chapter 164 begins tanjiro just woke up and smells something burning he tries to sleep further but realizes that there is a fire quickly jolting aake he sees guu putting his sword through a small fire he built and asked by tanjiro guu states that his wounds haven't stopped bleeding despite putting pressure on them guu extends the offer to tanjiro noting that if the bleeding in his arm doesn't stop he can burn them as well tanjiro worriedly agrees tanjiro stands upright and holds his sword out to be on guard guu states that this fight is only the beginning the final goal is muan but he is worried they may soon face upper Moon 2 or even upper Moon one at that moment augi Crow announces that shinobu Cana and inosuke have defeated upper Moon 2 to the shock of both water breathers tanjiro then realizes that all of the Slayers are slowly getting closer to muan Meanwhile mitsuri has found nimi now the new upper Moon 4 mitsui laments that shinobu risked her own life to win despite being younger than her giving her the motivation to attack nakime heden the demon summons a door however slamming mitsuri away to her embarrassment obanai catches her and takes her to an upper platform for safety only for the floors to be opened by nakime causing both of them to nearly fall they regroup but nakime retaliates by causing the floor mitsuri is standing on to rock it to the ceiling resulting in her nearly getting crushed until she destroys the floor she is on obanai uses snake breathing second form Venom fangs of the narrow head but misses when nakime summons a building to block his path to this he comments that though Nim's blood demon art isn't deadly it's by far the most annoying and Troublesome elsewhere gum and muo continue through the castle sensing muan is close suddenly a wall compartment pushes muichiro separating the two he is forced through multiple walls before landing in a room full of numerous pillars inside the room the demon notices him and comments that he looks rather familiar muichiro is shocked as he realizes he is now face to face with upper Moon 1 the strongest among the 12 moons chapter 164 ends chapter 165 Begins the upper Moon kokushibo examines muichiro toito in the transparent world and recognizes something in the boy muichiro looks on head-on thinking that the upper rank one is quite dignified and Majestic muichiro notices the blade at the Demon's side and wonders if he had been a Demon Slayer in the past suddenly muro's hands start shaking with the sword handle in their grip unable to shake the feeling of being in front of kokushibo with his body refusing to battle something that had never happened before in his entire life kokushibo asks him what his name is and mucho tells him with kokushibo responding that the tsugikuni name has died out puzzled muichiro asks him who tsugikuni is and kokushibo continues saying that it was inevitable after so many centuries the upper rank tells muichiro that when he had been human his name was mikatsu tuik Kuni and then reveals that muo is his descendant Moo's eyes widen with shock and he refuses to believe it at first with his mind swimming with questions about the upper rank coming back to reality quickly mucho steals himself and prepares to attack with kokushibo praising his mental strength Laing him for overcoming his panic in such a short period of time as mucho swoops forward and attacks him with mist breathing second form eight layered Mist the demon effortlessly Dodges in the blink of an eye appearing behind mucho kokushibo praises the boy's breathing technique seeing that his descendant is a Mist breathing user and then swiftly Dodges Mist breathing fifth form sea of clouds and Haze launched by muichiro accurately deducing micho's age as being 14 kokushibo is impressed that the boy's swordsmanship is so refined at his young age and his mental fortitude to quell his fear and battle the demon taking pride in the strength still flowing from those of his blood displeased weiro rebuffs the upper rank saying that if a 100 years have indeed passed then not a drop of Koko's blood remains in him mucho then activates his Demon Slayer Mark and performs Mist breathing seventh form obscuring clouds a technique that kokushibo had never seen before as mucho slices at the Demon's neck kokushibo quickly evades the attack impressed with the beauty and Grace of the technique drawing his own blade kokoso performs Moon breathing first form Dark Moon evening Shrine which mucho is unable to keep up with as a result the hashira sadly loses his left hand shocked that the upper rank is able to use breathing techniques as a demon mucho quickly attempts to restrict the bleeding from the stump on his arm by tightening the sleeves of his robe with his teeth he then dashes forward and attacks kokoso despite his injuries and the demon is impressed at the courage and skill of his descendant the Mist hashira performs Mist breathing fourth form shifting flow