The Warrior of Love

"go to hell!"

Maximum load of blood demon magic!

Like a blooming flower of bones, sharp thorns sprouted from the girl's body, and the white bones ruthlessly cut everything in the space.

The internal skeleton is completely liberated, and every bone is transformed into a weapon. Even his own body will be destroyed, let alone others who are close at hand. Jiang Liu is also included in the attack range.

However, as if he had predicted it, at the moment before the bone spurs protruded wildly, Jiang Liu suddenly stretched out his arms, and his body leaped up as lightly as a bird, even letting go of the Sun Wheel Sword, and barely avoided the first wave of strangulation.

Before the bone blade expanded further, Jiang Liu adjusted his posture in mid-air and landed at the edge of the bone blade's destructive range, almost walking on the blade.

Although he had lost the Nichirin Sword, he was not discouraged at all. Instead, he reached out and grasped the other sword at his waist again.

"I see, this is the state of 'making light of heavy things'... of handling things with ease?"

Zheng!

A flash of red light!

The blood-soaked blade severed the white bones, slashed across the girl's neck, and cut through the dense bone fragments, until it struck the Sun Blade that was inserted into the clavicle, then it emitted an extremely loud sword sound, and the sword's trajectory ended there.

The fireworks that bloomed at that moment were as dazzling as shooting stars!

"This is my secret sword—"

Holding the ominous red ancient sword, Jiang Liu's face was as pale as paper, but his eyes were extremely bright.

"Heartless Style Zero Style o Undying Slash!"

Chapter 52: Zenitsu is forced to fight back

"Meow--"

Jiang Liu showed a little surprise when he saw the calico kitten with a talisman paper on its forehead emerge from the shadows.

Tamayo had told him before that there was a special way to transfer the collected demon blood to her, that is, the kitten that had always followed him and Tanjiro.

It seems to be Tamayo's pet, because Yushiro's talisman has the ability to hide its body, and can be used as a communication tool, or to deliver some small things that are not too large.

To put it simply, just like the crows in the Demon Slayer Corps, they are animals that have undergone special training.

Taking out the small blood-collecting prop given by Tamayo, Jiang Liu extracted enough blood before Ling Yuzi's body completely disappeared, and put it on the kitten. He watched it turn around leisurely and disappear into the shadows as it appeared.

"This cat is quite clever...but do we have to walk back to Tokyo from here?"

Jiang Liu couldn't help but twitch his lips: "Miss Zhu Shi, is this considered animal abuse?"

He shook his head and drove away the distracting thoughts in his mind. At this moment, the battle was basically over. Jiang Liu finally relaxed and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Then, the pain came as expected, draining all his strength in an instant, leaving him with nothing but his hand covering the hideous wound while sweating coldly.

He should be thankful that his heart and arteries were not injured, allowing him to sustain himself and complete the final kill, but Ling Yuzi's bone spur pierced his left lung, and he forced himself to use breathing techniques to squeeze out his body's potential, causing his injuries to worsen.

The blood loss alone made Jiang Liu's hands and feet cold, and his body temperature began to gradually drop. The severe pain caused by the torn wounds almost made it difficult for him to maintain consciousness.

Now, even an ordinary ghost could probably kill him.

But, we can't fall down now!

Reiyuko's blood demon art is not a space operation, which means that the owner of this house has not yet appeared. In order to protect himself, he should quickly meet up with Tanjiro...

"Jiang Liujun?"

A familiar voice came into his ears, Jiang Liu turned his head and saw Tanjiro, who was in a mess and seemed to have been through a tough battle. Next to him stood an ordinary young man and... a monster with a human body and a pig head.

"Monster? No, this guy is... It seems that the owner of the mansion has also been dealt with."

The heavy stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. Jiang Liu let out a breath and could no longer hold on, and immediately fell into darkness.

-

"Hmm...huh?"

I opened my eyes groggily, not knowing how long I had slept, but my body felt like it was rusted and I couldn't move, as if every inch of my muscle was covered with lead.

The first thing that caught his eye was the roof of the wooden house. It was still a Japanese-style structure, but the atmosphere in the air was not as cold as that of the ghost house. It seemed that he had been transferred to a safe place.

"It hurts..."

Just as he was about to get up, he felt a pain in his chest, and Jiang Liu couldn't help but grin.

At this time, a trembling voice came slowly: "Please be careful, the wound will take a long time to heal, Master Swordsman."

Jiang Liu turned his head while lying on the bed and discovered that there was a short, white-haired old woman kneeling beside him, who seemed to be taking care of him.

"Old man, where is this place?"

