I, the spiritual mentor of beautiful girls from all over the world

But this hope was perceived by the other two as a completely different kind of terror—

Inosuke Hashibira's beastly instincts screamed wildly: Purgatory is a lion, and she is a venomous spider lurking in the shadows, capable of killing with a single blow!

In Zenitsu Agatsuma's ears, purgatory was a bonfire, demons were drums, and she... was nothingness more complete than death.

……

Akaza's figure suddenly froze dozens of meters away.

The look of shock still lingered on his face.

"Who are you? Another 'pillar'?"

His [Destruction Kill - Compass] is frantically searching for enemies.

But the woman in front of him was completely naked.

There was no fighting spirit. No killing intent. Nothing at all.

Like a stagnant pool, a void.

His compass had never failed him so misbehaved.

"What...are you?!"

Shinobu Kocho ignored him.

She crouched down, took out a syringe filled with pale blue liquid from her bosom, and plunged it into Rengoku Kyojuro's carotid artery.

The cold medicine instantly washed away the life that was on the verge of extinction.

"Butterfly……"

Purgatory caught his breath; the bloody hole in his chest was still there, but his scattered consciousness was forcibly pulled back.

He couldn't understand why she was there.

According to the arrangement, shouldn't she be overseeing the overall situation from the temporary headquarters?

Ignoring the bloody hole in his chest, Purgatory struggled to warn him.

"Be careful! His Blood Demon Art allows him to predict attacks, his martial arts are at a master level, and his regenerative abilities are even more..."

Before he could finish speaking, all of Purgatory's thoughts came to a halt.

He saw Shinobu Kocho slowly rise up, pointing the tip of her strange Nichirin Blade diagonally at the ground.

A very simple starting stance.

But in his perception before his life was extinguished, this posture erased the last trace of her life force.

She became absolute "nothingness".

Shinobu looked at Akaza, her voice flat.

"He is no match for me."

silence.

"Ha...haha...hahahahahaha!"

Akaza was taken aback at first, then, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world, he covered his face and burst into wild laughter, laughing so hard that his whole body was shaking.

"Interesting! It's really interesting!"

He lowered his hand, his eyes filled with offended anger.

“I admit, your appearance was very strange, and your aura is also hard for me to figure out.”

"But is that what gives you the right to speak so arrogantly to me?"

"How dare a human who doesn't even have 'battle aura' presume to talk about the word 'opponent'?"

“Let me tell you,” Akaza’s smile turned sinister.

"In the face of absolute power, how laughable are your little tricks!"

The laughter has not died down.

A pink bolt of lightning tore through the air, accompanied by a sonic boom, heading straight for Shinobu Kocho's face!

The next second, a scene unfolded that made Rengoku and Tanjiro doubt their own eyes.

Faced with that iron fist powerful enough to shatter mountain rocks, Shinobu Kocho only slid half a step to the left.

A movement with the smallest amplitude.

Akaza's punch whistled past the edge of her haori.

Failed?

Akaza's mind went completely blank.

Immediately following was a tricky side kick, which she merely leaned back slightly, her toes just barely avoiding it.

Kick the upper leg!

Clean the hall in the next section!

A heart-piercing elbow strike!

Akaza's attacks grew faster and more frantic, creating a gust of wind pressure in the air.

No matter how swift his attacks were, Shinobu Kocho always managed to dodge them at the last second before they arrived, using the most energy-efficient technique.

Her movements lacked power, murderous intent, and emotion.

Like a machine programmed with perfect precision, every action is accurate to the millimeter, calm, efficient, and full of cold logic.

This is not a fight.

This is a one-sided farce.

"impossible!"

Akaza was finally horrified to discover that his [Destruction Kill - Compass] had not malfunctioned.

It could sense the fighting spirit of the purgatory, the fear of the boy in the distance, and even the life of the birds in the forest.

The whole world was within his perception.

Except for her.

In Akaza's perceived world, Shinobu Kocho's location was an absolute void, devoid of any information.

She's like a soulless doll!

But it is precisely this "doll" (bddd) who can perfectly predict everything about himself!

This goes against all his understanding of martial arts!

How on earth did she do it? !

Without battle aura, one cannot predict the future!

This is an ironclad rule that he has firmly believed in for hundreds of years!

But she... can perfectly predict everything about me!

Is it...

An absurd idea, so ridiculous it made him want to laugh, began to grow wildly in his mind.

Does she also have a 'compass'?

A different kind of "compass" that doesn't require sensing battle aura, but instead uses other methods... to directly "see" through all my movements?!

This thought humiliated him more than any physical blow or kick!

"What the hell are you, woman?!"

Akaza roared as he launched a frenzied attack, his mindset losing its balance for the first time.

The balance of power in the battle had already shifted dramatically the moment Shinobu Kocho uttered those words.

Suddenly, Shinobu Kocho stopped dodging.

The moment Akaza threw a straight punch, she advanced instead of retreating.

Her blade met the fist lightly.

【Breath of Karmic Poison - Modified - Form One - Interval】.

The moment the two made contact, a dark purple light, like an ink stain, suddenly shone on the blade!

"Pfft."

There was no clanging of metal, only the eerie sound of energy being 'erased' out of thin air.

Akaza's movements suddenly froze.

"what?!"

He looked down in disbelief at his fist.

On that surface, the destructive energy he was so proud of was like snowflakes being heated; a large chunk was forcibly wiped away, revealing the perfectly intact skin beneath!

Erased?

It wasn't defeated, it wasn't blocked, it was... wiped out?!

"What kind of breathing technique is this?!"

Akaza roared, needing an answer to explain everything that was shattering his understanding.

However, Shinobu Kocho did not answer.

This complete disregard was more humiliating to Akaza than any mockery!

Anger completely destroyed his composure as a martial arts fanatic!

“Answer me!!”

He abandoned all his exquisite moves and charged forward again in the most ferocious manner!

However, anger only creates openings.

Just as his old strength was exhausted and his new strength had not yet been generated, Shinobu Kocho finally moved.

This is the moment she has been waiting for.

The blade flashed, and the voice was icy cold, devoid of any warmth.

"The Breath of Karmic Poison - Modification - Unbridled Form - Scorching Heat".

A purple blade of light, condensed to its extreme, shot straight toward his neck like a torrent of hellfire!

Akaza's entire body is screaming!

He understood instantly.

My anger... was it her trap?!

Without thinking, he crossed his arms to protect his chest!

"Destruction Kill - Demon Core Eightfold Core!"

boom!

The purple light and the pink shockwave collided violently.

"Well…!"

Akaza was blasted more than ten meters away, carving a deep trench in the ground.

He scrambled to his feet, instinctively reaching out to touch his neck.

What came through my fingertips was warm blood and a deep wound that revealed the bone.

A chill ran up his spine and up to the top of his head.

Almost!

He was just a hair's breadth away from having his head chopped off!

This woman…

She and that Flame Pillar named Kyojuro are not even in the same league!