Chapter 88 Upper Rank…One! (Ch 88)

“Ah!! Sakura!!”
Seeing the girl fainted on the ground, the boy next to her screamed.
Zhu Xiong came to the girl and checked her out, then said to her, “She’s fine, she just fainted from exhaustion.”
“Blood…but she bled a lot…”
The boy became even more worried when he saw Sakura with blood all over her face.
Zhu Xiong was silent for a while, then said, “…It’s okay.”
Anyway, apart from exhaustion, the girl doesn’t have any other symptoms and her vital signs are stable. She will seek treatment from the hidden troops later and will be full of life after a day or two of recuperation.
On the contrary, the injuries on the black-haired boy looked much more serious.
Takeo came to the boy and said to him: “Adjust your breathing, the hidden troops will be here soon, and you will all be fine.”
As he spoke, he went to see the other injured people, and after making sure that they were temporarily safe, he heaved a sigh of relief.
Normally, when the Demon Slayer Corps is fighting ordinary demons, they basically cannot wait for rescue.
Only when something happens to them, or they temporarily ask the Crow to send a message, will the Demon Slayer Corps send reinforcements.
But even so, there is a high chance that they will be killed before reinforcements arrive.
Fortunately, this group of Demon Slayers are in Tokyo, and there are two pillars in Tokyo now. No matter who they ask for help, as long as they can hold on for a period of time, they will survive.
The boy adjusted his breathing as Takeo said.
After the wound on his body was healed, the boy asked Takeo:
“You…you are Lord Kamado, right?”
“Um.”
Takeo responded softly.
The boy continued, “I heard Sakura mention you. She said you saved her, so she admires you very much.”
“Saved…?” Takeo looked at him puzzledly, then turned to look at the girl lying on the ground.
The girl had brown hair and her eyes were closed, but Takeo remembered that her eye color should be the same as her hair.
She is not particularly pretty, but she has a special kind of cuteness. However, her face now has a silly look, as if she could die without regrets, which ruins her overall style.
Zhu Xiong compared her face with the face in his memory one by one, and vaguely remembered something:
“Oh, it’s her, she is…”
Takeo remembered that this was the girl he rescued when he went to fight the Twelve Demon Moons that day.
It’s just that he can’t quite remember the other person’s name.
“Sakura Feng, her name is Sakura Feng, and she is now a Class B swordsman.” The boy explained, then suddenly remembered that he had not introduced himself, and hurriedly said:
“Oh, by the way, my name is Yamada Kawai.”
“I remember that, Yamada, just rest in peace.”
Takeo nodded, indicating that he remembered the two names, and his eyes moved down to the ghost that had turned into ashes.
Now, when facing a demon below the level of Twelve Demon Moons, he can kill it instantly without even breathing.
The ghost couldn’t even see when he made the move before he died.
With such strength, it is safe to become a Pillar, but… Takeo is still a little unwilling.
If he had possessed such strength before this… No, I can’t recall the past.
Takeo shook his head, he clenched the hilt of the knife with both hands, continued to look at the disappearing ghost, and waited patiently.
The moon was shining brightly in the sky, and the bright moonlight shone through the window and fell into the warehouse.
Takeo looked around and saw that there was nothing unusual, and he felt a little disappointed.
Muzan Kibutsuji was really cautious, and until now Takeo has not been able to find any trace of him.
But then again, if Muzan Kibutsuji was really so easy to find, the Demon Slayer Corps might not have had to fight with him for thousands of years.
“The hidden troops will take a while to arrive, you guys…”
After waiting for a while and seeing that no other ghosts appeared, Takeo was about to say something to Yamada.
But suddenly, his movements froze in place, and his beast instinct, which was already at its peak, was frantically sending him warnings.
Danger, danger, danger——!
Someone…something…is approaching this way!
His red pupils contracted, and he instinctively drew his two swords from his waist. Zhu Xiong turned around and looked back, and saw a man outside the warehouse with an ancient samurai sword on his waist, slowly walking towards him from the darkness.
One step, two steps.
The man’s steps were so slow, but with every step, the air around him seemed to vibrate.
A powerful pressure fell on Takeo and other members of the Demon Slayer Corps. Yamada, who had hardly recovered, was oppressed by this pressure and could not move.
Who is it?
Takeo stared at the shadows.
Finally, the man walked under the moonlight, and under the bright moonlight, Takeo could see the man’s appearance clearly.
She was wearing a kimono with purple and black spots, and had a long crimson ponytail that reached her waist. She wore a somewhat worn-out samurai sword that seemed to have been around for a long time.
If you don’t look at his face, I believe others would just think he is an ordinary warrior.
But if you look at his face, you will feel chilled and frightened.
There are three pairs of eyes on that face!
Three pairs of eyes were neatly and symmetrically distributed on the left and right sides, and in the golden-red pupils of those eyes, the number of the upper moon and one were engraved on the pupils in the middle pair respectively.
He is a ghost.
The moment they saw this man’s face, everyone understood that he was a ghost!
