Ascending the Throne from the Pillar of Destruction

On the other side, Kurozawa was like a Tyrannosaurus Rex clad in black flames, rampaging through the crowd.

The Swordsmen, frail in physique, were like fragile glass in his hands, easily shattered and destroyed.

In less than half a minute, one Pillar and nearly twenty Swordsmen died by his hand, almost one kill per second, drenched in the crimson blood of others.

The Potential Points of the Swordsmen were far greater than those of ordinary humans, as if they weren't even the same species.

Each one provided Kurozawa with at least twenty-something Potential Points, and the Pillar who was instantly killed provided him with nearly two hundred Potential Points. The harvest was impressive.

At this rate, he would soon accumulate enough points to simultaneously perfect the Immortal Demon Body and the sixth stage of the Breathing Technique Sword Form.

Suddenly, a sharp, light purple slash attacked from behind.

Kurozawa turned as if he had predicted it, shifting his feet to dodge the attack.

Then, he sighed slightly and said to the Swordsman dressed in purple, "Kanae, I've been deliberately avoiding you."

"Remember what I said last time? If you speak to me with your blade drawn like this, I won't hold back."

Kanae activated her Higan Suzume Eye, her eyes filled with dense bloodshot lines.

"Kurozawa, I won't hold back either."

After a brief exchange, Kanae moved her foot and slashed directly at Kurozawa's neck. Her appearance wasn't so much like she was fighting with all her might, but rather, like she was seeking death.

Kurozawa remained silent, black flames burning fiercely all over him.

He struck like lightning, his sharp hand chop cracking Kanae's Nichirin Blade at a tricky angle. Then, without losing momentum, he slashed towards her fair neck.

Because he already mastered a top-tier Breathing Technique and Secret Technique Sword Forms, facing Swordsmen was far easier for Kurozawa than facing Demons of the same level.

Aside from the Stone Pillar, who was clearly stronger than the other Pillars, the movements of the other Pillars were seen through by Kurozawa, and their attributes like strength and speed were completely overwhelmed. Without the support and coordination of multiple Pillars, they were no match for Kurozawa in a one-on-one fight.

Because he had a past connection with Kanae, Kurozawa didn't deliver a heavy blow.

Shattering the spine with an extremely fast strike would allow her to leave this world without pain.

The moment her Nichirin Blade was instantly broken, Kanae had already lost the will to fight. She closed her eyes, calmly accepting death.

Perhaps this ending isn't so bad.

Kanae thought to herself.

*BOOM!* On the right side of the street, a two-story house was suddenly sliced into thousands of wooden fragments, exploding outwards. The immense commotion made both sides of the battle look over.

A brilliant, scorching blade light shot up into the sky, sweeping towards Kurozawa's position.

Kurozawa suddenly felt his heart pound, as if a chill ran down his spine and directly climbed to the back of his head.

Before his brain could even think, his seasoned combat instincts had already driven his body to retreat repeatedly.

*Crack, crack, crack...* Bottomless, deep fissures were cut into the ground, spreading out like layers of spiderwebs. The surrounding buildings caught in the blast were instantly sliced into scattered fragments by the blade light.

Houses collapsed, and dust filled the air, obscuring the vision of both humans and Demons. Only a figure holding a blade at an angle could be vaguely seen standing there.

Kurozawa's expression was grim. He looked down at his left arm, which was now nothing but pale white bone.

His originally muscular and strong left arm was now a gruesome sight. All the flesh and blood had disappeared, with only some scattered blood threads adhering to the white bone.

Just now, though he had moved immediately, his left arm was still caught in that terrifying blade light. In just the blink of an eye, it was as if it had been subjected to the Lingchi torture, with layers of flesh and blood being peeled away. And the entire process felt like being burned by sunlight, incredibly painful.

Kurozawa activated his regeneration ability, but the ability that could regenerate a severed limb in the blink of an eye was suppressed. The regeneration speed plummeted, as if the wound truly was left by sunlight.

And Kanae, who hadn't had time to dodge, had completely disappeared, completely dissolved by that blade light.

Both sides of the battle were stunned. The originally tragic, no, one-sided slaughter paused for a moment.

