Demon Slayer: The Second God Who Walks the Earth

Chapter 90 Utterly Shameless

Gyokko is dead. Meanwhile, Muzan, who is hiding in the Infinity Castle, learns of this news and receives the scene before its death.

A chilling aura emanated from its feet and spread throughout its body, causing it to tremble uncontrollably once again.

It originally thought that Chiba Yo was just similar in appearance to Yoriichi, and that its Upper Moon form would be able to kill him. However, the scene that Gyokko transmitted before his death showed that this was not the case at all.

Although it was a sword technique it had never seen before, the intense heat it felt made a lasting impression on it. It was certain that this was the breathing technique Yoriichi had used: Sun Breathing.

When Chiba Yo encountered Muzan last time, he was somewhat stunned by Muzan's ability to split into two and escape. He didn't have time to use his sword skills and simply slashed with his crimson blade, so Muzan's impact wasn't too strong.

From the images transmitted through the jewel pot, Muzan clearly felt the same emotions he had when facing Yoriichi back then.

When not making a move, he is just like an ordinary person, but once he makes a move, it is as powerful as thunder, giving the enemy no time to react. Even if the enemy is aware of it, his body cannot react.

This can't go on. The demons outside will be wiped out one day, and when that happens, the entire Demon Slayer Corps might be mobilized, and they might discover my whereabouts...

Muzan covered his face with one hand, his eyes trembling. He was now treating Chiba Yo as Yoriichi.

It hadn't cared much about the Demon Slayer Corps before, but now it was starting to feel fear because it remembered that when it met Chiba Yo, he was wearing a Demon Slayer Corps uniform underneath.

It wasn't that it was afraid of the other members of the Demon Slayer Corps, but rather that they would find its hiding place and then Chiba Yo would find out.

It quickly devised a countermeasure, summoning the three Upper Moon demons. These three Upper Moon demons were not only the three most powerful demons under it, but they also frequently recruited employees for the demons, and they contained the most Muzan blood in their bodies.

"Master Wuhan."

Kokushibo, Doma, and Akaza quickly arrived at the Infinity Castle and knelt on one knee before Muzan.

"I will give you more of my blood. After that, you will create more ghosts for me outside. You don't need to focus on strength, but the quantity must be large, and the locations must be spread out, not all in one place. Understand?"

Muzan got straight to the point and addressed the three Upper Moons.

Its idea was to create more demons so that the Demon Slayer Corps and Chiba Yo would be too busy dealing with them to bother with it.

Although the Upper Moon can also create demons, it requires its blood; in essence, it is the only one capable of creating demons.

"If you need more blood, you can ask me for it anytime."

Muzan continued to add.

This time, it didn't hold any criticism meeting to scold all three of them. Its tone was much calmer than before. Now is the time when it needs these three Upper Moons. Muzan doesn't want them to suddenly run into any trouble.

The reason the remaining two Upper Moons weren't called was because they weren't strong enough and had personality issues, making them unsuitable for this kind of work.

The three Upper Moons were somewhat surprised by Muzan's change. Seeing that Muzan was in such a good mood today, Doma assumed that Muzan was also in a good mood, and immediately resumed his previous playful demeanor, saying to Muzan with a grin, "I understand, Lord Muzan, I will do my best in this mission."

Then, feigning confusion, it asked, "If I were to encounter that boy you mentioned last time, should I kill him or turn him into a ghost?"

Hearing Doma's nonchalant words, Muzan was furious and immediately wanted to rip his head off.

You speak so easily of killing the man I fear so deeply, and even want to turn him into a ghost? If you can really do that, I'll give you my throne as the Ghost King!

A fleshy whip with sharp spikes grew out from Muzan's back, and the spikes at the front instantly pierced Doma's forehead.

While giving his blood to Doma, Muzan said to the three Upper Moons, "Gyokko is dead. He died at the hands of that boy I told you about last time. The battle was over in an instant. That guy couldn't even last two moves."

Akaza and Kokushibo were startled upon hearing Muzan's words.

Although Yu Hu's strength is far inferior to the two of them, the strength that could instantly kill Yu Hu is likely to have surpassed theirs.

"Thank you so much for your generous gift, Lord Muzan..."

Doma's brain was pierced by Muzan's spiked fleshy whip, and a large amount of blood flowed into his body from the tip of the spike, causing him to be somewhat confused and unable to speak clearly.

Akaza glanced at Doma beside him, feeling quite dissatisfied that it wasn't the Upper Moon who had died.

"You need to be smart when you're doing this. Don't die like Gyokko, without accomplishing anything, understand?" Muzan pulled out the spike stuck in Doma's forehead and spoke to the remaining two Upper Moons.