slash but kokushibo catches the boy's blade between his fingers and turns it on him pinning him to a pillar kokushibo then asks muo to allow him to turn the hashira into a demon so that he could serve muan kibutsuji chapter 165 ends chapter 166 begins kokushibo stands in front of muo having pinned him to a pillar with his own blade and says that his heart is moved by seeing one of his own descendants something he had never imagined mucho stares at the upper rank in silence as kokoso continues and says that his arm will regrow once he becomes a demon certain that muan would allow such a thing given that the other upper ranks had all been slain transfixed on his descendant kokoso attempts to stem Moo's bleeding but then says that if mucho died due to excess blood loss or if he was rejected by muan then it would be fate kokushibo tells mucho that this would mean that he was a man only meant to go so far in the background sneakily gya shinazugawa attempts to shoot the demon as he fires he is left utterly shocked as kokushibo instantly appears behind him and asks if he agrees with his his statement slicing off Jena's gun arm so fast that he wasn't even able to notice the boy looks in shock and attempts to defend himself but before his hand is able to fully draw his blade kokoso swiftly slices off his other arm as well leaving the Boy bleeding profusely he sees that genya has been eating demons and slices his torso clean in half muichiro is horrified at the sight and attempts to pull the blade out of himself but in vain as he is unable to make it budge kokushibo is surprised that gya is still alive despite having his torso cut in half and tells him that around 300 years ago there was another swordsman who ate demons just like he did kokushibo says that he had killed that particular swordsman by slicing his torso in half he says that if the same strategy did not work on gya then perhaps the boy's weak point was actually his head gya tries to crawl towards his arms to attempt to reattach them as kokushibo says that he has no reason to allow a fake demon like him to live and begins to slice at his head suddenly he is intercepted by sanmi shinazugawa performing wind breathing fourth form Rising dust storm as kokushibo immediately Retreats backward and recognizes Sami as the wind hashira Sami declares that he is the wind that will rip off kokushibo head jenya Whispers to his brother who roughly responds by calling jenya a pathetic little brother telling him that the reason he went so far as to kill their own mother was that he wanted to protect jenya flashing back to a conversation he had with tanjiro during his hashira training Jena remembers that tangero told him he could not smell a tinge of hatred towards Jenna tangero had told him that he did not need to be afraid of his brother because sanmi had loved him the entire time sanami continues and tells Jenna that he should have lived a normal life until he reaped a ripe old age and attempted to make his wife and children happy in return for all the happiness that had been taken from them their siblings and their mother sanami tells him that he would have not let a single demon get near gya no matter what tears up and apologizes to his brother meanwhile kokushibo feels nostalgic upon seeing a pair of Demon Slayer Brothers enraged though sonami curses at kokushibo and lunges forward to attack as kokushibo slices at him sanami ducks and slides between kokushibo legs catches the Demon's foot and flips him over launching wind breathing first formed dust Whirlwind cutter at the upper rank without pause Cami matches blades with kokushibo who finally draws his sword out for all to see a grotesque Blade with eyes and veins running down the side of its length sanami notes how disgusting the sight of it truly is chapter 1066 ends chapter 167 begins sanami and kokushibo go blade to Blade and the upper Moon unleashes a moon breathing fifth form Moon Spirit calamitus Eddie the wind hashira manages to dodge noting that kokushibo is able to repeat his slashes without even moving his blade sanami prepares to Counterattack dashing forward Nami performs a wind breathing third form clean storm Wind Tree and clashes with kokushibo but is unable to damage the upper rank impressed kokoso Praises cami's physical capabilities knowing that they are at their Peak the hashira is silently a struck at the Demon's own prowess analyzing Koko's attacks and seeing that each slash is accompanied by smaller crescent-shaped blades that change their size randomly over time Cami gets excited at kokushibo skill s is thrilled and calls kokushibo a demon worth killing launching a wind breathing second form claws purifying wind cemi charges forward as kokushibo deflects his attack he looks up and sees the wind hashira about to slice down at him and blocks the blow suddenly sanmi goes straight for kokushibo neck with genya's sword maneuvering the blade with his right foot as the upper