How can this be?

Xu Fu was shocked to see Rengoku Kyojuro suddenly appear in front of him. He couldn't believe that a swordsman he looked down upon could actually burst out with such power. He couldn't believe that the seemingly insignificant Flame Breathing Technique could actually threaten his life.

Breathing of Fire·Type 11·Mars Guardian!

This is the breathing method that Rengoku Kyojuro learned from his father, and now he is going to use this breathing method to end Xu Fu!

A flash of fire like a meteor appeared, and the worm-like Xu Fu was instantly split into two.

But it’s not over yet.

At the same time that Xu Fu was cut off by Rengoku Kyojuro, Shinobu Kocho also used the Star Breathing Technique to come in front of Xu Fu.

Breathing of the Stars·Type 14·Taiyi Ziwei·Supreme!

This is a sword skill in the Star Breathing Technique that transcends time and space. With the help of this sword skill, Kocho Shinobu's sword not only slashed at Xu Fu, but also slashed at most of Xu Fu's clones left in this world.

At this moment, it was not just Xu Fu who was like a worm in the imperial palace.

Those men and women, young and old, and even princes and nobles whose bodies were occupied by Xu Fu's clones, all faced Shinobu Kocho's Nichirin Sword at the same time.

"No!"

When Xu Fu saw this knife, he knew that he would die after this knife.

He roared desperately, trying to seize a glimmer of hope, but Kocho Shinobu's Star Breathing Technique transcended time and space, and this sword had already blocked his future.

No! I want to surpass the First Emperor, I want to become the supreme Heavenly Locust. How could I die here? I will never die here!

Xu Fu roared in his heart, as if he was cheering himself up, or as if he was a dying man's attachment to the world.

But even he didn't notice that he had subconsciously changed his address from "I" to "I". At this critical moment of life and death, every word he said came from the bottom of his heart.

In fact, he never really thought of himself as an emperor. The reason why he always called himself "I" was just a clumsy imitation of the man standing on Mount Tai that day.

"I also want to become the emperor!"

A strong desire to survive constantly stimulated his head, and the body that was hit hard by Kocho Shinobu actually began to slowly recover. Flesh and blood began to slowly evolve under his head, and his body began to slowly reorganize. The first thing to appear was his right hand, the right hand that had once stretched from the bottom of Mount Tai to the top of Mount Tai.

At this time, the battle between the Demon Slayer Corps and Xu Fu had been going on for a long time. The originally heavy rain began to slowly decrease, and the thunder in the sky also disappeared. A beautiful fish belly white began to appear in the eastern sky, rendering the surrounding clouds into a charming red. The warm sunlight sprinkled through the clouds and shone on Xu Fu's ugly body.

Xu Fu was bathing in the sun. As the strongest evil spirit in the world, he would not be destroyed by the sun. But the sun's rays were also a huge harm to him, which slowed down his recovery.

More importantly, in the increasingly brilliant light, Xu Fu seemed to see a mountain, a mountain standing on the edge of the sea and sky, dividing the worlds of yin and yang.

On the top of the mountain, there was a figure. That person was wearing an imperial robe, looking majestic and dignified, the most supreme in heaven and on earth.

He looked at the First Emperor who was high up, his eyes full of amazement.

I want to be that kind of person!

In a trance, he seemed to have really become the First Emperor.

But at this moment, he did not feel the slightest bit of joy in his heart, instead he felt lonely and desolate.

On this supreme mountaintop, there were no parents, no master and apprentice, no family affection and friendship, only a disgusting eunuch who looked at him with a flattering face and shouted:

"The mountain roars!"

"Long live the emperor!"

Xu Fu looked at the people kneeling down the mountain and felt that it was too cold up there.

So this is how the emperor felt?

Damn it, why am I so lonely? It feels like I’m dying.

If I had known earlier, I would have...

Finally, with the disappearance of his obsession, the last remnants of Xu Fu turned into ashes.

Chapter 184 The Sorrow of the Demon Slayer Corps

Xu Fu died and the battle for the Imperial Palace was over.

But have things changed just like that?

At the same time as Xu Fu fell, in a pavilion far away from the Imperial Palace, a short, fat, ugly figure was watching the battle coldly. Seeing that Xu Fu was still killed by the Demon Slayer Corps after merging with the Imperial Palace, the short, fat figure couldn't help but frown, and was full of fear of the Demon Slayer Corps.

"Your Majesty, how should we deal with the death of Prince Arisugawa?"

As this person frowned, the waiter beside him asked. It turned out that this person was none other than the contemporary Sky Locust of Xiaoshi. However, the one who now dominates this body is not Sky Locust himself, but Judas who was resurrected by the old Naruto and then possessed this Sky Locust.

Hearing the waiter's question, Judas said coldly:

"Destroy!"

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"Destroy the Demon Slayer Corps!"

“But Your Majesty, the Demon Slayer Corps is on your side this time. If we destroy the Demon Slayer Corps under this situation, will it…?”

