Demon Slayer: Tanjiro becomes a ghost, Nezuko becomes a pillar!

Chapter 152 Tentacles

The nightmare's voice echoed like a cold, damp sound, slowly reverberating around the rooftop, which was covered in dark, fleshy blood.

Accompanied by the deafening roar of the Infinite Train speeding through the night, yet seemingly dissolved in the air, no matter how hard one searched, not a trace of Nightmare could be found.

Tanjiro and Inosuke lost sight of their target in an instant, and the two immediately stood back to back to steady themselves, their auras tense to the extreme.

Tanjiro's nose twitched wildly, his sense of smell working at full capacity, but no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't pinpoint the exact location of Enmu.

But at that very moment, something happened that made Tanjiro's heart clench and almost stop beating—

Lying quietly in the center of the car roof, Midouzi's long eyelashes trembled gently as she finally awoke from the nightmare's slumber.

She opened her eyes groggily, her clear eyes still lingering with sleepiness.

At first glance, he saw Tanjiro and Inosuke standing back to back in guard not far away. Just as he was about to open his mouth and call out softly to his brother, his body suddenly sank.

The chunk of flesh beneath her feet seemed to come alive with its own consciousness, suddenly churning violently and instantly opening a hideous, terrifying gash, swallowing her slender calf whole.

Before Mi Douzi could react, a huge and cold force came from below, dragging her head wildly into the depths of her flesh.

"Nee-zu-zi—!!"

Tanjiro's pupils shrank to their maximum size, and a surge of crimson rage and panic instantly rushed to his head. He recklessly charged towards Nezuko's direction.

Before he could even get half a step closer, the surrounding flesh suddenly throbbed, and several incredibly thick, blood-red tentacles burst forth.

It crashed down on Tanjiro like a giant pillar, blocking all his path forward.

"Hinokami Kagura: Waltz!"

At the critical moment, Tanjiro stopped abruptly, and crimson-gold flames erupted around him, rising wildly along his Nichirin Blade.

He slashed fiercely with his sword, the blade enveloped in scorching flames that could incinerate everything, and precisely struck the tentacle that was attacking from the front.

The flames instantly scorched the sticky, foul-smelling flesh, producing a sizzling, ear-piercing sound, and the thick tentacle was cleaved off with a single strike.

Even so, more tentacles continued to attack from behind and sides, densely packed like wildly growing vines, giving Tanjiro no chance to get close to Nezuko and trapping him firmly in place.

"Tanpachiro—behind you!"

Inosuke's anxious and rough roar suddenly came from behind, making the roof of the car tremble slightly.

Tanjiro immediately turned around and saw that Inosuke was surrounded by seven or eight thick tentacles. The tentacles lashed and coiled around him like venomous snakes, and it looked like they were about to bind him tightly and completely restrict his movements.

"Beast Breathing - First Fang - Piercing Shot!"

Instead of retreating, Inosuke advanced, letting out a fierce roar as he thrust forward with both hands and two swords, instantly piercing through the two foremost tentacles with overwhelming force.

The number of tentacles is simply too great, and their regeneration speed is astonishingly fast.

As soon as he broke through a gap, more tentacles swarmed around him again, completely separating the two, leaving neither able to care for the other.

For a moment, Tanjiro and Inosuke were each held back by a tidal wave of fleshy tentacles, and sword flashes and flames exploded continuously on the roof of the vehicle.

Each swing of its blade severed several tentacles, yet it could not withstand the relentless onslaught and was caught in a fierce battle.

The culprit behind all this, Nightmare, is currently hiding deep within the flesh and blood core of the train, enjoying the thrill of this hunt.

He was shirtless, his pale skin covered with bizarre, twisted purplish-black patterns, and his lower body was completely fused with dark flesh, like a deformed monster rooted in the train, inseparable from it.

His eyes were slightly narrowed, and a sickly smile of extreme enjoyment was on his face. He gently raised his hands and moved them slowly as if controlling a puppet.

With each subtle movement, the tentacles on the roof of the vehicle would attack Tanjiro and Inosuke even more violently.

"Struggle, suffer, despair... The more panicked and angry you are, the more delicious the flesh and blood in this train will be."

Nightmare murmured softly, her tone filled with frenzied pleasure and satisfaction, her gaze fixed on the two people struggling on the roof of the car.

Tanjiro cleaved the oncoming tentacles in two with a single slash. Flames burned wildly along the blade, sizzling the surrounding flesh, but still couldn't stop the tentacles' terrifying regeneration rate.

He watched as the beans completely disappeared into the crack in the flesh, his heart feeling as if it were being squeezed tightly by an icy hand.

Anxiety almost overwhelmed his reason, and signs of demonic transformation reappeared faintly.

"Brother, I'm fine. You and Inosuke be careful!"

Just as Tanjiro was about to lose control, Nezuko's clear voice came from beneath his flesh, carrying a firm yet gentle strength.

In the instant before she was completely swallowed up, she keenly realized that her body felt no pain; she was simply being dragged and moved.

But seeing her brother's demonic transformation becoming more and more intense due to his anxiety, with the flames around his body almost out of control, she immediately called out.

He decided to tell his brother not to worry too much about him, while he himself searched for a way out of the predicament below.

As her body continued to sink, Mizuko finally saw her brother's figure gradually calming down, and then she closed her eyes for a moment in relief, letting her flesh and blood drag her down.

After she sank down and regained her footing, what came into view was the interior of the locomotive, which was covered by layers of dark, fleshy chunks. The metal control panel and instrument panel were vaguely visible, but they were all wrapped in viscous flesh and blood.

"Is this...the inside of a locomotive?"

Mizuko reacted quickly, immediately gripping her Nichirin Blade tightly, the blade slightly unsheathed, and her aura instantly became alert.

Just as she was on high alert and looking around, a deafening rumble of thunder suddenly came from the depths of the other carriages. Immediately afterward, an intensely hot aura of fire shot into the sky and swept over the area.

"Hmm? Mr. Rengoku... and Zenitsu?"

Midouzi was slightly taken aback, but instantly recognized the aura.

The fiery and domineering one is Rengoku Kyojuro's Flame Breathing.

And the one imbued with the aura of lightning is Zenitsu Agatsuma's Thunder Breathing.

She suddenly remembered that on the roof of the train, there were no other figures besides herself, her brother, and Inosuke. Kyojuro Rengoku had already jumped off the roof and entered the carriage.

The remaining three Lower Moon demons have also disappeared without a trace.

[Could they all be in the train carriage? Are Mr. Rengoku and Zenitsu fighting the remaining Lower Rank Demons?]

With this in mind, Nezuko no longer hesitated and immediately prepared to head deeper into the carriage, hoping to meet up with Kyojuro and Zenitsu.

But as soon as she took a step, the dark, fleshy chunks around her immediately pressed in frantically, blocking all her way out like a wall.

Just as Mizuko was about to activate Rainbow Breath to sever the flesh, she suddenly...

On those squeezed-in chunks of flesh, countless tiny eyes appeared one after another.

Within each pupil, the character "一" (one) representing the Lower Moon is clearly etched, densely packed, sending chills down one's spine.

The instant Midouzi met those eyes, an irresistible, intense drowsiness washed over her, overwhelming her senses like a tidal wave, more intense and direct than the previous hypnosis.

"Here we go again..."