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Chapter 167: Can a person turn into a ghost, but a knife cannot turn into a person?
While Lin Yu was recalling the plot of Demon Slayer, Tanjiro was still fighting with great difficulty.

The reason it is called difficult is not because the enemy is so powerful, but because his current opponent is the Demon Slayer Corps member who came with him to hunt down demons!
"Qiang!"

The sounds of fierce swords clashing were accompanied by sparks.

Tanjiro parried the Nichirin Blade that was swinging from the front with force, and then leaped back to create distance.

Following his gaze, one could see a black-haired girl wearing a Demon Slayer Corps uniform.

Her entire body was wrapped in spider silk, and her joints were twisted to varying degrees, making her look like a human-shaped marionette. She cried with tears streaming down her face while launching attacks on Tanjiro that exceeded her body's limits.

"How to do?"

"what to do?!"

Tanjiro gritted his teeth, blocking the girl's attacks while trying to think of a way to save his comrades.

Unfortunately, he had tried many methods, whether it was cutting the threads or tangling the spider silk together, but he could not stop the demon from controlling these Demon Slayer Corps members.

"call--"

A strong gust of wind suddenly came from behind.

Tanjiro was startled and quickly dodged, narrowly avoiding the sneak attack from behind.

Once he regained his footing, the other two Demon Slayer Corps members, who were being controlled by spider silk, rushed up.

Should we make a move?
Tanjiro hesitated for a moment as he looked at the two Demon Slayer Corps members whose movements were full of flaws.

Just then, a burly boy wearing a boar's head suddenly emerged from the dense forest beside them, wielding two serrated katanas, and intercepted two Demon Slayer Corps members with incredible speed.

"What are you daydreaming about?!"

The boar-headed boy roared, snapping Tanjiro out of his daze.

His face showed distress, and he was about to speak when he suddenly heard a weak voice coming from ahead.

"Quickly...kill me..."

what? !

Tanjiro's pupils contracted, and he couldn't help but turn to look at the Demon Slayer Corps member who had spoken.

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth as he brandished his Nichirin Blade with twisted joints, gritting his teeth as he said, "The bones in my hands and feet are piercing my internal organs... It's so... so painful..."

"Anyway... I'm going to die... Please... give me the final blow!"

The boar-headed boy gritted his teeth, gripped his twin swords, and charged at his opponent, shouting, "Alright, I understand!"

Tanjiro snapped out of his daze and hurriedly said, "Wait!"

The boar-headed boy stumbled, awkwardly dodging the blade that was returning from ahead, and turned around angrily, shouting, "What are you waiting for?!"

"He even had himself killed, do you think you have a better way out?!"

Tanjiro said bitterly, "I..."

"careful!"

Before the words were finished, a girl's tearful voice came from ahead.

Tanjiro hurriedly turned around, gripped his Nichirin Blade, and raised it upwards... Hmm?

The feeling of emptiness came from his palm, and Tanjiro was slightly taken aback, then lowered his head blankly.

Suddenly, the black Nichirin Blade seemed to detach from her hands, flying into the air and tracing a strange arc before piercing the girl's arms precisely and striking the hilt.

"Pfft-"

With a soft sound, the blood-stained Nichirin Blade flew out of his hand and embedded itself in a tree trunk not far away.

Both Tanjiro and the girl were astonished upon seeing this.

But before they could react, the black Nichirin Blade flew up again and landed in the hand of a Demon Slayer Corps member's corpse, which was suspended by spider silk above them.

The next second, the black Nichirin Blade emitted a silver light.

The Demon Slayer Corps member, who had long since lost consciousness, suddenly opened his eyes, gripped his long sword tightly in his right hand, and forcefully tore off the spider silk binding his arm, then spun around and slashed in a way that no one could comprehend.

"Chong-"

In an instant, a dazzling flash of light erupted from the dark, dense forest.

All the spider silk snapped, and the black-haired boy who had been hanging in mid-air crashed to the ground. He held the Nichirin Blade in his right arm, and with a slight twist of his left arm, he reconnected the dislocated joint.

Everyone, including Tanjiro, was astonished by what they saw.

The black-haired boy completely disregarded the stares of the crowd. After resetting all his joints, he tried swinging the knife once, then frowned and muttered in a language no one could understand:

"Is this what a human body is like...? It's so weak!"

After saying that, he looked up at Tanjiro, who was staring at him in astonishment, and chuckled, "Although it didn't feel very nice to be held by you, we've spent a few minutes together, is it necessary to be so distant?"

"what?"

Tanjiro's eyes widened in astonishment. "You're my sword?"

The black-haired boy, or rather Lin Yu, nodded and said with a smile, "That's one way to understand it."

Tanjiro exclaimed in disbelief, "But... how is this possible?!"

"How is it impossible?"

Lin Yu said seriously, "If a person can become a ghost, why can't a knife become a person?"

Tanjiro: "..."

Is this...is this the same thing?
The innocent Tanjiro was completely bewildered, not yet able to process this strange logic, when he saw the girl, who had lost her weapon, rushing over with tears streaming down her face, and slamming her fist hard into Lin Yu's head.

