Anime/Manga: Bankai Starting with Demon Slayer

Perhaps seeing that the head of the Ubuyashiki clan had fallen to such a state, he felt it was not worth getting angry with a dying man.

Perhaps the grudges of a thousand years are finally coming to an end tonight, and we have entered the sage mode.

“Ubuyashiki, you’re starting to smell like a corpse. You look like you’re about to rot.”

"Hehe...of course..." Kagaya forced himself to sit up, his festering wounds tearing open as he moved, blood seeping out along the bandages.

"After all, six months ago... the doctor said I was going to die... I've held on until today... all because I wanted to see you die, Wusan..."

"This is ridiculous. You're the one who's going to die, not me."

"...If I kill you...the curse of the Ubuyashiki clan...it will...end, right...?"

"I understand less and less what you're saying. What does your being cursed have to do with me?"

"It is precisely because...because of a monster like you...that our Ubuyashiki family...has suffered from infant mortality and chronic illness generation after generation...and can only rely on the bloodline of the priest...to neutralize the curse..."

Kagaya Ubuyashiki was out of breath and spoke haltingly, causing Muzan to furrow his brow in dismay.

He glanced impatiently at Kagaya's dying, decaying body, pointed to his head, and wondered if the other could see him:

"It's incomprehensible and makes one want to vomit."

"Can your illness even infect the brain?"

"What you're saying has absolutely no causal relationship."

Wu Can sighed. This was probably the first time in a thousand years that he had heard such an absurd accusation: "There are no gods or Buddhas in this world, so where does this divine punishment and curse come from?"

"Even if I kill hundreds or thousands of people, I have never encountered any punishment. Doesn't that prove that you are talking nonsense?"

He watched silently as the head of the Ubuyashiki clan coughed up blood incessantly, feeling a profound emptiness in his heart.

How strange. Everything could have ended right there, and the dreaded Demon Slayer Corps leader was right in front of me.

But I didn't feel anything at all.

"Heh... Wuchan, you don't know, do you... there are gods in this world..."

"Speaking of which... your dream is to be eternal, isn't it...?"

"It's a pity... this dream has to end today... true immortality is not in the physical body, but in the continuation of the spirit..."

"Once you die... all the ghosts will die, right...?"

what?

Muzan snapped out of her daze and saw Kagaya Ubuyashiki wearing a smug smile.

And the dazzling, intense firelight rising from beneath my feet...

...

"Gah!! Gah!! Emergency! Emergency!"

The mournful cry of a crow instantly shattered the solemnity of the night.

Dozens of ravens seemed to have been prepared, rushing swiftly to various training grounds, forest paths, and the Pillars' usual routes.

Their voices were hoarse and shrill, filled with unprecedented terror:

"Headquarters under attack! Muzan Kibutsuji has appeared! All Pillars, assemble immediately! Head to the Ubuyashiki mansion at once!"

"Encircle them! Encircle them at full speed!"

Has it finally arrived?

The bird's silhouette flashed across the ground, its greyish-white feathers rustling in the gale.

His speed was extremely fast; with each step, his toes were accompanied by a subtle burst of spiritual pressure.

He transformed into a black bolt of lightning, frantically darting through the dense forest and jumble of rocks.

In the distance, several powerful auras were also converging towards the same core at the same frenzied speed.

"That bastard Muzan! He's finally here!" Shinazugawa Saneya's roar echoed through the forest.

His mind was still replaying the plan to lure the enemy with false intelligence, which Kirito had described on behalf of him at the meeting.

"My lord, you absolutely cannot be harmed... As long as we successfully encircle him, that bastard will definitely not escape!"

On the other side, Giyu Tomioka remained as silent as a withered tree, but his azure eyes shone with an unprecedented fervor.

He gripped the knife hilt tightly, his breathing rate adjusted to the extreme, a state of resolute readiness to activate the markings and overdraw his life force at any moment.

Gyomei Himejima, Kyojuro Rengoku, Obanai Iguro, Mitsuri Kanroji, Muichiro Tokito... all the Pillar-level swordsmen capable of fighting, at this moment, summoned by the cry of the crow, cast aside all distractions and rushed towards the mansion.

Their journeys and motivations differed, driven by various motives: revenge, protection, or a mission that had endured for millennia.

But at this very moment, they have only one goal:

Slay the Demon King's head!

Just as the outline of the exterior wall of Brother Huo's mansion could be vaguely seen from less than two hundred meters away—

Rumble—!!!

A golden aura of destruction suddenly erupted from the heart of the mansion!

That was a violent explosion powerful enough to shake the entire valley!

The bird at the front was forced to stop and put its arms in front of it.

A wave of heat hit him, and he felt like his skin was on fire.

Before the horrified eyes of all the Pillars, the Ubuyashiki mansion, which had been the core of the Demon Slayer Corps for a century and was filled with the fragrance of wisteria, was reduced to dust in an instant!

Flames shot into the sky, illuminating half of the night sky.

"No! My lord!!"

Kanroji Mitsuri let out a mournful cry, stumbled, and nearly fell.

At that moment, the presence of Kagaya Ubuyashiki, along with his wife Amane and their two children who had always been by his side—Hina and Hinatsu—completely vanished from the world of the living.

As a sacrifice to open the gates of hell.

