On the main battlefield, Tengen Uzui forced out one last strike, slicing Daki's sashes apart.
"Blond brat, you're up!"
Tengen looked at Zenitsu.
At some point, Zenitsu had already sheathed his blade, his body sinking low.
A long, silent breath.
Thunderclap and Flash.
He became a streak of yellow lightning, his speed pushed to the absolute limit.
One slash.
The sashes drifting in the air were torn apart again.
But Zenitsu's real target was never the ribbons.
It was Daki's neck.
In a blink, he appeared.
His blade rested against her throat.
"Die, you disgusting demon!"
Zenitsu's voice turned cold.
His sword bit down hard.
Then, in an instant, Daki's neck turned into ribbon again.
It felt like cutting into cotton.
The feedback vanished, and Zenitsu's hand went light.
"How could a little brat like you ever cut off my head?!"
Daki roared, her demon claw stabbing straight toward Zenitsu's heart.
"Mountaintop King Inosuke is here again! Worm Girl, die!"
Inosuke burst in from the side, driving both serrated blades between them.
Slash!
The claw that was about to pierce Zenitsu was severed cleanly, chopped off by the saw-toothed twin swords.
The two boys retreated at the same time, turning to face Daki together.
The vertical eye on her forehead spun wildly.
Her body regenerated fast.
"What a disgusting boar-faced freak! All of you can go die!"
The restored sashes exploded outward in a frenzy.
Buildings around them were sliced open, trembling like they were about to collapse.
"Tengen! Move!"
A woman's voice rang out from nearby.
Tengen's instincts kicked in.
He leapt back and looked over.
"Hinatsuru!"
His third wife stood in the shadow of a wall, holding a strange-looking weapon in both hands.
"Please… hit!"
She fired.
She poured everything she had into that one gamble.
A storm of kunai burst out, filling the air, raining down in every direction.
Hinatsuru's breathing turned ragged, her focus absolute.
These kunai were specially made for demons.
The poison on them was designed to restrain demon flesh.
Against an unranked demon, it could seal them for half a day.
Even a Lower Rank would have their movement locked if they were struck.
But what they were facing now was Upper Rank.
"Blood Demon Art!"
Gyutaro sprayed out a massive volume of blood again, wrapping himself up in it.
"Pillars and Beams, Unruly!"
He laughed inside the blood shield.
"You think an attack like that can hit me? You're underestima…"
His words stopped.
Through the blood, he saw Vincent Fox.
One punch.
That single punch shattered his Blood Demon Art.
"Please… it has to work!"
Hinatsuru shouted from the corner.
Her entire body went limp.
She collapsed, drained.
"If someone can cut off their necks in that instant… that's enough…"
Up above, Daki wrapped herself in sashes again.
Tengen surged forward.
"Sound Breathing, Fourth Form!"
"Constant Resounding Slashes!"
Thunder cracked through the night.
His blades split the sash barrier apart.
The kunai poured in.
Daki was instantly turned into a pincushion.
"What the hell… they're just kunai!"
"You think this can hurt me?"
Then her voice broke.
"Poison?!"
Her expression snapped from mockery to shock.
She realized her body wasn't regenerating properly.
"Now die!"
Zenitsu sank low again.
Lightning erupted.
He thrust forward like a bolt.
His Nichirin Blade slammed onto Daki's neck.
"Stop struggling. The end is the same!"
Daki sneered even as she forced the poison down.
"How could your swords possibly cut ribbon that's soft and powerless?"
"Just wait and die!"
"Mountaintop King Inosuke arrives in glorious fashion! Die, Worm Girl!"
Inosuke appeared behind her, his twin blades crossing like scissors against her throat.
He pulled with all his strength.
Rip!
Blood seeped out of the ribbon.
Daki's head dropped.
"Quick! Don't let her regenerate!"
Tengen collapsed to the ground, shouting orders.
"No need to tell me, I was already doing that!"
Inosuke snatched up Daki's head, turned, and sprinted.
He vanished in a blink.
Boom!
On the street below, a terrifying tornado of blood erupted from the ground, stopping Vincent's fist mid-strike.
"Cut off his head! Don't worry about me!"
Hinatsuru cried out.
The next second, her mouth was covered.
Someone's hand clamped over her face.
"Let me worry about you."
Gyutaro had already neutralized the poison almost instantly.
He gripped Hinatsuru by the head.
With a slight squeeze, she felt her skull on the verge of cracking.
"Annoying woman. Hurry up and die!"
He moved to finish her.
Then his vision blurred.
A figure appeared right in front of him.
Vincent Fox reached out, seized Gyutaro's arm in a death grip, and yanked.
Rip!
Gyutaro's arm was torn clean off.
"Stop struggling."
"Your sister's head is already off."
"You're next."
"Then let's see if you can do it!"
Gyutaro raised one hand.
Four blood cyclones roared toward Vincent, converging like blades.
Everything in their path was crushed.
"Die!"
Vincent didn't waste another word.
He moved.
His left hand opened into a palm, punching through the blood shield Gyutaro tried to form again, then locking onto his collarbone like a vise.
His right hand curled into a fist behind him.
A brief, deadly coil of power.
Then it fired.
Serious Punch.
This time, Vincent didn't hold anything back.
The street was already rubble.
Holding back would only drag things out.
As the fist filled his vision, Gyutaro felt a massive pressure lock onto him.
He couldn't breathe.
Boom!
No miracle, no escape.
Vincent's fist landed on Gyutaro's head.
And this time, it wasn't just his head.
Under that terrifying force, Gyutaro's entire body collapsed.
Flesh and bone fragments detonated into the air, bursting apart.
"Brother!"
Daki's severed head screamed.
She could feel her strength draining away.
But Gyutaro's body was already shattered.
There was nothing left to save her.
Under the moonlight, Daki's body began to dissolve.
"No… no… how can this happen…"
"Brother, do something!"
"We're dying… are we really dying?"
"I won't accept it… brother… please…"
Daki's desperate cries echoed into the night.
But Gyutaro was already reduced to pieces.
How could he help her now?
At last, before everyone's eyes, Daki's figure faded away completely.
"It's finally over…"
Vincent Fox looked at the others.
Relief flashed across every face.
Then Tengen toppled over.
Right after him, Inosuke and Zenitsu dropped as well.
"Tengen!"
Suma suddenly realized something was wrong and sprinted over.
She pressed a hand to Tengen's chest, panic flooding her eyes as she looked at everyone.
"Tengen's heartbeat is getting weaker… what do we do…"
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