"We believe what you said."
Chiba Yo looked at the Old Grandpa and said.
The Old Grandpa was slightly surprised after hearing Chiba Yo's words. Before, when he told others these things, he was always treated as a senile old man.
"It's good that you're willing to believe me. Now, just stay here until dawn. These demons hate the smell of Wisteria flower and fear the sun," the Old Grandpa said.
He thought that since these two children were willing to believe him, they definitely wouldn't go out. However, Chiba Yo's next action completely exceeded his expectations.
"Zenitsu, you stay here and protect this Old Grandpa. I'll go take care of the demon in the Temple first."
Chiba Yo said to Zenitsu.
"Okay..."
"Are you even listening to me?!"
Just as Zenitsu was about to nod in response, the Old Grandpa, who was leaning against the Wisteria flower tree, couldn't sit still after hearing Chiba Yo's words. He stood up with a start and shouted at Chiba Yo, completely bewildered.
"That's a demon! With sharp fangs and immense strength, how could a little brat like you possibly deal with it? Just listen to me and stay here until dawn, otherwise it will definitely eat you."
Zenitsu, listening to the Old Grandpa's words from the side, even felt like laughing. He felt that the one who should be running when encountering Chiba Yo should be the demon.
"Thank you for your concern, but slaying demons is our job, our responsibility, and something we have to do. Don't worry, I'll be fine. I hope you can tell me in detail about what you just said when I get back," Chiba Yo said with a smile, turning to the Old Grandpa, and then ran towards the Temple on the mountain.
Night had already fallen. The Old Grandpa, seeing Chiba Yo, who had already run out of the Wisteria flower forest, stamped his feet in anger and shouted at his back:
"If you go out, you won't come back! Don't say I didn't warn you!"
However, Chiba Yo's figure disappeared into the distance the next moment. The Old Grandpa sat down again, huffing.
For a stranger he had just met, he had already done his utmost to help. There was no need to put himself at risk.
"You blond brat, why didn't you try to persuade him? He's your companion, isn't he? Aren't you worried he'll go out and get eaten by a demon?" The Old Grandpa took a hard puff from his pipe to calm himself down, then looked at Zenitsu and asked.
Blond brat...
Zenitsu felt offended when he heard the Old Grandpa's words, but remembering that the Old Grandpa didn't forget to bring them along when he was escaping earlier, and had painstakingly tried to persuade them, Zenitsu held back.
"I think the one who should be worried is that demon," Zenitsu replied truthfully.
When Chiba Yo trained them, he also trained himself. Zenitsu only saw him train once and realized that he was incredibly strong, almost inhuman. Chiba Yo could do ten or even dozens of times the training they did, and complete it much faster than them, even doing different training consecutively without giving himself time to rest.
Therefore, no matter what training Chiba Yo arranged for them, they couldn't refute it with a "you do it if you can" because he really could, and he could complete it with far more training than them.
The Old Grandpa looked at Zenitsu after hearing his words and said, "Are all children nowadays as boastful as you?"
The Old Grandpa felt what Zenitsu said...
Zenitsu felt like he had been stabbed with a knife, but he had no way to deal with this Old Grandpa, so he simply turned his head away, out of sight, out of mind.
On the other side, Chiba Yo had already arrived at the Temple again.
The Temple was still as it was when he first arrived, and the Temple gate had not been opened.
It seems that demon hasn't gone out to hunt yet...
Chiba Yo thought, looking at the scene before him.
"Woo woo woo..."
At this moment, a crying sound came from inside the Temple. Judging by the voice, it was a child's.
...
Hearing the child's crying, Chiba Yo felt a bit speechless. This place was so desolate, where would a child come from? And not much time had passed since he first arrived here.
There was no need to think much; it was almost certainly a demon in disguise. Chiba Yo felt that this demon's intelligence might be relatively low.
Thinking this, Chiba Yo stepped forward, pushed open the Temple gate, and walked in. Moonlight shone into the Temple, and the scene before him was a child hanging from a beam inside the Temple, crying.
However, Chiba Yo felt absolutely no living presence in front of him. The child seemed not to exist. Instead, it was on his right side...
"Big brother, hurry and save me! A monster tied me here! It said it was going to eat me as dessert!"
The child who was hanging spoke, but Chiba Yo ignored him and looked towards the position on his right side.
The previously empty spot revealed the figure of a demon with two horns on its head under the Transparent World. Its body appeared transparent in Chiba Yo's eyes, and the voice just now also came from its direction.
What surprised Chiba Yo was that this demon actually had two brains, with the other brain located below its lungs.
Recalling Muzan, who had five brains, Chiba Yo realized that having more brains didn't necessarily mean higher intelligence.
The invisible demon hiding in the corner felt a shock when it noticed Chiba Yo's gaze fall upon it.
I'm in an invisible state, so why does this guy seem to be able to see me? Is it a coincidence? It seems I need to show him something even more shocking to grab his attention.
Blood Demon Art: Illusory Dream!
The demon gently waved a hand forward, and the scene around Chiba Yo changed. The child disappeared, replaced by a beautiful young woman who walked gracefully towards Chiba Yo.
"Little brother..."
A gentle, tingling voice sounded, but in Chiba Yo's eyes, the one making the sound was still the demon hiding in the corner. Chiba Yo immediately felt a chill.
"You're truly disgusting."
Looking at the demon, he said, and Chiba Yo placed his right hand on the hilt of his sword.
The demon hiding in the corner suddenly had an illusion that it was about to die. Unlike other demons, its perception ability was very strong, but even so, it couldn't perceive Chiba Yo's strength before he even made a move.
"Sun Breathing: Waltz."
"Blood Demon Art: Star Shift!"
Two voices sounded simultaneously, Chiba Yo's sword technique and the demon's Blood Demon Art activated at the same time.
The demon suddenly disappeared before Chiba Yo's eyes, but Chiba Yo also instantly perceived its location. He quickly turned around in mid-air and found that the demon was now in his previous position, while he was now in the corner where the demon had been hiding.
What's going on? Two Blood Demon Arts with absolutely no connection.
Chiba Yo frowned, feeling some doubt, but he didn't think the demon in front of him was very strong. After adjusting his posture, he drew his sword again.
"Sun Breathing: Threefold Solar Array."
Three arc-shaped slashes entwined with flames instantly shot out, heading towards the demon's neck and two heads in front of him.
"Damn it! How could I encounter a monster like you? Blood Demon Art: Black Blood Thorns!"
The demon roared, and then its blood vessels thickened and bulged, and four long, spiky whips emerged from its back, coiling together to block its front.