Infinite: Start as a ghost

Mitsuri and Muichiro might still have a chance, but if one of them succeeds in achieving Jiang Jiu's goal, the rest will have a hard time doing so.

The fewer people there are, the harder it is to complete.

Over the next three days, Muichiro and Mitsuri both achieved the goals set by Jiang Jiu, leaving only the main characters struggling.

If it hadn't rained on the third day, and they hadn't survived by drinking rainwater, Jiang Jiu would have really taken the initiative to call a halt.

Muichiro and Mitsuri were not idle either. After completing their goal, they continued to participate in Jiang Jiu's training every day.

Because they found it really effective.

Of course, Jiang Jiu didn't show his true strength at all.

Blood Demon Art, Demon Mark, and Transparent World were all not activated, otherwise none of them would have been able to touch him.

In addition to participating in Jiang Jiu's training, Muichiro and Mitsuri also engage in solo battles, and their progress is very steady.

This kind of battle made Pighead even more desperate.

He had always wanted to challenge Jiang Jiu, but found that the distance between the two was growing ever wider.

Several more days passed, and the three main characters were completely exhausted. Although it had been raining continuously for the past few days, they had not eaten a single grain of rice.

Jiang took the initiative to call a halt this time.

"Seven days have passed, and you still haven't been able to touch me even once?" Jiang Jiu said disappointedly, "You are still far from strong enough."

Zenitsu kept thinking to himself, "Who was it that was praising us for growing up a while ago?"

"Stop for now, go eat, and continue when you're full," Jiang Jiu said. "Don't eat too much, and don't eat too fast, or it won't be good for your health."

Another day passed, and Pighead was the first among the three to encounter Jiang Jiu, which made him extremely happy.

"Hahaha, hahaha, as expected, I am your boss." Pighead laughed triumphantly.

Tanjiro was genuinely happy for him: "Congratulations, Inosuke."

Then he said to Zenitsu, "Let's do our best too, we can't lose to him."

Zenitsu gritted his teeth. He was the fastest of the three, but he wasn't the first to succeed.

The two wanted to charge forward together again, but Jiang stopped them.

"Stop," Jiang Jiu said. "That's it for today. The three of you will form a group. If any one of you runs into me, you'll have succeeded."

Tanjiro, being single-minded, hurriedly said, "That won't do. We need to keep getting stronger."

Jiang Jiu laughed and said, "Becoming stronger is not something that can be done in a short time, unless you can have an epiphany like I did when I learned Water Breathing."

"Otherwise, we must proceed step by step and know when to stop."

Since Jiang Jiu had said so, Tanjiro and Zenitsu had no choice but to give up, but a deep sense of resentment continued to grow in their hearts.

A few days later, everyone made rapid progress.

Muichiro and Mitsuri have been able to achieve their goals every time they participate in Jiang Jiu's training. The three main characters are also like they have cheat codes. Although their efficiency is not as high as the two Pillars, they can barely injure Jiang Jiu every day.

Sometimes it's Tanjiro, sometimes it's Zenitsu, and sometimes it's Inosuke; the three of them always manage to keep pace with each other.

"Very good, your cultivation can be temporarily put on hold," Jiang Jiu said with satisfaction.

The group was clearly aware of their progress and were quite satisfied.

At the last moment, Tanjiro mastered the seventh form of Sun Breathing, temporarily surpassing the strength of his two companions.

Muichiro and Mitsuri's training this time might rank them in the top five among the Pillars.

The main characters working together could very well defeat Giyu Tomioka.

"Judging by the days, our knife should be repaired in the next few days. For the next two or three days, everyone can rest and have fun without having to repair it anymore."

Muichiro remained expressionless, lost in thought.

Mili looked at Jiang Jiu with a face full of happiness.

Over the past few days, she has been deeply attracted by the dishes she has never seen before, and she doesn't want to leave Jiangjiu until she gets tired of them.

Two days later, the swordsmiths handed over the swords to them, and their mission was accomplished.

In their sleep, a sudden loud noise woke everyone up.

"what's the situation?"

"what happened?"

"What happened?"

Chapter 97 Doubt

The Forging Village is a village consisting of about a hundred swordsmiths.

Apart from the swordsmiths being able to provide for themselves through their own craftsmanship, all other necessities were provided by the Demon Slayer Corps.

Hundreds of years ago, artisans from all over the country were rescued by the Demon Slayer Corps, and some of them agreed to stay and forge weapons specifically for the Demon Slayer Corps.

