Chapter 39 : Nada Spider Mountain “ Is it the breathing sword technique … ? ”​​

" Is it the breathing sword technique ... ? "

Inside the hut , Ubuyashiki Yoya held a crow and spoke softly .​​​

After receiving the affirmative answer from the Crow , his expression relaxed and he looked up outside the house . The moon was at its brightest and the night was beautiful , but he could n't see anything clearly .

" This breathing sword technique is completely different from the past . " He murmured .

It didn't take long to reach Nadagumo Mountain . After seeing their destination , Urobe Nagisa and Masato slowed down their pace and saw members of the Demon Slayer Corps in groups of three or four in front of them .

But it was just a glimpse , and those people disappeared deep into the forest .

" Huh ? Why are they walking so fast ? " Bo Yezhu wondered . He saw that the speed of those team members could be called running . Is the mission urgent ?

The Immortal frowned and said , " Let 's move on too . "

The path on Nada Spider Mountain is quite flat , much smoother than the mission that Bo Ye Zhu had done a few days ago .

However, Natian Spider Mountain is usually sparsely visited , and such a flat mountain path reveals a sense of weirdness everywhere .

Bo Ye Zhu lowered his eyes to look at the road below him , and suddenly said , " There must be more than one ghost here ... " He raised his head , looking at the moonlight filtering through the sparse branches . " No wonder so many swordsmen were called here . "

He must be a tough opponent .

The two continued to move forward , but after a while , there was still no sign of the Demon Slayer Corps members in front of them .

Bo Ye Zhu sensed something was amiss . " We 're not slow on our feet . We're probably going to leave the area of Nada Spider Mountain if we go any further . Where are the other team members ? Are they splitting up in other directions ? "

Zhenren looked up and looked around . There was only one road here . Other directions had to go through bushes or forests . It would not be surprising if the team members just took a different route .

But the strange thing is this - he lowered his head and looked at the ground without any traces . From just now until now , no one else had been on this road they had walked in a short period of time .

Then when did the Demon Slayer swordsmen they saw leave the main road ?​​​​​

The real person suddenly remembered something , and his face became serious . Maybe there were other demons in Tianzhu Mountain ... Lower Moon ? Or Upper Moon ?

Neither outcome was what he wanted to see .​

Bo Ye Zhu turned around and asked : " Are we going back now ? "

Following his gaze , the Immortal turned around , looking back at the path they had just taken , and suddenly asked , " Did your ravens follow ? "

" A crow ? " Bo Yezhu looked up and glanced at the surrounding trees , then shook his head . " I don't see it here . "

The Immortal grabbed his hand and whispered , " Let 's go to the top of the mountain . "

Mountain top ?

Bo Yezhu turned his head to look towards the top of the mountain . Due to the obstruction of the forest , he could not see anything , but he always felt as if something was surging in the darkness ... ... He felt inexplicably suffocated in his heart .

The young man pressed his temples unconsciously .​​​​

" Let's go . "

Boye Zhu had gotten used to walking in the overgrown forests over the past period of time . The light team uniforms made it easy to move around . He and Zhenren ran very fast and soon reached the halfway point of the mountain .

A familiar person suddenly appeared in front .​

He fell from a tree - " Murata ? " Uroba Nagisa looked at his upside- down companion in front of him in shock .

When Murata heard someone calling him , he shuddered and his body swayed immediately . He tried hard to turn around , but his tied hands and feet obviously made it extremely difficult .​​​

" Is that Bo Ye ?! " He recognized the highly recognizable voice .​​​​​

Bo Ye Zhu : " Do n't move . I 'll go cut off the things that are binding you . "

Murata stopped struggling immediately , fearing that if Urobe Nagisa was not careful , the Nichirin Sword would fall on him .​

With a " clang " sound , Murata 's body immediately shook , but the spider silk that bound him was not damaged at all . After the Nichirin Sword felt the extremely hard resistance , Houye Zhu's face changed slightly , and he turned his wrist and retracted the Nichirin Sword in time .

This is no ordinary spider silk .

Uroba Nagisa landed on the ground again , frowning as she looked at Murata . " What level are those demons from Spider Mountain ? "​​

" I 'm not sure ... but the companions who came with me , " Murata took a breath and continued , " are almost all dead . "​

" In such a short time , I didn't even have time to react , and they all got infected . " Murata 's voice sounded a little sad .

The Immortal suddenly spoke : " Lower Moon . "

" There must be at least one Lower Moon Demon in that Spider Mountain . " He raised his eyes and looked at the dark forest . It seemed as if something was spying on them .

Hearing the master 's words , Uroba Nagisa raised the Nichirin Sword again , looked at the spider silk that bound Murata , and moved upwards until it locked onto the branch .

The young man took a half step back , his wrist tensed , and leaped up to swing his knife .

Murata closed his eyes nervously .​

A faint airflow covered the blade , and the blade began to change color again , covered with a little black flame . The powerful blade was wrapped in an unknown force and instantly cut through the not - so - thin branch .

At the same time , the gap on the Nichirin Sword grew larger again .

Murata lost his support and fell to the ground . Fortunately , he reacted quickly and adjusted his posture to avoid the risk of falling on his face .

