Opening: Polaris by BLUE ENCOUNT
Muzan walked towards the Hashira while surrounding himself in a thick wall of his own flesh that was attached to him. The Night Sentinels rained their energy bolts upon the demon king but Muzan would simply create a new replacement layer, making him impervious to their attacks. King Valen leapt towards Muzan without hesitation, slicing through the thick wall of flesh to reveal the relaxed demon king who raised his eyebrow in mild surprise upon seeing Valen cut through his defenses. Muzan closed his eyes, merging with his wall before Valen could strike him. The king was now surrounded by Muzan's flesh. As a result, Valen began slashing wildly around him, attempting to cut down the wall surrounding him. However, just like before, Muzan would immediately replace his wall with another layer, slowly closing Valen off from the outside world.
In that moment, Rengoku and Uzui sliced their way into the center to save Valen from being consumed by the demon king. There was no time for formalities, they knew they were in a tight situation and needed to figure out how to get out and kill Muzan. However, the wall was still closing on the three swordsmen surrounded by Muzan's flesh. They hacked and slashed their way through his skin but it immediately replenished itself with each cut. Uzui barked as he raised his swords up high, "That's it! we need to get out of here!"
Rengoku immediately recognized the technique his peer was going to perform and pointed out, "Wait, Tengen! That's going to be a waste! That's going to kill us!"
"Then what do you expect me to do?! I'm not gonna get consumed by this jackass!"
Valen had enough as he shouted at the two Hashiras, "Enough with your bickering, both of you! We need to work together to defeat this creature once and for all!"
Rengoku asked, "Any ideas, your majesty?"
Muzan finally raised his voice to interrupt his prey, "It's useless, you cannot overcome my strength. I am unstoppable, why resist the inevitable?"
Valen tuned out the demon king as he raised his wrist towards his mouth so he could speak into his communicator. He alerted his nearby forces, "My brothers, I want you to launch an artillery strike on my position, and send in the dragons."
Rengoku smirked as he commented, "So you plan on taking us out with him?"
"You two seem dead-set on ridding yourselves of this demon. I will do what I must to ensure the safety and futures of my brothers in arms."
Uzui also smirked as he pointed out, "Eh, won't be a bad way to go out. If it works, it'll be a pretty flamboyant way to go out, wouldn't you agree, Kyojuro buddy?" The walls were still closing in on the three swordsmen, and they couldn't hold the demon king back for long until they heard:
"Sun Breathing: Dancing Flash!"
The three swordsmen blinked and they were swept off their feet and transported quite a distance away. They tried to process what just happened as they looked behind them to see who had carried them away from Muzan only to see Tanjiro kneeling down while managing to hold onto all three of them. He gently put the three swordsmen on the floor with ease, being able to lift them effortlessly with one arm. They then looked to see a pool of blood where Muzan used to be. Their jaws slightly dropped in amazement upon seeing the boy's brute strength put on full display.
However, in a fraction of a second, the demon king regenerated his body while grinding his teeth together out of frustration as he mocked, "You… how did you sneak up on me like that without me noticing?!"
Tanjiro didn't turn around to face Muzan, he was still checking up on his comrades to make sure they were okay. A strain of irritation formed on the demon's forehead upon being ignored. He extended his arm towards Tanjiro, forming a gigantic spiked tendril that zoomed towards the boy. Rengoku pointed out, "Kamado…!" The boy's expression didn't change as he nonchalantly stated:
"I know."
The boy whipped around quickly, backhanding the side of Muzan's spiked tendril with his fist. Tanjiro struck with enough force to disintegrate the tendril with a single strike, spraying blood in the opposite direction, away from Tanjiro. Muzan retracted his arm quickly and regenerated it, growling as he asked, "You… What happened to you?! You were nowhere near this strong the last time I saw you, boy!"
Tanjiro stared at Muzan for several seconds before redirecting his attention towards his nearby comrades and assuring them, "I'll take care of this."
Rengoku couldn't believe the amazing feats he was witnessing from Tanjiro, it was astounding. The boy had far surpassed him in a short amount of time. However, his instincts as a mentor compelled him to cry out, "but Kamado-!"
