Demon Slayer: From the Upper Ranks of Muzan

In fact, Boss Xia did the same thing.

After that incident, Boss Xia has completely lost contact.

Except for the time when Shinya sensed that he appeared in Sanyin because of the Devouring Ghost, he never appeared at all.

Not to mention appearing, he didn't even have a meeting. There was absolutely no news.

Time flies, and sixty years passed in a flash.

For ghosts, sixty years is just a fleeting moment in a long life.

Shinya was not deeply involved in human society during these sixty years. If Douma hadn't told him the time, he would have no concept of time.

Sixty years...

Shinya subconsciously felt that this time was very long, at least for humans.

Especially when he looked at the two graves in front of him.

One grave was Aoyama Hidenobu's, and the other was Nanyun's.

When they were alive, they were all his friends, and they were friends with him when he was a human.

Originally, Shinya had imagined that one day, he and his friends would face off.

Unexpectedly, the final separation of life and death was due to time.

"Is it here?" A voice woke up Shinya who was sleeping on the tree, and Shinya slowly opened his eyes.

In the dark golden pupils, the words representing his level were printed.

The left eye said "Upper String", and the right eye was... Fourth

Yes, in the past sixty years, Shinya launched a bloody battle against Hantengu.

It was almost overwhelming, and Shinya directly devoured Hantengu.

The vacancy of the Upper String was filled by the brother and sister of Jifutaro, one of the Lower Strings.

This is also one of Shinya's plans. Kifutaro is much weaker than Hantengu, and his mechanism is easier to figure out than Hantengu.

Hantengu's clone, Hōpoten, is a troublesome existence who will not let go, is cautious in combat, and has a strong fighting mentality.

Kifutaro is not like that. Not only does his own mentality fluctuate greatly, but there is also the burden of Dakimikoto.

If it weren't for the mechanism that the twin ghosts must be beheaded twice to be killed, then Dakimikoto would have played a pure side effect.

Therefore, after Shinya devoured Hantengu, although his own strength soared, the overall strength of the upper rank was actually weakened.

At the same time, he also obtained Hantengu's blood demon art.

Name: Ryudoji Shinya

Gender: Male

Age: 84

Identity: Upper Rank Four

Breathing Method: Lightning Breathing (Demonized Version) [MAX]

Blood Demon Art: Wind Stop Water Binding [Level 5 24%], Thunder Swiftness [Level 8 31%], Emotional Clone [Level 5 6%] (Can separate four clones of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness to fight the enemy, and each of the four clones has an independent blood demon art. The four clones merge into the Hatred Clone. Both the main body and the Hatred can use the blood demon art of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. ps: The strength of the four clones is currently about the next level. The strength of the Hatred clone is about the upper six. The reference strength is based on the original lineup, that is, the host has four clones with strength equivalent to Nightmare.

Special skills: Spots, ritual deployment · Six Secrets

Martial arts: Selflessness and Formlessness (the fighting spirit is released through the fingertips, which has a strong penetrating ability), Selflessness Hell (the fighting spirit is transformed into fist power, and while hitting the enemy, the fighting spirit will enter the enemy's body and damage the bones and internal organs)

Special martial arts: Vajra Force (a martial art used in conjunction with the Six Secrets. When the ritual is deployed, the fighting spirit will form a protective Qi around the body, which will rebound when attacked. If an attack that can break the Qi is encountered, the Six Secrets will dodge by itself.)

With Shinya's current strength, he may not lose to Douma.

However, for the sake of caution, Shinya did not continue to initiate a bloody battle of position exchange, but continued to settle for a long time.

While thinking, the voice of the voice was closer again.

Shinya got up and jumped into the woods.

"Why did your master build his tomb in the mountains, Urokodaki?" A short young man asked the young man next to him who was taller than him but looked too gentle.

Urokodaki said: "My master became a trainer here after he retired. Of course, he will be buried in Saguyama after his death. If I can live to retire, I will also train ghost hunters here. By the way, I am sweeping my master's tomb. What are you doing here? Kuwashima."

"Well~! My injury is not healed yet. The lord doesn't assign any tasks to me. It's boring for me to stay in the headquarters alone. I'm going out for a walk with you." Kuwashima said.

