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

Tanjiro Kamado held his breath, and Inosuke and my wife were also stunned.

They stared intently at the wound.

Just now, even something as powerful as Purgatory, risking its life, was merely stalling for time...

But the butterfly... she's actually... dominating the Upper Moon demon?!

They were so close to successfully beheading him!

Not only them, but also Rengoku Kyojuro, whose only remaining eye was filled with monstrous waves.

He knew better than anyone what that clash meant.

That wasn't just a simple victory, but... a complete crushing defeat.

"Damn...!"

Akaza's breakdown was not just physical.

It's more about the spirit.

This revolutionary fighting style caused cracks to appear in his belief as a martial arts fanatic.

The next moment, he revealed another flaw!

【Breath of Karmic Poison - Modified - Third Form - Black Rope】

Shinobu Kocho's figure instantly transformed into a series of afterimages.

The blade was incredibly fast, gliding lightly across Akaza's limbs.

The scratches were almost imperceptible.

Akaza instinctively pulled away and retreated abruptly.

But it's too late.

He felt a tingling numbness in his hands and feet, followed by an extremely uncoordinated stiffness!

His perfect control over his body went awry!

"Huh?! This time it's poison?!"

To his horror, he could feel his Upper Moon-level regenerative abilities being destroyed by an unknown force!

The burning pain from the wound felt like being torn apart by a million venomous insects!

A dozen seconds later, the tiny scratches not only failed to heal, but instead showed signs of widening!

Now, Akaza is truly scared!

He himself, Upper Moon Three, was no match for this woman!

How could mere human 'Pillars' of the Demon Slayer Corps be this strong?!

He raised his head and stared intently at the woman.

What he saw was no longer the coldness of before.

A sickly flush appeared quietly on her snow-white cheeks.

The corners of her mouth were uncontrollably curving upwards into a slight smile.

What is she laughing at?!

Could it be... that they're enjoying the process?!

My martial arts... were so desecrated and defiled by her!

……

A faint glimmer of dawn appeared on the eastern horizon.

Dawn is coming!

Akaza's expression changed drastically; the instinct for survival overwhelmed everything, including dignity.

He turned around and tried to rush into the forest!

But Shinobu Kocho's figure appeared like a ghost, blocking his way.

Her smile widened even further.

It was a kind of... almost sacred, morbid beauty.

"Want to escape?"

Akaza tried to break through several times, but she held him back with her incomprehensible footwork and swordsmanship.

As the daylight grew brighter, he completely descended into madness.

"Stop it! Stop it!!"

He let out the most humiliating, hysterical roar of his life.

"Don't look at me like that! You crazy woman!!"

Just then—!

A ray of golden morning light pierced through the mist in the forest and shone precisely on the back of his raised hand!

Zhi——!

A wisp of smoke rose, accompanied by excruciating pain as flesh was burned!

This light, this pain, became the final straw that broke his sanity!

Chapter 140: Shinobu Kocho: Teacher, are you satisfied with my graduation ceremony?

A ray of golden morning light pierced through the mist in the forest and shone precisely on the back of his raised hand!

Zhi——!

Smoke rose.

A searing pain, like flesh being set ablaze, became the final straw that broke his sanity!

time is limited!

His martial arts skills honed over hundreds of years, his pride as an Upper Moon demon—were utterly crushed in front of this woman.

Now, all that remains in his mind is the most primal instinct.

Live!

"[Spell Unfolding - Final Form - Azure Silver Chaotic Remnant Light]!"

Akaza poured all his remaining strength, along with his torn pride, into his fists.

Thousands of punches in a second!

A devastating shockwave erupted in all directions, leveling an area of ​​hundreds of meters in radius.

This is the ultimate embodiment of his lifelong martial arts skills.

Not for victory, but to blast a path to survival.

The moment he unleashed his ultimate technique, he didn't look back and charged towards the forest behind him with all his might.

He succeeded.

He broke out of the woman's target range.

However, what he heard was not the sound of the wind fading away behind him.

Instead, it was a whisper laced with endless mockery.

"forest?"

The sound was soft, yet it clearly penetrated his ears.

“The concept of a ‘safe zone’ doesn’t exist in a teacher’s classroom.”

Akaza's heart skipped a beat.

He turned back sharply.

He saw it.

He saw the woman standing at the edge of the morning light and slowly raised the knife in his hand.

An unprecedented, terrifying aura that made his soul tremble erupt from her petite body.

She didn't look at him.

Her gaze fell upon the vast forest from which he had escaped.

"The second lesson taught by the teacher—"

Shinobu's voice carried a morbid excitement, as if she were about to complete a task.

"Let the prey die from its own delusional hopes."

"【Breath of Karmic Poison - Modified - Land Form - Unending Karmic Dragon】!"

A massive, dark purple venomous dragon roared forth from the tip of her blade.

It did not pursue Akula.

Instead, it crashed directly into that vast forest!

Zi La La——

A horrific scene happened.

The entire forest is dissolving at a rate visible to the naked eye!

Trees snapped in silent agony, and the land turned into black mud emitting poisonous fumes.

Akaza didn't even have time to take a step back before the ground beneath his feet was completely swallowed up in the next instant, turning into a flowing swamp of poison!

He had nowhere to hide!

“Ahhhhh——!”

A piercing scream tore through the dawn and shattered the sky.

He was being eroded by the terrifying toxin starting from the soles of his feet. His previously cut hands and feet were already numb, and now he couldn't even struggle.

He fell heavily to the ground, and half of his body was instantly swallowed up by the black mud!

……

On the other side of the battlefield.

Hashibira Inosuke stood frozen in place, the word "powerful" completely reshaped in his beast-like mind.

Zenitsu Agatsuma's eyes rolled back, and in utter shock, he collapsed to the ground and fainted.

And beside them.

Kyojuro Rengoku plunged his broken Nichirin Blade deep into the ground, using the hilt as leverage to keep himself from collapsing completely.

With his remaining single eye, he stared intently at the scorched earth and at the petite figure in the center.

A name suddenly exploded in his mind.

【The Breath of Karmic Poison】

He knew the name and had seen glimpses of it at the Zhuhe Conference.

But he never imagined that the final form of this breathing technique would be such a... almost "world-ending" divine punishment.

This is beyond the scope of what can be explained by "swordsmanship" or "breathing techniques".

No, this isn't even a breathing technique that Shinobu Kocho "learned".

This was simply... a power that 'teacher' directly 'bestowed' upon her!

He saw it.

It is not a stronger "pillar".

Rather, it was a kind of "power" he had never imagined.

That Upper Moon demon, regarded as a natural disaster, has claimed the lives of countless Pillar-level comrades over the centuries...