With a reputation of 70,000, one leader travels across countless worlds with his adventure team.

Tengen also arranged for his Kasugai crow "Nijimaru" to deliver information about Hakutaku to his lord as soon as possible. Then, Tengen led Hakutaku and his entourage toward his lord's residence.

Along the way, Tengen explained the various breathing techniques and sword techniques of his Demon Slayer Corps to Hakutaku, and Hakutaku also gave Tengen a brief explanation of his own techniques. When Hakutaku mentioned that some of his techniques could be learned without breathing techniques, Tengen's eyes clearly lit up.

Bai Ze also kept a close eye on his surroundings as he traveled, because he remembered that Tanjiro had cleared the Spider Mountain dungeon shortly before the Pillars Tournament, and finally, with the timely help of the Water Pillar, Giyu Tomioka, he killed Rui, the Spider Demon of the Lower Rank 5.

Bai Ze and the girls followed Tian Yuan on their journey for two days. When they arrived around the Natian region, Bai Ze clearly sensed an unusually abundant blood energy in the mountains, which was much stronger than the energy of the (Sanfu) beast they had killed before.

Bai Ze carefully sensed the energy in the mountain and detected several individuals with blood energy different from demons. One of them was clearly losing energy, which should be the injured Tanjiro.

Bai Ze quickly signaled to Tian Yuan that there was something happening in the mountains.

Tianyuan also knew that Bai Ze could sense blood energy, so he naturally changed direction and followed Bai Ze into the mountains. On the way to Bai Ze and Tianyuan, Shuizhu Tomioka Giyuu, who had received a message from Kasugai, was also on his way from another direction.

As they approached Spider Mountain, Bai Ze sensed many individuals suspended in mid-air by spider silk and quickly informed Tian Yuan:

"Tengen, there are many people bound by spider silk in the mountains. They should be members of your Demon Slayer Corps. They are in several directions, and some of them are still alive. Go and rescue them first."

Then Bai Ze turned to the four women and said:

"Qinglu, you stay with Raphael and wait by the forest to receive the injured. Let Aying and Mengmeng go in to rescue them. I'll leave the treatment of the people Raphael rescues to you."

Raphael nodded to Bai Ze and said:

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

Aying and Mengmeng were also ready to make their move after arriving in the new world for the first time.

"Don't worry, brother, I'll rescue those salted fish that's been left to dry!"

Bai Ze chuckled and patted Mengmeng's head. He also laughed when she called the captured junior members of the Demon Slayer Corps "salted fish."

"Mengmeng, remember to use fire-attribute attacks as much as possible, and burn all the spider silk in the forest. Be careful."

Bai Ze also drew his Meteor Shower and Tianyuan and rushed into the forest, flying up tree branches and rescuing several team members in succession. Aying used the suspension wire to fly up and down in the forest, feeling like Mikasa with her 3D device fully activated.

The happiest of all was Mengmeng, who summoned her magic assistant, who rode a broomstick and dashed around the forest, making cute noises from time to time.

"Yahoo~"

"Hey!"

Mengmeng swept away the spider webs with a broom. One by one, the rescued Demon Slayer Corps members were carried out of the forest by the magic assistants. Li Qinglu helped Raphael put the surviving members together and put those who had lost vital signs separately.

Raphael unleashed holy light, enveloping all the injured. Several people still had spider silk attached to them, the silk was instantly melted by the energy, and the wounds on the team members' bodies began to heal rapidly.

Tianyuan also rescued several junior team members who were controlled by the silk threads and were seriously injured but not yet dead. With his strong body, he carried five people at once and delivered them to Raphael. Looking at the team members who had been rescued, Tianyuan said to Raphael:

"Thank you for your hard work and for treating the children. They are still breathing. Thank you for your help."

"Tengen is very polite and friendly to everyone," Raphael said with a smile.

"It's no trouble at all; it's my job."

Raphael and Li Qinglu quickly helped Tianyuan settle the team members down. Raphael once again released holy light, which neutralized the blood demon poison in the team members' bodies. The team members let out comfortable groans as their wounds were healed.

