Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Chapter 174 Despair, Yiyong's Departure.

Giyu and Makomo stared in astonishment at the scene before them: "The sword is broken? How is this possible?"

Just as Giyuu and Makomo were in shock, the Hand Demon, whose neck had not been severed, reacted and swung his hand to strike Sabito, whose body was suspended in mid-air.

"You little brat, die!"

With a loud bang, the rabbit flew backward and crashed straight into a tree trunk in the distance.

"Hahaha, he's dead meat!"

Watching Urokodaki Sakonji's apprentice being sent flying by his own arm strike, the Hand Demon laughed gleefully, and the dozens of hands on his body began to dance wildly. He was extremely pleased with himself.

"Qiantu!"

Seeing Sabito flying backward, Giyu and Makomo cried out anxiously. The incident happened so suddenly that Giyu and Makomo didn't have time to react before Sabito was struck by the Hand Demon.

Just as the crisis was about to occur, Sabito suddenly turned around in mid-air, using its feet to slightly bend the tree trunk to dissipate the enormous inertia, and then came to a stop at the foot of the tree as if in free fall.

"That was close, I almost died." Sabito leaned against the tree trunk with one hand, breathing heavily.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Sabito was glad that he had reacted in time. Just as his Nichirin Blade broke, he used both hands to block a hand demon's arm attack.

He avoided the danger of being blown up by the Hand Demon, but as a result, the bones in his left arm were broken during the parry.

"not dead?"

Looking at Sabito, whose only injuries were a broken arm and a trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth, the Hand Demon's face was grim. His confident pronouncements of Sabito's death, contrasted sharply with the fact that Sabito was now standing upright and alive, made him seem like a clown being used for amusement.

"Not dead? Then let's kill him again!"

The Hand Demon spoke in an icy tone, then once again controlled its numerous arms to attack Sabito, determined to kill the troublesome Sabito.

Seeing the hand demon's actions, Giyuu and Makomo naturally wouldn't let it get away with it. The two immediately stepped forward to block the hand demon's attack, preventing Sabito from getting further injured.

However, without Sabito, the two began to struggle against the swift attacks of the Hand Demon as the time it took to block him increased.

"No, we can't hold them off any longer."

Gradually, Giyu felt his strength failing him, and his arm holding the knife was constantly aching.

No, this can't go on. Sabito must leave first. Just then, Giyuu saw that the two people who had been chased by the Hand Demon were still there, and an idea immediately popped into his head.

"Hey, you two, hurry up and take Sabito away while Makomo and I can still hold off the Hand Demon."

Giyu called out to the two who hadn't left.

"Okay, we'll take him away now." The two agreed with Giyuu and ran quickly towards Sabito.

Having overheard the conversation between Yiyong and the two men, he already knew their purpose: to kill the Hand Demon. How could he let them have their way?

Immediately, the Hand Demon reduced the frequency of its attacks on Giyu and Makomo, compressing its extra arm like a spring and aiming it at the two running towards Sabito.

"Trying to escape? I haven't agreed yet! None of you are leaving."

Then, the Hand Demon's compressed and powerful arm shot out like a spring, striking directly at the two who were trying to take Sabito away.

"not good."

Seeing the hand demon's actions, Giyuu and Makomo were startled and immediately stood up to stop him.

Just then, the Hand Ghost revealed a sinister smile and let out a chilling laugh.

"Hehehe, kid, you've fallen for it."

He attacked directly at Murata and the other man's arms, then suddenly made a sharp turn in mid-air, striking Giyuu at an even faster speed.

Yiyong: "Huh?"

The sudden change caught Giyu off guard. He was instantly struck by the Hand Demon and sent flying backward, rolling several times on the ground before coming to a stop.

Giyu had multiple fractures and was unable to move. With the second wave of attacks from the Hand Demon about to arrive, Giyu's life was hanging by a thread. Makomo tried to rush forward to save Giyu but was blocked by the other arms of the Hand Demon.

The demon's true intentions now became clear: he wanted to take the opportunity to kill Giyu, Makomo, and Sabito. Sabito was injured and not a threat, but he was well protected by the others and difficult to attack. Makomo was agile and difficult to ambush.

But the one who ambushed Giyu was different. He was the weakest of the three and the most likely to kill him with a single blow. Even if he couldn't kill him with one blow, he could at least render him unable to fight.

The facts were clear: he had succeeded. With just one more attack, the little brat in the blue-tinged clothes would be dead for good.

In the midst of a moment of crisis, filled with righteous courage, there was a sudden cracking sound.

Sabito, wielding his sword in one hand, stood in front of Giyuu, vertically cleaving the arm of the Hand Demon that was attacking, thus thwarting the life-threatening attack.

"Is Yiyong alright?"

Sabito smiled and asked Yiyong with concern.

Giyuu's vision was blurred as he looked at the towering figure before him, a figure so warm to him, with Sabito radiating a faint light in his eyes.

Yiyong felt safer than ever before.

"Qiantu, your hand..."

"It's nothing serious, just a broken arm. Besides, I still have another arm that's fine."

"But--"

"No buts, Makomo and I will hold off the Hand Demon, you should leave now."

As Sabito spoke, he quickly put down the broken sword in his hand, picked up Giyu's Nichirin Blade that had fallen to the ground, and gestured for the two men to take Giyu away.

He then immediately turned and attacked the demon, fighting alongside Makomo without the slightest hesitation.

"Qiantu—"

Giyuu struggled to look up at Sabito, who was fighting with the Hand Demon, and immediately fainted due to his severe injuries.

Murata and his companions went to Giyu, who had already fainted, carried him on their backs, and headed towards the exit of the trial.

Murata, carrying Giyuu on his back, felt heavy-hearted, hoping that the two who had blocked the Hand Demon would be alright.

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