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"Blood Demon Art: Flying Blood Sickles!"
Gyutaro waved the sickles in his hands repeatedly, instantly slashing out countless blood-colored crescents thin as blades.
Countless blood crescents violently collided with Tengen's explosive attacks; the sound of intense roaring filled the air incessantly.
"Go!"
Following Gyutaro's shout, the colorful sashes ejecting from Daki's body instantly bloomed like flower buds, carrying her body straight towards Kaito in the distance.
"For the task Lord Muzan entrusted to us!"
Hovering mid-air, she glared viciously at Kaito. Even more sashes shot out from her body, swiftly assaulting Kaito.
"Serpent Breathing, Second Form: Venom Fangs of the Narrow Head!"
Obanai's body appeared silently and swiftly behind her. The serpentine Nichirin Blade in his hand stabbed soundlessly towards the back of her neck like a snake hunting prey.
At the same time, Kaito dodged, letting the attacking sashes plunge into the dirt on the ground.
Just as the tip of Obanai's blade was about to strike, Daki, without turning her head, was abruptly pulled by her sashes, shifting horizontally a short distance.
"Bastard, almost got me again ahhhh!"
She turned her head, crying and shouting, her eyes venomously glaring at Obanai.
"What is that?"
Obanai noticed a vertical eye had suddenly appeared on her forehead.
"I won't tell you!!"
While manipulating some sashes to launch an encirclement attack against Obanai, Daki accelerated her charge towards Kaito.
"Trying to run?"
Obanai nimbly flipped, dodging a round of attacks, and kicked off one of the sashes with his feet.
"Serpent Breathing, Fifth Form: Slithering Serpent!"
The white blade light rapidly zigzagged through the gaps between the sashes, forming a giant serpent winding its way forward, almost instantly catching up to Daki from behind.
"Die!"
Obanai swung his blade towards Daki's neck.
"Bastard! Chasing after me non-stop is so annoying!"
Daki's body abruptly moved horizontally a large distance, dodging the slash.
"What's going on?"
With no foothold, Obanai's body began to fall from the air, but his eyes remained fixed stubbornly on Daki's retreating figure.
"Be careful, Iguro!" Tengen's voice came through; he was desperately swinging his twin blades, clashing with the sickles in Gyutaro's hands. "This guy must have given one of his eyes to that female demon!"
"You figured it out?"
Gyutaro raised his head, revealing a hollow eye socket previously hidden by his hair.
"Shared perception?"
Tengen frowned, guessing.
"No, not just shared perception. He's also using it to control that female demon's body."
Kaito's voice came through. His eyes were now crimson red, with three tomoe spinning rapidly within them.
His steps were casual as he shifted and moved, easily evading the attacks from Daki's sashes.
"Heh, I've observed enough. Let's end this now."
He suddenly leaped back again with agile grace, his hands simultaneously forming seals.
"Bind!"
A pentagram magic circle manifested on the ground. Spiritual power chains hung with paper talismans shot up into the sky.
"Ahhhhhh... It's appeared! The move that killed Lord Dōma has appeared!!"
Daki, mid-air, panicked and shouted, her body pulled left and right by her sashes, desperately dodging the chains.
"Controlling two bodies simultaneously? Seems you still have strength to spare, huh? Ha!!" Tengen, locked in combat with Gyutaro, said irritably.
"Dealing with guys like you, of course it's not that difficult!" Gyutaro's remaining single eye maliciously stared at Tengen.
"How many Pillars like you do you think we've already killed!!"
"That kind of talk really pisses me off!"
Tengen's arms suddenly bulged, the blade light from his twin swords surging as if doubling in strength, instantly slashing two crossed bloody gashes on Gyutaro's body.
"Just in time, our dear Onmyōji has finished his observations."
He pointed his blades at Gyutaro, who was quickly retreating.
"Now we send you on your way!! Iguro!!!"
"I know." Obanai, who had been quiet for a while, pointed his blade at Daki, who was constantly dodging the chains in the air.
"I have no problems on my end."
"So the main issue is on my side?" Tengen snorted two long streams of air from his nostrils. "But the rhythm is complete. I won't be making any more of those unflashy slashes!"
Gyutaro's face grew even uglier: "You were hiding your strength?"
"No. If I were relying solely on my original strength, I probably would have been cut by you long ago." Tengen said dismissively. "It's thanks to Mr. Onmyōji spell enhancements that I've been able to fight until now."
"Then why did you suddenly get stronger, you bastard!!" Daki's voice, nearing collapse, came through.
"That, of course…" Tengen charged forward with his blades. "...is because suddenly enhanced power also takes time to adapt to! I'm not some genius who masters things instantly!!"
He gripped the chain connecting his twin swords. The two blades spun rapidly, forming huge circular slashes accompanied by the roar of explosions, launching an exceptionally grand and powerful assault.
"Sound Breathing, Fifth Form: String Performance!"
Simultaneously, Obanai also leaped up. Similarly surging white blade light formed a bending and coiling giant serpent in the air, twisting and coiling around Daki for a kill.
"Serpent Breathing, Third Form: Coil Choke!"
Daki began to panic. After dodging the spiritual power chains once more, the white blade light was already nearly unavoidable, pressing close to her neck.
She began to wail helplessly: "I'm going to be cut, I'm going to be cut! Ahhh... No, no, no!!"
"Use it!" Gyutaro's voice rang out. "Your strongest power!"
"Die!"
Daki's face suddenly contorted snarling. Her neck elongated, turning into hardened sashes that clashed with Obanai's Nichirin Blade.
"How?"
Sensing something wrong from the feel of the impact, Obanai's expression changed, and he immediately increased the strength in his hands.
"Die!"
Gyutaro allowed Tengen's blades to approach his neck infinitely. His emaciated body suddenly split open with countless bloody gashes.
"Blood Demon Art: Super Circular Slashing Whirl!"
Blood gushed from the gashes covering his entire body, forming countless infinitely expanding crimson whirlwinds that swept out in all directions.
Tengen, caught off guard, raised his blades to defend but was thrown back by the tremendous force.
At the same time, Daki's entire body suddenly dispersed. Except for her head, which remained, her entire body transformed into layers upon layers of sashes.
"Blood Demon Art: Infinite Sash Slash!"
The hardened sashes aggressively slashed wildly rapidly in all directions around her, not only knocking back Obanai but also repelling even Kaito's spiritual power chains.
The large-area attacks from the two demons split the earth, severed trees, and even caused most of the building belonging to the Wisteria House behind Kaito to collapse instantly.
As Kaito dodged, the tomoe in his eyes spun rapidly, and his hands formed seals again.
All the paper talismans instantly activated.
The talismans hanging on the chains transformed into blinding sunlight. Daki's attacking movements faltered.
The sashes near the sunlight were continuously scorched to ash. She couldn't help but let out another mournful howl: "Damn bastard! Why is it always me who gets hurt!!"
Just as Tengen and Obanai, gritting their teeth and enduring the pain, the talismans enhancing the two swordsmen also simultaneously vanished, transforming into warm currents that flowed into their bodies, instantly healing most of their wounds.