Moon narrowly evades the two continue to battle with sanami matching kokoso blow for blow much to the Demon's Delight the intense combat begins to take its toll on Simi however as the wind hashira finally slips up and narrowly misses the tip of his swing missing death by a small margin kokushibo reminisces over old battles and thinks back to a fight he had with a previous wind hashira back in the sangoku era and how both of them had improved their swordsmanship by fighting in a similar manner suddenly launching a moon breathing sixth form Perpetual night lonely Moon kokushibo manages to slice cmi's chest and even cuts off all of the surrounding pillars in the room with his attack with blood spilling from his chest sanami stands up straight and finds slashes running alongside his torso kokushibo praises the enemy's skill for having kept up with him for so long but tells him that if he moves now his organs will spill out suddenly he tenses up as his pulse begins to race and he is puzzled at the sudden change sanemi begins to chuckle as he sees that the effect of his rare blood has even begun to work on an upper rank with a smirk he lashes forward and attacks kokushibo taunting the demon from staggering as he gloats that his rare blood makes demons go drunk off the smell of it as he begins to Counterattack in Earnest chapter 167 ends chapter 168 Begins the wind hashira recounts how he first learned about the special quality of his blood and thinks back to the night his mother became a demon he noted that her movements had become duller after his blood had spilled and deduced that she had gotten drunk off the smell of it afterwards he began to hunt demons all on his own being unaware of the Demon Slayer Cor instead he relied on his own blood to disorient the demons enough for him to restrain them and then quickly burn them in the Sun the knights were difficult for him as he had become partially blind after killing his mother afterwards he realized that this had been a reckless Endeavor and he had been incredibly lucky to actually have gotten through it unscathed one day while hunting for a demon Cami ran into a Demon Slayer named masachika Kumo who was also hunting the same demon this is where Cami learned of the actual existence of the the Demon Slayer Corp and would join them afterwards they became friends and even defeated lower rank one while working together however masica was fatally wounded in the fight against the lower Rank and ended up dying leaving Cami the only one to become a hashira as a result of their win back in the fight against kokushibo Cami unleashes a wind breathing sixth form Black Wind Mountain Mist which the upper rank narrowly Dodges shocked to see sanami being capable of fighting kokushibo guesses that the hashira is squeezing his muscles to prevent his organs from spilling out and solidifying his blood with his breaths to stem his bleeding impressed at the hash's immense skill kokushibo notes that this is a feat No Ordinary human could achieve and begins trading blows with Simi the wind hashira keeps pushing kokushibo back but the demon suddenly Stomps down on his blade preventing him from moving it and then attempts to behead sanami flashing back to when he first became a hashira still raw from his sadness over the death of masach sanami recalls his hash a meeting when they had first laid eyes on kagaya ubuyashiki sanami had boiled with rage at seeing someone who was smiling while there were people who were suffering at the hands of demons hurling verbal abuse at oyakata and saying he only saw the demon Slayers as pawns sanemi had immediately earned the ire of his fellow hashira with his disrespect Gom had approached him but kagaya assured the hashira it was all right before things could escalate further and then addressed sanami directly kagaya told him that he had wished to fight with their blade himself as well but was never able to do more than 10 swings before his pulse went wild and he would have to stop he continued and said that if the demon Slayers were pawns then he was nothing more than a pawn who moved them around as well kagaya continued his response to sami's words and told the wind hashira that even if he died nothing would change as he already had successors oyakata said that since this was sanam's first hashira meeting and that he probably just had a misunderstanding to treat him however he wished and to just focus on protecting people's lives as a hashira kagaya continued and said that it was his fault for calling Cami so soon after masachika had died as they had been as close as brothers sanami was dumbfounded to hear this and that oyakata knew masika's actual name after this Kay kocho told him that kagaya had actually memorized all of the names of every single Demon Slayer having been shocked to hear so cemi had looked in awe as kagaya had gotten up and informed them of masa's will saying that the will of most demon Slayers would be