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Chapter 85 Those who exhaust the path will find their way back the same (35)

Tanjiro's expression was somewhat humiliated. Ever since he used Hinokami Kagura, he hadn't suffered a loss at the hands of a demon for a long time.

Chen Lai watched Tanjiro perform his family's "Hinokami Kagura" with great interest. Every step and every movement was etched into his mind.

"It has a great rhythm and beat, and the twelve movements are connected, like a single move broken down into twelve frames."

Fuheshel gave a fair assessment.

“Of course, that’s because the thirteenth form of Sun Breathing is a combination of the first twelve movements.” Chen Lai nodded slightly.

In the manga, Tanjiro's father tells him, "As long as you breathe correctly, you can keep dancing."

Hinokami Kagura has a total of twelve movements, but Kyojuro Rengoku once told Tanjiro that Sun Breathing has a thirteenth form!

From the first form of Sun Breathing, "Round Dance," to the eleventh form, "Head Dance," and finally the twelfth form, "Flame Dance," Tanjiro's mouth emitted steam like flames as he looked at Chen Lai in front of him with resentment.

"Give me a little more time, just enough time to dance out the last move..."

Tanjiro stared at a Nichirin Blade not far from his feet, secretly thinking to himself, "This boy hates demons to the extreme, and demons as cunning and treacherous as Chen Lai are even more hateful!"
As the dance reached its final movement, at the very moment the note reached its peak, she picked up the Nichirin Blade and killed him!

Chen Lai ignored his gaze, gently delivered a chop to Tomioka Giyuu's neck, and sent him into a smooth sleep. Then, he began to dance in the same manner!
He memorized every single movement of the Sun Breathing technique!

Tanjiro was just about to make a move when Chen Lai's sudden action interrupted him. He stared wide-eyed at the demon dancing the "Hinokami Kagura" dance in front of him, feeling incredulous.

He learned it after watching it only once?
No, that's impossible. Demons can't use Hinokami Kagura. Only humans, only Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen filled with hatred for demons, can...

Thinking this, he saw deep blue steam exhaling from Chen Lai's mouth. It was a breathing technique he had never seen before, neither Hinokami Kagura nor any of the breathing techniques used by the Demon Slayer Corps!

【Breath of Curses (Unique): Those who exhaust the path will all return to the same destination. Derived from the Breath of the Sun, this Breath of Curses is unique to the martial arts. Value: 0】

Seeing this item suddenly appear in the Deep Sea Equipment section, Chen Lai's smile deepened.

As Yoriichi Tsugikuni once said, those who exhaust the path will find their way back the same way.

He did not want future generations to cling to his own Sun Breathing until they died of old age. He believed that there would always be someone more outstanding than him among his descendants who could create a stronger breathing technique!

Sun Breathing, as the only power within the dungeon, was something that no one else could learn while Tanjiro, the inheritor, was still alive. But no one said that we couldn't "learn from and draw inspiration from" it, and then create an even stronger breathing technique.
If we rely solely on Chen Lai's martial arts insights, asking him to create a breathing technique on the spot would be impossible... But isn't Fu Heishen here right now?
Fukushijin is a true martial arts master. He has studied martial arts more deeply than Akaza, and his understanding of "fighting" is far superior to Akaza's!
It's just the Breath of the Sun. He didn't like learning it and then having to wield a Nichirin Blade. So he changed it to a breathing technique that could be used unarmed!
Thus, based on the dance steps of "Hinokami Kagura", Fukushijin created the "Curse Breathing"!
"Gulu..."

Zenitsu Gasai's throat bobbed, and then he suddenly collapsed to the ground. He was a "weakling" and had an innate sensitivity to the "strong".

If Chen Lai just now was like a lion ready to devour its prey in front of him, then at this moment he should be described as a mountain!
If you're facing a lion, you can still fight back if you have a knife and muster the courage. But what about a towering mountain?

Even if you try to chop or hack at it, you can only leave shallow marks. The mountain will only laugh at your overestimation of your abilities.

Tanjiro Kamado's eyes widened as he watched Chen Lai's increasingly rapid movements, which eventually seemed to transform into a complete set of harmonious martial arts techniques called "Destruction Kill."

"Whoosh..." A long breath of steam shot out, like a gust of wind sweeping over the three people in front of him, causing Tanjiro, who was already exhausted, to collapse to the ground.

"I sincerely..."

"Thank u."

Chen Lai walked up to Tanjiro, squatted down, and his smile was even more villainous than that of a villain, but his words were incredibly sincere.

Tanjiro Kamado was speechless. He saw the demon's forehead mark on Chen Lai's forehead. The Demon Slayer Corps had never seen such a demon before, and had no idea how to defeat it.

A demon that inherited Akaza's techniques, destructive killing moves, and markings, created its own breathing method, and even has some knowledge of the "Transparent World"—can the Demon Slayer Corps really defeat such a creature?
Thinking of this, he shuddered and raised his finger as if to say something, but Chen Lai did not give him the chance.

"Zhang Long, they're no longer useful. Send them away."

Chen Lai snapped his fingers, and Zhang Long responded by playing the pipa. The dark door leading to the outside opened, and the three little ones fell out together.

The Breath of the Sun is something Zhang Long and the Ferocious Tiger can't learn in a short time. Breathing techniques aren't something that can be mastered quickly. Chen Lai has better methods he can offer them.

Moreover, Tanjiro and the other two had been used by Chen Lai before, and they had all joined forces to fight Akaza... Was he going to discard them after they had served their purpose? Chen Lai was not willing to do such a thing.

Even when you're out in the world, you still have to have some sense of morality.

On the arched bridge, the scene seemed to stand still, with the lion-head fountains all around flowing water. Suddenly, Upper Moon Five, Ryota Genya, appeared. He glanced at the figures on the arched bridge, snorted disdainfully, and then jumped onto the bridge.

"Found you. You're really good at running. If it weren't for your Blood Demon Art, I probably would have caught up with you long ago and offered your head to Lord Muzan."

Ryota Gentani was dressed in a typical samurai blue outfit, with open-toed sneakers on his feet. His hands rested on his black Nichirin Blade. If you ignored his two long and two short arms, as well as the four large characters "Fūrin Kazan" engraved on them, he really looked like a local demon.

Faced with Ryota Genya's questioning and his "native" remarks, Chen Lai wore a strange expression.

"Ryota Gentani, can you say the word 'evacuation'?"

"Evacuate? What are you talking about?"

When he saw that the player's expression suddenly froze after uttering those two words, Chen Lai understood that the player had truly forgotten.

Muzan's blood will make players forget the most important thing. For players in the dungeon, what is the most important thing?

Of course, it's the identity of "player" itself!
"Damn it, they actually used Blood Demon Art to bewitch me!"

After being stunned for a moment, Genya Ryota suddenly flew into a rage. Zhang Long and Jue Xiong Hu's expressions were tense but not tense, and Chen Lai exhaled azure steam from the corner of his mouth.

He beckoned to Ryota Genya with his hand, his martial arts stance impeccable: "Come on!"

(End of this chapter)