Feeling death closing in right before him, Gyokko's entire body went cold!
If he were still human, he'd probably be drenched in cold sweat.
Just as the blade was about to slice through his neck—
His body suddenly turned into a streak of light and vanished into the jar!
The next moment, Gyokko reappeared from another jar not far away.
He gasped for breath, his heart pounding violently.
Xia Feng's strength had exceeded his expectations!
That ability to move through shadows was terrifying.
But…
He still hadn't managed to kill him!
Thinking of that, Gyokko grinned.
"I told you already!"
"As long as I prepare the battlefield in advance, your little tricks can't do anything to me!"
As he spoke, the swarm of flying goldfish released earlier all fired poisonous needles!
The goldfish filled the sky in massive numbers.
In the blink of an eye, countless needles rained down like a storm!
Xia Feng flashed forward and appeared beside Tanjiro.
Then he swung his blade.
A rippling lake-like barrier spread out instantly.
Water Breathing – Eleventh Form: Dead Calm!
The blue water-like aura dissolved the poisonous needles into nothingness.
Seeing this, Tanjiro was stunned.
Mr. Xia Feng… knows Water Breathing techniques too?!
And this move…
Even he, the actual inheritor of Water Breathing, had never seen it!
Did Xia Feng create this form himself?
While he was still thinking, Xia Feng spoke.
"Stop spacing out. Get ready to fight."
"The Twelve Kizuki on this mountain… isn't just this one."
Tanjiro's pupils shrank.
He nodded immediately.
Xia Feng was about to say more when—
Several huge octopus-like tentacles suddenly stretched out from the forest nearby!
Xia Feng: "..."
What the hell is this thing?
I'm not some magical girl whose clothes melt easily—why are you using tentacles?!
Tanjiro charged forward without hesitation.
"Water Breathing – Fourth Form: Striking Tide!"
His blade dragged a surging wave and slashed hard into one of the tentacles!
But the blade only cut halfway before the elastic muscle bounced it back!
Caught off guard, Tanjiro almost fell over.
As he lost balance, another tentacle rose high and smashed down toward him!
At that moment—
The wooden box on Tanjiro's back suddenly opened!
A small figure burst out.
Nezuko!
Her eyes widened as she kicked fiercely.
BOOM!
The tentacle was kicked straight back!
Seeing this, Xia Feng blinked.
Did Nezuko's strength increase again?
After kicking away the tentacle, Nezuko looked toward Xia Feng.
Her cute face immediately broke into a bright smile.
Xia Feng felt instantly healed.
But while he was enjoying that heartwarming moment—
The goldfish in the sky began raining poisonous needles again!
At the same time, Xia Feng noticed something else.
In the distance, several massive figures were slowly surrounding them.
They were strange creatures.
At first glance they looked like giant goldfish.
But these goldfish had arms, using them to crawl along the ground.
The most horrifying thing—
Embedded in each goldfish body was a Demon Slayer swordsman.
Gyokko had killed them and used their corpses to create these grotesque goldfish puppets!
Seeing this, Tanjiro's face turned pale.
He nearly vomited.
Xia Feng frowned slightly.
As the giant goldfish gathered around them, Gyokko burst into laughter.
"Well?"
"Have you seen my art?"
"Using Demon Slayer corpses allows these works to unleash their greatest power!"
"You'll get to experience it soon!"
"Unfortunately, I didn't expect you two to appear here first."
"My preparations weren't complete."
"Otherwise I could have shown you an even greater despair!"
Tanjiro's expression turned extremely grim.
He could sense that those goldfish puppets all possessed terrifying strength.
One punch from them could turn a person into minced meat.
The poisonous needles from above could kill them within seconds.
And Gyokko was still watching from the side.
Even with Mr. Xia Feng here, could they really break this deadlock?
Under Gyokko's gaze, Xia Feng took a deep breath.
"You call this art?"
"If this counts as art…"
"Then those scam artists splashing ink around and calling it calligraphy must be artists too!"
As he spoke, Xia Feng raised his Nichirin blade high.
Seeing this movement, Gyokko suddenly felt uneasy.
But after recalling the intelligence shared by Kokushibo, he quickly calmed down.
According to the information, Xia Feng didn't possess any powerful area-of-effect attacks.
Xia Feng's eyes turned cold.
"Even without a second amplification, the power will drop a bit…"
"But against these freaks, it's more than enough."
Wild currents of air began gathering around his blade.
The next moment—
He swung down violently.
A technique that unleashes overwhelming destructive power against monsters—
Wind Scar!!!
A raging golden storm erupted forward in a massive fan-shaped wave!
Under Gyokko's shocked gaze—
With just one strike, everything the storm touched was annihilated instantly.
The goldfish in the sky…
The giant puppets approaching from afar…
All shattered like fragile clay, unable to last even a second!
When the storm passed—
A massive fan-shaped clearing appeared in the forest.
Gyokko's body trembled.
"H-How… how is this possible…"
"How can a human use such terrifying power?!"
"You bastard!!"
"You destroyed so many of my artworks!!!"
His body trembled more and more violently.
As he shouted, his body rapidly expanded.
His once fragile frame bulged with layers of muscle.
Iron-like scales appeared across his skin.
"I'll tear you to pieces with my strongest form!!"
With Gyokko's roar, his body completely transformed.
Now he looked like a massive demonic bodybuilder.
His oppressive aura was dozens—no, hundreds—of times stronger than the giant spider demon earlier.
Tanjiro stared at Gyokko in shock.
Just his presence alone made Tanjiro want to drop to one knee.
Gyokko ignored him completely.
He stared only at Xia Feng.
"Xia Feng! Do you see this?!"
"This is my true power!"
Xia Feng's mouth twitched.
That line…
He felt like he'd heard it somewhere before.
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