Fox Demon: Heaven rewards diligence; I will eventually achieve divine mastery of martial arts.

Tanjiro Kamado showed no fear whatsoever; on the contrary, he was now looking forward to having a worthy opponent.

He went straight to the red dot.

Soon, he was only about a hundred meters away from the ghost.

His keen senses allowed him to hear the commotion from the area from hundreds of meters away.

There were screams, sounds of fighting, and roars of anger...

Tanjiro Kamado frowned, wondering if the demon had already started fighting with the evil spirits.

After advancing several dozen meters, a huge black shadow seemed to be standing in the woods. At the same time, a series of hurried footsteps sounded, and a figure ran towards them.

Tanjiro Kamado remembered this figure very clearly; he had seen him on the mountaintop before, and at that time, Tanjiro Kamado had noticed that this person's face was full of fighting spirit.

But now, that vibrant fighting spirit has completely disappeared, replaced by a fear that penetrates to the very soul.

The moment he saw Tanjiro Kamado, his mouth dropped open:

"Hurry, that ghost behind us won't even appear in the trial..."

Before he could finish speaking, a swift black shadow appeared from behind the huge black shadow and instantly enveloped the fleeing man's head.

Tanjiro Kamado could see clearly that it wasn't a shadow at all, but a huge blue hand with its fingers gripping the throat of the fleeing man, rendering him unable to make a sound.

He could only use simple lip movements to silently plead with Tanjiro Kamado.

A cold glint flashed in Tanjiro Kamado's eyes. In an instant, he stepped forward and leaped into the air. With a swift movement, his sword flashed, and a blue hand crashed down.

Having narrowly escaped death, the escapee had no desire to express gratitude and fled in a panic.

Tanjiro Kamado stood still, as the dark figure opposite him was rapidly approaching him.

Even though the shadows were still heavily obscured by the trees, Tanjiro Kamado could smell the strong, fishy stench.

He frowned; the strong, pungent stench suggested that the other party had devoured countless people and ghosts.

He must kill this ghost.

He gripped the knife tightly in his hand.

The dark figure crashed through several large trees and arrived in front of Tanjiro Kamado.

Tanjiro Kamado's pupils narrowed slightly, because the being before him could no longer be called human, but rather a "monster" composed of giant hands intertwined together.

The overlapping giant hands surged, like tentacles, wantonly destroying everything around them.

Tanjiro Kamado frowned as he observed the other person, because he still couldn't find where the other person's head was.

It's the middle of the night now, and if they can't find the end of the fight, the battle might last much longer than Lin Yu stipulated.

"Oh, so it was you who disturbed my hunting."

At this moment, a malicious voice appeared, and a blue face emerged from the layers of giant hands, like the receding tide.

He let out a sinister laugh and stared at Tanjiro Kamado with ill intent.

"you know me?"

Tanjiro Kamado didn't rush to act. He had only encountered humanoid demons before, and now, facing this non-humanoid monster for the first time, he was still a little unsure.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered a giant, coiled hand beneath the other's head, the arm wrapped around the area below the chin.

This actually reassured Tanjiro Kamado a little, since if it was a protection, it would prove that the area was the opponent's most vulnerable spot.

However, Tanjiro Kamado didn't believe it entirely.

After all, some people's hearts are located on the right side, so if it's a ghost, it's not impossible for it to fake a neck.

"Heh heh, how could I forget? I remember your mask even in my dreams."

"Judging by your appearance, you must be Shui Zhu's disciple, right?"

Tanjiro Kamado paused for a moment, then asked in confusion:

"Water column?"

The Hand Ghost was stunned, and the countless hands tangled even more tightly:

"Huh? Isn't that right? The water column isn't Urokodaki anymore?"

"Mr. Urokodaki? He used to be a water column?"

Tanjiro Kamado was somewhat surprised. He naturally knew that the Pillar-level swordsmen were the strongest beings in the Demon Slayer Corps, but he did not expect that Sakonji Urokodaki would be the Water Pillar.

"Hmm, it seems like so much time has passed. Has that guy gotten old?"

Having spent so much time in the same environment, the Hand Ghost's sense of time had begun to blur, and he started counting on his fingers:

“One, two… thirteen, hehehe, that’s right, I killed thirteen of his disciples. This guy has taught so many disciples, he should be getting old by now.”

