It could only be said that Fang Hao, having watched demon slayer, understood Yushiro well, but he still underestimated him.
"You know, when I came to this world, I was already a Swordsmanship Prodigy." Fang Hao used to not understand why villains could easily kill the protagonist but always messed up at crucial moments, dragging the protagonist along, reminiscing about this and that, and then getting taken down by the protagonist's power-up. Now he finally understood.
Returning home wealthy is like walking in silk at night. If you don't tell your opponent certain things and keep them bottled up, how can you show off? So… Fang Hao: Even if I'm not the protagonist, I'm still a positive character.
"Who cares about you! Die, human!" The Temari Demon threw the temari in her hand again. This time, the Arrow Demon controlled it with even more effort because he was about to be overwhelmed on his side and needed the Temari Demon to free up her hands quickly.
The sound of wind cutting through the air reached Fang Hao's ears. At the same time, six temari blocked Fang Hao's path from all directions. The Temari Demon also attacked Fang Hao at this moment, checkmating him.
"But the swordsmanship in this world is too crude." Fang Hao seemed unaware that he was in a dangerous situation. He casually parried the temari rushing towards him, then dodged several others attacking him by sidestepping, escaping through the gap. He pushed off with his legs, facing the Temari Demon directly, and charged.
He continued to speak, "Making it difficult for me to fully utilize the advantage of being a Swordsmanship Prodigy; I just learn a tiny bit faster than ordinary people."
"Are you looking down on me, human?!" Seeing Fang Hao charging towards her, the Temari Demon was angered rather than pleased. In her opinion, her most prized possession was her powerful physical body. This human actually charged over like this, not putting her in his eyes at all!
"So, I decided to create a swordsmanship style." Fang Hao's speaking speed increased a few more points. At the same time, he dodged left and right to avoid the temari charging at him again, and when he couldn't dodge, he swung his nichirin blade again to bat them away.
"I created many intricate swordsmanship styles, but none of them suited me. Finally, I thought of Sasaki Kojiro's swordsmanship."
Fang Hao, for once, wasn't spouting nonsense; he was speaking his true thoughts. The sword techniques in the Demon Slayer World, rather than being sword techniques, were more like secret arts that served the Breathing Styles.
Through various means, they utilized the advantages of Breathing Styles, such as controlling thunder, water, or wind, and then engaged in long-range or close-quarters combat. Perhaps this was normal in the eyes of Demon Slayer Corps members, but this was not the swordsmanship Fang Hao envisioned.
He had also been trying to improve his swordsmanship, which led to the birth of Thunder Breathing · Modified. But for Fang Hao, this was merely an application of Breathing Styles, until he thought of Sasaki Kojiro.
Of course, this Sasaki Kojiro was the one from the Type-Moon World. His secret sword—Tsubame Gaeshi—could cut out three slashes at once, not three rapid consecutive slashes, but truly three slashes with a single swing. In type-moon, this was seen as interfering with parallel worlds through skill.
Fang Hao was also inspired by Tsubame Gaeshi, combined with what he had read before, like "one sword breaks all laws" or "one sword creates a world." He wasn't sure if this world had parallel worlds, so Fang Hao, unable to break through in quantity, chose to strengthen quality.
"This is my secret sword—Danku." Fang Hao raised his nichirin blade and used a common move from martial arts novels, "Splitting Mount Hua," which is simply raising a weapon and chopping down.
This slash had no lightning bolts, no electricity dancing on the blade, not even his inherent golden effect. It was just the blue-white nichirin blade cleaving towards the Temari Demon.
"Ignorant!" Although the Temari Demon didn't take Fang Hao's attack seriously, she still used her full strength to quickly deal with Fang Hao.
Her physical body was indeed her strongest weapon. The reason the temari could be launched like cannonballs before was precisely because they were paired with a one-in-a-million heavy cannon. The Temari Demon's wrist and arm strength, combined with the Arrow Demon's direction changes, together created invincible projectiles that could smash buildings and track enemies.
Moreover, this human actually aimed at her head. A mocking smile appeared on the Temari Demon's face. No matter how strong a person was, she didn't believe they could sever her neck, at least not in one blow, let alone cleave through her skull, which was the hardest bone.
Thinking of this, her smile widened a bit, making her look even more scornful. She extended both hands to block above her head. She wanted to grab Fang Hao's blade, and her other four hands attacked in the direction Fang Hao was coming from.
In her view, the outcome was already decided. Fang Hao's nichirin blade would be caught by her hands. Although this would cause her some pain, it was nothing. At worst, her head would block the blade, and then that human's body would be smashed by her other four arms!
"Danku!" As she thought this, Fang Hao was already in front of her, about to be attacked by her outstretched hands. But at the same time, Fang Hao's nichirin blade also arrived.
This slash, as if encountering no resistance, cut through the Temari Demon's arm, then reached her skull, then split, followed by her neck, her body…
Blade arrived, demon died!
Danku was the last word she heard in the human world.
The long blade returned to its sheath… The demon's body then fell to both sides, hitting the ground, and transforming into dust with the evening breeze.
Fang Hao: Why does the feel seem off?
With a bad premonition, he gently drew his nichirin blade again. The blade was already pitted and visibly dulled.
I've only had this blade for a few days, haven't I… Fang Hao's heart was filled with despair. "No, the Swordsmith will scold me to death!"
Of course, he wasn't afraid of the Swordsmith. The point was that this blade was forged by them. If they saw him treating the blade so carelessly, let alone scolding him, even if they wanted to hit Fang Hao, would he even fight back?
Just then, Fang Hao thought of another question. He sheathed the blade again and looked awkwardly at Tamayo, "Miss Tamayo, do you want this demon's blood?"
Fortunately, Tamayo didn't have a strong desire for the Temari Demon's blood. After all, the Temari Demon only claimed to be one of the Twelve Kizuki and was not truly one of them. Crucially, her strength wasn't too great, and she likely didn't have blood bestowed by Muzan within her.
After Fang Hao defeated the Temari Demon, the Kamado siblings' battle also quickly concluded. The other Arrow Demon couldn't withstand their combined efforts and was defeated…
Subsequently, Fang Hao and the others fell into new trouble. Tamayo and Yushiro's residence had to be abandoned, not because it was destroyed by the temari, but because it had been exposed and could no longer serve as a hiding place.
Fang Hao and the others also helped Tamayo and Yushiro move various documents, some experimental equipment, as well as the injured woman and the man who had turned into a demon, to another stronghold.
"A cunning rabbit has three burrows." Fang Hao greatly approved of their approach; it was indeed quite necessary.
Afterward, Tamayo also arranged contact methods and secret codes with Fang Hao and the others. Fang Hao and Tanjiro were also given vessels for preserving demon blood by Tamayo, and then they parted ways.
Fang Hao looked at the straw in front of him, not knowing what to say. Is this it? Black technology? He put away the straw (crossed out), the tool for preserving demon blood, looking forward to using it as soon as possible.