Demon Slayer: You call paying to get stronger "lightning"?

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Ryosuke focused his gaze, thunder struck again, and his sword technique changed accordingly!

Breath of Thunder·Two Types·Rice Soul!

Five bolts of lightning, enveloped in afterglow, surged forth, instantly shattering the snake demon's blood demon technique and striking her fiercely!

Bang, bang, bang! Snap!

A bloodstain nearly a meter long spread across the snake demon's chest.

The more she fought, the more terrified she became, even experiencing the fear of death. She screamed and coiled her snake tail up in an attempt to withstand the attack!

Ryosuke seized the opportunity, his fighting spirit blazing, and powerful lightning crackled all around him.

Thunder Breathing - Third Form: Gathering Mosquitoes into Thunder!

Blinding lightning struck down, instantly blocking her escape route.

Scales shattered, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the snake's tail was severed by this attack!

The immense pain distorted the snake demon's movements, revealing a huge opening!

Ryosuke instantly moved forward, his hand rising and his knife falling!

The serpent demon's body froze, its head fell to the ground, and the light in its eyes quickly dimmed before turning to ashes.

[Slayed the ultimate evil snake woman, gaining 5 years of lifespan. Current remaining lifespan: 10 years and 253 days.]

Ryosuke shook the blood off the blade and sheathed it.

After honing his fighting spirit, Ryosuke's strength improved significantly.

He can now overpower even the most powerful demons, quickly ending battles without even getting injured.

Although it is not as high as the level of a pillar.

After all, in the original story, the snake demon was killed by Makijuro with a single strike, without even having to use his Blood Demon Art!

The road to becoming stronger is long and arduous...

"that……"

The faint sound pulled Ryosuke back to reality.

He lowered his eyes slightly before looking at the boy he had rescued.

The boy slumped to the ground, staring blankly at everything before him.

Ryosuke recognized him immediately by his attire.

The Serpent Pillar of the Future! Obanai Iguro!

"Hiss-"

Silver Snake spat out a message to Ryosuke.

Obanai immediately stroked its head and anxiously explained, "Its name is Kaburamaru, it, it doesn't mean any harm..."

"Hmm, it must be your partner."

Ryosuke raised his hand, and a small, dark blue figure descended from the sky, landing on Ryosuke's shoulder.

"I have it too."

Ryosuke's words relieved Obanai, who chuckled softly.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came, accompanied by anxious shouts.

"Yasui boy! What's going on! I hear fighting..."

Before he could finish speaking, Makijuro saw the dissipating demon corpse and the terrified boy on the ground, and instantly understood most of what was going on.

"Looks like I'm a step too late!"

Makijuro scanned the traces of the battle, a hint of surprise and admiration flashing in his eyes at Ryosuke's improved strength.

Then, he looked at the boy on the ground, his voice softening considerably.

"Young man, are you alright? Are you hurt? Where are your family?"

Obanai lowered her head, her voice slightly muffled: "N-no family anymore...they're all dead..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to remember something, and suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with a last glimmer of hope.

"But...but I have a cousin, she might still be alive! Please, please take me to her, I want to know if she's safe..."

Ryosuke and Makijuro exchanged a glance.

Makijuro said in a deep voice, "Lead the way, young man, we'll take you there."

Guided by Obanai Iguro, they arrived at the Iguro main residence.

The mansion was magnificent and vast, comparable to the Purgatory family's.

Even before the door was opened, the thick stench of blood emanating from inside was nauseating.

Ryosuke stopped, recalling this scene in his mind.

The Iguro family was a vile clan that amassed wealth through plunder and lived a life of extravagance.

The snake demon was their support and reliance, and also the god they worshipped.

Besides the snake demon foraging for food on its own, the family also gives newborn female infants to her to eat.

The babies that were eaten were called sacrifices.

In the family, Banai is an extremely rare boy, and he was born with heterochromia.

This piqued the snake demon's interest, and he decided to raise the little girl until she was fully grown before eating her.

Little Banai escaped tonight, enraging the snake demon, who then killed fifty members of his tribe in retaliation.

Before Xiaobanai could even step forward, a commotion came from the nearby haystack.

A haggard-looking woman emerged from within.

When she looked at Obanai, her face showed no surprise, but instead, extreme disgust!

"It's...it's you?! You jinx! How come you're still alive?!"

The woman screamed shrilly, her voice piercing: "Why can't you just obediently let that man eat you up!"

"If you get eaten, no one else will die!"

"It's all because you ran away! That's why you angered that person! It's all your fault!"

Her words made no sense, yet they were like the sharpest thorns, piercing Xiaoban's heart.

The boy's thin body trembled, and the color that had just returned to his face vanished completely.

The light in his heterochromatic eyes was completely extinguished, leaving only endless despair and self-loathing. The tadala wrapped around his neck also twisted its body restlessly.

"me……"

Xiaoba's lips trembled, unable to utter a complete sentence.

"What do you mean, you bastard! You damned bastard!"

The woman roared and was about to rush up and hit him.

Ryosuke suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her hand.

The woman was startled by Ryosuke's imposing manner, but then she became even more aggressive in her shouting.

"And who are you?! This is a matter for the Iguro family! It's none of your business, an outsider..."

A loud slap interrupted her shouting!

Ryosuke didn't hold back with his slap, knocking her to the ground, her cheek instantly swelling up.

The woman covered her face, staring at Ryosuke in disbelief.

Ryosuke looked down at her, his eyes filled with contempt and disgust.

“WCNM!”

"You piece of trash! Shut your mouth!"

Chapter 38 A man of courage and righteousness, a demon like Doma

The woman was trembling all over, her finger shaking as she pointed at Ryosuke.

"You, what did you say..."

“WCNM!”

Ryosuke repeated it again.

Fearing she hadn't heard him clearly, Ryosuke spoke louder and more forcefully this time, as if he were possessed by the sorcerer Liu Haizhu.

Not only Obanai, but even Makijuro standing next to him was stunned.

Ryosuke usually appears carefree and lazy, but he is exceptionally serious when training and carrying out missions, and he is humble and polite to his elders and comrades.

He never expected that Ryosuke would utter such vulgar language like a street ruffian.

Ryosuke spat at the woman on the ground.

"Put away your bullshit! If you think being eaten by a ghost is so glorious and justifiable, why are you still clinging to life here?! Why don't you go and let that 'master' you're talking about eat you?!"

"Your Ihei family amasses wealth through robbery and lives a life of extravagance, and you maintain your precarious peace by sacrificing your clansmen. You are rotten to the core!"

"Now that they've survived by sheer luck, instead of reflecting on their sins, they're blaming everything on a victimized child!"

"How can you still have the nerve to live when you're so cowardly and selfish!"

"If I were you, I would have slit my own throat and fed myself to the ghosts long ago! At least that would fit your idiotic logic! Scumbag!"

Ryosuke's words were quick and venomous, leaving the woman speechless, her face turning from red to pale.

Her mouth trembled, and she couldn't utter a single complete sentence in rebuttal.

"you you……"

"What are you!"

Ryosuke drew his sword, his eyes wide with rage: "Get the hell out of here before I completely lose my temper!"