I will attack as a player!

Chapter 11 First Encounter with Muzan

Although he had already obtained the access key for the Demon Slayer collaboration instance, Chu Wuji did not intend to enter unprepared.

Although, as a player, the only consequence of dying in a dungeon is losing all his loot and being kicked out.

However, Chu Wuji was determined to obtain Ghost Blood this time, so he had to plan ahead.

First, there's his physical condition. The strenuous training this morning has left Chu Wuji's body still sore and not fully recovered.

Chu Wuji planned to drink a bottle of the [Muscle Optimizing Potion] to see how well it could "relieve muscle fatigue and repair some muscle damage" as described in the product description.

This is not a waste, but also a way to test the waters for potential use of the medicine in future crises.

Secondly, there's combat strength.

The power levels in the original Demon Slayer manga are quite bizarre and inconsistent.

Judging from the giant boulder that the Stone Pillar pushed in the Pillar Training arc, which was about three and a half meters high, the opponent's full strength must have been at least tens of tons. Is this a normal person?

But even such a rock pillar was suppressed by Upper Moon One, and Upper Moon One's sword could not cut through the old flintlock musket.

This is quite subtle. Chu Wuji has no idea whether such bugs will be optimized in future collaboration dungeons, or whether they will be optimized upwards or downwards.

But Chu Wuji understood one thing very well: even now that he had begun to cultivate the Purple Lightning Reverse Yuan Sect's martial arts, he would definitely be instantly killed if he encountered Muzan.

Compared to his previous stats in the original Demon Slayer manga, before they became corrupted, he is now only slightly stronger than Akaza, also known as Komaji, during his human era.

Komaji was killed by Muzan in a second.

We need to think of a way to deal with the ghost...

After thinking for a moment, Chu Wuji used his brain to make a phone call.

"Hey, Uncle Chen, are you busy today? Oh, it's nothing, I just wanted to order something from you, and I've already sent the request..."

"Can I get the 3D printout this afternoon? Okay, I'll come pick it up then."

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Afternoon, at the convenience store.

Chu Wuji, dressed in a black martial arts outfit and carrying a briefcase with wood grain veneer, slowly walked through the gate.

Gu Zixin was taken aback when she saw Chu Wuji's attire, then suddenly realized: "Are you going to get juice again?"

She hadn't forgotten that the first time she picked up Chu Wuji a few days ago, he was dressed like a murderer.

But this time they're wearing athletic wear instead of staff uniforms? Is it because it's inconvenient for the event?

After spending the past few days together, Gu Zixin has learned about Chu Wuji's background and that he was also an orphan who raised his younger sister on his own.

People like that are bound to experience stress, and it's normal for them to have some little quirks to relieve stress.

"Sigh, society turns people into ghosts..." Gu Zixin sighed.

"Huh? Hmm." Not knowing what the black-haired dragon was lamenting about, Chu Wuji went along with it and said, "Watch the shop for me, I'll be right back."

No matter how long you stay inside the instance, you always come out ten minutes later. Chu Wuji wasn't worried about staying in the Demon Slayer instance for too long, but Gu Zixin and Chu Tong were.

"Okay~"

This time, Chu Wuji was more cautious. After arriving at the alley, he did not directly enter the Demon Slayer instance, but instead pushed open another door.

This is a small warehouse that the convenience store usually uses to store goods; it's about the size of a bedroom.

After locking the door, Chu Wuji picked up the backpack and a blank Nichirin Blade that he had prepared beforehand, and with a thought, he...

The next moment, a red wooden door exactly like the one that appeared in the lottery animation appeared before them. Unlike the wooden door in the alley, the red wooden door in front of them had a keyhole.

Chu Wuji stretched out his hand, and the [Access Key] transformed into a brass key in his palm.

Insert, rotate.

The door swung open, and the immense suction force returned.

In a flash, Chu Wuji's vision turned into a vast expanse of white, with the setting sun already disappearing into the distance, leaving only a few lingering rays.

Snowflakes fell, then melted near Chu Wuji due to his body heat.

"So it really is this timeline?" Chu Wuji didn't hesitate. He immediately opened the briefcase, took out a metal rod that looked like a pendant, and hung it on his chest.

Speaking of snow, the most memorable scene in Demon Slayer is when the Kamado family is murdered at the beginning of the story, and Nezuko becomes a demon.

The timing of the dungeon sending Chu Wuji here was within Chu Wuji's expectations; he just didn't know if the Zaomen family had already been killed.

This is a very important dividing line, because it means whether Chu Wuji will directly face the biggest boss in Demon Slayer, Muzan Kibutsuji.

Although the ground was covered by heavy snow, a mountain road could still be seen in the distance.

After walking along the mountain path for about half a minute, a line of footprints appeared in the snow on the ground, stretching all the way to the wooden house in the distance.

Looking up, the owner of the footprints was standing in front of the wooden house. He was a curly-haired man wearing a white suit and a thick black velvet shawl.

At that moment, a giant arm made of twisted flesh and blood emerged from the opponent's left sleeve and shot straight into the room.

Chu Wuji immediately tapped the pendant on his chest with his hand, then placed his hand on the hilt of the Nichirin Blade at his waist.

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"Knock knock knock".

A rhythmic knocking sounded, prompting the sleeping Kamado Aoi to get up and look.

Why are there still people coming at this hour?

Is Tanjiro back?

Before she could even get up, the door to the cabin was pushed open from the outside.

The immense force snapped the latch that was originally used to lock the door.

The loud noise startled the sleeping children around the woman awake.

"Only women and children? Well... that's fine too."

Muzan's arm twisted and deformed into a huge mouth, intending to start by killing the only woman present, Kamado Aoi.

The next instant, a sharp pain, like being scorched by the sun, came from the tentacle, and half of the tentacle flew up and turned to ashes in mid-air.

"What happened?!"

Muzan then realized that his tentacles seemed to have been severed by something.

Nichirin sword? No, a Nichirin sword couldn't possibly have that kind of burning effect on oneself...

Muzan felt a surge of crisis wash over him and abruptly turned around.

A young man dressed in black and carrying luggage came into view.

The sense of threat is very low, and there is no murderous intent...

Muzan's gaze quickly focused on the sword at the other's waist.

It is indeed a Nichirin Blade, but... why?

The slash was so fast that I didn't even see it, and how could it hit me from such a distance?

The two were at least a hundred meters apart!

No matter how unwilling Muzan was, a terrifying figure still surfaced from the depths of his memory.

It was him? Impossible!

Muzan's reason screamed madly, but his body's survival instinct reacted first.

The clothes on his back suddenly ripped apart, and several sharp tentacles shot out at an even faster speed. Their target was not Chu Wuji, but the kitchen staff and their family inside the house!

He wanted to turn these people into ghosts to buy himself even a second to escape!