I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

The Spider Demon was stunned. Seeing her dumbfounded expression, Shinobu Kocho smiled and said:

"Oh dear, Miss Ghost, I don't know what's going on, but it seems you've mistaken me for someone else."

Hearing Shinobu's words, the Spider Demon felt a surge of anger. She pointed her palm at Shinobu, and a large amount of spider silk flew towards her. Shinobu was prepared for the Spider Demon's attack and instantly jumped back to dodge it.

After Shinobu jumped away, the Spider Demon seized the opportunity to escape. However, just as the Spider Demon turned around, a figure appeared in front of her.

"Water Breathing - First Form..."

With a flash of light like flowing water, the Spider Demon's head was severed from her body. The one who cut off the Spider Demon was none other than Giyu Tomioka, the Water Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps.

After being beheaded by Giyu Tomioka, the Spider Demon Sister showed a shocked expression. She hadn't expected that there was still someone else. The Spider Demon Sister, whose head had been cut off, also began to turn to ashes.

Giyu Tomioka swung his Nichirin Blade around before sheathing it. Just then, Shinobu Kocho walked by, touching her cheek, and said:

"Oh my... I finally encountered a ghost, and I was hoping to interrogate him... to get some information out of him."

Upon hearing Shinobu's words, Giyu Tomioka gave a blank look, as if he didn't understand what was going on. Shinobu sighed helplessly when she saw Giyu's dazed expression.

The day before, Shinobu and the others received orders from the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters to go to Mount Natagumo to deal with the demons. Then, an ordinary crow appeared out of nowhere and handed them a letter. Most importantly, the letter was from Hime Rin.

The contents of the letter were similar to the orders from the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, but while the headquarters ordered Shinobu and her group to kill demons, Hime Rin's order was for Shinobu and her group to help rescue some people.

Chapter 463 [Lower Moon Five is just a punching bag]

On Mount Natagumo, Ji Lin searched for the trail of Lower Moon Five [Rai].

If she wasn't mistaken, those spider demons would probably run towards the gathering place regularly, after all, Lower Rank 5 was a guy who liked to play house.

Following the scents of the other demons, Ji Lin quickly located the figure of Lower Moon Five, [Lei].

Not far away, Ji Lin saw a pale, short figure, which was undoubtedly exactly the same as Lower Moon Five from the manga.

Lower Moon Five also noticed Ji Lin's figure, and frowned as he looked at Ji Lin and said:

"It's you, intruder."

Ji Lin didn't pay much attention to the tiredness. He understood that it was pointless to talk to those ghosts, since not all ghosts were like Nezuko, Tamayo, and Yushiro.

Seeing Ji Lin remain silent displeased Lei, who immediately waved his hand at Ji Lin, unleashing a spiderweb of Blood Demon Art towards him. Ji Lin, however, was unconcerned about Lei's attack, simply swinging his Xuanyuan Sword to slice through Lei's Blood Demon Art.

Lei was surprised to see his Blood Demon Art easily severed by Ji Lin, and then he became wary and said:

"This guy isn't simple... It seems I'll need to use the power you gave me, sir."

Upon hearing Lei's words, Ji Lin was taken aback. She had never heard of Lei having a hidden source of power.

As Rui's eyes transformed into ghoul eyes, and spider-like kagune sprouted from his back, Ji Lin also showed a surprised expression upon seeing the ghoul's kagune appear on Rui's body. To be honest, Ji Lin did not expect that the Lower Moon Five in front of him would have ghoul abilities.

It seems that Muzan Kibutsuji has transplanted his kagune to the Twelve Demon Moons?

However, it didn't matter to Ji Lin. Ji Lin hadn't encountered any armored enemies that his Xuanyuan Sword couldn't cut. If he couldn't cut them, he would just use a greatsword or a hammer.

"Die."

The spider-like armor on Rui's back wrapped around Rui's Blood Demon Art and lunged towards Ji Lin. Ji Lin was not flustered by Rui's leaping attack. Ji Lin simply wrapped the Hurricane around the greatsword and then swung the sword like he was hitting a baseball.