Valen chimed in as he placed his hand on the Flame Hashira's shoulder and said to the man, "Trust the boy, he can handle himself." Rengoku hesitantly nodded before picking himself up along with Uzui and Valen. Right before they fled the scene, Uzui cheered for Tanjiro:
"Kick his ass, Kamado!"
Muzan decided to let the cretins go for the time being, his main priority was Tanjiro. Once he took care of the boy, nothing else would be able to stop him. The boy remained silent, staring at Muzan with an intense glare fueled by repressed rage. Muzan still hadn't received the answer to the question he asked and exclaimed, "What's wrong, boy?! Cat bit your tongue? Are you terrified?"
Tanjiro responded, "No. I'm just astonished by how amazingly weak you are."
Muzan's blood boiled from the insult, causing him to clench his fist tightly before proclaiming, "You brat, I've slaughtered thousands of you demon slayers over the years and have obtained immortality thanks to the Blue Spider Lily, what makes you think you can stop me?! No matter how hard you demon slayers try, you'll never be able to rid the world of demons! We remain at the top of the food chain for a reason! As a matter of fact, the only reason we have not taken over completely is because we need a substantial amount of food to survive. You're nothing but fodder for us, prey to be eaten! You humans have diluted yourselves into believing that you're better than us demons but you're wrong! We're the superior species! We're much stronger, more intelligent, and we can regenerate! You're simply jealous of the powers I can bestow upon others! I am the messiah of this world, the one who grants weaklings a chance to be something more! What right do you have to take that right away from others? Do you think you're some sort of hero? Do you think ridding the world of demons is going to make things alright? Don't you think of the other demons you mercilessly kill?!"
Tanjiro pinched his brow due to a migraine that formed upon hearing Muzan's speech, stating, "Since when did you start caring about anyone else but yourself? Honestly, you never cease to amaze me with how pathetic you are with each passing second. You should've died centuries ago, the only reason you haven't is because of pity. My Master Yorichii could've killed you but he chose to let you live. Mister Xernex could've done the same but he chose to make an example out of you by exploiting you. I might be willing to give demons a chance, but I never had any intentions of letting you live." The boy then unsheathed Xernex's axe and Yorichii's sword from his hip.
TEQ Super Saiyan 2 Kefla Theme from Dragonball Z: Dokkan Battle
Tanjiro placed his foot forward and proclaimed to Muzan, "I'm going to do what my previous masters didn't by taking you out."
Muzan's body twitched out of fear upon seeing the intense glare Tanjiro gave him. His eyes communicated an immense amount of hatred for Muzan. However, the demon king refused to tolerate such insolence as he bent his knees and shouted, "ENOUGH! I REFUSE TO BE LOOKED DOWN UPON ANY LONGER! I AM THE DEMON KING, MUZAN KIBUTSUJI, AND I WILL REIGN SUPREME!" The demon king began wildly shouting as loud as he could as he pushed his physical manipulation to it's limit, summoning several dozen spiked tendrils that erupted from the demon's body and zoomed towards Tanjiro at blinding speeds. Rengoku, Valen, and Uzui watched in anticipation for what was about to happen.
Tanjiro stood his ground as he immediately activated his demon slayer mark, his pupils and head scar shifting to a bright blue color as the wraith essence coursed through his body, giving him strength. In that same instant, the tendrils reached Tanjiro but were unable to touch him. The nearby sentinels and demon slayers watched as the tentacles sprayed blood onto Tanjiro as he was slicing through them so fast it looked as though his arms were barely moving. The boy shifted his position, causing the floor underneath him to crack before he vanished from his position. This caused Muzan to gasp once he realized Tanjiro was directly in front of him, closing the several meter gap in an instant. He had no time to react as the boy stated the name of his attack, "Sun Breathing: Thirteenth Form." Using his master, Yorichii's, ultimate technique against Muzan, the boy proceeded to cycle through every sun breathing form:
"Sun Breathing: Dance." The boy performed a parallel vertical slash with both his axe and sword.
"Sun Breathing: Clear Blue Sky." Tanjiro spun in-place while slashing with his weapons extended outwards.
