Gyokko's proud flesh was instantly cut off without any obstruction, and the upper half of its body, from the abdomen upwards, separated from the pot below.
"Ah!!!"
Accompanied by a scream, its upper half fell to the ground, and the burning pain continued to assault it.
Gyokko immediately tried to regenerate, but found that it couldn't.
My perfect body… was actually easily cut open by this guy…
Gyokko had always been proud of its body, believing it to be the most perfect form in this world.
Its body, refined for many years within the pot, was even harder than diamond.
However, the recent situation instantly shattered its confidence.
At this moment, a feeling of fear arose in its heart, and the joy and playfulness it had felt upon meeting Chiba Yo completely vanished.
Chiba Yo, after delivering his move, frowned.
When he made his move, he had seen Gyokko retracting its body under Transparent World, so he aimed his slash lower.
On one hand, he wanted to sever Gyokko's connection with its pot, and on the other hand, he hoped that as it retracted, he could precisely sever its neck.
As it turned out, Chiba Yo overestimated Gyokko's speed.
Although it reacted, its speed in retracting into the pot was too slow, causing Chiba Yo to only strike a position slightly above its abdomen.
However, Chiba Yo didn't mind.
He twisted his body, adjusted his stance, and quickly unleashed another slash towards Gyokko's neck.
"Blood Demon Art! Ten Thousand…"
Seeing this, Gyokko dared not be arrogant at all, and immediately prepared to use its Blood Demon Art to defend and counterattack.
However, before it could even pull out its pot, the crimson nichirin blade had already slashed across its neck.
"…Sliding Slimy Fish!"
Only then did Gyokko shout out the name of its technique, but by this time, its head had already been severed by Chiba Yo.
Another five pots were pulled out by Gyokko, and together with the original five pots, they released countless sharp-toothed slimy fish outwards.
As an Upper Moon, it could still move for a short period even after being decapitated.
"You stinky brat! You go to hell too!"
Ten thousand sharp-toothed slimy fish surged towards Chiba Yo.
Gyokko's body had already begun to dissipate, but it still stared intently at Chiba Yo, hoping to see him die.
"Sun Breathing Fifth Form: Infernal Mirror Wall."
Looking at the endless sea of fish rushing towards him, Chiba Yo slowly exhaled and gripped the nichirin blade in his hand.
The crimson blade roughly drew an oval in front of him, and scorching flames released from the blade formed a mirror-like flame barrier in front of him.
Tens of thousands of sharp-toothed slimy fish crashed into this crimson mirror, then instantly melted as if snowflakes were thrown into a furnace, without even making a sound.
Chiba Yo's self-developed sword techniques were mostly for defense.
The Fourth Form and Fifth Form were both defensive techniques.
The Fourth Form could wrap flames around his body to defend against attacks from all directions, while the Fifth Form could only defend in the single direction in front of him, but the effect of the Fifth Form was much better than the Fourth Form.
As for the original Sun Breathing techniques learned from Tanjirou, they were mostly offensive techniques, one could even say they were all for offense.
Now, Chiba Yo's sword techniques could be said to be quite comprehensive.
For offense, he used those thirteen sword techniques, and for defense, he used the few techniques he had developed himself.
In addition, he had also developed some long-range techniques.
Ten thousand sharp-toothed slimy fish crashed into the flame barrier like moths to a flame, yet not a single one could break through this line of defense.
"Damn it!!! Am I going to die here before I can create more perfect art? If only I could kill you, I would gain Muzan-sama's approval! Damned brat!"
(Upper Moons can call out Muzan's name)
Facing imminent death, all the fear in Gyokko's heart transformed into rage at this moment.
Its two mouths in the eye area opened simultaneously, screaming loudly.
It had never expected to be decapitated by two slashes.
"And to cut my beautiful body into two pieces, it's unforgivable!!! It makes me even more annoyed than those bugs who don't appreciate art!"
Gyokko continued to scream.
Its body had already dissipated, and shouting was the only thing it could do at the moment.
Chiba Yo turned around.
After listening to Gyokko's words, he felt that this guy not only had a deformed face, but its brain was clearly deformed as well.
Although it had two eyes like a normal person, its aesthetic sense was not even as good as those with eye problems.
At least they wouldn't consider such deformed pots as works of art, nor would they find this eye-polluting, ugly body beautiful.
"When you get to hell, you'd best find a doctor to treat your eyes and brain.
How could you consider such strangely shaped pots as works of art?
Not to mention they're asymmetrical, their sizes aren't even uniform.
I was stared at with strange looks quite a bit while asking around for your whereabouts.
And your eye-polluting body, thankfully you didn't expose your whole body, otherwise I might have to get my eyes treated when I get back." Chiba Yo said to Gyokko's head with a blank expression.
His resentment this time was considerable, the biggest reason being, of course, the extremely cruel actions of this demon.
On the other hand, while searching for clues about Gyokko, he was often stared at strangely for carrying that drawing of a pot and asking around.
"You… you… you…"
Chiba Yo's words angered Gyokko to the extreme.
Its most prized possessions were utterly disparaged by Chiba Yo, but at this moment, it didn't know how to refute, as its proud flesh had been easily severed by the opponent.
Gyokko's two mouths trembled slightly with rage, and the veins on its head bulged, as if its blood vessels were about to explode.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"
Unable to think of a rebuttal, Gyokko roared in anger, its two mouths wide open, and then its head slowly dissipated.
Subsequently, the ten pots scattered on the ground also disappeared completely.
They were all created by Gyokko's Blood Demon Art.
Since Gyokko was dead, they naturally dissipated as well.
At the same time, all pots of this shape in the warehouses of several pottery shops in this small town also disappeared.
If it hadn't encountered Chiba Yo, relying on the interconnected nature of the space within its pots, Gyokko would have been able to escape easily even if it couldn't win, and could also recover its strength by eating other humans.
However, it chose to directly confront Chiba Yo.
Originally, Chiba Yo was worried that the shop owner might be in danger and planned to rush to him immediately after studying these pots, but now there was no need.
Chiba Yo rather hoped that other demons, especially Muzan, would also come directly to him, just like Upper Moon Five, but such a situation seemed somewhat impossible.
So this is the strength of an Upper Moon...
Sheathing his nichirin blade, Chiba Yo didn't feel any difference in this battle compared to previous ones.