similar kagaya had handed over masa's will to Cami and the boy tearfully read it it told him that the demon Slayers would always want their loved ones to live with their smiles and to not die unnatural deaths at the hands of demons remembering these moments sanami pulls out a pistol and blocks Koko's Blade with the underside of it before firing straight at the Demon's face kokushibo defiantly blocks the bullets with his blade and then unleashes a moon breathing third form lonesome Moon chains cemi vanishes from the range of the attack and kokoso exasperatedly says that the demon Slayers just keep on coming as he sees G the strongest Demon Slayer has arrived chapter 168 ends chapter 169 begins G tells cemi to stitch up his stomach wound and that he would distract the demon to allow him to do so cemi agrees and apologizes for getting into such a state as the stone hashira steps into to fight the upper rank demon notes with excitement that guom has refined his body to its utmost limits saying that he hadn't seen a warrior with this strength in 300 years Gom continues swinging his flail and inhaling deeply the whole time while kokushibo notes that the air is being drawn towards him finally attacking kokushibo with his weapon Yom looks on as the upper rank Dodges his attack but he quickly throws his axe at the demon as well kokoso who had been about to attack yum is forced to abandon this idea and evade the axe he attempts to attack again but gum unleashes is a stone breathing second form upper smash as kokoso evades this attack yum catches him in his chains restrained kokushibo attempts to break free but isn't capable of damaging Yum's chains the stone hashira attempts to cut off kokushibo head with his axe but the demon Dodges only losing a lock of hair that is severed kokushibo is enraged and charges at gum attempting to slice off his neck but the hashira jumps out of the way at the last second flinging his axe at the upper rank but only managing to tear off some of his robe continuing his assault Gom swings his flail at kokoso as the demon evades yet again however guom manages to catch Koko's blade between his chains and pulls on them shattering the blade the Two Face Off with a stone breathing fourth form volcanic rock rapid conquest and a moon breathing second form Pearl Flowers Moon gazing as kokushibo blade finally recovers from the blow it received he taunts G by saying that no matter what damage he receives it will all recover in response guom utilizes a technique he had been saving up for the battle with muan kibutsuji finally revealing his Demon Slayer Mark chapter 169 ends chapter 170 begins mucho struggles to dislodge himself from where he had been pinned by the upper rank slowly dragging the blade out of his body with his remaining hand mucho manages to extract his blade and kneels over in pain wincing he steams his bleeding and assesses his situation noting that he would not be of much use with his current injuries and that it would take some time to be able to stop his bleeding as he had not been blessed with the same physique as someone like tengen uzui determined to do something no matter the cost mucho resolves to do his best to defeat kokushibo and Aid those who are still fighting as he grabs his blade and begins to run over to the fight mairo is distracted by jenya calling out to him to get some of the hair that had been cut off from kokushibo so that he could eat it and recover as he wanted to fight till the end to be able to help his brother sonami meanwhile kokushibo and gum face off the demon notices gu's Demon Slayer Mark and says it is a Pity noting that gu looked to be at least 27 years of age he then reveals that all those who had gotten the Mark had died before they had turned 25 predicting that g would die that same night kokushibo says that everything Gom had worked for up to this point would all go to waste and asks Gom if he does not find that regrettable silently enraged at these words Gom tells kokushibo he and the other demon Slayers had been aware of this story about those with the mark dying before reaching 25 asking what there was to regret about his life at this point Gom declares that no one could become a hashira with such a half-hearted resolution and declares that kokushibo words are insults to him kokushibo attempts to explain his views more by saying that he meant the techniques and body Gom had worked to hone over the years and wonders why Gom could not understand this the stone hashira responds that there is nothing to understand and that humans understood their dignity was best preserved by living and dying just as human beings he rebukes kokushibo further and tells him not to force his pathetic world view on others and call it the Supreme one continuing on Gom says that he had noticed kokushibo had lied when saying no one with a Demon Slayer Mark had lived past 25 kokushibo attempts to deny this but is cut off by gome who says that