Demon Slayer: Can I add points to my Breathing Technique?

Please note that the current compatibility rate for this breathing technique is 84%.

[Achievement Point Conversion Loss 16%]

This is the highest compatibility to date, far exceeding my own major, Wind Howl.

It's thunder.

Xia Xi had a clear premonition.

Even with the Fire Breathing technique I plan to study next, I'm afraid it will be difficult to reach that level.

Chapter 32 The Path to Creating My Own Breathing Techniques

Regarding developing your own breathing technique.

Recently, Xia Xi has shown some promising signs.

The core of the "breathing" method is not in swordsmanship, but in the word "breathing".

Although each breathing method is named after a different element.

But essentially, they are all techniques for controlling the rhythm and manner of breathing.

It increases the load on the lungs, heart, muscles, and even the limbs, pushing physical fitness to the limits of human capabilities in a short period of time.

The difference is that.

Different breathing methods emphasize different aspects and areas.

Take the Breath of Wind technique, which he is most familiar with, as an example.

Its core lies in improving limb extension and explosive power, especially strengthening the ligaments and muscle groups of the waist, abdomen and lower limbs.

Although I don't have a deep understanding of the other breathing techniques, I have a vague understanding of them.

It's like assigning one hundred attribute points to dozens or even hundreds of different branches.

The overall intensity of the various breathing techniques is similar.

However, due to different skill point allocation paths, the resulting "sword intent" and combat style are completely different.

To put it more precisely.

Even when targeting the same body part, different breathing techniques may employ completely different enhancement strategies.

Take Xia Xi's own feelings as an example.

When the Breath of Rock strengthens the heart, it will increase the maximum volume of the ventricle after dilation by about 30% and the closure efficiency of the heart valves by 20%.

If it were water breathing, it would increase heart rate regulation by 10%, ventricular nerve conduction velocity by 10%, and maximum ventricular volume by 20%.

As for the parts of the body that can be strengthened, there are too many to count.

When I first mastered the art of breathing water.

Xia Xi tried the method of "fusion" in order to create a breathing technique.

It's a very simple and straightforward approach.

The rhythm of the "wind" breath is broken down into several segments, and then a portion of the "water" breath rhythm is replaced and embedded into them.

Then I got a side stitch.

Not only did it fail to significantly improve its physical fitness as it would have with normal breathing techniques.

Instead, it produced a burning and suffocating sensation that almost caused my lungs to spasm.

After that, he kept adjusting the ratio and connection between the two breathing methods, and finally found that only by compressing the proportion of either breathing method to less than 10% could he succeed.

Only then will the sensation of suffocation and burning significantly decrease.

However... this pieced-together "mixed" breathing is not even as strong as using a single breathing method directly.

Essentially, it's a degraded experimental product.

After gaining control of Yanhu at Songshan, Xia Xi tried another approach.

[Tuning]

Adjust the rhythm of a certain breathing technique.

If the breathing method is essentially about allocating a large number of points to different branch options, this allocation scheme may not be suitable for everyone's actual situation.

The previous "degraded fusion" method crudely merged Scheme A and Scheme B together.

Ultimately, this caused the code to throw an error as soon as the human body started operating.

Xia Xi's second approach was to explore the force, movement, and frequency of each breathing action, as well as the specific operating principle of their combination.

Then adjust them little by little.

Then observe the changes and effects they bring.

It's roughly like someone who doesn't understand programming trying to tweak someone else's code.

Just like deducing the underlying code from the client-side effects, we explore the patterns through continuous trial and error, verification and restoration.

Xia Xi believed that this line of thinking was logically feasible.

However, the sheer size and difficulty of the project far exceeded what ordinary people could imagine.

Even with the Breath of Wind, which Xia Xi has mastered to the greatest extent, he still hasn't fully grasped its underlying logic.

Perhaps... I should upgrade my breathing technique to LV.4.

Even reaching levels above LV.5 is sometimes achievable.

To be honest, if this weren't a game but the real world, Xia Xi would have to admire the founders of these five breathing techniques.

Each of them was able to deduce a suitable skill point allocation plan from an ancient breathing technique.

And now.

In Mei Nikaido's dojo, Xia Xi found the third path.

This was also a rare instance where the breeder, who spent his days immersed in wine jars and battles, displayed the reliability of a senior.

She offered another suggestion.

There's no need to force yourself to understand every part of the breathing technique; if you don't understand the logic of the operating code, then you don't understand it.

You only need to focus on the parts that you understand and adjust or modify them.

As for the rest, as long as they can move, that's fine.

Mei certainly didn't have experience creating her own breathing technique, but her disciple did.

A swordsman named Uzui Tengen.

Having stayed with her for less than three months, he couldn't contain his excitement and insisted on going ahead to participate in the final selection.

He only had a superficial understanding of the Breath of Thunder.

However, after roughly figuring out some of the principles of breathing techniques, he actually managed to create a derivative technique called "Sound Breathing" by relying on his considerable talent and his past experience as a ninja.

That's right, they are ninjas.

Nikaido initially wanted to let the child hone his character more in the dojo.

After all, even if she were a pragmatist, she wouldn't send an apprentice who had only trained for three months to participate in the final selection process, where the mortality rate was quite high.

As a result, she failed to "convince" him.

Or rather, the attempt to persuade by force failed.

Nikaido was no match for the white-haired youth who kept spouting "gorgeous" and "lively."

The intensity of the Sound Breathing is still there.

But the reason the other side was able to suppress Nikaido was not because of this.

Whether it's a rudimentary understanding of Thunder Breathing or a recently created prototype of Sound Breathing.

They cannot pose a real threat to Nikaido.

Uzui Tengen was able to graduate entirely because of his opponent's strong physical abilities and the foundation he had built during his time as a ninja.

In the Far East, Nikaido was already taller than the vast majority of men.

But the other person was actually a head taller than her.

He's almost two meters tall, and he also has an outstanding physique and muscles.

Not to mention, this kid also has rich combat experience and swordsmanship skills.

Nikaido could tell that the other person had killed people before.

And more than once.

If that were all, perhaps this kid could still be called exceptionally talented.

That brat actually used a bomb in the dojo!

Small bombs filled with gunpowder, ready to explode at any moment!

He claimed it was some kind of magnificent ninjutsu.

On the spot, a small part of her room at the Electric Ibaraki Dojo was blown up.

The roof is still covered with a waterproof tarpaulin, and repairs are being delayed.

Enraged, Nikaido threw him out the door along with his bedding.

Let's go and wreak havoc on those ghosts as soon as possible.

Every time this topic comes up, Xia Xi can see her grinding her teeth in anger.

However, this is indeed one possible approach.

Xia Xi also tried it with LV.3 Breath of the Wind, and it was indeed effective.

Because the system kindly popped up a notification.

[A draft of a breathing technique under revision has been detected]

[Potential Assessment: Deteriorating Breathing Technique]