"Mom's dead too!"
A cold voice echoed from the sky.
"I thought you'd try to save her!"
Aoki looked up calmly.
A white-clad, white-haired boy stood in mid-air, his long hair obscuring his left eye, a spiderweb pattern emblazoned on the bottom of his robe.
Lower Moon Five, Xiao Wu.
"Parents who can't protect their children have no reason to exist!"
Xiao Wu's voice was devoid of emotion as he coldly stared at Aoki.
This traitor was indeed capable of killing demons.
Thump!
Snowflakes danced in the air as two more demons descended from the sky.
On the left was a female demon, her long white hair simply tied back, her face obedient; on the right, a tall, muscular demon with a giant spider's head.
These two demons were Xiao Wu's "sister" and "father."
Aoki ignored them, continuing to stare at Xiao Wu.
This was a twisted creature.
Demons don't live in groups.
According to Tamayo, this was because Muzan Kibutsuji feared that if demons gathered, they would rebel against him.
It sounded absurd, but considering he was Muzan Kibutsuji, it was quite possible.
However, Xiao Wu possessed special privileges.
Because he shared similar experiences with Muzan Kibutsuji in their past lives—both were born weak and sickly, requiring long-term bed rest—Muzan Kibutsuji gave him special care.
After becoming a demon, Xiao Wu killed his own parents and then frantically pursued familial bonds, building a false family to fill the emptiness in his heart.
Unable to understand human emotions, he maintained his family solely through terror and power.
Anyone who dared to disobey him would be tortured and killed by being exposed to the sun.
As Xiao Wu grew stronger, he gradually forgot his memories of his human life, becoming even more empty.
Pitiful, tragic, hateful, and yet laughable.
In a sense, this is a complete portrayal of demons. Except
, of course,
for Muzan Kibutsuji.
"Before we begin, I'd like to ask a question,"
Aoki said. "What happened to Lower Moon Six and Lower Moon Four?"
"They were incompetent and have been executed by the Lord!" Xiao Wu replied coldly.
Aoki frowned.
Muzan Kibutsuji was as brutal as ever.
He didn't care about the lives of demons, but with two Lower Moons missing, his mission had become much more difficult.
"Has Muzan Kibutsuji promoted any new Lower Moon Six and Lower Moon Four?" Aoki asked again.
"How dare you address the Lord by his name?" Xiao Wu's
face darkened with anger. He hissed and swung his arm.
Five transparent threads tore through the air, emitting a sharp cracking sound.
"Don't bother with such petty tricks,"
Aoki said calmly, sweeping his arm away.
Bang!
The threads snapped.
"Looks like you've gotten much stronger lately. Let me see what you're capable of."
Blood seeped from Xiao Wu's fingertips, seeping into the silk threads, turning the transparent spider silk red.
"Don't you dare hurt my family!"
Ghost Father roared, charging towards Aoki first.
"Get lost!"
Aoki delivered a high roundhouse kick.
Ghost Father raised his hand to block, but his neck was broken along with the kick, sending him tumbling away.
"A good opportunity!" Ghost Sister's eyes lit up, raising her palm to launch her spider web.
Suddenly, a pair of golden vertical pupils swept towards her, majestic, cold, and filled with murderous intent.
She shuddered, noticing a fist appearing in her eyes, rapidly enlarging.
Bang!
Her head exploded, blood and flesh splattering.
Clearing out the mobs before killing the BOSS is standard practice.
Aoki's eyes were icy, his hands like knives.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The Demoness's body was torn to pieces, reduced to a pile of minced flesh, scattered across the ground.
Just then,
countless red spider silk suddenly appeared, swirling around Aoki and enveloping him.
Xiao Wu, his hands weaving a web of spider silk, coldly watched Aoki: "Blood Demon Art, Killing Eye Cage."
"Aoki Style, Storm!"
Aoki, like a raging tank, violently tore through the blood silk cage.
His fists were covered in wounds, some reaching bone, and his body was covered in scars.
But in the blink of an eye, they all healed.
Xiao Wu's eyes narrowed.
This traitor had become so strong!
He swung his hands, ten blood silk threads intersecting, lashing out at Aoki.
Aoki grinned ferociously, reaching out to grab them.
Crack!
His left hand was instantly severed, and his right hand was cut in half, but he still managed to grab two spider silk threads.
"Not good!" Xiao Wu's expression changed slightly.
But before he could react, Aoki grabbed the blood-red threads and yanked them sharply.
Xiao Wu fell from the spider silk, flying uncontrollably towards Aoki.
Aoki slightly bent his knees, the snowflakes beneath his feet suddenly exploding, and his body soared into the air.
The distance between the two disappeared instantly.
Xiao Wu's fingers flicked rapidly, and a simple spider web quickly took shape.
Aoki, however, ignored this, his body arching like a longbow, his fist shooting upwards like a cannonball.
Bang!
Half of Xiao Wu's head exploded and flew out.
Aoki landed on the top of a large tree, bent his knees and pushed off, instantly charging towards Xiao Wu again.
Xiao Wu, flying in the air, lost his balance, but he flicked his fingers, and strands of blood-red spider silk flew around, pulling his body backwards quickly.
Aoki descended from the sky, landing on a spider silk, using the elasticity of the silk to leap forward and catch up with Xiao Wu.
This time, the two were reversed, Aoki on top, Xiao Wu below.
"Aoki Style, Death's Decree!"
Aoki slammed down with a heavy punch.
"Death's Decree" is a combo technique that adjusts the attack method according to the enemy's counterattack, resulting in a continuous and increasingly powerful offensive.
Although Xiao Wu mainly relies on spider silk for combat, he is not completely ignorant of close combat.
The two exchanged blows frantically .
However, Aoki quickly gained the upper hand by virtue of his positional advantage and the exquisite execution of "Death's Decree."
After breaking through Xiao Wu's defense, he changed his move to "Storm."
Thump thump thump thump!
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Wu's body became mangled, with copious amounts of blood spraying out, staining the snowflakes red.
Just as they were about to fall to the ground, and Aoki was about to finish Xiao Wu off, a shadow suddenly rushed out from the side.
"Don't hurt my family!"
Ghost Father roared, slamming into Aoki and sending him flying.
Xiao Wu took the opportunity to escape, countless blood threads converging in front of him, weaving into a giant vortex-shaped cocoon.
"Get out of my way!"
Aoki stretched out his arm, breaking free from Ghost Father's grasp, and grabbed his head, but did not immediately attack. Instead, he turned to look at Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu, his hair disheveled, his left eye, etched with the characters "Xiao Wu," was filled with rage.
This was the first time he'd been so disheveled since becoming a demon.
"Blood Demon Art, Thread Rotation!"
A vortex of blood spewed forth countless threads, like a dazzling rain of blood.
Aoki threw his demon father at him.
The blood threads pierced through him and continued flying.
He assumed a defensive stance, trying to shatter the threads, but many still escaped his grasp, leaving him with numerous small holes.
However, to him, these were hardly minor injuries.
After all the blood threads disappeared, Aoki looked towards Xiao Wu's previous spot, but Xiao Wu was nowhere to be seen.
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