Nen users starting from Highschool of the Dead

Chapter 95 A JO-level creature bathed in sunlight

This is the darkest time of day.

There's still some time before dawn.

Under the cover of night, the girl's attack was like a symbol piercing the darkness, becoming the most dazzling splash of color in the dark night sky.

"Insect's Breath! Dragonfly's Dance! Compound Eyes Hexagon!"

The girl's figure fluttered down like a butterfly.

The Nichirin Blade, with a design unlike any other Demon Slayer Corps member, thrust forward rapidly.

Among all the Pillar-level fighters in the Demon Slayer Corps, Shinobu Kocho's power is undoubtedly at the bottom.

They were so weak that they couldn't even use their Nichirin Blades to properly decapitate demons, and they were not even as strong as some ordinary Demon Slayer Corps members.

Therefore, she derived her own Insect Breathing technique from her older sister Kanae's Flower Breathing.

They sought a different path, no longer aiming to cut off the demon's head.

Instead, he developed a poison that could affect demons, applied it to his Nichirin Blade, and then killed the demon by inserting the blade into its body during battle and injecting it with the deadly poison.

Therefore, his breathing technique is different from that of other Demon Slayer Corps members.

Shinobu Kocho's Insect Breathing technique does not involve any slashing movements.

There is only the simplest, fastest, and most deadly stabbing.

The "Hexagonal Compound Eyes" move in the Insect Breathing technique aims to simultaneously block the enemy's position at extremely high speed.

A technique that uses continuous attacks to rapidly inject large amounts of deadly toxins into the enemy's body, killing the opponent.

If Shinobu Kocho's power is the weakest among all the Pillars, then her only breathing technique is the straight thrust.

His attack speed and frequency are definitely the fastest among all Demon Slayer Corps members.

Therefore, Shinobu Kocho thrust her Nichirin Blade out of her hand very quickly, extremely quickly.

It was so fast that it almost left afterimages in the air, as if six attacks were launched simultaneously from different locations.

but----

For Su Yan, who is a Nen user, even without using Nen, it still seemed a bit too slow.

"Breath of the Sun! First Form! Waltz!"

Su Yan swung the white oak knife in his hand, and the life energy in his body instinctively attached itself to the white oak knife under the impetus of the breathing technique.

They came later but arrived first.

No fancy techniques were used.

With a simple slash, he blocked all of Shinobu Kocho's attacks.

"The breath of an insect! The dance of a butterfly! Teasing!"

Seeing that her fastest attack method was ineffective against Su Yan, Shinobu Kocho immediately adjusted her breathing rhythm.

Her figure fluttered around Su Yan like a butterfly.

Then he raised his hand and delivered a swift five-hit combo.

"Sun Breathing! Second Form! Azure Heaven!"

Just like the first form of Sun Breathing.

Although Su Yan seemed quite unfamiliar with it when she used it.

Yet she still perfectly blocked all of Shinobu's attacks.

"That's strange."

Shinobu Kocho's body flipped and flew back to the tree trunk as lightly as a butterfly, using the power transmitted from the sword.

Watching Su Yan mechanically perform the Breath of the Sun, I couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Despite using a breathing technique that was extremely unfamiliar to him, he was able to block his attacks twice in a row, even though he was the one who attacked first.

Moreover, the force was just enough to neutralize his own attack without harming him.

Is it because of the Blood Demon Art?

still----

Did they deliberately use me as a whetstone?

Shinobu glanced at the battlefield between Kiko Busujima and Giyu Tomioka not far away.

They discovered that the other party's situation wasn't much better.

Giyu Tomioka was completely dominated by his opponent throughout the entire match.

But strangely enough, his body has not suffered any harm so far.

Dokushima Yako was like a cat toying with and playing with a mouse.

He used the same breathing technique as Su Yan, but his proficiency was clearly a step above Su Yan's.

It can't go on like this!

"The Breath of Insects! The Dance of the Centipede! The Belly of the Centipede!"

Butterfly's heart was filled with determination.

He immediately unleashed the strongest secret technique of his Insect Breathing against Su Yan.

"Sun Breathing! Third Form! Crimson Mirror of the Blazing Sun!"

