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In the midst of this increasingly fierce and terrifying battle, Chen Anxia realized that something was wrong.
Chen Anxia knew that Muzan Kibutsuji was absolutely aware that he was deliberately making the battle a stalemate and a protracted struggle.
But for some unknown reason, Muzan Kibutsuji was very cooperative with him, or rather, this stalemate and tug-of-war was very much in line with Muzan Kibutsuji's wishes.
Realizing something was wrong, Chen Anxia seemed to have thought of something and suddenly turned her gaze to the Taotie that she had ignored.
In Chen Anxia's view, the Taotie that had devoured the Twelve Ghost Moons had completely lost its human form and was no longer a mountain of flesh, but rather the form of an unknown monster.
Even Chen Anxia couldn't help but feel fear upon seeing this unknown monster, as if the monster itself was formed from fear.
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Chapter 554 The Returning Heroic Spirit, the Unformed Beast of Original Sin!?
My mind trembled.
Chen Anxia couldn't understand why such a monster would appear in the world of "Demon Slayer".
To be honest, this monster, which seemed to be formed from fear, instilled in Chen Anxia a sense of fear, oppression, and crisis that surpassed even that of Muzan Kibutsuji.
Even though this monster was Muzan Kibutsuji's creation, Chen Anxia felt it was even more terrifying than Muzan Kibutsuji.
Most importantly, this monster is still evolving and has not yet reached its final form.
This was also the main reason why Chen Anxia was so shaken.
Even before it was fully formed, it already gave Chen Anxia a sense of terror that surpassed that of Muzan Kibutsuji. Once it was fully formed, just how terrifying would it be?
Chen Anxia couldn't imagine it, nor did she want to think about it.
Chen Anxia now only knows that he must kill this monster before it fully takes shape, and he must not give it the chance to do so.
Having made up his mind, Chen Anxia instantly entered the true state of perfect perfection before Muzan Kibutsuji could react.
After entering the ultimate state of perfect perfection, Chen Anxia stopped engaging in a stalemate with Muzan Kibutsuji and instead flashed directly toward Taotie.
Because Muzan Kibutsuji didn't know that Chen Anxia possessed the true limit of the Perfect Armor, nor did he know how strong the amplification of the true limit of the Perfect Armor was.
Therefore, Muzan Kibutsuji had no time to react to Chen Anxia's sudden outburst.
By the time Muzan Kibutsuji reacted, Chen Anxia had already flashed in front of Taotie and slashed horizontally at Taotie, whose consciousness was in a state of confusion.
Upon seeing this, Muzan Kibutsuji flew into a rage and roared, "Stop!"
As they were speaking, Muzan Kibutsuji unleashed his maximum speed and charged fiercely toward Chen Anxia, his seventeen whips launching their strongest attack on Chen Anxia in the first instant.
The nine pillars and Tanjiro Kamado, who were watching the battle from outside the battlefield, had no time to react; their minds were still focused on the stalemate between Chen Anxia and Muzan Kibutsuji.
It wasn't until Muzan Kibutsuji shouted that they realized Chen Anxia and Muzan Kibutsuji had somehow broken free from their stalemate and were now fighting on the Taotie.
Tanjiro and Nezuko Kamado were relatively unaffected by this, as they had already struggled to capture the scene of Chen Anxia fighting Muzan Kibutsuji.
But the Nine Pillars were different. After witnessing this scene, they couldn't help but exchange glances, and they all saw horror in each other's eyes.
You know, they all have access to a completely transparent world.
Even so, they still failed to witness the shift in the course of the battle.
They were perfectly aware of what this meant.
At the same time, they were also puzzled as to why the battle situation had suddenly changed.
Their confusion vanished the moment they saw the unformed Taotie.
Like Chen Anxia, they were also terrified of the Taotie's current unknown monstrous form.
They could hardly imagine how such a terrifying monster could exist in this world.
Of course, they could also sense that the fear emanating from the Taotie was growing stronger, which meant that the Taotie's evolution was still ongoing.
This fact also explains why the battle situation suddenly changed.
Clearly, Chen Anxia would not allow Taotie to fully take shape.
Not only Chen Anxia, but they also wouldn't allow Taotie to fully take shape.
A voice in their hearts told them that once the Taotie was fully formed, not only they, but the entire island nation, and even the entire world's humanity, would be destroyed.
Meanwhile, in the future timeline, within Chaldea.
When Roman observed the unevolved Taotie, his expression froze for a moment.
Roman suddenly seemed to realize something, his expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in shock, "This is actually an unformed beast!?"
As he spoke, Roman couldn't help but pace back and forth anxiously, muttering to himself, "What is the reason behind this unformed beast? And why is it here in this singularity?"
"Could it be that the manifestation of truth appeared because of this unformed beast?"
"Damn it, could it be that Ritsuka and the others didn't enter the correct singularity, but instead entered a subspecies singularity? Is this also the work of this unformed beast?"
The woman who was always with Roman was Leonardo da Vinci, a guardian spirit summoned by Chaldea.
As for her gender, well...
Because Leonardo da Vinci was a heroic spirit, she knew a lot of information that humans did not know.
