"choke----!"
From the crimson tip of the gun, rapidly surging red magic power surged out, causing the blood-colored light to suddenly increase, transforming into a flash of red lightning that pierced through the space, like a randomly flashing electric light, flashing back and forth a few times, and then violently shot towards the direction of Shuten Douji.
"Boom-thump-thump-"
That's the sound of a heartbeat.
A very strong heartbeat.
At the moment when Shirou Emiya threw out the spear in his hand, the earth began to tremble, and the lives of tens of thousands of evil spirits began to disappear, turning into magic power and pouring into a magic circle.
“BOOM—!!!!”
The earth began to crack, the space began to distort, and an extremely terrifying aura was born from the front.
It was a huge, columnar monster that towered into the clouds, emitting a dark aura all over its body.
A solid shell that looks like it's made of golden rock.
There are eyes full of ferocity and malice scattered on the shell.
It exudes a creepy atmosphere all the time, as if it had just emerged from hell.
It looked like a ghost from hell, or like black smoke that could disperse at any time. It could be called a giant monster.
“—Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—”
Just like a newborn baby, the huge monster let out a cry that ordinary people could not bear.
"Alive!"
"Alive!"
"I don't want to die!"
“I don’t want to die!!!”
"I am the sixty-third pillar [Antoshi]!!!"
Bathed in that terrifying cry, Shirou Emiya's eyes changed drastically. Such power was not at the servant level at all.
The Death-Piercing Spear that was shot towards Shuten-Doji was embedded in its body, and Shirou Emiya instantly lost contact with the treasure.
“Did he escape?!”
Looking at the monster in front of him, Shuten-doji, who was originally behind it, had disappeared. Needless to say, he took advantage of the chaos just now to leave this place.
But just as Shuten-douji said, her purpose was to lure him here. Regardless of whether he killed her or not, this monster would be summoned out.
However, he had no time to think about Shuten-doji who had already escaped.
"Zheng——!"
The next second, the eye-like thing above the golden columnar monster in front suddenly emitted a dazzling golden light.
A terrifying magical force was gathering in front of it.
"Rho Aias!!!"
Shields shaped like cherry blossoms suddenly appeared in front of Emiya Shirou.
The terrifying magic power emerging from the front of the huge columnar monster turned into a huge beam of light like a meteor, cutting through the sky and shooting mercilessly at Shirou Emiya who was like an ant below.
The next second, the solidity between heaven and earth was suddenly broken, and the surrounding space began to wriggle rapidly at this moment, shaking up circles of ripples that swept across the entire surrounding space.
"Buzz buzz--!"
As the ripples swept through the space, the space began to violently shake like a lake and began to twist.
"Crack————!"
With half of its volume being exploited, the space itself was cracking apart with a creepy sound.
A huge beam of light rubbed against the air, shaking the heaven and earth, and slammed into that space head-on.
"Boom————!"
It was as if meteorites in the universe collided with each other, and a deafening sound shook the earth.
"Crack————!"
On the ground, huge cracks spread rapidly like a spider web.
"boom----!"
The trees fell down one by one in the loud sound waves.
The explosion, like thunder from the sky, almost shook the entire forest.
At this moment, in the center of the attack, on a piece of spider web-like shattered ground, the space seemed to have turned into a churning crater, constantly stirring up thick flames, turning into fire waves, and spreading in an arc shape.
And in the wave of fire, Shirou Emiya raised his hand, and in front of him was a cherry blossom shield that was almost shattered.
His left arm was already stained with blood, with drops falling onto the ground.
Chapter 874: Bloody Battle
At the same time, outside the silent town covered by wisteria trees, dense black shadows kept emerging from the extremely dark forest. They were incalculable numbers of evil spirits.
Leading the group are Ibaraki Douji, Kibutsuji Muzan and Tsugukoku Yoriichi.
Among the three, the girl known as the "leader of the Oeyama demons" was staring at the sword in her hand, as if she was thinking about something.
Muzan Kibutsuji, the leader of the entire group of demons, had surging blood and energy all over his body and stared intently at the front.
As for the strongest among the three, and the person that Muzan Kibutsuji fears the most - Yoriichi Tsugakuni, he just stood there quietly with even breathing.
"You use this method to force us out. It seems that you are ready to die!"
Muzan Kibutsuji's expression was full of disdain. He had never taken those people from the Demon Slayer Corps seriously. In his opinion, their strength was too weak.
The only two people he was worried about now were Minamoto no Raikou and Emiya Shirou.
"I wonder what's going on with Shuten."
Ibaraki Douji spoke with some concern.