And he is the strongest among the Twelve Demon Moons.
“Upper Rank…One…”
Takeo murmured the identity of this man. His hands holding the knife were shaking. Even though he didn’t want to tremble, the instinctive fear from his body and the fear of danger brought by the beast’s instinct made his body tremble constantly.
It’s different, it’s really different!
The rising and falling strings are indeed different!
No wonder Kyojuro emphasized the danger of the Upper Ranks. Now that he is really facing the Upper Ranks, Takeo understands.
Winding up is really dangerous!
He can kill the Lower Moon in seconds, but when facing the Upper Moon One, he only feels fear!
“Yamada…”
Takeo looked directly at the upper-rank demon standing under the moonlight, and said to Yamada River in a low voice: “Take everyone and leave here.”
“Master Kamado…” Yamada’s body was also shaking, tears were almost coming out of his eyes, and his legs were so weak that he couldn’t get up. “I… I can’t do it…”
Under the pressure of the Upper-rank demon, Yamada, who was just an ordinary team member, couldn’t even stand up.
The same was true for Sakura, who was already somewhat awake.
The huge gap in strength made it impossible for them to even escape.
Gritting his teeth, Takeo didn’t force them any further.
He just stood in front of everyone, staring directly at the upper-rank demon walking towards him.
Finally, the upper-rank demon stopped ten meters away from Takeo and others. He stood in the moonlight, and his six eyes were fixed on Takeo at the same time.
At that moment, Takeo felt as if he had been completely seen through by him. Everything about him, including his weaknesses, seemed to have not escaped his eyes.
“It’s you.”
After a moment of silence, the ghost finally spoke.
His voice was low and he spoke slowly, but every word he uttered seemed to carry an invisible force pressing on everyone.
Takeo, who was standing in front of him, was the one who was most oppressed.
With his muscles tensed, he stared at the upper-rank demon in front of him and asked:
“You’re…looking for me?”
“The user of Sun Breathing.” Upper Rank One said slowly, “It must be you.”
Breath of the Sun? What is it?
Takeo didn’t understand what Sun Breathing was, but he thought that this was the fundamental reason why the other party came to him, and why Muzan Kibutsuji came to him!
“I don’t know what the Breathing of the Sun is, I only know…” Takeo’s eyes flashed with a beast-like light. Before he finished speaking, his figure had already flashed to the side of Upper Rank One:
“——If it’s a ghost, I must kill it!!”
Wolf Breathing Form 6 – Charged Flame Wolf!
A fierce flame burned under the moon, and the giant wolf formed by the flame was about to devour the Upper One in front of it!
[Charged Attack] This is Takeo’s most powerful single-target attack at present. He is confident that he can attack any upper-rank by surprise!
But Takeo didn’t know.
There are also differences between the upper and lower strings.
“Wolf’s Breath, a self-created breath… Not bad, if that’s the case…”
Without seeing any movement from Upper Rank One, the bright moonlight flashed in front of Takeo, and countless crescent moons seemed to fall from the sky to the ground, forming a series of unclear slashes.
This attack is beautiful, but also deadly!
The first form of Moon Breathing——Dark Moon·Palace of Night!
A powerful slash, accompanied by the light and shadow formed by the crescent moon, instantly passed through Takeo’s sword-holding hands.
The moment he realized something was wrong, Takeo immediately changed his tactics, activating [Overclocking] to quickly distance himself from Kamiichi.
But even so, his hands were almost chopped off by the opponent!
The wound had already cut into the bone, and a large amount of blood gushed out instantly!
“Master Kamado!!!”
Yamada shouted from behind. He tried to support him but Takeo stopped him:
“Don’t come over here!”
Kamiichi’s target is only Takeo, and he doesn’t seem to care about the other members of the Demon Slayer Corps, so they just need to stay where they are and they will be fine.
But if these Demon Slayer Corps members rush forward, it will be different. The Upper One will probably not care about crushing a few more bugs.
As expected, Yamada didn’t move, and Kamiichi didn’t look at him.
Those six eyes never left Takeo.
“Speed, not bad… And why is your recovery so strong?”
Upper Rank One looked at Takeo’s hands.
While the two were talking, Takeo’s hands were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In less than ten seconds, Takeo’s hands, which were almost cut off, returned to their previous state. Apart from the blood stains on his hands, there was no sign of injury at all.
Upper Rank One stared at Takeo and asked, “Are you a Demon Eater? Obviously, Demon Eaters cannot use breathing techniques.”
“I’ve already said it. I didn’t understand what you were talking about from the beginning. What Sun Breathing, what Demon Eater…”
Takeo didn’t talk to Upper Rank One any more.
After he recovered, he immediately launched another attack on Upper Rank One!
Charge the attack and add shock wave!
Wolf’s Breathing Form 7 – Dancing Claws!
“——I don’t understand anything!!”
As Takeo roared, countless impact blades, like the sharp claws of hungry wolves, flew towards the Upper Rank One!