Chapter 2 The Heart Seeking the Dao
Chapter 2 The Heart Seeking the Dao
"No need to thank me, you've helped me a lot and made me understand what true seeking of the Way means."
After watching everything that Wuxia Li Ke experienced after time travel, Demon Slayer Li Ke, who understood what Wuxia Li Ke had been pursuing all his life, was greatly shocked.
However, while shocked, Li Ke in Demon Slayer also felt a desire to compete.
We are all like Li Ke; the martial arts Li Ke has found his own path and has his own lifelong pursuit.
Why couldn't he find his own path, his own lifelong pursuit?
At this moment, the fog in the gray fog space gradually faded away.
"Take my sword. In the end, you are always at a disadvantage when fighting with your bare hands."
Taking the iron sword tossed to him by martial arts master Li Ke, Li Ke nodded slightly.
When Riku came to his senses, the axe was getting closer and closer in front of him.
"Quanzhen Swordplay - Afterglow in the West Wind!"
A flash of white light, and the axe handle fell to the ground with a thud, actually cut in two by a single sword strike!
With her pupils contracting, Nezuko grabbed Tanjiro and jumped backward, shielding him behind her.
"The situation has reversed, Tanjiro, Nezuko!"
Rick, who had been thoroughly beaten up by Tanjiro and Nezuko, was also getting angry.
They wanted to give Tanjiro and Nezuko a good beating instead.
"Don't even think about hurting Nezuko!"
Even though Tanjiro was the one being protected, he bypassed Nezuko and shielded her behind him.
At that moment, the sound of light footsteps coming from afar made Li Ke stop what he was doing.
Turning around, the three looked in the direction of the footsteps.
The person who arrived was none other than Urokodaki Sakonji, who had come wearing a red mask!
Seeing Urokodaki Sakonji, especially seeing that Nichirin Blade gleaming with a cold, icy light.
Li Ke's body hair stood on end involuntarily, as if a tiger or lion were standing in front of him!
You'll die! You'll die if your neck is slashed!
"Back off!"
A steady voice rang out, and Urokodaki Sakonji tapped his toes.
"First Form: Water Surface Slash!"
In an instant, the illusion of flowing water appeared on the blade that was slashing towards them.
"The setting sun casts its last rays in the west wind!"
"Clang!"
The sound of metal clashing rang out, and sparks flew as swords clashed.
Urokodaki Sakonji paused, and the phantom beside the Nichirin Blade vanished without a trace.
Li Ke took three steps back and almost fell.
"What incredible strength!"
Despite his advanced age, Urokodaki Sakonji's sword-wielding strength was greater than that of Nezuko, making him resemble a humanoid monster.
"It actually managed to block my sword strike?"
Urokodaki Sakonji said with slight surprise, a hint of astonishment flashing in his eyes.
This demon did not have the markings of a Lower Moon demon, nor did it display any Blood Demon Arts; it looked like an ordinary demon.
The fact that he could withstand a sword strike head-on was enough to surprise him.
However, Urokodaki Sakonji soon bent his knees slightly.
"The Fourth Form: Striking Tide!"
"The Milky Way is about to shift!"
Using the Quanzhen Sword Technique from memory, he desperately intercepted the Nichirin Blade that was slashing towards his neck.
Urokodaki Sakonji's sword swings were incredibly fast; one strike after another fell like raindrops, relentlessly.
Without the support of internal energy, it's really questionable whether one could withstand this attack.
"This can't go on!"
Li Ke gritted his teeth slightly, and his internal energy surged into the iron sword in his hand as if it were free.
"Break it!"
"Clang!"
A flash of blood-red sword light, and Urokodaki Sakonji's Nichirin Blade was cut in half at the waist!
"not good."
Urokodaki Sakonji leaped backward, creating distance between himself and Lee.
At the same time, he subtly protected Tanjiro and Nezuko behind him.
"Who are you?"
Urokodaki Sakonji asked Li Ke in a deep voice, no longer displaying his previous composure and calmness.
"Li Ke".
He took a deep look at Urokodaki Sakonji, then turned to look at Tanjiro and Nezuko.
Without hesitation, Li Ke turned and leaped away, leaving the place behind.
"Don't go!"
Seeing that Li Ke was about to run away, Urokodaki Sakonji hurriedly gave chase.
But how could they catch up with Li Ke, who was empowered by the Golden Goose Skill and internal energy? They were quickly left behind.
Seeing that Rick had completely disappeared from the spot, Tanjiro, who had been chasing after him and was now out of breath, could only turn to look at the masked man beside him.
"Are you Mr. Urokodaki?"
"That's right, I am Urokodaki Sakonji."
Looking in the direction Li Ke had left, Urokodaki Sakonji sighed:
"He ran away so decisively, and his strength has already reached the level of a Lower Moon demon. Our Demon Slayer Corps is about to be in trouble."
The Demon Slayer Corps is not afraid of powerful demons; if one Pillar cannot defeat them, then multiple Pillars will attack together.
But the worst thing is that those ghosts will run away as soon as they sense something is wrong; they're as cunning as rabbits.
At this moment, the ghost named Li Ke was exactly the kind of ghost that was most troublesome, as cunning as a rabbit, and difficult to annihilate!
"We must gather them together and kill him before he grows stronger."
Urokodaki Sakonji made up his mind and prepared to use the Kasugai Crow to inform his lord as soon as he returned.
"Have the lord dispatch the Demon Slayer Corps to this place to encircle and annihilate this cunning, rabbit-like man-eating demon beforehand."
On the other side, Muzan Kibutsuji, who was on a train returning to Asakusa Ward in Tokyo, had an extremely gloomy expression.
Just recently, he sensed that the ghost he had just transformed into yesterday had lost contact with him.
This kind of loss of contact is not the kind of loss of contact that occurs when a subordinate demon is killed, but rather the kind of loss of contact that occurs in Tamayo's case!
This is the second time in four hundred years that a ghost has escaped his control.
Thinking of this, Muzan Kibutsuji's face suddenly darkened, and a great unease arose deep in his heart.
I wonder if the sudden loss of contact with these subordinate demons is an accident, or if it's a phenomenon that can be replicated.
If this phenomenon can be replicated and then spread, he will be unable to control the fate of his demon subordinates.
Making them obey you and serve you could even backfire!
With this in mind, Muzan Kibutsuji prepared to immediately return to the Infinity Castle and issue a kill order.
Such potential hazards must be eliminated in advance!
……
I don't know how long I ran or how far I ran.
Seeing the vast city skyline faintly emerging ahead, Li Ke accelerated forward without hesitation.
They quickly found an empty room and prepared to hide there from the approaching sunrise.
As Li Ke entered the room, a ray of sunlight soon shone through the window.
Suppressing his body's instinctive fear, Li Ke reached out and touched the sunlight outside the window with his fingertips.
Upon noticing that his fingers were starting to char and turn carbonized, Li Ke withdrew them without hesitation.
As the finger retracted, the injured finger began to heal itself at an astonishing speed, as if time were flowing backward.
At the same time, Li Ke also felt his internal energy inexplicably becoming restless, instinctively surging towards his injured finger, and disappearing as the injury healed!
According to Li Ke's understanding of internal energy, this internal energy does indeed have effects such as healing and detoxification.
But there's no way to achieve the same effect as him—consuming internal energy to directly repair the body!
Feeling his internal energy nearly depleted from repairing his injuries, Li Ke fell into deep thought.
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