LIMITLESS PATH: TENMA ASCENSION

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--- Chapter 45 ---

Tenma blasted himself to the sky with a ferocious look. He was fearless and roared at countless dangerous arrows made of demonic blood.

"Gin Ou-Kami!"

BOOM!

Under the intense moonlight, a handsome yet cold white wolf made its first appearance.

The wolf howled at the sky and kicked the ground with a thud, swinging its muscular right front leg as the jet-black claw beamed with intense white light.

Tenma grinned, "ERASE EVERYTHING!"

SWOOOOOOOOSH!!

Tenma swung White Night wholeheartedly, and the wolf stretched its claw, erasing every blood arrow on its path.

Then, a strong shockwave followed and destroyed everything within a 15-m radius around Tenma, leaving a deep crater where the baby moth screamed in pain.

Gin Ou-Kami, or "Silver Wolf Godking!" is Tenma's 2nd most burdensome martial art move based on 'extremely' condensed spear intent and precise yet power-focused spear slash.

This move didn't only consume Tenma's Tao but also mental energy (physic power) as the slash itself could through the mind.

The precise breathing required to execute this move is also monstrous as Tenma kept pumping oxygen into his lungs through his whole body.

Yup, you heard that right. Tenma could passively breathe through his skin with the help of Stellar Breathing.

Of course, we can see how powerful it was against a 'huge' quantity of enemies.

As demanding as this move was, Tenma believed his development of Spear Breathing was correct.

It's all thanks to the Limitless Path's Simulator.

Tenma looked down as he quickly descended from the sky.

"How handsome! How strong!" Not far away, a young lady with a flexible katana couldn't help but have her eyes and mouth widen in disbelief.

After all, the 'very' sight of a tall young man shattering a demon's attack with one spear swing is memorable. It would definitely become a core memory for the young lady, leaving a lasting feeling in her untouched maiden's heart.

"It's time!" The young lady hurriedly used her breathing technique and handled the demonic archer, creating a whirlwind that prevented the demon from launching more long-range attacks.

At the same time, Shinobu and others were shocked by Tenma's spear attack. They doubt Hashira from the Demon Slayer Corps could do the same.

"Ni-chan, too bright!" Eri squinted her eyes in helplessness. 

Kanao stared at the rapidly dissipating image of a silver wolf but didn't utter a word about it. She clenched her twin katana hard and sorted her thoughts of something.

Shinobu shouted, "Okay, you two! Start spreading the wine and poison again. We don't have much time left!"

Kanao nodded and flashed from one tree to another, fanning the wisteria flower's poison powder and wine in the air. Eri wasn't slower than Kanao, fully sealing the blood monsters in the area.

"Burn!" Shinobu brushed a handful of storm-proof matches against rough surfaces and threw them at the blood monster.

BOOOM!

A burst of fire enveloped the forest, weakening the blood monsters considerably.

"Now!" Shinobu roared, drawing her blade.

She disappeared from the tree's branch and slaughtered the weakened blood monsters. Kanao and Eri followed behind, slashing the blood monsters into pieces.

Kanao's beautiful face was cold. Her slender hand swung quickly as the twin katana danced, dicing the blood monsters to death. It starts from one to ten in a matter of seconds.

"Oy, oy, oy!" Eri was speechless. She has never seen Kanao this crazy when fighting demons. "Nao-chan, you're crazy!"

"Save some for me!"

Eri also increased her pace, killing two blood monsters directly before vanishing into the shade.

Shinobu left several afterimages as countless blood particles died under her blade. She glanced at Tenma and found he was still clashing with the baby moth.

"Is this a General-level demon? How durable." She said in her heart.

Although Shinobu prided herself on developing a 'strong' poison that could kill commander-level demons, she knew the gap between the former and general-level demons was massive.

At the moment, Shinobu couldn't even dream of touching the general-level demon without getting herself killed.

Unless Shinobu pushed herself to the very limit with Tao and forbidden technique, she didn't think she could fight a General-level demon and more so the lower moons.

Tenma faced the baby moth again. He swung white night and stabbed a few times, leaving some big holes in the demon's body.

Roar!

The baby moth roared, using another Blood Demon Art to condense black whips. However, the demon didn't blindly swing the whips this time and rapidly rotated its body, creating a black storm.

Anything that touched the black storm, whether a tree or rock, was instantly reduced to dust.

Clank!

"Well, I'd be damned." Tenma saw his white night get deflected. "After tasting some pain, you chose to be a turtle. Tsk, what a bratty demon."

"But..."

"You're naive if you think you can protect yourself like this!"

