Infinite: Start as a ghost

"Oh?" Jiang Jiu raised an eyebrow slightly: "You're actually a bit stronger than Kyojuro."

Shinazugawa's attack failed, so he immediately changed his technique: "Wind Breathing, Third Form, Seiran Kazeki..."

"A ranged multi-hit attack, huh?" Jiang Jiu's eyes narrowed. "Water Breathing, Third Form, Flowing Dance..."

He used sword techniques to quickly approach Shinazugawa, closing the distance between them.

"Water Breathing, Seventh Form, Shizuku Ripple Strike..."

"Not good." Shinazugawa had exhausted his old power and had not yet generated new power, so he had no way to dodge this move.

"Bah..."

A sound of tearing clothing rang out.

Shinazugawa stared intently at his own chest: "Are you humiliating me? Why did you only cut open my clothes?"

Jiang Jiu laughed and said, "Think whatever you want. I was thinking that if I killed you, not only would I not get the breathing technique, but it would also be very troublesome to deal with afterwards."

What sounded like normal words now seemed incredibly humiliating.

In Shinazugawa's ears, he heard these words: "I can kill you anytime I want."

This understanding made his eyes red and plunged him into a violent emotional state.

"asshole……"

"Wind Breathing, Sixth Form, Black Wind and Mist..."

"Have you gone mad?" Jiang Jiu said expressionlessly. "Then I'll bring you back to your senses and make you face reality."

"Water Breathing, Eighth Form, Takitsubo," he whispered the name of the technique, directly breaking Shinazugawa's move.

"Wind Breathing O Fifth Form O Cold Autumn Falling Mountain Wind", "Water Breathing O Sixth Form O Twisting Vortex".

"Wind Breathing O Seventh Form O Gale O Tengu Wind", "Water Breathing O Ninth Form O Water Flow Spray".

"Wind Breathing O Eighth Form O First Fierce Wind Slash", "Water Breathing O Second Form O Waterwheel".

Jiang Jiu countered every move and stance of Fushigawa's attacks.

Instead of using restraint, we should use the opposite or the same offensive to forcefully break through.

The Undying River attacked from below, while Jiang Jiu attacked from above.

Shinazugawa used his airflow to slash, and Jiang Jiu countered with his own body in a slashing motion.

Every move was a direct counterattack.

In every move, Jiang Jiu held an absolute advantage.

"Impossible, impossible!" Shinazugawa cried out as if possessed: "Wind Breathing, Ninth Form, Idaten Typhoon..."

Jiang Jiu remained unfazed: "A final act of madness? I'll make you give up completely."

"Water Breathing, Seventh Form, Shizuku Ripple Strike..."

The rapid slashes were abruptly interrupted before Shinazugawa could unleash his attack.

"How...how could this be..."

"Hmph, trash." Jiang Jiu sheathed his sword; the Undying River before him was completely unharmed.

His clothes were tattered, his body was covered in cuts, and blood kept flowing out.

"Hmm?" Jiang Jiu suddenly noticed something: "During the battle, I was actually able to suppress my thirst for blood?"

Shinazugawa slumped to the ground, muttering repeatedly, "Impossible, I actually lost, impossible."

Jiang Jiu mocked, continuing his attack: "You not only lost, you didn't even manage to force me to use my full strength."

"What?" Shinazugawa stared intently at Jiang Jiu: "You're saying you haven't used your full strength yet?"

"Otherwise what?" Jiang Jiu scoffed. "Do you even know what the ultimate goal of swordsmanship is?"

The River of Immortality was bewildered.

“It’s a transparent world,” Jiang Jiu said. “You can’t even force out my transparent world, so you can imagine how weak your strength is.”

These words made Shinazugawa even more desperate.

Chapter 23 News

The situation when fighting Shinazugawa was different from when fighting Kyojuro.

When fighting Kyojuro, he focused on defense, fearing that his clothes would get damaged.

Here he could unleash his full potential, so his offensive in battle was three times stronger than before.

Even though Shinazugawa is stronger than Kyojuro, he was still defeated by Jiang Jiuwushang.

Based on his encounters with Kyojuro and Shinazugawa, he has gained a general understanding of the strength of the Nine Pillars.

Of all the pillars, perhaps only the Rock Pillar, Screaming Isle, could harm him.

Moreover, at most, they could only injure him, not defeat him, and certainly not even seriously injure him.