there must have been one exception kokushibo suddenly jolts with an understanding and Remembrance Satisfied by this reaction gum deduces that his theory was correct just as kokushibo darts forward towards the stone hashira to slice at him however gum is able to block and as the two trade blows sonami recovers from his wounds after having been stitched up having also acquired a Demon Slayer Mark sonami wastes no time in attacking kokushibo in tandem with guom the demon thinks that all the hashira of the current time are marked with the Demon Slayer marks as the two hashira continue attacking in sync the demon is surprised at their skilled coordination while both of them say that they are grateful for the fact that they trained together in the hashira training to allow such coordination chapter 170 ends chapter 171 begins mucho checks up on GNA and feeds him a fistful of hair from kokushibo which instantly heals his wounds as Jenna becomes more aware of his surroundings he Marvels at this new speed of recovery and remembers that he still has a fragment of kokushi Bo's blade he can eat to gain further strength suddenly muan kbits suji's voice Echoes through genya's head asking kokushibo how many pillars he has defeated before ordering him to not let any of them pass Jena is further impressed by the concentration of blood that kokushibo possesses meanwhile kokushibo continues to battle with guom and Cami kokushibo knows that the pair must be among the stronger Fighters and is especially impressed by gu he sees that gu's weapons allow him to overcome his blindness by swinging the chains it creates an echo that enables Gom to judge the distance and his surroundings using only sound kokushibo declares that his best course of action would be to shatter simi's blade by striking it from the side and attempts to do exactly that however Simi is able to react rotate his blade and force Koko's blade down onto the ground before launching an attack right at him in tandem with guom the upper rank is impressed as Sami slices off more locks of his hair noting that cami's reflexes have actually improved since he was first wounded by the demon Gom Cuts in close and lops off kookoo's left ear with his axe before Sami performs a wind breathing first form dust Whirlwind cutter which the upper rank is able to dodge working together Yom and cemi unleash Stone breathing first form serpentinite bipolar and wind breathing seventh form Gale sudden gusts respectively however it is revealed that they are only able to kushi's kimono before proceeding to attack the two pillars from afar they are left shocked by this new range and see that his sword has extended and more blades have suddenly branched out from it kokushibo declares that if he is able to defeat guom and Sami then defeating everyone else will be quite easy chapter 171 ends chapter 172 begins suddenly shinazugawa is hit by kokushibo attack and loses the index and middle fingers of his right hand cursing his inability to react to the demon strike Sami knows that if it were not for guom using his chain to divert the trajectory of the attack he would have lost both of his arms he also sees that the smell of his rare blood is beginning to lose its effect on kokushibo realizing that he may quickly become a burden a crow flies overhead and Canal ubuyashiki asks Kira if they should send over either guu or tanjiro to assist the demon Slayers in defeating upper rank one however Kira is firm in his belief that GOM s muichiro and gya can defeat the demon and orders for guu and tanjiro to continue onwards to muan back in the battle kokushibo unleashes a moon breathing seventh form mirror of Misfortune moonlit that sends shock waves at the demon Slayers from afar Gom is taken aback at the range of the attack as kokushibo continues to hammer away at the hashira this time with a moon breathing eighth form moon dragon ringtail that catches cami's ankle and causes bleeding Cami is frustrated at his inability to get in close to the Demon's head having to use all of his skill just to Simply Dodge the attacks as the demon lines up another attack he performs a moon breathing ninth form waning moon SES causing yet more damage to Cami by slashing his back Gom yells out to Sami but the wind hashira says to forget about him as kokushibo attempts to finish him off with a moon breathing tenth form drilling slashes Moon through bamboo leaves however muo saves sanami declaring that he would not let Let sanami Die and that he can still wield his Blade with both hands meanwhile Jenna looks on from behind a pillar Frozen in fear that he would simply be effortlessly dispatched by kokushibo again hating his weakness but still determined to keep his brother alive and help his friends Jenna stays rooted to one spot he suddenly remembers tanjiro's words that it was the weakest who had the most potential tanjiro had explained how he had been able to turn the tide against daki and Garo