Chapter 40 : Visitors on a Moonlit Night Two figures scurried through the forest ...

Two figures ran quickly in the mountains and forests , stirring up a gust of wind as they weaved through the trees . The night in Tianzhu Mountain was exceptionally quiet , and a fishy smell lingered faintly at the tip of the nose , causing people to frown .

A dark shadow passed over my head , and a few dead branches and leaves fell . The dim moonlight fell on those branches and leaves , and the shadow immediately covered me , and the branches and leaves were crushed into the soil .

There was a faint sound of metal colliding , which was not clear from a distance , but it fell into the ears all the time , driving people to keep running forward .

Bo Ye Zhu held the Nichirin Sword in one hand and moved the other hand . He squinted his eyes and looked ahead . The sound of metal clashing in his ears still existed , but it was always maintained at a subtle distance , making people wonder if it was an illusion .

The bony hand suddenly drew out the Sun Wheel Sword , and the real person leaped up , with his fluttering clothes flashing between the overlapping shadows of the trees . The curse spirit rushed behind the little ghost in the blink of an eye , and swung out with a fist carrying a strong wind , knocking the little ghost dozens of meters away . The trees could not withstand the powerful impact and were knocked down .

At the same time , the blade of Bo Ye Zhu flashed with silver light , and faint markings appeared under his ears . He slashed down sharply , cutting through the dense spider silk in front of him .

" It's not a ghost from the Spider family . " The real man walked over , lowered his eyes coldly , and looked at the motionless little ghost on the ground .

The ghost , resembling a human child , had a frozen expression , clearly utterly stunned , unable to believe a human could possess such terrifying strength . While the ghost would n't die immediately after being beheaded , it would be impossible for the child to recover from such a terrifying shock .

It could vaguely feel its body , which had turned into a puddle of mud , slowly wriggling , trying to piece itself together , but was crushed into the mud by the Demon Slayer swordsman 's foot and mixed together . The cells screamed and cried , trying to escape .

But slowly , it felt that the cells that were crushed into the soil were out of control , but it had no time to care about it , because another silver-haired young man with a knife was walking over .

It was hard to tell whether the cold eyes and brows were due to the lonely moonlight like snow , or the indifference towards creatures like ghosts .

A silver arc of light fell into the little ghost 's eyes .

In its chaotic mind , new vitality suddenly appeared , as if all its strength was gathered at that moment . It opened its eyes wide , and the silver arc of light was clearly dazzling , which made it hate it .​

But it seemed to see that a long time ago , his mother was holding him and kneeling in the temple , with many people around her , and they all bowed together .

The Buddhists ' humming sounds were heard everywhere .

He saw the silver magic weapon in the master's hand reflecting a sacred silver light .

The filth hung in the air .

Bo Yezhu hooked the tip of the knife and looked sideways at the front . The sound of metal colliding had disappeared . They were delayed for a while , and now there was silence all around .

" Do you want to keep looking ? " The real person walked up to him , raised his head , looked at the position of the moon through the sparse shadows of the trees , and guessed the time .

" Let 's go forward . " Bo Yezhu put away his knife , his brows slightly furrowed . He could feel that there were many ghosts here , but they had only encountered two so far .

Another one ran away after the encounter .

Bo Yezhu was a little confused . He did n't have a red umbrella with him , so how come he didn't encounter any other ghosts ? It could n't be just luck . The smell of humans was extremely attractive to ghosts .

Without the suppression of the red umbrella , Bo Ye Zhu 's body is still more attractive than other ordinary humans , even though the effect of the blood has been weakened several times .

This Nada Spider Mountain is really weird in every way .

He and the real person continued to move forward . After walking for a long distance , they did not see the figure of the Demon Slayer Corps swordsman , but instead saw many traces of fighting .

" Did he just leave ? " Bo Yezhu looked at the traces , unable to judge , and pondered .

" It should have been a while . He was chasing the ghost . It seems that the battle was going well . " Zhenren stood next to Bo Yezhu . The two were close to each other . Bo Yezhu bent down to look at the knife marks on the tree trunk . He stared at the exposed earlobe of Bo Yezhu ... and the markings below .

Bo Yezhu felt that the knife mark looked familiar . After thinking for a while , he stood up . His ears were covered by the hair again , and the mark disappeared into his collar .

He turned to the real person and said , " It looks like Water Breathing to me . Has the Water Pillar arrived yet ? "

Zhenren : " Even at the fastest speed , it will still take a while . The headquarters is still some distance away . It must be the new stepson . "

That 's the Gui - level swordsman .

Bo Yezhu looked at the path on the other side , which clearly had footprints , and walked over there , saying , " Let 's go over there too . If we encounter a more powerful ghost , that child will be in trouble . "

They had n't walked for a while when the ground began to shake . Bo Yezhu stopped and looked around in confusion ... " What 's going on ? "​

The ground was shaking slightly , but he soon made out the sound of hurried footsteps , followed by the boy 's cry .​

" Pigs leap forward— "​​

Bo Ye Zhu looked ahead in surprise . A young man wearing a pig 's head and holding a sun wheel sword in both hands was running in the woods . He seemed to be injured , with flashes of blood on his body , and his speed was not too fast .

" Where's the ghost ? "

Having lost his target , Inosuke braked the car , looked around quickly , and immediately spotted the two people looking at him .​​​

Who is it !

He immediately ran over , intending to teach the two people who were spying on him a lesson , but when he got closer , he saw the Demon Slayer Corps uniforms on them .

The scene of him and Tanjiro and the others a few days ago flashed through his mind , and he hesitated for a rare moment .

" Hey ! Who are you ? How dare you peek at me ! " he shouted , waving a knife .