Tenma took a deep breath before lowering white night and lunged to the sky again. "Spear Breathing - 1st Form (Variation): Musou Ichiretsu!"

He looked at the baby moth calmly and thrust down while rotating his body, turning himself into a human drill.

BOOOOOOOOM!!

Black storm and white light clashed fiercely, creating a fiery spark in the air.

ROOOOOAR!

The baby moth roared in anger. It felt the spear tore its body apart and couldn't do anything about it.

After all, the white night was 'literally' crafted from materials that harm demons and infused with destructive spear intent, Fire Tao, and Sunlight energy.

Not to mention, the weight plus momentum is above the limit the demon could handle.

Tenma landed on the baby moth's back and pressed his foot heavily on the churning flesh. "Can't defend that, aren't you?"

"D-DAMNED HUMAN!" A hoarse cry escaped the baby moth's mouth.

Tenma smiled, "Hehe, what about answering some questions before you die."

The baby moth shook its body. Unfortunately, Tenma pinned it heavily to the ground.

ROAR!

"Damn yoU! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU, HUMAN!" It roared at Tenma and tried to attack him with blood particles.

Tenma snorted and stomped the baby moth's head, preventing the latter from using Blood Demon Art. Then, the baby moth becomes quiet, and the black whips vanish.

"Well, you're finally being honest."

"Now my question is..."

"Do you remember your origin? Why did you turn into a demon? And who turned you into one?"

The baby moth was confused by Tenma's question. Suddenly, the demon groaned in intense pain as if its very soul had gotten struck by heaven's punishment.

ARRGHHHHHHHHHH!!!

"As expected, nothing changed." Tenma sighed helplessly.

The origin of Demons in this world is different from the original Demon Slayer World. Yup, you heard that right.

Demons didn't appear because Muzan got sick, and a genius doctor just happened to be able to cure him with Blue Spider Lily, causing him to mutate or get cursed into the first demon.

Tenma looked into this matter through many simulations but couldn't find a 'single' clue. Even killing Muzan and searching for his soul didn't give Tenma a satisfactory answer.

"DIE! DIE! DIE!" The baby moth let out a distorted voice.

THUD!

Tenma glanced down and noticed the blood energy inside the baby moth was raging like boiling water. The skin is getting warmer quickly, causing Tenma to jump away.

He stared at the bloated baby moth and shouted at the girls, "Get away from the forest and duck!"

Shinobu, Kanao, and Eri hurriedly retreated.

However, one girl was busy fighting the demon archer and didn't listen to Tenma's warning.

Tenma noticed this girl's craziness and his mouth twitched, "You gotta be kidding me."

The baby moth was a few moments away from exploding, and Tenma decided to bite the bullet by running all his might toward the girl.

As the crimson light bloomed behind Tenma, he breathed in and rushed all his blood energy into his heart.

"Spear Breathing - 4th Move: Shinkirou (God's Speed Mode)]

BOOOOOOOM!!

Tenma's silhouette accelerated a few inches away from the explosion as he bulldozed any tree before him.

"OY, DODGE!" He shouted at the girl.

"What-!" The girl couldn't react in time before Tenma hugged her and dragged her several meters away.

He tackled her to the ground and used his body as a cover, coating Earth and Metal Tao over his skin and clothes.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

A blazing flame covered a hundred meters of forest, reducing everything within into ruin.

Tenme closed his eyes, enduring the heat and blood energy. Although he had refined his physique to the extreme, taking a heavy blow like this directly still injures him.

It won't kill him or anything.

But his skin would still get torn.

The girl stared at Tenma in disbelief, seeing blood coming from his torn skin and lips.

After the explosion, the girl reached for Tenma's face and worriedly asked, "A-Are you okay?"

"What do you think?" Tenma asked back with a bitter smile.

"Girl, you're so reckless. Fortunately, you met this handsome guy right here."

The girl doesn't know whether she should laugh or cry, "Why are you flirting in this kind of situation?"

Tenma stood up, exposing his muscular figure to the girl, "This is nothing but a scratch."

So, while Tenma looks bloody, there is a manly charm about his current condition.

"I will repay you!" The girl suddenly said, having this firm look on her beautiful face.

Tenma tilted his head, using white night as a support. "Huh?"

The girl puffed her chest and continued, "I, Mitsuri Kanroji, will take care of you until you recover! I SWEAR ON MY LIFE!"

"..." Tenma.

Then, he burst out laughing, "Hahaha~! What a silly girl!"

Unknown to Tenma and Mitsuri, this is the start of a 'wonderful' future.