I started with Emperor Armor and conquered Infinity.

Chapter 79 Tong Mo

"..."

Shangguan Chuming looked up following the gazes of others and saw numerous grotesque ghosts appearing on the rooftops of the residential buildings.

They all exuded a bloodthirsty aura, and their ugly, ferocious faces made them extremely terrifying.

The ghosts had blood in their mouths.

Clearly, they had been lying in wait in the residential building, and after sunset, when darkness fell, they killed the people inside.

Now, their attention has turned to the members of the Demon Slayer Corps and the Reincarnators.

They looked at them as if they were food.

As the horde of ghosts descended, the divine and demonic marks Lin Yao had left among the reincarnators showed no sign of action.

Although he could project his power onto this mark and transform into human form to join the battlefield.

In theory, aside from Upper Moon demons using Blood Demon Art to give Lin Yao a pleasant surprise, weaker demons would be completely overwhelmed by the Golden Crow Flame.

At the same time, Lin Yao's true qi cultivation has now reached the Foundation Establishment stage, allowing him to condense a true qi shield outside his body.

With his true qi defense, plus the powerful physical defense granted by the Prison Suppressing Demon Body, he could take down a Lower Moon demon with a single slap.

However, Lin Yao felt that this was unnecessary. In the end, the Upper Rank Demons and Lower Rank Demons were just consumables; the most important one was still the Demon King Muzan.

Compared to the Lower Rank demons, fighting the Upper Rank demons and tracing their origins through their blood, which is closest to that of the Demon King Muzan, is the path Lin Yao hypothesizes.

……

Enemies meeting are bound to be furious, and the Demon Slayer Corps and the demons immediately began to fight.

The lingering shockwaves and dust kicked up by the battle terrified the townspeople hiding in their houses.

"How can there be so many ghosts? Then the adult got angry."

"Why do those Demon Slayer Corps members have to destroy this hard-won 'peace' when sacrificing just a few people every day is enough?"

"No, get away from me! I'm someone who has offered blood sacrifices to Lord Doma, how dare you lay a hand on me?"

"..."

The riots broke out in an instant.

Unlike the townspeople's previous appeasement of the demons, now that Doma has summoned so many demons, they definitely need to be satisfied.

Doma's pleasure in taking whatever he wanted from these townspeople he kept in captivity was what he provided to the other demons.

The Demon Slayer Corps' forces are continuously arriving to provide support, but it's simply not enough to protect everyone right now.

The ordinary townspeople had absolutely no ability to resist the demons who possessed great strength and powerful bodies.

Some extremely hungry ghosts would grab things and stuff them into their mouths, splattering blood and flesh everywhere, making the ghosts look even more ferocious and terrifying.

Some well-dressed men, clearly from the town's ruling class, spoke of their connection to Doma, hoping to escape death.

But these guys had no idea that Doma had already packaged them up and delivered them to the demons in front of them.

Seeing the ghost looking at them with smiling eyes, these former upper-class people felt a chill run down their spines, filled with fear, yet they still had to force a smile.

"Master Tongmo?!"

Just then, a ghost with blood still lingering in its mouth came up to a middle-aged man, opened its large, veiny hand, and grabbed him.

"Don't you know that Lord Douma has already bestowed you upon us?! Heh heh."

The middle-aged man didn't even have a chance to beg for mercy before blood and limbs were scattered all over the ground, accompanied by the sound of chewing.

Similar scenes are happening all over the town.

Even with the help of the Demon Slayer Corps, they could only barely reduce a small portion of the killings.

The townspeople, realizing what was happening quickly, instinctively ran towards the edge of town, no longer willing to stay and wait to die.

"This is really unlucky. There are so many ghosts in a remote town. Even with so many members of the Demon Slayer Corps coming to help, they can't fight them off. I wonder if the original plan can proceed on time."

He Zhendong, the scarred youth who was heading into the town, saw the chaotic scene and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.

The fierce glint in his eyes, combined with the hideous scar on his face, made him appear grotesque and terrifying.

He Zhendong volunteered to go to the center of the town to gather intelligence, but not for the benefit of the team.

Instead, it was a piece of information he learned by chance: if the Demon Slayer world had begun near the town, there would be an important figure named Kanae Kocho.

Huge rewards are offered for making contact with someone, or even changing their fate.

Ko Chen-tung was tempted by the unknown huge reward.

In his mind, the guild leader, Shangguan Chuming, thought that just because he had a good older sister, he wanted to get most of the benefits.

However, he is arrogant and only believes in his own ideas.

He was simply asked to go and explore the information, without any further questions, and was allowed to leave immediately.

He had finally managed to leave the guild team and wanted to get involved in this side quest that supposedly had huge rewards, but unexpectedly, a fight had already broken out.

Damn it, those guys didn't give me any detailed information at all. They want to use me, but they don't trust me.

Or perhaps there's a trap here?!

They want to infiltrate the Martial Alliance but don't give themselves any real benefits. They deserve to be suppressed by the Martial Alliance.

He Zhendong, who prioritizes profit and follows the law of the jungle in the cycle of reincarnation, has no concept of guild interests and quickly made his decision.

A quarter of an hour.

He must find Kanae Butterfly within this fifteen-minute time limit and then claim the reward.

Once that time is exceeded, the Demon Slayer Corps should be defeated, and the people of this town will probably have been wiped out by the demons.

In that situation, even if I had some strength, I would become someone those ghosts would wantonly toy with.

Although I was somewhat confident in my progress in the first two mission worlds, there were just too many ghosts here.

Once there are no traces to attract attention, those ghosts will definitely focus all their attention on him, and that will be a dead end.

Having made up his mind, He Zhendong used his agility and speed to pass through the small battlefields where the Demon Slayer Corps members were fighting demons, and headed deeper into the center of the town.

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Sensing the presence of an Upper Moon demon emanating from afar, Shinobu Kocho reached out and tugged at her older sister Kanae Kocho's sleeve, speaking somewhat urgently.

"Sister, even the lowest-ranking Upper Moon demon might be difficult for a single Pillar to defeat. We should wait for reinforcements."

Shinobu Kocho's words echoed in the air.

She knew all too well the power of the Upper Moon demons; they were terrifying beings that surpassed ordinary demons, and many Pillars in history had fallen at the hands of Upper Moon demons.

Although the older sister is the youngest Flower Pillar and is very powerful, it would still be too risky for her to face an Upper Moon demon alone.

Shinobu Kocho stared earnestly at her older sister, hoping she would be cautious.

She didn't want to see her sister's life in danger.

Since that night, she only had this one remaining relative.

The most appropriate course of action now is to wait for support from our lord.