"You... you bastards!" Nightmare stopped.
The train had already slowed down, and not only that, its tail was rapidly rolling off the tracks, intending to use the powerful impact to kill them.
Because, after there were no more passengers on the train, Flame Pillar and Uchiha Nagi's group began to quickly search for its neck, running towards the front of the train, which was where its neck was located...
"You... you all deserve to die! Blood Demon Art: Forced Coma — Hypnotic Whispers."
Instantly, countless eyes sprouted all over the train's body, and each eye began to emit a powerful genjutsu.
However, even though Flame Pillar Kyojuro Rengoku fell victim, several people continued to charge forward unaffected.
One was Zenitsu, snoring with his eyes closed; another was Inosuke, wearing a boar's head mask; and the last was Uchiha Nagi, who had activated his Mangekyo.
"How is this possible? Why, why are you all unaffected?" Nightmare looked at the few people in horror, as well as Tanjiro and Kyojuro Rengoku; even if they fell into the dream world, they would shake themselves awake almost immediately.
"No, it's not that they're unaffected, it's that..."
Nightmare understood. Tanjiro and Kyojuro Rengoku, upon entering the dream world, immediately committed suicide to return to the real world.
"If that's the case, then I'll use a more powerful technique."
"Blood Demon Art: Forced Coma — Dream Eye!"
A more powerful genjutsu arrived. This time, it was still the same; after a brief coma, everyone immediately woke up.
At this moment, the train began to break apart from the front, with carriages splitting off one by one to obstruct Uchiha Nagi and his companions' advance. The front of the train began to accelerate, while the tail was disregarded.
"Cutting off its tail to survive, it's trying to escape." Uchiha Nagi narrowed his eyes.
"Tanjiro, Rengoku-sensei, I'll send you over —"
Tanjiro and Flame Pillar Kyojuro Rengoku nodded.
"Okay." + 2
Immediately, two giant bone hands appeared; it was Susanoo, which grasped Flame Pillar Kyojuro Rengoku and threw Tanjiro over.
"Hinokami Kagura, Second Form ~ Blue Heaven!"
"Flame Breathing, Second Form ~ Rising Scorching Sun!"
Two powerful flaming sword slashes flashed from the sky, reaching the connecting point of the train's front. The Lower Rank One, Nightmare, who was attempting to escape, had its neck completely severed by the nichirin blade.
A violent scream and shaking erupted immediately, and all the carriages rolled off the tracks. Several people quickly jumped off the train.
"Finally, he's dealt with ~" Uchiha Nagi also let out a sigh of relief. The opponent's genjutsu was so powerful that even the Mangekyo found it difficult to resist.
It made sense; to be able to plunge hundreds of people, including someone of Flame Pillar's caliber, into a dream, Itachi couldn't even achieve that by overusing his Tsukuyomi until he went blind.
"Hey, hey, Saburo Tanjiro, snap out of it, are you okay ~" Xiao Zhuzhu Inosuke's voice came from the side.
Uchiha Nagi looked over. Tanjiro had been stabbed in the stomach by the train conductor, who was clearly irredeemably brainwashed by Nightmare.
When Tanjiro cut off Nightmare's neck, he saved the conductor, but the conductor, instead, blamed Tanjiro for killing Nightmare and ruining his sweet dreams, directly stabbing Tanjiro...
Just as Uchiha Nagi was about to give that train conductor a taste of his own medicine, Tanjiro struggled to speak, "Wait, Nagi-aniki (Nagi, older brother), don't kill him. He's just an ordinary person misled by Nightmare; he's innocent..."
Uchiha Nagi smiled. "Whatever you say. If you don't blame him, what can I say?"
Uchiha Nagi didn't insist. After all, it wasn't him who got stabbed.
At this moment, Kyojuro Rengoku walked over and examined Tanjiro's injury.
"It seems you can now perform the 'Constant' breathing of Total Concentration. Well done." Kyojuro Rengoku smiled.
"'Constant' is the first step towards becoming a Pillar, though there are still ten thousand more steps after that."
"Concentrate, extend your control to every corner of your body, control your blood vessels, those ruptured blood vessels ~"
Kyojuro Rengoku began to guide him, pressing his finger between Tanjiro's eyebrows. "Concentrate ~ then stop the bleeding."
A miraculous scene unfolded. Tanjiro, who had been bleeding, had his abdominal wound heal by itself, without Uchiha Nagi needing to help with treatment.
"Hoo... hoo... I succeeded... Thank you, Rengoku-sensei." Tanjiro gasped for air.
"By mastering the Breathing Technique to its fullest, you can achieve all sorts of things. It's truly wonderful that everyone is safe Hahahahaha ~" Kyojuro Rengoku stood up, laughing heartily.
"It's a bit early to say that..." Uchiha Nagi said.
"Hmm!?" Kyojuro Rengoku was puzzled when he suddenly felt something was wrong.
He didn't know when, but a well-built, perfectly muscled redhead was smiling and half-crouching nearby, watching them.
What was even more chilling was the kanji in the opponent's eyes.
"Upper Rank Three."
"Such a powerful scent is... a new enemy? Hiss, it hurts so much, damn it!!" Tanjiro tried to get up but accidentally touched his wound, his face turning pale from the pain.
Strong... very strong... Boom!
A loud bang, and an explosion erupted from the spot. It was because he had stomped his foot on the ground, then swiftly attacked Tanjiro.
A heavy punch, aimed directly at Tanjiro's head, descended with extreme speed and power.
"Can't keep up."
Uchiha Nagi took one look and knew he couldn't match the opponent's speed, just like Sasuke fighting the Raikage. Against someone who has elevated their physical combat to its peak, with maxed-out speed and strength, the Mangekyo is also helpless.
Although his Mangekyo vision could keep up with the opponent's speed, his own physical body hadn't been tempered to that intensity, so his speed and strength simply couldn't match the opponent's.
However, he could predict. Yet, there was one person who could keep up, and that was the Flame Pillar beside him.
"Flame Breathing, Second Form, Rising Scorching Sun."
A blade of fire flashed, aiming directly at the hand that was about to strike Tanjiro.
And Uchiha Nagi would not sit idly by; he had already used his Breathing Technique before the opponent arrived.
"Water Breathing, Second Form, Water Wheel."
Water Wheel involved rotating his body vertically in a circle to slash at the opponent's neck, perfectly complementing Flame Pillar's Flame Breathing, Second Form. One was saving someone, the other was killing.
Boom!!
After a cloud of smoke, Upper Rank Three successfully jumped back to his original position, smiling as he looked at the two in front of him.
One hand had been sliced in half through the middle of the fist by Flame Pillar, but it wasn't completely severed. The other hand had its fist cut off by Uchiha Nagi, and at the same time, there was a shallow bloodstain on his neck.
Just as Uchiha Nagi slashed at his neck, the opponent extended a fist to block it. The Second Form Water Wheel cut off his fist, but when it reached his neck, it was blocked by incredibly tough, steel-like skin, leaving only a shallow wound.
"I am Upper Rank Three, Akaza."