro fiercely.

Er Qiao originally wanted to dodge according to her fighting habits, but after thinking it over, she chose to confront the opponent head-on.

Akaza's fist slammed into Jotaro's shield. The huge impact force shattered the floor under Jotaro's feet, but the shield was not shattered as Akaza had expected.

"That's great! I actually met a fighter like you who isn't a swordsman!!!" Akaza was also excited after seeing Jotaro take the punch head-on: "And... Tanjiro!"

"I never thought you'd grown so much! You're definitely not that weak human anymore! I have great respect for you!"

Just after leaving Douma's room, Akaza had already fought with the two of them.

Tanjiro's strength grew far beyond Akaza's imagination, but what surprised Akaza the most was the appearance of Joetsu.

But what puzzled Akaza was that the fighting spirit he sensed in Jotaro seemed to fluctuate.

It’s as if the opponent is still hiding some strength in the current battle.

"And you! What's your name!!!"

Akaza looked at Qiao and said excitedly, "Such a strong fighting spirit... You must have experienced many life-threatening battles! Tell me your name!"

"You bastard! Don't ask for someone's name during a fight!"

While fighting Akaza, Jotaro said, "You guys were human once, but after becoming man-eating creatures, you all became twisted, right?"

"Even though I didn't quite understand it before...but what the Grand Commander said is right." Joestar held his shield in front, his one-handed sword behind him, and took a fighting stance towards Akaza. "This is the fate of our Joestar family, engraved in our blood!"

"Joestar? Is that your name?" Akaza excitedly took a step forward and rushed towards Joestar: "I'm so happy! Are you going to become a ghost? A long enough time will allow you to reach a higher level!"

"I do not want it!"

Er Qiao scoffed, "Who wants to live that long? I'm not the kind of person who clings to life!"

"Hey! Tanjiro!" Joetsu also began to adjust his breathing, wanting to see if he could rely on the ripple's sneak attack to kill Akaza directly: "Cooperate in the battle! Use your Nichirin Blade... to chop off this guy's head!"

"Ha, you've already entered this place, but you don't have the Nichirin Sword?" Akaza said after another exchange with Jotaro, taking a few steps back. "But Tanjiro's growth is indeed exciting!"

"Come to think of it, Kyojuro is the kind of person who would rather die than maintain his boring values ​​as a human being," Akaza said. "It's great that he died at the moment when his fighting spirit was at its peak."

"What... nonsense are you talking about!" Tanjiro also became angry in response to Akaza's words.

"Hey! Don't let his words affect you, you idiot!" Joetsu yelled at Tanjiro, "You could die if you're careless!"

"Akoza! Stop talking nonsense! Attack!" Qiao Qiao interrupted the conversation between Tanjiro and Akaza with a louder voice: "Let me show you! What is the greatest thing about humans!"

"Come on! Akaza!!!"

Joetsu's words successfully drew Akaza's attention to the battle between him and the two men on the opposite side. "Joestar!! I'm really becoming more and more interested in you!!!"

"Call me JOJO! You bastard!"

The next moment after Jotaro roared, Akaza took a heavy step forward and activated his [Destruction Kill·Needle].

The compass evolved from the blood demon magic suddenly appeared under everyone's feet, and Qiao Shinobi jumped forward, raised her sword and slashed directly at Akaza.

Tanjiro also rushed towards Akaza from another direction.

At this moment, from Akaza's perspective, both Jotaro and Tanjiro were emitting extremely strong fighting spirit.

But compared to Tanjiro's seemingly exquisite swordsmanship, Qiao Shihao's action of jumping over from a distance and slashing with the sword seemed particularly... rough.

His chest was wide open, and he could smash his opponent's abdomen with just a casual punch... and Er Qiao seemed to have not realized it yet, and still maintained the same posture and chopped at him.

This attitude made Akaza inexplicably... angry.

How could he possess such intense fighting spirit, yet not focus on honing his skills? How on earth could he possess such fighting spirit, as if he had experienced countless life-and-death duels with all his might?

"You idiot! Stop joking!"

Akaza attacked with anger, and his destructive fist penetrated the gap of Jotaro and pierced Jotaro's abdomen. Akaza also felt Tanjiro's attack through the compass, and he turned his head slightly and punched in the direction of Tanjiro.

Tanjiro didn't expect that the opponent could still fight back in such a situation. Although he dodged as much as possible, he was still hit in the side by the residual force of the sweeping punch, and the whole person was directly smashed against the wall by the remaining force.

But Tanjiro's attack still cut off Akaza's wrist before he was swept away.

"Is that all it is? Tanjiro!!!"

Akaza, who had already pierced Jotaro's abdomen, roared at Tanjiro.

But... suddenly, Akaza felt a fighting spirit coming from his side that was even stronger and more deadly than before.

"If, you attacked any of the Demon Slayers before finding us."

Akaza heard Qiao's voice in his ears, and at the same time he felt that the arm that he had inserted into Qiao's abdomen was pierced by Qiao's one-handed sword and stuck in Qiao's body.

Akaza suddenly turned around and looked at Qiao Er, but found that Qiao Er did not look like he was about to die at the moment. Even the arm that he had pierced into his body could still feel the vitality coming from his body.