"Sun Breathing: Raging Sun." The boy proceeded to horizontally slash at Muzan, twice, with both of his weapons.
"Sun Breathing: Burning Bones, Summer Sun." Tanjiro performed a large, circular slash that cuts right through Muzan's body.
"Sun Breathing: Setting Sun Transformation." Tanjiro spins backwards while slashing with both of his weapons together through the demon's head.
"Sun Breathing: Solar Heat Haze." Tanjiro spins around to perform a vertical slash against Muzan's body, his weapons were coated in a bright blue haze that passed right through the demon's torso and disintegrated his body.
"Sun Breathing: Beneficent Radiance." Tanjiro performs a wide slash that cuts Muzan's body from all sides.
"Sun Breathing: Sunflower thrust." The boy rams Yorichii's blade through Muzan's torso, lighting it on fire upon impaling it with his nichirin blade.
"Sun Breathing: Dragon Sun Halo Head Dance." Both of the boy's weapons were consumed by bright blue wraith flames as he proceeded to slash so fast and repeatedly that the flames formed the silhouette of a dragon around him.
"Sun Breathing: Fire Wheel." Tanjiro spins above Muzan, twirling around before performing a vertical slash that slices through the demon king's body.
"Sun Breathing: Fake Rainbow." The boy disappeared from his position, moving so quickly around Muzan that he was able to create several afterimages of himself that sliced Muzan's body apart.
"Sun Breathing: Flame Dance." Tanjiro completes the thirteen form by performing a simple horizontal slash with his sword followed by a vertical slash with his axe.
The boy zoomed past Muzan, skidding to a halt as he assumed a kneeling stance with both of his blades extended outwards. Muzan's body exploded into a hazy mist as there was not even a single particle of blood remaining from Tanjiro's relentless onslaught. For those witnessing the battle, they simply saw Tanjio disappear from his position and reappear right behind the demon king who was erased from existence within the span of a second
Tanjiro stood up as he powered down his demon slayer mark, returning back to normal as he let out a sigh of satisfaction. The boy spun his weapons in his hands briefly, swinging away whatever blood still lingered on his blade before sheathing them on his hip. Muzan Kibutsuji was erased from existence utilizing the two weapons of his former masters who each had their own opportunity to kill the demon. It's finally done, Tanjiro had avenged his family and all those who were hurt by Muzan over the years. He hopes that those who were tainted by Muzan can find peace and finally recover from their pain.
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The chant of the Maykr by The Gee J
Another Immoran building collapsed due to the ongoing battle from the Doom Slayer and the Dark Lord. By this point, the Slayer had several bruises covering his body, and Davoth's suit was cracked and chipped in places. The Slayer had his weapons sheathed for the time being as he waited for the Dark Lord to strike. He was standing in the middle of a large plaza that was filled to the brim with rubble and debris from the ensuing war. Davoth leapt down from above, attempting to bring his blade down upon the Doom Slayer to cut him where he stood. The warrior stepped forward, planting his feet on the Immoran ground as he caught the wrist of the Dark Lord just as the God brought his blade down. The force of the swing sent a shockwave through the warrior's body that shot into the ground, shattering the metallic plating underneath the warrior's feet.
The Slayer tossed the mechanical arm aside before hopping into the air slightly until he was at the same elevation as the suit's head. He used his suit's thrusters to boost forward before smashing his boot across the suit's helmet. The helmet cracked with metallic bits shooting away from the helmet as it was struck. Before he zoomed past the helmet, the Slayer grabbed ahold of one of the suit's horns to stop himself from being flung away. In the same maneuver, he pulled himself behind the Dark Lord and grabbed ahold of the suit's twin horns, riding on top of the mechanical beast.
Davoth ignited the jets of his suit to begin thrusting backwards to squish the warrior between him and a hard surface. The Slayer reacted quickly as he removed his feet from the Dark Lord's body before pistoning his feet into the middle of the suit's back while pulling as hard as he could on the horns of the Dark Lord to control his head. With a powerful pull, the Doom Slayer managed to reel the God's upper torso downwards and compromise his momentum. However, he was about to plummet into the ground and squish the Slayer underneath him. The Warrior, with his feet still planted on the Dark Lord's back, let go of the Dark Lord and raised his hands above his head to touch the floor they were about to crash warrior coiled up his entire body like a spring, extending his arms and legs in an instant to shoot the Dark Lord away from him and into a nearby building, causing it to collapse from having it's walls destroyed.
