Demon Slayer: From the Upper Ranks of Muzan

The time flies, and there is a waterfall on the narrow fog mountain.

Fushigawa Shiya stood in the pool with his eyes closed, holding the wooden sword in front of him.

Compared with a year ago, Shiya is much taller and stronger.

Shiya seemed to be in a trance, standing in the middle of the pool without moving, letting the water pouring down from the waterfall hit him, and he did not waver at all.

After a long time, Shiya opened his eyes, and at the same time, a sharp aura like a sharp sword burst out from him.

"Ha~!!!!"

With a roar, he slashed the wooden sword in his hand with all his strength, and a wind blade spurted out from the wooden sword.

In this invisible wind blade, there seemed to be a hint of green sword intent.

The wind blade cut through the surface of the waterfall, revealing the stone wall behind it.

In less than three seconds, the sword intent dissipated and the waterfall returned to its original state.

"Hu...Hu..."

Shimi panted: "Sure enough, I'm still far behind. I can't be as calm as Brother Gennosuke, and..."

He looked down at the wooden sword in his hand, which had been broken to the hilt: "Under such a strong sword pressure, Brother Gennosuke can actually ensure that the wooden sword is not damaged. It's really a level that I can't catch up with now."

Although he couldn't catch up with Shinya's level, Shimi had successfully split the waterfall after all, and Shinya agreed to let him participate in the final selection.

In his class, there were also the sisters Kanae and Shinobu Kocho.

With the help of Shinya, the sisters spent a year developing flower breathing and insect breathing that were more suitable for them based on water breathing.

Since they developed it themselves, the sisters became more and more adept at developing and applying the breathing method.

However, this derived breathing method is generally not as strong as the original five breathing methods.

And Shimizu is a completely different development. In four words, it is the protagonist template.

Unlike the original work, after leaving home, Shimizu in the original work worked as a ghost hunter in the wild for a period of time, hunting ghosts in his own way.

It was not until he met Masahiro Izan that he officially joined the Demon Slayer Corps to learn the breathing method.

At that time, the Demon Slayer Corps did not have a swordsman with a high level of attainment in wind breathing. Therefore, in addition to Masahiro Izan's basic guidance, the learning of wind breathing was more of Shimizu's own exploration.

Now, although Shimizu has only trained for one year, he is indeed taught by Shinya himself, and his progress is incomparable.

"Shimi, I lent the Sayafu to Satsuki last year when he participated in the final selection. This year..."

"Forget it, Brother Gennosuke!" Shimi smiled and waved his hand: "What I want to do is to surpass you. At worst, I should be on the same level as you to make up for your shortcomings. If I accept the Sayafu, what's the difference between that and following you? The sword that Mr. Urokodaki gave us is enough."

Shinya nodded with satisfaction: "Then, Kanae and Shinobu will be protected by you."

Shimi immediately drooped his face: "Huh?"

Looking at Shinya's expression, he said helplessly: "I know!"

. . . . . . .

Very reluctantly, he and the Butterfly Sisters came to Fujiki Mountain, the site of the final selection.

After the two children on the scene read out the rules, Shimi didn't even look at the Butterfly Sisters, and prepared to leave by himself.

"Hey, Shimi! Master Gennosuke said that we have to act together." Shinobu Kocho was not as good-tempered as Kanae. Seeing Shimi preparing to act alone, she shouted.

Shimibu Kocho turned around and looked at her: "Huh? Are you kidding? Since we are going to hunt ghosts, it is more efficient to act separately. After all, you were taught by Brother Gennosuke, so you shouldn't be killed by the ghosts here."

"Asshole..." Shinobu Kocho was furious when she saw Shimibu's look.

Kanae smiled and said: "But, the final selection only requires us to survive for seven days, and there is no need to kill..."

"Hmph! As a disciple of Brother Gennosuke, how can you only be satisfied with the minimum standard? If you want to play the escape game, you can play it by yourselves. I won't accompany you." After saying that, she jumped directly onto the tree and disappeared in a few flashes.

Shinobu Kocho's forehead was bulging with veins: "This asshole..."

"Okay, okay, Shinobu, go in quickly!" Kanae hurriedly comforted her sister.

Shinobu Kocho looked unconvinced: "Sister, aren't you angry when you see him like that?"

"Well~! There's no point in getting angry. The most important thing for us now is to pass the final selection." Kanae said.

Shinobu Kocho

He sighed, "I really can't do anything to you."

At the same time, Shimi entered the depths of the forest and jumped to the ground.

There were not many ghosts along the way, which made Shimi a little confused.

After searching for a long time, Shimi made up his mind and directly drew his knife to cut the palm of his left hand.

Blood dripped from his palm, and the breath that was extremely tempting to ghosts instantly drifted away.

After a while, dozens of ghosts began to gather around Shimi.

"Humph, they finally came out!"

Seeing a large number of ghosts begin to gather, Shimi was not afraid, but a little excited.

He rushed into the group of evil ghosts with a knife, and the heads of several ghosts were chopped off with a knife.

A ghost pounced on Shimi, and Shimi grabbed his head and lifted it up, and beheaded it instantly with the Sun Wheel Sword in his right hand.

Shimi wandered among the evil ghosts, constantly raising his knife and harvesting the heads of evil ghosts.

The whole process, there was no unnecessary movement, it seemed so clean and neat.

After a while, dozens of ghosts were slaughtered.

It can be said that if this continues, Shimi will meet the promotion standard of the pillar in the final selection.

Unfortunately, it can't be counted.

Hearing that last year, Santo almost killed all the ghosts here by himself, Shimi was very proud, and he didn't want to show that he was weaker than Santo.

Santo had a sheath, so he didn't need sheath, and only took an ordinary sun wheel sword.

After slaughtering this group of ghosts, Shimi continued to walk deeper.

Not far away, he saw a swordsman who was struggling to support himself in the encirclement of evil ghosts.

"Is it because of my blood that the ghosts gathered?" Shimi looked at the situation in front of him, and his brain instantly made a judgment.

It is very likely that his thin blood caused the evil ghosts in the depths of the forest to gather.

And when they found the ghost hunters during the gathering process, the evil ghosts naturally began to surround and share.

Thinking of this, Shimi immediately drew his sword and rushed over.

"Wind Breathing·Type II·Claw Claw·Koto Wind!"

The claw-shaped wind blade swung out from the blade, instantly cutting the several evil spirits surrounding the swordsman into several pieces.

The swordsman was stunned when he saw the god-like figure of Shimi.

This... is this the player who should appear in the final selection?

Shimi looked at the swordsman and stretched out his hand: "Are you okay?"

"Ah? Oh, it's okay, thank you, I'm saved." The swordsman breathed a sigh of relief, pulled Shimi's hand and stood up, smiling: "I didn't expect to see a swordsman who also learned wind breathing here, but you are really amazing, much better than me."

Shimi smiled and said: "Because I have a good teacher."

The swordsman stretched out his hand: "Kano Masachika, please teach me more."

Shimi stretched out his hand and shook it: "Buzukawa Shimi, since you are safe, let's say goodbye."

After that, he jumped onto the tree again and went deep into the forest.

Masachika Ino looked at Shimizu's back as he left, and said helplessly, "How cold he is! I was thinking that we could get along well as fellow wind-breathing swordsmen."