So they gathered together and formed a place that resembled a base.

Their cooperation pleased the Demon Slayer Corps, who were willing to allocate a portion of their forces to protect them.

Over time, the skills left behind by modern craftsmen are mainly architecture and knife forging.

They will remember the kindness and pass it on to their children and grandchildren.

There were glorious times, and there were times when they were discovered by ghosts and nearly perished, leading to their slaughter.

However, with the help of the Demon Slayer Corps, they persevered, and their hatred for demons deepened, while their bond with the Demon Slayer Corps grew stronger.

Their whereabouts have been discovered again until today.

Then they were attacked.

With a violent explosion, one-tenth of the villagers of the knife-forging village, who numbered only about a hundred, perished instantly.

The village chief, Tetsuji Kawara Tetsujin, was the first to rush out: "What happened? Why did it suddenly explode?"

When he ran out, he saw a six-eyed warrior holding a strange pot looking at them from the front of the explosion site.

"A ghost?" Tetsuji Kawara Tetsujin exclaimed in shock, "How could a ghost have discovered this place? Someone betrayed us?"

The moment the village chief saw Kokushibo, his first thought was that the location of the sword-forging village had been betrayed.

The person who betrayed them was definitely not human; it was the demon who came to repair the sword under the guise of a Demon Slayer Corps member!

"Why did the Demon Slayer Corps agree to let that demon join? My Swordsmith Village is doomed." The village chief felt despair.

Their ten-day training session made everyone in the sword-forging village aware of Jiang Jiu's strength, including the village chief.

With two Pillars and the main characters, a total of five people, he was no match for them. Now, with the addition of the attacking demons, what could the Swordsmith Village, as the support team, do but wait to die?

After the village chief came out, the other villagers followed suit and came out to check the situation.

"Someone betrayed us..."

The moment the word "sell" was uttered, the village chief's head detached from his body, flew into the air, and then crashed to the ground.

Everyone was stunned; the sudden turn of events left them momentarily speechless.

"Ah... the village chief is dead, the village chief has been killed, ahhh!" A woman began to scream in agony, and only then did everyone react.

"A ghost! It's a ghost! We've been attacked by a ghost!"

"Everyone, run!"

"The village chief is dead? The village chief is dead?"

Why were we discovered by the ghost?

Panic ensued, with most people running away while a few remained stunned.

"Blood Demon Technique o 10,000 Gliding Sticky Fish..."

The pot actually spoke human language, spraying out countless poisonous fish from its spout.

These poisonous fish are peculiar; they can swim in the air as if the air were water.

The poisonous fish spread in all directions, and just as they were about to injure everyone, several sharp attacks stopped the swarm of fish.

"Breathing of Nothingness, Sixth Form, Formless..."

"Hinokami Kagura, Sixth Form, Scorching Sun..."

"Love Breathing O Fifth Form O Wavering Love O Chaotic Claws..."

"Thunder Breathing, First Form, Nine-Strike..."

"Beast Breathing, Fourth Fang, Shattered Blades..."

"Wind Breathing, Seventh Form, Gale, Tengu Wind..."

Nearly two-thirds of the nearly ten thousand poisonous fish were wiped out by the combined attack of the group.

"Oh?" Kokushibo's eyes lit up slightly: "Such a skilled expert is hidden in such a small sword-forging village?"

He put down the jade pot: "You can handle those knife makers; I'll take care of these people."

Of the few who didn't escape, some were too scared to walk, while others stayed behind with a death wish, buying time for others.

Those who were clear-headed saw Jiang Jiu and their eyes blazed with fury, wishing they could tear him to pieces.

"It was you, you betrayed us."

"That's right, it's you. The last two words the village chief uttered before he died were 'betrayal'."

"Is there even a need to consider it? Is there even a need to think about it? Besides this guy, who else could leak our location?"

"Heh, we've served the Demon Slayer Corps for hundreds of years, but we never expected to fall into the hands of our own people. Heaven is against us."

The angry shouts from those around them aroused Muichiro and Mitsuri's suspicions.

What they said seemed to make sense, and everyone heard the village chief say the word "betrayal" before he died. Could it be that what they said was true?

The two immediately became wary of Jiang Jiu.

Pighead and Zenitsu were at a loss, unsure which side to believe.

Nezuko was confused and didn't understand what had happened.