telling gya that after a certain number of combatants people would always prioritize the strongest and thus their guard would be thinner against the perceived weaker opponents resolving to do his best gya takes out A Shard of kokushibo Blade ready to swallow it and do his best to defeat the upper rank demon chapter 172 ends chapter 173 begins Gom attempts to perform Stone breathing fifth form arcs of Justice at kokushibo but is interrupted by the moon breathing 16th form moonbow Half Moon the stone hashira is frustrated by the upper rank's NeverEnding wave of techniques and senses that the demon is too quick picking him off exactly as he tries to fire a technique at him pondering what it could be that the demon is seeing Gom attempts to focus and refine his senses saying that demons are mere transfigurations of the human form and anything they could do a human could manage as well declaring that his eyes could see human nature Gom states that he would not be misled kokushibo unleashes another attack and for for a split second gum to his own shock is able to see through him and perceive his pulse over with mucho he attempts to get in close to kokushibo and slow him down so that he can create an opening for G or Cami to cut off the Demon's head g i notices this and coordinates with sanami to match Muir's run and distract kokushibo from three sides adjusting to Muir's plan on the Fly kokushibo sees this as an opportunity to defeat all three of them at once and unleashes a moon breathing for form catastrophe 10 men crescent moon at all the hashira all three manag to dodge his attacks however and guom flings a juu bead right into the back of kokushibo right hand and allow the hashira to launch their counter offensive Sami attacks kokushibo forcing him back and guom Cleaves off the Demon's right shoulder along with his right arm muichiro finishes off this Trifecta of attacks by stabbing kokushibo clean through the abdomen kokushibo wonders how muichiro had been able to dodge all of his attacks while wounded deducing that this would only be possible if the child was also capable of entering the transparent world kokushibo acknowledges that guom had also been able to achieve such a state in the middle of their fight and had also taken his own eyes into account by manipulating his blood flow to throw off kokushibo attacks undeterred since the demon Slayers had been unable to sever his neck despite their clever maneuver kokushibo plans on analyzing their attacks to develop a Counterattack and demoralize them Yom and Sami charge at him and kokushibo prepares to unleash another 16th form gya looking demonic steps out from behind the hashira and aims his transformed gun at the upper rank he remembers Muir's advice to not hesitate and says to himself that as long as he is able to slow down the demon willing to go down with him gya fires his gun chapter 173 ends chapter 174 begins kokushibo quickly diverts his attack to block the bullets however Jena's bullets rebound found off kokushibo blade but swerve back to attack him on their own shocked by this kokushibo looks up at Jenna and sees that the boy and his gun have transformed looking far more demonic than before suddenly a large tree grows out of the bullets from the back of kokushibo rooting him to the ground seeing that these are Blood Demon Arts kokushibo declares that gya absorbed the locks of his hair and broken bits of his sword to acquire demon powers his attention is quickly diverted as Gom and sanami lunge at him causing him to become anxious and fearful he thinks back to the last time he had felt so threatened which was almost 400 years ago when he had faced his younger brother yorichi tsugikuni it had been the night of a blood moon when kokushibo encountered his younger brother who should have been more than 80 years of age at the time this was incredibly shocking to kokushibo as he thought those with the Demon Slayer marks did not live beyond the age of 25 yorichi had begun to cry at the sight of his brother and told him that was heart-wrenching seeing his normally reserved and quiet brother showing some emotion had left kokoso bewildered however this lasted for only an instant as when yoriichi grabbed his blade he let off such an aura that kokoso was left stunned and Afraid as yorichi charged he was so quick that he left a slice through his brother's neck before kokoso could even react seeing that his brother had lost none of his strength kokushibo had been enraged and his old feelings of jealousy and hatred began to well up inside of him once more IO wanted to kill yoriichi but knew that he would die with yuichi's next attack as even muan kibutsuji had been pushed to the brink when he faced yuichi's skill however that next attack never came as yorichi died resting on his blade but still standing on his feet chapter 174 ends chapter 175 begins kokushibo lets out a howl and emits crescent-shaped shock waves from his body slicing at