Zongman: Capturing the goddess from Demon Slayer

“Kokushibo, right?”

Lan Mingang looked at Kokushibo and said:

“What a pathetic clown, not knowing why he was born into this world even in death.”

“To become the world's strongest?” Or to prove your uniqueness?”

“If it's about being the world's strongest, Muzan Kibutsuji seems capable of easily annihilating you, right?”

“As for uniqueness, are you more unique than your brother Yoriichi Tsugikuni or Muzan Kibutsuji?”

“What a tragic life.”

In the eyes of others, Lan Mingang's words seemed nonsensical and unfounded, but to Kokushibo's ears, they were so piercing and heart-wrenching.

Every word was a strike to the heart.

“Looking for death!”

Kokushibo's voice echoed in Lan Mingang's ears. In an instant, Kokushibo arrived beside Lan Mingang and drew his katana—Kokushibo.

He swung his sword at Lan Mingang's neck.

The expected scene of the head flying and blood spurting did not occur.

Clang!

A crisp sound of a strike rang out. The Kokushibo in Kokushibo's hand suddenly broke in half two centimeters away from Lan Mingang's neck.

One half was in Kokushibo's hand, and the other half tumbled in the air.

Because Kokushibo was made from Kokushibo's blood and bones, it could regenerate into a complete sword even if it was broken in half.

The half of Kokushibo in Kokushibo's hand returned to its complete form in the instant it missed Lan Mingang's neck.

Looking at the Kokushibo in his hand, if it weren't for the sound of the broken half falling on the tracks, Kokushibo would have wondered if he had seen it wrong.

Kokushibo actually broke when it was about to touch that person's neck, as if it had struck the hardest thing in the world.

“An attack that can't even cut through the air can't kill anyone, you know.”

Lan Mingang's playful voice entered Kokushibo's ears as he was stunned.

He used to mock others, but today he was actually mocked!

Kokushibo was furious, and his left hand brushed across Kokushibo.

Kokushibo instantly underwent a great change. Not only did it become longer, but three barbs also grew on both sides of the blade.

Kokushibo once again swung his sword at Lan Mingang, this time choosing the back of his neck.

As before, Kokushibo could not move further, no matter how hard he tried, two centimeters away from Lan Mingang's neck.

Moon Breathing Fifth Form - Moon Spirit Calamitous Eddy!

This was a move that could release sword energy without wielding a weapon.

Three streams of sword energy with dozens of different-sized moon-shaped blades appeared out of thin air, surrounding Lan Mingang.

Then, the moon-shaped blades on the sword energy detached from the sword energy and shot towards Lan Mingang.

Lan Mingang stood still, neither dodging nor evading.

However, these hundreds of moon-shaped blades did not even touch Lan Mingang's clothes, and they turned into light spots and dissipated two centimeters away from Lan Mingang's body.

Unease surged into his heart.

Kokushibo instantly retreated hundreds of meters away, facing a formidable enemy.

How many years had it been since he had once again felt unease from a human?

The last time he had this feeling was from his brother, Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

Yoriichi Tsugikuni was born with the Transparent World and a Demon Slayer Mark, so his unease was reasonable.

But what was going on with the person in front of him!?

His face was fair and clean, and he didn't look like someone who cultivated at all. He didn't have a Demon Slayer Mark.

Even his muscle density was the same as an ordinary person.

Why could he bring him unease!

Why couldn't his attacks work on him!

Why!

Kokushibo narrowed his six eyes and asked solemnly:

“You!”

“Who exactly are you!”

“Who am I?” Lan Mingang said lightly:

“I am Lan Mingang, an ordinary person.”

Lan Mingang's voice rang in Kokushibo's ears. All three pairs of Kokushibo's eyes contracted, and his muscles tensed.

So fast!

Before Kokushibo could react, Lan Mingang chopped off Kokushibo's head with a hand chop and kicked away his body.

Lan Mingang grabbed Kokushibo's hair and lifted his head.

He patted Kokushibo's face and said:

“Hey, hey, hey!”

“Calling Muzan Kibutsuji!”

“Please, Coward Muzan Kibutsuji, answer the phone.”

A familiar voice entered Muzan Kibutsuji's mind.

The last time was through the former Lower Rank Six, Kyogai.

This time, however, it was through his strongest subordinate, Upper Rank One, Kokushibo.

Thinking back to a week ago, when he received the call from Kyogai, he thought that his greatest enemy was the boy named Tanjirou, who had the same earrings as Yoriichi Tsugikuni and also used Sun Breathing.

But now it seemed that everything was wrong.

Completely wrong!

The person who called him through Kyogai, hiding behind Kyogai, and talking to him was his greatest enemy!

A single hand chop severed Kokushibo's head, something that even Yoriichi Tsugikuni could not do.

That is to say, in front of this person, he would not even have the chance to self-destruct and might die...

No!

Not might, but certainly!

Since the day he escaped from Yoriichi Tsugikuni hundreds of years ago, Muzan Kibutsuji felt for the first time that death was so close to him.

Boundless fear surged into his heart, and Muzan Kibutsuji felt that even breathing was becoming difficult.

He didn't dare to communicate with Lan Mingang through Kokushibo at all.

Muzan Kibutsuji had only one thought now, and that was to escape!

Hide in the Infinity Castle, use the attrition tactic to wear down Lan Mingang to death, and then reappear.

Without the slightest hesitation, Muzan Kibutsuji directly severed the connection with Kokushibo.

“Nakime!”

Muzan Kibutsuji roared hysterically.

Nakime of the Infinity Castle received the order, plucked the biwa, and teleported Muzan Kibutsuji into the Infinity Castle.

Seeing that Muzan-sama in front of her was even having difficulty breathing, Nakime quickly asked:

“Muzan-sama, are you alright?”

“Hoo~”

“Hoo~”

After a few heavy breaths, Muzan Kibutsuji said in shock:

“From now on, no one can enter the Infinity Castle without my order!”

“The Infinity Castle, from now on, is closed for a hundred years!”

After conveying his order to Nakime, Muzan Kibutsuji felt a sense of security.

He exhaled a breath of turbid air and lay weakly on the ground.

On the other side, Lan Mingang felt bored when he saw that Muzan Kibutsuji seemed to hang up the phone directly after answering his call.

He had already guessed that Muzan Kibutsuji had hid in the Infinity Castle.

“Sigh~”

“Kokushibo, it seems that your scum boss has abandoned you.”

“He didn't even take you with him when he ran away.”

“Tsk tsk, how tragic.”

Lan Mingang said to Kokushibo.

Kokushibo was also in a daze after feeling that he could not contact Muzan Kibutsuji.

Then he laughed wildly, his laughter miserable and desolate.

“A hahahahahaha~”

“Hahaha”

“Haha”

“Ha......”

After laughing, Kokushibo took a deep breath and shouted hysterically:

“Yoriichi Tsugikuni——!!!”

“Why!”

“Why would someone like you, who only disrupts the order of the world, be born into this world!!!”

“Why are you my twin brother!”

“Why do you have to show off your disgusting, enviable abilities!”

“Why do you have to give me hope again when I am about to die!”

“In order to become someone like you, in order to become unique, in order to become the strongest samurai! I did not hesitate to abandon my wife and children, I did not hesitate to transform into a demon and suck human blood.”

“I thought I had broken free from my shackles, become the only one, become the strongest!”

“But you just had to disgust me, defeat me, and then die peacefully in your old age when you were about to die!”

“Why do you always make me live so miserably!”

“I hate it so much!!!”

“All of you, go to hell!!!”