That man used his own flesh and blood, the lives of his family, and this sense of mission that has lasted for thousands of years.

He personally detonated a massive amount of explosives buried under the tatami mats, all to deliver a devastating blow to Muzan on this fateful final night!

Amidst the sea of ​​fire, smoke and dust filled the air.

"Cough... Ah... Damn it!! Ubuyashiki—!!!"

A twisted, hoarse voice, filled with extreme anger, came from the center of the ruins.

Wu Can't bear to look at his once elegant human body now.

Half of his head was blown off, and all four of his limbs were severed. Newly formed flesh buds writhed wildly like maggots in the firelight.

To his surprise, the explosives appeared to be mixed with countless specially made caltrops and wisteria poison.

These tiny foreign objects invaded Wuchan's blood vessels at the moment of the explosion, greatly delaying his regeneration.

He had considered that Ubuyashiki might set a trap, but he never expected him to go this far!

"Wait... these toxins are meant to slow my regeneration... He knows he can't kill me? He has a backup plan!"

"He actually used his own and his family's lives as bait... Did his family know? Did they know and still play along with his act?"

"To be able to conceal such intense murderous intent at such a young age, I didn't even notice! What a sinister family!!"

No, calm down, now is not the time to think about these things.

"You've finally met your match!!"

A woman's voice suddenly rang out from the shadows of the rubble and debris.

It's Tamayo!

That was Muzan Kibutsuji's former attendant, but she escaped his control and has been searching for a way to fight him for hundreds of years!

I can't believe that bastard Ubuyashiki actually partnered with this bitch!

Using the aftershocks of the explosion and her Blood Demon Art to conceal herself, she got close to Wu Can and plunged her fist into Wu Can's writhing abdomen.

"This is the medicine to turn demons back into humans!" Tamayo's face appeared exceptionally resolute in the firelight, her once elegant and noble features now transformed into a grotesque demon.

"For this moment... I've waited four hundred years! Wuchan, come to hell with me!!"

Chapter 102 Breaking into the Infinite City

"Tamayo—!!"

Musan let out a deafening roar, his body trembling violently from the invasion of the drug's power, and the fleshy spikes on his back sprang out wildly, instantly piercing through Tamayo's body.

"Do it!!!"

The mournful roar of Xingming Yu descended like thunder.

He rushed into the sea of ​​fire, and the meteor hammer whipped up a howling wind, directly smashing the half of Wuchan's regenerating body.

Immediately afterwards, six figures emerged from the smoke from different directions.

"Wind Breathing: Tengu Wind!"

"Breath of Flame: Shiranui!"

"Water Breathing - Flowing Dance!"

"Snake Breath - Twisted Slash!"

"Breath of Love: Chaotic Claws!"

"Breath of the Mist - Horizontal Slash!"

The six Pillar-level swordsmen unleashed their fastest sword techniques, weaving a web of destruction that utterly annihilated Muzan, whose movements were hampered by the deadly poison and severe injuries.

This is a combined attack that brings together the peak fighting power of the Demon Slayer Corps, determined to tear the Demon King to shreds!

"Tear him apart! Take him!"

Bricks and stones shattered, and air hissed!

Asuka had already unleashed her fastest speed, and the Zanpakuto, which was thrusting forward, exploded in mid-air with a loud bang, and black and red flames blazed fiercely on the blade!

Although she was restrained by Tamayo's medicine, affected by the wisteria poison, and made a mess of things by gunpowder and certain special blood demon techniques.

But Muzan Kibutsuji's recovery speed is still frighteningly fast!

He was regenerating at a terrifying speed, and his grotesque appearance after being scorched by flames was chilling.

Wu Can raised his head, his vertical pupils revealing undisguised disgust and mania—

"You're just mere humans... Do you think this is my end?"

His voice seemed to come from the depths of hell, and as he faced the pillars attacking from all sides, he revealed a cruel sneer.

"Damn ghost hunters, I'll kill you all today!"

"Naruto!!"

Clang—!!

With this call, a clear yet eerie pipa sound suddenly echoed in the air.

The solid ground beneath everyone's feet vanished instantly, transforming into a suddenly opened paper door to a Japanese-style room, leading to a bottomless void.

The ruins of the Ubuyashiki mansion, the surrounding mountains and forests, and even the entire land seemed to be torn apart by this force that altered the landscape.

A massive, distorted alternate dimension, filled with countless buildings, corridors, and staircases, was like a giant beast with its mouth wide open, ready to devour all the swordsmen in one gulp!

Although surprised, Xing Songnian was already prepared.

The Infinite City? I couldn't ask for more!

"If I'm safe, my first priority is to find the long-haired female ghost who controls the Blood Demon Art of the Infinite City!" The rock pillar shouted this before it fell.

"No mercy! I'll tear your doghouse apart!" Shinazugawa Saneya roared as he fell.

Kyojuro Rengoku immediately looked at Giyu Tomioka, who had fallen in with him, and said, "Giyu! Let's fight side by side!"

Yoshiyuki Tomioka nodded, constantly adjusting his posture in the air, trying to get as close as possible to Kyojuro's direction.

The Serpent Pillar and Love Pillar exchanged a glance, then reached out to grab each other, but after seeing the Mist Pillar's bewildered look, they withdrew their hands somewhat embarrassedly.

As for Asuka, his gaze remained fixed on Mukhan.