But now is not the time for Ibaraki Douji to continue worrying.
It took quite a while to rush over from dozens of kilometers away and to summon such a large number of evil spirits.
In just a few hours, dawn will arrive.
“Burn it—!”
Terrifying magical power surged from Ibaraki Douji's body, and red flames instantly burst out from his body, turning into a tsunami and rushing forward.
In just a moment, the wisteria tree in front turned into a sea of fire.
"Kill all humans--!!!"
“OO ...
As a word was shouted out from the group of evil spirits, countless evil spirits suddenly became extremely excited and rushed towards the sea of wisteria trees that were engulfed by flames like a tide.
The roar was endless, and the echoes vibrated in the sky.
In essence, these evil spirits are just a mob, with no clear team organization and no unified training.
The only thing that enabled him to suppress the human army was his body that was superior to that of an ordinary person and his strange blood magic.
"Here they come, the evil spirits are pouring in!!!"
The evil spirits' attack was unconcealed; they advanced forward in the most violent manner.
"Feel the wisdom of mankind! You bastards!!!!"
As soon as the words fell, the ground began to sink, and countless traps and mechanisms were activated at this moment.
Flame, sulfuric acid, steel thorns, iron stakes, and wisteria poison.
Blood splattered and roars were heard everywhere.
Most of the evil spirits rushing in the front were either trapped in traps and unable to move, or were poisoned to death on the spot by the wisteria flower poison carried by the traps.
For a moment, the speed of rushing forward began to drop sharply.
"Shoot! Don't show any mercy to these bastards! Shoot!!! For our future!! And for the future of mankind!!!!"
“Bang bang bang bang bang——!”
The bullets carried a strong smell of gunpowder and made an ear-piercing sound in the air. They penetrated the air at the fastest speed and poured down in front of them like a rainstorm.
"Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!"
Amid the sound of flesh being pierced, one evil ghost after another was pierced by bullets, turning into ashes and dissipating in the air.
"Ah ah ah ah ah----!"
At this moment, countless screams instantly flooded the entire street, and countless evil spirits died one after another.
But the number of evil spirits was too large. In just a few minutes, those evil spirits had broken through the trap area and came in front of them.
"They are just some creatures that are worse than beasts. Let's go and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor behind!!!!"
The silver sword reflected a red light under the illumination of the flames, and the scorching breath stirred the emotions of everyone present.
Yes, there is no way out now. There is only one way for them, and that is victory!!
“DRAW THE SWORD!!!!!!”
"kill!!!!!!!!"
It was a roar full of determination, it was the will to risk everything, and the crisp sound of swords continued to ring out on the battlefield.
"Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
In an instant, countless explosions and flames appeared in the town, causing countless screams and wails.
Death, it seems, is no longer that important at this moment.
Countless people, armed with guns and swords, charged straight at the evil spirits without any fear in their eyes.
Blood dyed the earth red and thick smoke covered the sky.
"Why!? Why can those bullets kill us as long as they hit us!!!"
"What kind of knife is that? Why would anyone who gets chopped by it die!!!"
"My hand! My hand! Why isn't it regenerating!!!"
"Are those Nichirin swords? Wasn't it said that the swordsmith village had been destroyed a long time ago?"
"No!"
"what!"
The evil spirits on the front line who had been responsible for invading the town did report back that the enemy army had several weapons that could cause fatal damage to them.
It’s just like Muzan Kibutsuji has always, and even until now, looked down on the Demon Slayer Corps, thinking that they are just a group of ants who don’t recognize their own strength and want to resist.
These evil spirits possess the same arrogance as Muzan Kibutsuji and never take such information to heart.
It was not until I actually encountered it, until I was about to die, that I realized how ridiculous my thoughts were.
only------
"Are you scared by such a weak power? No wonder you can only become the lowest level cannon fodder! No wonder you will never be able to become an upper rank!"
“It’s really trash!!!”
Among the evil spirits, some very unique beings looked at those who were fighting desperately with disdain.
These evil spirits all have a very consistent feature, that is, the words "Upper String" are written on their right eyes.
"Your end will be to become our meal!!!"
As soon as the words fell, these beings with the words "Upper Rank" written on their right eyes appeared in the crowd in an instant.
"die!!!!"
The moment their words fell, all kinds of blood ghost magic bloomed among the crowd. In less than a blink of an eye, those warriors who had risked everything to resist the evil ghosts' attack were all transformed into lifeless corpses.
The human side, which had finally gained a certain advantage, gradually began to reverse the situation after these beings joined the battlefield.
