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

In just a breath or two, the wound healed completely as the muscles moved.

When facing a demon, beheading is useless.

Kanae naturally understood this.

and so!

Flower Breathing, please, for Kojiro and the others, turn it again.

My heart calmed down.

And her body began to respond to her.

A glimmer of light appeared in Kanae's eyes.

That's a sign when you're pushing your breathing technique to its fullest potential.

【Full focus! 】

【Breath of Flowers】

【Seventh Form: Fleeting Bloom - Crimson Cherry Blossom】

He lowered his body, aiming the tip of the knife at the demon's neck.

In that instant, Kanae seemed to transform into a flower bud about to bloom.

Step out!

Thrust!

In that instant, his figure and the blade transformed into a straight, crimson trajectory, much like cherry blossom branches rapidly extending in the wind.

The Shizuku Ripple Strike is derived from the breathing technique of water.

It means abandoning all redundant movements, concentrating all strength and mind on one point, and completing a single thrust at an extreme speed that cannot be captured by the eyes.

This strike had already surpassed Kanae's expected level of swordsmanship.

too fast.

Before the demon could even notice that Kanae had drawn her sword, the blade had already pierced its throat.

The steel-like body couldn't stop the Nichirin Blade in the slightest.

Thrust, then slash diagonally.

The sword technique, which should have been fluid, was instead distorted.

The relentless battle against time, the injuries on her body, the demon's overwhelming physical toughness, and the naturally weaker muscles of a woman...

Little by little, this accumulated, ultimately preventing Kanae's sword style from fully taking shape.

It only severed most of the opponent's neck.

"Huh!?"

The evil spirit belatedly realized what was happening, clutched its head, and quickly leaped back dozens of steps.

With wide eyes, as if looking at some kind of monster that eats demons, she watched Kanae warily.

I almost got beheaded by this little butterfly?!

Muscle fibers and bones writhed, rapidly filling the neck that had been slashed open by the Nichirin Blade.

In just a few seconds, it was back to normal.

For such a monster, it is meaningless if its neck is not completely severed by the Nichirin Blade.

Kanae leaned on the sword, her mind blank.

The strike, which had just exceeded her limit, left her barely able to breathe.

There was simply no energy left to chase down and finish off the enemy.

"Little butterfly! I don't want to play with you anymore!"

The metallic sheen on the demon intensified, and the surrounding tree trunks and branches twisted in its rage, eventually transforming into even more wooden hounds.

"I'm going to eat you now. And then next year, I'll become one of the Twelve Demon Moons!"

Despair, like cold vines, coiled around Kanae's heart, almost suffocating her.

Her hand holding the knife trembled from exhaustion and excruciating pain.

Although he managed to catch his breath.

But Kanae had lost confidence in defeating her opponent.

Is this... the end for me?

I'm sorry, I'll endure it...

And right at this moment.

A slightly joyful voice came from afar.

"What did you say?! The Twelve Ghost Months!"

Whoosh! ! !

A sharp, piercing sound, like tearing fabric, rapidly approached from the sky at an alarming speed!

It wasn't an arrow, but a person falling at incredible speed!

A figure crackling with violent electricity crashed down between Kanae and the demon like a falling lightning bolt.

The shockwave overturned the soil and debris, forcing even the demon girl to squint her eyes.

As the smoke and dust dissipated, the newcomer slightly bent his knees to cushion the impact, then slowly straightened up.

Over his loose team uniform, he carried a backpack, which was covered with strange things, like a traveling merchant.

There was a strange fox mask, a yellowish-green rope knot wrapped around the belt, a wine gourd hanging from it, and even half a hammer sticking out of the bag...

However, what is most eye-catching is the three Nichirin swords of different colors that the other party is wearing at his waist.

Are they reinforcements for Little Butterfly? They arrived so quickly?

Moreover, he's a three-sword style swordsman; he seems quite capable.

The evil spirit became somewhat wary.

Kanae was delighted, but also felt a little worried.

A swordsman who practices the Breath of Thunder, hmm... or rather, a three-sword style I've never heard of before.

Is he a newly recruited member of the team?

If the opponent has the strength of [戊(5)] level, no, even [己(6)] level or above, I am confident that I can cooperate with the opponent to turn the tide.

But a swordsman I've never heard of before...

The highest it can get is either 【壬】 or 【癸】.

There was no other outcome except for the pointless loss of their lives.

"While I appreciate your help, this demon is far too powerful. Please flee..."

However, the visitor had no intention of talking to her at all.

He raised his head, his gaze sweeping over her, who was covered in blood and swaying precariously, as if looking at something above his head.

He then turned his gaze back to the demon before him, his face still expressionless.

He just gently twisted his neck.

He placed his hand on a Nichirin Blade at his waist, producing a soft clicking sound.

"Hey, what did you just say about the Twelve Demon Moons?"

Chapter 38 The Fallen Bird

I was ignored...

Seeing that Xia Xi neither left nor paid any attention to her, Kanae felt somewhat conflicted.

"The Twelve Ghost Months? I can tell you..."

Before he finished speaking, the surrounding wooden dogs pounced on him.

"But that was after Mu ate you!"

Having not personally taken the risk, and having just narrowly escaped beheading, the demon became somewhat wary.

Let's test the waters with a derivative of Blood Demon Art first.

The next second, several wooden hounds created by blood demon magic pounced on Xia Xi, but Xia Xi did not show any sign of defending herself.

Did the swordsman neither flee nor launch an attack?

He must have been scared out of his wits.

Then, it was astonished to discover that the other party did not seem to have refrained from launching an attack.

Instead, it's the right hand gripping the hilt of the knife...

Disappeared?

The vicious dogs that pounced on them from all sides were still in mid-air.

A flash of sword light.

All the wooden dogs' heads were severed at the same instant.

wrong!

It wasn't that the hand disappeared; it's that the brat's knife strike was too fast!

Breath of Thunder

[Land Form: Lightning and Thunder]

It was so fast that even the light of the slash couldn't leave a trace in the demon's eyes.

Before the evil spirits could even react, all the wooden hounds created by the blood demon magic were wiped out.