Don’t Come Any Closer!

The girl belatedly realized that her behavior had been inappropriate, so she took the initiative to explain. "My name is Makomo. I mean you no harm. If you’re unhappy, I can leave right now."

Makomo?

Hearing that name, a flash of inspiration struck Chu Yang, and he remembered the girl’s identity.

The protagonist, Tanjiro Kamado, had been trained by Sakonji Urokodaki. He was the former Water Pillar and also Makomo’s master.

The girl before him and Tanjiro were fellow disciples. According to the original plot, Makomo would eventually die on Fujikasane Mountain.

The Hand Demon that killed Makomo had been personally imprisoned in this mountain by Sakonji Urokodaki. Thus, during every Final Selection, it hunted down Sakonji Urokodaki’s disciples in revenge.

The fox mask on her face marked her as Sakonji Urokodaki’s disciple.

"Forget it, you—"

Before Chu Yang could finish speaking, several black shadows suddenly shot out from the forest’s darkness and pounced on them.

"Human flesh! Fresh human flesh!!!"

These starving demons had no reason left to speak of.

In their eyes, Chu Yang and Makomo were two exquisite feasts.

Clang—clang—

As swords were drawn, Makomo immediately counterattacked. Though petite and lacking in strength, she was incredibly fast.

A flash of steel cut through the darkness, and Chu Yang immediately heard the sound of waves beside his ears. The two black shadows in front of them were instantly decapitated, turning into ash.

Seeing that things had gone wrong, the remaining demons immediately changed targets and lunged at Chu Yang.

"Heh, you can’t even pick the softest persimmon. No wonder you were destined to be demons in this life." Chu Yang sneered, drew the Horse-Cutting Blade from his back, and unleashed a heavy horizontal sweep.

With Chu Yang’s strength added to the weight of the Horse-Cutting Blade, even without considering its sharp edge, a glancing blow would wound and a direct hit would kill.

Four or five black shadows were cut in half at the waist by Chu Yang’s blade. Their severed lower bodies fell to the ground, howling miserably.

Makomo was dumbfounded!

What kind of absurd strength was that?

It was easier than cutting tofu!

Dragging the Horse-Cutting Blade behind him, Chu Yang slowly approached them and lopped off their heads one by one in order. Tormented by the terror of death, the demons let out agonized shrieks that echoed through the forest for a long time.

Makomo was numb with shock.

Why was this person scarier than the demons?

Couldn’t he just give them a quick death?

Makomo found the boy before her rather frightening. She crept into the darkness on tiptoe, then turned and slipped away without a trace.

After Chu Yang sent all those demons to see King Yama, he turned around and found that the little girl had vanished.

"Hey! Don’t run!" Worried that Makomo might encounter the Hand Demon, Chu Yang hurriedly activated Observation Haki, locked onto her location, and chased after her.

Chu Yang’s appearance as he sprinted through the darkness with the Horse-Cutting Blade on his back really did resemble a deranged murderer. It frightened the little girl pale, and she ran even faster!

One chased while the other fled, drawing the attention of most of the demons on the mountain.

Before long, a string of black shadows trailed behind Chu Yang.

"Damn it! Why are you idiots joining in?"

Mistaken for a pervert, Chu Yang was enraged. He immediately turned and charged into the demon horde, swinging his massive blade to vent his frustration.

The furious Chu Yang rampaged through the demon horde. Each sweep of the Horse-Cutting Blade sent four or five heads flying, and not a single demon could withstand even one exchange with him!

The scene looked exactly like one of those famous Three Kingdoms hack-and-slash games.

In less than a minute, all the demons pursuing Chu Yang had fallen beneath the Horse-Cutting Blade, and the hidden gazes lurking in the darkness vanished in an instant.

Chu Yang ignored those watching the show and anxiously chased in the direction Makomo had gone. "Damn it, she runs fast. Hell, that guy studying at Hogwarts should’ve learned Apparition first!"

To clear the obstacles ahead, the sprinting Chu Yang was like an out-of-control bulldozer. As he ran, he wildly swung the enormous Horse-Cutting Blade, cutting down every obstacle in his path.

Occasionally, some foolhardy demon tried to ambush him, but before it could get close, the Horse-Cutting Blade in his hand chopped it into mincemeat.

Bolstered by brute force, it was no longer a Horse-Cutting Blade—it was a high-powered cutting machine.

"Run! A crazy human has come in from outside!"

"That guy with the huge blade is about to chop the whole mountain bald!"

"Don’t get near him! You’ll die!"

The demons of Fujikasane Mountain fled in every direction. Even when they encountered other swordsmen taking part in the trial along the way, they paid them no heed and simply fled for their lives.

Watching the demons flee in panic before them, the young swordsmen participating in the trial froze…

"Help! Don’t come any closer!"

"Why do you keep chasing me? I only looked at your sword once! Is that really necessary?"

Makomo, who was frantically fleeing ahead, had been scared to tears by Chu Yang. She could not understand why a perfectly good swordsman was chasing her instead of killing demons.

"I’m saving your life!" Chu Yang was so angry that his face and neck had turned red, making him look even more "kind and approachable."

As a straight man, Chu Yang always said exactly what he meant and never dropped hints.

"Who are you trying to fool? To me, you’re the greatest danger, okay?" Makomo did not believe Chu Yang at all. He was covered in blood and holding a huge blade. Who would believe him?

The chase continued as groups of attracted demons launched attacks.

They could not catch Makomo, so they could only target Chu Yang.

Makomo plunged headfirst into the deeper forest.

This time, Chu Yang lost her. He completely lost track of her.

Yet no one expected that because he failed to catch up this time, Makomo would happen to encounter the Hand Demon!

It had just eaten a swordsman participating in the trial. Having finished digesting its appetizer, its appetite had only grown stronger!

The Hand Demon greedily stared at Makomo. Cute, pretty, with smooth, tender skin—little girls like this were the most delicious.

The instant they met, they looked at each other.

Makomo sensed the opponent’s strength, and her expression became especially grave, but she was confident that she could slay this terrifying demon.

"Hehehe…" The Hand Demon chuckled softly, its expression growing increasingly savage as it imagined the girl’s struggle before death.

The gears of fate slowly began to turn…

Elsewhere, Chu Yang, who had drawn a huge wave of aggro, was carrying out an alternative kind of slaughter.

His fury at being mistaken for a pervert had found the perfect outlet.

Wielding the Horse-Cutting Blade wildly, Chu Yang did not even need to use sword techniques. He could shred every demon within his sight like a meat grinder.

To this group of demons, the absurdly huge Horse-Cutting Blade was even more terrifying than Death’s scythe. They watched with their own eyes as their companions were first beheaded, then ground into mincemeat.

Violent!

Terrifying!

In terms of cruelty… not a single demon could compare to the muscular youth before them!

The demons were terrified, and the young swordsmen participating in the Final Selection were trembling as well.

Under the moonlight, Chu Yang stood atop a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, drenched from head to toe!

Bathed in moonlight, he looked like a blood-red monster!

He was more terrifying than a demon!!!