Chapter 147: The Most Cruel Truth!

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"Thunder Breathing: First Form: Thunderclap and Flash: Sixfold!"

"Beast Breathing: Fifth Fang: Crazy Tearing!"

"Flame Dance: Kagura!"

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"These ribbons are just endless; even when cut, they grow back again."

Mouth-agape Inosuke, with a wild boar headwear, yelled in anger.

 Although the sharpness of his weapons ensured that none of the ribbons could come close, cutting every single one, the number of ribbons surrounding him didn't seem to decrease at all.

Moreover, they couldn't be ignored because if caught, there was a real risk of losing one's life.

Tanjiro had been careless and got caught, resulting in a deep and long wound across his chest that nearly killed him.

Ultimately, they had to rely on the breathing technique to forcibly stop the bleeding.

Forcing the fight now was becoming a burden.

Every time he swung his sword, it was agonizingly painful, as if his lungs would burst and his chest would split open!

Under these circumstances, Zenitsu and Inosuke had to divert some of their attention to protect him.

Although Tanjiro said it wasn't necessary and asked them to focus on finding a way to defeat the enemy, the bonds between companions weren't so easily cast aside.

Seizing on this 'weakness,' Daki began a furious assault on Tanjiro, forcing the others to defend and widening the gap between them and her.

"We can't keep this up, I'm going to make a rush for it, cover me!"

Inosuke yelled out loud, confident that both Tanjiro and Zenitsu would understand his intention.

So, he swung his twin blades and charged forward relentlessly!

Tanjiro and Zenitsu, to his left and right, protected Inosuke, helping to clear the path and block all incoming attacks.

Against this desperate assault, Inosuke actually managed to break through.

"Die!"

"Beast Breathing: Third Fang: Fang Tearing!"

Inosuke swung his twin blades aiming for Daki's neck, with the sharpness of the blades, capable of definitely cutting off her head!

But at that moment, Daki's face revealed a swift smile.

She had been prepared for such a reckless assault.

Suddenly, from the ribbons in front of her, 'spewed' out a figure, and Daki completely hid behind it.

"Koi Summers Geisha?!"

Tanjiro, collapsed and powerless on the ground, cried out in surprise upon seeing this person.

She was the geisha from the establishment he had previously infiltrated, a very gentle and kind person.

And she was supposed to relinquish her geisha title tomorrow to return to her rural home for a peaceful life.

How could she be...

"Damn! There's no time to stop!"

As Koi Summers Geisha closed her eyes, awaiting death, Inosuke forcefully twisted his body and raised his arms, swinging the blades just over her head.

However, because he was wide open, Daki took advantage of the opening, piercing him with a sharp ribbon and sending him flying.

"Inosuke!"

"How despicable!"

Tanjiro shouted, trying to get back up, but the blood loss made his head very heavy, and the scene before his eyes was blurry, making it difficult to continue fighting.

And Zenitsu, now the only one left, was also driven into a sorry state, quickly accumulating several cuts on his body.

At this critical moment, a figure suddenly appeared beside Inosuke.

"You're in a sorry state, the person who gave you those weapons, didn't they ever tell you the correct way to use them?" Abel picked up the twin swords [Hawk Strike Beast End] that had fallen to the ground while speaking.

Grasping these two weapons again, he felt a little different than before.

But the one thing that did not change was the effectiveness of the weapons.

[Hawk Strike Beast End]

Equippable Item

Description: A pair of weapons forged on a whim by House O-Yagyu Ryu, one named Hawk Strike, one named Beast End.

Effects: Adds "Sturdy," "Sharp," "Rending," "Deactivating," "Solar Flame" properties.

Special Form: Hawk Beast

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"The correct way to use them?"

Although his body was pierced, Inosuke's vitality was still tenacious, it's just that because he was wearing a boar's head, one couldn't see his expression.

"Yes, as repayment for borrowing these two weapons, let me teach you how they should truly be used."

"Release, Hawk Beast!"

Abel gently pressed on the strange rotating eye on the hilt of the swords.

Then the very next moment...

"Scree!"

"Roar!"

The bird head and the beast head that formed the hilts instantly came to life, then rapidly inflated to dozens of times their size, fiercely biting onto Abel's shoulders, one on each side.

Inosuke was almost dumbfounded, he couldn't have imagined that the weapons in his hands hid such a secret!

When the transformation was completed, Abel's left shoulder bore an arrogant hawk head, his entire left arm transformed into a giant black bladed wing, exuding a dominating aura!

On his right shoulder was a fearsome beast head, the entire arm enveloped in dark red muscular tissue, finally revealing a terrifying fierce claw!

Furthermore, with the ice dragon armor modified to cover the rest of his body, his style was peak coolness!

In comparison, the demoness Daki looked more like a real human.

And Abel was the true monster!

From his body emitted an unbearably oppressive aura, even separated by tens of meters, it made Daki instinctively step back, nervously swallowing saliva.

"What kind of monster are you? Just two swords, how could they suddenly come to life?"

Hearing this, Abel couldn't help but sigh, "Indeed, in order to forge these two 'living' weapons, I almost emptied my entire household savings and nearly failed."

"Fortunately, in the end, lady luck took pity on me, and I was finally able to successfully craft [Hawk Strike Beast End]."

"Boar-headed boy, watch carefully, don't blink, I'll show you their real power."

Before he finished speaking, Abel had already vanished from his original spot, and when he next appeared, he was standing a few meters behind Daki.

Daki immediately touched her neck in horror, checked other parts of her body, and after realizing there were no changes, finally breathed a sigh of reliefe, and yelled with feigned bravado.

"I thought you were so powerful, turns out you just run fast."

"Go to hell!"

Daki tried to control all the ribbons in the vicinity to surge towards Abel.

But the next moment, she was stunned in place.

Because it started raining a sky full of pink ribbons.

In that instant before, the opponent didn't do nothing; he had sliced up all the ribbons she had set up around her!

By the time she realized this, she was somewhat dazed.

"Why..."

Since the opponent could do this, he could have easily taken off her head more effortlessly.

"Because you are too weak."

Abel slowly opened his mouth, revealing the cruelest truth of them all!