From one piece to the Maltiverse.

Chapter 321: Yellow Sand Pouring into Infinity Castle!

Inside the Infinity Castle, Muzan Kibutsuji and Steve Gus had been fiercely fighting for a full two days.

Despite this, neither side's Speed, Strength, or Attention had been affected in the slightest, and the Buildings in their path were reduced to ruins.

They were like a pair of Meteor, sometimes separating, sometimes chasing, sometimes colliding, then flashing past each other. The Combat had reached a fever pitch.

"Blood Demon Art: Black Blood Thorns!"

Muzan, filled with Anger, suddenly raised his right arm covered in blood-red patterns towards Gus. In an instant, dozens of black thorns with sharp points transformed into a terrifying large Net and covered him.

Seeing this, the latter coldly snorted and didn't mention any technique name. As if imitating, he raised his own right arm covered with a layer of Black Armor.

Instantly, a large amount of black Strings shot out and quickly Hardened into sharp long needles mid-flight, clashing head-on with those black thorns in the Air, erupting in countless flickering Sparks and crisp clanging sounds.

"Damn it, so annoying."

Seeing this, Muzan grew increasingly impatient. He hadn't expected that this so-called Kabaneri before him would actually be truly difficult to deal with.

Especially after fighting for so long, how could this Bastard not show any signs of fatigue at all?

However, only he knew his own Situation best. Captain Guts's actual Situation was somewhat not optimistic. In terms of Stamina, he could probably last for about half a day to a full day.

The key was that his Haki was almost depleted.

Muzan Kibutsuji's attack Speed and attack Frequency greatly exceeded his expectations. Those nineteen thorny whips constantly maintained continuous attacks at supersonic Rank. He seemed to have no concept of fatigue or Stamina at all.

This caused Captain Guts to constantly have to use Observation Haki and Armament Haki, which made his Mental Strength somewhat unable to keep up.

And the biggest problem was...

"Although I don't know how much longer you can last, including that Energy Bullet, you don't seem to have the Means to kill me. It's fated that you will be the one to die in the end, it's just a Matter of Time!"

While maintaining high-Speed Combat, Muzan Kibutsuji sneered to disrupt Captain Guts's Mindset. At the same time, he wanted to probe the opponent's specific Situation.

After all, it was his first time fighting a Kabaneri.

Regarding this.

Captain Guts didn't reply, facing Muzan's wave after wave of dense offensives with an expressionless face. Anyway, all he could do now was drag it out.

If he couldn't drag it out until their own Support arrived, it would just be death.

As a Cipher Pol member who had received Professional Training since childhood, he had long been mentally prepared to die on a Mission. It was just a pity that he wasn't married yet, let alone had children.

Well, that's fine too.

If he really had children, they would probably also be taken to Kona Island for Training, right? That was actually quite painful too...

[Bang bang bang bang...]

Amidst the seemingly endless sounds of fierce Combat, Time flowed by little by little. Infinity Castle had suffered its first major Destruction in hundreds of years.

Regarding these things, the remaining eleven 'Twelve Kizuki' could only quietly wait while guarding the captured Mekko.

Anyway, the one who would ultimately win would definitely be Lord Muzan!

Meanwhile.

Hachioji City, located about forty kilometers west of Tokyo City, had received the highest Rank Black Alert in advance. At this time, not a single person could be seen in the Streets and Alleys of the City. Only some Stray Dogs were still frolicking around, enjoying the rare opportunity to become the City's Masters.

However, Officials and Scholars from the Tokyo Meteorological Agency, very professionally came to a three-story concrete small Building in the westernmost part of the urban area.

They were looking into the Distance at Mount Takao, which was a lush, beautiful green mountain covered in vegetation.

Unfortunately, its Height of less than six hundred meters meant it couldn't possibly block a Sandstorm that was at least a thousand meters high. These people just wanted to see with their own eyes what such a strange and exceptionally Strong Sandstorm looked like.

For this.

They also temporarily modified the doors and Windows of this small Building. The doors were replaced with heavier Iron Doors, and the Windows were fitted with five layers of Glass. Inside the Building, there was also a lot of Freshwater and Food stored.

"It's here! Shukaku!"

