Chapter 60: Don't Come Any Closer!

Chapter 60: Don't Come Any Closer!

The girl, realizing her behavior might have been inappropriate, quickly explained, "My name is Makomo, I mean no harm. If you're upset, I can leave right away."

Makomo?

Hearing that name, a flash of understanding crossed Chu Yang's mind, and he recalled the girl's identity.

The protagonist Kamado Tanjiro's mentor is Sakonji Urokodaki, a former Water Hashira and also Makomo's teacher.

The girl before him is Tanjiro's senior disciple. According to the original story, Makomo was killed on Mount Fujikasane.

The demon that killed her, the Hand Demon, was imprisoned in the mountain by Urokodaki himself. As a result, during every Final Selection, it sought revenge by hunting down Urokodaki's disciples.

The fox mask she wore marked her as one of Urokodaki's students.

"Forget it, you—"

Before Chu Yang could finish his sentence, several dark figures suddenly darted out from the shadows of the forest, pouncing toward them.

"Flesh! Fresh human flesh!!!"

The starved demons were completely devoid of rationality.

To them, Chu Yang and Makomo were nothing but top-grade delicacies.

Clang! Clang!

The sound of blades unsheathing echoed as Makomo immediately counterattacked. Although she was petite and lacked strength, her speed was remarkable.

In the blink of an eye, there was a flash of a blade in the darkness, and Chu Yang heard the sound of crashing waves. Two dark figures immediately fell to the ground, beheaded and disintegrating into ash.

The remaining demons, seeing the turn of events, quickly switched targets and charged toward Chu Yang.

"Heh, you can't even pick an easy target. No wonder you're destined to be demons." Chu Yang sneered, drawing his massive horse-slaying saber and sweeping it powerfully.

With Chu Yang's strength combined with the weight of the horse-slaying saber, even without its sharp edge, just grazing the blade would inflict grievous harm, and direct contact meant instant death.

Four or five demons were sliced in half with a single strike, their upper bodies collapsing to the ground with agonized wails.

Makomo was left dumbstruck!

What kind of ridiculous power is this?

It was as if cutting through tofu!

Dragging his horse-slaying saber, Chu Yang slowly approached the writhing demons and systematically decapitated each one. The demons, consumed by the fear of death, let out heart-wrenching screams that echoed through the forest.

Makomo was paralyzed with shock.

Is this guy scarier than the demons?

Couldn't he just give them a quick death?

Makomo, finding Chu Yang increasingly terrifying, quietly slipped away into the darkness, vanishing from sight.

After finishing off the demons, Chu Yang turned around only to find that the girl had disappeared.

"Hey! Don't run away!" Worried that Makomo might encounter the Hand Demon, Chu Yang immediately activated his Observation Haki to locate her and chased after her.

With his horse-slaying saber strapped to his back, Chu Yang's sprinting through the darkness resembled the movements of a deranged killer, frightening the young girl so much that her face turned pale as she ran even faster!

Their chase, with Chu Yang pursuing and Makomo fleeing, quickly drew the attention of most of the demons on the mountain.

Before long, a swarm of demons followed behind Chu Yang.

"What the hell? Why are you all tagging along?"

Frustrated at being mistaken for a maniac, Chu Yang turned around and charged into the group of demons, venting his pent-up annoyance by swinging his blade wildly.

Enraged, Chu Yang rampaged through the demon horde. With each swing of his horse-slaying saber, four or five heads would soar into the air, and none of the demons could withstand even a single blow from him!

The scene was like something straight out of a well-known hack-and-slash game.

Within less than a minute, all the demons chasing Chu Yang had fallen to his horse-slaying saber, and even the unseen watchers in the dark had scattered.

Chu Yang ignored those who had been watching, focusing instead on catching up to Makomo. "Damn it, she's fast! At this rate, it feels like I should've studied Apparition at Hogwarts!"

As Chu Yang barreled forward, it was like watching an out-of-control bulldozer. He hacked down everything blocking his path with his oversized horse-slaying saber as he ran.

Occasionally, an opportunistic demon would attempt to ambush him, but before they could get close, they were chopped into minced meat by Chu Yang's horse-slaying saber.

With his brute strength, the horse-slaying saber was no longer just a sword—it had become a high-powered cutting machine.

"Run! There's a crazy human out here!"

"That guy's swinging a massive sword like he's about to chop down the entire mountain!"

"Stay away from him, or you'll die!"

The demons of Mount Fujikasane scattered in all directions. Even when they encountered other swordsmen participating in the trials, they paid no attention, focusing only on their escape.

Seeing the demons flee in panic, the young swordsmen also participating in the trials were left in stunned silence…

"Help! Don't come any closer!"

"Why are you chasing me? I only glanced at your sword! Is that really worth all this?"

Tears welled up in Makomo's eyes as she continued her desperate escape. She couldn't understand why this swordsman wasn't busy killing demons and instead kept chasing after her.

"I'm trying to save your life!" Chu Yang's frustration grew as his face flushed with anger, his expression making him look even more "kind and friendly."

As a straightforward man, Chu Yang always spoke his mind without any subtlety.

"Who are you trying to fool?! You're the biggest danger to me right now!" Makomo didn't believe Chu Yang at all. Covered in blood and wielding a massive sword, who could possibly trust him?

The chase continued, drawing even more demons to attack them in groups.

Unable to catch Makomo, they could only turn their attention to Chu Yang.

Makomo dove deeper into the forest.

This time, Chu Yang lost track of her completely, unable to pick up her trail again.

However, no one could have predicted that it would be during this moment of escape that Makomo would encounter the Hand Demon!

The Hand Demon had just devoured another trial swordsman, and after finishing its appetizer, its appetite was growing.

The demon greedily eyed Makomo. Cute, pretty, with smooth, tender skin—this little girl would be an absolute delicacy.

The moment the two crossed paths, they locked eyes.

Makomo could sense the demon's immense power, and her expression turned grave. Yet, she was confident that she could defeat this terrifying foe.

"Hehehe..." The Hand Demon chuckled softly, its expression growing increasingly twisted as it imagined the girl's desperate struggle before death.

Fate's gears were quietly turning…

Meanwhile, on the other side, Chu Yang, who had drawn a large amount of hatred, was continuing his unique brand of slaughter.

The anger from being mistaken for a psychopath had found a perfect outlet.

Wielding his horse-slaying saber with reckless abandon, Chu Yang didn't even need to use sword techniques—he was like a meat grinder, shredding any demon within sight.

To the demons, Chu Yang's oversized horse-slaying saber was far more terrifying than the scythe of the Grim Reaper. They watched in horror as their comrades were first decapitated, then reduced to pulp.

Brutal!

Terrifying!

In terms of cruelty, none of the demons could compare to the hulking youth before them!

The demons trembled in fear, as did the young swordsmen participating in the Final Selection.

Under the moonlight, Chu Yang stood atop a mountain of corpses, drenched in blood!

Bathed in moonlight, he resembled a blood-red monster!

He was more terrifying than the demons!!!