Demon Slayer: I Level Up Alone

Chapter 30

After the forest demon was slain by Akito, he received a system reward of 500,000 sword swings.

However, instead of feeling relaxed, the entire forest seemed to become even more oppressive.

"Flap flap"

A large number of birds and beasts were startled and fled, creating a stark contrast in this eerily silent forest.

"Ritoruho, prepare for battle!"

Akito jumped onto a large tree, observing the commotion of birds and beasts fleeing in all directions, knowing that a big battle was about to unfold.

In that moment, Ritoruho rapidly expanded, transforming into a gigantic beast.

"Whoosh"

A gust of air erupted from Ritoruho's nostrils as it warily scanned its surroundings.

Holding the pure green Nichirin blade, suddenly—

"Jie jie jie..."

Trees began to shake all around, and then three figures appeared.

Two male demons and one female demon, all incredibly ugly; one male demon had its eyes closed, while the other was entirely covered in fiery red, and the female demon floated in the air.

Following the three demons, there were over a dozen more demons waiting respectfully before them.

"Jie jie jie..."

"You are the demon slayer who killed that useless vine, right..."

"Looking so tender and delicate... you must be very tasty..."

Among the three leading demons, the female demon drooled as she stared intently at Akito, her greedy gaze seemingly deciding that Akito was a meal on a plate.

"Oh? Are you talking about the demon that controlled the vines? If so, then you're right; he died quite easily, his neck was gently sliced by my Nichirin blade, and he turned to ashes bit by bit. But I believe you will soon join him..."

Akito said unhurriedly.

"Hahaha, he actually thinks we are like that useless vine..."

"Mist, don't you think this is the funniest joke..."

"Hahaha, do you think killing that useless vine means you can deal with us? Let me tell you, that useless vine is the weakest among us four."

The two male demons mocked Akito's arrogance. He didn't want to argue; they would know whether they could still laugh after he cut them down.

"Hey, that kid over there, are you a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps?"

The female demon spoke up.

"I'm sorry, I'm not a Hashira; I'm just a newbie who recently passed the trials."

Akito replied casually.

The female demon let out a sigh of relief; as long as he wasn't a Hashira, it was fine. If he were a Hashira, only their lord would likely be able to contend with him.

"Little ones, go and catch him for me, I want to savor his flesh and blood!"

The fiery red male Demon said to the Demons behind him.

As soon as he finished speaking, the ordinary Demons began to rush toward Akito in a competitive manner.

Looking at the swarm of evil spirits coming at him, the already foul-smelling air was instantly filled with various stench.

Akito adjusted his breathing and slowly said:

"Total concentration, Water Breathing, Third Form, Flowing Dance!"

Akito jumped into the crowd of Demons, and the extreme speed brought by the third form made him feel as if he was in a world without obstacles among the Demons.

Wherever he passed, Demons' heads and bodies were severed in two and then turned to ashes.

The ordinary Demons initially thought that their numerical advantage could crush Akito, but they underestimated his strength.

Watching Akito slice through the Demon horde as if cutting melons, his subordinates were continuously being killed.

Ritoruho also joined the fight, each swipe of her claws tearing a Demon in half, followed by Akito finishing them off, the human and fox working together seamlessly.

The three Demons were furious.

"Damn human, let's go!"

The three Demons leaped out, attacking Akito.

But Akito's speed was incredibly fast; by this time, all the ordinary Demons had already been slaughtered, turning into mere counts of his strikes.

Seeing the hundreds of thousands of strikes added in the system, Akito felt delighted, exclaiming that these Demons were simply great!

When the three Demons attacked him, Akito reacted immediately.

Using the Water Breathing Third Form, Flowing Dance, and the Wind-Rain Nomikomu technique, he easily dodged.

"Bang!"

The power of the three Demons' attacks was immense, creating a ten-meter-deep pit in the ground.

Amidst flying sand and stones, Akito had already floated up to a large tree.

"Human, I didn't expect you to dodge our attack, hehehe."

"You have some skill, hahaha, but to complete the master's task, we must kill you first!"