It means that once you encounter Chiba Yo, you should run away as soon as possible and focus on the task it has assigned you.

"My subordinates know."

Kokushibo and Akaza responded.

After giving some of his blood to Kokushibo and Akaza, Muzan had Nakime teleport him back to the depths of the Infinity Castle, leaving only Kokushibo, Doma, and Akaza behind.

Having received a portion of Muzan's blood, their strength was enhanced to some extent.

"King Akaza, I'm so happy to see you again so soon." After Muzan left, Doma put his arm around Akaza's shoulder and said to him with a very warm smile.

Then its rainbow-colored eyes looked at Akaza's face, and just as their faces were almost touching, Doma spoke to Akaza:

"I heard that you were recently forced to flee by a Pillar and were scolded by Lord Muzan. I didn't expect Akaza's strength to have declined to such a degree? This is all because you didn't eat people properly. If this continues, you might be the next Upper Moon to die. I'm really worried about you."

Although I'm a picky eater and only eat girls, I do eat humans quite often, and my appetite is quite large, unlike Lord Akaza who almost never eats people. I think…”

Before Doma could finish speaking, a fist loomed large in front of it and then made intimate contact with its face, instantly obliterating the upper half of its head, with blood and flesh splattering everywhere.

For Akaza, Doma's actions were nothing short of both physical and mental torture, and this time it attacked without warning.

In the blink of an eye, Doma's upper head regenerated. Instead of being angry, he smiled happily at Akaza and said, "What a powerful punch! It seems that Lord Muzan's blood has made you stronger. Lord Akaza, I can trust you a little more now."

Chapter 91 The Curse of Ubuyashiki

Although Doma's words were very venomous, Akaza's main reason for smashing his head was that he disliked Doma himself, and it had little to do with what Doma said. Doma's words were automatically treated as nonsense by Akaza.

"Get the hell away from me."

Akaza spoke calmly, without even glancing at Doma.

This time, Kokushibo didn't say anything, but directly told Nakime to teleport it back.

"Send me back, Pipa Girl."

Akaza spoke to Nakime.

"Yes, Lord Akaza."

Nakime responded and then plucked the lute to send Akaza back. Before Doma could speak, she sent it away as well.

After killing Gyokko, Chiba Yo wandered around the town to make sure there were no other demons there. Then he found a place to write a letter and asked Crow to deliver it to Tamayo. After that, he returned to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters.

Upon returning to headquarters, Chiba Yang saw Kyojuro jogging. After a period of treatment and recuperation, he was now able to do some exercise that wasn't too strenuous.

"Teacher Rengoku!"

Chiba Yo ran towards Kyojuro with some surprise and then asked happily, "Is Teacher alright now?"

Kyojuro stopped for a moment after hearing Chiba Yo's voice; his left eye was still wrapped in bandages.

"It's Xiaoyang! Butterfly said I can do some light exercise now! I feel like my bones are going to melt after lying in bed for so long! I need to get my body back to its previous state as soon as possible so I can get back into the fight!"

Kyojuro answered enthusiastically.

"That's great!"

Chiba Yo was very happy about this situation, as being able to exercise meant that he was not far from a full recovery. However, when he saw the bandage wrapped around Kyojuro's left eye, his mood became slightly depressed.

"The teacher's eyes..."

"Hahahaha! It's just one eye. Even though Himejima is blind, he is still very powerful. Even without this eye, I can still slay demons and protect humanity!"

Kyojuro laughed a few times and said nonchalantly.

Upon hearing Kyojuro's words, Chiba Yo realized that his left eye was most likely beyond repair.

"I heard your mission target this time is an Upper Moon. How did it go?" Seeing that Chiba Yo's mood had become a little down, Kyojuro changed the subject and asked him.

"I encountered Upper Moon Five and managed to kill it after some effort," Chiba Yo replied.

He did put in some effort, spending the whole day trying to find out where the ghost was, but it came to him on its own.

Kyojuro was very pleased to hear Chiba Yo's words and was happy about his stepson's strength.

"Congratulations, Chiba! You are now the only swordsman in the Demon Slayer Corps to kill an Upper Moon in the last hundred years!" Kyojuro congratulated Chiba.

"Thank you, teacher. I was just lucky," Chiba Yo replied somewhat embarrassedly.

He then said to Kyojuro, "I hope you recover soon, teacher."

Kyojuro accepted Chiba Yo's blessing, and after the two said their goodbyes, Kyojuro continued his rehabilitation training, while Chiba Yo went to the Ubuyashiki mansion to report on the mission to his lord.