The real person looked at him , squatted down , picked up the spider silk , and said : " It seems that we have to kill him . "

The silk was so strong it was wrapped tightly around him , leaving no room for a break . Murata asked , " Doesn't that mean I 'll have to drag this branch along with me ? "

Bo Yezhu came over , smiled , and said , " Sorry , this is the only solution I can think of . It 's very dangerous here . Why don't you leave first ? "

There was a hint of worry in his eyes . If Murata was caught by a ghost in this state , he would n't even be able to run fast .

Murata reluctantly stood up with the help of Usugaba Nagisa and said , " The Crow should have already informed headquarters . I hope the reinforcements sent are from the Pillar ... I have a feeling there's something fishy going on nearby . "

He looked up and around , feeling a little uneasy .

Almost as soon as he finished speaking , a sound of breaking air was heard . The real person frowned and pulled Bo Yezhu away .

Several almost invisible spider silk threads appeared on the ground where he had just stood .

Bo Yezhu frowned , raised the blade , and looked to the right where the spider silk had just been emitted .

There stood a white-haired girl with a strange face , obviously very different from a normal human . Her expression was a little cold , and she was staring at them , her fingers slightly suspended , as if hanging something .

" It's a ghost ! " Murata was nervous . He would only be a burden to Uroba Nagisa and the others , and he didn't know where his knife had fallen .

The real person looked at the girl with no change in expression .

However, when the girl looked at the Sun Blade in Bo Ye Zhu's hand , fear flashed in her eyes and she quickly disappeared into the forest .

" Huh ? " Bo Ye Zhu was stunned .

That must be a ghost , why did it run away ?

" By the way , I just met another swordsman , he was only at level Gui . It 's so dangerous here , I don't know where they ran to . " Murata remembered that he met Tanjiro Kamado not long ago .

Bo Ye Zhu's expression also turned serious . " How could a Gui - level swordsman receive such a difficult mission ? "

" At first, we thought it was just a normal mission , but we didn't expect it to be a Lower Moon mission . " Murata sighed , " Now I 'm the only one left , and the others are all from the same generation as us . "

As he was speaking , he suddenly felt something and struggled . The spider silk on his body loosened and fell to the ground , immediately turning into filth .

Murata opened his eyes wide , still not realizing that he had broken free from the shackles .

" That ghost may be dead . " The real person said as he looked at the filth that disappeared from the ground .

" Let's go together . It 's too dangerous here . Let 's at least wait for the support from the pillars . " Nagisa Usugaba sheathed his sword and said , " By the way , Murata , where 's your Nichirin sword ? "

Murata shook his head and smiled bitterly : " It was dragged away by the spider silk just now . It might have fallen to the ground . We can only go back to look for it . "

The three of them walked back along the road , and Murata detailed what they encountered after entering Nada Spider Mountain .

Bo Ye Zhu : " But when we came here , we saw you , but you walked too fast , so we couldn't catch up , and we even walked to the border of Nada Spider Mountain . "

Murata said , " But my Crow estimates it would take at least an hour to get out of Nata Spider Mountain from here . If you're so fast , how could you not catch up with us ? ... Oh , by the way , we did n't take the mountain road . "

Because one of the team members said that he seemed to have found traces of a ghost , everyone deviated from the main road and was attacked shortly afterwards .

As they were talking , they suddenly heard a penetrating shout . Bo Yezhu was startled and looked in the direction of the sound . He could not see anything through the deep forest , but the shout was so penetrating that even though it was faint , it was still very loud in the silent forest .

It seems somewhat familiar , and I feel like I have heard such shouts somewhere .

Murata also spotted his own Nichirin sword . He trotted over and found a Nichirin sword in the grass , which was covered with messy footprints . He pulled it out , examined it , and confirmed , " That 's my sword ! "​

" Let's go see what 's going on over there . " Seeing Murata find the Nichirin Blade , Nagisa 's expression softened , and she walked towards the source of the sound . " I wonder if it 's the team members or just ordinary people who strayed into Spider Mountain . "

The real person caught up with him and said , " It sounds like there 's still some distance to go . "

The three of them passed through the forest . Zhenren estimated the distance . He looked ahead and frowned . " It should be around here ... Strange , no human presence . "

Bo Yezhu stopped and they just walked to an open space . There were clearly messy footprints on the ground , which looked new . But since the real person said that there was no one here , it meant that they had just left not long ago .

Murata cautiously suggested , " How about we wait for the Pillars to come and support us ? "

Worry was evident on Bo Ye Zhu's face . " I want to find those Gui - class swordsmen first . At least tell them that the demons here are not something Gui- class can handle ... We can't afford to see any more casualties . "

Almost all the swordsmen who were carrying out the mission at Nada Spider Mountain died at the same time . This was a heavy casualty , and they were his peers . Uroba Nagisa sighed and thought of the days when they trained together . Although he had never chatted with those people , they still seemed very friendly .

Of course , there are also people with deep hatred and grudges , but they have eased a lot after getting along with each other for a while .

Did n’t expect that everyone would die here tonight ?​

Then the only one left in his class is Murata , oh yes , and Mizuhashira .

He calmed down and looked at Murata . " Will you come with us ? Or you can look for the shouting swordsman here , and we 'll look for him somewhere else . "

Murata hesitated , and suddenly met the eyes of the blue - haired young man behind Urobe Nagisa . He suddenly remembered some memories and quickly agreed .​​

" Then let 's go first , the pillars should be here soon ! " Bo Ye Zhu waved at him and ran to another road with Zhenren .