"Mist, Three Eyes, let's show our true abilities together!"

As soon as the words fell, the female Demon revealed a crazed expression, staring intently at Akito and said, "Blood Demon Technique: Mist Barrier!"

Black mist instantly spread throughout the forest, which already had no light penetrating it, making it even more impossible to see a hand in front of one's face.

In an instant, Akito lost his sight, but Ritoruho was unaffected, her bright yellow eyes fixed tightly on the three Demons.

She also came to Akito's side.

"Hehehe, little Demon, my sister's Blood Demon Technique is powerful, isn't it... and it's not just this..."

The female Demon's voice came from the darkness, and Akito frowned, thinking, "This is troublesome... This female Demon's ability can release mist... and it seems there's poison in the mist..."

"However, she doesn't know that I've taken an antidote pill, so I'm immune to this poison... I just need to deal with her quickly; otherwise, it will be a bit troublesome once the antidote's effect wears off... Although I still have one left, it's better to not use it if possible..."

Seeing Akito lose his sight in her Blood Demon Technique, the female Demon said to the two Demons beside her, "It's time!"

The two male Demons nodded to each other, then the male Demon with closed eyes suddenly had a pair of eyes emerge from his forehead, and he reached out to dig that pair of eyes out, pressing them onto the fiery red male Demon.

"Go ahead, we'll assist you from the side!"

The closed-eyed male Demon said.

The fiery red male Demon laughed heartily and then jumped into the black mist.

"The power of the Three Eyes is really useful, combined with the mist, it's simply terrifying, but of course, the strongest is still me!"

At this moment, his vision in the black mist was completely unaffected, clearly due to the ability of the three-eyed male Demon.

"Blood Demon Technique: Rock Giant!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Akito heard the sound of boulders rolling, and then his body instinctively bristled with hair.

"Danger!"

"Bang!"

The tree Akito was in was smashed by a gigantic fist, but he had already jumped to another spot.

As soon as he landed, he heard:

"Blood Demon Technique: Blessing of the Earth!"

The ground beneath Akito began to writhe, so he jumped onto another tree.

At this moment, he understood that this Demon's ability could control the earth!

"Not having sight is really troublesome..."

"Here it comes again!"

Akito sensed a great danger approaching and jumped to the other side to avoid it.

The loud noise indicated how powerful the attack was.

"If this attack hits me, I'll probably be turned into a meat pie..."

"So first we need to kill that female Demon..."

"Ritoruho, can you see where that female Demon is?"

Akito said to Ritoruho, who was standing on his shoulder.

"Ying ying."

Ritoruho responded.

"Great, Ritoruho, then I'll trouble you to be my eyes!"

...

"No, that human is too agile. The rock demon's blood technique can't catch him. Sakutski, use another blood technique to interfere with him!"

"Okay!"

The two Demons perched on the treetop watched Akito, who seemed to lack vision, but could easily dodge the rock demon's attacks. They immediately conspired to use a trick.

"Blood Technique: Gaze of the Reaper!"

While dodging the stone monster's attack, Akito suddenly felt a powerful mental attack surge into his mind.

Seeing countless eyes appear before him, Akito realized he had fallen for the trap, but soon, the illusion was shattered, and Sakutski's blood technique was blocked by Akito's mental power.

However, due to the gap created by the mental attack, Akito was struck heavily by the rock monster.

"I didn't expect this human's mental power to be so strong, breaking my blood technique in an instant..."

"But the rock attack hit him..." Sakustki said.

Akito was sent flying by the powerful attack and crashed into a large tree.

Pain!

His whole body hurt!

Akito felt like his internal organs were shattered.

But under his powerful self-healing ability, the broken bones and organs were quickly repairing themselves.

"Poof."

Akito spat out a mouthful of dark red blood and immediately felt much better.

Then he took out a healing pill and swallowed it.

The medicinal effect spread instantly, and his wounds healed even faster.

Akito trembled as he stood up, and Ritoruho licked the wounds on his face, seeming very distressed.