Boom!

Accompanied by the terrifying sound of a storm, Rui was sent flying by Ji Lin's powerful blow. This move was something Ji Lin had devised during training with Yhaka; after all, Yhaka was very light, and a single gust of wind would send him flying, making it difficult for Yhaka to get close to Ji Lin, until Yhaka used his burrowing attack…

Lei, who was blown away, crashed into a tree and broke it, but it was basically harmless to the ghost. Soon, Lei stood up and looked at Ji Lin with an angry expression. Obviously, Ji Lin's attack had angered Lei.

I'm going to cut you into pieces!

Lei used his Blood Demon Art to weave a large net around Ji Lin and surround him. In response to Lei's attack, Ji Lin lowered his body slightly and then a raging fire ignited on the Xuanyuan Sword. Ji Lin then spun around like a whirlwind, and the scorching flames burned the surrounding spider web to ashes like a tornado.

"what?!"

Seeing Ji Lin unleash flames surprised Lei, but he quickly recovered and attacked Ji Lin again with Blood Demon Art. However, this time Ji Lin also launched an attack.

"Sword Form - Vacuum Break!"

Accompanied by the hurricane swirling around Xuanyuan Sword, Ji Lin lunged at Lei like a spear thrust. With a thud, the missile, like the breath of a steel dragon, struck Lei directly, sending him flying as if hit by a truck.

Although Lei was furious at being knocked out by Ji Lin again, he wouldn't take the same trick twice. Lei used his spider silk to block the attack with his Blood Demon Art, and then used the spider web woven by his Blood Demon Art to launch himself out like he was on a trampoline.

Then he was once again knocked away by Ji Lin's sword-shaped Vacuum Break.

Lei, who was sent flying, looked like he was questioning the meaning of life.

.................................................. .....

After practicing his swordsmanship on Lei as a punching bag for about 10 minutes, Ji Lin finally managed to chop off Lei's head with a ripple attack.

Wiping away his sweat, Ji Lin also seemed relieved and said:

"Phew, it really is a very pleasant thing to exercise a little."

As he spoke, Ji Lin turned back to look at the Butterfly Ninja in the tree and said:

"By the way, Sister Butterfly, won't you come down and have a chat?"

Upon hearing Ji Lin's words, the butterfly ninja on the nearby tree jumped down, touched her cheek, and said to Ji Lin:

"Oh? So that's how Sister Ji Lin found out about me? I was hiding it very well."

Hearing Shinobu's words, Hime Rin tilted her head and said:

"Hmm? It's the smell, of course!"

Then, as if struck by a thought, Ji Lin asked Kocho Shinobu:

"By the way, Sister Butterfly, how's the situation with the human-headed spider going?"

Upon hearing Ji Lin's question, Shinobu Kocho smiled and said:

"Yes, thanks to Sister Ji Lin for helping those children detoxify, they only need a few days of rest to recover."

Hearing Shinobu's words, Ji Lin breathed a sigh of relief. However, at that moment, Ji Lin suddenly remembered that there was still a spider demon sister he hadn't killed, and Ji Lin immediately felt very anxious.

Fortunately, Shinobu Kocho noticed Hime Rin's anxiety and told him about the spider demon sister being defeated. Hearing Shinobu's words, Hime Rin breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"That's great. To be honest, I almost forgot there was a ghost. If something happens to him, I'll be so ashamed I'll die."

Shinobu Kocho, who was standing to the side, smiled and said when she saw Hime Rin's expression:

"Oh my gosh~ So Miss Ji Lin can be this careless sometimes, how adorable~"

Upon hearing Shinobu's words, Ji Lin immediately lowered his head with an embarrassed expression, but he quickly recovered and said to Shinobu:

"By the way, Shinobu Kocho, could you take me to see your Demon Slayer Corps' lord? I have some information to tell him."

