"Hey!" Byakuya looked at the two Demon Slayers and said, "I remember, cutting off their heads kills demons, right?"
The Demon Slayer with a scar on his forehead paused, then shouted across the stream, "Yes, but please be careful, its body is very tough, and its neck isn't that easy to cut off."
While Byakuya was asking, the spider demon had already stood up again, but instead of charging directly at Byakuya, it began to circle around him.
Byakuya grinned. His father seemed a bit smarter than his brother, but it made sense. After all, he was the father, and his father's strength was the strongest besides Lower Rank Five.
"But..." Byakuya sighed, "someone who excels at close combat being forced into a situation where they can't engage in close combat is already a failure!"
As Byakuya spoke, he reached forward.
A golden barrier rippled out from behind Byakuya, followed by more and more golden barriers appearing.
Gate of Babylon!
Weapons appeared within the ripples and shot towards the spider demon.
Boom, boom, boom!
The flying weapons chased after the spider demon, creating craters on the ground, instantly sending mud and rocks flying.
Byakuya couldn't help but grin. The Gate of Babylon was quite useful, but...
Having seen Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon, Byakuya felt his own was rather embarrassing, not the same thing at all.
However, Byakuya's objective had been achieved.
Byakuya's purpose in firing weapons was to force a position, to lure the spider demon to a location he had already pinpointed.
Then...
Teleportation!
Byakuya's figure suddenly vanished, and when he reappeared, he was right in front of the spider demon.
The next moment, the Nanming Lihuo Sword swept out, aiming for the spider demon's neck.
Clang!
The spider demon reacted quickly, raising its arm immediately, and a crisp metallic clang echoed.
The spider demon blocked the Nanming Lihuo Sword with its arm, but...
Suddenly, the blade of the Nanming Lihuo Sword blazed with light.
The sword body suddenly transformed into a long rainbow, and then...
*Swoosh!*
The sound of flesh tearing rang out, and a large amount of blood splattered from the spider demon's arm. xxs壹贰
"Die!"
Byakuya grunted and exerted more force.
The Nanming Lihuo Sword, transformed into a long rainbow, severed the spider demon's arm and then continued its trajectory, striking the spider demon's neck, and then...
The head flew off!
With a burst of blood, the spider demon's head was severed by Byakuya's sword and sent flying into the sky.
"You have killed the Spider Demon Father of the Spider Demon family, completing Forbidden Zone Mission One (Temporary)."
"This kill can be transferred."
After killing the spider demon, Byakuya wiped the blood from his sword and walked towards the two Demon Slayers.
The Demon Slayer with the scar on his forehead looked very polite, bowed to Byakuya, and then said, "Hello, I am Tanjiro Kamado. Are you also a Demon Slayer? Has support arrived?"
"Me? You can consider me an auxiliary member?" Byakuya chuckled. "Either way, our goals are the same: to kill demons."
Tanjiro Kamado nodded. "Thank you for your assistance..."
"No!" Byakuya quickly stopped him. "I was just passing by and happened to cut that guy down. I didn't know you were here, so it doesn't count as assistance."
He didn't want these two to consider him their savior.
Byakuya actually knew both of them, having memories from his past life.
Tanjiro Kamado's breathing technique was Water Breathing, and the other one wearing a boar mask was Inosuke Hashibira, who used Beast Breathing.
Neither of their breathing techniques was inferior to Zenitsu Agatsuma. Inosuke's Beast Breathing was an improved extension of Wind Breathing, and its rarity was above the five major basic breathing techniques.
As for Tanjiro Kamado, besides Water Breathing, one of the five major basic breathing techniques, he also possessed the Sun Breathing, Hinokami Kagura, and a very rare mixed breathing technique.
However, in many cases, being strong doesn't necessarily mean being good; it requires suitability.
Although Beast Breathing enhances physical attributes, it requires a wild nature, and not everyone can unleash its power.
Tanjiro Kamado's Sun Breathing was very powerful, but as far as Byakuya knew, it was a breathing technique that required completing hidden quests to learn all the forms, which was very troublesome.
As for mixed breathing...
It required knowing two breathing techniques first to use it.
Therefore, the only one that could be used immediately was Water Breathing.
Besides, with random breathing techniques, Byakuya couldn't be sure which one he would get with Tanjiro Kamado. It was safer to steadily acquire Thunder Breathing for himself.
Byakuya didn't give the two a chance to thank him, to avoid any implication of saving them, and immediately said, "Have you seen any other spider demons, especially..."
Byakuya reached out and gestured to a position below his chest.
"A short spider demon, about the height of my chest or lower," Byakuya said. "It should be the youngest child in the spider demon family."
Tanjiro Kamado and Inosuke exchanged glances, and then said, "We saw a female spider demon earlier, on the outskirts of Mt. Natagumo. We haven't seen the short spider demon you mentioned."
After speaking, Tanjiro Kamado thought for a moment.
"We received orders to exterminate demons," Tanjiro Kamado said. "Other Demon Slayer Corps members arrived before us and met with misfortune. Judging by their movement routes, they were likely heading towards the forest at the summit."
Inosuke said dismissively, "Since the Twelve Kizuki has already been killed, the remaining ones won't be anything formidable. Let this great me cut them all down."
Byakuya said, "Who said the one on the ground was a Twelve Kizuki?"
Tanjiro Kamado was surprised. "Wasn't he a Lower Rank demon of the Twelve Kizuki?"
"No," Byakuya said. "The little one I'm talking about is."
As Byakuya spoke, he looked around.
In his past life, Byakuya was chased by a spider demon on Mt. Natagumo, and the ones chasing him were the spider demon's brother and father, which was why Byakuya knew their locations accurately.
As for the other three spider demons, Byakuya had only seen the spider demon's sister, who should be in the eastern mountain hollow area.
However, the spider demon Tanjiro Kamado mentioned was at the mountain entrance, a considerable distance from the hollow, and should be the spider demon's mother.
In that case...
Byakuya calculated in his mind. Starting from the mountain entrance, excluding the areas where he knew the three spider demons were located, the remaining route...
It was naturally the area where the Lower Rank demon resided!
"Thank you!" Having obtained the information he wanted, Byakuya nodded to Tanjiro Kamado and Inosuke and said, "Leave the rest to me."
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