As an upper-rank demon, he has killed at least two dozen “Pillars” in the past hundred years, but no “Pillar” is more threatening than the demon hunter in front.
"It seems like I picked a bad opponent."
Coke still kept smiling.
Breath of Rock!
Type II: The sky is shattered!
Beimingyu Xingming's offensive continues.
"…We can't beat him, let's run away."
In the darkness, a voice of fear was heard.
Ji Nu and Ke Le looked at each other.
"Looks like we have to retreat."
Coke spread his hands and said.
"Next time we meet, I will kill you!"
He said something cruel out of anger.
Gyomei of Beiming Island was dragging the meteor hammer, and the upper-rank demon was right in front of him. He could not let the other party leave.
But the speed of the upper-rank demons is also beyond that of ordinary people.
In the devastated scene, only Beimingyu Xingming stood there alone.
Unable to sense the ghost's presence, and blind, he was unable to give chase.
A black crow landed on Beimingyu Xingming's shoulder.
"Tell the lord that the upper demon has arrived."
Beimingyu Xingming said in a low voice.
……
"What? An upper-rank demon!"
Yuzhong Jin did not receive this important information until dawn the next day.
The upper moons of the Twelve Demon Moons, the six most powerful demons under Muzan Kibutsuji.
Now it appears in the nearby area?
He also had an encounter with the Rock Pillar, Gyoumei Hirumi.
In other words, if Mitsugu continues to act as she did in the past, it will be her who will engage in a battle with the upper-rank demons.
"How can it be repaired?"
Of course Yuzhuanjin would not be afraid.
She is just an upper-rank demon. Now that she holds an SSR-level shikigami experience card, she is not afraid even if she faces the Demon King Muzan. It's a pity that an upper-rank demon slipped away from her hands.
That’s a random SR-level Shikigami!
"Tell me what happened at that time, Xingming."
Ubuyashiki Yoya let Gyoumei of Beiming Island describe the details.
The process of meeting is skipped directly for now, and Yuzuru is more concerned about who the upper-rank demon that Gyomei met on Beimei Island is.
"That ghost was very strange. At first, his aura was very weak, but the evil aura on his body was very strong. It wasn't until I took action and split him in half with my chain axe that he became two powerful evil ghosts, far more threatening than the lower string. But this is not the main point. After my chain axe chopped off the head of one of the evil ghosts, the other party recovered again and did not die."
After that, Beimingyu Xingming asked: "My lord, do you know anything about this?"
"Even a jade-forged axe blade can't kill him? Even if it's an upper-string one, it's impossible."
Ubuyashiki Yoya's expression gradually became serious, and then he sighed, "I'm sorry, I don't know much about this. Muzan Kibutsuji's Upper Moon has always been very mysterious. Although we have encountered it in the past hundred years, most of the people who directly faced the Upper Moon Demons, even the previous generations of the 'Pillars', have not survived, and we have not killed any of them."
"A ghost that can split? I seem to know who it is."
Yu Zhongjin looked at Beimingyu Xingming and asked, "What you saw...hiss, didn't the voice you heard at first seem a little old? But after the split, it became two younger ghosts with strange behaviors."
"That's right. The two ghosts that split apart both have very extreme personalities. One is irritable, and the other is careless. They didn't care even when their companion was beheaded."
Beimingyu Xingming nodded affirmatively.
"That's right."
Yuzhuanjin was finally confirmed.
"Do you know the identity of that upper-rank demon?"
Ubuyashiki Yoya hurriedly asked Gozentsu.
"Upper String Four, Hantengu, and the Demon of the Clone."
Yuzhongjin explained: "Normally he acts as a weak old man, but when threatened, he will split into four ghosts of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness. Each clone is based on the template of Hantengu's youth, but their personalities are very different."
"The Wrath Demon is the embodiment of Hantengu's anger. His blood demon art is to create a staff that can release lightning. Those struck by lightning will either be paralyzed or die on the spot."
"Kola Ghost, the embodiment of Hantengu's happy emotions. His blood demon art is to create a fan that can blow out strong winds. The winds it blows out are enough to easily crush the ground and create huge pits."
"The clones you are facing should be these two."
……
"If it can be divided into four, then what are the remaining two clones? Why haven't I seen them?"
The sad sound of the island is asking questions about the underworld.
"Kuki-ki is the embodiment of Hantengu's joyful emotions. Compared to other clones, his body is quite special. He is a half-bird man with wings on his back, a bird's body in the lower half, and bird claws on his arms. His blood demon art is to roar out extremely high-decibel destructive sound waves from his mouth."
Yuzhongjin continued to introduce: "Aijue ghost, the embodiment of Hantengu's sorrowful emotions. The blood ghost technique is to create a cross-patterned spear that can send out several shock waves to attack. Its power can even easily penetrate the body of a ghost. The four ghost clones all have powerful abilities, but the more clones there are, the more physical strength is required to maintain them."
"Then how do we kill him? Do we need to cut off the necks of all his clones at the same time?"
Beimingyu Xingming wanted to know the answer to this question even more.
"No, the four clones mentioned above are the basis, but not the most important. After Hantengou splits, he also has an original body. It is not any of the emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness. It is 'timid', the timid one."
Mizoejin tells her everything she knows about Upper Rank Four: "When the first two clones of the wrathful ghost and the coke ghost were created, the fear should have been generated."
"But there were only two ghosts."
Beimingyu Xingming can be sure of this.
"No, there is a third one, but you can't see it."
The "cannot be seen" mentioned by Yuzhongjin does not mean that Hantengu's Qi cannot be seen, but that Beimingyu Xingmei himself is blind and cannot see. She continued: "Qi is very small. Compared with the powerful strength of the four ghosts of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, Qi's combat ability is extremely low, but he is very strong. Because of his weakness, his breath is almost non-existent and cannot be sensed, not to mention his size, which is only the size of a mouse."