Since Chiba Yo's crows were sent to deliver a letter to Tamayo, Kagaya still didn't know whether Chiba Yo had successfully killed the Upper Moon.

After listening to Chiba Yo's report, Kagaya became excited.

"Well done, Yang! This century-old stalemate has finally changed!"

Kagaya excitedly sat up from the tatami.

Chiba Yang hadn't noticed that Kagaya's body was still under the covers, but now that he sat up, he saw that Kagaya's arm had the same purple scar as the one on his forehead, which even extended to his forearm. The scars on his face were almost covering his entire face, and even his neck.

"Cough! Cough! Cough!!"

Yaozai had only said two sentences when he bent over and coughed violently. Tenon, who was standing next to him, quickly supported him.

"My lord!"

Chiba Yo also worriedly supported Kagaya from the other side.

"Huh...huh..."

After catching his breath, Kagaya raised his head, still feeling incredibly excited.

"Fate is about to take a dramatic turn! This ripple will continue to spread! It will cause a huge tremor on the entire surface of the water, eventually alerting that man!"

"Kibutsuji Muzan! We...we must completely eradicate you, the only stain on our clan, in this generation!" Kagaya continued excitedly.

For over a hundred years, the Upper Moon among the Twelve Demon Moons has remained unchanged, while the Pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps have been continuously reduced. Now that this situation has been reversed, Kagaya's excitement is beyond words.

Because of an anomaly like Muzan Kibutsuji within the clan, the entire Ubuyashiki clan was cursed, and all newborn children died young due to their weak constitution.

Just when their clan was on the verge of extinction, they received advice from the God Lord to dedicate all their efforts to eliminating Muzan.

From then on, the Ubuyashiki family married daughters of priestly families generation after generation, and devoted all their efforts to the task of eliminating Muzan.

As a result, newborns in the tribe no longer die prematurely shortly after birth, but even so, no one in their tribe still lives past the age of thirty.

Kagaya knew that the curse on their clan could only be lifted after Muzan was defeated.

Like all the Demon Slayer Corps members, he was working for that "tomorrow," so that their children wouldn't have to bear such a heavy burden, wouldn't have to suffer from this illness, wouldn't have to worry about such a large organization from before they were even ten years old, and wouldn't have to spend their entire lives trying to eliminate Muzan...

They can do what they love, they can live a long, long life, they don't have to lie in bed from their twenties thinking about the Demon Slayer Corps' next plan while waiting for their own death...

For such a "tomorrow," Kagaya is willing to give everything, even if he is tormented by this curse to the point of wishing he were dead, he will try his best to live and give everything to eliminate Muzan.

"Cough cough! Cough cough! Pfft..."

Yaozai coughed violently again, this time even coughing up blood, staining the carpet on the floor red.

"My lord, you should rest. We will definitely destroy Muzan! You must witness that day with your own eyes."

Chiba Yo was very worried about Kagaya's condition, and he quickly tried to comfort him.

Will I be able to witness that day arrive with my own eyes...? If I could... I'd love to see it too...

Chapter 92 Reunion with Genmi

Kagaya was aware of his physical condition. If he didn't push himself, he might not be able to hold on for more than a month. Even if he endured the pain and forced himself to continue, it wouldn't prolong the time much longer. Although he wanted to see Muzan's demise with his own eyes, he knew that was probably impossible.

Before he died, all he could do was use his remaining life to do his best to eliminate Muzan.

After leaving the Ubuyashiki mansion, Chiba Yo's mood became somewhat downcast.

He could clearly sense how well his lord was feeling, but he was powerless to do anything about it.

Just then, Chiba Yo heard someone calling him and turned around to find that it was Genya, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

Genya had grown considerably taller than before, and Chiba Yo was somewhat shocked by his rapid growth.

The last time they met, he said he was going to become Gyomei's apprentice. After that, Chiba Yo never saw him again. But that's normal. It's really hard for two swordsmen in the Demon Slayer Corps to meet by chance, since everyone is basically on a mission.

When Qianye Yang first encountered Xingming, he thought about inquiring about Xuanmi's situation, but as more and more things came up, he gradually forgot about it and now he doesn't even know whether Xuanmi has successfully become an apprentice or not.

"It's Genya, it's been a long time." Chiba Yo greeted Genya.

“Indeed, you’ve become a pillar in all this time…” Genya looked at Chiba Yo with envy in his eyes.

He had heard about Chiba Yo when he was training on Himeya Island. After learning that Chiba Yo had become a Pillar in less than a month, he once took it as his motivation for training and desperately wanted to become stronger.

However, although he has indeed made progress, his improvement in strength is extremely limited, and most fatally, he still hasn't mastered the breathing technique.