Infinity Castle.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Three crisp cracking sounds echoed almost simultaneously in Muzan Kibutsuji's heart.
That was the sound of the marks he had left deep within the souls of Kokushibo, Doma, and Akaza
shattering!
"Dead... all of them dead?"
Muzan Kibutsuji slumped onto his throne, his body icy cold, as if plunged into an abyss of ice.
His three strongest subordinates, his greatest reliance, were actually... wiped out in such a short amount of time?
Fear!
An unprecedented, immense fear
enough to freeze his entire existence
overwhelmed him!
"Nakime! Quick! Take me away! Get me out of here! Anywhere! Hurry!"
Muzan Kibutsuji shrieked hysterically at Nakime in the air.
All he wanted now was to flee, to run as far away as possible, to escape that monster!
Nakime, infected by his terror, frantically plucked the biwa in her hands.
"Zheng! Zheng! Zheng!"
The space of the entire Infinity Castle began to wildly twist, shift, and restructure!
However, just at that moment.
"Tear
"
A grating sound, like cloth being ripped apart, echoed above the Infinity Castle.
A pitch-black spatial rift, emanating an aura of chaos and nothingness, was forcibly torn open by a single hand!
Han Sen's figure slowly stepped out of the rift.
He descended into this dimensional maze, constructed by the demons' Blood Demon Arts, as leisurely as if he were returning home.
He looked down, gazing at the constantly shifting main chamber below, and the Ancestor of Demons inside who was already pale with terror.
"Found him."
He took a single step.
Ignoring the chaotic spatial laws of the Infinity Castle, ignoring physical distance.
The next second, he appeared directly in front of Muzan Kibutsuji's throne.
"You... don't come any closer!"
Terrified, Muzan Kibutsuji tumbled off the throne and scrambled backward; in his desperate state, he retained none of the dignity of a Demon King.
"Nakime! Kill him! Kill him for me!" he commanded Nakime frantically.
Nakime trembled, plucking the biwa with all her might, attempting to transport Han Sen to another space.
"So noisy."
Han Sen didn't even bother to look at her.
Under the terrifying divine might, Nakime's body instantly froze, and the biwa in her hand was also fixed in the air by an invisible force, unable to move.
Han Sen walked step by step toward Muzan Kibutsuji.
"Monster! I'll fight you!"
Pushed to the brink, Muzan Kibutsuji's survival instinct made him unleash his final ferocity.
His body instantly swelled, transforming into the massive monstrous form, covered in sharp-toothed mouths and bony, whip-like tentacles!
Dozens of sharp bone whips lashed toward Han Sen like a violent storm!
However, these attacks, powerful enough to easily destroy a city, silently vanished like phantoms as they approached Han Sen.
Han Sen walked up to the enormous monster, appearing as tiny as an ant.
But he reached out his hand and directly pierced Muzan Kibutsuji's hard, barbed chest.
"It really wasn't easy to finally meet you."
Han Sen's voice carried a hint of mockery, but to Muzan Kibutsuji, it sounded cold and indifferent.
Amidst Muzan Kibutsuji's painful and terrified roars, Han Sen slowly withdrew his hand from his chest.
In his hand, he held a small, faintly glowing, pitch-black fragment.
Pfft
Muzan Kibutsuji spat out a mouthful of blood; he didn't even know how this thing had appeared inside him, but... it seemed this very item was what attracted the terrifying monster before him.
Han Sen held the cube and examined it with satisfaction.
"Finally, it's mine."
He put the fragment away, then redirected his gaze toward the monster at his feet, which was rapidly shrinking and losing power.
"As for you, then..."
A cold killing intent flashed in Han Sen's eyes.
"You are no longer useful."
"Roar
!"
Muzan Kibutsuji, being the Ancestor of Demons who had lived for a millennium, made a final struggle driven by a fierce will to survive.
"Naive."
Han Sen's face remained utterly calm as burning platinum patterns suddenly appeared all over his body
"Energy Release!"
Followed immediately by a punch!
Boom
!!!
As the punch, which exceeded the world's tolerance limit, landed, Muzan Kibutsuji's body, soul, and the millennium-long entanglement of obsession and malice completely perished under that sheer power.
Having dealt with Muzan Kibutsuji, Han Sen turned his gaze toward Nakime, who was still frozen in the air.
The last of the Twelve Demon Moons.
"Since they're family, the most important thing is to keep them all together."
Although Nakime's power as a demon was rapidly fading with Muzan Kibutsuji's death, and she would soon revert to being an ordinary woman who played the biwa.
Han Sen had no intention of letting any demon go.
Crack
Following a crisp cracking sound, the head of this woman, who had been completely subservient to Muzan Kibutsuji, bent unnaturally as if struck by a heavy blow, and her brain was utterly shattered by an invisible force field, leaving her irrevocably dead.
Thus, the matter was completely resolved.
Han Sen casually tore open a spatial rift, took a step, and returned to the clearing in the Aokigahara Forest.
The nine Pillars (Hashira) were still standing there blankly, maintaining their original postures.
From the moment Han Sen left until he returned, less than a minute had passed in total.
Yet, they felt as if an entire century had passed.
When they saw Han Sen's figure reappear, everyone's hearts leaped into their throats.
"It is finished."
Han Sen spoke three words indifferently.
These three words struck the minds of the nine Pillars like a thunderbolt!
Finished?
What was finished?
Did he mean... what they thought he meant?
Just as everyone was filled with uncertainty, Han Sen flicked his finger, and a small glass bottle flew toward Tanjiro.
Tanjiro subconsciously caught it.
Inside the bottle was a small plant, glowing with a faint blue light, resembling a Spider Lily.
"This is..."
"The Blue Spider Lily," Han Sen said. "Using this should be able to turn your sister back into a human."
This was something he had created using "Imaginary Divine Power" while analyzing Muzan Kibutsuji's cells; for him, it was effortless.
Tanjiro gripped the bottle, his body trembling violently, and tears instantly streamed from his eyes!
He abruptly knelt down and deeply kowtowed to Han Sen!
"Your great kindness... I will never forget it!"
Han Sen ignored him and looked toward Ubuyashiki Kagaya.
"The Demon King is dead. Your war should also come to an end."
After speaking, he stopped looking at anyone, instead raising his head to gaze at the deep night sky.
"Well then, everyone, may we meet again if fate allows."
Han Sen waved his hand and, without looking back, stepped into the portal leading to a brand new world.
The rift slowly closed.
The Aokigahara Forest returned to silence once more.
Only the nine bewildered Pillars, a weeping young man overcome with joy, and the leader of the Demon Slayer Corps, who finally wore a relieved smile, remained.
On the horizon, a thread of dawn pierced the darkness.
Dawn had arrived.
A brand new era, free of demons, had begun.
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