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163. Chapter 163: Found You, Mr. Muzan

Late at night, the pale moonlight pierced through the churning ink-colored clouds, shining upon a figure speeding through the darkness.

Damn it!

How did that guy find me?

In the center of Muzan's plum-red pupils, intense unease was revealed. The pressure the opponent exerted on him, while not as great as Yoriichi Tsugikuni hundreds of years ago, was still significant. At this moment, in his mind, he began to calculate the abilities Xia Shang had currently displayed: supersonic speed, physical body transformation, Water Breathing and Sun Breathing, and the ability to sense demons.

Among these, what he feared the most was Sun Breathing.

Just thinking about Sun Breathing made his hair stand on end, and even his breathing became much more rapid.

The shadow that man cast upon him back then was something he could still hardly forget.

"Damn it, how could a demon go and learn something like that!"

Muzan's molars ground together with a grating sound.

At the same time, his inner craving for the Blue Spider Lily grew stronger. In his view, the reason Xia Shang could learn Sun Breathing and turn the power of the sun to his own use was entirely due to the opponent consuming the Blue Spider Lily, thus losing the demon's last weakness.

"Why! Why didn't you give me the complete medicine back then!"

The hatred in Muzan's eyes was about to overflow. Unwillingness and anger caused his expression to gradually become distorted. He hated it! He hated that the doctor hadn't given him the complete medicine! It made him fear sunlight, preventing him from becoming an undying and immortal, perfect ultimate lifeform!

Thump! Thump-thump!! Just then, a series of muffled yet powerful sounds came from behind him. The sounds were like an invisible large hand, firmly gripping Muzan's heart.

Instantly, Muzan felt a chill spread throughout his whole body. This... this was the sound of a heart beating!

He suddenly turned his head, only to see a crimson figure constantly approaching him. One thousand meters! Five hundred meters! One hundred meters! Muzan's eye sockets trembled violently, countless blood threads crawling over his plum-red eyes. Shock! Terror! Disbelief! These emotions made his expression incredibly complex.

Flee? Or fight? Without a doubt, Muzan chose the former. *Rip!* The muscles in his legs rapidly swelled, bursting his white trousers. At this point, his speed was barely keeping pace with Xia Shang, and the distance between him and Xia Shang was still shrinking!

*Bang!* In an instant, it was as if the world had been paused! *Whoosh!* Two streams of extremely high-temperature steam escaped from the corners of Xia Shang's mouth. His body slightly bent, his right arm muscles tensed. Crimson, lava-like cracks spread from his chest all the way across his whole body. Finally, the cracks and the Demon Slayer Mark intertwined, forming a hideous and terrifying twisted pattern.

"Fou... found you, Mr. Muzan..."

Xia Shang's eyeballs had turned blood-red due to severe congestion. This was the limit of the Heart Engine, not the limit of his body! In unseen places, his high-frequency beating heart was operating under overload. Dense, fine cracks had already covered the glass-like heart, like a delicate porcelain piece about to shatter, beautiful yet dangerous...

"What are you running from, Mr. Muzan?" Xia Shang exerted strength with his five fingers, pulling the Muzan with the shattered head out of the crater he had just blasted. He straightened his back and held the blood-soaked Muzan in front of himself.

As the corners of Xia Shang's mouth lifted, a sinister grin appeared on his face.

Analyze!

Muzan's body structure! He couldn't control Muzan for long, so he could only choose to analyze the talent skill on Muzan that would take the least amount of time.

"Ahhhhhh—!!" Muzan's chest instantly split open into a large mouth full of fangs, followed by an extremely furious roar that erupted from within.

The giant mouth revealed sharp teeth and bit down on Xia Shang's right arm. *Crunch, crunch!* As the sharp teeth erupted, the skin on the back of Xia Shang's hand immediately caved in, but it didn't bite off Xia Shang's right arm as Muzan had expected.

"Are you a damn dog?" Xia Shang frowned and flung Muzan away.

After landing, a disgusting and twisted tentacle instantly shot out from Muzan's neck, constructing a brand new head as it swayed.

"This speed..." Muzan twisted his head, killing intent flashing in his eyes. "It truly is astonishing."

......

Meanwhile.

In the depths of the old mountains and forests, a hunched figure was hurrying towards Muzan's location.

Although he looked like an ordinary old man, his posture was exceptionally agile. He could be seen stepping on branches, constantly moving between the large trees.

"I'm truly pitiful. It's so late, and I still have to go help that esteemed one. I don't know what that esteemed one encountered that they demanded I arrive in the shortest possible time." Tears welled up at the edges of Hantengu's wrinkled eyes. He felt that no one in the world was more pitiful than him. "Why doesn't anyone show me understanding? Why?"

Under the moonlight, Hantengu's true appearance emerged from the forest. A large growth could be seen on his forehead, and on either side of the growth were a pair of withered yellow, crack-filled sharp horns.

However, there was no "Upper Rank" text in his eyes; he looked just like an ordinary foul demon.

"This dark forest is truly terrifying. I must get out quickly." Hantengu's expression seemed to show fear of something.

Suddenly.

A Kasugai Crow flew over the old forest, giving Hantengu quite a fright.

"A Kasugai Crow from the Demon Slayer Corps? Could it be that Lord Muzan is being besieged by the Demon Slayer Corps?" After seeing the Kasugai Crow, Hantengu subconsciously slowed his pace.

Just how many Hashira did the Demon Slayer Corps dispatch? Enough to make that esteemed one so anxious to gather the Twelve Kizuki?

Hantengu clearly remembered that the last time that esteemed one convened an Upper Rank Meeting was 111 years ago.

More than ten minutes later, just shortly after Xia Shang left, a Kasugai Crow flying from afar circled above the Asakusa area, emitting piercing cries. "Caw! Caw! Caw!!"

Inside Tamayo's Mansion, Hutaro, who was secretly eating fruit, immediately flapped his wings upon hearing the sound.

"It's 'Kaname', why is it here?" Hutaro asked, puzzled.

"You mean Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku's Kasugai Crow, 'Kaname'?"

Not long ago, Kyojuro Rengoku, during a mission in Tokyo, slew Lower Rank Two, Hairo, one of the Twelve Kizuki.

Therefore, he inherited the title of Flame Hashira from his father, Shinjuro Rengoku!

"That's the one."

Hutaro came to the window and cawed a few times.

"I've set up a blinding art here; it won't be able to find this place." Beside him, Yushiro, who had come out of the room, put down the blood-stained towel in his hand with a cold face. Then, he picked up a basin of clean water and turned to go back into the room.

"I see." Murata immediately opened the window and let Hutaro fly out. Soon, Hutaro brought 'Kaname' and appeared before Murata.

'Kaname''s appearance was no different from an ordinary Kasugai Crow; they were both equally black. However, standing next to Hutaro, it was still easy to distinguish who was Hutaro and who was 'Kaname', because their temperaments were completely different. If Hutaro was a Street Hooligan, then 'Kaname', with its upright posture and sharp gaze, was the elite of the elites.

"Emergency report! Oyakata-sama has a premonition that you might be in danger, so he sent a Kasugai Crow from Headquarters to contact me. Since Lord Kyojuro is the closest to Tokyo, he instructed me to lead Lord Kyojuro to support you," 'Kaname' said.

"Then where is Lord Flame Hashira? Has he arrived?"

(End of Chapter)