A moment later, the two sisters separated, and Shinobu Kocho, no longer sulking, once again apologized to Chu Yang with great sincerity.
Chu Yang waved his hand, not taking it to heart at all.
Afterward, Chu Yang and Kanae left the Butterfly Mansion, and accompanied by The Walker, headed to the headquarters. Although the situation was urgent, both of them still followed the rules, covering their eyes tightly.
The more critical the moment, the more important it is to maintain a calm mind and do what needs to be done daily.
Chu Yang was tall, and the members of The Walker expended a lot of effort to transport him to the headquarters. By the time the two arrived, the sun had already set.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki and the Hashira were waiting for them.
Even before the blindfold was removed, Chu Yang could already sense a familiar aura.
Gyomei Himejima stood at the forefront of the Hashira, walking towards Chu Yang. A compassionate smile appeared on his face as he personally untied the black cloth covering Chu Yang's eyes.
"You did well," Gyomei Himejima whispered.
Then he turned and led Chu Yang and Kanae into the courtyard.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki stood in the courtyard, silently observing Chu Yang. At this moment, although he hadn't completely lost his sight, his vision was much blurrier, and he could only vaguely make out the young man's silhouette.
Their gazes met in the air, and in that fleeting moment, many images appeared in Kagaya Ubuyashiki's spiritual world.
The images flashed by continuously, finally settling.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki's breathing suddenly quickened.
He quickly walked to Chu Yang, grasping his hand excitedly.
"You are the one who will end everything!"
The one who will end everything.
Everyone's expressions suddenly changed dramatically. Kagaya Ubuyashiki's words carried immense weight, signifying that the Demon Slayer Corps, since its inception, could finally see the dawn of an end to its nearly thousand-year-old feud with demons.
Kanae, standing not far behind Chu Yang, covered her mouth excitedly, tears glistening in her eyes.
She had come today precisely to hear these words from the Master.
"The one who will end everything," Gyomei Himejima clasped his hands together, murmuring continuously with his head bowed, tears streaming down his face.
"Hahaha, it seems my luck is pretty good. I haven't been a Hashira for long, yet I can already fulfill my wish of slaying all demons."
While others were still in a daze, a male, who appeared to be around Kanae's age, laughed heartily. His golden-red hair, like the sun, caught Chu Yang's attention.
Most of the Hashira of this generation were around the same age, including Kanae, all around seventeen or eighteen, quite young, like high school seniors in modern times.
They also became Hashira almost simultaneously.
Tengen Uzui and Gyomei Himejima were slightly older, one twenty-three and the other twenty-five.
"Kyojuro Rengoku, stop joking. That kid is so young and has only been in the Demon Slayer Corps for a few months. You don't really think he can defeat an Upper Moon by himself, do you?"
"If you ask me, he probably used some trick to deceive Kanae. Those two demons weren't Upper Moons at all."
The male who scoffed at Chu Yang had a long, narrow scar across his nose and spiky silver-white hair that was very eye-catching.
Most importantly, his attitude was the most arrogant Chu Yang had ever seen among everyone.
Chu Yang could clearly feel…
This white-haired male didn't put anyone in the courtyard in his eyes.
"Shut up! Sanemi!" Kanae looked angrily at the person who had just spoken so wildly, and said coldly, "In your eyes, I can't even distinguish between truth and falsehood? Or do you think that just any two demons could leave me utterly defenseless?"
At this point, Kanae placed her hand on her nichirin blade at her waist and said in a deep voice, "If you underestimate my strength so much, why not try it yourself!"
"That's not what I meant, Kanae!" Sanemi Shinazugawa, realizing he had misspoken, became flustered. He quickly tried to explain, "What I meant was that those two demons might have been Lower Moons. Even if they weren't as strong as Upper Moons, still…"
Sanemi Shinazugawa's explanation made Kanae's expression even more displeased.
"You're really bad at talking, Sanemi-senpai." Mitsuri Kanroji, the youngest, widened her eyes and shook her head helplessly, "How did you even survive until today with such a clumsy mouth?"
"You, watch your mouth!" Sanemi Shinazugawa turned around and yelled angrily, gritting his teeth as if he wanted to devour someone.
Chu Yang reached out, pressing Kanae's half-drawn blade back into its sheath, and said with a smile, "There's an even better way to prove it."
Saying that, he walked towards Sanemi Shinazugawa, crooked his finger, and said, "Why don't you try it and see?"
Sanemi Shinazugawa showed a cruel smile, "You wouldn't think that I'd indulge you too, would you?"
Kanae frowned again, showing an unhappy expression.
"You look like a chuunibyou suffering from love sickness." Chu Yang clicked his tongue, mocking with a half-smile, "You're eighteen, you shouldn't be that bad, right?"
"Bastard." Sanemi Shinazugawa lunged at Chu Yang, extremely fast, with air currents swirling around him, clearly using a Breathing Style, but without drawing his blade to perform a sword technique.