"My home." The old woman said slowly, "Where the wisteria flowers are in full bloom, ghosts will not come to disturb you. Sir Swordsman can rest and recover in peace."

So it was a collaborator... Jiang Liu immediately understood.

The Demon Slayer Corps is an organization with a long history. It has been able to fight against evil spirits for a long time. During this period, it even faced a crisis of near annihilation, but it was able to reorganize again and again. Of course, it cannot be a purely violent organization. In fact, it has many departments, but its core is the many swordsmen led by the pillars.

In addition to the front-line combatants, the Demon Slayer Corps also has a dedicated medical department, which is headed by the current Insect Pillar "Shinobu Kocho".

In order to make up for the personnel losses caused by the battle, retired swordsmen will serve as trainers and conduct the final selection.

Since the entire Demon Slayer Corps is separated from production and is in a sense "professional", they must accept financial support from the headquarters. The source of these funds is a secret, but it is likely that they come from the ancient family that founded the Demon Slayer Corps.

Then, there are the "public relations personnel" who negotiate with the government. After all, carrying a sword in this era is already quite conspicuous, which is very different from the shogunate era.

However, the family behind the Demon Slayer Corps has a long heritage and sufficient connections, so there is no need to worry about it.

The "Wisteria Flower House" is a shelter and supply point for ghost hunters.

In real life, there is no "return to city" button, and it is impossible for swordsmen to return to the fountain (headquarters or butterfly house) for treatment at any time after being injured. They must receive timely treatment, so such strongholds appeared.

A mansion with a wisteria pattern as its family crest - this is their characteristic.

These people are not official members of the Demon Slayer Corps, but for various reasons, they are willing to take the initiative to provide help to the Demon Slayer Corps. They will prepare the supplies they need for the swordsmen who come to seek shelter, and can also provide some rest methods and treatment for minor injuries.

Generally speaking, a penetrating wound to the internal organs like Jiang Liu's cannot be treated here, and he should be transferred to the Butterfly House for treatment immediately.

But Jiang Liu's physique was indeed better than that of ordinary people. His wounds were treated using conventional methods, and such serious injuries stabilized quickly, and gradually showed signs of improvement.

The owners of this house - an elderly couple, were also amazed at Jiang Liu's tenacity. In their long lives, they had never seen such an alien.

However, even though they were surprised, they were still happy for Jiang Liu.

Soon after Jiang Liu woke up, Tanjiro and Zenitsu rushed over. The excited red-haired boy almost gave Jiang Liu a bear hug, which made him realize how fragile he was now...

It was from them that Jiang Liu learned what happened afterwards that day.

After separating from Eru, Tanjiro meets the owner of the mansion in another room, along with two other demons and some weird guy wearing a pig's head as a mask.

Teaming up with the pig-headed monster, Tanjiro successfully killed the owner of the mansion and the other evil spirits, successfully eliminated the influence of the blood demon art, was able to escape from the maze-like mansion, and soon found the person with rare blood who was captured by the demon.

When they were looking for a way out, they saw a messy, half-destroyed room and an exhausted Jiang Liu...

Zenitsu outside protected the two children very well. When Tanjiro and others carried Jiang Liu out to meet up, Zenitsu was holding Shoichi tightly for some reason and looked frightened.

Next to him was a black bear as big as a hill, lying on the ground with no breath of life.

It seemed that he was killed by Zenitsu, but the strange thing was that Zenitsu himself was frightened into that state, even though he had no injuries at all...

"My mind went blank at the time. I was forced to fight back. In fact, I didn't know what happened. When the bear rushed over, I instinctively protected Shoichi and Teruko. When I came to my senses, this is what happened."

——Zenitsu said so.

Jiang Liu was quite helpless when he learned about this.

Agatsuma Zenitsu is a man of outstanding strength. At this stage, he might even be stronger than Tanjiro, especially his "unparalleled" sword speed. If you just look at his sword-drawing skills, even Jiang Liu would give him a thumbs up.

But he has no confidence as a swordsman, and he is not aware of his own strength...

There was nothing special after that.

The two children reunited with their brother. Tanjiro's crow flew from somewhere and gave them something like an amulet, saying that it could prevent ghosts from detecting the presence of rare blood. The three siblings sincerely thanked Tanjiro and others and left to go home.

Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and the newly joined pig-headed monster formed a temporary team in a very strange form after some twists and turns. They brought Jiang Liu to the "Wisteria Mansion" here under the guidance of the Crow to seek help.

After that, after being in a coma for a day and a night, Jiang Liu finally woke up.

Chapter 53: Hot Spring Beauty (Demon Slayer Special Edition)

After recuperating for several days at Zi Teng Hua Wen's house, Jiang Liu was gradually able to move freely.