At the same time, a prompt sound appeared in Shinya's mind.

[Ding

, found the plot mission: Urokodaki Sakonji (20 years old), Kuwashima Jigoro (22 years old), the dream master condition is activated, the god is fulfilled, and the cave is opened! Fulfilling the dreams of two people can randomly obtain a certain ability of the two people]

[Urokodaki Sakonji (Water Pillar Candidate): I hope to become a pillar, kill demons to protect others, and no one will experience their own tragedy. Ability: Smell, Water Breathing]

[Kuwashima Jigoro (Class A Swordsman): I hope to become the Sound Pillar, so that the Thunder Breathing that has been covered in dust for sixty years will shine again. Ability: Thunder Breathing]

Shinya: "..."

The Thunder Breathing that has been covered in dust for sixty years...

Okay, okay, I know I should die, okay, is this how it works?

Shinya really couldn't refute Kuwashima Jigoro's voice.

If he hadn't become a demon, the Demon Slayer Corps wouldn't have lost the Sound Pillar.

The Thunder Breathing is notoriously difficult to practice among the five major breathing methods, second only to the Rock Breathing. As a result, it is difficult for soldiers who learn Thunder Breathing to make progress without the guidance of the Pillar-level combat power.

This has led to fewer and fewer people learning Thunder Breathing, but the five basic breathing methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. The fewer people learning Thunder Breathing has led to the lack of some combat power in the Demon Slayer Corps.

Look at Kuwajima Jigoro, although he is already a Class A swordsman, he is still a long way from becoming a Pillar.

"Wait!" Suddenly, Urokodaki Sakonji paused and lowered his voice.

Kuwajima Jigoro asked, "What's wrong?"

Urokodaki Sakonji said, "There is a smell of ghosts."

"Ghosts? How can there be ghosts in the trainer's residence? This place is so close to Fujiki Mountain, and there are wisteria flowers all around." Kuwajima Jigoro was shocked.

Then, a sharp murderous aura came from the forest, and the two young men felt their hair stand on end and cold sweat instantly flowed down.

It was clearly a night in July, but they felt icy cold.

This kind of momentum is definitely not an ordinary demon, it must be the Twelve Demon Moons, maybe even the upper moon.

The two of them drew their Nichirin swords at the same time, staring at the front, ready for battle.

"How long are you two going to stay there?"

Shinye had already appeared behind the two and spoke.

For a moment, the two of them stiffened.

Shinye's voice was like a death warrant for them.

They didn't even have the courage to look back.

"Young people nowadays are really useless. The pillars sixty years ago dared to use swords against me even though there was a huge gap in strength." Shinya's tone was somewhat disappointed: "The Demon Slayer Corps is really getting worse and worse."

Seeing that the two were silent, Shinya looked at Urokodaki Sakonji: "You are a disciple of Aoyama Hidenobu, right? When your master was your age, he was already able to protect non-pillar soldiers in front of the Twelve Demon Moons. Are you going to let me start killing that little demon now?"

"That is..." Urokodaki Sakonji turned around and saw Shinya, and the first thing he saw was the sheath on his waist: "Sunwheel Blade?"

Just when he thought he had met a senior from the Demon Slayer Corps, he looked up again and saw the level in Shinya's eyes.

"Upper String Four, Ryudoji Shinya." Shinya introduced himself.

"Upper String..." Hearing Shinya's words, the hearts of both of them sank.

Shinya looked at Urokodaki and said, "I heard Hidenobu mention you, saying that you are a talented swordsman worth training. Now it seems that you are far worse than he was back then."

"You...you know my master?" Urokodaki suppressed the fear in his heart and asked.

Shinya said, "Yes, we are old friends."

Shinya said this sincerely. He and Aoyama Hidenobu are indeed old friends.

In fact, after Aoyama Hidenobu retired, the two met several times. At that time, Aoyama Hidenobu no longer wanted to kill Shinya.

Mainly because he believed Kaedejuro's words, Shinya did not have the bloody smell of a man-eating evil spirit.

However, when Urokodaki heard this, the meaning was completely changed.

In the mind of the young Urokodaki, he imagined the tragic plot that his master had fought with an upper-rank for a lifetime and could not kill it in his entire life.