"Hey!" Bai Ye looked at the two Demon Slayers and said, "I recall that cutting off their heads is how you kill demons, right?"
The Demon Slayer with the scar on his forehead paused, then called out across the stream, "Yes, but please be careful, his body is very tough, and his neck isn't that easy to sever."
While Bai Ye was asking, the spider demon had already stood up again, but instead of rushing towards Bai Ye, it began to circle around him.
Bai Ye grinned. His father seemed a bit smarter than his brother, but it made sense. After all, he was the father, and his strength was second only to Lower Rank Five.
"But..." Bai Ye sighed, "someone who excels at close combat being forced into a situation where they can't engage in close combat is already a failure!"
As Bai Ye spoke, he extended his hand forward.
A golden barrier of light spread out behind Bai Ye, followed by more and more golden barriers appearing in succession.
Gate of Babylon!
Weapons appeared within the ripples and shot towards the spider demon.
Boom, boom, boom!
The flying weapons chased after the spider demon, creating pits in the ground and sending dirt and rocks flying.
Bai Ye couldn't help but grin. The Gate of Babylon was quite useful, but...
Having witnessed Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon, Bai Ye felt his own was utterly pathetic, not even in the same league.
However, Bai Ye's objective had been achieved.
The purpose of Bai Ye firing weapons was to force a position, to lure the spider demon to a location he had already pinpointed.
And then...
Teleportation!
Bai Ye's figure suddenly vanished and reappeared right in front of the spider demon.
The next moment, the Nanming Lihuo Sword swept out, slashing towards the spider demon's neck.
Clang!
The spider demon reacted quickly, raising its arm, and a crisp metallic clang echoed.
The spider demon blocked the Nanming Lihuo Sword with its arm, but...
Suddenly, the blade of the Nanming Lihuo Sword erupted in light.
The sword body suddenly transformed into a long rainbow, and then...
Swoosh!
A sound of flesh tearing rang out, and a large amount of blood splattered from the spider demon's arm.
"Die!"
Bai Ye grunted and exerted more force.
The Nanming Lihuo Sword, transformed into a rainbow, severed the spider demon's arm and then continued its trajectory, striking the spider demon's neck, and then...
The head flew off!
Accompanied by a burst of blood, the spider demon's head was cleaved off by Bai Ye's sword and soared into the sky.
"You have defeated the Spider Demon Father of the Spider Demon Family, completing Restricted Zone Mission One (Temporary)."
"This kill can be transferred."
After killing the spider demon, Bai Ye wiped the blood from his sword and walked towards the two Demon Slayers.
The Demon Slayer with the scar on his forehead looked very polite, bowed to Bai Ye, and then said, "Hello, I'm Kamado Tanjiro. Are you also a Demon Slayer? Did reinforcements arrive?"
"Me? You can consider me an auxiliary member?" Bai Ye chuckled. "Our goals are the same, after all: to kill demons."
Kamado Tanjiro nodded. "Thank you for your help..."
"Stop!" Bai Ye quickly intervened. "I was just passing by and happened to chop that guy. I didn't know you were here, so you can't consider it help."
He didn't want these two to think he had saved them.
Bai Ye actually knew who they were, thanks to his memories from his previous life.
Kamado Tanjiro's breathing style was Water Breathing, and the other one wearing a boar mask was called Agatsuma Zenitsu, who used Beast Breathing.
Neither of their breathing styles was inferior to Inosuke Hashibira. Inosuke's Beast Breathing was an improved extension of Wind Breathing, with a rarity above the five major basic breathing styles.
As for Kamado Tanjiro, in addition to Water Breathing, one of the five major basic breathing styles, he also possessed the Sun Breathing, also known as the Fire God Kagura, and a very rare mixed breathing style.
However, often, strength doesn't equate to being the best; it requires compatibility.
Although Beast Breathing enhanced physical attributes, it required a wild disposition and wasn't something everyone could wield effectively.
Kamado Tanjiro's Sun Breathing was incredibly powerful, but as far as Bai Ye knew, it required completing hidden quests to learn all its forms, which was very troublesome.
As for mixed breathing...
It required mastering two breathing styles first.
Therefore, the only one that could be used immediately was Water Breathing.
Besides, with random breathing styles, Bai Ye couldn't be sure which one he would get on Kamado Tanjiro. It was more practical to steadily acquire Thunder Breathing.
Bai Ye gave them no chance to thank him, lest they consider him their savior. He immediately said, "Have you seen any other spider demons, especially..."
Bai Ye gestured below his chest with his hand.
"A short spider demon, about chest height or lower," Bai Ye said. "It should be the youngest child in the spider demon family, the smallest one."
Kamado Tanjiro and Inosuke exchanged glances, then said, "We previously encountered a female spider demon outside Natagumo Mountain. She killed many of our comrades. We haven't seen the short spider demon you're describing."
After speaking, Kamado Tanjiro thought for a moment.
"We received orders to eliminate demons," Kamado Tanjiro said. "Other Demon Slayer Corps members arrived before us and met with misfortune. Based on their movement routes, they seemed to be heading towards the forested area at the summit."
Inosuke said dismissively, "Anyway, the Twelve Kizuki have already been killed. The rest won't be powerful. Let this great me slay them all."
Bai Ye said, "Who said the one on the ground was one of the Twelve Kizuki?"
Kamado Tanjiro was surprised. "Wasn't he one of the Lower Rank demons of the Twelve Kizuki?"
"No," Bai Ye said. "The little one I'm talking about is."
Bai Ye said, looking around.
In his past life, Bai Ye had been chased by spider demons on Natagumo Mountain. It was the spider demon's brother and father who chased him, which was why Bai Ye knew their locations precisely.
As for the other three spider demons, Bai Ye had only seen the spider demon's sister, who should be in the area of the eastern mountain hollow.
However, the spider demon Kamado Tanjiro mentioned was at the mountain entrance, some distance from the hollow. She should be the spider demon's mother.
In that case...
Bai Ye calculated in his mind. Starting from the mountain entrance and excluding the areas where the three spider demons he knew were located, the remaining routes...
Were naturally the location of Lower Rank Moon!
"Thank you!" Having obtained the information he wanted, Bai Ye nodded to Kamado Tanjiro and Inosuke and said, "Leave the rest to me."
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