Hell's Demon Slayers

2-4: COURT OF THE CORPSE KING

Muichiro looked around himself as he exited the start room. "Huh, we can't even see the outside anymore..", he said, walking forward. His eyes locked on some sort of cart, and beneath it were train tracks. It seemed the cart was a way of transportation.

Tengen frowned. "Can we all even fit on that?", he said, counting the Hashira and putting them on the cart in his imagination. "At least five of us have to go on foot.."

"I would be happy to offer my assistance. After all, I have the advantage of speed, don't I?", Shinobu said, smiling.

"Alright, I'll go too, anyone else?", Tengen said.

"Me, Gyomei, and Rengoku will go off, does that sound good to you both?", Sanemi volunteered. With a nod from both Rengoku and Gyomei, that only left Mitsuri, Giyu, Muichiro, and Obanai on the cart. The Hashira went behind the cart, as Muichiro pressed the forward button on it two times, making it accelerate and quickly traverse the railroad tracks, leaving the five.

"Come on everyone, let's catch up!", Rengoku said as he, Tengen, Sanemi, Gyomei, and Shinobu disappeared in the blink of an eye, soon catching up with the four on the cart, which was stopped at a locked door. To the side was some sort of waiting station system. Inside was a blue skull, which Mitsuri picked up. She traversed through the area and soon found a blue pedestal. Once she placed the skull on top of it, the door in front of the cart opened.

"There we go!", Mitsuri beamed, dusting her hands off. "Now to meet with the others!"

She walked back to the cart, where the others were waiting. "Let's go, everyone!"

As the cart ascended once more, the other five following quickly behind, it suddenly came to a stop. The lights in front of them flickered, and then turned off soon after. Something rumbled the entire tunnel.

"Well, that can't be good..", Obanai muttered. And indeed it wasn't, as a gigantic hand came out of the darkness; presumably from the giant that roamed this place in previous levels.

"Shit, it's here!", Sanemi exclaimed, as the hand hit the right side of the wall, creating a shockwave that followed the right side. It knocked down Obanai and Rengoku, who were consequently in the attack's way. It then hit the left side, creating yet another shockwave. Sanemi was to the left, but he evaded the attack just in time to launch an attack of his own.

"Too slow, bastard!", Sanemi said, getting into an offensive stance as he tried to look for any weak point that the hand had.

"Wind Breathing, Fifth Form: Cold Mountain Wind!"

Sanemi dashed forward, his blade raised to unleash a large circular slash. However, once he got closer, the hand smacked him away, launching him a considerable distance, and his sword even farther.

"Nngh.. god damn it..", Sanemi muttered, holding onto his arm. "Mitsuri, you have the longest range here, teach this bastard a thing or two!"

"Got it, Sanemi!", Mitsuri called out, jumping back a few feet to gain some safe distance between her and the hand. She struck the hand several times with her whip-blade, causing it to eventually fumble a bit before smacking the walls and creating more shockwaves. However, this time, its movements became more frequent and rapid, now creating three shockwaves instead of two. Mitsuri knew she needed to end this fast, so she concentrated her breathing before the barrage of attacks reached her.

"Love Breathing, First Form: Shivers of First Love!"

With a fast, winding slash, Mitsuri struck the hand as best she could, green and pink sparks following her blade. The hand recoiled in pain before grabbing onto Mitsuri's blade and throwing her away, launching her an incredible distance.