The Slayer vanished from his position, causing the ground underneath him to cave in from the force of his departure. In that same moment, Davoth erupted from the rubble as he ascended into the sky to monitor the entire area beneath him. The Dark Lord scanned the grounds they were fighting in, desperately looking for the Slayer who was nowhere in sight. Then, from out of nowhere, the demonic crucible bulleted towards the Dark Lord like a spear, impaling the shoulder joint of the suit. The weapon didn't cut through the suit's armor, instead, lodging itself inside of the shoulder joint while still fully ignited. Davoth looked towards the blade before looking in front of him to see the Doom Slayer descending from above with his hammer raised. Davoth attempted to swing his sword at the Doom Slayer but the warrior managed to twirl above the mechanical arm and swing his hammer. However, the warrior didn't swing at the Dark Lord, he swung his hammer into the hilt of the demonic crucible with enough force to catapult the sword through the Dark Lord's armor and dislodge the right arm of Davoth's suit.
Davoth grabbed the Doom Slayer with his remaining left arm and began zooming towards the ground as fast as possible. The Slayer didn't have much time, his left arm was free while his other was being pressed against his side by the Dark Lord's claws. The warrior loosened his grip on the Argent Hammer, holding it closer to the argent emitter of the weapon so he can use it more appropriately at close range. Without a single thought, the Doom Slayer began rapidly striking the argent hammer against the Dark Lord's armor again and again, managing to severely dent the armor and cause it to slowly cave in to the point where sparks of electricity spat out. Davoth rammed the Doom Slayer into the ground, causing the entire plaza they were in to crumble into the lava underneath the city. However, Davoth didn't stop there. He dipped his arm into the sea of lava below, consuming both his arm and the Doom Slayer in the scorching hot lava of Immora.
The Slayer's eyes widened in pain as the lava began burning away at his skin, it was also slowing down his movements. He did notice that the grip on the arm was weakening and the metallic plating was deteriorating. This was his chance, he needed to fight through the pain. The warrior let out a powerful cry as he continuously smashed his hammer into the deteriorating arm of the Dark Lord's suit until he managed to destroy it and free himself from its grip.
Davoth pulled the remaining half of his left arm away from the lava as soon as his mechanical forearm was destroyed. With no arms left, Davoth began to fly away from the scene while shooting out a large bomb from his shoulder cannons that dropped into the lava where the Doom Slayer was. Davoth continued flying away, backwards, as he waited for the bomb to detonate.
The bomb detonated underlava, generating a humongous explosion that shot lava into the atmosphere and wrecking nearby buildings with it's explosive shockwave. There was now a cloud of smoke covering the entire area and all of the nearby lava had been pushed away from the center of the explosion. Davoth knew that wasn't enough to take down the Doom Slayer but he grew impatient from the lack of response from the warrior.
Something zoomed past the God, catching his attention as he turned to see what had just passed him. The Doom Slayer launched towards one of the nearby skyscrapers before springing off of the large building towards the Dark Lord at a blinding speed. The Slayer was in front of the Dark Lord in no time, hurling the Dark Lord's suit to the ground with a single strike. As soon as the suit crashed into the ground, the Slayer landed on top of it, crawling on top of the machine's chest before thrashing his fists into the torso of the Dark Lord. It wouldn't take long for the warrior to breach into the suit and finally start hitting the Dark Lord, himself.