This is without him activating the markings and the Transparent World.

If he were to unleash his full power, he would be confident of defeating Akaza or Doma, or at the very least, be able to hold his own against them.

The only beings absolutely superior to him are Kokushibo, the first Upper Moon One, and Muzan Kibutsuji, the progenitor of demons.

Even if he mastered the Breath of the Sun, he might not be able to defeat these two.

Jiang Jiu pondered carefully, wondering if there was any other way to become stronger.

After much thought, the only way to compete with them is to increase the purity of the ghost blood and try to find hidden quests.

"Alright, you should focus on recovering. You can teach me again in a couple of days." Jiang Jiu left the Wind Dojo with a cold expression.

Only Shinazugawa Sanemi was left alone at the dojo, questioning the meaning of life.

Time flies, and another month has passed.

In the Wind Dojo.

"Wind Breathing, Form One, Dust Whirlwind, Slash..."

"Wind Breathing, Second Form, Claw Claw, Keto Wind..."

"Wind Breathing, Third Form, Sunny Breeze Tree..."

"Wind Breathing, Fourth Form, Ascends into the Sandstorm..."

"Wind Breathing, Fifth Form, Cold Autumn Mountain Breeze..."

"Wind Breathing, Sixth Form, Black Wind and Mist..."

"Wind Breathing, Seventh Form, Gale, Tengu Wind..."

"Wind Breathing, Eighth Form, First Gale Slash..."

"Wind Breathing, Form Nine, Idol Typhoon..."

"Is this all the sword techniques of the Breath of Wind?"

Because he had mastered the Water Breathing technique, he quickly learned the Wind Breathing technique. Since they were originally sword techniques from the same source, it was naturally not difficult for him to learn them.

In just one day, he learned the Breath of the Wind.

A week later, he upgraded his Breath of Wind to intermediate level.

It has been a little over a month since today, and he has upgraded his Breath of Wind to the advanced level, just one step away from perfection.

Don't underestimate this step. This final step is extremely difficult to take. If one cannot fully understand the Breath of the Wind, he will forever remain at a high level and will be unable to advance further.

At that time, there will be no need to talk about Sun Breathing.

Although it's true that as long as he's willing to spend the time, reaching perfection is only a matter of time, what he lacks most is time.

However, he wasn't worried about that because he still had skill points.

"System, upgrade my Breath of Wind to the perfect level."

"Ding... Skill points successfully added. Breath of Wind has advanced from Advanced to Perfect."

Jiang Jiu calculated the skill points he had left.

The newbie gift pack gave 10 points, the vine attack on the mountain and the killing of a hundred demons gave 1 point, and the resistance to instinct gave 1 point.

The Water Breathing skill deducted 3 points from low level to high level, unlocking the Transparent World deducted 1 point, unlocking the Marks deducted 1 point, and hiding the Marks deducted 1 point.

There are 6 points left...

Now another point has been deducted, leaving 5 points.

There are three breathing methods remaining. According to Jiang Jiu's reasoning, 3 points still need to be deducted.

I'm wondering if merging into Sun Breathing will require deducting skill points again.

Shinazugawa Sanemi sheathed his sword: "Alright, you've mastered the Breath of Wind. There's no need for you to stay here any longer. Get out of here."

Jiang Jiu was in a good mood and didn't argue with him, choosing to back down.

Without saying a word, he wrapped himself up completely and left the Wind Dojo, returning to the entrance of the Ubuyashiki residence.

"Ubuyashiki, I'm back." Jiang Jiu knocked on the door a few times and called out softly.

Ubuyashiki Amane opened the door: "Welcome back, Mr. Oni."

Jiang Jiu felt a headache coming on: "I've said it countless times this month, my surname is Jiang, call me Mr. Jiang."

Tianyin laughed and said, "Okay, Mr. Ghost."

Jiang Jiu was speechless: "Fine, let me in first."

Tenon led Jiang Jiu to the guest seats, where they found Ubuyashiki Kagaya already sitting in a chair.

It wasn't that he was waiting for Jiang to save him, but rather that he was blind and unable to move around easily, so he sat here all day long.

"Mr. Ghost is back?" Yaozai laughed. "It seems that you are learning very well."

He wasn't surprised by Jiang's progress; the Mist Pillar, Tokito Muichiro, had earned his title as a Pillar just two months after he first took up swordsmanship.

Human beings have never lacked geniuses.