"Ritoruho, I'm fine. I didn't expect that among these three Demons, there would be a blood technique that uses mental attacks. I was a bit careless, but I won't make the same mistake again..."

"Originally, I wasn't skilled enough with this technique, but thanks to the previous attack, I understood the final challenge. Since this black mist can't be dispelled, I'll use light to drive away the darkness!"

Akito tightened his grip on the Nichirin blade.

The melody of the Light breathing emerged.

"Total Concentration, Light breathing, Second Form: Gigantic Sun Sleeping Angel!"

A silvery light radiated from Akito's hand!

"This... what is this?"

The three Demons were stunned.

The first to be affected was the three-eyed Demon, who let out a scream as blood tears flowed from its closed eyes.

The rock demon covered its eyes, while the mist demon gaped in shock.

As the black mist dissipated, Akito saw the three-eyed Demon and the mist demon in the distance atop a tree.

In an instant,

"Total Concentration, Water Breathing, Third Form: Flowing Dance."

Akito's speed was incredibly fast.

In the blink of an eye, he was before the two Demons.

"Total Concentration, Water breathing, First Form: Water Surface Slash!"

Blue water ripples surged forth, and the two Demons instinctively assumed a defensive posture, but it was of no use.

Where the blade passed,

As the heads fell to the ground,

A double kill!

The two Demons couldn't believe their heads had been severed, ultimately turning to ashes and dissipating into the air.

"Ugh..."

Akito clutched his chest, clearly feeling the damage the Light breathing, Second Form had inflicted on his body.

"Ha~"

His powerful self-healing ability quickly restored him.

"Ah, ah, ah! Damn human, you actually killed them!"

The rock demon on the ground went into a frenzy upon seeing its companions die.

"You forced me to do this. I didn't want to use this here because I didn't want to destroy the habitat!"

"Blood Technique: Flames of the Volcano!"

The red energy on the rock demon transformed into streams of lava, with the surrounding flowers and trees wilting, and the temperature in the air rising.

"Boom!"

"Glug, glug!"

Fiery lava erupted from the ground, and the volcanoes on the mountain seemed to be affected, unleashing terrifying roars.

"No, I must kill this demon quickly, or it will complete this blood technique and the volcano will erupt!"

Without time to think, Akito leaped out; this was a race against time. He thought of the first form of the Light breathing, Pronated Shadow Slash.

Extreme speed, extreme damage!

Akito dashed towards the rock demon like a beam of light.

"You won't escape!"

The rock demon shouted.

A massive stone monster suddenly blocked the way of the rock demon. Just as it was about to collide, Akito immediately reacted, switching to the eighth form of the Water breathing, Waterfall Basin, and slashed down at the stone monster from the sky.

"Bang!"

The immense force split the stone demon in half.

The rock demon was stunned.

"This... how is this possible! How can you be so strong!"

His strongest defensive and attacking blood demon technique was now cut in half by someone who wasn't a Hashira.

This man was terrifyingly strong...

Since he became a demon, no one had been able to break his blood demon technique, not even the leader of the Twelve Kizuki...

The rock demon realized it wasn't that it couldn't be broken, but that this man was too strong...

"You... you must be a Hashira, right... right!"

The rock demon frantically asked.

Having lost the will to fight, he no longer wanted to resist, only left with a powerless wail.

Because there was no escape, this man's speed was incredibly fast, and his strength was astonishing...

"Sorry, but I'm really not!"

Taking advantage of the rock demon's moment of daze, Akito severed his head.

"I don't believe it... I don't believe it..."

A sense of unwillingness filled the air.

Three demons were thus slain by Akito's blade, but in a cave somewhere, a pair of azure eyes opened, and upon closer inspection, one would find that there were words engraved in those eyes!

Akito saw the system prompt and received an additional 500,000 blade swings, then collapsed onto the ground, gasping for air.

Pain.

Severe pain radiated from his chest, as if his organs were on fire.

"The transformation between the two breathing styles is still too difficult..."

Just then, a volcano on the mountain finally erupted!

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