"Twang!"
It seemed Muzan had given an order. The sound of Nakime's biwa rang out once more.
Muzan appeared directly beside Nakime.
"Go!" he shouted, almost madly.
But just as Nakime placed her fingers on the biwa, about to play again, a deep red Nichirin Sword, accompanied by fierce flames, shot through the air and pierced directly through her neck, severing her head in mid-air.
"Damn it!!!" Muzan looked as if his eyes were about to split.
"Rumble!!!"
With the death of the Infinity Castle's supporter, the entire structure began to collapse and crumble. The space started to twist, emitting a deafening roar.
Muzan and Lexon lost their balance at the same time. With nothing to support their feet, they fell.
"Bang!"
An object suddenly smashed onto a piece of crumbling architecture not far from Muzan.
Muzan couldn't help but look at it warily, only to find that it was a pot.
The next moment, Lexon's figure abruptly emerged from the mouth of the pot.
Seeing Lexon, the blood vessels on Muzan's face looked as if they were about to burst, making him appear incomparably ferocious.
"Your sword is gone! Let's see how you'll kill me now!"
He roared, and the tube-whips on his body shot out again.
"Who says so?" A smile blossomed on Lexon's face, and he flicked his finger.
A silver thread retracted at high speed, bringing the Nichirin Sword back to Lexon's hand.
A violent force was transmitted through his arm to the Nichirin Sword. The blade's temperature soared again, distorting the air, glowing red, and emitting steam!
In mid-air, he used the falling architectural fragments as stepping stones, circulating his breathing technique to its extreme to move back and forth in the floating space, dodging the dozen or so whips that were stabbing and lashing at him from Muzan, rapidly closing the distance.
"Sun Breathing, First Form: Dance!"
An arc-shaped slash wreathed in flames violently swung at Muzan's neck, instantly sending his head flying.
Next, in mid-air, Lexon, as if possessed, slashed again and again.
His eyes darted about, continuously capturing the positions of Muzan's regenerating vital organs through the Transparent World, and he slashed ceaselessly.
Everything else seemed to disappear, all his senses seemed to be blocked off. The only thing left in the world was the act of slashing Muzan!
By the time he felt the ground beneath his feet, he didn't know how much time had passed.
Lexon stepped onto the soft, damp soil of a dense forest and stopped swinging his Nichirin Sword.
Because the Muzan before him was on the verge of death.
Not only were none of his five brains and seven hearts left, but even most of his internal organs and more useful organs and bones had been cut off by Lexon. He was barely hanging on to his life by a sliver of demonic power.
And Lexon's hands were also numb and sore. Most of his stamina was consumed, and he didn't have much strength left.
At this moment, at most, he could probably fight a Hashira...
[End Demonization]
He ended his demonized state and returned to his human form.
The miserable Muzan fell onto the mud, covered in filth.
"Why!!" he did his best to restore his mouth and shouted with hateful madness, "Why do you damn demon hunters have to do this! Why must you drive me to my death! Chasing me for a thousand years!
"For boring reasons like revenge and eating people! Can't you just treat it as being taken by a natural disaster! Why!
"And you, why couldn't you just die quietly! And let me become the most perfect creature! Why, ahhhhhh!!"
Muzan's mind seemed to be in a state of confusion at this moment. The words he spoke made Lexon feel somewhat baffled.
"I'm not cutting you up because of revenge or because you eat people, nor am I fighting back for the reason that you want to eat me to become a perfect creature."
Lexon squatted down, looking down at the miserable figure of Muzan in the mud. His indifferent eyes showed a careless emotion. "I just thought cutting you up would be more interesting, so I did it. There's no other reason."
As his voice fell, he swung the Nichirin Sword in his hand, and the mouth Muzan had just grown was carved out again, falling into the dirt.
"Want to go sunbathe, Muzan?" Lexon looked at the sunlit ground outside the dense forest, which was not obscured by the large trees, and said with a smile.
The Muzan in the mud could not answer, but his trembling body had already revealed his emotions.
"I want to go to the Mugen Train to have a look, Master!" Kyojuro Rengoku, wrapped in bandages, sat formally in front of Kagaya Ubuyashiki, bowing his head and requesting.
"Mr. Rengoku, you should be resting properly right now," Shinobu Kocho, who was also sitting formally at the side, reminded him.
"No need! I'm in great shape right now!" Kyojuro Rengoku replied energetically.
After waking up and learning everything, he had immediately come to the Master's estate, requesting to go and check the place where the Mugen Train had stopped. He believed he bore a great deal of responsibility for Lexon's capture. The other had been abducted because he was saving him! He couldn't let it go, he couldn't just do nothing!
"Kyojuro, Giyu and Sanemi have already rushed there. If there's any situation, they will send a message back," Kagaya gently persuaded him. "You should be recuperating properly right now."
"But, Master!" Kyojuro was clearly unwilling to give up.
"Kyojuro!" Kagaya Ubuyashiki's voice became abnormally heavy. "I am also very worried about Lexon's situation right now, because he is related to many things concerning the Demon Slayer Corps. But, what we need to do now is to wait, to be calm, not to be reckless! You are the Flame Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps!
"You have already witnessed the strength of an Upper Rank. It is abnormally powerful!
"So what you should do now is to rest well and recover your combat power before the enemy attacks. Do you understand, Kyojuro?"
"Yes, Master," seeing the Master like this, Kyojuro Rengoku had no choice but to give up.
Suddenly, a Kasugai Crow flew in from outside the door, bringing a message in a piercing voice.
"Demon Slayer Corps member Lexon is alive! He's alive!"
Hearing these words, Shinobu and Kyojuro immediately stood up, and a look of pleasant surprise also appeared on Kagaya Ubuyashiki's face.
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