Muzan, with a bewildered expression, focused intently on the airflow passing by his side.
'Bullets! They were bullets! When did this happen!',
No time to think further, another attack had already reached in front of him; he raised both arms to defend. There was no heavy impact felt on his arms; instead, something had pierced through his body.
He looked down and saw that it was bullets. The three vibrations were all caused by bullets.
"ORA!"
As he regained his senses, Star Platinum's fist had already landed squarely on his face.
This guy had actually used the airflow generated by the bullets to confuse him. That elusive power had long since reached his side under the cover of the bullets.
Star Platinum's fist emerged from the trajectory of the bullets.
The fist, as big as a sandbag, caused Muzan's entire face to cave in; even the air was vibrating.
"ORA ORA ORA ORA!"
A series of punches once again shattered Muzan's brain.
Humiliation. Muzan hadn't felt this in a long time.
Compared to the pain on his body, the humiliation engulfing his heart was what truly made him uncomfortable.
In his life, he had only felt humiliated three times, and two of those were caused by Jotaro.
Unlike facing Yoriichi Tsugikuni, Jotaro didn't possess mysterious breathing techniques, nor did he have a Nichirin Blade to suppress his regeneration, so in his heart, he didn't consider Jotaro a worthy opponent.
However, an opponent weaker than him had shattered his head twice. This humiliation was even greater than when facing Yoriichi.
He already felt that Jotaro understood combat better than he did. Such an opponent must not be allowed to grow further.
If he couldn't kill him here today, there was no doubt that Jotaro would become another nightmare for him in the future.
Forcing himself to calm down, Muzan began to use his brain to think.
The speed of the punches attacking him had slowed down, indicating that the opponent's vigilance was decreasing. After all, Jotaro didn't know about his secret of having seven hearts and nine brains.
This man would never have imagined that even without a traditional brain, he could function as usual.
This was his opportunity to launch a fatal attack on Jotaro. Without any hesitation, Muzan immediately activated his battle form.
His flesh surged instantly; the exploding muscles tore his clothes into pieces, and a layer of thick black blood covered his body.
On his body, many giant mouths filled with sharp teeth appeared, extremely terrifying.
"What!"
The sudden change before him shocked Jotaro; he instantly accelerated Star Platinum's attack speed.
"ORA ORA ORA ORA!"
At this moment, Muzan's arms transformed into two streams of light blades, slashing towards Jotaro at tricky angles.
With danger approaching, Jotaro had no choice but to abandon the attack.
"Star Platinum!"
"ORA!"
Star Platinum extended both hands, and at the critical moment, firmly grasped the two blades.
"Yare yare, this bastard wasn't joking; he indeed hadn't used his full strength before..."
"What astonishing power!"
Jotaro's hands were trembling; the force on the two blades was immense, and cracks had already appeared on his palms, with a large amount of fresh blood flowing through his fingers onto the ground.
Regarding the issue of Muzan still being able to move after losing his brain, there was no time to think about it now.
Because the two bone blades tightly held by Star Platinum had already extended.
These bone blades could stretch and retract freely, twisting in the air like venomous snakes, winding towards Jotaro's throat.
"ORA!"
Star Platinum controlled the root ends of the bone blades, pulling them away from Jotaro.
However, the bone blades moved very quickly, reaching Jotaro in an instant.
Jotaro raised both arms to block the attack. If Star Platinum hadn't dissipated most of the force, his arms would have been broken on the spot.
But the remaining force still caused significant injuries to his body, knocking him to the ground.
At the moment Jotaro lost balance, Muzan's spine protruded from his back, growing eight blood-colored long whips from the bones, with sharp and pointed bone hooks at the tips.
The long whips swung, forming a curtain of blood in the air.
Seeing the eight blood whips stabbing towards him, Jotaro's eyes widened; Star Platinum had already blocked them at the first moment, but two of the long whips still pierced his body.
"Jotaro-san!"
Bright red blood blossomed in the air, passing in front of Jotaro and splashing onto his face.
A pink figure blocked in front of him. The ferocious blood whips had already pierced through her body. The pink kimono turned into a dazzling red.
The girl's mouth had bloodstains, but there was no fear on her face; instead, there was a sense of relief. She could finally do something for Jotaro...
Nezuko wanted to push Jotaro away, but her speed was obviously insufficient.
The blood whips that pierced her body didn't stop advancing, still stabbing straight towards Jotaro.
However, her body bought Jotaro a few tenths of a second to react.
Star Platinum bounced off the blood whips in front of him, instantly reaching out to grab the blood whips rushing from behind, then forcefully pulling them towards himself.
The blood whips that pierced Nezuko's body, along with her flesh and blood, were completely pulled out by Star Platinum.
What was extracted was not only Muzan's long whips but also the girl's precious vitality.
Nezuko's delicate body swayed, her eyes dull, falling forward. But she didn't touch the cold ground.
A pair of strong arms caught her. And her extremely familiar, warm, and solid chest.
To die in this way, in this place, might also be a kind of happiness.
"Jo...ta...ro-san..."
Nezuko struggled to speak, a mouthful of fresh blood pouring out from her mouth.
"Don't talk!" Jotaro shouted angrily with a dark face.
Star Platinum floated behind him, hawk-like eyes examining Nezuko's wounds. The flesh was turned outward, and two dark blood holes were shocking.
Jotaro's hands trembled slightly. If it were just the flesh being cut open, he could use previous methods to suture Nezuko's wounds to stop the bleeding. But her body had been pierced through by Muzan; the flesh was gone, and stitching it up would be useless.
Moreover, the blood whips had pierced Nezuko's lungs, damaging vital organs.
In this situation, even Star Platinum was powerless.
What is lost will never return, no matter how good your abilities are.
In those scenes, he seemed to have said such words to Joseph, that old man's illegitimate son.
At that time, he couldn't understand, but now he understood why he could say such words back then.
Tanjiro, Kie, and Nezuko's younger siblings all gathered around. Facing the severely injured Nezuko, their eyes were filled with tears, but their expressions were calmer than expected.
Tanjiro's body trembled uncontrollably; seeing Nezuko's weakening breath, his tears finally couldn't be held back.
As an older brother who failed to protect his sister, he felt very guilty. If he had noticed something wrong earlier, then the one who sacrificed for Jotaro wouldn't have been his sister, but him.
Kie gently stroked Nezuko's beautiful hair, holding back tears, her eyes gentle. She didn't say anything sad but said, "Nezuko, you're a brave child; mom is proud of you."
"Sister!"
Takeo held Nezuko's gradually cooling hand tightly, crying out loud.
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