From Demon Slayer: Thunder Swordsman

The hand ghost at the side scratched his head without knowing how seriously it was hitting, and immediately pieces of flesh and blood were scraped off by the hand ghost's own nails.

The hand ghost wondered in his heart:

Did I say that? Did I really say that?

I remember I didn't say that? But if I didn't say that, how could this guy know all these things?

At this time, the hand ghost had fallen into deep self-doubt.

Jiujo Tachibana completely ignored the hand ghost's reaction and continued:

"As you know, this is where the official members of the Demon Slayer Corps are tested. I can't just interfere."

"So this battle between you all depends on you!"

"Don't die!"

As soon as Kujo Tachibana finished speaking, his figure disappeared without any warning from the eyes of the two men and the ghost!

...

"Water Breathing - First Form - Water Slash!" ×2

Filled with rage, Santo and Giyuu swung their Nichirin swords together and aimed at the confused Shougui in front of them.

The two of them, one on the left and one on the right, chopped at the hand ghost's neck!

"puff!"

"puff!"

After Giyuu's Nichirin Sword cut off the two hands on the left side of the hand ghost's neck, the blade was grabbed by the third hand on the hand ghost's neck!

However, Xuantu's attack cut off the hand ghost's right arm near his neck!

Santo's Nichirin Sword went straight in until it was blocked by the spine of the Hand Demon.

The collision between the knife and the bone made a crisp "ding" sound!

Unfortunately, the power of Xuantu's knife was blocked by the hand ghost's arm, with 80% of the force blocked, so he failed to behead the beast.

The fear of death that almost came from being beheaded instantly awakened the hand ghost.

Looking at the fox masks on the two men's foreheads, the hand ghost became even more furious.

Controlling nearly a hundred arms around the body, growing rapidly!

The two of them were pushed away in an instant.

Xuantu and Yiyong, who had fallen to the ground, were each hit by dozens of punches and were already dizzy and dazed by the hand-held ghost hammer. They both fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of arms quickly intertwined until they turned into two long and huge giant arms!

The hand ghost controlled the two huge arms from a distance, and smashed them heavily towards the place where the two fell! He roared loudly:

"Rin Taki!! Rin Taki!!"

"And you two little brats!"

"Go to hell!"

At the critical moment, Xuantu suddenly pushed Yiyong who was beside him away, and used the counter-thrust to roll backwards quickly with the knife in hand.

"Dong..."

"Dong..."

After two muffled thuds, two huge holes had been created on the compacted forest ground by the hand ghost's attack!

"Hey! There's this trick? I don't think it's in the anime!"

"Will they be unable to bear it?"

Kujo Tachibana, who was hiding in a tree nearby, stroked his chin and muttered to himself.

Looking at the holes on the ground, Xuantu and Yiyong were instantly frightened and broke out in cold sweats!

"Yiyong! I'll entangle these two hands! You go and cut off its neck!" Santu held the Nichirin Sword, blocked in front of Yiyong, and said with a firm face.

Yiyong took a step forward, came to the side of Santu, shook his head, and said expressionlessly:

"I'll hold these two hands, and you go and chop his neck!"

Unfortunately, before the two of them could assign tasks, the hand ghost's attack came again!

The two of them hurriedly waved their swords to block, and the two small figures crashed into the huge arm in front of them like ants trying to shake a tree!

"bang"

"bang"

The next second, the two men turned into two cannonballs and were hammered dozens of meters away by the hand ghost!

When Yiyong landed on the ground, he suddenly spit out a large mouthful of blood. Then his legs went weak and he fainted.

Xuantu wasn't feeling well either, even though he used the water breathing sword form to relieve a large part of the force.

But his hands were injured, and the force of his sword swings was far less than before!

The nine oranges on the tree couldn't help themselves and gave instructions to the rabbit below:

"Xiantu, stay absolutely focused during the battle and don't be distracted!"

"Don't be impulsive, adjust your breathing!"

"You are not as strong as it is. Think about the characteristics of Shuihu! Don't fight it head-on!"

“Stone may be tough, but water can wear it away!”

"Also, this ghost isn't as powerful as you think!"

"The speed at which he attacks is not faster than yours!"

"Moreover, its attack in this form is not flexible enough and takes a long time to charge."

"Normally, you should be able to dodge it with your speed. If you let him hit you, you will fail!"