Yuzui Tengen's eyes lit up as he watched Raphael's miraculous healing methods, and he grinned, feeling that his lord's injuries could be saved this time!

Bai Ze remembered that Ino entered the forest with Tanjiro. Zenitsu later entered the forest because of his lust for Nezuko. At this moment, Bai Ze did not see the other two little ones around.

Sensing the surrounding blood energy, Bai Ze noticed many energies of varying sizes around him, making it difficult for him to distinguish which two were them.

Bai Ze contacted A Ying and Meng Meng via telepathy, instructing them to keep an eye out for a boy wearing a pig headgear and yellow clothes in the forest. If they saw him, they were to escort him out of the forest. He had already found the ghost and would meet up with them after killing it.

On the other side, Inosuke was still using the ground-to-air throw technique that Tanjiro had taught him to throw the surviving junior team members onto the trees and hang them up. At this moment, Aying came to Inosuke's place and watched the silly Inosuke perform acrobatics in the forest.

Ah Ying rescued several team members in succession, lowering them to the ground using a slingshot, and said to Piggy:

"You're a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, right? Some of your Pillar Swordsmen have already entered the forest. Come with me to escort these members out of the forest. There are emergency medical personnel outside the forest who can help them."

Although Aying spoke to Inosuke in a gentle tone, Inosuke perceived Aying as an extremely difficult person who exuded a dangerous aura at any moment.

Cold sweat dripped down Inosuke's forehead. He felt like a little pig standing in front of a cheetah. Aying curiously reached out and touched Inosuke's pig-mother's headgear, saying:

"Hehe, alright, don't just stand there like an idiot, let's go~"

Inosuke finally realized what was happening and said "Yes," hastily picking up several injured team members and following Aying out of the forest. The team members were in so much pain that tears streamed down their faces, and they cried out to Inosuke to be gentle. Inosuke was too nervous to hear what they were saying and just followed Aying on his own.

The girl in front, Ah Ying, was carrying the one with the single ponytail who had been crying and had injured several teammates after being controlled. All of her joints had been pierced by the Spider Demon - Rei's mother with spider silk, so Ah Ying could only carry her.

Not far away, Water Pillar Tomioka Giyuu also arrived at the scene. He saw the strange woman who had led Inosuke out of the forest, but he had already seen how Aying had acted earlier. Knowing that she was one of his own, Tomioka Giyuu turned to look for the others.

After wandering around, Giyu Tomioka discovered an exaggeratedly large, spider-faced, human-bodied blood demon by the river. This was the "father" that Rui, the Spider Demon, had placed there to block the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen.

Giyu Tomioka quickly severed the head of the Spider Demon, Rui's 'father,' and continued forward, searching for other demons.

Following his senses, Bai Ze approached Tanjiro and the Spider Demon Rui from another direction. After crossing half a mountain, he arrived not far from the man and the demon.

Bai Ze watched as Rui, the Spider Demon of the Lower Moon Five, launched an attack with Water Breathing activated, but Rui gradually cornered Tanjiro with his Blood Demon Art: Kokusen Den (Kujiraku).

Knowing that Tanjiro had a special technique, Hakutaku didn't rush forward. He also wanted to see just how strong the Sun Breathing technique of the strongest swordsman was.

Just then, in his desperate moment, Tanjiro recalled memories of his father and the method of using Hinokami Kagura Breathing from the flashbacks before his death.

Bai Ze's Blood Memory clearly sensed a change in the energy response within Tanjiro's body. The energy density and reserves seemed to have instantly transformed from a flatbed cart to a semi-trailer, and the energy response momentarily surpassed that of the Spider Demon - Rui.

Bai Ze felt an energy as hot as the sun surging from Tanjiro's body. The intense heat instantly filled the surrounding space, and the spider silk that Rui had laid out around him was burned and broken.

Tanjiro forcibly interrupted Water Breathing and used Hinokami Kagura: Round Dance to sever the Kokusenku. He chased Rui through the forest and hacked at him relentlessly, gradually turning the tables and cornering Rui.

