On the other side, Gyutaro also seemed agitated.
He continuously scraped his body with his nails, creating bloody gashes, his body trembling, his eyes fixed on Byakuya.
Gyutaro said, "Don't you feel uncomfortable?"
"What are you referring to?" Byakuya pouted and asked, "Is it the poison on your scythe? Sorry, it's useless against me."
Gyutaro stated, "That's a specially made potent poison. Even the Nine Pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps wouldn't be unaffected."
"Perhaps because I'm not a Pillar?" Byakuya replied, "Therefore, your poison is useless against me!"
Byakuya had sensed the poison on Gyutaro's scythe long ago but hadn't bothered with it.
Besides, there was nothing to bother about. With the poison-poison fruit, no poison was effective against Byakuya.
Gyutaro remarked, "It seems neither of us can do anything to the other."
"I don't quite think so," Byakuya said, looking around. "Your sister, that demon named Daki, seems to be hiding?"
Gyutaro's expression remained unchanged, but instinctively, he began scratching his body with his nails again, revealing his anxiety.
Byakuya continued, "Although I'm curious why she, as Upper Rank Six, is so weak, she did say herself that she is Upper Rank Six, and there are numbers in her eyes..."
As Byakuya spoke, he slowly paced.
"Meaning, you are Upper Rank Six, and your sister is also Upper Rank Six. Upper Rank Six isn't one person, but two," Byakuya narrowed his eyes. "So, if there are two Upper Rank Sixes, wouldn't you need to chop off both your heads to kill you both?"
Gyutaro's face finally changed. He suddenly shouted, "Hide well, don't come out!"
Byakuya curled his lips. Gyutaro's shout was equivalent to admitting that his guess was correct.
To kill Upper Rank Six, both Gyutaro and Daki's heads had to be severed.
However, Gyutaro couldn't be called stupid. Whether he shouted or not, Byakuya would have tried anyway. After all, having two Upper Rank Sixes at once felt a bit off.
At the same time...
Gyutaro swung his scythe and charged towards Byakuya again.
Gyutaro now had a completely fearless, life-risking attitude. No matter how Byakuya cut him, as long as Daki's head wasn't severed simultaneously, he wouldn't die!
"Aaaah!"
Gyutaro roared, slashing his scythe across his chest. Immediately, a large amount of blood splattered out, forming sharp blood scythes that attacked Byakuya.
Boom, boom!
As Byakuya leaped, the roof was instantly pulverized.
Byakuya landed back on the ground from the roof, looking at Gyutaro with a smile. "Finding your sister is very easy."
The moment Byakuya spoke, he suddenly lifted his leg and stomped down heavily on the ground.
Boom!
A resounding roar erupted.
The ground was shattered by Byakuya's stomp, and at the same time...
Zzzzz!
A piercing electrical sound rang out, followed by countless currents surging from beneath Byakuya's feet in all directions.
Azure arcs of electricity swept across the ground and over the houses.
In the blink of an eye, the surrounding buildings were enveloped in Byakuya's electric field.
Currents raged wildly, flashing and continuously destroying the ground and houses, and then...
Boom, boom, boom...
Due to the electricity, many surrounding houses caught fire and exploded.
And at this moment...
With a bang.
Daki burst out from the roof of a house.
The instant Daki left, a current from behind tore open a section of the roof and surged into the sky.
Byakuya grinned at Gyutaro, "Found her!"
Gyutaro's expression changed again, and he shouted towards Daki, "Run, run far away!"
As Gyutaro shouted, he ran in the opposite direction of Daki.
The need to sever both heads simultaneously applied not only to Gyutaro but also to Daki.
If Gyutaro's head wasn't severed at the same time, even if Daki's head was cut off, it would regenerate, and she wouldn't die.
Therefore, as long as the two stayed apart, with sufficient distance, Byakuya couldn't kill them.
Because by the time Byakuya killed one and returned to kill the other, the first one would have already reattached its head. Even if Byakuya ran off with the head, it would be useless.
Reattaching the head to the neck merely sped up regeneration. Even without their original heads, their heads could regenerate.
Such an ability was one of the reasons Gyutaro and Daki could maintain their position as Upper Rank Six.
Only by severing both their heads in an extremely short period, almost simultaneously, could they be killed.
"So, simply put, being fast enough is all it takes," Byakuya said, looking in Daki's direction. "Right?"
The moment Byakuya spoke, his body suddenly transformed into lightning and shot towards Daki.
In the blink of an eye, Byakuya caught up to the fleeing Daki.
Seeing this, Daki immediately released her obi, crossing it in front of her.
But...
It was utterly useless!
Byakuya raised his Thunderfang Fury Beast and slashed at Daki.
In front of the Thunderfang Fury Beast wrapped in lightning, Daki's obi was as fragile as paper, easily severed by Byakuya's sword.
Then...
With a *thump*!
Accompanied by the sound of flesh tearing, Byakuya followed through with a sword strike to Daki's neck, severing her head. He then reached out, grabbed Daki by her hair, and held her head aloft.
Seeing this, Gyutaro immediately began to flee without hesitation.
Run, run, run...
As long as he ran far enough, Daki would be fine.
As long as Byakuya didn't have time to sever his head, Daki could recover.
The best way to protect Daki at this moment was to run.
And coincidentally, this was what Gyutaro excelled at. He was good at running, and he ran very fast.
Then...
The moment Gyutaro adopted a charging posture, about to leap forward...
"Where do you think you're going?"
Byakuya's voice sounded in front of Gyutaro.
When Gyutaro looked up in surprise, he saw Byakuya standing before him.
In just an instant, after severing Daki's head, Byakuya had returned to Gyutaro's front.
Hand raised, sword falling!
A flash of lightning streaked past!
Against the backdrop of the night, that flash of lightning appeared extremely dazzling, brilliant... and cold!
Gyutaro's eyes widened as he felt his head separate from his body.
He saw his body fall towards the ground, crashing heavily onto the earth.
...