Chapter 27: The Village of Eternal Life—The Day of the End!
Different!
totally different!
The layers of white snakes hissed and turned into pieces, and Xiao Banei's palm holding the knife was full of sweat!
No matter whether it was the Lower Moon he met before or the priest, no one had ever been able to give him such great pressure!
Just standing there seemed to be the center of everything, even the air was struggling to escape.

Xiao Banei found it increasingly difficult to breathe and opened her mouth to gasp for air.

"Hey, swordsman."

Su Beixun opened his palm, and the half-broken blade in his hand fell down.

He lowered his hands and raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "Do you know why I only killed that tall man and ignored you?"

"……Why?"

Xiao Banei moved his lips. His bandages had been thrown away, revealing the hideous scar at the corner of his mouth.

"Because I don't care."

Su Beixun slowly raised his hand.

The solidified space began to flow instantly!
Houses are flying around, stairs are collapsing, and everything out of order is being reorganized!
Xiao Banei's pupils shrank when she saw the child who suddenly appeared in front of her!
Swing the blade horizontally!
"The priest wants your eyes, and Kamado Shigeru wants to save his brother... So, I will fulfill their wishes."

The slender wrist pressed down, destroying all resistance with overwhelming force!

"Even if they fail, it won't affect me at all!"

He pressed his palm over the winding Nichirin Sword and grabbed Obanai's medium-length hair as he looked at him with a grave concern.

Su Beixun grinned and swung his arm behind him!

A crisp sound of bone breaking!

The neck is stretched and then has mottled marks of fracture!

The pale spine twitched weakly in the air, stained red with blood, and fell to the ground!
Su Beixun lifted Xiao Banei's frightened head, looked into his quickly lifeless heterochromatic eyes, and smiled slightly.

"Look, it's that simple."

Xiao Banei's lips opened and closed, and he died silently with his pupils dimming.

"I... Mr. Iguro?!"

Tanjiro, who had just regained consciousness, roared in disbelief when he saw this scene, stood up, grabbed the Nichirin Sword and slashed down.

The wound on his abdomen was barely stopped by contracting his muscles. The pain was severe, but he was too immersed in a different vision to ignore it.

——The whole world is transparent!
Beating heart.

Contracted muscles.

And the blood vessels that rise and fall with breathing...

Everything is so clear!
【I can see clearly! 】

Tanjiro was highly concentrated, staring closely at Su Beixun's muscular body.

[Before he moves, I can predict his next move by the direction of muscle force! ]

【As long as you control the rhythm...】

【I will definitely win! 】

Hot air gushed out, and the red color started from the handle and spread to the tip of the knife little by little.

In an instant!

Blood is flowing!

Tanjiro's pupils dilated! A familiar arm flew out from the corner of his eye!

The thick blood plasma splashed out!

He stopped in a daze, looking at his empty right arm, and screamed uncontrollably.

Nezuko immediately stood in front, and her sharp five fingers formed into a claw and slashed down!
However, Su Beixun grabbed his wrist and crushed it easily.

"Nezuko!!"

Tanjiro's face was distorted with pain, but he still cared about his injured sister first.

Su Beixun pulled lightly, and the tough muscles and bones were like loose building blocks and were pulled away from the body in an instant!
The blue tendons stretched and then broke, and the pale arm continued to twitch.

"Why are you so unbelievable?"

Su Beixun lowered his eyebrows and looked at the stunned Tanjiro gently: "Do you think that if you gain new power when you are on the verge of death, you can turn the tables in any situation?"

He shook his head slightly, and scarlet blood flowed down his pale skin.

"Reality is not fiction. A brave man who suddenly realizes and kills the devil in seconds only exists in fantasy."

"The gap in talent, the gap in skills, the gap in race..."

"Everything between you and me is so different, how can it be overcome by just a skill or faith?"

Tanjiro gritted his teeth, rolled to the broken arm, pulled out the knife and held it in his other hand.

The blood from the shoulder was all over the place.

"Mr. Uzui, Zenitsu, and Inosuke...how are the three of them?!"

Su Beixun smiled and said, "Do you want to see it?"

He snapped his fingers.

The space twisted and then straightened out, and three bodies fell from the sky.

