The new demon king (Completed)

Broken Pillars

In the very area, where the stone pillar, and two of Lord Tanjiro's best friends, they stood across the current uppermoon 3. The shadowed hashiras charged at them, but their attacks were all parried back by Gyomei who swung his flail in a 360 degree angle, knocking them back but they landed on their feet. 

Another shadowed pillar charged but was blocked by Zenitsu "GO HASHIRA-SAMA, WE WILL DEAL WITH THESE GUYS!" He yelled, truth was, they were lucky, because these shadowed hashiras do not carry the same power as their original selves. Inoskue handling his own hashira as well. 

"BAHAHA! I LORD INOSKUE SHALL PROVE TO YOU I CAN BEAT THESE FALSE SHADOWS!" Inoskue yelled as both Inoskue and Zenitsu's backs were against each other. Parrying away whatever attack they can, they would switch sides. 

Gyomei puts his hands together and says "Thank you children, be sure you survive children." He dashes forward the kid who attempted to create a wall to block the stone Hashira, but he underestimated his strength. "Breath of stone: Second Form: Upper Smash!" Gyomei throws both his axe and spiked flail for a pincer move before smashing down on the chain to cause the flail to then rebound and smash his target from afar.

It breaks through the shadowed wall, his eyes widen and he sees the man moving towards him fast. He spreads his arms out causing multiple shadow spikes to surround him along with some of the shadowed hashiras. They all move towards him at the same time to attack him at all sides at once. 

"Breath of stone, Third Form: Stone Skin!" He unleashes a series of slashes with his axe deflecting nearby attacks. All the shadow spikes were destroyed and so were some of the shadow hashiras. But they didn't turn to ash like the spikes did, despite their upper bodies destroyed along with their heads, they were reforming. 

"Breath of thunder, first form: Thunder clap and flash!" With one quick dash Zenitsu decapitated a shadow hashira but it was reforming its head and slashed upwards, slicing Zenitsu's right shoulder, he jumps back while trying desperately to hold in the pain. 

The shadow pillar charged towards Zenitsu but it got wrapped around a chain and was flung away, out of the room, and fell off an edge. "We can't kill them, but we can get them out of here." Gyomei commanded. A maniacal laughter was then heard, they turned to their boar headed ally and who charged head first towards a random shadow hashira. 

The pillar put up their sword to defend, but that didn't stop the crazy boar, "Breath of beast, First Fang: Pierce!" Inoskue thrusts both his blade straight into the neck of the shadowed hashira, pushing the hashira and off the edge. "BAHAHAHA! I, LORD INOSKUE WILL DEAL WITH THESE JOKE OF A PILLAR!!"

His celebration was cut short as a sudden sharp pain emerged at the center of the chest, Zenitsu gasps in horror and felt tears beginning to form, Gyomei stood there in shock as it was clear of what happened.

He was impaled by one of the shadows, it lifts Inoskue up as a huge shadow was on the roof manifested a mouth, "D-don't be scared! Save him now!" Zenitsu yelled

"Breath of thunder! First form: Thunder clap and flash! Sixfolds!" He dashes at incredible speed, destroying the shadow that impaled inoskue and he catches him before he fell onto the floor. Inoskue coughed up blood, he was losing too much blood. 

"Don't die on me my friend!" Zenitsu yelled as he tried to stop the bleeding. 

"What a shame, he was one of the lords old friends, shame, he returned to this world only to  die once more." The uppermoon taunted "Life is suffering, aging is suffering, losing the ones is pain. Why live through  all that? Come join us, become a demon! And you will never suffer this kind of pain again." 

"No, it is wrong. though it is painful to lose ones you love..." Gyomei began as he gripped his chains, he swung the axe and destroyed several shadow hashiras around him "It is joy that they were there, do not make sad because they left, be glad they were there! And I will honor all the lives you've taken away!"