Demon Slayer: My breathing technique went awry after Nezuko pushed me down.

"Oh my~" The teju-ki grinned, revealing sharp teeth, his gaze sweeping over Tanjiro before greedily looking into the townhouse.

"Only one little devil came out to greet us? Where's the rare blood we smelled earlier? And what about that other one of their kind? Is it hidden?"

Tanjiro did not answer, but simply assumed the starting stance of Water Breathing, his feet firmly planted on the ground, blocking the doorway.

"Not going to say anything?"

The handball demon's smile turned dangerous, and a handball in his hand began to spin rapidly. "Then I'll turn you into mincemeat first, and then go find something delicious—"

Before she could finish speaking, she hurled the ball from her hand!

The handball spun in the air, moving so fast it left afterimages and made a sharp whistling sound as it hurtled straight at Tanjiro's face!

Tanjiro's eyes sharpened, but he neither flinched nor dodged; a flash of light appeared on his blade.

"Water Breathing - First Form: Water Surface Slash!"

Just as the blade, swirling with water, was about to precisely slice through the handball and split it in two.

The handball suddenly and strangely changed direction, drawing an arc as if it had a human body to dodge the slash, then bent and bounced from the left, attacking Tanjiro again!

"What?!" Tanjiro exclaimed in surprise, leaning back and simultaneously swinging his sword diagonally upwards to parry.

"clang!"

Although the rapidly approaching handball was deflected, Tanjiro could feel the force transmitted through the blade—it was astonishingly strong, causing him to involuntarily flex his fingers.

"Hehehe~" the handball ghost laughed loudly, swung his arms wildly, and threw two more balls.

"My handball isn't so easy to block~ Enjoy it, kid!"

Three handballs flew through the air, tracing various tricky arcs, attacking Tanjiro from all angles—front, back, left, and right.

Tanjiro gritted his teeth and moved quickly, his body flowing like water through the narrow courtyard.

"Water Breathing - Third Form - Flowing Dance!"

His figure blurred, and the blade flashed continuously, deflecting the incoming handballs one by one.

But the handball bounces back immediately after being deflected, completely disregarding the laws of physics, and the attacks are relentless, like a swarm of annoying wasps.

What's even more troublesome is that the Arrow Demon, who always kept his eyes closed, stretched out his hands towards Tanjiro from afar.

The pupils in his palms were strangely arrow-shaped eyeballs, staring straight at Tanjiro.

Tanjiro's heart was ringing with alarm bells.

The next second, he felt as if his body was being violently pulled to the side by a huge, invisible force.

There was a handball hurtling towards him.

"boom!"

Caught off guard, Tanjiro was hit hard on the back by the handball, groaned, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Chapter 43 Let's Fight, Tanjiro!

"how so......?"

Tanjiro gritted his teeth and stood up. "Why... is my body out of control?"

Arrow Ghost smiled faintly, without answering, and with a touch of elegance patted his sleeve, offering his palm to Handball Ghost.

"Hurry up! The adults told you before you left that you shouldn't just think about having fun!"

"He gave us the blood in advance so that we would not be careless."

"Tch! So verbose!"

Handball Ghost complained, then reached out from his collar, opened his coat, and revealed his muscular physique.

With a soft thud, four equally thick, veiny arms emerged from her ribs and waist.

At this moment, she was tossing six handballs up and down with her six arms, a ferocious smile on her face. "Since that's the case, then I'll get serious."

The next second, six handballs shot out simultaneously, like six giant cannonballs, trailing colorful flames, all blasting towards the hole in the house.

Clearly, Tanjiro had been ignored by her; with the Arrow Demon around, that kid couldn't get close anyway.

On the contrary, the man sitting cross-legged inside the house gave her a sense of danger.

"One bullet can stop you? Let's see how you manage with six!"

As they were talking, the handball had already flown to Shirakawa Yu's front.

"How do I block it?" Bai Chuanyu muttered to himself.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish...

Several streaks of purple-pink light flashed past, creating a bizarre net of blades right in front of him.

"Just block it like this."

