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Ubuyashiki Mansion.
Kaito manipulated Susanoo to descend from the sky, overlooking the scene below from high above.
"Mr. Uchiha."
Kagaya floated beside him, turning his head with some awe.
"No wonder even the Underworld chose invited you. Now it seems you alone have the power to kill all the demons."
"No, in this world my strength is suppressed. I cooperated with the Demon Slayer Corps only to complete the task quickly." He sighed.
"The time I can maintain this technique is limited."
As his words ended, Susanoo began to dissipate, and his eyes reverted to the three-tomoe pattern.
Kaito reached out again to grasp Kagaya's shoulder, lightly floating down with him and placing him back in the wheelchair left at the gate.
At the same time, the two Upper Rank demons pinched in Susanoo's hands were bound layer upon layer with spiritual chains and paper talismans, dropping behind the two.
"Next, we just wait for dawn, and everything ends?"
Kagaya looked at Muzan inside the gate, still frantically attacking the barrier.
"No, it would be more meaningful for the demon-slaying swordsmen to kill him with their own hands."
Kaito smiled faintly.
"Please enjoy the finale I have prepared for Muzan."
He leaped up, standing atop the torii outside the gate, his hands beginning to form seals.
"Your desperate struggles are truly unsightly, Muzan."
He looked down at Muzan, who kept attacking, being wounded by the barrier, and regenerating endlessly.
"Kaito!!!" Muzan raised his head, shouting hysterically.
"You with divine power chose to save those members! You no longer have the strength to defeat me!!"
All the fleshy whips on his body pointed toward Kagaya outside the gate, holding the flower pot.
"Hand over the Blue Spider Lily! Ubuyashiki!! I will become the perfect being!!!"
The fleshy whips lashed at the invisible barrier in the empty space of the gate, rippling golden waves in the air.
At this moment, all the Nichirin swords inside the barrier flashed coldly, and the wooden torii outside suddenly blazed with golden light.
Sizzle!!!
Muzan's fleshy whips instantly turned charred, smoking black, and rapidly melted away.
"Damn it!!" Muzan retreated again, severing all the long whips himself.
"Hahahaha..."
Laughter came from the swordsmen inside the barrier.
"Struggle! Just like the humans who once struggled in your hands—show an ugliness more real than any human, Muzan! Your end has come!!" Sanemi mocked loudly.
The other swordsmen joined the attack.
"Damn it! Damn it!! Damn it!!!" Muzan was furious to the point of explosion. Since becoming a demon, except for his defeat at Yoriichi's hands, when had he ever faced such a predicament!
Even Yoriichi had not humiliated him like this!!!
His eyes blood-red, he turned, glaring fiercely at the swordsmen in the protective barrier.
The next second, attacks like a storm rained down on the protective barrier.
"Hey! You're provoking him, but I'm the one in trouble!" Kaito's paper clone immediately stood ready, repairing the cracking barrier with all his might.
"Is it ready yet, main body!" He looked up at Kaito on the torii. "I can't hold on much longer!!"
"Perfect, let's begin." Kaito held his seal with both hands, smiling slightly.
In an instant, the entire barrier blazed with light, and all Nichirin swords began humming simultaneously.
"Go!" Kaito shouted lightly.
All Nichirin swords trembled violently.
Blue, red, emerald, gold... Blade arcs of various colors representing different breathing styles erupted from the Nichirin swords, tracing colorful, chaotic arcs in the air.
"Water Breathing: First Form: Water Surface Slash!"
A blue translucent figure wielded a sword, passing by Muzan, drawing a spray of blood.
"Thunder Breathing: First Form: Thunderclap and Flash!"
A golden translucent figure flashed like lightning, severing one of Muzan's blood whips.
"Wind Breathing..."
"Flame Breathing..."
"Mist Breathing..."
"Rock Breathing..."
Countless blade arcs turned into countless translucent figures.
These figures varied in height, male and female, but all very young.
The moment they appeared, they unleashed countless different full-focus breathing techniques, with dazzling sword forms converging rapidly on Muzan.
"That is..."
Kagaya watched this brilliant scene from outside the gate, his voice trembling.
"Memories of their owners left in the Nichirin swords."
Kaito said.
"When the memories awaken, the Nichirin swords fight in their owners' stead with resolute posture."
Crack.
Kagaya looked up at the Nichirin swords cracking inside the barrier.
"Namu Amida!"
Inside the barrier, Gyomei clasped his hands, chanting the Buddha's name loudly.
"Those are the swords left by countless departed, displaying their swordsmanship from life!"
Rengoku's eyes widened; he even saw several familiar figures.
"Kumeno!!!" Sanemi watched his deceased friend's figure pass by, charging at Muzan with sword in hand.
"Hey!" He stood up, addressing the paper clone. "Open the barrier—let us join the fight!!"
"We can't just watch the dead fight in our place!"
The other swordsmen stood up, gripping their Nichirin swords tightly.
"Damn it! Bastard!!" Muzan's body sustained constant wounds.
"God or human, I am the one who will stand at the pinnacle!!!"
He raged like a madman, whips flailing wildly, scattering the illusory figures, yet more surged forward relentlessly.
"Let me lend you one more hand."
Spiritual light flashed around Kaito.
Instantly, the eight torii standing around the barrier blazed with golden light again.
Eight golden beams converged, shooting toward the center point above the barrier.
The dazzling beams gathered at one point, revealing a somewhat worn Nichirin sword.
"This sword, hidden in the Yoriichi Type Zero, has touched all breathing styles over the long years."
Kaito looked up at the old sword.
"As Mr. Tsugikuni said, those who exhaust the path return to the same place!"
In that instant, the old sword bathed in golden light began vibrating and humming. As the light flowed over, the blade was reborn anew.
Then, all Nichirin swords in the barrier exploded simultaneously, countless colored blade arcs soaring skyward, converging into the sword above the barrier.
Boom!
Scorching flames rose from the blade, emitting infinite light and heat, shining down like the sun.
"Ah!!!"
Muzan let out a wretched howl, his body splitting open under the light.
He whipped the ground to cracks, flashing into a fissure to hide.