Chapter 167 The Troubled Town

Under the moonlight, the town where candlelight was rarely seen was not completely shrouded in darkness. There was still enough light, allowing the Butterfly Ninja to easily see the full picture of the person who appeared in front of him.

She was just suspended in mid-air, with ribbons wrapped around her body. Her waist-length hair was pure white with green ends, and she had a flower bun on her head. There were pink flower tattoos on the left side of her face and the right side of her forehead. The clothes are also somewhat revealing. She is a woman who is quite beautiful, but her skin is too pale and has crack-like fine lines all over her skin that make her look a little sinister.

The woman looked at the Butterfly Ninja with a smile in her eyes. There was appreciation in it, but also a ferocious aggression. The left eye was engraved with the word "Wind", and the right eye was engraved with the word "Lu", which made the Butterfly Ninja narrow his eyes.

"The Land of Winding..."

The butterfly ninja's hand unconsciously rested on the knife at his waist.

"That's right, I am the Land of the Wind, the Fallen Princess."

Fallen Princess didn't seem to be in a hurry to deal with the Butterfly Ninja. She was just suspended in mid-air, bathed in the moonlight, and smiled at the Butterfly Ninja.

"Are you Zhu? It's been a long time since I've seen a Zhu who looks like this to my liking. I've decided that you will be the eighth Zhu to be eaten by me!"

Fallen Princess' words made the butterfly ninja lower his eyes slightly.

"...I see, have you eaten so many pillars?"

Butterfly Ninja whispered.

"Yeah, I've eaten a lot of pillars. Of course, there are even more pillars that I haven't eaten." Fallen Princess said as if she was showing off something: "Not all pillars are good-looking, and I can only Eat beautiful people, let alone eat ugly things, they are not worth even looking at, so you can feel honored, because you are beautiful."

"Ah la la, may I be honored?"

The butterfly ninja pulled out his sword.

It was a very peculiar Nichirin sword, with a four-leaf blade and a mint green handle. The blade was long and slender, and the tip of the blade had barbs. The two sides of the blade were engraved with "悪鬼" and " The four words "kill" seem more like a thin sword than a knife.

"Do you want to resist?" Fallen Princess seemed to be in a good mood. While admiring the face of Butterfly Ninja, she smiled sarcastically: "It seems that you have never encountered Shangxian. I am no different from the ghosts you have killed before. Likewise, the likes of Xia Xian cannot compare with me. A mere human swordsman, even a pillar, is equally weak and pitiful in front of me, so he should still be eaten by me, right?"

"That's not possible." Butterfly said with a smile: "Although I have never encountered Shangxian, I would like to get along with you friendly if possible, but it will be troublesome if I get eaten."

"Huh? Being friendly?" Fallen Ji was immediately amused and said: "Stop fooling people, little girl, do you think I can't feel your murderous aura with a smile on your face? You clearly want to kill. I can’t believe it!”

The Butterfly Ninja did not refute, but still smiled, looking at Fallen Princess with an unprecedented coldness and murderous intent in his eyes.

"Uh-huh." Fallen Princess suddenly felt unhappy. She tilted her head and looked at Butterfly Ninja condescendingly, saying: "You little girl is really unpleasant. For the sake of your face, I won't treat you as a human being." I’ll bring back the stored food and eat you directly.”

As she spoke, the ribbons floating on Fallen Princess began to move as if they were alive.

The Butterfly Ninja adjusted his breathing and tightened his grip on his Nichirin Sword.

A strange color shimmered on the blade of the knife.

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Not long after Butterfly Ninja and Fallen Princess met, a jade pot emerged from a pot in one corner of the town.

"Whoosh whoosh."

He covered his mouth with his small hand, holding back a smile and talking to himself.

"The killing has begun."

As his voice fell, some unknown movements appeared in every corner of the town.

If you look carefully, you will see that there is a pot in each of these corners.

These pots began to tremble, and then one after another strange aquatic creatures emerged from them.

They have a strong physique like a human warrior, with well-developed muscles on their limbs. Their heights vary, with the tall ones reaching two to three meters, and the low ones reaching nearly two meters. Their heads are replaced by a goldfish head, and there are also There are pots growing one after another, which completely violates human aesthetics and human body structure.

They roared, their hands grew sharp claws, and the moment they emerged from the pot, they immediately launched an attack on all the life breath that appeared around them.

"Bang..."

In the small town, a loud noise suddenly appeared.

"There is, there is a ghost!"

"The ghost appears!"

"Ahhhhh!"

People rushed out of their houses and ran in confusion on the streets.

The alien aquatic creatures rushed towards all the humans, roaring, punching them hard, or grabbing them with sharp claws, hitting several members of the Demon Slayer Corps who came after hearing the news. Fly or cut them open and let them fall one by one in a pool of blood.

"Enemy attack!"

"The ghost is coming!"

"Inform the Demon Slayer Squad quickly! Inform the mansion!"

"Protect residents!"

The swordsmen wearing Demon Slayer uniforms were all shouting and howling as they rushed towards the alien aquatic creatures.

The town fell into complete turmoil and was no longer peaceful.

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"Ahem..."

In the Ubuyashiki family's mansion, Ubuyashiki Yoshiya climbed out of bed regardless of his declining body.

