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"Remember, just stall for time!"
After leaving those words, Xia Yan took a step forward and, like a raging 3.5-degree wind sweeping across the land, ran straight towards the location of the Half-Heaven Dog.
After seeing Xia Yan's figure disappear, Yu Hu's tense expression instantly relaxed, and he looked at Kanroji Mitsuri with a grin.
"Whoosh, little girl, it's perfect that you're a Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps!"
"As long as I kill you, even if the main objective is not achieved, Lord Muzan has never blamed me."
"After all, with that monster who killed Akaza and Doma around, it's understandable that I failed! Don't worry, I'll make you into a work of art and treasure you!"
Faced with Gyokuko's obvious disdain, Kanroji Mitsuri simply raised her Nichirin Blade in anticipation.
She wouldn't allow anyone present, including herself, to get hurt until Xia Yan returned!
Chapter 415 Strange Handles Increase
Clang clang clang clang—.
"Enemy! Ghosts are coming! Enemy! Protect your own clan chief! Bring out the swords prepared for the pillar and protect them! Where's the village chief? Protect the village chief! Where is the village chief?!"
The piercing alarm bells rang throughout the entire knife-forging village, and countless knife-forgers wearing ugly fire-man masks fled in panic as instructed.
After all, the village of sword forging had been hidden for over a thousand years and had never been discovered by ghosts.
They had never faced such danger before, so naturally they couldn't evacuate in an orderly manner.
Not to mention, what came was an Upper Moon demon!
"Hahahaha! Just a slap and he was flattened? So many people to kill, how delightful! Don't you think so, pent-up anger!"
Above the eaves, a naked demon with dark skin, green eyes, and two horns on its head was admiring its masterpiece with a neurotic smile.
Although he was outstanding, his features still had a touch of heroism, making him somewhat handsome.
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He gently waved his fan at the fleeing crowd.
A powerful gust of air suddenly shot out, like a stamping machine, leaving a deep crater on the ground that looked like a maple leaf.
"What's funny? What's so hilarious? I just feel angry! It's the same being around you! Cola!"
The one who answered him was a red-eyed demon, dressed in a long robe, with a clear expression of anger on his face.
He was gritting his teeth, looking as if he was ready to hit someone at any moment.
As if to emphasize his emotions, he slammed his ringed staff hard on the ground, making a clattering sound.
"Really? Then it's great that we're separated!"
The demon known as Cola responded with a grin, licking its lips as if to provoke its companion.
The word "joy" was clearly written on its tongue.
Upon closer inspection, although the two ghosts had drastically different expressions, their facial features and physiques were exactly the same, as if they had been made from the same mold.
At the same time, the words "Upper Moon Four" are engraved on their eyeballs.
It was exactly what Yu Hu had mentioned before: Upper Moon Four, Hantengu!
"It's so noisy! That damned bell is making me even more irritable!"
As if angered by the tolling of the bell, he slammed the tin staff down again in a fit of rage, and a crackling sound of electricity rang out.
The next second, a bolt of lightning shot out from the tin staff in his hand and flew straight toward the swordsmith who was still ringing the bell.
"Ughh ...
The swordsmith who was ringing the bell only had time to let out a mournful cry before falling from the bell tower, his body charred black.
"Pfft, hahaha, that person has turned completely black! So funny! Hehehehe..."
After witnessing Ji Nu execute the swordsmith on the clock tower with lightning, Cola burst into a hysterical laugh, as if he had seen something funny again.
Keng——
The laughter abruptly ceased as the blade flashed.
A swordsman dressed in a Demon Slayer Corps uniform stood behind Cola with a ferocious expression, and with a single slash, he beheaded him.
However, it was the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen responsible for protecting the Sword Forging Village who, after discovering the two demons standing on the roof, sneaked up to carry out a decapitation operation.
"Success!"
The Demon Slayer Corps members showed expressions of surprise and delight.
After seeing the words in the other person's eyes, he had no intention of going back alive; he just wanted to buy as much time as possible so that more people could escape.
But to his surprise, he succeeded so easily, as if the other party had no intention of being on guard and had deliberately been beheaded.
The next moment, the swordsman's expression was replaced by horror and disbelief.
All that could be seen was that Kong Xi's severed head had a slight upturn at the corner of its mouth, and at an incredibly fast speed, its entire body grew back. Before it even hit the ground, it transformed into a bird-man with wings on its back and yellow pupils.