The waiter wanted to speak, but suddenly saw the sinister face of Judas. As an evil ghost who had lived for more than two thousand years, his power was not comparable to that of the greedy and lustful locust. After seeing this, the waiter was frightened and collapsed to the ground, and then said tremblingly:

"Got it. I will now convey His Majesty Tianhuang's order to the cabinet and mobilize the entire country to destroy the Demon Slayer Corps!"

Hearing this, Narudas nodded with satisfaction and said:

"By the way, did the cabinet agree to my proposal to build a cathedral around the Imperial Palace?"

Hearing this, the waiter shook his head and said:

"Your Majesty, the national treasury is very tight right now. In addition, the earthquake that just happened has reduced even the Imperial Palace to ruins. The ministers' suggestion is that your Majesty's Imperial Palace should be rebuilt first. As for the church, we have to wait until we have more money in the future..."

As the waiter said this, he saw that Judas's eyes became more vicious.

"Don't build the Imperial Palace. I don't care about it. I want a church. I want this country to be illuminated by the glory of God!"

As he spoke, Judas controlled the fat body of the contemporary locust and bowed his head in worship with a pious look. In the battle with Li Shimin, he originally thought that he would die. Who would have thought that at the critical moment, he actually received guidance from God, allowing himself to possess the body of the contemporary locust and continue to spread the gospel for the gods.

Faced with the grace of God's life-saving, Judas was eager to build a church for God. Even if it offended the entire cabinet of Xiaori, or even the country of Xiaori, he would not hesitate. Because now he felt that he had the protection of God, so he could do whatever he wanted.

But he didn't know that he was in the void outside the world. The old Naruto looked at Judas like this and shook his head helplessly.

Before we knew it, a year had passed.

During this year, the Demon Slayer Corps, which was originally between black and white, suffered an unprecedented blow. The military began to search for the traces of the Demon Slayer Corps everywhere, and one after another, the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen died in the hands of the army.

Everyone knows that the Demon Slayer Corps wanted to assassinate Tianhuang, but accidentally killed Prince Arisugawamiya. The Demon Slayer Corps can only survive in escape and hiding. At the same time, everyone, including the leader of the Demon Slayer Corps, cannot understand what Tianhuang did.

After all, this time Tian Huang not only turned his back on his benefactor, but he also began to build churches all over the country, making the whole country a mess. I don't know how many people were dissatisfied with his behavior, and various assassinations and mutinies never stopped. But the contemporary Tian Huang seemed to have divine help and escaped assassinations again and again.

While Tian Huang was messing around in his daily life, a man in the Swordsmith Village began his own actions.

"You know, I was confused a while ago as to why someone like Yunyi would attack Tianhuang."

Kokushibo sat on a huge rock, looking at the mountains in the distance, the clouds rising and falling, and he seemed to be talking to himself:

"I understand Yoriichi because he is my twin brother. I know how strong he is, but I also know that his heart is not as sharp as his sword. If he had a choice, he would just be a mountain dweller in the mountains, or a farmer in a village. This is also what I hate most about him."

"He clearly has a talent comparable to that of a god, but he doesn't care about it at all. He only thinks about his own little piece of land and doesn't care about the overall situation of the world."

Behind Kokushibo, there was a person kneeling behind him. The person had a funny mask on his face, and under the mask were two lines of tears, and he could faintly hear sobbing sounds.

"Back then, Yoshiichi Tsugumi had no interest in power. Even after he left the mountain village and joined the Demon Slayer Corps, he knew that those high-ranking daimyo and the locusts were essentially evil demons who eat people, but he had no intention of becoming an enemy of those in power. He was just such a simple person, a simple swordsman of the Demon Slayer Corps. He just wanted to kill demons, that's all."

Kokushibo's eyes were slightly closed and his breathing was steady. He seemed to be recalling something, or narrating something.

"But not long ago, I just found out that he had actually wielded the Sun Blade to fight against the Sky Locust. At that time, I was just amazed at the terrifying power of his Amaterasu. Now that I have calmed down and thought about it carefully, I have just discovered the weirdness of this matter. Such a fighting style that can annihilate an army of tens of thousands with one strike and split the earth and mountains with one sword is not what Yunyi should have."

"I felt fear and sadness because of that Amaterasu move, and even lost my mind for a moment. I originally thought that I was just amazed at Yoriichi's strength and my own powerlessness. But now I understand that what I really feared was not Yoriichi's sword skills, but the emotions he conveyed through his sword skills."

"What is that emotion? It's anger. It's the rage that wants to burn everything in the world."

As he said that, Kokushibo turned around, looked at the man kneeling behind him and asked:

"Can you understand Yoriichi's feelings at that time? Tetsuzuka Hotaru!"

Yes, the man kneeling on the ground crying was none other than the top swordsmith in the Swordsmith Village, Hotaru Kotsuka. This always arrogant man now lowered his head and knelt in front of Kokushibo like a stray dog, as if begging for something from Kokushibo.

