104. End Battle 10

Boom! Crack!

The earth cracked and caved.

Gyomei pulled back his weapon and let out a deep breath. His heart was pumping blood at full speed, his body temperature was so high that his sweat turned to vapour.

However he didn't ease up. His opponent was a demon that brought misery upon these lands for a millenia.

The other slayers were also in the same condition. Their bodies were working at it's full capacity, their minds stretched to it's limits.

Muzan who was the target of their attacks walked out of a deep pit. The tubes growing from his back danced around him like a serpent.

All of them moved.

In this final battle either Muzan dies or they do. There was no other way.

Muzan was assaulted by more than a dozen slayers on the level of a Hashira.

Even for someone with his abilities he found it straining to keep them in check. Though he is endowed with regeneration he couldn't lightly take their attacks.

These slayers seemed different. Their physical strength, speed and regeneration were far beyond what he expected.

Leo was an exception. He was a monster like Yuurichi. However to him the other slayers were just slightly stronger than a regular human.

But now it seems like that was not the case. These humans have changed. They have grown far stronger than he had imagined.

Did they break through human limits?

He suspected this to be the case. How else would it explain their tremendous growth in two years?

The battle raged on. The earth was laid to waste from their battle.

The slayers weren't able to deliver a serious blow to Muzan. They always fell short. However likewise Muzan wasn't able to harm them either due to their flawless coordination.

Shinobu watched from afar with a solemn expression.

Why isn't it taking effect? It's been two hours.

Her frown deepened. Suddenly a voice rang to her mind.

"Shinobu, can you hear me?"

Shinobu was slightly taken back. She quickly reacted and asked, "Tamayo-san, why isn't the serum working?"

Tamayo's voice rang out, "Muzan is the first demon. His body make up is entirely different from the other demons. He is immune to everything, I suspect whether he can be killed even if we manage to cut off his head."

Kanae who was next to her also received the same message, "We are prepared for that eventuality."

"Yes."

"Tamayo-san, how much longer before the serum takes effect."

Shinobu asked with concern. Her friends have been fighting for over two hours. Though none of them were injured upto this point she doesn't know how much longer they can keep it up.

"It's already in effect. Just that it's very slow. Look carefully, Muzan's hair is starting to turn white."

Tamayo who was speaking from somewhere far was smiling. Her eyes contained a type of emotion that would send chills down anyone's spine.

"Hehe, he is slowly dying."

Shinobu and the rest could hear the excitement in her voice. She had been waiting for this moment for centuries and knowing she would be the prime cause of Muzan's fall her heart was beating fast.

Shinobu and Kanae focused on Muzan and saw the root of his hair starting to change.

It really was turning white!

To make sure Muzan didn't escape Shinobu and Tamayo created two different drugs. One would increase the rate at which his cells divided and died. The other one was to restrict his ability to split his flesh and escape.

One more hour passed.

Gyomei and the others were panting, their bodies were soaked in sweat. They could feel their eyelids getting heavy.

They were tired.

Muzan who stood facing them grinned, "Why try so hard? You can never defeat me, I have surpassed humanity, I am immortal!"

Sanemi scoffed.

He didn't waste any words and struck. Among all the other slayers his was the only sword that was bright red, like a blazing fire.

And he was also the only person whom Muzan didn't to get close to.

That blade could burn him down to his cells. He could feel the wounds he got from Yuurichi itch seeing Sanemi's bright red sword.

Muzan retreated. The tubes on his back breathed and created and vaccum around him.

Sanemi cursed when he saw he couldn't get close.

Sabito was intrigued from the beginning when he saw how Muzan chose to retreat facing Sanemi.

He of course knew the answer but he didn't know how he could achieve the same feat. Turning his blade bright red? How the heck was he supposed to do that?

Though his mind was going through a lot of thinking his sword wasn't the least bit slow.

Muzan was fast. He was able to dodge most of their attacks and those he couldn't he would counter using a vaccum those tubes created.

His attacks were even more powerful. If not for Gyomei, Giyu and Uzui focusing on defense, most of them would be injured after two hours of nonstop battle.

Sabito was wracking his brains on how to turn the situation around when he saw Muzan strike back.

The tubes on his back straightened and pierced forward like a spear.

Sabito hastily used his sword to block. He was forced back by the tremendous power from the strike.

He steadied his footing and was about to strike back when he saw a figure out of the corner of his eyes.

His eyes stared and almost popped out when he saw that figure.

It was Giyu. Sabito's eyes were staring at him, or more precisely his sword.

A red hue started to rise from the hilt and spread through his blade. In an instant Giyu's sword turned crimson.

Sabito's jaws almost hit the ground when he saw this. What the fuck? That dolt managed to turn his blade red? Where is the fairness in this!?

Not only him the others were also shocked. They had a peculiar expression on their face.

Shinobu who was watching from a distance mumbled, "None of the others created a red blade but that idiot did? One has to be an idiot to have a red blade?"

While the others had a lot of questions Giyu was looking at his sword and mumbled, "Nice colour. But I train in Water Breathing, it would have been nice if it was blue."