Just as Leonardo da Vinci would know about the beast that Roman is talking about now.
The beast, even the beast of original sin, is usually referred to as 'human evil,' a great calamity rejected by human history, and a collective term for the seven calamities that harm humanity.
Human evil refers to various disasters that threaten human history and destroy humanity.
They were born from human civilization and grew stronger with human development, yet they destroyed civilization from within, existing like cancer cells.
However, while human evil is indeed evil, it can never be eradicated.
Because as long as humanity exists, human evil will arise.
For humanity to continue its history, it must overcome human evil and even defeat the original sin beast that gave rise to human evil.
Of course, defeating the Beast of Original Sin is clearly no easy task.
Because the beasts of original sin usually possess extremely terrifying power and abilities, they can rival, or even surpass, the legendary gods.
Some of the original sin beasts even possess the personhood of gods and are gods themselves.
For example, Tiamat, one of the seven evils of mankind and the beast who possesses the principle of return, is herself one of the creator gods in Mesopotamian mythology.
This gives an idea of how terrifying Tiamat was.
The original beasts that appeared in the third singularity, although not yet fully formed, were already beyond the capabilities of humans, even those humans with extraordinary power.
Thinking about it, Leonardo da Vinci couldn't help but look at the history of the singularity and then at Chen Anxia.
Leonardo da Vinci knew very well that in this singularity, humanity could only rely on this embodiment of truth.
As for Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash, who were sent by Chaldea to restore human order, they have already entered the subspecies singularity and are unable to enter the third singularity.
But can this embodiment of truth truly prevent the formation of the Beast of Original Sin, or even slay it?
It's important to know that the Beasts of the Beastic Origin possess resistance to fate and death, making them immune to attacks from causal weapons like the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
Leonardo da Vinci didn't know, and neither did Roman.
Within the third singularity, yet another unknown mutation has occurred.
A figure emerged from the void, gazing upon this familiar yet strange world, and murmured, "I'm back..."
As he spoke, the figure fixed his gaze on a certain spot, his expression resolute, and continued, "Teacher, I have arrived. This time, I will fight alongside you as a heroic spirit..."
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Chapter 555 The Lonely Path, the Unseen Line of Death!
Despite Muzan Kibutsuji's best efforts to stop it, it was too late.
Under Muzan Kibutsuji's horrified and furious gaze, Chen Anxia aimed at Taotie and unleashed the Sun Breathing - Thirteenth Form.
Sun Breathing - Thirteenth Form is the ultimate technique of Sun Breathing and the strongest move against demons.
The principle is to continuously release from the first form of the Sun Breathing Technique to the twelfth form, forming a cycle that continues indefinitely.
In the eyes of the Nine Pillars and Tanjiro Kamado, Chen Anxia seemed to transform into the sun in the night, his body radiating scorching heat, constantly melting away the unknown monster that seemed to be formed from fear.
"Ee! Ya! Ya! Ya!..."
Extremely strange and chilling screams kept emanating from the mouth of the unknown monster.
Moreover, the sound waves generated by the strange cry seemed to materialize, forming transparent ripples in the void that radiated outwards, quickly affecting the Nine Pillars, Tanjiro Kamado, and the others.
The moment they were caught in the blast, the expressions of the nine pillars, Tanjiro Kamado, and the others turned pale, and they involuntarily covered their ears tightly with their hands.
To them, the sound waves emanating from that unknown monster were like the sound of morning bells and evening drums striking directly in their ears, causing their eardrums to rupture, their heads to spin, and their eyes to ache unbearably.
But they all tried their best to restrain themselves, not making a sound, and stared intently at Chen Anxia.
They wanted to see Chen Anxia kill the unknown monster with their own eyes.
Under Chen Anxia's slashes, the unknown monster kept emitting shrill and chilling cries.
Chen Anxia knew that the strange cry was actually the instinctive reaction of the unknown monster after feeling pain.
It was only because the unknown monster's consciousness was in a state of ignorance that it could only instinctively scream and did not attack Chen Anxia.
However, Chen Anxia felt no joy at all; instead, his mind grew increasingly heavy.
Only three seconds had passed since Chen Anxia feinted an attack, then unexpectedly switched targets with Muzan Kibutsuji.
In those 3 seconds, Chen Anxia took 1 second to arrive in front of the evolving Taotie, and in the next 2 seconds, he unleashed the fourth Sun Breath - Thirteenth Form.
Chen Anxia aimed at the neck of the unknown monster during all four instances of Sun Breathing, Thirteenth Form, and successfully severed its neck each time.
But Chen Anxia still failed to kill the unknown monster.
This also means that this unknown monster has broken through the limits of demons and is no longer afraid of the weakness of having its head cut off by the Nichirin Blade.
Moreover, within those two seconds, Chen Anxia was also trying his best to find the threads on the unknown monster.
Previously, during his battle with Kokushibo, Chen Anxia had seen the lines on Kokushibo's body using the Eye of Analysis (incomplete).
Although Chen Anxia didn't know what the line she was seeing was.
However, Chen Anxia's intuition told him that the line he saw was the line of death, and that as long as he cut the line of death, he could directly kill Heishibo.