However, Muzan Kibutsuji didn't really mean to kill Doma. Now there are only three Upper Moon demons left in the Twelve Kizuki: Kokushibo, Doma, and Akaza. If Muzan Kibutsuji killed another one, wouldn't that reduce the pressure on the Demon Slayer Corps?
After all, the growth of the Upper Moon demons is not something that can be achieved overnight. It's not that Muzan Kibutsuji just needs to give more blood. The amount of blood is just a starting point for growth, or rather, the lower limit of strength.
That is to say, even the most ordinary demon can grow to the height of an Upper Moon demon as long as they eat enough people.
It's just that compared to demons with more of Muzan Kibutsuji's blood, their growth time is longer and they eat more people.
The reason why Doma was punished by Muzan Kibutsuji was because Doma's performance was also somewhat unsatisfactory.
Although Doma finally defeated Sanemi Shinazugawa, the time he entangled with Sanemi Shinazugawa was too long, causing Sanemi Shinazugawa to be rescued by Ryuji in the end.
If Doma could have killed Sanemi Shinazugawa quickly, then he would have had time to support Hantengu or Gyokko. In this way, the situation would not have become like this.
So, Doma's incompetence also accounted for some of the reasons for the failure of the Swordsmith Village operation.
"Master~~" Doma painfully called out to Muzan Kibutsuji.
"It takes you so long to deal with a Pillar. It seems that you have been living too comfortably as a cult leader!" Muzan Kibutsuji said very unhappily.
"Master~ It's because the Pillar activated the Demon Slayer Mark, and his strength has greatly increased. You know how powerful the demon slayers with the Demon Slayer Mark are!" Doma immediately explained.
Doma's words made Muzan Kibutsuji even more angry, because Doma's words undoubtedly poured salt on Muzan Kibutsuji's wounds.
The first demon slayer to have the Demon Slayer Mark was the creator of Sun Breathing - Yoriichi Tsugikuni. Because Yoriichi Tsugikuni had the ability to kill Muzan Kibutsuji, if it wasn't for Yoriichi Tsugikuni's brother, Kokushibo, defecting to him, then Muzan Kibutsuji would have already died hundreds of years ago.
So, what Muzan Kibutsuji had for Yoriichi Tsugikuni was endless fear, a fear engraved in his genes.
This was why the emotions of Hantengu saw the shadow of Yoriichi Tsugikuni when dealing with Tanjiro.
The scar on Tanjiro's forehead that turned into a Demon Slayer Mark because of using Sun Breathing, as well as the hanafuda earrings and the attacking posture, were too similar to Yoriichi Tsugikuni hundreds of years ago.
After that man had his life exhausted by Muzan Kibutsuji, the Demon Slayer Corps never had a demon slayer as powerful as Yoriichi Tsugikuni again.
It wasn't until the first meeting with Tanjiro in Asakusa, Tokyo Prefecture, that the fear that had dissipated in Muzan Kibutsuji rose again.
But in the end, what Muzan Kibutsuji feared was no longer Tanjiro, but Ryuji.
Ryuji's abilities were too strange, so strange that Muzan Kibutsuji felt that Ryuji was even more terrifying than Yoriichi Tsugikuni himself.
If Muzan Kibutsuji was now given the choice of 1v1 with Ryuji or 1v1 with Yoriichi Tsugikuni, Muzan Kibutsuji would definitely choose to face Yoriichi Tsugikuni without hesitation.
After all, so many years have passed, and Muzan Kibutsuji is no longer the Muzan Kibutsuji he was back then. Muzan Kibutsuji has become too much stronger than before.
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