Meanwhile, Gyutaro also seemed agitated.
He continuously scratched his body with his nails, leaving streaks of blood across his skin, his body trembling as he stared intently at Bai Ye.
"Don't you find it uncomfortable?" Gyutaro asked.
"What are you referring to?" Bai Ye scoffed, then added, "Are you talking about the poison on your scythe? Sorry, it's useless against me."
"That's a specially made potent poison," Gyutaro stated. "Even the Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps wouldn't be unaffected."
"Perhaps because I'm not a Hashira?" Bai Ye replied. "Therefore, your poison is ineffective on me!"
Bai Ye had long noticed the poison on Gyutaro's scythe but hadn't bothered with it.
Besides, there was nothing to bother about. With the Venom-Venom Fruit, no poison was effective against Bai Ye.
"It seems neither of us can do anything to the other," Gyutaro conceded.
"I don't quite think so," Bai Ye said, glancing around. "Your sister, that demon girl called Daki, seems to have gone into hiding?"
Gyutaro's expression remained unchanged, but his instinct to scratch his body with his nails intensified, revealing his anxiety.
"Although I'm curious why she's so weak for an Upper Rank Six," Bai Ye continued, "she did say herself that she was Upper Rank Six, and there was a number in her eye..."
Bai Ye spoke as he slowly paced.
"That is to say, you are Upper Rank Six, and your sister is also Upper Rank Six. Upper Rank Six isn't a single person, but two." Bai Ye narrowed his eyes. "So, if there are two Upper Rank Sixes, would it require chopping off both your heads to kill you?"
Gyutaro's face finally changed. He suddenly shouted, "Hide well, don't come out!"
Bai Ye curled his lips. Gyutaro's shout was tantamount to admitting that his guess was correct.
To kill Upper Rank Six, both Gyutaro's and Daki's heads had to be severed.
However, Gyutaro couldn't be called foolish. Whether he shouted or not, Bai Ye would have tried it anyway, as having two Upper Rank Sixes felt a bit off.
Meanwhile...
Gyutaro brandished his scythe and charged at Bai Ye again.
Gyutaro now had a reckless, life-and-death attitude. No matter how Bai Ye cut him, as long as Daki's head wasn't severed simultaneously, he wouldn't die!
"Ah!"
Gyutaro roared and slashed his scythe across his own chest. Immediately, large amounts of blood splashed out, transforming into sharp blood scythes that slashed towards Bai Ye.
Boom, boom!
As Bai Ye leaped, the roof was instantly pulverized.
Bai Ye fell back to the ground from the rooftop, smiling at Gyutaro. "It's easy to find your sister."
The moment he spoke, Bai Ye suddenly lifted his leg and stomped down forcefully onto the ground.
Boom!
A deafening roar echoed.
The ground was shattered by Bai Ye's stomp, and simultaneously...
Screech!
A piercing sound of electricity rang out, and countless currents surged from beneath Bai Ye's feet, spreading in all directions.
Azure arcs of electricity swept across the ground and over the houses.
In the blink of an eye, a section of the surrounding buildings was enveloped in Bai Ye's electrical field.
Currents raged, flashing and constantly destroying the ground and houses, and then...
Boom, boom, boom...
Due to the electricity, many surrounding houses caught fire and exploded.
It was at this moment...
With a bang.
Daki burst out from the rooftop of a house.
The instant Daki left, a current struck from behind, tearing away a section of the roof before surging into the sky.
Bai Ye grinned at Gyutaro. "Found her!"
Gyutaro's expression changed again, and he shouted towards Daki, "Run, run far away!"
As he shouted, Gyutaro ran in the opposite direction of Daki.
The need to sever both heads simultaneously applied to Daki as well, not just Gyutaro.
If Gyutaro's head wasn't cut off at the same time, even if Daki's head was severed, it would regenerate, and she wouldn't die.
Therefore, as long as the two of them maintained distance, Bai Ye would be unable to kill them.
Because if Bai Ye killed one and returned to kill the other, the first one would have already reattached its head, or even if Bai Ye ran away with the head, it would be useless.
Reattaching the head to the neck merely sped up recovery. Even without their original heads, their heads could regenerate.
Such an ability was one of the reasons why 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, it's just a matter of speed," Bai Ye said, looking towards Daki. "Right?"
The moment he spoke, Bai Ye's body suddenly transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot towards Daki.
In the blink of an eye, Bai Ye caught up with the fleeing Daki.
Upon seeing this, Daki immediately released her obi, crossing it in front of her.
But...
It was useless!
Bai Ye raised his Thunder Fang Furious Beast and slashed down at Daki.
Daki's obi was as fragile as paper before the Thunder Fang Furious Beast, which was wrapped in lightning. Bai Ye easily cut it with a single strike.
Then...
*Splat!*
Accompanied by the sound of tearing flesh, Bai Ye continued his sword strike, severing Daki's neck and decapitating her. He then extended his hand, grabbed Daki's hair, and lifted her head.
Seeing this, Gyutaro didn't hesitate and began to flee.
Run, run, run...
As long as he ran far enough, Daki would be fine.
As long as Bai Ye couldn't cut off his head in time, Daki would recover.
The best way to protect Daki now 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 lunged forward, preparing to leap ahead...
"Where do you think you're going?"
Bai Ye's voice echoed in front of Gyutaro.
When Gyutaro looked up in surprise, he saw Bai Ye standing before him.
In just an instant, after severing Daki's head, Bai Ye had returned to Gyutaro's front.
His hand rose, his sword fell!
A flash of lightning streaked!
Against the backdrop of the night, the streak of lightning appeared exceptionally dazzling, brilliant, and bright...
And cold!
Gyutaro's eyes widened as he felt his head separate from his body.
He saw his body falling towards the ground, crashing heavily onto the earth.