Three palms were laid out flat, each with thirteen fingers extended, and the Hand Ghost laughed loudly.

Tanjiro Kamado's eyes widened suddenly as he remembered Sabito and Makomo.

His previous guesses corresponded to the current situation. He had been wondering how the demons in the trial could have died when they were all extremely weak, and Sabito and Makomo's swordsmanship was not weak.

It turns out they all died at the hands of a ghost.

"Oh it's you."

Tanjiro Kamado's voice deepened, his suppressed rage barely contained.

"Hehe, now you finally know how your senior brothers and sisters died, right? Ever since I was captured by Urokodaki and imprisoned in this cage, I've been thinking about breaking free and taking revenge on Urokodaki. Unfortunately, I can't escape at all, so I can only kill you Urokodaki disciples."

Seeing that Tanjiro Kamado was completely affected by his emotions, the Hand Demon continued to laugh, and the hands wrapped around him trembled incessantly.

"I still vaguely remember two people who left a deep impression on me: one was a young man with superb swordsmanship, and the other was a nimble young girl. Their taste..."

Before he could finish speaking, the Hand Demon suddenly realized that Tanjiro Kamado had vanished from his sight.

He was startled and immediately looked around, but he couldn't find Tanjiro Kamado. The next second, he sensed something and suddenly looked up.

There he saw a figure holding a Nichirin Blade aloft.

Water Breathing - Type 8 Water Takitsubo!

The swordsmanship he had practiced countless times was now in Kamado Tanjiro's hands, but if Urokodaki were here, he would be surprised to find that Kamado Tanjiro's speed was extremely fast, and the blade in his hand had already fallen in the blink of an eye.

It was too late for the Hand Ghost to completely dodge; he could only manipulate his numerous arms to shift his body a few inches.

The next second, Tanjiro Kamado descended from the sky, his blade landing on the left side of the Hand Demon.

The Hand Demon's body seemed to be struck by a heavy hammer, its body suddenly sinking, and at the same time, the point of impact exploded with a bang, sending countless pieces of flesh, blood, and arm fragments flying everywhere.

The mere contact has already achieved such an effect, and this is far from over.

Tanjiro Kamado roared, gripping the blade in his hand, and once again flipped his body, spinning around in the air.

Water Breathing - Type II Waterwheel!

What should have been a natural, opportunistic strike was instead launched by Tanjiro Kamado in a brutal and unreasonable manner. The swift slash landed on the wound of the Hand Demon, cutting straight down and completely slicing the opponent's body open.

And this whole process took only a few seconds.

Hand Demon's eyes widened. He had just thought that Tanjiro Kamado would be overwhelmed by his attacks, but now he realized that the boy in front of him was completely different from the others.

He felt immense pressure emanating from the other party, just like when he faced Urokodaki Sakonji back then—no, even more so!

If this continues, he will die!

The Hand Ghost was terrified, and instinctively, all the hands around it began to move.

He intends to use sheer numbers to overwhelm his opponent in order to find their weak point.

He used this tactic many times, and it always worked.

But this time he has definitely miscalculated.

Tanjiro Kamado's Nichirin Blade seemed to have eyes, severing hands from every direction.

At this point, Tanjiro Kamado had lost all his swordsmanship skills; all he possessed was extreme speed. The incredibly fast sword formed an impenetrable barrier around Tanjiro Kamado.

In no time at all, the Hand Demon's hands were all severed.

Hand Ghost was shocked the whole time; he had never seen such speed in his life.

When he came to his senses, he found that his proud arms had been completely severed, leaving only the arm he had used to protect himself.

"Are you ready to have your head chopped off?"

Shocked, the Hand Demon heard Tanjiro Kamado's deep voice.

He looked up and found his opponent standing in front of him, sword in hand, the blade so close that it seemed a mere flick of the wrist would sever his neck.

His current bloated body certainly has its drawbacks, namely that he moves too slowly; otherwise, he would have devoured all the ghosts here long ago.

Faced with someone like Tanjiro Kamado, he obviously couldn't escape.

In other words, he is now in a desperate situation.

In his desperate situation, his survival instincts fueled his boundless rage.

For so many years, he has been diligently devouring humans, all for the sake of one day breaking through this place and taking revenge on Urokodaki Sakonji.

Is he really going to die at the hands of the other party's disciple?

He roared: