Infinite: Start as a ghost

"Scyther, run! Don't worry about me!"

However, it was too late. The moment Sabito struck the Hand Demon's neck, the Hand Demon's attack arrived as well.

Sabito's body, like Makomo's, was pierced by the Hand Demon.

"Saburo!!" Yiyong shouted, but it was too late.

"Run...run away, get out of here." These were Sabito's last words. He never truly blamed Giyuu, and before he died, he conveyed this sentiment to Giyuu.

"Saburo!" Giyu shouted again, but there was nothing he could do.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this feeling is just too wonderful." The Hand Ghost laughed intoxicatedly, "Now it's your turn."

Jiang Jiu sighed. It seemed that the story had indeed deviated from the original work.

Just as the Hand Demon was about to strike, Jiang Jiu stepped forward.

"Stop, you can't hurt him."

The ghost's outstretched hand froze in mid-air: "It's you again?"

“It’s me,” Jiang Jiu said.

"I really don't know why you always have to get in my way. It's so boring." Faced with Jiang Jiu, he could only retreat, completely helpless.

This is the difference in strength.

"Sabito, Makomo, I'm so sorry." Giyu Tomioka didn't care that he had been saved, and kept muttering this sentence.

Chapter 12 The Ever-Changing Final Selection

The demon left decisively, and Yoshiyuki Tomioka sat on the ground looking dejected.

Seeing the dejected Yi Yong, Jiang Jiu shook his head helplessly: "Get up..."

Yi Yong merely glanced at him indifferently and ignored him.

Jiang Jiu grabbed him and pulled him up: "Are you planning to stay this颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a state of listlessness, apathy, and apathy) forever?"

Yi Yong said coldly, "You were the one who broke the ghost's arm just now, weren't you?"

Jiang Jiu admitted: "It was me..."

"Since you were willing to save me, why did you watch the Jade Rabbit die?"

"Go away, I don't want to see you."

Jiang Jiu slapped him across the face: "Bastard, I just got here. Otherwise, why do you think I would use a long-range attack like throwing stones?"

Giyuu said expressionlessly, "No matter what, you failed to save Sabito, that's a fact."

Jiang Jiu slapped him again: "You think you're so great? I'm a ghost, and instead of seeking revenge yourself, you're blaming everything on me, huh?"

"You should act according to your ability when seeking revenge. Why recklessly act when you know you are no match for them?"

"Why didn't you get stronger first?"

The last sentence seemed to strike at the heart of Giyu's pain, and he murmured it listlessly.

"There's no chance anymore, there won't be another chance."

"This time, my master vouched for my participation in the second round, and I will never be able to come again."

"Is that so?" Jiang Jiu said, "I really didn't know that."

"Is that why Murata can't get in?"

Yi Yong nodded and said, "Yes..."

"I see." Jiang Jiu laughed. "If you can't take revenge, then leave it to your descendants. There will always be a genius who can do it."

Yi Yong's eyes dimmed: "Really... are there any trial participants who can kill that demon?"

Jiang Jiu patted him on the shoulder: "There definitely is, trust me."

"How about you have the trainers set the training program to the highest difficulty level, so that only those who pass the highest difficulty level can participate in the trial?"

Yi Yong's eyes were vacant; he didn't know how to answer. He had already passed the so-called highest level of training.

Actually, he didn't know that Urokodaki was hiding his true abilities.

He has a stone that cannot be cut and has never taken it out.

He believed that when he took out the stone, he was hoping that his disciple would fail the test and become a member of the Demon Slayer Corps.

He left looking dejected, and Jiang Jiu ignored him.

He had warned the Hand Demon that it would never attack him again, and the other demons were no match for him.

The seven-day trial passed quickly, and Giyu left Fujikaze Mountain without saying a word, having passed the trial and become a member of the Demon Slayer Corps.

Another year has passed, and Jiang Jiu has continued to train diligently throughout the year.

Wisteria flowers no longer work on him, and the wisteria grove hasn't even come lately.

He could only improve his physical condition through the most basic exercises.

Daily dodging training is essential, and he also practices defense.

Being able to dodge doesn't mean you can defend against it.

However, the fact that he was able to dodge it means that his reflexes are at an extremely high level.

Although he would still get hit a few times at first, within a month he was able to completely block all attacks.

Of course, this is under the condition of full preparation; surprise attacks and raids can sometimes catch him off guard.

It took him half a year to deeply ingrain the concept of blocking into his bones.

Now, no matter when, where, or from what angle an attack comes, he can either dodge it or block it.

Then it took another six months to train the defensive counter-attacking style to the point where it was ingrained in our genes.

The final selection for the new round is here again.

This time he couldn't see Giyu Tomioka, but he could see a lot of kids wearing masks.

"Another disciple of Urokodaki?" Jiang Jiu muttered to himself, "I remember that in the end, only Kamado Tanjiro and Tomioka Giyu were left with Urokodaki. So, all of them will die, right?"

"Huh? I thought Tanjiro would come."

"That's true. It will take several years for Giyu Tomioka to become a water pillar. It won't be that quick."

"I misremembered."

He had no intention of interfering with Urokodaki Sakonji's other disciples; he would simply let them fend for themselves.

Moreover, strictly speaking, if they hadn't died, Urokodaki Sakonji's test of Kamado Tanjiro might not have been that stone.

For seven days, he could hear the revelry of ghosts and the screams of humans every night, and sometimes he could even faintly hear the perverted laughter of the Hand Ghost.

This time, not a single person passed the trial; they all perished in the Fujikasa Mountain.

Two years later, he honed his combat skills to the highest possible level.

He went through two selections, and very few people passed the trials. Each time a trial participant arrived, the Hand Ghost grew a little stronger.

The previous training mainly focused on reaction time and physical instincts; now it's time to get into real fighting skills.

However, it's not really true that he honed his combat skills to the extreme; rather, the strength of the monsters on Fujikasane Mountain was simply too low.

He can only practice to a certain level, and once he reaches that level, he can no longer improve his skills even slightly.

He had a feeling that his previous level of dodging skills was at least on par with the previous Twelve Demon Moons, and now he truly possessed that level of strength.

Now, apart from the necessary combat training every day, all that's left is basic physical training.

Actually, the later trial participants were quite unlucky, because they were constantly fighting every day. It wasn't just them who improved, but also all the demons on Vine Mountain.

Although those ghosts were of low level and their growth was limited, they were still making progress.

They launched sneak attacks and laid traps, gaining immense combat experience that made the trial participants suffer greatly.

The heavy casualties among the participants in these trials are largely attributable to Jiang Jiu's efforts.

However, he himself was clearly unaware of this.

It was another final selection. Jiang Jiu looked around for a long time but didn't see any of the masked test takers.

"Have all of Urokodaki Sakonji's disciples finally died?"

He knew that the time for him to leave was approaching.

He had spent a full five years in the beginner village, and he was truly fed up with it.

For five whole years, he neither ate human flesh nor drank human blood, and only drank ghost blood when he could no longer resist.

He dared not kill anyone.

Because he felt that "people" were like drugs.

Once you start, you might not be able to control your desires afterward.

He dared not gamble...

There were already signs of this; when he saw the trial participants die, he always had a strong urge to eat people.

However, since he didn't kill anyone himself, he was able to suppress it forcibly.

If he were to really let loose and start killing, he really wasn't confident he could control himself.

"Damn it, I'm probably the only one among transmigrators who's as cowardly as me."

Just as we were marveling at the moment, the final selection for the new round arrived without us even realizing it.

This is the sixth year.

Chapter 13 Leaving Fujikasane Mountain, A New Journey

This is the smallest group of people.

The previous batch of Qi Tu had 21 people, but this batch only has a dozen or so.

Jiang Jiu had no interest in the pre-selection ceremony, so he simply turned around and walked directly into the depths of Tengxi Mountain. Otherwise, if someone saw him, he wouldn't be able to explain how he could be in the wisteria forest.