In other words, what Muzan Kibutsuji really hated wasn't Yoriichi Tsugikuni's appearance, but the feeling that Yoriichi Tsugikuni gave people.
Of course, in addition to this, the most fundamental reason why Muzan Kibutsuji wouldn't hate Kokushibo was that Kokushibo was a demon, the strongest Upper Moon demon, his subordinate, and completely under his control.
Secondly, Kokushibo and Yoriichi Tsugikuni were completely different in other places except for their similar appearances.
Although Tanjiro didn't look like Yoriichi Tsugikuni in appearance, his words and deeds were too similar to Yoriichi Tsugikuni, so Muzan Kibutsuji hated Tanjiro.
Just as Tanjiro was flashing towards Muzan Kibutsuji, who had turned into a fleshy tumor, Muzan Kibutsuji's fleshy tumor body suddenly grew many synapses, and the synapses pierced towards Tanjiro's direction.
Before Tanjiro got close to Muzan Kibutsuji, one of Tanjiro's eyes was pierced blind by the synapses. The synapses, which should have pierced through Tanjiro's head, were suddenly cut off by some external force. Tanjiro was able to avoid the ending of being pierced through the head and dying by the synapses.
However, Tanjiro still paid a considerable price, which was the loss of one eye.
It could be said that this was the most serious injury Tanjiro had suffered in his demon-slaying career.
With his eyes pierced blind, Tanjiro felt that even Ryuji's wood essence wouldn't be able to restore it.
Because the eyes were damaged and blinded by external force, the eyeball tissue had already been damaged. To put it bluntly, the eyeball of one of Tanjiro's eyes was already rotten.
Unless Ryuji's wood essence could regenerate these damaged tissues and make the eyeball intact again, it would definitely not be cured.
Almost dying directly in Muzan Kibutsuji's hands at the beginning of the battle caused a great shock to Tanjiro's heart.
If someone hadn't stepped in to save Tanjiro, Tanjiro knew that the synapses would definitely not just blind his eyes, but would directly pierce his head.
Who saved him? This was the first question Tanjiro thought about when his figure fell after being attacked.
Was it Ryuji? The only person Tanjiro could think of, or the person he would think of first, was Ryuji.
Just as Tanjiro was falling, Tanjiro was caught by someone. The person who caught Tanjiro was the Serpent Pillar, Obanai Iguro.
On the other side, after dodging the attack of the synapses, Mitsuri Kanroji successfully approached Muzan Kibutsuji.
Just as Mitsuri Kanroji swung her sword and slashed towards Muzan Kibutsuji, Muzan Kibutsuji suddenly cut off the synapses connecting the ancient tree, causing himself to fall due to gravity. The choice made by Muzan Kibutsuji caused Mitsuri Kanroji's attack to miss.
The reason why Tanjiro couldn't dodge Muzan Kibutsuji's thrust attack was mainly due to the move.
Although Circular Dance Flash was very fast, the path of the move was basically fixed in a straight line, and it couldn't be changed.
It would be fine if the enemy didn't have the ability to react. Once they did, they would directly launch an attack towards Tanjiro's advancing route like Muzan Kibutsuji, which would definitely force Tanjiro back or hit Tanjiro.
Therefore, it was an extremely stupid act to approach Muzan Kibutsuji in this way. In addition, Muzan Kibutsuji's thrust attack speed was also extremely fast. If Tanjiro couldn't react when facing each other, he would instead be hit by the opponent's attack.
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