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Li Mo fell to the ground, the dust blocked his vision, but the pain all over his body told him that he was injured. Fighting with a demon with such strong physical fitness like Akaza, relying on "dissipation of power" to remove most of the power, inevitably led to hidden injuries. Finally, it broke out at this moment.
Inside, bleeding began.
Li Mo has this feeling.
"—!"
Instantly, Li Mo felt his abdomen being pierced by a strong arm, and Akaza's figure appeared in front of him. At the same time, he saw another fist it swung out.
In an instant, Li Mo blocked another fist from Akaza.
"Look, Li Mo, the human body is so fragile."
"Yeah, I know. But it doesn't matter, I'm going to win."
Akaza's smile froze.
Because the fist that hit Li Mo's abdomen could not be pulled out. The opponent clamped his arm with the muscles around his abdomen.
--How can it be!
Then, it saw the broken Sun Blade unsheathed again!
Yes, Li Mo still has one hand.
Crisis means death.
Akaza felt the threat of death.
"How is this possible! How could I die here?"
It started to exert force, but its two arms were clamped tightly, and the other arm was blocked by Li Mo's arm and then clamped under his armpit.
It kicked and hit Li Mo's leg with great force. It heard the sound of broken bones, but it could not move an inch.
Finally, it heard the chant of Death.
"Breath of the Sun—"
hiss--
Akaza saw the air leaking out between Li Mo's teeth.
The memories hidden in the blood surfaced, and the flames coming out of the broken knife were so obvious.
"Round dance!"
The broken sword chopped into Akaza's neck. His strong physical fitness and powerful recovery ability were preventing the progress of the Sun Wheel Broken Sword. The speed of the Sun Wheel Broken Sword was getting slower and slower!
Almost staying within its neck.
"Akoza, do you know what the word 'pillar' means?"
"Yes, it's upright!!!"
Li Mo roared like a wild beast. He felt the wonderful rhythm. The Sun Blade in his hand suddenly caught fire at this moment.
The red broken sword bathed in flames gradually turned into another color.
"Red Blade".
born.
Immediately, the Sun Blade moved forward without hesitation, and no matter how strong the body was, it could not stop the blade's advance.
Akaza's head flew high into the air.
Chapter 65 Ending
Ghosts are transformed from humans. Even Lord Muzan lived as a human for a long time before becoming a ghost. And ghosts often have their own human memories.
For example, Kokushibo, one of the upper rank ones, has always been obsessed with his brother when he was a human, and he carries his brother's flute with him. Even Douma, whom he hates the most, still remembers the scene when his mother killed his father when he was a human and a child.
But I am the only one who...can't remember my memories as a human being.
Why did I forget?
Memories flow backwards in chronological order. The life of the demon named Akaza is so dull. Most of the time, it is training its skills and body. It is repetitive, boring and tedious. Only when fighting with the strong, the world will become colorful.
Suddenly, it realized why it talked so little with its colleagues and demons, but talked so much when fighting humans? When communicating with people, it was just like Douma, who liked to chatter non-stop.
The wheel of memory kept turning, but it didn't care about Akaza's thoughts. The time was approaching when Akaza would become a ghost. Then, it stopped turning...
It seems that from the moment he was born, Akaza was the one who was turned into a demon by Muzan Kibutsuji.
But... Li Mo said that ghosts are transformed from humans, and as a warrior, there is a starting point. Akaza has no memory of his "starting point", so he has to keep moving forward. But what should he do if he can't turn?
The world began to turn dark. When Akaza came to his senses, his head had been chopped off by the Nichirin Sword.
dying……
Akaza just felt very calm. He had no fear of death at all...
Suddenly I felt that this was my destiny. On the way to hell, I should be able to meet someone who knew me.
Ah, I remember.
"Komaeda"
This is my name as a human being.
My starting point——
As a child, I stole for my sick father, and chose to exercise to avoid being beaten to death. That was my starting point.
As an apprentice, I worked hard to inherit my master's legacy. That was my starting point.
Two men seemed to appear in front of Akaza. One was thin, the other was strong, but both were smiling. Even though their faces were blurry, Akaza could tell that they were smiling.
Is this my starting point?
No, that's not right. I forgot a very important memory.
what is it then?
Akaza's head was on the ground, and its neck had turned to ashes.
Faintly, he saw a female figure.
Yes - he remembered. The girl's face was so clear.
That is my starting point, my lover, my only...
"Love Snow..."
I've come to you. Can you forgive me?
……
……
Li Mo watched Akaza's head turn into ashes. Just now, when he heard Akaza could still speak, he was extremely surprised and even swung his knife again subconsciously.
He was afraid that Akaza would be able to surpass the limits of demons at the last moment and would not die even after being beheaded by the Nichirin Sword.
A false alarm.
Akaza's health bar was not locked in the end and finally disappeared in front of Li Mo, which meant that Akaza was completely dead.
He looked down at the syringe in his hand, which contained the blood he had just collected from Akaza. He looked around and asked tentatively, "Is Chachamaru here?"
No response...the cute cat did not appear.
Immediately, Li Mo began to ponder the last two words uttered by Akaza.
"Lian Xue, who is that?"
Akaza's last gentle, relieved expression appeared in his memory. That expression...
Is it your lover?
Ghosts, how hateful and how pathetic.
Li Mo deeply understood that there must be something tragic about pitiful people.
I hope you can find salvation from Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
"Junior! How are you? Wait, your abdomen."
Rengoku Shinjuro, struggling to hold on, came to Li Mo. When the smoke and dust cleared, the first thing he saw was the fist-sized hole in Li Mo's abdomen.
The blood just kept flowing. Li Mo looked relaxed.
"Don't worry, the bleeding isn't that heavy. I used my muscles to temporarily lock the blood vessels there... poof."
As he spoke, Li Mo spat out a mouthful of blood. Then the pain spread throughout his body.
Is this adrenaline?
"Hold on, junior. The eagle said support will be here soon." Rengoku Shinjuro's voice was trembling. Li Mo's face turned pale in an instant, and the situation suddenly became grim.
The system interface opened in front of Li Mo, and the blood bar in his blood vessels kept dropping. In the previous battle, Li Mo relied on his own flesh and blood to fight the ghost, and relied on "force elimination" to unload most of the force. But the remaining force accumulated, and it was already a serious injury. It was said that the last punch.
Open the level column again, after killing Akaza, the experience bar has increased a lot. By the way, you can level up by killing another ghost and revive with full health.
but……
The sky in the east has turned pale. I don't think there will be any ghosts appearing in front of me at this time.
"Mr. Purgatory, there are some sirs I want you to tell the lord."
Immediately, without waiting for Rengoku Shinjuro's response, Li Mo said to himself: "In the future, the Demon Slayer Corps will get better and better. My lord, please forgive me for leaving for the time being."
Rengoku Shinjuro's expression was very serious. He didn't want to miss even a syllable.
Because, the person who should have been injured like this should have been me.
Rengoku Shinjuro, the contemporary "Flame Pillar", is so weak that he needs his juniors to fight on his behalf.
As a "pillar", this is such a dereliction of duty. I might as well die on the battlefield like my predecessors.
"Mr. Purgatory, don't be sad. I'm not going to die soon." Li Mo smiled and looked at the blood bar. Well, it was decreasing slowly, so there was still plenty of time.
The experience bar is still a little short, and I can upgrade to full health after returning through mission rewards. It can't be that the experience bar is so little, right?
I didn't expect to leave in this way. Suddenly I felt... a little embarrassed.