"It is so."
Hearing this, Beimingyu Xingming was particularly surprised.
Although ghosts have different abilities, it is rare to see one this strange.
"In addition to the four ghosts of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, Hantengu also has two stronger clones, hatred and evil. Hatred is the fusion of the four ghosts of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, while evil is Hantengu's last resort when in extreme danger."
Yuzhongjin finally added: "Only when Qie is killed, Hantengou will truly die. The remaining clones are all powered by the power of the original body, so no matter how many times he is killed, he can be resurrected, unless you kill dozens of clones and Hantengou completely loses his physical strength."
"What a difficult guy."
After knowing Hantengu's abilities, Ubuyashiki Yoya became even more solemn.
No one in their generation, or even in the previous generations of the Demon Slayer Corps, has ever killed an upper-rank demon. Ubuyashiki Yoya, who has only taken over the Demon Slayer Corps for a few years, also feels a lot of pressure.
"Um, Miko-sama, why do you know so much about the Upper Rank Demons?"
Ubuyashiki Yoya suddenly raised his head.
"I am a clergyman."
Yuzhongjin answered in a matter-of-fact tone.
Isn't it a common story for a priest to exorcise a demon?
"Then I wonder if there is any way to fight against the upper demons?"
Ubuyashiki Yoya thinks Ozontsu is very professional.
"There is no other way except to fight."
Yuzhongjin spread his hands.
"Then, does Miss Miko have any information about other upper-rank demons?"
Ubuyashiki Yoya felt that this information was very important, so he wanted to know more.
In this case, Yuzhuanjin no longer concealed it.
Describe all the abilities of the Upper Moon Demons.
As for the Lower Moon Demons? In the original novel, after they died of exhaustion, they were considered useless by Muzan and almost all of them were exterminated. Ootenjin didn't know much either, so he only mentioned the Lower Moon One.
Ubuyashiki Yoya hurriedly wrote down this information, as this was information that his ancestors had not obtained for several generations.
Having said that, the most important problem at the moment has not been solved.
Upper Moon Four's Hantengu is still in the surrounding area. If the location of the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters is found, Muzan will definitely send a group of demons to attack.
Therefore, we must never let Hantengou know the situation here, and we must repel or kill it from the outside.
"During this period of time, please help me, Miss Miko."
Ubuyashiki Yoya began to prepare for the transfer of positions for "Hidden", and at the same time tightened the Demon Slayer Corps members in the surrounding areas, ready to fight against the Upper Moon Demons at any time.
"Of course."
Yuzhuanjin will not let go of that reward package easily.
As a mere Upper Rank Four, as long as he is not in the top three, there is no possibility that Yuzhongjin will be forced to use the precious SSR-level Shikigami Experience Card.
Even the top three are not without the ability to fight.
……
At the same time, deep in the dense forest.
The escaped Upper Rank Four Hantengu collected all his clones and returned to his old form. He squatted in the place covered by the endless tree shadows, still with a timid look on his face. He held his head with his hands and muttered, "What should I do? What should I do? That human is so strong."
Although there were only a few rounds, neither Ji Nu nor Coke could suppress him together. In other words, he would be defeated. He trembled all over at the thought of this.
Hantengu, who was just a petty thief in his life, cannot get rid of it even though he has become an upper-rank demon now, and his tendency to bully the weak and fear the strong has even been strengthened.
"Ah my, isn't this Bantiangou? We haven't seen each other for more than 70 years. Why are you crying again when I see you?"
As the voice rang out, a pot rolled to Bantian Dog's feet. The mouth of the pot opened and a strange-shaped ghost squeezed out of it.
Its entire body is white, with yellow eyeballs and green lips. It has dark purple fins on its head, a mouth where its eyes should be, eyes on its forehead and mouth, and several small arms growing from its head and other parts of its body.
The pupil on the forehead has the word "上弦" (upper string) on it, and the pupil on the mouth has the number "五" (five) on it.
Upper Five, Jade Pot!
"Why are you here?"
Hantiangou asked unkindly.
"Because you didn't handle the matter well, the adults assigned me to carry out the task together."
Yuhu was actually satisfied with Hantengu's performance. If it weren't for the other party's incompetence, he would not have been appointed by Muzan to handle such important matters.
"I can handle it. I don't need you at all!"
Bantengou was also angry about this. Yuhu's ranking was one number lower than his, in other words, he was not his opponent, so he did not hide the anger in his heart.
"You have messed up. The master asked us to quickly deal with the witch, otherwise the other 'pillars' will arrive." Yu Hu said with a sinister smile.
……
As news of the Upper Moon Demons spread, the atmosphere in the Demon Slayer Corps became increasingly tense.
Ubuyashiki Yoya even wrote a letter to the former Flame Pillar, Rengoku Makijuro, hoping that the latter could come to help.
There are very few top-level fighters in the current Demon Slayer Corps. Although the former Flame Pillar, Rengoku Makijuro has retired for a long time, at this desperate moment, they still hope that the other party can lend a hand.
Ubuyashiki Yoya didn't know much about the Upper Rank Demons, but in the past hundred years, only the Upper Rank Demons had killed the "Pillars", but no "Pillars" had killed the Upper Rank Demons, which was enough to show that those demons were extremely powerful.
It is very dangerous to fight against it with one "pillar". Even if that "pillar" is Gyōmei Hiraoka, even if there is also a Mōnatsu, as long as there is still a possibility of danger, Ubuyashiki Yoya hopes to eliminate it.
"My dear, the Water Pillar, Urokodaki Sakonji's crow is coming back for a visit. That Pillar is on his way, but the journey is long and will take some time. Even at the fastest, it will take at least two days."