Davoth had enough, the suit has served its purpose and he has lost this round for their battle. The torso plate burst forward as several large chunks of the suit began shifting away to reveal the man underneath the suit. The Doom Slayer prepared to bring his hammer down upon Davoth the second he was revealed but the warrior stopped himself once he saw nothing inside the suit. He then heard the God's voice behind him, "Excellent work, Slayer, I expect no less from you." The warrior whipped around to face Davoth only to see no one behind him. The warrior frantically looked around until he discovered the Dark Lord nearby, simply wearing his standard black jumpsuit which was covered in the same exact red lines that covered the Dark Lord's skin… just like the Doom Slayer. The god knelt down, caressing the dirtied Immoran floor as he inspected the carnage of their battle before starting, "I allow you victory for this round of battle, Slayer. However, from now on, we will battle on my terms." The God stood up to face the Doom Slayer, they had the same exact face, hair, and eyes. It was uncanny to look at. Davoth raised his eyebrows upon remembering something important, pointing his hand in a seemingly random direction before saying, "It seems you have lost the Crucible."
The Slayer watched for several seconds, waiting to see what the Dark Lord had in-store and almost lunging at the God for having his guard down. The Slayer was left silent as soon as he saw his demonic crucible be pulled from far away until it was hovering in front of the Dark Lord's hand. Davoth began gently guiding the crucible towards the Doom Slayer for him to retrieve. The Slayer took a step back, expecting a sneak attack from the Dark Lord as he called out, "What is this? A trick?"
"No theatrics, Slayers, simply a show of good faith. I wish to honor our duel, I will dominate you with your full arsenal." The Doom Slayer hesitantly grabbed the demonic crucible, igniting it once more before taking up a fighting stance while facing the Dark Lord. He stood there for several seconds, expecting the God to do the same but Davoth remained stationary, keeping his gaze locked on the Doom Slayer. "I allow you the opportunity to strike first, Slayer, now come."
The warrior furrowed his brows out of uncertainty, it was as if the Dark Lord's personality had changed entirely. He was acting nonchalant, calm to a frightening degree. No matter, the Slayer wasn't going to let this opportunity go to waste. He vanished from his position before lunging at the Dark Lord and swinging his demonic crucible at the God. He swung his blade and he felt it make contact with the Dark Lord. Except… he didn't cut the God.
Davoth had his arm raised nonchalantly as the demonic crucible grinded against his skin, seemingly having no effect on the god, it was as if the argent energy of the weapon wasn't doing anything to Davoth. The Slayer panicked as he immediately swung his argent hammer at the Dark Lord. Despite him feeling the impact of the hammer making contact with the God's body, he felt nothing and neither did the Dark Lord. The warrior's eyes widened in shock as he pointed out, "How…?! If you were this strong to begin with, why didn't you fight like this from the start?!"
Davoth smirked before instantaneously grabbing the Slayer's wrists before he could process it. The warrior blinked when he noticed the God had managed to grab his wrists. He tried prying himself away from Davoth's grasp but it was a futile effort. Davoth pulled the warrior closer to him before stating, "Fool, where do you think your fondness of destructive tools stemmed from?"
INT Legendary Super Saiyan Broly theme from Dragonball Z: Dokkan Battle
The Dark Lord threw the Slayer above him before spinning backwards while kicking into the Slayer's abdomen with enough force to crack the stomach area of the warrior's praetor suit. The Slayer was launched through several dozen buildings as if he was a mere toy. After performing this maneuver, the Dark Lord vanished from his position in an instant as he followed behind the Doom Slayer.
The warrior had no control over his body, he was crashing through one building after the next until he came to a grinding halt mid-air. The Dark Lord hovered above him, using his telekinesis to manipulate the Slayer's body. He slammed the Slayer into the ground before dragging him across it. After a few seconds of toying around, the Dark Lord tossed the Slayer back into the air. The God extended his arms outwards in opposite directions before creating several spheres composed of pure energy created by the Dark Lord. The God brought his hands together to direct the spheres of destruction which shot towards the Doom Slayer.
The spheres exploded upon impact, creating an explosion that decimated the entire area they were in and obscuring the two of them in dark smoke. However, the Dark Lord was not going to wait for the Slayer to reveal himself. Instead, he revealed the Slayer by using his powers to blow away the smoke in an instant to reveal the Hellwalker on his knees, picking himself up as steam radiated from his scorching armor. Davoth slowly descended to the ground until he was floating several meters above it. The Slayer turned his head to face the God, growling intensely as Davoth simply stated, "Did you really expect Argent weaponry to work on me? It's useless, Slayer, the real battle begins now, prepare yourself."