"Yaoya-sama, please don't get excited."

His wife supported him and comforted him, but to no avail.

And at the window of the room, a black crow appeared there and spoke human words.

"The ghost is attacking! The ghost is attacking! The location of the headquarters has been exposed! The town has been exposed!"

There is no doubt that the crow that talks so eloquently is the Demon Slayer's crow.

The crow brought this shocking news, which made Uyashiki Yaoya unable to lie down.

"Tianyin, who is Zhudu still in the town?"

Ubuyashiki Yōya grabbed his wife and asked.

"... Shinobu must be here. Lord Anjuro has just returned not long ago, so both Insect Pillar and Flame Pillar are in the town." His wife Tianyin was silent for a while, and then replied with suppressed emotions: "Lianzhu Gannecta Teramiri and Kasubashi Tokitoru Muichiro left not long ago, and have been wandering around the swordsman village recently. It seems that they are preparing to go to the swordsman village. Iwabashira Beimingyu Xingmei, Mizubashi Tomioka Giyu, and Soundbashi Uzuki Tengen are all in their own In the jurisdiction, Wind Pillar Immortal Kawa Miniya and Snake Pillar Ihei Xiaoba Nei have entered the mountains to practice one after another. The above seven pillars are not here at the moment."

This is undoubtedly a very bad situation.

Seven of the nine pillars are not in the town, which makes the town's power to resist ghosts extremely weak.

But this is daily life in a small town.

Onimbutsuji Mumei thought that there might be many Hashira staying at the Demon Slayer Headquarters, but in fact, there were not many Hashira staying in the town, and sometimes there wasn't even one at all.

Because there are only a few hundred combatants of the Demon Slayer Corps at best, but they need to be distributed throughout the country to hunt ghosts, especially the pillars. Each has its own area of ​​responsibility. The team is already very busy at ordinary times, so it can only be done every six months. You can only see multiple pillars gathered together in a pillar meeting.

What this means is that the Demon Slayer Headquarters is actually not as heavily guarded as others think.

Rather, Uyashiki Yōya has always advocated not arranging too many combat power guards around him. Rather than leaving these combat power around him who may fall at any time and wasting it in vain, it is better to send him out to hunt. Ghosts, that way we can eliminate as many ghosts as possible, protect more people, and bring the Demon Slayer Team closer to their long-cherished wish.

Therefore, although the Demon Slayer Headquarters usually arranges team members to patrol and protect, there are not many pillars left here, only about two or three at most.

At the Demon Slayer Headquarters at this moment, only the Insect Hashira Butterfly Ninja, who was in charge of the Butterfly House, was still there, and the Flame Hashira who had returned from a mission not long ago.

"Ahem!"

Ubuya Shiki Yaoya couldn't help but cough a few times and coughed up blood.

"Yaoya-sama!"

The worry in his wife Tianyin's voice suddenly couldn't be hidden.

Ubuyashiki Yōya stretched out his hand to signal her to calm down, and then said with difficulty: "Let the team members cover the evacuation of ordinary people in the town, and Yin will help guide the evacuation, and follow the prepared route."

The Demon Slayer Corps has encountered many destructive crises so far. The experience of being almost destroyed several times over the past hundreds of years has made them think about what to do if they find a place to stay. How to deal with it.

Thanks to this, the Uyashiki clan prepared many shelters and evacuation routes near the town.

Now, that's when they come in handy.

"Yes, Lord Yoshiya."

Tianyin immediately accepted the order and went down to give the instructions.

"Ahem..."

Ubuya Shiki Yaoya coughed a few more times, and then looked at the full moon outside the courtyard.

"I hope it's not too late..."

The faint sound spread in the moonlit night and disappeared after a while.

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"Da da da!"

Amidst a rush of footsteps, Purgatory Anjuro was fully armed and jumping on the roofs of houses. The wind was blowing under his feet and the fire was surrounding him. He was covered in flames and rushed through the air at extremely fast speeds.

"I didn't expect a ghost to attack the town! We must find the lord first!"

Purgatory Anjuro's goal is very clear, which is to first confirm the safety of Ubuyashiki Yōya and protect him from evacuating.

Although the town is currently being attacked by ghosts, and the screams of the people are still echoing in his ears, Infernal Anjuro wants to protect them, but the safety of his lord is the first priority, and Infernal Anjuro can only press his heart first Impulsively, he chose to believe in the abilities of the team members and rushed to the Ubuyashiki family's mansion.

"...!?"

In a hurry, Purgatory Anjuro suddenly stopped suddenly and turned sharply to the scene he had accidentally caught sight of just now from the corner of his eye.

"Err!"

An old man with horns on his head and a prajna-like face poked his head out of that corner, trembling as he looked at Purgatory Anjuro and howled at the same time.

"No, don't bully me, I just want to ask where Ji Guoyuan is."

For a long time the dog hid in the corner and cried.

In response, Purgatory Anjuro only took one action.

That is, advance.

"Bang!"

The flames burst out, causing Purgatory Anjuro to rush in front of Hantengu like a rocket, and slashed through it with his sword.

"Pfft!"

The next second, Banten Dog's head was chopped off.