all the demon Slayers Gena is vertically sliced in half the demon suddenly grows blades from his body pushing all the demon Slayers back though muo stubbornly hangs on to his blade still piercing Koko's torso Gom and sonami charge at kokushibo and muo decides that he needs to do something to kill kokushibo so that the other hashira can save their strength for the fight against muan micho's grip on his blade tightens and it suddenly starts to turn red much to both his and kokushi Bo's shock the demon suddenly stiffens up in agony as the bright red blade Sears his very cells taking advantage of the Demon's Newfound immobility sanami slices at his neck and gya activates a blood demon art from afar at the flesh bullets still inside kokushibo causing a tree to grow out of his back kokushibo attempts to swipe at gya but finds that he is unable to activate his technique G swipes at his head with his flail but kokoso resists having his neck cleaved off G then swipes at it from below with his axe but kokushibo is able to keep it away with his blade somehow seeing that he is unable to activate his own blood demon art due to the tree using up so much of his blood to grow kokushibo looks at mu chiro's blade again and is reminded of yuichi's Blade he thinks back to a conversation he had with his brother in the past in that conversation kokushibo had asked his brother what his plans for succession were as he believed there was no one powerful enough to match them and worried that their perfect breath techniques would fade from the world one day but yorichi had responded by saying that they were not as big of a deal as kokoso was making them out to be and that there would come a day when those who would surpass them would appear he continued saying that they could reach the end of their days feeling nothing but ease meanwhile Sami had jumped and swung his blade down on gom's flail to force it down and chop off kokushibo neck suddenly both weapons turned bright red at the spots where they made contact with each other they finally mustered up enough strength to chop off Koko's neck and snap his blade in two chapter 175 ends chapter 176 begins Kush IO remembers his brother's words about how their children born after them would surpass them and reach even greater Heights kokushibo acknowledges the strength and talent of those who had been fighting him noting how they had not let go of their blades despite their severe injuries their capabilities of using Blood Demon Arts despite being only human their persistence despite blood loss and even managing to turn their blades readed though they were not Sun breathing users he asks himself what had been so funny about being able to predict ICT such a future kokoso says that the mere thought of losing makes him seee with anger resolving not to lose he manages to stem the bleeding from the stump of his neck much to the shock of guom who tells cemi to keep attacking the demon to finally end him and not let the sacrifices of gya and muichiro be in vain sonami Fired Up by these words unleashes the wind breathing eighth form primary Gale slash at kokushibo while Gom follows it up with stone breathing fifth form arcs of Justice the upper rank manages to dodge gom's actx and slices off Muir's sword hand he attempts to pull out the boy's blade and also remove the stump jna summoned on him Koko's head slowly begins to regenerate he manages to fully regrow a new head but it is far more monstrous than what he had looked like before determined the hashira continue their Onslaught to defeat the upper rank as sonami charges at him kokushibo sees the reflection of his new face in sonam's Blade shocked and disgusted at the ugly of his new form the demon remembers the words of his brother from their childhood where he resolved to become the strongest Samurai in the country after his own brother reflecting on these memories kokushibo wonders if this is the form of a samurai and if it is truly what he had wanted suddenly the spot near his stomach where he had been stabbed by muo begins to crumble away on its own in the split second that follows kokoso is completely and utterly shocked yum and sanami managed to cleave off his new head leaving him completely unable to use his blood demon art still unwilling to lose kokushibo attempts to muster up more strength but suddenly remembers the words of his brother from their final fights kokushibo questions his motives and wonders if all of this is what he had wanted from his life and deeds calling himself a disgrace to life he acknowledges that all he ever wanted to do was be like his brother yorii tsugikuni and finally disintegrates into dust chapter 176 ends thank you for watching if you liked my explanation and want to support me make sure to like And subscribe and leave a comment it took me a whole day and a sleepless night to make this video and your support will definitely give me the motivation to cover more chapters quicker