Meanwhile, a head rapidly regenerated from his body, still resembling Kong Xi.
This terrifying rate of regeneration even surpasses that of Upper Moon Two, Doma.
"Hahaha, this is wonderful! It's been so long since we've been apart! You did a great job, you did a great job!"
While showering the demon with praise, the demon, whose wrists and ankles were covered with bird claws, mercilessly pierced the demon hunter's heart with a single claw!
His bright yellow eyes were narrowed to slits, and with the wicked smile at the corner of his mouth, his whole face looked like a comical bean face.
"It's a pity, it's not very durable, it broke in no time!" He stuck out his tongue with a grin, and there was a bright "喜" (happiness) character written on it.
"Shut up, Kongxi, your laughter is making me even more irritated..."
"Really? Well, I wonder if I could help you calm down a bit?"
Before the evil spirit could finish speaking its furious words, it was interrupted by a voice that suddenly came from its body.
At the same time, a hand was placed on his angry shoulder, the gesture as natural as that of an old friend.
The three identical 630 evil spirits were all startled, their faces filled with panic and bewilderment as they looked in the direction from which the sound came.
A tall, muscular man with hair flowing from the back of his head and an incomparably handsome face was seen with his left arm around the neck of someone who was filled with rage.
After noticing the votes from several people, he even had the leisure to raise his right hand and wave it in greeting.
It was Xia Yan who had come all the way from Yuhu!
With his unpredictable speed alone, it was impossible to keep the three ghosts standing there obediently, listening to Xia Yan's greeting.
What truly stopped the three demons of "anger," "joy," and "happiness" was the demon that Xia Yan revealed when he greeted him—the one he held in his hand!
It was a ghost about the size of a mouse, and it looked like a figurine.
However, its design is quite ugly.
He looked to be about seventy or eighty years old, with a face full of wrinkles, and a huge tumor swollen between the two horns on his forehead.
It is the true form of Hantengu—"The Fearful Demon".
However, after arriving at the scene, Xia Yan did not immediately engage in battle with Hantengu. Instead, he used the Byakugan's search ability to directly capture Hantengu's hidden true form!
Chapter 416 The Half-Heavenly Dog is About to Arrive at the Battlefield
"You bastard! When did this happen...?!"
With their main body being used as a weakness and held in someone's hands, the furious expression that was originally clenching their teeth instantly turned into a wide-open glare, and even Cola and Kongxi lost their smiles.
Xia Yan narrowed his eyes in displeasure upon seeing this.
"Heh, you dare speak like that with your true form in my grasp? Kneel down, or else..."
As he spoke, Xia Yan had already placed the Nichirin Blade against the neck of the timid demon, his intention to test the waters was all too clear.
Kneel or die!
"How despicable! That damned demon hunter—"
"Ok?"
Cola seemed to want to say something more, but Xia Yan had no intention of listening to him. He didn't say anything, but simply slashed the blade in his hand towards the timid ghost's thin neck.
crunch--
Brilliant sparks and blood splattered out together.
A piercing sound, like the sound of steel rubbing against each other, rang out, indicating just how tough the dog's neck was.
However, it was of no use.
Just like a sharp knife cutting tofu, the razor blade sliced into most of the neck in one go, leaving only a little skin and flesh sticking together.
"Please, have mercy! I haven't done anything wrong, and I've never hurt anyone. It was them, it was all them! Please don't kill me—"
The dog let out a painful howl and frantically begged for mercy.
At the same time, Ji Nu, Ke Le, and Kong Xi also wisely knelt down in front of Xia Yan without saying a word.
"Please feel free to tell me what you need."
"Smart!" Xia Yan nodded in satisfaction, looking at the sensible half-dog. "Do you know why I was able to pinpoint your weaknesses so accurately?"
"It was all Yu Hu who told me..."
Upon hearing this, all of Hantengu's clones' pupils shrank, revealing expressions of disbelief.
"You see, we've never met before, so how could I possibly know your abilities and weaknesses?"
"Whether it's your weaknesses or your location, all of this was told to me by that guy named Yu Hu~"
"That guy wants to use me to get rid of you and then become Upper Moon Four himself. It seems the competition among you demons is quite brutal and fierce!"
Xia Yan said this as if it were a serious matter.
By this time, Half-Heaven Dog had already believed it to be 80%.
After all, just as Xia Yan said, they had never met before, so he had no way of knowing his abilities, let alone easily capturing his true form!
Someone must have betrayed their information.