The breath was faint when the river flowed, and he reluctantly glanced at Tanjiro.

Among the last eight wings, six of them had all dissipated, and only the blazing feathers still shone faintly.

A minute later, all the blood had melted away, and the bones were melting.

His breath was weakened to the extreme.

Tanjiro understands that at this moment, even if he puts the river in the shade of the tree, it is useless, and he can only trust the river time.

Time passed minute by minute, and after another two minutes, the body and breath of the river had completely disappeared.

No matter how Tanjiro called, there was no response.

Tanjiro fell to his knees in a daze, feeling an unprecedented heartache that made it difficult to think.

Then, a heart-rending voice sounded: "Brother! ”

"You're back!"

………………

It was a blur of darkness, and in the vast and boundless space, there was a little light flickering.

When the river was flowing, he was walking in a daze, watching the darkness surging around him.

He didn't know where he was or why he was here.

But beside him, there were shadows emitting white light, watching him, and these white lights formed a barrier to prevent them from being swallowed up by the darkness directly when the river flowed.

"These, what are they?"

A faint, familiar voice rang out in my ears, but I couldn't really hear it.

I don't know how long I walked in the dark, maybe it was a moment, maybe a day, a year......

The white light figure is getting weaker and weaker, and the darkness around it is already like a shadow, ready to swallow the river at any time.

And his gaze was blank, and he was still walking aimlessly.

Soon, the tentacles of the dark shadow had broken through the barrier and touched the ankle of the river, trying to pull him into the darkness.

And at this moment, a familiar voice sounded in the ears of the river.

This time, he listened to it really.

"Brother!"

"You're back!"

The voice cut through the darkness and went straight into the ears of the river.

The confused eyes instantly returned to clarity, and the river remembered what he was going to do.

Glancing around, Chuan Liu bowed solemnly and said, "Thank you." ”

Those white light figures, there are sunflower branches, there are Tanjuro...... There are people who care about him.

They smiled and said, "Go, this is not the place for you." ”

The river laughed, and then the blazing wings danced and stretched, and the wings flew into the sky in an instant, heading towards the unknown dark sky.

…………

Tanjiro stood up instantly, changed his discouraged and desperate expression, and stared ahead with a somewhat strange expression.

() () Because he suddenly smelled the smell of the river.

"Brother?"

The dazzling and brilliant incandescent wings instantly opened in the void, exuding scorching temperature and power.

Tanjiro and Zenyi both looked at the pair of incandescent white wings with shocked expressions.

At the same time, black-red ash resurfaced out of thin air, forming cells between the wings, blood management tendons......

Like a needle and thread, a new body is slowly woven.

A moment later, the stream of blazing white wings floated silently in the air.

The black thorns spread up the body of the river, twisting and intertwining with each other to form a pure black feather weave.

When he opened his eyes and closed his eyes, his face was filled with a smile that he had never seen before.

He smiled and said, "Tanjiro, if I can walk in the sun, does that mean that I can be called a human being?" ”

…………

The sun is shining, and Tomioka Yoshiyoshi and Butterfly Shinobu have arrived at Mt. Sasagiri with Yae, and they are talking to other people at the moment.

And Midai was cutting down the tree, reluctantly splitting it into neat planks, and then slowly building it.

Because there were more people, Kuwajima Jigoro asked him to build some temporary houses, and although he was displeased, he still did it, but the resentment in his heart increased.

Tomioka Yoshiyoshi brought Yae to the front of the scale and said, "Master, this is Yae, see if you can take her." ”

Yae knelt down, but Scales raised her with a recent lift of his hand, pointed to the Narrow Misty Mountain and said, "You go to the top of the mountain, and I will take you if you can get down the mountain before it gets dark." ”

"If you can't, go back and be an ordinary person."

Mt. Sasagiri isn't tall, but it's not low either, and with the many obstacles that Tsutaki has set up in the mountains, this test requires a lot of perseverance and stamina.

Tanjiro also went through this test at the beginning, and rushed back from the mountain scarred, and almost fainted the moment he saw Scales Left near him.

Yae glanced at Narrow Misty Mountain, turned around directly, and said firmly: "I can do it." ”

And Butterfly Shinobu walked out of the house, raised her white fingers to block the sunlight and looked at the sky, and said strangely: "What about the river?" Why don't you stay in the house in broad daylight? ”

"He can fly, he should arrive before us."

Scales pointed to the mountainside and said, "He did come early, early in the morning." ”

"Now I'm going to see his brother, on the mountainside."

As soon as the words fell, two figures came from the forest in the light.

When everyone present saw it, they all stayed there in surprise.

Because they saw that the river was smiling all over his face, bathed in the sun, walking like an ordinary person.

() () And Shanyi, who followed next to him, was no longer afraid of the river at the moment, and instead gave birth to a strong curiosity and admiration.

Butterfly Ren stammered a little, and said in surprise: "When the river flows...... You? ”

Chuanliu laughed, turned around, and said freely: "As you can see, I am not afraid of the sun." ”

"This sunshine is really warmer than ever."

Tomioka's always calm face was also full of shock, and he said, "How did you do it?" ”

"Even Onimai Tsuji, who has been looking for a thousand years of cyan flowers, is only trying to overcome the light, but you have done it now?"

He stepped forward, his eyes scanning the stream for a reason.

Chuan Liushi said calmly: "The fire god Kagura breathing method is transforming my body, and this time I have made a desperate bet to put myself to death and completely overcome the light. ”

"And my body has also changed a little, and the previous restraints have disappeared."

Kagura, the god of fire, this breathing method that came out of nowhere helped him too much.

I don't know how my father, Tanjuro, an ordinary person, knows this breathing method.

The current river is full of expectations for being able to kill Onimai Tsuji with his own hands, although he had this goal before, but it was too difficult to achieve it.

But now it's different, Kawayushi feels that his upper limit has disappeared, and he can improve himself step by step by killing the demons to seize their abilities, and one more time, Onimai Tsuji will be caught up by him.

During this leap in the essence of life, the wings other than the Blazing Feather were burned to ashes and did not recover, but the blood demon magic did not disappear.

They have become completely integrated with the river and no longer need medium wings.

Tomioka's eyes were a little deep, and he changed his words, and said as if he was hiding a sword: "You like this...... I wonder if I will become the next ghost king? ”

Tomioka's hands trembled slightly, and his physical instinct made him want to slash Kawaru with a sword.

The feeling that the river gave him was a bit like the Yanagi Soldier who broke through the boundary at the last moment, and it was even more special than that, after all, the Yanagi Soldier did not face the sun directly.

And being too special is not necessarily a good thing.

Judging from the potential of the river, if there is a person who no longer thinks of himself as a human, it will be a more troublesome existence than Onimai Tsuji.

"When the river flows, stop me, give me a reason, let me stop the urge to make a move on you."