Suddenly, a meteorological Professional raised his finger and shouted.

It turned out that following the custom of giving Code Names to typhoons, they also gave 'Crocodile' the Code Name 'Shukaku'. It was truly because in Japanese Myth, only Shukaku seemed to be related to the Desert.

Following his fingertip, sure enough, they saw a vast expanse of yellow Sand surging over the sky above Mount Takao. They were like a Tsunami, submerging layers of green.

[Whoosh whoosh whoosh—]

In the blink of an eye, the western line of Hachioji City was completely covered. That concrete small Building had long since disappeared within the Sandstorm.

Looking down from a higher perspective.

One could see the entire City being gradually dyed yellow from west to east at a Speed visible to the naked eye. The entire scene was extremely shocking.

About ten minutes later, Hachioji City was completely Fallen. But a strange Situation occurred. These Sandstorms seemed to have no intention of continuing to move forward. Instead, they enveloped the City, which was being brutally ravaged and suffering in agony, swirling into a tornado-like Form.

For the people here, it was like the Doomsday had arrived.

Within the sky-obscuring Sandstorm, the Air was filled with choking Sand and dim light. And as the Gale roared, everything fell into chaos.

Yet, in such an extremely harsh Environment.

As the dense yellow Sand gathered, it actually formed a tall, humanoid figure.

Apart from his Black Coat being blown around noisily, he seemed unaffected by the Sandstorm.

"Hmm, it seems to be here."

Crocodile looked at the two Vivire Cards in his palm that were no longer moving, only the Edge of one of them was gradually burning black.

He put away the two pieces of Paper. First, he Un hurried lit himself a Cigar. Then, he squinted his eyes and surveyed the Streets and various Buildings below.

"Underground, huh? In that case..."

The next moment, his arm turned into flowing yellow Sand again, and then rapidly expanded. Every grain of Sand vibrated at high Speed. Soon, a buzzing sound rang out beside his ear.

"Whether you can survive or not depends entirely on luck now!"

"Desert Treasure Blade————"

Crocodile shouted out his technique name with a Cigar in his mouth. At the same time, he forcefully swung his 'right arm' towards the City below.

[Boom!!!]

The incomparably sharp Sand Blade, nearly three meters long, became even larger the moment it left his hand.

It tore through the Sandstorm and Gale along its path. The Air along its path became dense, became distorted. Finally, unable to withstand such compression, it produced a violent air explosion.

The moment it landed on the ground, it instantly cut a terrifying 'scar' hundreds of meters long and over ten meters deep into Hachioji City's 'body'.

As for what happened to the houses or people it covered, who cared?

"I see it."

At this moment, Crocodile's Gaze locked onto a point of Gunfire Flash within the 'cut'. The brightly lit Infinity Castle was simply too dazzling in the pitch-black Underground Environment.

[Whoosh whoosh whoosh—]

The next moment, he once again turned into a mass of yellow Sand and dispersed within the Sandstorm.

Inside the Infinity Castle.

Muzan Kibutsuji and Captain Guts, who was in a rather sorry state, had already stopped fighting due to the sudden violent Tremor. This 'Fortress' seemed to have encountered an Earthquake.

"What's going on!"

The former frowned, looking displeasedly at Nakime, who was holding a Pipa and had a clearly panicked Expression on her face. However, he didn't notice Gus, who was covered in cold sweat and clutching his bleeding severed arm, his Gaze filled with surprise.

"Lord Muzan, out... outside there's a Sandstorm, and, and also the pl... place we're in has cracked open..."

Nakime, perceiving the Situation outside the Infinity Castle, stammered out her explanation. But her words didn't make sense to Muzan, Kokushibo, and the others.

There's a Sandstorm on the surface, what does that have to do with this Underground Infinity Castle?

Also, what does 'cracked open' mean?

[Crack————]

But just then, a strange cracking sound suddenly echoed from above. Everyone simultaneously raised their heads, shocked to see dense cracks appearing on the Rooftop of the Infinity Castle.

Immediately after, wisps of yellow Sand sprinkled down. And as the cracks grew larger and more numerous, more and more yellow Sand poured in, as if there was a Desert above the Infinity Castle...

(End of this chapter)