Kurozawa Exposed, Three Upper Moons
"No matter what, you two are Upper Moons. You got beaten up and just ran home to complain? Don't you have any dignity?" Kurozawa was a bit annoyed. He was so close to killing the twin demons, and the fact that the fight was for nothing was frustrating.
Now, the appearance of this pair with Doma was even more unexpected for Kurozawa.
At this moment, Kurozawa understood why the world's will had targeted him. However, there hadn't been any major incidents on the way to Lotus Town. The appearance of Daki and Gyutaro was the biggest surprise of this trip.
For Kurozawa, one Doma was manageable, but three Upper Moons... that was beyond the scope of what he and Kanae could handle.
Unless... Kurozawa subtly glanced around at the surrounding crowd, his eyes gradually becoming dangerous.
"Gyutaro's senses are excellent. He should have detected Kanae's presence by now!"
"Through Kanae, he might also guess that I'm hidden nearby."
The same trick doesn't work on everyone. Kurozawa's presence was definitely exposed. The other side would be on guard against him, and the situation instantly turned bad.
With a light sigh, Kurozawa's gaze turned towards the Prayer Plaza. Kanae stood in the crowd, looking at the giant ice sculpture. She clearly saw that it was a product of a Blood Demon Art. Now, without Kurozawa needing to tell her, Kanae was completely certain that the Cult Leader of the Eternal Paradise Cult was a Demon.
Since she had been paying attention to Kurozawa's movements, upon seeing his gaze, Kanae shifted her sight and looked at Kurozawa.
Kurozawa opened his mouth, about to call Kanae back.
But at this moment, Kurozawa felt the surrounding air temperature suddenly drop. A faint chill enveloped the entire Prayer Plaza.
Beside Kurozawa, gasps of surprise were heard.
"Look, look, the Cult Leader has appeared!"
"The Sacred Selection has begun, the Divine Ice Lotus!"
"Please, Cult Leader, save us from suffering! Flesh is weak, Ascend to Eternal Paradise!"
"..."
Kurozawa looked up, his pupils contracting sharply.
Too late... In the sky above, a figure was slowly descending. Rainbow pupils, white-oak hair, and naturally pure eyes. Along with Doma came a sky full of snowflakes and ice crystals. Even the originally hot summer air began to turn cold because of the falling snow.
Kurozawa reached out a hand and caught a rhombus-shaped snowflake. As the snowflake touched his palm, it quickly turned into ice water, and then the ice water also disappeared.
In addition, seven fist-sized, translucent white ice lotuses spiraled down from the sky, landing precisely in the hands of some women in the crowd below.
And Kanae was among them.
She looked at Kurozawa in astonishment, holding a translucent ice lotus in her hand. She hadn't expected this so-called Sacred Selection to come so quickly, and the outcome to be decided so fast.
Kanae raised her head and also saw Doma himself, gracefully descending, standing on an ice lotus the size of a washbasin.
What made Kanae feel uneasy was that Doma was watching her, a subtly sickeningly gentle smile playing on his lips.
At the same time, Kurozawa sensed the Fighting Spirit belonging to Daki and Gyutaro. They were moving constantly on the periphery, their positions changing back and forth, likely searching for Kurozawa's whereabouts.
"This is really bad now..."
Kurozawa sighed softly, signaling Kanae with his eyes to be careful, then turned and disappeared into the crowd.
Now, Gyutaro and the others must have guessed that he might be lurking in the dark, but they probably only thought it was a possibility. It would take some time to confirm.
"They've also mixed into the crowd. Do they want to find my location?"
Kurozawa lowered his head, his body slightly hunched. Otherwise, with his height and physique, he would be too conspicuous and would be quickly discovered.
"Maybe I can quietly approach them first and take care of one of them."
Acting on his thought, Kurozawa slowly moved towards the location of Daki's Fighting Spirit. In this situation, going after Daki, the softer target, was the best choice.
On the other side, Doma had landed and was less than two meters away from Kanae, smiling sweetly at her, his eyes like he was looking at some rare treasure.
Whoosh! One by one, upon seeing Doma's true form, the believers knelt down, spreading like waves through a field of wheat.
The dense crowd quickly prostrated themselves on the ground, chanting some of the Eternal Paradise Cult's heretical doctrines with fanaticism.
In less than ten seconds, only Kurozawa was left standing alone.
He hadn't expected this to happen; his plan for a sneak attack was completely ruined.
Meanwhile, below Kurozawa, someone looked up and glared at him angrily: "Kneel! Standing in front of the Cult Leader is a great disrespect! Hurry and kneel!"
Kurozawa couldn't be bothered to respond. He slowly straightened his body, looking at Daki about fifty meters away. About ten meters to Daki's right was Gyutaro. They were also guarding against Kurozawa's sneak attack.
At this distance, no matter who Kurozawa attacked first, they could support each other.
Before either side could speak, Doma, located in the Prayer Plaza not far from Kanae, suddenly ordered the believers: "My followers, stand up! That tall man with black hair and black eyes is an enemy of the divine cult, a vicious Demon from hell, wearing human skin."
"As people of the divine cult, you should slay Demons to purify the world. Demons are powerful, but you do not need to fear death. Those who can harm him will Ascend to Eternal Paradise after death." Doma emphasized the word "Demon."
Demon Slayer Corps Swordsmen generally do not attack ordinary people. Doma believed that these dense, numerous believers could interfere with Kurozawa's actions and judgment. Coupled with Gyutaro and Daki, they would be enough to subdue him.
And he himself would have a good talk with the woman in front of him who possessed the ultimate mystery of Breathing Techniques.
"Long time no see. I told you, the next time we meet, it will be your death!"
On the other side, Daki's beautiful face bore a fierce smile. She tilted her head, displaying her signature contemptuous gesture.
Gyutaro remained silent, his senses focused, vigilantly watching Kurozawa.
At this moment, hearing Doma's command, the believers who had been kneeling prostrate all turned to look at Kurozawa, and then one after another, they stood up, their eyes full of excitement.
The person closest to Kurozawa didn't stand up. He placed his hands on Kurozawa's calves, opened his mouth, and viciously bit down.
Kurozawa noticed the man's actions. He could have dodged, but he remained rooted to the spot.
With his constitution, even if a normal person attacked him with swords or knives, they would at most leave a white mark. No matter how many of these cult members there were, they posed less of a threat to Kurozawa than a swarm of ants.
One should know that even a Lower Moon Demon's constitution was difficult for average low-level Swordsmen to injure with a Nichirin Blade, let alone ordinary people.
When strength reaches a certain level, numbers become meaningless. To interfere in a fight at Kurozawa's level, one would need at least the combat power of a Rank Kou Swordsman; everyone else was just trying to stop a cart with a praying mantis's arms.
Doma's command was merely for these people to distract Kurozawa, to tie his hands and feet. He thought Kurozawa might be caught in a dilemma facing such a situation.
Crack! The normal person's teeth bit down on Kurozawa's skin, completely unable to harm him in the slightest. Perhaps only a few strands of his body hair were slightly bent as a result.
The man felt as though he had bitten a rock, and a sharp pain shot through his teeth.
But he wasn't shaken by the intense pain; instead, he opened his mouth and shouted with fanatical excitement, "I injured him! I injured him! Hahaha!"
"Ascend to Eternal Paradise! Flesh and blood are weak, ascend to Eternal Paradise! I'm going to ascend to Eternal Paradise!"
Stimulated by the man's words, the eyes of the other members of the Eternal Paradise Cult turned red, and their breathing suddenly became heavy.
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