The tall man with white hair had his eyes wide open, blood was hanging from the corners of his mouth, and there was a transparent hole in his chest, and the heart inside was missing.

The yellow-haired Agatsuma Zenitsu was stabbed in the heart with two crossed knives.

Inosuke Hashibira, who was wearing a wild boar mask, had his head chopped off by a knife.

"I killed this man... The other two died together in the illusion."

Veins bulged on Tanjiro's forehead and his pupils were bloodshot.

"You bastard!"

He rushed out angrily, his violent heartbeat was like a drumbeat, causing the blood to flow faster and faster!

Colorful patterns!

Nezuko cooperated and attacked from behind with her regenerated arm.

“It’s such a tedious struggle.”

A sharp wind condensed in the darkness!
The two shadows on the ground instantly split into four sections!
Like a large ink spot in an ink painting, the blood from the neck dripped from the sky.

Two spherical objects fell to the ground with a plop and rolled aside.

Su Beixun looked at Nezuko who was struggling to heal, picked up Tanjiro's knife, and stabbed it straight into her forehead.

Purple eyes focused on the familiar blade. Perhaps finally realizing that her brother was dead, Nezuko finally dissipated into ash in despair.

then.

The Infinite City fell silent again.

Su Beixun threw all the dirty corpses outside, and disappeared here with a thought.

……

It was already late at night.

The lights in Tokyo were still bright.

Pedestrians gathered in twos and threes, discussing with inexplicable expressions the shocking scene displayed by the priest on the wooden stage. Whenever they talked about the immortality of heart-wrenching, they became so excited that they could hardly control themselves.

People are always wary of the unknown, but when they are in large numbers, they tend to ignore the dangers and instead think about how to stand out from their competitors.

Su Beixun cleaned himself up and walked leisurely among the crowd.

[Entering the Evolution of Glory], the focus is all on the word "glory".

What he needs to do is to implant the concept so that ghosts can be accepted and desired by most people.

This is not difficult.

It should be said that compared with the previous world, it is simpler than one can imagine.

The two points of immortality and immortality alone are enough to attract a large number of followers. Add to that the top-down promotion of meritocracy by controlling the top government officials and creating a new privileged class, and everyone is flocking to it.

"Sir!" The white-haired woman following behind called out softly from some point on.

Su Beixun didn't even turn his head: "What's wrong?"

"The Demon Slayer Corps has made some unusual moves. They must have known you were here."

[Eyes]'s ability is similar to Su Beixun's, and is also activated by injecting blood - she can share vision with the creatures she has marked.

Although it has little offensive power, it is quite practical.

Su Beixun raised his eyebrows: "Have any crows flown out of Tokyo Prefecture?"

"not at all."

"Really?" Su Beixun touched his chin, and when he thought of the white snake that disappeared from Xiao Banei's body, he roughly understood what was going on.

The woman asked again: "Do we need to eliminate them in advance?"

"It doesn't matter."

Su Beixun didn't care: "They are just some clowns, no one can match them."

The woman bowed: "Your Excellency is right."

##
The crescent moon sets in the west, and the forest is darkest before dawn.

A gust of cold wind blew, and the white snake curled up on the ground suddenly straightened its upper body, spitting out its forked tongue that trembled in the air.

"What's wrong, Lord White Snake?"

The dozing [Inu] perked up and asked hurriedly.

The white snake did not respond. It just bounced its slender body and swam quickly to the southwest corner.

“Wait… please wait a moment!”

The dense trees slid past the man and the snake at a rapid speed.

The members of the [Hidden Department] reached out to brush away the branches in front of them, and a bloody smell suddenly penetrated their noses!

He immediately slowed down and became alert, but the white snake scurried even faster on the ground!
As I got closer, I could vaguely see a mutilated corpse wearing a Demon Slayer Corps uniform under the dim moonlight.

He was startled and tried to move closer, but his toes kicked something round.

A head rolled on the ground for a few times, revealing a dead face covered in plaster and with a scar on its forehead...

The white snake was lying on the chest of a headless corpse.

Not moving, as if dead.

##
It's finally dawn.

After a night of rapid response, all the elite members of the Demon Slayer Corps gathered outside Tokyo.