"If you had communicated with Douma more when you found us, even if it was just one piece of information."

Qiao stared into Akaza's eyes and met his gaze. "If you didn't have such faith in the fragility of humans, you would be killed by such an attack!"

At this moment, Er Qiao finally launched her long-hidden trump card: "Your next sentence is! Why haven't you died yet?"

"Why are you still..." Akaza just opened his mouth when he was distracted by Jotaro's words. The next moment, a strange power began to rhythmically flow from deep within Jotaro's body.

"This is the rhythm of the sun! Take it, Akaza!!"

A violent and deadly aura burst out from Jotaro's body in an instant, making every cell in Akaza fear that power.

That was a weakness that no ghost had been able to overcome, a power that naturally restrained creatures like them...

"Ripple Run!!!!"

Chapter 16: The Evil Ghosts Whose Situation Has Reversed

The power like the sun burst out in Er Qiao's blood.

Akaza understood in an instant why Qiao Zheng's fighting spirit had switched between high and low levels before... He had been hiding this power from the beginning, just to kill him directly at this moment.

Use this...power of the sun.

Compared to having his neck cut by the Nichirin Sword, this is a weakness that the ghost cannot overcome. Akaza can even clearly feel the pain of his flesh in Jotaro's body being burned by the sun after coming into contact with the ripples.

The feeling of impending death made Akaza unable to suppress his anger.

He still wanted to reach that supreme realm, wanted to reach that realm himself, and was ready to continue fighting.

The moment Akaza moved, Jotaro also moved with him.

In the previous analysis, Jotaro knew that this method was not 100% likely to kill Akaza. Such a persistent guy would definitely try every possible way to survive... In the end, even the weakness of the neck was basically overcome.

Originally, Akaza's death was due to him remembering his memories as a human. But now...

"How can I remind you of your human memories?!"

As Er Qiao roared like this, the hand holding the shield also smashed down towards Akaza's head with ripples.

"what!!"

Akaza's other hand smashed his body into pieces with a punch as Akaza roared.

The arm that pierced into Er Qiao's body shattered along with the shoulder before the ripples spread over, and the shield swung by Er Qiao hit Akaza's head. Before he escaped, the bursting ripples melted half of his head.

But these injuries were not fatal. After losing his arm and shoulder, Akaza instinctively wanted to escape to a farther place to recover his body. However, the next moment before he was about to leave, a knife pierced through his body.

Tanjiro, holding the Nichirin Sword, directly bumped into Akaza with his body.

"Don't run!"

Tanjiro firmly pinned the Nichirin sword into Akaza's body: "Akaza! I can't let you leave! If you continue to do evil!"

"Tanjiro!!"

Seeing Tanjiro blocking his way out, Akaza became even angrier and felt even more uncomfortable, as if his internal organs were churning.

But at this moment, Jotaro had already taken a few steps forward, her breath emitting strong ripples, attached to her weapon, ready to directly destroy Akaza.

Faced with this desperate situation, Akaza instinctively used his most powerful moves...

The technique under his feet unfolded in an instant, like a fist of a storm, flooding the space around Akaza almost in an instant.

In almost an instant, Akaza used his only fist to throw nearly a hundred punches, completely destroying the surrounding ground and walls.

Even Tanjiro and Jotaro took these punches head-on and flew backwards.

His body was almost shattered by these random punches, and severe pain spread in Tanjiro's brain, but in the blink of an eye the pain dissipated in another feeling, and Tanjiro felt that his body was recovering rapidly.

When Tanjiro got up from the ground and looked at Akaza, Akaza's appearance at this moment... was even more miserable than when he had been beaten up by a barrage of punches.

His right arm, shoulder and part of his chest were torn apart, and one could even see Akaza's spine through the huge wound... Half of his head was melted, and the entire left hand that had just punched was melted away, leaving only the wrist.

Akaza's right arm and shoulder grew out again in the blink of an eye, but there were still cracks on them, as if they were still affected by the residual ripple force. As for the head and left hand that were directly melted by the ripples, they have never been able to recover.

But even so, Tanjiro still couldn't accept that he and Joetsu failed to kill Akaza.

Tanjiro looked at Akaza unwillingly as he saw that he was already some distance away from them. The best opportunity to destroy him had disappeared.

"Hey!"

Just when Tanjiro wanted to catch up, Jotaro, who had also recovered on the other side, spoke.

"You want to escape? This time... there's no sun to use as an excuse!" Qiao Qiao said to Akaza: "You just mentioned Kyojuro, right? The Flame Pillar..."

"We fought him in the darkness of night, we fought him when his limbs were broken and he couldn't recover, we fought him when his injuries would weaken him..." Qiao Qiao shouted to Akaza, "Now facing the same situation, do you want to escape?"

"..."

Akaza looked at his wrist which was still entangled by the ripples and could not recover, stopped, and tore off his left arm with his recovered right hand, and smashed the head affected by the ripples to make it grow again.

The recovery speed of the Upper Rank allowed Akaza to regain all his limbs in the blink of an eye.

"What is that breathing method?"

Akaza stared at Jotaro and Tanjiro, who had regained his grip on the sword and was pointing it straight at him.