In desperation, Kokushibou's body once again conjured a large number of blades, and Muichiro, who was closest, was directly impaled through the abdomen; even so, Muichiro did not let go, instead gripping his nichirin blade even tighter!
The nichirin blade in his hand grew even hotter!
The pain, like being exposed to the sun, made Kokushibou clench his teeth; the roots entwined around his body, while binding him, also sucked his blood, preventing Kokushibou from even using his Blood Demon Art.
As the three's nichirin blades drew closer and closer to his neck, in a trance, Kokushibou's eyes once again saw the aged Yoriichi.
[How pathetic, elder brother...]
"Swish!"
Kokushibou's face held an almost incredulous expression as his head rolled to the ground.
Pathetic... Tell me... Yoriichi, why am I pathetic?
To surpass you, I abandoned my identity as the head of the Tsugikuni family and joined the Demon Slayer Corps.
To surpass you, I abandoned my wife and children and became a demon.
To surpass you, I have continuously honed my swordsmanship for hundreds of years.
How could someone like me be pathetic?
Just because his head was cut off, he wouldn't die from it!
In an instant, the bleeding from Kokushibou's neck stopped.
Another demon who won't die even if his head is cut off?!
Uzui Tengen immediately redirected his nichirin blade, swinging it again towards Kokushibou's body!
Muichiro's nichirin blade, embedded in his body, sliced off half of Kokushibou's body before he quickly retreated, raising a hand to cover his impaled abdomen.
He coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, watching Kokushibou, whose head had been severed by the nichirin blade, gradually regenerate, even the wounds he had just inflicted were healing.
This Upper Rank One seemed to have grown even stronger!
Instantly regenerating his arms, he used two bone limbs to block Uzui Tengen's slash; the dull thud of the nichirin blade striking bone was chilling to hear.
Now, Kokushibou had completely lost his initial solemn and dignified appearance, transforming into an out-and-out monster.
Now, apart from the sun, no attack would be effective against him!
He... would not lose again!
"You monster! If your head is cut off, you should just die obediently!" Sanemi, his face covered in blood, roared.
Monster?
Kokushibou raised his hand and caressed the blade of kokushibos blade, from the hilt to the tip, wiping away the blood that remained on the blade; in the reflection of the blade, he saw his current appearance.
Who was this ugly monster?
[Is elder brother's dream to become the world's greatest samurai?]
[Then I'll be the second greatest samurai.]
The young Yoriichi looked at him with a smile, his eyes filled with trust.
Kokushibou's fingertips trembled; was this him?
Was such a posture truly befitting a samurai?
Kokushibou constantly questioned himself internally.
[Kokushibou! Stop bothering with these useless things! Hurry and get rid of these Pillars for me!]
Muzan's voice suddenly rang in his mind.
Useless things... Kokushibou's three eyes trembled slightly; was his dream a useless thing?
Then what did all his efforts to chase Yoriichi throughout his life count for?
Kokushibou's beliefs began to crumble, and the wounds on his body, once scarred by the nichirin blade, broke open again.
Facing the encirclement of the four, his body was once again entangled by roots; Kokushibou was powerless to retaliate, and under a series of attacks, Kokushibou's body disintegrated into fragments.
A wooden flute, broken into two pieces, fell to the ground.
Kokushibou's sole remaining eye, inscribed with the character 'One', overflowed with tears.
Yoriichi... from beginning to end...
Brother, I just wanted to be like you... Kokushibou suddenly understood why the aged Yoriichi had looked at him with such sadness that day.
In Yoriichi's eyes, there was no difference between him and this monstrous form... How pathetic... Yoriichi...
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