Even the Upper Moon were shocked by the blade light that shot up into the sky. Among them, Kokushibo's face changed dramatically. His usually indifferent face was filled with disbelief and shock.

Hongyue, clad in scarlet blood armor, moved extremely fast, almost teleporting.

Her scarlet vertical pupils flickered wildly. She glanced at Kurozawa's injuries, her face instantly filling with unrestrained fury.

"Who is it!"

Hongyue stomped the ground, her Demonic Body surging. She charged like lightning towards the dust-filled area.

The air was compressed and turbulent due to Hongyue's extreme speed, separating the dust and revealing a path.

The figure standing there with a blade held at an angle appeared in Kurozawa's eyes. His pupils immediately constricted.

Black hair, Golden Eyes, and a delicate appearance.

It was the young man Kurozawa had once pursued but who had escaped, the one protected by the Divine Will that had actively appeared.

Hyuga Wu.

*Clang!* Hongyue left behind streaks of afterimages, stirring up layers of air currents. At first glance, it seemed as if over a dozen Hongyue were simultaneously charging towards Hyuga Wu, the pressure immense.

But the current Hyuga Wu was expressionless, without joy or sorrow, somewhat unlike the Hyuga Wu Kurozawa remembered.

In Kurozawa's eyes, he seemed to be very, very slowly, inch by inch, raising the crimson Nichirin Blade in his hand, and then swinging it to attack.

And opposite him, Hongyue's speed also seemed to slow down, and it was even slower than Hyuga Wu's slashing speed.

Not far away, Kurozawa was startled.

It wasn't that Hyuga Wu and Hongyue's movements had slowed down. On the contrary, the extremely fast slash distorted the observer's perception, creating the illusion that the passage of time itself had become slow.

A golden sun seemed to rise from the ground, illuminating the night in Asakusa.

The brilliant sun enveloped Hyuga Wu's entire body, then slashed out abruptly along his Nichirin Blade.

The eyes of the elite Demons were suddenly stung, and they subconsciously closed their eyes.

*Boom!* Hongyue flew backward, her blood armor, which had defended even against Kurozawa's Annihilation Sword Form, now covered in dazzling blade marks.

In mid-air, her body trembled repeatedly. It took her a great effort to stabilize herself and land near Kurozawa.

An aura like the sun permeated Hongyue's entire body.

Kurozawa's arm had fully regenerated. He stepped forward, supporting Hongyue, who seemed somewhat unsteady on her feet.

Pfft! Hongyue spat out a large mouthful of blood. Her face mask was shattered, and her expression was pale and pained.

Faintly shimmering, incandescent cracks covered her entire body.

On her, one could see scorching, fiery blade marks. The front and back were identical, with incandescent light penetrating through her body.

Kurozawa's heart sank. Fighting Spirit covered Hongyue's body, both inside and out.

Every fiery blade mark had penetrated Hongyue's iron-hard Demon Body. Thousands of scorching blade energies with the sun attribute were still raging and surging within her. Hongyue's body was already riddled with holes and on the verge of collapse.

If Hongyue's Demon Body had been slightly weaker, she might have been shattered into thousands of pieces by now, but it was pretty close to that state regardless.

The blade marks that had pierced through her body were incredibly stubborn and fatal, weakening the Demon Body's regenerative ability to a low point.

"Yoriichi Tsugikuni," Hongyue murmured softly.

A hint of terror appeared in her scarlet vertical pupils, then transformed into ruby-like round eyes.

The part of her that had merged with Muzan Kibutsuji was deeply terrified. The crazy emotions that had always influenced Hongyue instantly vanished, seemingly unwilling to face the Swordsman before her.

Kurozawa heard Hongyue's whisper, and his expression darkened.

As expected, Hyuga Wu, whom the Divine Will had deliberately exposed to set him against me, possessed the strength to turn the tide.

"Be careful, this seems to be a second Yoriichi Tsugikuni. I can feel the lingering terror deep within my Demon Body."

Even now, Hongyue's regenerative ability hadn't been able to erase the fiery blade light.

It seemed that whenever the Demon Slayer Corps was on the verge of complete destruction, a Sun Breathing Swordsman with such terrifying strength would appear.

No, rather than a Swordsman, it was more like the incarnation of some kind of being. They were not the same type of creature at all.

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