"So it's here, I've finally found it."

In the ruins of burning flames, Xuan Hao finally found the wooden box that Tanjiro hid in a hidden place.

"Oh, why is that boy Tanjiro so careless?"

Xuan Hao sighed helplessly.

Of course he knew that Tanjiro put Nezuko here to prevent Nezuko from falling into a dangerous battle, but he was idle but there was fire everywhere!

Nezuko is really well-behaved. She is really so obedient. As long as there is no danger, she stays in the box and doesn't come out.

Even the blazing fire almost burned the wooden box to burn gray.

Although the characteristic wood is not so easy to ignite, the temperature inside will still be very high. Nezuko must be enduring the severe high temperature at this moment.

As the old man walked in, the flames around him began to retreat towards all directions like fear.

"Dongdongdongdong--"

Xuan Hao gently tapped the wooden box, and a sound similar to a sob came from the box.

He knew this was Nezuko's response.

"Okay, Nezuko, come out quickly?"

Nezuko felt like she had a long dream.

In this dream, she was locked in a small dark room with nothing around, only endless darkness.

She was trapped in such a dream and curled up helplessly, at a loss.

In any case, she could not escape from here and seemed to be able to passively wait for rescue.

But for a long time, I haven't seen anyone else.

Only two voices from time to time came from nowhere gradually called her.

She remembered one of the voices, which was the voice of her brother, and the other one... who was it?

A gentle voice reached Nezuko's ears.

She remembered this voice, and it should be said that this is the voice she is most familiar with except for her brother's voice.

There was a time when this voice kept on her ear and murmured in a low voice, very gentle and concerned. For some reason, she felt that she could believe in the person who had this voice.

So she responded.

Nezuko gently pushed open the door of the wooden box and came out obediently.

What welcoming was the darkness and fire. The prairie fire continued to erode everything around her, but she found that the place she was in was as uninvasive as a holy land.

And all this is because there was a figure standing in front of her.

She didn't remember having such a face in her memory, but the smell on the old man would not change. And more than why, she always felt that something seemed to connect her with the person in front of her.

This feeling is extremely warm, as if it dispels the warm sun of the cold winter.

“Woo woo…”

Nezuko raised her head and looked at the old man in front of her with a little confusion.

She was like an obedient child of a few years old at this moment, only remembering that her brother told her to stay here and not move.

So...what is the person in front of me trying to do when he comes here? What should she do? Should she listen to the person in front of me?

"Woo?"

Before Nezuko could think clearly, a gentle big hand was already stroking her head.

The warmth from her forehead made her consciousness become trance for a moment.

In a trance, she saw two golden lights as bright as the sun.

It was a pair of golden eyes that were enough to make anyone in this world feel fearful, but Nezuko didn't feel any fear at this moment. On the contrary, she only felt gentleness coming from her golden eyes.

This gaze made her feel extremely at ease, as if she was telling her, ‘Don’t be afraid, there is no need to be afraid anymore. There is nothing in this world that can hurt you.’

So she stretched out her two small hands and held the big hand that was stroking her forehead.

At this time, she recalled the words flashed through her mind for some time.

"Nezuko... you can't rely solely on your brother's protection. When your brother encounters danger, you must also protect your brother."

Nezuko was a little confused. Who said this to her? Is it mother? No... Mom is no longer, that's...

She raised her head, and her cherry-colored eyes, whose cherry-colored eyes had become a little confused, became clear.

······

The dragon's dragon head suddenly fell down, Tanjiro jumped backwards and narrowly avoided the slam, but the flying stones splashed on the shattered ground still hurt him.

When he realized it, he suddenly realized why he could avoid this attack in such a hurry.

The evil ghost in front of him is very strong and will never make such a simple mistake. The attack just now is completely possible to kill him, but the ghost seems to have given up.

Because in fact, the real target of this ghost is not him, but the mouse-sized figure behind him, the timid ghost!

That's right, Kazupotian had no intention of killing Tanjiro from the beginning.

Compared to his original safety, Tanjiro's life is completely insignificant.

At this moment, Zhe Potian had already understood his current situation. For him now, nothing is more important than ensuring the safety of his body!

The wooden dragon swallowed the timid ghost in one mouthful, and then began to twist into a ball to form an extremely hard protective layer, strictly protecting the body.

After doing all this, Ze Potian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"What? Do you have any opinions on me?"

He gritted his teeth, his voice full of hatred.

"Hmm? Extremely evil people."

As if he was questioning, he asked questions.

It is not only humans who can burst out the power beyond their limits when they are bound to be in desperate situations.

The winding ghost named Bantiangou was originally a very cowardly ghost. He was forced into desperate situations by human ghost hunters countless times.

He used the blood ghost technique countless times to embody the strong emotions used for self-protection, splitting out multiple clones.

As long as the body of a cowardly ghost is not hurt, he will never die, and the human ghost hunters who are enemies of him will face four powerful immortal ghosts at the same time.

If the strength is not enough to escape from these ghosts, then this is almost a dead end.

Moreover, Bantiangou's characteristic is that he has a strong desire to survive. The stronger the enemy he faces, the stronger the power he can burst out. The instinct of longing for survival can even make him constantly break through his own upper limit and become stronger. This is exactly the most difficult thing for him to deal with.

Ying Potian's eyes became extremely cold, and he looked around at the three teenagers surrounding him.

"You...you, why can you say that we are extremely evil people?"

Tanjiro and others faced a little nervously to confront the ghost in front of them.

The aura emitted from this ghost was suffocating. The three teenagers clearly felt a strong sense of oppression. Although they did not lose their fighting spirit, each of them knew very well that this ghost was not something they could easily defeat.

Judging from the confrontation at that moment, they had already lost.

But even so, they are still the ones who have the advantage now!

Because someone will come to support you soon, they just need to hold on for a while, and the ghost will have nowhere to escape!

And when you are not sure to defeat the other party, the most effective way to delay time is to talk.

"Well? Of course it's because you're 'bullying the weak'," said Zhe Potian grinding his teeth and with a ferocious face. "I saw it with my own eyes just now. You waved your sword at a 'weaker' who was only the size of a palm. This is something that only the extremely evil people would do!?"

"All? It turns out that your weakness is judged by the size of your body?"

Iinosuke scratched his head in confusion. Of course, he didn't have any intention of delaying time, he was really confused.

"Then you... are also weak!? Hahahahahahahahaha--"

He pointed at the teenager who looked like he was only in his teenage body and mocked him wildly.

But the laughter soon came to an abrupt end.

The bones were stumbled, and Inosuke's dislocated arms quickly returned to their original state, and then a shocking aura burst out from him.

"Clang—"

He took two serrated swords back to his hands at some point, and he acted like a beast that could pounce on his prey at any time.

Beast Breath·Eleven Tooth·Harding Beast.

Originally, the breath of the beast he created was over at the Tenth Tooth, and this move was a killing move that he successfully realized after receiving Xuan Hao's devil training.

It is said to be a killer skill, but it is more like a desperate skill that fights back and forth.

The effect of this move is very simple. It just allows the body to gradually forget the pain by adjusting its breath. This sounds incredible and doesn't even seem like something humans can do. After all, blocking pain is like cheating.

But Inosuke did it.

But his blocking of pain is said to be blocking, but in fact it is more like 'numbness'.

Both Simono and Tanjiro were injured while undergoing Xuanhao's training and helped Xuanhao recover quickly, but only Inosuke refused.
To be continued...