Chapter 22: Chapter 22 - 3 vs 3? part 2
"Mitsuri you take the one with a weird face," Ace ordered.
Mitsuri looked at the three demons then back to Ace, "Umm, Ace-san? Which of one of them again?"
"How dare you," Kibutsuji said with anger in his voice.
Suddenly a demon appeared beside Ace. The demon performs a quick slash while saying, "No one is allowed to disrespect master."
'So fast!' Ace thought.
Clang!
Auto guard successfully blocks Kokushibo's attack but the latter didn't mind and continue attacking.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Ace looked at Kokushibo with a gentle smile then said, "You can't break it right?"
Ace then slowly created an aura sword using his energy, "Die," Ace silently said as he slashes Kokushibo.
Kokushibo dashes backward then sheat his flesh like katana, "I will quit underestimating you kid, sorry for that display master."
"So? what is the deal with those people? Why are they acting mindlessly?" Ace questioned.
"Who cares about some weaklings, so...who will fight me?" Akaza said as he takes his martial arts stance.
'I can't fight these monsters with these people around us,' Ace thought but keep his smile.
"Mukago, you have the strength to carry people and I'll be frank you can't beat any of these demons, Do me a favor and carry them far away from this fight," Ace said.
Mukago is afraid of even being far away from Ace, she knows that Ace's auto guard is the only reason why is she alive...but...
'Move! you worthless coward! move! your savior is giving you his trust,' Mukago innerly encourages herself as she slowly takes small steps towards people.
"Hah! Like I would let you do that!" Akaza said as he punches the empty air around him, creating a powerful shockwave from the pressure of his fists, and then sends it flying towards Mukago.
Ace while using his auto guard block the powerful shockwaves the said, "Go Mukago, I swear no attacks will reach you..."
Mukago steady her breath then dashes towards the people. She will need some time before transferring all the people to the other side of the town.
"Big claim kid, but can you do that! You shouldn't spend your time rescuing weaklings!" Akaza shouted then dashes towards Ace.
"He is not your enemy!" Mitsuri appears in front of Akaza then pummels him to the ground.
Boom!
Then she kicked Akaza far away from Ace, "I will take care of him, don't die Ace-san." Mitsuri seriously said.
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Ace looked at the two remaining demons he is holding his paladin sword made of energies, "So two versus one huh, You honor me..."
Slash!
"Huh?" Ace suddenly felt pain from his left shoulders to his right stomach.
His auto guard got split by two, "As I said, I will now take you seriously." The upper demon, Kokushibo said with an emotionless tone.
The cut was shallow, Ace quickly recover from his surprise and counterattack using his sword.
Clang! Clang!
Ace's attacks are blocked by Kokushibo's flesh sword, "You act strong but your swordsmanship..."
"Shut up, sacrifice!" Ace knows that he can't beat Kokushibo using his swordsmanship. His only chance of winning is using his paladin's skill.
His sword glows up as the blood from his chest compress into turning the sword red.
"Moon Breathing: First Form: Dark Moon - Evening Palace," Kokushibo draws his sword and slashes swiftly in a single motion
Kokushibo's technique reaches Ace first, He tried to cut Ace's arm before the paladin's attack reaches him.
Clang!
Kokushibo's three sets of eyes widen as he failed to cut Ace's arm, all he can see before Ace's sword pierce his chest is his opponent's gentle unwavering smile.
The demon dashes backward to prevent any more damage as he looks at his opponent, "You are worthy of battling me...Moon breathing."
Kokushibo saw Ace walking away from the fight as if he won already, didn't he know that demons have immense regeneration.
He is thinking that when he fell on his knees, 'My wound... it's not regenerating. it's eating me alive.'
"You said you won't underestimate me, too bad, you are already dead," Ace slowly walks towards Muzan as he ignores the dying Kokushibo behind him.
For him to defeat Kokushibo Ace actually put half of his max energy into that one attack. That sacrifice attack also contains healing energy that is so dense that it doesn't turn demons into human but demons into ashes.
'I need to finish this demon progenitor first, I don't know how much Mitsuri can handle,' Ace thought while looking in the direction of Mitsuri, she is clearly losing to her opponent even with prayer.
"Don't celebrate yet because you took him down, insect...," Kibutsuji said with his Michael Jackson-like appearance.
"I heard you are looking for blue spider lily, A mythical plant...too bad you won't find it, if you killed her," Ace bluffs, he knows this information by reading the wiki in his past lives, no manga though.
Kibutsuji looked at Ace with surprise then shouted, "Akaza, stop..."
Akaza instantly stopped battling but Mitsuki didn't.
'Love breathing, Second Form: Love Pangs!" Mitsuri thought while she unleashes multiple powerful whip slashes targeting Akaza's vital parts.
Each whip hits Akaza but did not manage to kill him, "What is it master?" questioned Akaza who is on the ground missing his both arms.
'he still manages to protect himself?' Mitsuri thought.
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