Chapter 56

For Yuto's words, the two girls naturally had no other opinions.

To be honest, their survival could be considered a stroke of good luck, and they did not dare to have any extra opinions about Yuto's arrangements.

On the way to the mountaintop, they also saw the remains of other participants in the assessment. Seeing the tragic state of the deceased, the two girls felt even more fortunate to have encountered such a strong person like Yuto.

After bringing the two girls near the mountaintop, Yuto did not waste any time. Without any burden, his body moved like a swift wind, quickly darting through the entire Fujisaki Mountain.

Although his sense of smell was very keen, it was not particularly effective in Fujisaki Mountain.

Because the entire mountain was filled with demons, and the stench was everywhere, Yuto's overly sensitive sense of smell was actually a disadvantage here.

However, Fujisaki Mountain was only so big, and it was filled with so many demons. Yuto almost didn't need to search specifically, as there were always some fearless ones who would come to him.

And these demons who came to him undoubtedly all became victims of Yuto's blade.

One, two, ... ten, a large number of demons in Fujisaki Mountain were continuously slain, and Yuto's task goal was getting closer and closer.

But as Yuto continued to kill, he also noticed that the demons who came to him were gradually becoming fewer.

There was no way around it; the demons in Fujisaki Mountain were not fools. Fujisaki Mountain was only so big, and the commotion Yuto caused was so loud that the demons already knew that a ruthless person had come to Fujisaki Mountain, almost killing any demon they encountered.

If the demons were weaker, they would not have been provoked, but the key was that the demons discovered that the swordsman who appeared in Fujisaki Mountain was incredibly strong.

Many eyewitness demons stated that so far, almost no demon could withstand a single strike from him.

Even the "Hand Demon," who was said to be the one who had devoured the most humans in Fujisaki Mountain and was currently the strongest demon there, was no exception.

He was originally preparing to hunt Yuto, but he didn't even finish his lines before being instantly killed by a single strike.

The Hand Demon was a demon caught by Rengoku Zakuro, born in the Edo period, and was extremely strong.

Because of his intense hatred for Rengoku Zakuro, who had captured him, he had been deliberately targeting Rengoku Zakuro's disciples over the years.

He had devoured thirteen of Rengoku Zakuro's disciples!

The Hand Demon, known as the leader among the demons in Fujisaki Mountain, had a massive body, and a thick layer of fat protected his vital points.

For the young people currently participating in the Demon Slayer Corps, it was almost impossible to cut through his thick fat layer, making him an almost invincible existence in Fujisaki Mountain.

With such absolute confidence, the Hand Demon also took the initiative to find Yuto, as he hated those self-righteous demon-slaying swordsmen the most.

The stronger the opponent's strength and the better their talent, the more excited he would become by their desperate cries of despair in his hands.

And it was this Hand Demon, who was invincible in Fujisaki Mountain, that, when he came to Yuto, didn't even finish his self-introduction before being instantly cut in two by Yuto!

Indeed, his thick fat, which could defend against most damage, was completely ineffective against Yuto.

A single downward strike sliced through, and the Hand Demon's massive body was instantly cut in two. The residual blade energy even left a deep mark on the rock behind him.

With the strongest "Hand Demon" being instantly killed, the demons in Fujisaki Mountain naturally dared not show themselves, all choosing to lie low, even ignoring the other young participants in the assessment.

There was no way around it; a good meal was certainly nice, but their own lives were more important.

Encountering such a nemesis this year could only be considered bad luck. Now, their lives were more important, and they could just go hungry for a year and make up for it next year.

However, the demons in Fujisaki Mountain did not expect that even though they chose to lie low, that demon had no intention of letting them off.

With no demons coming to him, Yuto was quite helpless, so he had to walk back to the foot of the mountain and conduct a thorough search again.

At the mountaintop of Fujisaki Mountain, a large number of young people who had passed the assessment were now gathered, and the black-and-white-haired girl who had welcomed everyone at the foot of the mountain also reappeared.

But when they saw the number of people who had reached the mountaintop, they quickly contacted the management of the Demon Slayer Corps.

Because the current situation was indeed very strange, and they even thought that there might be a problem with this year's Demon Slayer Corps assessment.

To ask why, it was simply because the number of people who passed the Demon Slayer Corps assessment this time was just too many!

Indeed, the number of young people gathered at the mountaintop, although at least two-thirds fewer than at the foot of the mountain, still numbered over ten.

Such a number had never happened in the history of the Demon Slayer Corps' entry assessment.

In previous assessments, leaving two or three people was considered normal, and leaving four or five was considered exceptional.

Sometimes, not even one person passed, which was not an uncommon occurrence.

But with a third of the participants passing the assessment, it meant that something must have happened in Fujisaki Mountain that they did not know about.

The Demon Slayer Corps, upon receiving the notification, clearly took this matter very seriously. After all, Fujisaki Mountain's location was special, and it was filled with a large number of demons. If something went wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.

According to the assessment participants, the demons in Fujisaki Mountain seemed to have disappeared at the same time. They hardly encountered any demons' traces in the latter part of their journey.

The Demon Slayer Corps' lord also took the abnormality in Fujisaki Mountain very seriously, so they quickly sent the appropriate personnel to handle the situation.

The people who arrived at Fujisaki Mountain were a man and a woman, both wearing the Demon Slayer Corps' special attire. The man had black hair and a consistently cold expression, wearing a haori with different patterns on each side.

The woman also had black hair, with purple tips, and wore a butterfly hair clip, a beautiful woman with a healing smile on her face.

These two people were not obscure figures in the Demon Slayer Corps but were the famous two Pillars!