"Clang—" Accompanied by the soft ringing of the blade, a crescent-shaped flash of light emanated from Tanjiro's eyes.

It was Lin Lie's exceptional swordsmanship—Moonlight Slash!

In an instant, all the spider silk within a ten-meter radius was severed by the blade.

The girl, now freed from the control of the spider silk, collapsed to the ground. She then struggled to her feet, and spider silk began to spread from her body again, attempting to connect with the spider silk in the air.

Seeing this, Tanjiro's pupils contracted, and he hurriedly said, "Watch out—"

"Oh!"

Before he finished speaking, Lin Yu stepped on the girl's back and calmly looked at the collar of her neck.

There, more than a dozen white spiders, each the size of a grain of rice, were rapidly weaving their silk, trying to regain control of the body.

"Is it these little things that are causing this trouble?"

"No wonder cutting the spider silk didn't work..."

Lin Yu's expression showed understanding. He then flipped his wrist, turned the blade, and thrust it downwards!
"Pfft!"

The black Nichirin Blade was plunged into the ground.

Thin, blue-white arcs of electricity leaped from the blade, spreading rapidly in all directions from the center of the Nichirin Blade.

In an instant, the dense forest within a radius of fifty meters was covered by lightning. Strands of blue and white electric arcs intertwined, like a dense electric net woven from lightning, enveloping everyone, including Tanjiro.

"Crack!"

With a loud crack of electric arcs, Tanjiro and the boar-headed boy were electrocuted, howling and flailing their arms and legs.

The originally tough spider silk gradually burned and broke under the majestic Yang lightning. Hundreds of small spiders were shocked and hurriedly jumped off the controlled Demon Slayer Corps members, only to fall into the even denser lightning net below.

Streaks of blue-white lightning, like sharks that have smelled blood, converged frantically.

The adorable little spiders danced wildly in the electric arc, and finally, with a jump of their legs, they lay there, their bodies charred black.

Seeing this, Lin Yu finally smiled with satisfaction and drew his Nichirin Blade.

The electric arc, though not intense, but certainly painful, finally disappeared. The boar-headed boy breathed a sigh of relief, then turned and glared at Lin Yu, saying:
"Hey! Tanjiro's sword! Don't hurt your own people!"

"Don't worry, I have a measure."

Lin Yu gave a perfunctory reply, then glanced at Tanjiro beside him.

Unlike Inosuke, the boar-headed boy, Tanjiro didn't care about the accidental injuries he suffered.

As soon as the electric fence disappeared, he went to the girl, knelt down, and began to check her injuries.

"Don't look at it."

Lin Yu looked at the boy squatting in front of him and said, "This little guy's injuries are not serious, he just lost his limbs. Compared to her, the other two little guys are the ones who are truly seriously injured."

"Their internal organs have been punctured by bones; they probably won't last more than a few minutes..."

Dying?

Tanjiro quickly glanced at the two people, then turned back to Lin Yu with a hopeful look on his face.

"You must have a way, right?"

"...Not yet."

Lin Yu shook his head, then glanced at his right palm and smiled, "But it will be ready soon!"

Following his gaze, one could see a mysterious eye pattern etched in the palm of his right hand.

This symbol represents the mystical symbol of the universe within him, known as the Eye of Chaos or the Hidden Eye.

From the moment he possessed the Nichirin Blade, this hidden eye appeared on the hilt. After acquiring this corpse, the same pattern appeared on the corpse's palm.

Through the connection between the Hidden Eye and his original universe, he can continuously borrow power from his original body.

However, since the two worlds are too far apart and this body is too fragile to withstand too much power, Lin Yu can only restrict the power channels connecting to his main body and gradually strengthen this body.

In this process, he experimented with many different power systems.

Unfortunately, most power systems cannot be used, either because they lack external conditions such as spiritual roots, spiritual energy, and magic power, or because they are not permitted by the rules of the world.

After much deliberation, Lin Yu ultimately chose the path of Qi cultivation, which is unparalleled among men.

The Primordial Qi represents the essence of human lifespan and is therefore universally present in all the heavens and myriad realms. However, due to the different rules of each world, the difficulty of cultivation varies.

Just like in Demon Slayer, the difficulty of cultivating Qi here is extremely high.

Lin Yu was able to easily master the skill because the person he possessed had become a blank slate due to death.

In this situation, he only needs to convert the borrowed power into Qi to forcefully infuse it into his head and embark on the path of Qi cultivation.

As the Qi within Lin Yu circulated, it continuously increased, becoming increasingly vast.

His body also became stronger due to the nourishment of Qi.

Every muscle and every inch of skin was filled with incredibly solid Qi.

This is the simplest and most basic external training technique in Under One Person.

As long as a practitioner has enough Qi and it is of solid quality, they can raise their physical strength to an extremely terrifying level.

About half a minute later, Lin Yu raised his right hand. His palm first emitted golden light, then gradually turned blue, and finally, under the influence of red light, it completely transformed into a translucent red palm.

"That's it!"

Lin Yu smiled slightly, then squatted down and, under Tanjiro's tense gaze, placed his hand on the girl's back.

(End of this chapter)