Horobi Zetsumetsu

> *Only feelings are eternal and undying. That is true. I do not remember a single human being I have killed. Flesh dies and that is the end. However... their feelings passed on and never fell to ruin and have even defeated me. I have witnessed that fact with my own eyes and I was so moved that I trembled.*
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Horobi Zetsumetsu is the main antagonist featured in **Meiyo no Yaiba : Blade of Honor**.

He is the Demon King, the first of his kind, as well as the progenitor of all other demons in existence. Horobi is also the leader of the Twelve Kizuki, an organization of the twelve strongest demons in existence that serve directly under him.

## Appearance

Horobi's physical appearance was the same as that of a man in his late twenties. with unnaturally pale skin This can easily be confused with being unhealthy and easily ill. The long hair is dark teal and the ends of the hair that cover the face slightly. and has sharp, crimson eyes.

Horobi's clothing resembles a veteran's uniform. It consists of a long sleeve teal shirt with large pins attached to both sleeves. Dark brown pants and ocean blue buttons.

## Personality

Horobi is cold-hearted, ruthless, intimidating, and exceptionally intelligent. He sees no value in any humans he has encountered and shows little value in his own subordinates. Rarely ever visually upset or happy, he appears completely monotone and detached on most occasions, even when he callously murders his own subordinates. The only times he ever shows emotion are when his vision of perfection is moving forward or when he has subordinates completely submit to his will.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities:** As the first demon to exist and as the progenitor of all demons, Horobi is the strongest demon in existence and possesses tremendous power and attributes far superior to all of the Twelve Kizuki. His immense abilities were best displayed when he was able to hold his own against Six Hashira and Tatsuma, Tenji and Kyoran at the same time.

**Demonic Strength and Speed:** Horobi is strong and fast enough to easily compete with other Demon Slayers. Touma stated that his speed is insane and the shockwave of his impacts is powerful enough to shatter stones.

**Demonic Blood:** After consuming the Blue Spider Lily, Horobi developed supernatural blood with special properties that can transform humans into demons once ingested. His special blood also seems to give rise to a plethora of special abilities unique to demons such as powerful regeneration, the power to shapeshift, immortality, an accelerated growth rate, enhanced physical prowess and even supernatural abilities called Blood Demon Arts.

**Extrasensory Perception:** Akuryo possesses extremely acute senses that even allow him to perceive things outside the normal range of perception, which he displayed by easily discerning the presence of humans instantly even when they were scattered all around a mountain and detecting the wounded Demon Slayers regaining consciousness despite being far away from them.

**Genius Intellect:** Having lived for over a millennia and gained further experience from the telepathic link with demons he control, Horobi is extremely clever and erudite. Since he has 5 fully functioning brains, it would most likely boost his intelligence and other mental capabilities such as memory and cognitive processing.

**Immeasurable Speed & Reflexes:** Horobi is tremendously fast, possessing movement speed and reflexes that surpass the Upper Ranks of the 12 Kizuki. During the Infinity Castle Arc, even after being weakened by a drug specially made to defeat him, he was able to massacre dozens of Demon Slayers before they can even react. Additionally, Horobi was so fast that Touma ,Sachirō, Senji, Ryo, Kyoran, Tenji and Yukago couldn't even see them and could only rely on pure luck and instinct to evade his attacks.

**Immeasurable Strength:** As the Demon King, Horobi's physical strength is stronger than all demons in existence. This was shown when he killed a grown man with a single punch to the face, causing him to fly back, hitting a building and causing cracks in it.

**Unlimited Stamina & Endurance:** Like all demons, Horobi has absolute and infinite stamina and endurance, staying in optimal physical and mental condition all the time as well as being able to endure waves of onslaught as if it were nothing.

**Biokinesis:** Horobi briefly displayed the ability to manipulate his own body by manipulating his blood on his body into a gigantic loincloth, even shaping it to have various colors and patterns. When in combat, Horobi shapes the top portion of his right forearm into various melee weapons, namely a great sword, a scythe, a whip sword, and an axe. He can harden his arm to block Touma's **Unknowing Fire** .However that has proven to be false when it deeply wounded his arm.

### Blood Demon Arts

Horobi's blood demon arts can turn any arm into a weapon. with the Horobi's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms are standard yet varied shockwaves blades techniques that focus on swift and powerful strikes that always follow the shape and pattern of a crescent moon.

#### Techniques

**Heaven Piercing Demon Drill:** Horobi englarge his entire right arm and creates an elongated whip-like sword from it and twists his forearm continuously then release to create a massive black drill bigger than his body, then launches its full force at his enemy.

**Blaze of Glory:** Horobi amputates his own left arm. He then transforms his arm into a greater sword and swings it downward with his immense strength.

**Evening Moon, Reversal:** Horobi sends several simultaneous attacks that curve behind him from the front in the shapes of crescent moons. The initial crescent slashes would be used to deflect an incoming attack, and redirect it behind himself.

**Eclipse - Augmenting Moon:** Horobi produces a long ranged slash wave horizontally to cut down foes from a distance, and then brings his sword back and forth at blinding speed to generate an extending barrage of long ranged crescent slashes straight ahead. This attack would mow down multiple enemies at once with multiple layered slashes from a huge range.

**All Extinction:** Later, upon being forced into a corner by Tatsuma and Sachiro and weakened by Tamayo's four stage drug, Horobi showcased another unique ability of his Blood Demon Art, in which he morphed his torso and upper body into a gigantic beastly mouth. From this, he released a strong energy-like shockwave that damaged the nervous systems of those caught in it, causing extreme seizures and convulsions, even rendering them unable to breathe for a brief period of time. This attack was so strong that when Tatsuma and Sachiro were damaged by this technique