Su Yan's response was still unremarkable; he once again used the next sword form of Sun Breathing in a methodical manner.

At this moment, he didn't care what sword technique Shinobu Kocho was using.

Instead, he instinctively used the sword form of the Sun Breathing Technique to neutralize the opponent's attack.

They focus more on themselves.

This refers to the changes in one's own life energy when practicing the Breath of the Sun.

Su Yan discovered that when he used the Breath of the Sun...

Following a special breathing rhythm and matching the corresponding sword shape of the Sun Breathing technique, the life energy within the body instinctively gathers in the white oak sword in hand, without conscious control.

This achieves an effect similar to Zhou's telekinetic technique, enhancing the white oak sword in hand.

However, this consumption of life energy is a bit excessive.

If we say that before he learned Nen, the life energy that his body naturally emitted and dissipated was one, and the life energy that dissipated when he was awakened to Nen was one thousand.

Therefore, when performing the breathing sword form, the life energy consumed in the body can be at least eighty or even one hundred.

Su Yan couldn't help but sigh, no wonder all the men in the Kamado family who inherited the Hinokami Kagura died so young.

Using this kind of Sun Breathing that consumes so much life energy every day.

Life energy only goes out and never comes in.

How could they not die young?

Having figured this out, Su Yan was left with only one question.

This year in the world of Highschool of the Dead.

Through subsequent contracts, Su Yan also understood the function of that seed of mental power.

In a normal contract, the contractor becomes similar to an ordinary Nen user after awakening their Nen ability.

The contract formed after the opening of the mind might be due to the presence of mental energy within the body that does not belong to the individual.

Besides having a Nen ability system of 100% training efficiency, contractors have two adjacent systems that are higher than those of ordinary Nen users, reaching a level of 90%.

But people like Nanri Kaori spend a lot of time and effort practicing and mastering Nen abilities.

After the contract was signed, in addition to her own Special Ability, she also reached an astonishing 100% in the adjacent Manipulation and Conjuration Abilities.

So, given that breathing techniques can achieve alternative control over the body's life energy...

Could a swordsman who learns breathing techniques through a contract achieve an effect similar to that of Nanri Kaori?

Su Yan couldn't help but feel curious about this.

He then turned his gaze to Shinobu Kocho, who was standing not far away: "Is this all you've got? Are this all the Pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps are capable of?"

"Huff~ Huff~"

A bead of sweat slid down Shinobu's forehead.

During the time Su Yan was distracted, she had already used every breathing technique and sword form she knew on him.

But it had no effect whatsoever.

Every single attack was easily blocked by Su Yan.

On the contrary, the continuous attacks greatly reduced his physical strength.

Now I can barely maintain my breathing rhythm.

The girl saw absolutely no hope of defeating her opponent.

The same applies to the battlefield belonging to Giyu Tomioka on the other side.

The current situation is really bad for them.

Forget about winning, even escaping would be difficult.

Is Muzan really that strong?

"You're still far from it, Mr. Oni. I will definitely use my Nichirin Blade to pierce your heart," Shinobu Kocho said with difficulty.

"Yeah?"

Su Yan said calmly, "I'm looking forward to it."

However, just as Shinobu Kocho was about to attack Su Yan again...

Su Yan spoke again, making another request for reconciliation: "I was hoping to have some more fun with you, but it seems there's no chance now."

"So, is it possible to reconcile, Shinobu Kocho?"

"What?"

Shinobu Kocho was momentarily stunned.

Why would he suddenly say something like that when they were clearly in a position where they were completely suppressed by the other party?

He then followed Su Yan's gaze and looked up.

Only then did I realize that it was already dawn.

On the easternmost clouds in the sky, dazzling golden patterns have even begun to intertwine.

It's almost dawn!

The sun is about to rise!

For a demon, the warm sun is a more deadly poison than the poison smeared on its own Nichirin Blade.

So he's planning to run away?

"Don't even think about it!"

A hint of joy appeared on Shinobu's face.

Su Yan shook her head and said regretfully, "Really? What a pity."

Just as he finished speaking, a dazzling ray of sunlight broke through the clouds in the sky and shone directly on Su Yan.

Upon seeing this, Shinobu Kocho was completely stunned.

Demon King Muzan—

Suicide?!