Uroba Nagisa smiled gently and said , " I 'm the Demon Slayer Corps's first - class swordsman , Uroba Nagisa , and he 's an A-class swordsman , a real person . We just came here by following the footsteps on the ground . "

He looked at the boy 's recognizable upper body , paused , and continued , " The ghost disappeared , right ? "​

Before Inosuke could answer , the real person 's face changed , and he grabbed Nagisa 's hand and said coldly , " Here I come . "

Usugaba Nagisa looked seriously at the back of Inosuke , where the shadows of the trees intertwined , casting a shadow of a tall figure .

With a " swish " , the golden fan opened .

The eerie cold seemed to penetrate into his bones through an invisible medium . He did not make any other movements but gently waved his golden fan . Beautiful lotus patterns fell on the fan , undulating with his movements .

Inosuke seemed to sense something and turned around . Before he could see who was coming behind him , he was hit in the face by an icy lotus leaf . He screamed " Ah " and barely dodged it .

The real person stretched out his hand and moved Bo Yezhu aside . In an instant , his fingers firmly grasped the icy and poisonous lotus leaf ice .​​​

Then crush it into pieces .

The curse spirit looked very unhappy .

Inosuke also spotted the person under the tree . No , it was a ghost ! He looked very tough . He raised his two swords , his fighting spirit bursting out , staring at the ghost .

In the dim light , he could only see the faint light reflected by the swaying golden fan .

The real person leaned over and whispered something in Uroba Nagisa 's ear . Uroba Nagisa frowned , grabbed Inosuke , and said quickly : " Let 's go first ! "

" I won't retreat ! " Inosuke yelled , as if he was going to launch a sudden charge towards the upper rank warrior over there .

However , the next second , the real person chopped his neck with a sharp knife . The boy was already injured , and even if the lotus leaf ice just now absorbed a little bit , it still had side effects . The pig-headed boy was picked up by Bo Ye Zhu .

He took a breath , and a black shadow rushed down from above his head , and was reborn in mid -air . The killing spirit reappeared , landed beside Bo Yezhu , and took the two people away without saying anything .

Wings grew out of the back of the cursed spirit 's clone , and in the blink of an eye , it stirred up a gust of wind and flew over the mountains and forests .

Lianyebing 's attack range cannot reach such a high level , so it can only return to its owner .

The golden fan was still waving . Upper Two watched the target disappear from the spot and estimated that it would only take half a minute . It should be possible to explain to Lord Muzan .

The other party can fly , so what can he do ?

Douma looked at the blue -haired young man who remained there . To be precise , the other party was definitely not a human being , but even Lord Muzan could not tell what he was .

The golden fan closed . He was more interested in this " person " than the target human . If he was the secret weapon of the Demon Slayer Corps , Lord Muzan would definitely be happy if he killed him .

A cold breath came suddenly .​

Masato narrowed his eyes as he looked at Douma who came out from the shadow of the tree . The Upper Rank Two 's blood demon art was poisonous and it was impossible for humans to defend against it , so he immediately sent the spirit body to take away Nagisa Usugano and Inosuke .

Many humans have been buried in Nada Spider Mountain , otherwise it would not have been discovered by the Demon Slayer Corps . In addition , there are demons hiding in the dark here , and if they fall into the eyes of the cursed spirits , it will be a paradise of curse .

So he had no worries along the way .

In this environment ... ... the cursed spirit flipped over his palm , and the thick cursed power covered the back of his hand - he could activate the domain at least three times .

In front of him , ice and snow spread , poisonous gas lingered , and an upper-rank demon with the characters " Upper Rank弐" engraved on his face stared at him , with great interest in his eyes .

In the sky , the spirit of Hensaku was holding the awakened Inosuke in one hand . The boy had never seen such a scene before . The usually noisy person became quiet and looked down at the entire Nada Spider Mountain .

Bo Ye Zhu was killed and the spirit was carried on his back . The spirit 's back was very large and its body was more than twice the size of a human . The scales on its back carefully retracted their edges and corners and crawled obediently on the surface of the skin .

He did n't know who this was , but his intuition told him that this was his Zhenzhen .​

Although they seem to be clones , they are the same to him .

This was his first time seeing such scenery . He held his breath nervously , his clear voice blurred by the wind until it was distorted , making it even more hazy in the night : " Where are we going ? "

" Let 's find a place to land first . " The voice of the spirit body did not sound like that of a human . If Bo Yezhu had been exposed to the modern world , he would have felt that the voice of the spirit body was somewhat mechanical and cold .

He tried his best to be more docile , but the moment he opened his mouth , he heard a cold , inhuman voice . The killing spirit unwillingly flapped its hind wings , locked onto a place , and landed .

Bo Ye Zhu didn't notice any of this . He was a little worried about the real person , so he asked the spirit body : " Is the ghost that just came a lower moon ? "

" No , it 's Upper Two , Douma . "​

The spirit - like being, the Slayer , slowed down his voice again , trying to get closer to the human . " His blood magic is poisonous , and it 's easy for humans to breathe . "

Nagisa Usugaba seemed lost in thought . He looked down at the stiff Inosuke and asked , " What 's your name ? You 're a new member , right ? I have n't seen you in the Demon Slayer Corps before . "

The young man wearing a pig - head mask said in a muffled voice , " My name is Inosuke . "

" Inosuke ... do you know the Upper Ranks ? "​​

Bo Yezhu paused for a moment before continuing , " He could have killed you immediately , but when you turned around , he hesitated . "​​​​​

Because of the angle , Usuga Nagisa was looking at Douma , although it was only for a moment , but he felt the fleeting change in Douma 's mood when he saw Inosuke .

" Huh ? How can I recognize ghosts ? "