Chapter 140 ——Upper Rank Top Three Family Reunion.
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At the same time.
Not far away.
"What's that noise?!"
"The church has collapsed! Look!"
The believers who were carrying big and small bags and were fleeing in panic also heard the sound coming from the temple behind them.
Several people with worried faces turned their heads, facing the moonlight, and looked at the temple.
The next moment.
Boooom!!
The violent shaking of the ground gradually stabilized, the huge ice dust gradually dissipated and fell, revealing a clear view not far away.
A ray of refracted ice blue poured over the moonlight and sprinkled on the believers.
Seeing the scenery over there.
Everyone gradually became dazed, mumbling in their mouths:
"That is..."
They were shocked and choked:
"Ice...is it ice?"
In the direction of the temple.
Whoosh——
The huge ice crystal sleeping lotus Bodhisattva stood between the church, breaking open the huge temple roof, and its eyes slightly closed.
The faint ice crystals floated in mid-air, and the sandy light rolled in it.
The raised giant hand refracted the moonlight transparently, making it extremely sacred.
"...Ah...this...this is!"
The faithful believer who woke up from a coma, he trembled and tried hard to raise his head, his eyes full of light looking at the ice Bodhisattva:
"Water Lily Bodhisattva!"
Although the voice was weak, he shouted excitedly:
"It's...the...church leader!"
His pale face was full of cold sweat, but it did not affect his inner pilgrimage at this moment.
"Get out of the way!" Struggling to get rid of the support of the people next to him, the believer staggered back two steps, knelt down on the ground:
"Did you see clearly...this is real!"
Then he raised his upper body with all his strength, spread his hands, showed all his devotion, and shouted madly:
"A miracle——!!"
He proudly turned his head back, looking at the people who were thinking about running away behind him, as if proving something.
Look! How shameful your idea of running away is!
Ignorance!
Under such a miracle, all doubts will turn into nothingness!
He opened his arms forcefully, as if he wanted to embrace the Lily FlowerBodhisattva in the distance. The believer's face gradually reddened at this moment, and even his body seemed to recover a lot.
——The founder will definitely not be successfully attacked by a few assassins!
"Quick! Let's go back!" The believer tried to stand up, he turned his head and persuaded the people who were preparing to run away:
"If we go back now, the founder will definitely not blame you and me!"
——This is a lie.
The believer's eyes were full of contempt when he looked at the people.
Believers who choose to shrink back when the founder is in trouble are not worthy of being believers!
When these people help him back, they will offer all the fleeing people as blood food for the founder!
"...Go back?"
However, as soon as the believer's words came out, some people among the crowd showed a hesitant look.
They looked at each other.
After all, a comfortable life is not everywhere——even if this life comes at a price.
But.
The moment the believer finished speaking.
Under the gaze of everyone.
In the distance.
Swoosh———
A dazzling blue light suddenly burst out from the ground in the distance.
The light shone on the side of the believer's face, He frowned slightly and subconsciously turned his head to look.
As the believer turned his head in surprise, and in his dull eyes.
That blue light.
Like a powerful awl, it pierced straight into the giant ice Buddha.
Bang———!
The tall ice Buddha actually tilted forward a bit, raising a lot of dust!
Creak——
The dazzling cracks suddenly appeared, spreading rapidly from the Lily Bodhisattva, and extending to the whole body in an instant.
Booom!
With the vibration of the ground coming, in the vision of the crowd.
The huge Lily Bodhisattva couldn't bear the gravity, and it was abruptly cut off at the waist, and the huge ice block split, as if it was slowly being swallowed by the earth from the bottom!
It collapsed with an explosion!
The raised Bodhisattva's hand slowly seemed to struggle, but it was of no avail.
The white ice dust was lifted up with the airflow, passed through the layers of forest, and quickly swept around.
Hoo——!!
The airflow caused by the collapse of the giant Bodhisattva quickly hit, blowing the trees around, the trees swaying, and the people standing in place, barely resisting the strong wind.
"...Founder?" The believer's raised hands gradually stiffened, his face was pale, and his arms fell weakly.
The strong ice wind blew his hair tips, condensing ice crystals.
A desperate look appeared on his face, and he looked at the direction of the collapsed ice Buddha in confusion.
The crowd immediately withdrew their gazes, they looked at each other, and looked at the believer who was kneeling on the ground in a daze.
They chose to leave him one after another and continued on their way.
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Paradise Faith Church.
Just now.
Under the moonlight.
Hearing the shouts from far and near.
"Destructive Death...?"
Doma turned his body in doubt, he was lying in the crystal clear ice lotus.
The huge ice sculpture that is twenty meters high brings the cold air to condense around, and even getting close to the clothes will freeze and harden.
He heard a very familiar voice in his ears, his face was obviously stunned for a moment.