Although Tanjiro and the Pig-Headed Monster also had injuries, they were just simple fractures and recovered faster than Jiang Liu. As for Zenitsu, he was completely unscathed. In a sense, Jiang Liu was the one who held back this time.

But although he was so self-deprecating, Tanjiro didn't think so.

Although he only knew from words that Jiang Liu's opponent was the Twelve Demon Moons and had never faced them in person, he could feel the intensity of the battle just from the messy scene. Tanjiro asked himself if he could survive such a large-scale attack that could destroy an entire room. The hardness of the remaining bone spurs found in the ruins also made him astonished.

Jiang Liujun is indeed very powerful - Tanjiro once again realized this.

By the way, Jiang Liu's Nichirin Sword was recovered by Tanjiro, but the Fuushi Zanpakutsu was still tightly held in Jiang Liu's hand, as if it was locked. Tanjiro did not take it off by force, which resulted in a lot of trouble in moving his body and healing his wounds.

In fact, Jiang Liu was quite surprised when he woke up and found that he still had Bailei in his hand.

In addition, Jiang Liu's last move "Mushinryu Zero" not only cut off the ghost's neck, but also cut his Nichirin Sword. Although it was forged with special metal, it was obviously not comparable to the Undying Slash, and Jiang Liu's own strength...

In short, the part near the guard of the sword was cut by Bai Lei to about half of its width, giving people the feeling that it might break at any time, and it was obviously unusable.

Jiang Liu needs to get a new sword, or hand it over to a blacksmith to repair and recast.

Well, the swordsmith who made the Nichirin sword for him probably wouldn't mind, right?

Although he seemed to have said with a smile, "If the sword breaks, the swordsman's bones will break as well, so please be careful," but judging from his tone, he might have been joking... probably!

There was only an elderly couple in this household. Jiang Liu and others moved in and were taken very good care of by them. It can be said that they did their best in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, making the injured swordsmen feel the warmth of home.

Although the word "home" has a rather complicated meaning to several people.

But there is no doubt that under this kind of care, the physical and mental conditions of several people are recovering rapidly.

As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, but I don’t know if it’s because the old couple’s diet therapy is too effective, or because of their different worldviews, but Tanjiro and the others’ serious fractures healed in just a week, and Jiang Liu will be able to recover his fighting ability in three or four days at most.

On this day, on the eve of bidding farewell to the mansion, everyone was given an exceptionally sumptuous dinner, and after dinner everyone returned to their rooms.

Due to limited conditions, there were no so-called single rooms. Instead, just like on a school trip, the bedding and quilts of several boys were placed together.

The pig-headed boy seemed to be hungry and had slipped out to look for food. He was not in the room.

"Nezuko-chan, come out quickly and play games with the brothers!"

The blond boy looked like a pervert and kept saying something as he walked around the wooden box in the corner of the room.

"Okay, don't be afraid. Do you like catwalks? Brother Zenitsu is very good at it. Can I teach you?"

But no matter how he tempted, there was no movement in the box.

Seeing that the wooden box had not been opened, Zenitsu looked bitter and turned to look at Tanjiro.

"What should I do, Tanjiro... Nezuko-chan won't come out at all."

Tanjiro Kamado smiled bitterly and said, "Zenitsu, you look so suspicious... No wonder Nezuko doesn't want to come out."

"suspicious?"

Zenitsu wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and said righteously: "How am I suspicious?"

“Everything is suspicious.”

Jiang Liu changed into a striped pajamas and walked over leisurely.

"Although Nezuko can't talk, she is very sensitive. You are too active, which may make her feel uneasy."

Having lived in this mansion for so long and sharing the same room, of course Zenitsu and the others could not hide Nezuko's affairs from them. In fact, Zenitsu himself was a person with very sharp perceptions and had known for a long time that there was a secret hidden in Tanjiro's box, but he had never asked about it for Tanjiro's sake.

It can also be seen from here that no matter how vulgar, suspicious, and cowardly Zenitsu behaves, he is indeed a gentle person at heart, but his gentleness is slightly different from Tanjiro's.

The gentleness of the red-haired boy is the tolerance that comes from being the eldest son.

After explaining the matter of Nezuko to them briefly, Zenitsu and the pig-headed boy accepted it very naturally, without any doubt or hostility at all... One can only say that in a sense, they are also slightly strange people, and their ability to accept things is too strong.

"But Nezuko-chan is obviously very close to you!"

Zenitsu said unconvincedly: "This is too unfair."

“That’s probably because I’m experienced.”

Facing Shanyi's puzzled look, Jiang Liu scratched his head and said with a smile: "After all, I also have a sister."

"Ugh?"