Hearing Ji Lin's words, Shinobu Kocho was taken aback for a moment, but remembering that her lord had ordered her to bring Ji Lin back, she nodded and smiled as she spoke to Ji Lin:

"Yes! No problem at all, and our lord also wishes to meet Miss Ji Lin."

Chapter 464 [Arriving at the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters]

In the world of NieR: Automata, Bronya, Sirin, and Rin are in a clearing in the wilderness, with a campfire in the middle of them where they are grilling fish.

The three of them were eating grilled fish, but as for why Bronya and the others were still stuck in this time...

Not long ago, Bronya and Sirin wanted to take Rin back to their world, but the system informed them that the target had not been dealt with. Bronya was puzzled when she saw this.

Bronya had heard Zelus say that there are generally two ways to deal with targets transferred through the void: the simplest way is to destroy the target directly, and the second way is to send the target back to its original world.

Bronya and her friends chose the second method, but what puzzled Bronya was that every time they tried to bring Bell back to their world, a system panel would pop up a message that the target had not been cleared or captured.

Bronya was also completely bewildered. To be honest, she didn't quite understand what was going on. However, when Bronya showed the system pointer again, she found that the system pointer started spinning again. Obviously, the target of the void transfer was not Bell, but someone else.

Bronya was dumbfounded when she saw this scene. To be honest, she didn't expect such a strange thing to happen.

But if Rin isn't the target, then who is she?

Why would he appear in the world of NieR: Automata?

This left Bronya completely baffled, and of course, it also meant that Bronya and Sirin would have to stay in this world for an even longer period of time.

However, Bronya immediately recalled their last meeting with the songstress mechanical lifeform. If the Heavy Bunny database was correct, the target this time was the Herrscher in the Honkai world, and Bronya knew exactly who that Herrscher was.

If nothing unexpected happens, then it will be the twelfth Herrscher, the Herrscher of Erosion.

Bronya now feels she needs to prepare herself to properly deal with that Herrscher of Corruption. After all, it was the one who brought down the last straw for human civilization in the previous era, so its strength can't be too bad.

"Bronya, this fish tastes really good!"

Sitting to the side, Sirin looked at Bronya, who seemed to be writing some kind of program, and said this. Bronya stopped what she was doing, looked at Sirin, and said:

"Of course, after all, it was Bronya's [design] fish."

Hearing Bronya's words, Sirin looked at the fish in her hand with a somewhat surprised expression and said:

"However, it's truly amazing that the abilities of the Herrscher of Reason and the Herrscher of Death can actually create life and something..."

Bronya also said something in response to Sirin's words:

"Well, although it is a life form created by humans, it is impossible to create a soul. That is the only regret."

Upon hearing Bronya's words, Sirin sighed in frustration. To be honest, she had hoped to use this ability to revive her mother.

Well... there's nothing we can do about it, but maybe it happens in other worlds?

Uh, probably...

Just as Xilin was thinking this, she suddenly felt the tablet computer inside her imaginary space vibrate. Puzzled, Xilin reached into the imaginary space and took the tablet out. Seeing that it displayed a call from Ji Lin, Xilin was somewhat surprised and said:

"Ah... it was Ji Lin who called."

"Huh?! Ji Lin's mother!?"

Upon hearing Sirin's words, Bronya immediately rushed over and pressed herself against Sirin, staring at the tablet in Sirin's hand. Rin, who was standing nearby, also curiously joined in and said:

"What's wrong? Let me see~"

Squeezed together by the two, Celine looked uncomfortable and said:

"Don't push..."

After using her imaginary number ability to push the two apart, Xilin pressed the answer button on her tablet. Then, the video feed from Ji Lin's side came through, and Xilin and the others saw that, in addition to Ji Lin's location, there were many other people around him.

【Ahhh, Sirin, did you hear that? Ah, I saw it.】

Hearing Ji Lin's words, Xi Lin nodded and said:

"Yes, I heard you. Senior Sister Ji Lin, is there something you need?"

Although there was some noise coming from Ji Lin's side, it did not affect Ji Lin's voice.