——Akaza-dono?
But...Didn't Muzan-sama say he was dead?
He turned his head subconsciously and looked in the direction where the sound came from.
Near the flooded mountain.
Hakuji, wearing a peach-colored short shirt, was stepping on the treetops, laughing softly.
The next moment.
"Hahahaha!!"
Hakuji, whose face tattoos have faded a lot, holds the blue "energy" in both hands, and laughs wildly..
He stomped his feet hard!
Bang! ——Swoosh!
Hakuji, rose to the sky in an instant like a cannonball approach Doma's position.
"It really is Akaza-dono!"
Doma's eyes widened slightly, he couldn't perceive emotions, he wasn't surprised, he just stared and smiled.
His tone was tactful and pleasant, he even gently wiped the tears condensed into ice crystals at the corner of his eye with his fingers:
"It's so good, you are still alive...As a close friend, I am sincerely happy for this."
"It seems my perception was correct Akaza-dono, you really have reached that realm..."
He couldn't finish his sentence.
"Disgusting, stop talking to me!"
Hakuji's tone was nasty, but the expression on his face was like a child's smile, he clenched his fists:
"Die!!"
Boom!!
Gathering all his strength, he struck a blow at the Sleeping Lotus Bodhisattva where Doma was standing!
A huge gap suddenly appeared on the ice Buddha, and the traces of cracking suddenly burst!
"Akaza-dono...?"
Doma quickly turned his body to dodge the attack, and looked at Akaza with surprise.
The attack just now was not a play between Upper Ranks, he could see that.
——It was a real attack that wanted to kill him.
He stood up from the teetering ice crystal lotus under him:
"Why did you attack my Blood Demon Art creation...?"
Snap! Doma opened two fans, smiled leisurely, but the action of preparing to counterattack in his hand was not concealed:
"Muzan-sama should not allow us to fight privately."
And Hakuji's next sentence.
Made Doma feel uncomfortable for the first time.
"Muzan?"
Hakuji stepped on the gap in the ice Buddha with his foot, his muscles tensed, standing high in the air with his short coat blowing in the wind.
The corner of his mouth raised, thinking about what he was going to do next, he was extremely excited in his heart, he shouted excitedly:
"Who the hell is he!"
Boom!
"Destructive Death· Leg Type!"
Whoosh!
He suddenly lifted his leg and kicked high!
Transparent ice crystal fragments suddenly flew around! Hakuji's frenzied expression behind it was extremely happy:
"——He's just a cowardly villain who bullies the weak and fears the strong!!"
At this moment, Hakuji felt extremely clear in his heart.
On the road, after Tsugikuni Michikatsu described to him the existence of Tsugikuni Yoriichi, and what kind of role Tanjuro have now.
Hakuji, who has always heard Muzan mention Tanjuro, instantly understood Muzan's nature.
The task of the Upper Rank has always been to find something called Blue Spider Lily——that's just for Muzan himself to be able to live in the sunlight!
Now, just because Tanjuro looks like someone from hundreds of years ago.
He was so scared that he only dared to let the Upper Rank act outside while hiding himself!
What a coward!
Under the raised ice shards.
Upon hearing this.
"Akaza..." Doma's mouth slightly opened, he blinked his eyes, looking at Hakuji with a shocked look:
"How could you say such a thing..."
Even the action of fanning the fan in his hand was forgotten.
Although he said so with his mouth.
But in Doma's heart, he only cared about his "shocked" acting skills.
It seemed to ponder for a moment, Doma reacted, he looked at Hakuji, who was standing on the teetering ice Buddha's other shoulder, in a deep voice:
"Akaza-dono...you..."
"Have you defected?"
It was also at this moment.
The cloud that blocked the moonlight moved, and it fell into Hakuji's blue eyes.
In his eyes, there was no [Upper Rank] word.
Boom!
"Akaza, it's so noisy."
Hakuji stomped on the shoulder of the ice Buddha, and the snowflake pattern of [Destructive Death] under his feet quickly unfolded:
"Shut up, listen well."
He raised his hands in front of his chest, spread his legs to a steady distance, and his eyes gradually calmed down:
"My name is Hakuji."
"Sayama Hakuji——"
Hakuji lowered his voice, his blue eyes hidden with excitement, he had long wanted to do this:
"——Today is the day I'm going to slaughter you, bastard!"
Boom!!
He violently struck the ice Buddha under his feet, and the traces of cracking increased even more.
Upon hearing this.
Doma chuckled softly.
——He didn't think that just by relying on one demon, Akaza, he could be killed.
Just as Doma quietly listened to Hakuji's words, he wanted to respond with a relaxed smile.
Suddenly, a tingling sensation came from the side of his brain.