The only five remaining [Pillar-level] swordsmen gathered around the six mutilated corpses, each with a different look on their face.

[Water Pillar] Tomioka Giyuu, wearing a two-color patchwork jacket, stared at Tanjiro's body in a daze.

The [Love Pillar] Mitsuri Kanroji, who had long cherry-pink pigtails, hugged Obanai's head and cried loudly.

[Insect Pillar] Shinobu Kocho's hollow pupils rarely showed anger and murderous intent as she collected the corpses of Aka, whose identities she could barely identify, bit by bit.

The strong and blind [Rock Pillar] Gyoumei Beimingyu clasped his hands together and shed tears silently.

[Wind Pillar] Fushigi Miya's face was covered with scars, and his eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the corpse on the ground.

"Please take these heroes back and bury them properly."

Ubuyashiki Yoya bowed his head and prayed, then spoke to the member of the [Inubu] next to him.

"Yes, my lord."

Immediately, several people carried the wooden coffin forward.

"Everyone."

Ubuyashiki Yoya glanced at the faces of the swordsmen behind him one by one, took a deep breath, and said with a gentle yet firm expression: "Let us in."

Kocho Shinobu frowned when she heard this: "My Lord, it would be better for you to return to the headquarters and take charge."

Ubuyashiki Yoya shook his head gently: "I am no longer a useless person who needs your care. How can I continue to hide behind and watch you fight to the death?"

"Besides, there is power buried by the Ubuyashiki family in Tokyo Prefecture, and I need to activate it myself!"

He paused, then continued: "After entering the mansion, we will act separately."

"How can this be possible?!" Fuzugawa Shima objected: "Your safety is of vital importance to the Demon Slayer Corps!"

"Please rest assured! Before I came here, I have already told Huiliya that if I die, he will take over the reorganization and operation of the Demon Slayer Corps."

"But……"

"It's okay, Saneya." Ubuyashiki Kazuya gently interrupted him: "Everyone has his own mission. If we insist on staying together, I will only become a burden to you."

"And this battle cannot tolerate the slightest negligence!"

He looked solemn.

"There is one more thing I need to remind everyone."

"I don't know if any of us have been hit by the other's [Blood Demon Art]. So, you must be more vigilant about what you see!"

After some instructions, everyone walked into Tokyo Prefecture.

Ubuyashiki Yoya left alone without hesitation. The remaining five people looked at each other for a moment and decided to act together.

Although this is extremely conspicuous, it also avoids the risk of defeating them one by one, and may even actively lure the enemy over.

Tokyo Prefecture is just as lively during the day as it is at night, with an endless stream of hawkers hawking their wares in the shops and colorful ribbons fluttering overhead.

Several children were running around the street holding balloons.

Shinobu Kocho scanned the area, quietly checking for any suspicious spots.

There is a constant flow of people.

In the hustle and bustle, a pedestrian suddenly bumped into her arm.

"Sorry, are you okay?"

Shinobu Kocho staggered, then came to her senses and hurried to help.

But just when his hand was halfway extended, it suddenly froze in mid-air!

The little kid in the black top hat raised his head, curved his scarlet eyes, and gave her an innocent smile.

"I'm fine."

Clang!
The friction between the blade and the scabbard!

The Sun Wheel Sword glows coldly!

The tip of the knife with a black barb fiercely stabbed at the shoulder of the person in front of him! But the dull resistance in response made Kochi Shinobu's pupils shrink sharply!
[Can’t… penetrate? ]

The tip of the knife cut through the clothes, leaving a dent under the pale skin, but... there was no blood.

Su Beixun looked at her tightly stretched and trembling wrist, pinched the blade with two fingers, and slowly lifted it up: "No matter how powerful the poison is, if it cannot be injected, it is no different from non-existence."

The Nichirin Sword creaked during the struggle between the two sides.

Shinobu Kocho felt the enormous power coming from the other end, her eyes solemnly looked over Su Beixun's shoulder, and shouted loudly to the other four people not far away.

"it's useless."

Su Beixun smiled slightly and said, "They can't hear your voice at all. And in their opinion, [Kohiko Ninja] is still following the team, searching for the traces of the evil spirit with them."

The pedestrians around were walking by talking and laughing.

They walked around the place, and everyone turned a blind eye to the strange scene.

Shinobu Kocho narrowed her eyes, feeling a deep chill in her heart.

##
Busei strode forward in the dense crowd.

Perhaps because of his ferocious face, other pedestrians would subconsciously keep away from him, leaving a relatively spacious space.

The other four followed behind.

suddenly!

There was a cry of surprise. Suddenly there was a commotion among the crowd in front of him!
Busikawa's pupils narrowed and he immediately squeezed inside against the fleeing crowd.

When he saw the scenery in the center, anger instantly surged in his eyes!
——In broad daylight, a man with two horns on his head was hugging a woman tightly, opening his mouth and biting her throat hard!

The next moment!
Four green claw-shaped wind blades slashed across the man's head swiftly.

Fushigi Miya held the Sun Blade in his hand, and his body reacted before his brain.

The man screamed suddenly.

He fell to the ground, and blood gradually spread into a pool as he twitched slightly.

Just as Busei was about to go forward to check on the woman's condition, a slender figure suddenly blocked his way.

He was about to get angry, but when he saw the person coming, he held back: "What are you doing, Kocho Shinobu?!"

The Insect Pillar frowned and said in a serious tone: "I am the one who wants to ask you, Master Busukawa! Why do you kill people?"

"Huh?!" Fuzukawa Miya's eyes twitched, and he said angrily: "Human?! I killed a ghost!"

As he was speaking, he suddenly saw the man's split head squirming and gathering together in his peripheral vision, and he immediately reached out and pushed the girl in front of him away.

"Step aside!"

He looked very unhappy. He didn't expect that after Su Beixun became immune to sunlight, other evil ghosts actually had the same ability.

【How disgusting! 】

"Amitabha."

Just as Busei was thinking about how to finish off Beimingyu Xingming, he suddenly put his hands together and said to him, "Please wait a moment, Mr. Wind Pillar!"

Busei paused and didn't want to look back.

Beimingyu looked at Kocho-nin again: "Sir, what did you just see?"

"A man in his 30s held a woman hostage at knifepoint."

Beimingyu was silent for a moment: "But what I saw was a pale man with two horns on his head biting a woman's throat."

The remaining two people also expressed their opinions and found that among the five people, only Shinobu Kocho saw a human.

"According to what the lord said, most of the Demon Slayer Corps were infected. Therefore, I think what the [Insect Pillar] saw is the truth!"

This is what Beimingyu Xingming judged.

But Fushigawa Miya frowned.

He looked at the man lying on the ground.

The pupils were filled with hatred and murderous intent, the head was wriggling to heal, and the skin was pale, like a corpse soaked in water...

Busei picked up one of the man's broken horns, feeling the smooth and tough touch, and felt from the bottom of his heart that what he saw was real.

He raised the knife again.

Shinobu Kocho frowned but didn't say much.

——Since the man is already dead, even if Busui Kawai wants to kill him, he can do it.

She turned her head and wanted to ask the others about what they saw, but when she saw Tomioka Giyuu beside her, she immediately turned her head and faced Kanroji Mitsuri on the other side.

Just as she was about to speak, Shinobu Kocho suddenly saw out of the corner of her eye that Busei Kawai actually stabbed the woman's chest with a knife while she was sitting on the ground and had not yet come to her senses!

"What are you doing?!" She still couldn't help but ask out loud.

Fushigi Miya pulled out his knife, looked at the still moving piece of flesh and then stabbed it again.

The woman let out a shrill scream and looked at them pleadingly with tears in her eyes.

"Enough!" Kocho Shinobu shouted angrily, stepped forward, grabbed Busei's collar, and threw him out without noticing.

Busei turned over and landed steadily, with a bad expression: "Damn it! Can you guarantee that what you saw is absolutely true?!"

"No matter who is right, it is best for everyone not to act rashly before it is truly confirmed."

Kocho Shinobu protested.

She walked quickly to the woman's side, took out some herbs and applied them to the wound.

