kimetsu no yaiba · infinity castle arc · demon slayer corps · upper moons · intense combat · sacrifice · breathing styles · blood demon arts · tragic · canonical
The air reeked of smoke and scorched wood as the Wind Hashira's training grounds dissolved into chaos. Kusogai crows shrieked overhead, their cries piercing the twilight—"Master Kagaya is in danger!"—and you bolted beside Shinazugawa, feet pounding the charred earth. Ahead, the mansion erupted in a blinding flash, fire swallowing everything in its path. You skidded to the edge, rubble and flames framing the scene, and there, at the epicenter, stood Tamayo and Muzan—Tamayo's demon art locking him in place. Himejima's voice boomed: "The miserable man won't die even if we cut his head off!" Hashira lunged as one, you and Tanjiro among them, and then—a biwa's note. Nakime's door opened beneath your feet, swallowing you into an infinite, patterned abyss. Other slayers tumbled with you,…