As a practitioner of the Wind Breathing Style, Sanemi Shinazugawa excelled in speed. Whether it was attack speed or movement speed, he was the strongest among all the Hashira.
In the eyes of others, Sanemi Shinazugawa suddenly disappeared, then suddenly reappeared in front of Chu Yang. Before Chu Yang could react, his fist had already swung towards Chu Yang's head.
Gyomei Himejima and Kyojuro Rengoku appeared simultaneously beside Kagaya Ubuyashiki, guarding him. The others also began to move closer, feeling that regardless of Chu Yang's strength, Sanemi Shinazugawa himself might injure the Master.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki, however, stared intently at the two, not even blinking.
Sanemi Shinazugawa was still honorable enough not to use a weapon, but attacked Chu Yang with his bare hands. Perhaps deep down, he believed Chu Yang was not worthy of him using a weapon.
However, just as Sanemi Shinazugawa was about to hit Chu Yang's cheek, whether it was an illusion or not, Sanemi Shinazugawa seemed to see Chu Yang smiling in a trance.
To be precise, he was smiling at him.
Sanemi Shinazugawa was stunned for a moment.
Why was he smiling?
After Sanemi Shinazugawa's fist struck Chu Yang's cheek, a crisp sound suddenly rang out.
The sound of bones breaking.
Sanemi Shinazugawa's lips curved slightly upward.
The pain of a fractured facial bone is very intense. He hoped this kid wouldn't scream too loudly, lest it look like he was bullying him.
The next second, Sanemi Shinazugawa's expression gradually began to change.
He felt a piercing pain emanating from his finger bones, growing more and more intense.
Sanemi Shinazugawa then realized that it was his own bones that had broken, not Chu Yang's.
That guy didn't even dodge, he took the punch with his face!
Sanemi Shinazugawa was horrified, instinctively wanting to distance himself from Chu Yang, but the moment he tried to retract his hand, he suddenly felt his arm being clamped tightly by something.
Sanemi Shinazugawa looked up. Chu Yang had already gripped his arm, the smile and coldness on his face growing even more intense.
He shivered, a fleeting sense of fear passing through him.
He finally reached for his nichirin blade with his other hand.
Chu Yang noticed Sanemi Shinazugawa's movement but did not stop him. Sanemi Shinazugawa's resistance, to him, was not as strong as Doma's.
He wanted everyone present to know his strength.
Sanemi Shinazugawa was just a pathetic reference point.
Already seething with rage, Sanemi Shinazugawa no longer held back. He drew his nichirin blade and, without a word, slashed at Chu Yang's hand.
He didn't believe that even then, Chu Yang still wouldn't let go.
Everyone watched this scene with bated breath. Gyomei Himejima wanted to intervene but was held back by Kagaya Ubuyashiki, who tugged at his sleeve.
"Don't move,"
Kagaya Ubuyashiki said softly, telling the surrounding Hashira to stay put.
Kanae was relatively calm, as she knew that Sanemi Shinazugawa's nichirin blade might not actually be able to sever Chu Yang's hand.
Thus, under everyone's watchful eyes, Sanemi Shinazugawa's nichirin blade and Chu Yang's arm collided violently, instantly sending sparks flying, like two pieces of metal of the same hardness clashing.
Everyone's pupils constricted sharply, and they all showed expressions of disbelief.
The most incredulous of them all was Sanemi Shinazugawa himself!
But Chu Yang gave him no time to react. After the nichirin blade fell, Chu Yang seized the opportunity to raise his right fist and smash it heavily into Sanemi Shinazugawa's face.
Pfft!
Blood blossomed into a brilliant flower in the air.
"Ah ah ah ah!!!"
Sanemi Shinazugawa wailed in mid-air, and it was easy to imagine the immense pain he was enduring.
Even though Chu Yang held back, his facial bones were most likely fractured.
After landing, Sanemi Shinazugawa's head was spinning. He struggled to get up, but his limbs had no strength.
Blood blurred his vision, and he squinted, staring intently at Chu Yang.
Just one punch!
Just one round!
He was defeated by this person with absolute superiority!
The opponent didn't even use a nichirin blade!
And he had used his full strength!
Utter defeat!
Undoubtedly, utter defeat!
How could Sanemi Shinazugawa's pride endure such a defeat?
He desperately gripped his nichirin blade.
"Wind Breathing, Ninth Form: Idaten Typhoon!"
Sanemi Shinazugawa rapidly advanced towards Chu Yang, unleashing a full-power attack, performing continuous circling slashes around Chu Yang. His nichirin blade unleashed a large number of wind blades that pulled at each other, like a true typhoon.
Chu Yang's position was the eye of the storm, enduring the most terrifying attack!
Kanae walked forward a few steps with a tense expression. The increasingly fierce battle between them had exceeded her expectations.
She worried that if the fight continued like this, and Chu Yang couldn't hold back, he might actually kill Sanemi Shinazugawa.
After all, at this level of combat, it was difficult to have the leeway to stop just short of fatal.