Chapter 85 Ways of Protection

Chapter 85 Ways of Protection

Chapter 85 Ways of Protection

After passing through the wisteria forest, Lu Li and Shan Yi officially entered the selection venue. From here on, it would not be surprising if they encountered ghosts at any time.

The boys and girls walking in front had different expressions, but most of them were nervous and scared. It was the first time for many of them to face a real ghost, and they didn't know if they could pass the selection and survive.

There are about forty people participating in the selection this time. Judging from the result in the original novel where only the protagonists successfully passed the selection, this so-called final trial is considered difficult for most people.

Normally, the passing rate of the selection may be less than one in ten, which shows how cruel it is.

Honestly speaking, Lu Li felt that the setting of the final selection was quite confusing. After all, there were not many people in the Demon Slayer Corps. If only people of Tanjiro and Zenitsu's level could pass the assessment, then the assessment would be too difficult.

Moreover, there are no protective measures for this kind of assessment. If you can't beat the demon, you will really be eaten. If it is for the purpose of selecting talents, Lu Li feels that it is a bit far-fetched. After all, although the original work does not mention it, it can be seen that the demon slayers do not have any "high salary treatment".

Everyone embarked on the road of revenge because their happiness was destroyed by ghosts, but they had to be selected before they could join the team. The mortality rate of this selection was extremely high, which was confusing in Lu Li's opinion.

Especially the ghosts in the selection venue, all of them were captured by the Pillars, which in disguise wasted the Pillars' combat power and time, and was a meaningless consumption of friendly forces' combat power.

Are those members who failed the selection and were eaten by ghosts really worthless?

Not necessarily. Even if they were to work in secret and logistics, they could still make contributions. However, they entered the selection without sufficient strength and eventually died. It can be said that they did not bring out any value at all.

In Lu Li's opinion, the way the Demon Slayer Corps obtains fresh blood has many flaws. Can they kill demons? What's the approximate level of their strength? Don't the trainers of these candidates have any idea at all?
There is a guy called 'Hand Demon' in Fujisaka Mountain who is a bit beyond the scope. Do the Demon Slayer Corps not know about it or are they too lazy to care?

If the Demon Slayer Corps was large and had no shortage of manpower, he could understand why they wanted to use this selection method to specifically screen out talents, but in reality, the Demon Slayer Corps only had a few hundred people in total... they were very short of manpower.

Rather, it could be said that the Demon Slayer Corps had the current number of members when the original story began because dozens of people were recommended by the class of Sane and Giyuu. Originally, there were fewer people.

Taking the class of Sane as a reference, Lu Li suspected that when there are strong people among the participants, there will be many Demon Slayer Corps members who are recommended. This can also explain why there are a large number of weak members in the Demon Slayer Corps. They are obviously the predecessors of Tanjiro and others, but they are very incompetent.

All in all, he felt that there were serious problems with the Demon Slayer Corps' current final selection. He felt that this kind of selection would no longer be necessary. From all aspects, he would not allow this kind of selection to continue.

"Zenitsu, adjust your breath. This ghost is very weak. Kill him and I will end the selection."

Lu Li urged Zenitsu, and not long after they entered, they encountered a ghost. Perhaps the ghost sensed something, so it did not attack directly, but confronted Zenitsu vigilantly.

"me……"

Shan Yi was a little shaken, but when he thought that Senior Brother Lu was backing him up, he felt more at ease.

After calming down, he locked his eyes on the ghost, activated the Thunder Breathing Technique, pressed his body downward, and held the hilt of the knife with his hand.

The next moment, surrounded by golden electric light, Shanyi rushed forward at an extremely fast speed, like thunder.

Breathing of Thunder. Form 1——Flash of Thunder!
When Zenitsu's body solidified, he had already brushed past the ghost. After a second or two, the ghost's head fell off, with astonishment in his eyes, "I was actually beheaded by this little ghost?"

With doubts, his body and head slowly turned into ashes.

"Good. Be more decisive next time. Don't shake your hands. Believe in your own strength."

Lu Li encouraged Zenitsu, who was still trembling after killing a demon for the first time.

"Brother Lu, I did it, I did it!"

After getting over his initial fear, Zenitsu's voice became excited. He did not disappoint his senior brother and grandfather's expectations and really killed a demon.

Even though they only select weak demons in the land, he is still qualified to become a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, which means that his grandfather's efforts in training him are not in vain!

"Well, I will fulfill my previous promise and ensure that you pass the selection safely." Lu Li said with a smile, and then walked towards the depths, which should be where the most evil spirits gathered.

Shan Yi was a little confused, "Brother Lu, aren't we safer outside?"

Lu Li placed one hand on the prisoner demon at his waist and grinned, "The best way to protect you is, of course... to kill all the ghosts."

…………

"What kind of luck is this to me!?"

Little Camellia ran away and dodged while cursing. She thought it would be easy to pass the selection, but she ran into the most powerful ghost here as soon as she came in.

The ghost behind her was huge and bloated, with a bunch of hands wrapped around his neck, chasing her with a sadistic smile, and verbally harassing her with a voice that sounded like an old pervert as soon as he opened his mouth.

She was just a mediocre first-level explorer, and had not yet learned the breathing method she had just acquired. She was unable to cope with the beyond-syllabus test questions like the 'Hand Ghost'.

Of course, it's not like she can't fight if she fights hard, but this is just a selection. Why should she fight a ghost that can regenerate at super speed?
All she needs to do is escape to the protagonist Tanjiro and wait for him to kill the ghost. Now she just hopes that the selection will end quickly, and after completing the first main line, she can find a place to hide and slowly study the Flower Breathing Technique.

"Where on earth is Tanjiro..."

Even with her strong physique, she couldn't help but gasp for breath after running for quite some time, but she seemed to be unlucky as she couldn't find Tanjiro.

It's not that she didn't think about asking other explorers for help, but firstly, they were equally hard to find, and secondly, she wasn't sure whether other explorers would help her. Only with a gentle little angel like Tanjiro, she was sure that he would definitely lend a helping hand.

boom--

Just as she dodged, the 'hand ghost' hit a big tree. She thought something was wrong because she accidentally sprained her ankle while dodging.

Just when she made up her mind and was ready to turn around and fight the hand ghost, she suddenly could not hear the hand ghost's voice.

boom--

A huge bloated head fell to the ground, rolled forward a few times, and rolled in front of Xiao Chahua, stunning her.

She subconsciously looked up and saw a man in a black haori standing on a tree trunk, with a few drops of blood dripping from the black blade in his hand.

"Forgot to talk about the deal..."

The man muttered something, looking like a businessman who had lost money. Before Little Camellia could speak, his figure disappeared, leaving only the falling leaves.

Lu Li was very excited at this time, because he found that killing ghosts could also increase the growth of the prisoner demon, even the weak ghosts would be improved. Based on the principle that no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, now all the ghosts in this mountain have become his "private property"

So those members of the Demon Slayer Corps who were very nervous when facing the evil ghosts had a new experience. They were nervous or scared the previous moment, and the next moment they saw the evil ghost's head in front of them flying into the sky.

And all that blew past them was a gust of dark wind.

Less than half an hour after the final selection began, all the evil spirits on Tengxi Mountain were killed by the Demon Prisoner's Knife.

The two explorers looked at the man in black holding a knife and walking leisurely towards the entrance of the selection venue. They looked at each other and saw the joy in each other's eyes.

Even in silence, they both understood each other's thoughts.

Damn, there’s a big guy leading us!
(End of this chapter)