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Even before Muzan was born, he was tightly bound by the shadow of death, and his heart stopped beating for a time in his mother's womb due to his weakness.
It was even born into the world as a stillborn infant.
Before being cremated, he struggled and rolled around, crying like a newborn.
Although Muzan managed to crawl back from the brink of death thanks to his obsession with survival, he was still diagnosed with a terminal illness and was predicted not to live past the age of 20, and was bedridden most of the time.
It was this experience that gave him an extremely distorted desire to become a perfect being and to survive.
but……
"Good, good, you've tried very hard..."
"But what does all this have to do with me? It's not like someone's begging you to work hard!"
Xia Yan tilted his head, standing in front of Muzan and looking down at him. His eyes reflected the moonlight, revealing a divine coldness from his high position.
"Wait, wait! Don't come any closer! Don't come near me!!!"
"What do I have to do to make you let me go?!"
"Just let me go, and I'll do anything you ask, as long as it's within my power!"
These words, full of flaws, did not make Xia Yan feel heavy at all; on the contrary, he almost burst out laughing.
"Oh dear, you really are something, always thinking only of yourself..." Shaking his head in exasperation, Xia Yan continued:
"For a villainous boss to say such things as his last words is just too awful."
"Even if you can't fight to the death by any means necessary, at least you should face death with dignity, right?"
"Or are you actually pretending to surrender, planning to launch a sneak attack while I'm off guard?"
"Yeah, that's normal. After all, why would a bad person care about credibility?"
"..."
Xia Yan's words silenced Muzan.
What can he say.
Wouldn't it be a bit too low to say that you just want to beg for mercy?
But the problem is, he really didn't think that much about it!
And your kind of thinking is completely out of the ordinary for a so-called righteous person! You've said everything you could think of; no matter what I choose, I'm doomed!
We need to think of a solution quickly!
The five brains inside Muzan were spinning frantically, racking their brains for a way to survive.
The answer was none.
This made him extremely anxious.
He has already transformed into the impatient king.
Damn it! What's wrong with this guy?!
If I had just managed to eat one of those two female ghosts, I wouldn't need to be afraid of that damn spark anymore!
Huh? A female ghost?
correct!
"Wait, wait a minute, let's talk!"
"You shouldn't be averse to ghosts! After all, if you really had a hatred for ghosts, you wouldn't keep so many ghosts in your house!"
"Then why don't you become a ghost too! That way you can live forever with your lover and children! And you'll have mastered the skill of overcoming sunlight!"
"I will give you a lot of blood, and then your strength will be ten times, a hundred times stronger than it is now! I simply won't be able to control you! And with that woman Tamayo around, I still won't be able to control you!"
"I will hide away and go to another country, never to see you again, and I will never try to take advantage of you!"
At this critical juncture, the only thing Muzan could think of was bribery!
Other swordsmen might scoff at this, but in his eyes, Xia Yan shouldn't refuse.
After all, he's different from others; his family are all ghosts!
To be fair, if Xia Yan didn't have any special advantages, Muzan's offer would have been quite tempting for him.
After all, who wouldn't want to live forever?
Unfortunately, this "if" is not true.
“Tsk tsk,” Xia Yan clicked his tongue twice, his meaning unclear, “Kibutsuji Muzan, I have a question for you.”
"Wha, what?"
"Tell me, is fun more important to me, or is the immortality you offer more important?"
"Me!" Muzan answered without the slightest hesitation.
Xia Yan simply shook his head.
"Think again."
"..."
"Is this some kind of joke...?"
"Think again."
"...I'm still more important."
"Neither you nor Lezi are important to me..." Xia Yan's lips curled up, his eyebrows arched slightly, and his handsome face gained a touch of wickedness.
"It's important to me without you."
Upon hearing this, Muzan's previously anxious heart finally died.
He had realized that there was no such thing as who was more important; the person in front of him was just playing him for a fool!
"You bastard! How could you say such a thing! You're more evil than a demon! You and Yoriichi Tsugikuni, you two bastards are the real monsters!!!"
Perhaps realizing the situation and understanding that no matter how many kind words he said, it would be useless, Muzan revealed his true thoughts.
"Pfft, hahaha, you actually think that way? That's really funny!" Xia Yan burst out laughing.
"What's interesting about it? What's funny about it!?"
"What do you think your life is?!"
The question that was once posed by the man who almost killed him was now spoken by Muzan himself.
At that time, all he could think about was escaping. Although he remembered that sentence vividly because of Yoriichi Tsugikuni, he never understood its meaning.
After all, as a predator, he has no way of empathizing with his prey.
But now, when he has become someone else's source of amusement, he understands!
Taking lives should certainly not be a fun thing.
Life should not be someone else's plaything!
Only when the knife actually fell on Muzan himself did he truly understand the meaning of those words.
Chapter 449 Fireworks
Whether he was truly out of strength or simply feigning weakness to deceive his enemy, Muzan used both hands and feet to back away from Natsuhiko while speaking.
At the same time, we are doing our best to analyze the poison in his body.
Even with the cells of the Demon King, he still couldn't clear the toxins from his body, which made Muzan realize how troublesome this toxin was.
Therefore, he did not attempt to decompose all the poison directly.
The goal is simply to first decipher the part responsible for locking his body in place, preventing him from escaping through splitting, and then prioritize breaking it down.
Get out of this sad place as soon as possible and hide.
Just like how I avoided Yoriichi Tsugikuni back then, I'll hide from him for sixty or seventy years.
Once he outlives Xia Yan, he will become the invincible progenitor of demons once again!
However, this disheveled state was seen by all the Pillars who had just arrived!
Although most of them were unable to move due to nervous disorder and convulsions caused by Muzan's unexpected Blood Demon Art attack, some of them who were close by even lost consciousness.
However, Shinobu, Tamayo, and Kanae, who were medical professionals, were all fine.
So their symptoms were relieved very quickly.
The collision sound was so obvious that even without any markers, the Pillars easily found their way over.
When they watched as Xia Yan's crimson blade, gleaming with golden sparks, pierced Muzan's heart.
Muzan's body, like a piece of paper set ablaze, turned into ashes.
"..."
silence.
After witnessing Muzan's last remaining body parts vanish completely, none of the Demon Slayer Corps Pillar-level swordsmen present uttered a word.
However, the atmosphere at the scene seemed to have been ignited by an invisible flame of fervor.
"Muzan...is he already dead...?" A somewhat delirious murmur broke the silence.
Like a spark falling into gasoline, it directly ignited the originally frenzied but oppressive atmosphere.
"Down with Muzan! Muzan is dead!!!"
"You did a good job, you did a good job!"
"It's truly dazzling, so magnificent that no one can surpass it!"
"Namo Amitabha……"
These usually composed and steady individuals cheered like children, tears streaming down their faces uncontrollably.
Kanroji Mitsuri threw herself directly into Natsuhiko's arms.
"Yay!!! Xia Yan insulted Muzan, Xia Yan is invincible!"
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