Santo held the Nichirin Sword in both hands and did not look for the location of Kujo Tachibana. He just stared at the body of the Hand Demon and nodded, indicating that he knew!

The next second, the hand ghost's attack came again!

"suck..."

"Water Breathing - Form Three - Flowing Dance!"

For the next fifteen minutes, Xuantu did not attempt to counterattack.

Relying only on the acceleration brought by the Water Shouting Sword Type - Flowing Dance, he slid like a loach and dodged the attacks of the hand ghost.

The hand ghost, who had been unable to attack for a long time, began to get annoyed, and the gap between the two long giant hands became bigger and bigger!

A gleam of light suddenly flashed in Xuantu's eyes!

The opportunity is coming!

This ghost has adapted to my current dodging rhythm!

"Water Breathing - Form Nine - Water Stream Splash!"

In an instant, the rabbit seemed to have turned into a turbulent stream of water!

Ignoring gravity, he stepped on the long arm of the hand ghost, spinning and jumping back and forth, avoiding the attack from the hand ghost's other arm.

Until Xuantu followed the long arm and came in front of the hand ghost!

"Water Breathing - Form Ten - Life Flow!"

(It spins and tumbles like a dragon. The more it spins, the more powerful the slash will be.)

With the force brought by the dozens of rotations, the Sun Blade in the hand turned into a sky-blue water dragon, roaring and slashing at the hand ghost's neck!

this moment!

The hand ghost seemed to see Lin Taki.

...

"Clap clap clap..."

Jiujo Ju jumped down from the tree, clapping his hands, looking at Santu with admiration, and praising:

"You have mastered the Water Sword form very well. You can even combine the Nine Form and the Ten Form!"

"If I have time to perfect it, this will be a new type of water sword!"

Xuantu just smiled slightly, then fell to the ground...

Kujo Tachibana looked at the exhausted Santu and the unconscious Giyuu with a confused look on his face and couldn't help but slap his forehead!

Miscalculated! If he had known earlier, he would have come here by himself. Now he has to take care of these two little brats!

Chapter 23: Everyone passed?

In the narrow misty mountains, night.

“Huff…Huff…”

I saw Giyu Tomioka gasping for breath and suddenly sitting up from the ground.

While using the stick in his hand to push the hare above the campfire to prevent it from getting burnt, Xuantu turned back to look at Yiyong and said softly:

"Yiyong, you're awake! Mr. Ju has left. He said your injury is not serious. Just rest for a few days and don't do anything."

"You must be hungry too! Don't worry, the rabbit will be ready soon."

Tomioka Giyu nodded absentmindedly, looked at Santu, and murmured:

"I just had a dream. I dreamt that you died!"

"Then I passed the selection for the Demon Slayer Corps."

"Later, I became a water column..."

"What happened next? What happened next?" Xuantu didn't care at all that "he was dead". Instead, he urged Yiyong to continue.

Tomioka Giyuu recalled the increasingly vague dream in his mind, and after a moment, he spoke:

"later..."

-

The Demon Slayer Corps Fujishigeyama's formal member assessment will begin in seven days.

Shinichiro Koyama, a Class A member of the Demon Slayer Corps who was in charge of the team admission assessment, looked at the young men on the platform on the mountainside with a puzzled look on his face.

I thought secretly in my heart:

"There are quite a lot of people who passed the test..."

"Are all the newcomers this year so strong?"

"Let me count, one...two...three...thirty-nine!"

After counting the number of people, Shinichiro Koyama took a breath!

"Nani!"

"Did I mess up this mission?"

"Have all the ghosts on the mountain sneaked away?"

Not a single newcomer was eliminated!!

If they were all allowed to pass!

The tamagane that Shinichiro Koyama brought was not enough.

(Tama Steel: The ore used to make the Sun Blade.)

This is something that has never happened in the history of the Demon Slayer Corps!

Just as Shinichiro Koyama tightly grasped the Nichirin Sword in his hand, walked to the entrance to the mountain, and prepared to go up the mountain to find out the situation.

After searching Fujixi Mountain and confirming that there were no living people, Jiujo Ju also walked down the mountain.

As he walked, he held a booklet in his hand and started writing quickly.

These are some of my personal thoughts and opinions that I have put forward over the past seven days based on this assessment.