"Tsk!" Fushigi Miyabi tightened his grip on the knife again and again, and finally turned his face away in dissatisfaction, removing his sight from the ridiculous scene of treating the ghost.

But unexpectedly, as he healed himself, the man opened his mouth and bit Shinobu Kocho's shoulder!

"Damn it! Get out of the way!"

The dark green knife swept through the storm, but was blocked by a chain.

"Sad Sound Island!! Do you want to die?!"

"Amitabha... Lord Fuzugawa, please calm down."

Beimingyu said sincerely: "Before you can truly distinguish clearly, acting impulsively will only lead to murder!"

The chain stretched straight, causing Busikawa to take a step back.

Veins bulged on his forehead and he stared at Beimingyu fiercely. He endured it again and again before giving up the idea of ​​taking action.

"Hey! Shinobu Kocho! Get away! He's eating your flesh!"

Shinobu Kocho paused for a moment, frowned, and asked softly, "You said he was eating me... Did the evil spirit you saw die?"

"How can it be!"

“Then there will be no problem.”

Shinobu Kocho's movements were unhurried: "My blood contains a huge amount of wisteria flower poison. If he really eats it, there is no way he will be fine."

She bandaged the woman's wound carefully, then stood up and said, "Mr. Busikawa, what you saw was an illusion!"

The atmosphere was silent for a moment.

Busei looked at Shinobu Kocho's arms, which were only bones left but could still move freely, and sheathed her sword, and finally believed what she said.

"...I understand. From now on, I will follow your instructions."

He looked down at the still squirming head, feeling a shadow in his heart - if everything he saw was an illusion, didn't that mean... he had killed a human with his own hands?
Beimingyu Xingming patted his shoulder and said, "This is not entirely your fault... If you want to atone for your sins, I will shoulder the responsibility with you... However, all this must be done after defeating the Ghost King."

Busei snorted coldly and slapped the hand off his shoulder.

But at this moment, Giyu Tomioka, who had been silent all the time, suddenly pressed the hilt of the knife.

"careful!"

……

ghost!
A lot of ghosts!
Suddenly, a group of pale ghosts of various shapes rushed in from all directions of the street!
They bared their fangs and claws, and surrounded the five people with a hideous grin!
"Your Excellency, Insect Pillar!" Beimingyu shouted.

Shinobu Kocho immediately said, "It's people! They are the ones who saw a murder happen here and came over to watch!"

Busikawa had a ferocious look on his face, looking at the evil ghost so close at hand and trying his best to suppress his impulse: "Damn it! Let's get out of here first!"

As soon as the words fell, the evil spirits around them immediately rushed towards them.

A woman opened her mouth and bit Uzui's arm hard.

Blood immediately flowed out!

"Damn it! What the hell is going on?"

Busei swung his sword angrily, but when it hit him, he reacted and quickly turned the sword over.

Beimingyu used his strong arms to sweep away the evil spirits that surged up: "Sir, what do you see now?"

"It's the government guards, they want to arrest you."

"Are there any wounds on my body?"

"No, not at all."

Cold sweat instantly broke out on Beimingyu's forehead.

He looked at the red marks on his body caused by scratching, feeling the burning pain, his expression changing.

Such an illusion!

so true!

So terrible!
"Don't delay any longer! Let's go!" Shinobu Kocho shouted.

However, these four people had tied their own hands and feet and could not escape the continuous tide of ghosts.

Tomioka Giyuu calmly asked, "How many humans are there around us?"

"13! I'll stop them!"

【13?】

He looked around and saw at least a hundred evil spirits.

【So, most of them are just illusions! 】

He loosened his arms and legs slightly and increased his strength, using the back of the knife to smash the arm that was hugging his waist, twisting it.

But even so, the owner of the arm continued to stick to him without hesitation.

"Fake!"

Seeing this performance, Tomioka finally made up his mind.

The blade slashed sideways, and a head flew up into the sky!

Blood was splattered.

The man's head was spinning in the air, but when it landed, the pale skin had disappeared, replaced by the most normal human face.

Tomioka Giyu was in a trance for a moment, the sharp sword light paused, and then he was knocked to the ground by several ghosts.

……

time flies.

The blood gradually dyed the streets red.