Looking at the fire in Tetsuzuka Hotaru's eyes that was blurred by tears but still burning very hot, Kokushibo knew that he at this moment was the same as Tsugikoku Yoriichi hundreds of years ago, with the same anger and hatred, and this anger and hatred even distorted the existence of both of them.

So much so that the usually simple and honest Yoshiichi Tsugakuni used the almost world-destroying Amaterasu, and even made a swordsmith like Hotaru Kotsuzuka, who hated evil spirits to the core, give up his dignity and bow to a man-eating evil spirit.

Then the swordsmith said in a mournful voice:

"Dead, everyone is dead..."

Kokushibo remained silent. He knew what Kokushibo wanted to say, because Kokushibo saw everything Kokushibo wanted to say.

"They rushed into our village and killed all of us swordsmiths, even the elderly and children. Damn it!"

Hotaru Tetsutsuka scratched the ground angrily with his hands, leaving ten deep bloody marks on the ground.

"Hundreds of people, all gone! Their bodies piled up into a small hill, their blood flowing into a stream..."

Yes, the swordsmith's village was destroyed.

Although the location of the Swordsmith Village was secret, it could not be hidden from the official eyes and ears. Just after Tian Huang ordered the extermination of the Demon Slayer Corps, the surrounding troops immediately received a telegram from the higher-ups and launched an extermination campaign against the Demon Slayer Corps, which caused heavy casualties to the Demon Slayer Corps and even spared the Swordsmith Village, which was an affiliated organization of the Demon Slayer Corps.

In front of Hotaru Tetsuzuka's own eyes, hundreds of men, women, young and old in the village were killed by the military. He was the only one who survived because of Kokushibo's attack.

Seeing his relatives and friends being killed in front of him, Hotaru Tsuchiguchi, the swordsmith with a strong will, was almost broken! He was crying about his pain and venting his anger in front of a man-eating demon like Kokushibo.

He said this, and Kokushibo just listened.

After a while, Hotaru Tetsuzuka could no longer speak, and Kokushibo finally spoke:

"Why are you telling me so much? Do you still want me to help you get revenge? Don't you know that I am also a man-eating ghost? In terms of the number of people killed, I have killed more than that group of soldiers just now!"

Kokushibo's voice became increasingly cold:

"I'm not Tsugumi Yoriichi!"

"Tsugokuni Yoriichi was angry because the Demon Slayer Corps was almost wiped out by the Heavenly Locusts and the group of daimyo. He was a simple, good-natured man, so he was naturally angry when he saw this situation. Driven by this anger, he actually went to the Imperial Palace alone."

"But I'm different! I'm Yansheng Tsugaku, I'm a man-eating demon. Even if your Demon Slayer Corps is wiped out by Tianhuang and his men, it has nothing to do with me."

"I know!" Hotaru Tetsuzuka raised his head and said firmly:

"You are not Yunichi Senior, so you don't have anger in your heart. But I also know that although you are not Yunichi Senior, you dream of surpassing Yunichi Senior! So you will kill Tianhuang just like Yunichi Senior, not because you hate him, but simply because you want to prove that you are stronger than your brother!"

Hearing this, the corners of Kokushibo's mouth curled up slightly and asked:

"So, you agree to forge the sword for me?"

Hotaru Tsuchiya said firmly:

"After I forge the sword, I will die as a token of my sin!"

This is consent!

Kokushibo glanced sideways, his eyes full of respect as he looked at Tetsuzuka Hotaru.

Although this man was filled with anger, he still did not give up his pride as a swordsmith. As a swordsmith of the Demon Slayer Corps, he must not forge swords for evil spirits. Now that he had broken this oath, he naturally had to commit seppuku and use death to wash away his sins.

"Very well, in that case, let's start forging the sword right away!"

As Kokushibo spoke, he stood up and walked towards the ore storage area of the Swordsmith Village. There were piles of red sand iron and red ore, which were the best raw materials for forging the Sun Blade.

But at this time, Hotaru Tetsuzuka, who slowly stood up, said:

"No, we don't need to use the ore from this village for forging the sword this time."

Kokushibo turned around and heard Hotaru Kotsuzuka say in a cold voice:

"The Nichirin sword forged with red iron sand and red ore is used to kill demons. This time, we are going to forge a sword that kills people!"

After saying this, Tietsuzuka Hotaru walked towards the east. His eyes were determined, and it was obvious that he had a goal in mind:

"Have you ever heard of the Tranquility Stone?"

"The Sea of Tranquility?" Kokushibo followed beside Hotaru Kotetsuzuka and shook his head.

"I've never heard of this. Isn't this the material used to forge famous swords?"

Iron Tsuka Firefly said calmly:

"This is a mineral called Devil's Stone. It has five-colored brilliance and is very beautiful. Legend has it that it was created when a piece of the moon fell to Earth."

"A fragment of the moon in the sky?"

After pondering over these words, Kokushibo found himself interested in this ore.

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