At this moment, Nezuko, who was trapped on the tree by the silk threads, also woke up at the call of her mother's spirit and used her Blood Demon Art flames to melt Rui's Blood Demon Art spider silk.

He used flames to block Rui's vision, helping Tanjiro launch an attack on Rui. With a Hinokami Kagura: Round Dance Slash, he severed Rui's head. Unexpectedly, Rui had already connected his body with spider silk. By the time Tanjiro realized what was happening, Rui was already standing behind Tanjiro again.

The aftereffects of the forced breathing technique left Tanjiro unable to move. Rui, the Spider Demon, seized the opportunity to kill Tanjiro and Nezuko. At this moment, Hakutaku, who had finished watching the show, leaped down from the tree with the Flowing Star Meteor and directly struck Rui with a silver light blade.

Upon hearing the sound and looking up, Tanjiro saw a figure lunging at him. The Spider Demon, Rui, immediately stopped attacking and jumped back.

"boom!"

The fall was too high and made a loud noise. Without looking at the immobilized Tanjiro, Bai Ze used Lingbo Weibu to attack Rui. Rui used Blood Demon Art: Killing Eyes Cage to try to bind Bai Ze, but Bai Ze changed his body shape continuously and flashed out of the range of Blood Demon Art: Killing Eyes Cage.

Feeling that the distance was right, Bai Ze unleashed a furious slash at Lei. Lei used the Blood Demon Art: Engraved Line Prison to block Bai Ze's attack, but the steel wire-like spider web shattered as soon as it touched the blood blade energy unleashed by Bai Ze.

Lei never expected that his Blood Demon Art couldn't even withstand it for a second. The subsequent Furious Slashes all hit Lei's body, and the fire attribute damage of the Meteor Stream Blade began to burn Lei's body.

Spider Demon - Rui felt as if the place where Bai Ze had cut him had been exposed to the sun, and he immediately cried out in pain. Moreover, he discovered that the place where Bai Ze had cut him was healing very slowly, and if Blood Demon Art got close to the wound, it would be burned by the cut.

Bai Ze didn't give Lei a chance to heal his wounds. He then stabbed Lei with a Blood Sword (Burst Blade). Lei could only ignore his injuries for the time being and tried to block Bai Ze's attack by activating Blood Demon Art: Scroll Rotation.

The moment the Blood Sword touched the Blood Demon Art, which hadn't even fully activated, it exploded. All the spider silk gathered in Lei's hands was blasted away, and even his two hands were blown off.

"Hey?"

Before he could react, Lei looked down at his hands, which had vanished. The burning sensation of flames came from his arms. Bai Ze stepped forward with his Triple Slash, his left hand activating Soul Devouring Hand to grab Lei's neck, while his right hand swiftly slashed off Lei's head with a Flowing Starfall.

Rui, headless, struggled toward Tanjiro, unwilling to give up and still wanting to do something.

Tanjiro gently placed his hand on Rui's fading body, finally reminding Rui of what he wanted.

Lei's parents, waiting for her on the road to the underworld, gently embraced her, and she cried out in their arms.

Rui, the Spider Demon of Lower Moon Five, has been confirmed dead...

Water Pillar Giyu Tomioka stood on the tree, watching Hakutaku slay the Spider Demon, Rui, and slowly sheathed his sword.

Meanwhile, Zenitsu, who was injured, was rescued by Shinobu Kocho. As he turned around, he saw the Sound Hashira, Tengen Uzui, searching for someone in the forest. Shinobu Kocho said to Tengen:

"Oh my, oh my, I didn't expect to see Lord Tengen in a place like this. Are you here for the ghost in the forest too?"

Tengen greeted Shinobu with a smile and recounted his encounter with Hakutaku and their journey there. Shinobu, unusually, showed a slight expression of surprise and said:

"That's truly amazing! To be able to slay a demon without being a member of the Demon Slayer Corps or even without a Nichirin Blade, that's incredibly impressive!"

At this moment, Tengen also saw Zenitsu, who was injured and unconscious not far away, and said to Shinobu:

"Bai Ze has a partner with amazing healing skills that can cure ghost poison and injuries. She is just outside the forest. Let's take the little ghost out to find her together."