Although his hands and feet were restrained, a demon of this level was obviously no match for a [Pillar Level].

but.

After the hundreds of ghosts fell to the ground and lost consciousness, the four men were already covered in wounds.

There were countless scratches and bite marks, and there was a shocking gap on Uzui's wrist.

"Damn it!"

Busui cursed breathlessly.

He had been a member of the Demon Slayer Corps for so long, but he had never fought such a cowardly fight.

But just when he wanted to ask Shinobu Kocho about his actual injuries...

Suddenly a knife pierced him from behind!

My heart suddenly felt a pang of pain.

The strength of the body is also being lost rapidly.

Busikawa's pupils shrank sharply, staring at the familiar knife protruding from his chest, and said in disbelief: "Butterfly... Shinobu?"

laugh!
No one responded.

The blade was pulled out, and blood spurted out onto the stunned faces of the three people.

Busikawa staggered a few steps, his blade stationary, but in the end he still fell headfirst!
Beimingyu stood up instantly.

The wind was howling.

The meteor hammer created a hole and forced the opponent to retreat.

He stopped in front of the Busei River and said solemnly: "Who are you?"

Shinobu Kocho smiled.

Her empty purple eyes now had a hint of interest, and she asked softly, "What do you think?"

Beimingyu was silent for a while, then tried to test with an unpleasant expression: "Su Beixun?"

"correct answer."

With a light laugh, Shinobu Kocho's face shattered like a mirror, and Su Beixun, wearing a top hat, stood there leisurely.

He shook the blood off the blade.

"You are so easy to deceive. Just by making up a few words, you really regard reality as an illusion. You would rather get hurt than show mercy."

"Unfortunately."

"The demons in Tokyo Prefecture are still a little weak. We were not able to wipe you out like this."

Mitsuri Kanroji squatted down to check on Fushigawa Sane's condition.

Tomioka Giyuu stood side by side with Beimingyu with a knife in hand and asked coldly, "Where's Kocho Shinobu?"

"Of course he's dead."

Su Beixun casually spun the Kocho Shinobu's sword in his hand: "She died 100 meters behind you. It's a pity that no matter how she screamed, you couldn't hear her."

Veins popped out on the back of my hand!

Amid the whistling wind, a heavy meteor hammer fell on the head!

##
In a remote corner of Tokyo Prefecture, there lies a desolate house.

Under the cobweb-covered eaves, Ubuyashiki Yoya knelt on the dusty floor, facing the door.

With a squeak.

The rusty door opened.

Su Beixun was slightly startled when he saw this scene, and glanced at the dark house, then walked in front of him and sat down: "Are you waiting for me?"

Ubuyashiki Yoya didn't say anything.

He carefully looked at the blood on the boy's body before asking softly, "Where are Yiyong and the others?"

"died."

Su Beixun looked at the sad man in front of him, and said vaguely: "Actually, there is one thing I am quite curious about - you clearly know that you are being controlled by me, so why are you rushing here to die?"

He tilted his head and spread his palms: "Why don't you just hide quietly aside? As long as you don't show up, I won't go out of my way to cause trouble for you."

"it's out of the question!"

Ubuyashiki Yoya shook his head.

"Let's put aside our persistence and beliefs. The fact that you manipulated the top government officials is unacceptable to us."

"The Demon Slayer Corps... although it sounds impressive, it is actually a very small organization."

He sighed as he spoke, looking somewhat lonely.

"This is no longer the era of swordsmen from a thousand years ago. Most of our members joined this out of hatred."

"If we are hit by the government, it will be a disaster for us! So we choose to give it a try."

He was silent for a moment, then said regretfully: "It's a pity that we didn't succeed."

Click~

A crisp button click.

The ground of the house suddenly began to shake violently, and then expanded with dazzling flames.

"I thought you would come to me first when you saw I was alone."

Ubuyashiki Yoya looked calm.

"This way, I can do something for those kids before they go into a bloody battle, and inflict some injuries on you first."

"I didn't expect..."

The enormous heat and impact destroyed everything, burying the man in white in the mess.

The earth cracked and houses collapsed.

But when someone in the distance heard the noise and came to check, they found a child with red eyes walking out unharmed...

(End of this chapter)