A person in Japan, a sword that soars to immortality.

"These vile demons! Why do such things exist in this world!"

Kozaburo's eyes were bloodshot, his fists clenched tightly, and he spoke with a trembling body.

"What should we do next? Does such a thing really exist?"

The village chief and the group leader were both pale-faced and sweating profusely.

The concept of ghosts and spirits has always been circulating among the people, but everyone treats it as a story to be told.

But in recent days, people have been mysteriously disappearing from the village, and bloodstains have been found in rooms. The villagers of Guxia Village have begun to believe that there really are ghosts.

The thought of those terrifying creatures from legends lurking in the darkness, watching them, sent chills down the spines of both the leader and the group leader.

"Ghosts really exist, and all we can do is believe in Lord Shirakawa Takebei and pray for him... Lord Taiichi, where are you going? Please don't go out!"

Kozaburo's expression was solemn. As he spoke, he prepared to find a place to kneel and pray.

But Taiichi's subsequent attempt to walk towards the door startled him.

"If ghosts truly exist, how can we, as warriors, hide in our houses and refuse to come out?"

Taiichi's burning gaze made Kousaburo unable to look him in the eye.

"Lord Taiyi, demons are not so easy to deal with! They can regenerate from their injuries and use magic! I've seen it all with my own eyes!"

Kozaburo raised his head, mustered his courage, and spoke, his expression contorted in pain as if he had remembered something.

At the same time, the owner and the group leader next to him immediately felt their legs go weak and had to support each other to avoid falling.

"Kousaburo, are you telling the truth? Doesn't that mean that ghosts are impossible to kill?!"

"How can there be such a thing as sorcery? How is that possible? How could that be...?"

Kozaburo walked up to the two men, put his hands on their shoulders, and said firmly, "Don't be afraid. Lord Takebei is a samurai who specializes in slaying demons. I believe he has a way to kill the demons!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to discourage you, but it seems Takebei is going to lose."

Taiyi was already standing at the door when he saw a figure "shooting" out of a farmhouse like a cannonball.

Kousaburo, who followed him out, collapsed to the ground upon seeing this scene, his lips trembling uncontrollably, yet he managed not to utter a sound.

Shirakawa Takebei, who was lying on the ground, tried to get up, but then a figure descended from the sky and stomped him to the ground.

"Hahahaha......"

"I'm so tired of eating these mud monkeys from the countryside every day. I never thought I'd get to eat samurai today."

"Let me think, when was the last time I ate a Demon Slayer Corps samurai...?"

"So, it's been a month already!"

The male demon, wearing a half-wrapped, open-chested aokai robe that revealed his well-developed pectoral muscles, and wrapped in a sash around his abdomen, with four limbs and arms and four eyes on his face, ground his foot into Takebei's chest while spitting saliva as he spoke.

"You wretched ghost, die!"

Takebei grabbed the other man's ankle with one hand, and with the other hand, as the man bent over, he swung his sword at his neck.

Ding!

Instead of slicing the demon's neck as expected, a spark flew where the blade met the skin.

"Hehehe, you want to cut off my neck, don't you? But my ability is that of an Iron Demon who can turn his whole body into iron. Can you cut through iron? Can you? Hahahaha!"

As Iron Ghost spoke, he extended his five fingers, which had transformed into blades, and scratched his own neck, sending sparks flying.

"Boring." Looking at the human lying on the ground beneath his feet, barely breathing, Iron Demon straightened up, shook his neck, and then raised his hand, preparing to end his life.

"May I give it a try? Perhaps my knife is a little different."

Taiichi strode forward, smiling as he walked towards the demon, while the data of the Iron Demon appeared in his eyes.

Name: Iron Demon

Age: 27

[Life span:? ? ? 】

[Essence: 177]

Qi and Blood: 113

【God Soul: 52】

That's an outrageous attribute, but if I use that move, I should be able to kill it.

"Tai, Taiichi! You..."

Kousaburo fell to the ground and saw Taiichi about to leave. He struggled to grab Taiichi's trouser leg, but as soon as he lunged forward, Taiichi had already walked away.

"Another Demon Slayer Corps samurai? No, you don't have the wisteria crest!" Tekki's waving hand stopped in mid-air, and then, following the direction of the voice, he saw Taichi walking towards him.

All four eyes locked onto the target. After careful observation, it seemed to discover that the other party was not a Demon Slayer Corps samurai, but an ordinary samurai!

"Brother Taiyi, run! Run, run..."

After uttering the last word, Shirakawa Takebei's vision went black, and he fainted.

The last thing he saw in his vision was Taiyi standing still, then kneeling on the ground.

"Hehehe, human, what are you doing? Are you going to kneel down and admit your mistake?"

Tetsuki removed his foot from Takebei's chest, opened his four arms to the sides, and walked toward Taiichi in a gesture as if to embrace him.

Taiichi faced his opponent directly, slowly gripping the hilt of the katana with his right hand and holding it tightly.

Then his breathing became heavy, as if he was only inhaling and not exhaling.

"When I descend upon the mortal realm, my sword pierces the nine heavens!"

click!

Taiyi lowered his head, flicked his left thumb to draw his sword from its sheath, and then a crimson hue instantly appeared from his right hand, spreading across the blade. He then propelled himself forward with a burst of speed.

"Try One-Sword Style Secret Sword Modification - Yanglong's Roar: Crimson Moon"

The moment the move was activated, Taiyi, for the first time, fully activated the secret technique of the Yanglong Roar Breathing Method that instantly boosts combat power.

At that very moment, his data changed instantly.

[Sword Control System]

Name: Yamada Asaemon Taichi

Age: 20

【Lifespan: 53】

[Essence: 3.5 (73.5) (+)]

Qi and Blood: 112.5 (+)

[God Soul: 0.4 (10.4) (+)]

[Breathing Techniques (+): Roar of the Yin Tiger (+), Chant of the Yang Dragon (+)]

[Additional effects: Rapid recovery; Possession burning;]

[Martial Arts: Test-Sword Style Secret Sword Modified (+)]

【Title: Nameless Ronin (When facing enemies, the only thing they'll notice about you is your good looks)】

[Common points: 0]

After the data for both Essence and Soul, there is a parenthesis containing the data before the changes.

This is a secret technique that Taiyi gained after upgrading his breathing method, allowing him to temporarily change his attributes!

If the secret technique is dispelled within ten seconds, the previously reduced data can be restored.

If more than ten seconds pass, not only will the data be unrecoverable, but the user will also face certain death.

"Are you trying to suffocate yourself? That's really strange..." Iron Ghost was only halfway through his sentence when the scenery in front of him suddenly changed.

Houses, fields, dirt roads, green hills—all of these vanished, and the whole world was plunged into darkness.

Then a crimson moon rose, and beneath it, a colossal dragon engulfed in raging flames roared as it pounced toward him.

Roar! ! !

"This is..." The scenery before Iron Demon's eyes returned, and the surrounding environment reappeared, but the humans in front of him were gone.

Then it was about to speak when it found that the scenery in front of it was spinning around, as if it were falling from a great height.

"My head... was cut off???"

At the neck of the Iron Demon, there was a clean cut without any blood spurting out, leaving only a charred, bowl-sized ring emitting faint smoke.

Behind it, Taiichi struggled to stand up straight and slowly sheathed his katana.

"call......"

Taiyi exhaled a long breath, closed his eyes, frowned, and endured the tearing sensation in his lungs and the excruciating pain in his muscles, before revealing a victorious smile.

[General point +10]