Demon Slayer: Can I add points to my Breathing Technique?

He was waiting for Kojiro to rescue the missing people, and for the reinforcements summoned by Kasugai-raven.

But why is the other party doing this?

Simply brainless?

Or are they waiting for their energy to run out?

Just as Kanae was pondering this, a commotion arose from the distant woods!

The sounds were mixed with the loggers' exclamations, the swordsmen's roars, and the violent cracking of timber.

The rescue was a success!

The evil spirit was also taken aback, but then realized what was happening and flew into a rage.

The offensive suddenly became even more frantic.

Although Kanae felt much more pressured, she finally felt relieved.

At least, the person was rescued.

Soon, Kojiro led seven or eight emaciated and terrified lumberjacks, fighting their way out from behind a pile of logs.

Several wooden hounds, created by blood demon magic, were attacking them relentlessly.

"careful!"

Dodging a powerful punch from the demon, the girl suddenly dashed towards the crowd.

He swung his sword, but the sword light was a step too late.

An old man who was lagging behind was tackled by a wooden dog, and his screams came to an abrupt halt.

"asshole!"

Kojiro's eyes were bloodshot, but he was powerless to help.

He looked at the trembling knife in his hand, then at the crowd surrounded by terror.

Those helpless eyes reminded him of his younger sister, whom he had failed to protect many years ago.

After working together with Kanae to kill and repel the vicious dogs, they stood back to back facing the remaining vicious dogs in the forest.

To defeat this demon and vicious dog, and also to protect all the ordinary people.

A sense of despair finally rose in the swordsman's heart.

"Senior!" he couldn't help but ask the young swordswoman, "How much longer until reinforcements arrive?"

Kanae remained silent.

She naturally didn't know either.

The demon, as if harboring a playful intent, did not rush to continue fighting the two, but instead slowly approached them step by step.

Seeing this, Kojiro took a deep breath, his eyes becoming resolute.

Last time I failed to protect the person I wanted to protect, this time, at least I can buy this senior a little more time.

Come to think of it, if her younger sister hadn't died, she would have been about the same age as her.

Kojiro was about to take a step forward.

However, the young swordswoman blocked her way with her body.

The girl calmly said, "Go south, Kojiro-kun, don't look back."

"But……"

"This is an order from a [Level 5] swordsman."

The swordsman was still a little hesitant, but Kanae's next words helped him make up his mind.

"With Kojiro's strength, he can't buy any more time except by throwing his life away."

She smiled at the terrified crowd and the blood-covered swordsman, giving them a reassuring smile.

"So, live on, and become stronger in the future."

Kojiro's eyes reddened. He turned around and shouted to the crowd of ordinary people, "Go! I'll cover you, hurry up!"

Looking at Kanae, who stayed behind to cover the retreat.

A faint smile appeared on the ghost's hollow face.

"Mmm, what a touching choice, little butterfly."

"But it won't hurt to let them escape for a while, after all, you can't stop Mu..."

The evil spirit was just angry because the other party had taken the food away.

But after thinking about it carefully, I found this cat-and-mouse game quite interesting.

After having a pack of vicious dogs completely surround Kanae's retreat, it slowly said, "You, you don't actually think you can defeat Mu, do you?"

Kanae was about to answer.

But then they heard a slow, heavy footstep coming from deep within the dense forest.

The air became even more suffocating.

Sweat kept dripping from Kanae's forehead.

How could this be...?

"You're wasting food again, little brother," a rougher voice rang out. "We shouldn't have let the swordsman find the lair."

How can there be two?!

The tree trunk was pushed down by brute force, and a more muscular and stronger demon gradually emerged from the shadows.

His skin had a rough, granite-like texture, and he carried a deformed giant axe on his shoulder, made of a single piece of hard, obsidian-like material.

Its gaze locked directly onto Kanae.

One dish isn't enough to eat.

“It’s alright, brother. Let them escape for a while. Moving around will keep them healthy,” the skinny ghost said with a smile. “After all, fresh, healthy human flesh is the most delicious.”

"Right, little butterfly?"

"You were waiting for reinforcements, weren't you? But it seems... Mu's reinforcements are arriving sooner."

Kanae's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

Chapter 37 What the hell is this Moon?

The nature of the battle has completely changed.

If Kanae had been somewhat confident in the previous battle, she could have killed him if she had fought desperately.

But when the situation becomes one against two, it becomes a desperate situation.

The skinny ghost abandoned the idea of ​​fighting her at close range and instead urged the tree trunk to grow spears from a distance, which he then hurled at Kanae one by one.

The newly appeared, powerful demon, wielding its terrifying stone axe, launched a pure and violent frontal assault.

If it came down to a head-on confrontation, Kanae knew she probably wouldn't even last a single move.

But the skinny ghost's ranged harassment always happened during the gaps in the strong ghost's attacks, leaving him no chance to retaliate.

They couldn't even muster the strength to evade.

What suffocated her even more was the blood demon magic of these two evil spirits.

Both of them have similar abilities, capable of mimicking the substances they come into contact with, greatly increasing their physical strength and hardness.

Even with Kanae using the "Full Concentration" sword technique, she couldn't change the one-sided battle.

It attacked its brother, but was easily smashed open by the stone axe.

The recoil even caused her hand to split open instantly.

He tried to block the hard wooden spear that his younger brother shot from the side, but his older brother seized the opportunity and kicked him in the waist and abdomen, sending him flying.

Having finally broken through her brother's blockade, she swung her sword at her younger brother, but he dodged it with a grin, showing no intention of fighting her at all.

Blood stained the petal-like glint of the blade, and finally her dance came to a halt.

Kanae leaned on her Nichirin Blade, panting heavily.

This is terrible... my vision is starting to blur.

"Brother, let Mu play with this little butterfly slowly for now."

The skinny man chuckled coldly, "Don't let those escaped 'grain' really get away."

Oh no, this monster is going to chase after those innocent people!

With the two demons splitting up, the pressure on me decreased sharply, but it was a different story for Kojiro.

He and those ordinary people had no chance of surviving against this powerful ghost!

"I can still fight!"

Kanae used her breathing technique again, forced herself to sit up, and assumed a kendo stance.

Upon hearing this, the burly ghost sneered, "I don't care about you."

With a disproportionate agility, its massive body suddenly darted past Kanae and chased after the fleeing civilians!

"stop!"

Kanae widened her eyes, trying to stop him, but was entangled by the skinny demon's large wooden spears and wooden dogs.

After she swung her knife to repel the demon, the figure of the strong ghost had already disappeared into the forest.

Damn it!

With her teeth practically grinding to powder, Kanae brandished her Nichirin Blade, unleashing an incredibly fierce storm of flowers.

He crashed into the skinny guy's arms at an unprecedented speed.

In just a moment, a barrage of slashes left the opponent's body covered in bloody welts.

"This gentle slash won't kill Mu!"