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

How did he know my name?

Despite a slight doubt, she grinned, revealing her sharp teeth: "Eh? I've killed so many swordsmen, how could I possibly remember them all?"

"What, do you remember every single piece of bread you've ever eaten?"

Xia Xi wasn't angry.

He raised the "Third Generation Master" sword and assumed a standard kendo stance.

"She didn't die, huh... but you can't really expect a lot of knowledge from the brains of monsters like you."

His tone gradually turned cold.

"So, now let's use our bodies to feel and remember."

Players have poor memories.

Often, people just skim through the cutscenes or skip over the plot altogether.

But sometimes it's good too.

Once a story touches your heart, even if you reload the save dozens of times, you'll still want to fulfill your promise to a certain character.

So at this moment.

Xia Xi naturally did not forget her promise.

With her swordsmanship and her moves, she will let this evil spirit taste what human malice is all about.

Lingyuzi sensed a dangerous aura emanating from Xiaxi that was completely different from that of a Pillar-level being.

And the malice in the other person's eyes was almost solidifying.

"Don't look down on me, Ling Yuzi!"

Large vines lashed out at the boy.

Xia Xi had already lowered his body.

It adopted a posture that was much lower than a normal iaido, with its face almost touching the ground.

So, feel the thunder...

Breath of Thunder

The First Form: Thunderclap Flash

A faint golden afterimage transformed into a straight spear, piercing through several vines!

In the instant the splattering liquid flew, it had already approached Ling Yuzi.

So fast!

But compared to that bespectacled monster from before, he's still a bit too green!

The demon was startled, and then used its hands and vines to protect itself.

Click!

The lightning, slightly slowed by its continuous cutting through obstacles, ultimately failed to completely penetrate the remaining zero.

The Nichirin Blade cut deeply into the purplish-black vines wrapped around her arm.

It was harder than expected.

"Tsk."

Xia Xi drew his sword and retreated swiftly.

The moment they retreated, the vines in front of them suddenly burst open.

Like a giant carnivorous flower covered in sharp teeth, it wanted to devour Xia Xi whole.

The sword light flashed like thunder, exploding one after another on the vines.

The overly tough plant bark even sparked sporadic sparks when it came into contact with Xia Xiri's blade.

Using the reaction force from the blade, Xia Xi regained the distance.

But the demon's vines didn't seem to intend to let Xiaxi off so easily.

The gaping maw split into a dozen or so venomous snake-like tentacles, which, like serpents clinging to his bones, relentlessly pursued him.

It was greeted by five intersecting and dazzling bolts of lightning.

【Second Form: Inari Spirit】

As the lightning shattered the vines, it also obscured Xia Xi's figure.

"Where?!"

Ling Yuzi's pupils contracted sharply as he tried to find Xia Xi's whereabouts.

The vibrations from the vines and spores had already told her.

Behind you!

Through the vibrations in the air and the ground, Blood Demon Art caught sight of the swordsman who had suddenly appeared behind her.

She tried to turn around, but her opponent's footwork and sword flash were even faster.

Just as they summoned vines to defend themselves, lightning-like slashes rained down from all directions.

[Type Three: Mosquitoes Swarm into Thunder]

It is a Nichirin Blade that moves at high speed and strikes the demon from all angles.

The slashing force is not as strong as the previous two sword moves, but it wins in terms of the dense quantity, the timing of the entry, and the tricky angle.

In an instant, the demon's still relatively delicate skin and limbs were affected.

A large amount of blood mist exploded in succession.

Her Blood Demon Art vines barely caught up when the slash was almost over.

She couldn't help but roar, "You bastard!"

"You won't feel any pain anyway." Xia Xi's voice was calm, and the moment she landed, her blade flashed again. "Why are you getting angry?"

Ling Yuzi:?

Who said I wouldn't feel pain if I got slashed?

Does the Twelve Ghost Months mean we won't feel pain?!

Fourth Form: Distant Thunder

Without pausing, the boy immediately followed up with the next move the moment he landed, unleashing a lightning slash that sent Ling Yuzi staggering backward.

The opponent, relying on the demon's immortality, abandoned its defense after confirming that the slash could not hit the neck.

He simply swung both arms.

Two smaller, yet more solid wooden giant hands burst from the ground, slamming down on Xia Xi from both sides!

Although its size was far less overwhelming than when it was previously destroyed by the storm pillar.

However, its strength still surpasses that of ordinary vines and common purple vines.

Xia Xi, being too close, had almost no chance of escaping.

So he simply raised his blade upwards, and lightning bolts exploded from bottom to top.

Fifth Form: Heat World Thunder

The surging lightning shattered the giant vine hand on the left, but the remaining piece of wooden hand on the right still slammed down heavily.

Xia Xi could only parry with his sword.

"boom!"

The force was so great that Xia Xi was thrown backward and slid three meters, his feet carving two shallow furrows in the ground.

Xia Xi felt a tingling numbness in her hands as she gripped the knife, and her thumbs felt like they were about to split open.

As expected of a Lower Moon demon.

Its physical attribute is nearly 300, which is higher than the sum of its three attributes.

Even a direct confrontation could lead to an instant collapse.

He thought of the many action games he had played in the past.

Players can only scratch the BOSS by constantly rolling and blocking, while a powerful attack from the BOSS can often burn away most of the player's HP.

It's a familiar recipe.

Xia Xi smiled.

Ling Yuzi, naturally unaware of Xia Xi's thoughts, shrieked, "It's not over yet!"

The remaining half of the giant hand pressed down on Xia Xi once more.

However, it did not strike directly. Instead, it shattered with a roar less than two meters from Xia Xi, turning into a large number of vine fragments that flew towards the swordsman.

Xia Xi was not slow either; with a swift turn of her blade, she wove an impenetrable barrier with lightning.

It nearly slashed away all the incoming fragments.

One or two fish still slipped through the net and brushed past his body.

The Demon Slayer Corps uniforms, supposedly made of special materials, offered absolutely no protection and were pierced and torn apart.

Although he barely managed to dodge the direct hit at the last moment thanks to his agility, no blood was drawn.

The skin that was grazed by the shards quickly became red and swollen, accompanied by waves of intensifying numbness, itching, and stinging.

It feels a bit like the feeling after cutting a yam.

But it's much stronger than that.

The toxicity is far greater than that of the spores found on ordinary people before...

Were Shinobu's previous inhibitors unable to completely suppress the virus?

Facing the smiling Ling Yuzi ahead, Xia Xi remained expressionless and calmly executed the next sword technique.

[Land Form: Lightning and Thunder]