Zenitsu's mouth suddenly exhaled a breath, tightly gripping the sword's hilt, silently chanting: "Thunder Breathing, First Form, Thunderclap and Flash."
Just before hitting the ground, he gracefully turned, leapt up, and charged at the human-faced spider to attack and slash.
Zenitsu: "Venomous phlegm."
Zenitsu, who still had his eyes closed, began to spin in the air and moved to another location, avoiding the attack of the human-faced spider. The attack landed in the nearby bushes, which were completely melted.
human-faced spider: "Actually twisted in mid-air to dodge the attack, completely different from before."
After landing safely, Zenitsu continued: "Thunder Breathing, First Form."
human-faced spider Upon seeing this, immediately shouted, "Spiders, all of you attack!"
In an instant, a dozen medium-sized spiders all pounced towards Zenitsu. Zenitsu swiftly dodged and chanted, "Thunder Breathing, First Form."
human-faced spider seized the opportunity when he was not yet stable, and attacked with "spotted venomous phlegm." However, Zenitsu managed to perfectly dodge it.
This back-and-forth happened several times. human-faced spider muttered to himself, "Really, he keeps repeating the same actions. Haha, it's true, this guy only knows one sword technique."
Zenitsu Grandfather's teaching came to mind: "That's enough, Zenitsu. Just maintain this, and it will be a great accomplishment if you can learn one. If you can only learn one, then surpass the limit and refine that move to the extreme."
"No, Grandfather. Before this, I could still strike a demon's neck. There are six types of Thunder Breathing, but I can only use one," Zenitsu retorted.
Grandpa smiled and said, "Do you know how to wield a knife? Zenitsu " Then he punched Zenitsu on the head.
Zenitsu replied, "I don't know! If you keep hitting me, I'll cry."
Grandpa continued, "The blade, through repeated hammering, can remove impurities and excess material, thus increasing the purity of the steel, in order to create a strong and resilient blade."
"It's because of this principle that Grandpa hammers me every day, but I am flesh, not steel!" Zenitsu thought to himself.
human-faced spider is looking at him now, laughing in his heart: "Hehehe, he's not that great of a guy after all. Demon hunter is just at this level. The toxin must have rendered him immobile, right?"
At this moment, the words that Grandpa once said echoed in Zenitsu's heart: " Zenitsu, surpass your limits. You can cry, you can run away, but you can't give up."
Grandpa smiled and said again, "I firmly believe that you, who endure purgatory-like training every day, will surely be rewarded one day. Keep pushing yourself to the limit like this."
"Become a blade tougher than anyone else!" Grandpa's final words encouraged and motivated Zenitsu.
Unable to move before, he grabbed the sword, and lightning began to appear in his eyes.
"Focus on one thing, and surpass your limits!"
human-faced spidersaw Zenitsu actually moved, and was surprised and started to attack, chasing after Zenitsu's figure, but he dodged them all.
Even a group of medium-sized spiders all surrounded and pounced towards Zenitsu.
At this point, Zenitsu has already been completely affected by the poison, and he is beginning to have difficulty moving. His hands and feet feel numb and painful.
"My body is starting to slow down, and the pain is getting worse. The situation is not good, and I also feel intense nausea and dizziness."
Zenitsu At this moment, another voice from deep within was heard.
"Disappear," came from a senior martial brother several years older than him.
"Do you understand? Crying non-stop from morning till night. You're so slow, it's embarrassing." Senior Brother started mocking Zenitsu.
"Spending time on someone like you is really a waste. Master is a really amazing person, you know!" After saying that, Senior Brother tightly squeezed the snowball in his hand.
"But Grandpa..." Zenitsu wanted to retort, but he was unexpectedly hit in the head by a snowball thrown by his senior brother.
"Don't be so familiar with calling me Grandpa!"
"Master is a 'Hashira' and has earned the title of the most powerful hunter in the Demon Slayer Corps. The opportunity to receive training at the 'Hashira' level is extremely rare!"
Zenitsu silently brushed off the traces of snowballs that had landed on his head.
"Teacher's time spent teaching you is a complete waste. You are so annoying, just disappear!"
Zenitsu remained silent, avoiding eye contact with his senior brother.
The senior brother continued to scold, "Why are you here? Why won't you leave?"
Deep in Zenitsu's heart, he quietly thought, "As an orphan, I have never lived up to anyone's expectations. No one has ever figured me out or had any illusions about me achieving anything significant in the future."
"Even if it's just helping someone, even if it's for a lifetime, the simple wish to protect and make someone happy."
"No one has such expectations of me. After failing once, I cry and start to avoid things, and then everyone says, 'Ah, this guy is hopeless,' and leaves me."
"But only my grandfather, no matter how many times, tirelessly scolded me, and every time he dragged me back, who had repeatedly run away. Although he beat me mercilessly every time, he never gave up on me."
Back to the reality of the battle, the human-faced spider saw that Zenitsu was almost done for, so it loudly said, "Stab him, inject more toxins into his body."
"All medium-sized spiders opened their mouths and ran out with a hooked sting, which also had venom."
And at this moment, due to the constant chaos, Zenitsu finally couldn't hold on and began to vomit blood uncontrollably.
human-faced spider After seeing it, he laughed heartily: "Moving constantly causes internal bleeding. It should be completely immobilized by now, right? If it's still moving, it will die before turning into a spider, won't it? Well, this guy was useless to begin with, so let's just give him a quick death."
All three medium-sized spiders, with their mouth stingers, pierced Zenitsu's hands and feet, injecting venom into his body.
However, Zenitsu also tightly gripped the sword handle, showing no intention of letting go.
Suddenly, a sharp thunderous sound echoed in the air.
The deafening sound made even the human-faced spider feel something was amiss: "What's going on? Is the air trembling?"
Suddenly, a voice quietly said, "Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash."
"Six consecutive...!" Zenitsu's figure no longer seemed to be fixed in its attack, but instead changed directions several times, moving so quickly that the eyes couldn't keep up.
Suddenly, six lightning-like figures appeared, swiftly moving towards the direction of the human-faced spider.
The next moment, the human-faced spider, upon seeing clearly, realized that it had already broken through the roof and was floating in the air above the house.
"Was I knocked down? Was I knocked down?" He incredulously looked at the scene before him.
"I was actually slashed in the neck by that useless person."
The head of the human-faced spider looked down from the air, watching Zenitsu collapse on the roof without strength, and could only reluctantly turn into ashes.
"Grandpa, I finally did it, but I'm running out of time... I'm turning into a spider."
"Don't give up. I can't give up easily. I can use my breath to slow down the circulation of the toxin a little bit."
"No matter what, I can't give up until the very end, or else I'll be scolded by Grandpa, and Tanjiro will be angry, right?"
Suddenly, a butterfly flew towards me, sprinkling antidote powder on me, and gradually the antidote took effect. Zenitsu slowly realized that he could breathe again.
Butterfly Man quietly arrived: "Luckily you met me right after being poisoned. The poison hasn't reached your heart and lungs yet. I'll help you detoxify, and then you'll be fine to go find your partner."
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