Shirakawa Yu put down the knife and remained seated.

The next second, the six handballs silently stopped in mid-air and cracked.

Then it turned into a few wisps of blood and dissipated instantly.

The handball ghost was stunned.

The arrow ghost was also stunned.

Although the Arrow Demon didn't attach Crimson Arrows to these six handballs, the Handball Demon's formidable power shouldn't be so easily neutralized.

But while the two of them froze, some others did not.

"Don't underestimate me, you bastard!"

"Water Breathing - Form 8 - Takitsubo!!!"

As Tanjiro, carrying a massive amount of blue water, lunged at him, Arrow Demon quickly raised his hands towards him, then his eyes snapped shut.

Countless invisible red arrows shot out instantly, surging towards Tanjiro.

But this time, Tanjiro seemed to have been prepared, and with a quick tap of his foot, he changed his move on the spot.

"Water Breathing - Third Form - Flowing Dance!"

With his agility greatly enhanced, Tanjiro slipped right through the gap in the Arrow Demon's Crimson Arrow and charged straight at the Handball Demon, who had no intention of defending.

Seeing the enemy getting close, Handball Demon's expression changed, and he jumped back in a hurry.

But the blade still grazed her shoulder, drawing out a spray of bright red blood.

She cried out, "You wretched brat!"

In her rage, she completely forgot about Shirakawa Yu and the others inside the house, and a handball reappeared in her hand, which she then hurled at Tanjiro.

However, a straight handball poses virtually no threat to Tanjiro, whose evasion skills are maxed out.

At this moment, the Arrow Demon, who was still wondering how Tanjiro could see the Crimson Arrow, finally noticed the talisman on his forehead.

"Is it because of that? Pshaw! Even if you could see it, what good would it do? Could you even hide from it!?"

He stretched out his hands again, this time to unleash more Crimson Arrows to help the Handball Demon.

However, the next second.

An invisible uppercut slammed into Arrow Demon's chin.

He managed to send him flying high into the air.

On the ground, Yushiro clenched his fists, veins bulging on his forehead, staring intently at the Arrow Demon. "How dare you attack Lady Tamayo! You ugly and disgusting thing! You're asking for death!!!"

Arrow Ghost hovered in the air, its yellow eyeball in its palm staring intently at Yushiro, exclaiming incredulously, "Invisibility... Invisibility!?"

Inside the room, looking at the battle outside, Shirakawa Yu nodded in satisfaction.

That's more like it!

In the original series, Yushiro fighting the Handball Demon and Tanjiro fighting the Arrow Demon were just ridiculous.

Despite his weak attack power, Yushiro's ability to become invisible allows him to easily defeat Arrow Demon, who relies entirely on Crimson Arrows for damage.

Handball Ghost, without Arrow Ghost's help, is essentially a mobile catapult.

Tanjiro, who deals with all sorts of traps every day, completely outmaneuvered him.

It's so satisfying to watch them play like that!

Let alone enduring for ten minutes, I might even have to beg the two ghosts not to die right now.

However......

Things rarely go as planned.

Tanjiro and Yushiro both caught each other off guard at the beginning.

But soon, the tide of battle turned.

First, let's look at Tanjiro's side.

When Shirakawa Yu saw the Handball Demon's actions against Tanjiro, he almost choked on his own saliva.

"Disarming a man with bare hands!?"

Yes, the Handball Demon... has six hands.

At this moment, the two hands at the top are clasped together, tightly gripping Tanjiro's Nichirin Blade.

"I'll let you cut me!!!"

With a sinister grin on her face, the next second, four fists slammed into Tanjiro's abdomen like heavy hammers.

"puff!!!"

Tanjiro coughed up blood the moment he was hit by those punches, and even his normal stance couldn't hold, so he flew far away like a kite.

Fortunately, he managed to pull the knife out using the force. Although he was struggling to stand, he was still able to fight.

Yushiro on the other side wasn't much better off.

Although he could turn invisible, he seized the opportunity to deliver a devastating blow to Arrow Ghost.

However, the Arrow Demon's eyesight was not to be underestimated.