Shimizu Beats Up Muzan

Tomioka Giyu calmly sliced through the countless spider threads rushing toward him, his gaze indifferent.

Directly before him, Rui—pale-skinned and resembling a human child—spread his hands toward Tomioka Giyu and unleashed his Blood Demon Art.

At the very bottom of the Infinite Castle, Nakime sat cross-legged on the wooden floor, her slender fingers rapidly plucking the biwa.

Countless objects shifted rapidly, delaying the advance of the enemies before her.

Mitsuri Kanroji moved lightly, dodging obstacles as she danced her ribbon-like Nichirin Blade, launching an endless barrage of attacks at Nakime.

Not far behind her, several Kasugai Crows with talismans pasted to their foreheads could vaguely be seen cawing as they relayed information.

Inside the Butterfly Mansion.

Amane Ubuyashiki had a talisman given to her by Yushiro pasted to her forehead as she calmly issued commands.

During the final two or three years of Ubuyashiki Kagaya’s life, his severe illness had drained his energy, so many of the Demon Slayer Corps’ administrative matters had been handled by his wife, Amane, in his stead.

She was also a woman with exceptional command abilities.

"After Hino Mao finishes off that demon, have her head to the passage on the right and join up with the team!"

"Deploy Rank B swordsman Nishiyama Taro to the second passage on the right to join the siege against Lower Rank Five!"

"Order Kojima Minato to return immediately, turn into the third fork, and block Lower Rank Three’s escape route."

"Has Mr. Uzui already dealt with Upper Rank Four? Please proceed to the corridor on the left. Lower Rank Five is nearby."

"Mr. Yushiro, Miss Tamayo, please advance according to my guidance. Upper Rank Six of this place is there."

Amane closed her eyes and directed the flow of information through the Kasugai Crows.

Her two daughters knelt beside her, talismans likewise pasted to their foreheads. As they compiled information for Amane, they used charcoal pencils to draw a map on the cloth-covered wall before them.

"We’ve found Muzan’s location! Everyone, Shimizu is fighting Muzan right now. He… he’s suppressing Muzan!"

Amane’s voice brimmed with excitement.

Somewhere within the Infinite Castle, a Kasugai Crow swooped past a dilapidated pavilion and watched the battle in the distance.

The entire area had been reduced to ruins.

Barbed Bone Whips and tentacles ravaged everything without restraint.

Brilliant blue Plasma Sword Qi storms erupted continuously, surging like endless waves.

Shimizu had never felt this good before.

After completing Perfect Demon Transformation, the amount of Chakra in this body far exceeded even his original body’s. No matter how extravagantly he used it, it never ran out.

The Senju and Uzumaki were famed for their abundant vitality, powerful bodies, and enormous Chakra reserves.

After Shimizu completed Perfect Demon Transformation, his vitality had become so immense that he practically possessed an immortal body. His physical abilities had been massively enhanced, and combined with the powerful Mental Power he possessed as a top-tier Puppeteer of the ninja world, his physical and spiritual energies merged together. Shimizu’s current Chakra reserves were downright terrifying.

At the very least, he could keep using his ultimate moves without stopping.

Coupled with his ability to teleport and flash at will, as well as the powerful perception granted by the Transparent World, he had barely suffered any injuries even after fighting this long.

Even when there were attacks he could not evade, Shimizu chose the route that would minimize the damage based on the situation, then let the armor on his body block it.

For everyone else, Muzan’s blood carried deadly poison. But Shimizu had three ways to deal with it.

One was Medical Ninjutsu, directly extracting it with the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique. Another was the antidote developed by Tamayo. The last was simply enduring it head-on.

He now possessed regeneration no weaker than a demon’s, and his recovery speed was incredibly fast.

In other words, despite attacking for so long, Muzan had essentially just been scratching an itch.

After his impotent rage, Muzan finally regained his composure.

He understood now.

Uesugi Shimizu was not like Tsugikuni Yoriichi, powerful enough to nearly kill him in an instant.

But when it came to being difficult to shake off, he was far more troublesome than Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

His offensive power was indeed far inferior to Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s, but he actually possessed an ability similar to a Blood Demon Art. With his spatial teleportation, Muzan had nowhere to hide.

Muzan had long wanted to split apart and flee, but he simply could not divide himself.

Without question, this was Tamayo’s doing again.

It made Muzan hate Tamayo even more, but it also filled him with fear.

After four hundred years, he once again felt the threat of death.

He could not understand it. Just a few years ago, this generation of the Twelve Kizuki had been brimming with talent. The Upper Rank Demons had remained unchanged for a century, and everything had been flourishing in a vibrant, thriving state.

Yet in merely two short years, how had things fallen to this point?

Muzan could not understand it.

But he knew that if he did not flee now, the Infinite Castle would truly become his burial ground.

He had lived for over a thousand years. Although every battle he had experienced in his life had either been one-sided victories or one-sided defeats, Muzan still had some combat experience. He could tell that Shimizu’s teleportation required a medium to mark its coordinates.

At this point, Muzan began revealing his Trump cards one after another.

First, the flesh of his body continuously writhed, splitting into countless Bone Whips to harass Shimizu and protect himself, while he pulled out the spatial kunai embedded in his body.

Then, he gathered most of his remaining strength and activated his Blood Demon Art.

"Boom!!"

A deafening blast spread through the vast Infinite Castle almost instantly.

An extremely terrifying shockwave erupted. Even Shimizu immediately teleported to the kunai farthest from Muzan, then threw another kunai into the distance, embedding it in a beam amid the pavilion ruins.

Only after teleporting twice did he escape the shockwave’s central range.

Beside Shimizu, the Kasugai Crow that had been gripping the roof tiles with its claws and watching the battle had no time to react before it toppled to the ground.

Muzan’s move was immensely powerful, an ultimate technique unleashed in desperation. Its force was so great that even Shimizu had to temporarily avoid its edge.

His current body and recovery ability could withstand such an attack, but it would be difficult to launch a counterattack under those circumstances.

What made this move powerful was not merely its physical force. It also contained part of Muzan’s ability to control blood. Every living being affected by the shockwave would have its blood go into violent turmoil, causing nervous system disorder and then convulsions, leaving them unable to move and eventually killing them.

Shimizu had completed Perfect Demon Transformation and could suppress such turmoil, but the Kasugai Crow beside him was different.

Even from such a great distance, and with Shimizu standing in front to block most of the shockwave, the large Crow still fainted at once, its two claws twitching.

Shimizu then cast a Mystical Palm Technique to treat the Kasugai Crow before throwing out another kunai and charging toward Muzan once more.

And in that instant…