"Hey, Yarizu, where is my temari ball?"
Amidst the dust and smoke, a spoiled female voice sounded, carrying a hint of impatience.
The Arrow Demon, who was called Yarizu, was not as pleased as she was, and instead frowned slightly: "Don't be careless, Susamaru."
His Blood Demon Art was blocked by something.
And... he couldn't move at all.
Hearing the voices outside, Tanjirou drew the Nichirin Blade from his waist and vigilantly watched the hole in the wall.
After the dust and smoke dissipated, a man and a woman appeared outside the house.
Yarizu's eyes were tightly shut, but an eyeball in his hand, whose pupil revealed an arrow, opened: "I didn't expect a Demon and a Demon Slayer to be mixed up together. What is going on here?"
"Was my temari ball blocked by that woman? Hahaha..." Susamaru grinned, looking at the temari ball Mizuki held in her hand, "Let's see how you block this!"
She raised a temari ball high, the veins on her arms bulging, and threw it towards the house with a maniacal expression.
Swoosh!
The thrown temari ball shot along the ground like an arrow released from a bowstring, instantly scattering the dust and smoke on the ground and kicking up a wave of air.
So strong!
That person's blood!
Susamaru's eyes grew even more manic, eager to show off her power.
"Lady Tamayo!" Yushiro quickly shielded Tamayo behind him.
Mizuki's expression slightly condensed; something was indeed wrong.
While she was thinking, just as Mizuki was about to step forward, Tanjirou exhaled a red mist and rushed to stand in front of everyone first.
"Sun Breathing, First Form: Circle Haze!"
But just as Tanjirou was about to strike the temari ball, the Temari Demon named Susamaru suddenly grinned.
"Hehehe..."
In Tanjirou's eyes, the temari ball flying through the air strangely changed direction, dodging the blade and shooting towards his face.
Oh no!
Tanjirou's pupils constricted, and the temari ball in his vision rapidly enlarged.
Just at this critical moment, Tanjirou felt a huge force pull him back by the collar, narrowly avoiding the temari ball.
However, the strong wind stirred up by the temari ball still tore a cut on Tanjirou's forehead.
"Miss Mizuki..." Tanjirou turned back in surprise.
Mizuki did not exchange many words with him, turning her blade backward and slicing through the temari ball that bounced back behind her.
The blade was trembling slightly.
Mizuki flicked her blade to split it open and warned aloud: "Be careful, the strength of those two Evil Demons is no less than that of the Twelve Demon Moons."
She had just had a box of blood drawn by Tamayo, but she wasn't actually weakened much, as she had never felt full, having never eaten before.
The force and speed of this temari ball are too strange.
This is definitely not the level they should have in the original work.
Although not outstanding, they have definitely reached the level of the lowest Lower Rank.
Did her actions on the street make Muzan more cautious?
Tanjirou exclaimed in surprise: "Twelve Demon Moons?!"
Tamayo reminded him: "They are direct subordinates of Kibutsuji Muzan."
"Hahaha, it is your honor to die by the hands of us, the Twelve Demon Moons!" Susamaru proudly accepted the title of the Twelve Demon Moons.
The Arrow Demon on the side had already disappeared, lurking in the shadows.
Tamayo said with a serious expression: "Mizuki, if possible, I want to collect their blood."
"Leave it to me." Mizuki nodded lightly, turning her head and saying, "Tanjirou, can I leave the other Demon to you?"
Tanjirou nodded heavily: "Yes, leave it to me!"
Mizuki nodded lightly. Kibutsuji Muzan possesses immense control over Demons and can gain a Demon's vision by utilizing the cells within their bodies.
Of course, this is like watching surveillance; it's impossible for him to monitor every single Demon.
That's why she always shows herself with her face covered, to avoid being accidentally noticed by Muzan someday.
Right now, she needs to control her strength so that Muzan doesn't become wary of her.
"Hahaha, do you still delude yourselves into thinking you can defeat the Twelve Demon Moons?" Susamaru allowed Tanjirou to leave, her gaze fixed on Mizuki.
This idiot... does she even realize how difficult it is for her to control her strength?
A mere Lower Rank Demon? She could finish her off even with her eyes closed.
"Come and play some more! Let's see how many more attacks you can block!" Susamaru's body suddenly swelled, several arms sprouted from within her, and temari balls shot towards Mizuki.
They're terribly slow.
Mizuki's figure flashed, splitting the temari balls one by one while rushing forward... Watching the two restrain the Evil Demons, Yushiro, who completely distrusted them, turned to Tamayo and said: "Lady Tamayo! Let's use them as bait and quickly escape."
Tamayo gasped, a bead of sweat forming on her forehead, looking at him in disbelief, her entire face turning gray.
Wow... his entire demeanor changed.
Mizuki was even able to spare attention to observe Tamayo's expression.
Seeing his image collapsing in Tamayo's eyes, Yushiro quickly said: "I was joking!"
"Where exactly are you looking, woman!"
Mizuki's distraction infuriated Susamaru.
"You're noisy." Mizuki's eyes flickered, and a streak of water-blue light wrapped around her blade as she lunged towards Susamaru.
"Tch!" Susamaru clicked her tongue dismissively, continuously throwing temari balls at Mizuki.
However, let alone hitting Mizuki, she couldn't even stop her advance.
Mizuki's figure flashed repeatedly, dodging the temari balls while slicing them all apart.
A bead of cold sweat appeared on Susamaru's temple.
Something is wrong with this woman!
Susamaru suddenly held her breath, and her vision was engulfed by a black shadow.
Her eyes and lips trembled violently, and before she could even make a sound, her vision rapidly inverted.
She was sliced!
She was just about to become one of the Twelve Demon Moons!
Susamaru's eyes trembled violently, the mania in them gone, replaced entirely by terror.
Susamaru couldn't comprehend that speed, but Mizuki was actually holding back significantly.
She suppressed her power to the level of a Hashira.
Mizuki expressionlessly stomped her head into pieces, picked up her not-yet-fully-dissipated body, and threw it back into the house.
"Take the blood."
Leaving those two words, Mizuki headed towards the woods outside the house.
Flames soared over there, and the situation had reached a stalemate.
Tanjirou, who mastered Sun Breathing, possessed extraordinary strength, but his basic conditioning was too poor, preventing him from perfectly executing the Sun Breathing Sword Forms.
A prolonged battle was very disadvantageous for him.
Previous opponents were just Small Fry, so there was no impact, but his current opponent was an Evil Demon with Lower Rank strength.
When Mizuki arrived, she happened to see Tanjirou flying all over the sky.
This is where Demons are unreasonable: unlike the Demon Slayer Corps Swordsmen, who are like a 'Kitchen Knife Squad,' the variety of Blood Demon Arts makes it easy for the human side to suffer defeat due to lack of information.
"Has Susamaru been dealt with?" Yarizu sat on a tree, noticing Mizuki's arrival below, and a trickle of cold sweat ran down his temple.
This woman... is truly formidable!
Yarizu had already vaguely sensed this when she blocked the direction of his arrows earlier.
No wonder that person gave them so much blood... Before his thoughts could fully unfold, a black shadow suddenly enveloped him from behind.
Gone!
Yarizu, realizing Mizuki's figure was gone, stiffly turned his head. That streak of red hair was the last thing he saw.
Mizuki jumped down from the large tree, looked up at the sky, moved slightly to the left, and caught the falling Tanjirou with both hands.
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