The threat of death seemed to pass by his ear in an instant.
Doma was startled, and subconsciously glanced at his side.
Swish! A purple figure passed by his side.
He could only catch a glimpse of a purple snake pattern feather haori from the corner of his eye.
——That kind of feather haori!
He didn't care about Hakuji in front of him, and hurriedly turned his head to look in the direction where the figure disappeared.
Thinking about Akaza, who was defined as dead by Muzan-sama, appeared safely and showed rebellious thoughts.
Then——
Kokushibo-dono, who was defined as dead by Muzan-sama long ago...
Is it possible that he didn't die either?
No.
Perhaps——all the Upper Ranks are actually not dead?
Doma's eyes trembled slightly, and a not-so-beautiful ending emerged in his mind.
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Under the broken Lily Bodhisattva
In the church ruins.
The overflowing water flooded a layer of wooden buildings.
In the sudden upheaval when the Lily Bodhisattva suddenly rose, the members of the Demon Slayer Corps were blown away.
A few of them fell somewhere unknown.
The water seems to dilute Doma's ice crystal Blood Demon Art, and the temperature is extremely low.
If humans accidentally take a few sips, they might be in danger of their lives.
Swish! Swish!
"Akaza?"
Tanjuro casually cut off the ice sculpture blocking the way in front of him with two swords, and looked up at the two figures on the broken Lily Bodhisattva
Since someone has attracted attention first, then he has a gap to solve the problem.
He withdrew his gaze, jumping on the eaves that were exposed to the water surface, looking around, looking for whether there were any team members who were in trouble in the sudden change just now.
While pondering in his mind, is there any way.
——Can overcome the uselessness of Bright Red Sword.
In his arms.
The last time Akaza inhaled the potion, the remaining one was filled in a test tube, shaking slightly.
Tanjuro always keeps this kind of medicine close to his body in case of need.
It seems to be because when the Lily Bodhisattva rose just now, the surrounding temperature dropped sharply, and small ice crystals were flying around.
Creak——
The surface of the glass test tube is covered with a layer of ice crystals, and there are faint cracks spreading on it.
The next moment.
Sha...
The cherry pink breath rose along the cracks in the test tube, climbing up Tanjuro's collar.
Tanjuro was on the way, he smelled some familiar breath, his breathing rhythm changed, and he frowned slightly.
Sniff sniff.
He took a deep breath in doubt.
Then...
Tanjuro's face changed.
The footsteps that were running at high speed just now suddenly stagnated.
As if it suddenly crashed.
The figure paused, and with the inertia of moving forward, he fell straight forward.
Plop!
The whole person slapped on the roof, sliding a distance on the wet roof.
Tanjuro's eyes closed, he fell into the water due to a loss of footing, and floated up with the water flow.
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On the other side.
Plop.
Tsugikuni Michikatsu fell in the corridor where a large hole was washed away by the water wave.
Six golden eyes opened in the dark environment and scanned around.
Quickly locked the corner.
"Muichiro, wake up, open your eyes!"
Yuichiro carried Muichiro on his back, he gritted his teeth, struggled to climb from the flooded layer to the second floor, his clothes clung tightly to his body, and his whole body was soaked in blood.
Behind him.
Muichiro, whose head was a little dizzy, would occasionally spit out a mouthful of water with a deep red color.
Obviously, his lungs have been frostbitten by Doma's Blood Demon Art.
Step step step.
Tsugikuni Michikatsu stepped out of the darkness in a few steps, he bent down and gently touched the cold bodies of the two brothers.
They are still alive.
In the transparent world, the rhythm of the two people's breathing was somewhat disordered.
Six golden pupils carefully searched on the two brothers for a moment.
"Uncle.....Tsugikuni..." Yuichiro dully turned his head, glanced at Tsugikuni Michikatsu behind him, and suddenly was taken aback.
As if remembering something, he suddenly reached out and grabbed Tsugikuni Michikatsu's arm, his eyes solemnly admonished:
"Quick..."
"...Run."
After mumbling two sentences, he became weak, his eyes rolled white and he passed out.
After a long time.
Tsugikuni Michikatsu's eyes drooped straight down, maintaining his action and thinking, his lengthy tone did not reveal any emotion:
"Doma..."
Zing——!
At his waist, the extremely neat sword suddenly unsheathed.
On the crimson sword, the regular golden eye pattern was engraved, no longer the protruding flesh.
He turned his head, his gaze passed through the broken wall, and looked up at Doma on the broken Lily Bodhisattva:
"You..."
Whoosh!
Suddenly he swung his sword, the ferocious blade began to extend, the blade grew instantly like a living thing, several people long.
Tsugikuni Michikatsu's six eyes stared at Doma:
"Indeed you are not demon that can be changed..."
(End of the chapter)
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