Demon Slayer: From the Upper Ranks of Muzan

The battle was won, and the battle was over.

In the center of the Soryu Dojo, Akaza stood.

Every time he saw this place, Akaza felt inexplicably at ease.

Every time he was here, his combative heart would calm down.

It was as if fighting here was an insult to this place.

"It's really strange. It's obviously a place that teaches martial arts, but I actually had such an idea." Akaza laughed at himself and threw those thoughts out of his mind.

"Oh? You really have the same hobby for thousands of years, staring at an abandoned dojo." Shinye appeared on the roof of the dojo: "Is this what martial artists often call meditation?"

Akaza frowned when he saw Shinye appear: "What are you doing here?"

Shinye smiled and said: "After six months of training, I think I should be able to fight you, so I came to try."

"Really?" Akaza looked around the dojo: "Let's go to the mountain!"

Shinye nodded: "No problem."

The two came to the forest one after the other and stood up face to face.

"I see that you have a good relationship with Douma, but I didn't expect that you are also a person who likes to fight!" Akaza grinned.

Of course, he was very happy to have an upper-rank come to fight him, even if he had an unpleasant quarrel with Shin half a year ago.

"The technique is deployed. Destruction Killing. Luo Needle!"

"The technique is deployed. Six Secrets to Heaven!"

The two of them deployed the technique at the same time. Akaza's [Destruction Killing. Luo Needle] was a snowflake pattern, and Shinya knew that it represented his fiancée, Koiyuki.

And Shinya's [Six Secrets to Heaven] was a Buddhist swastika, and a golden swastika pattern also appeared on Shinya's chest.

However, the technique abilities of both parties were almost the same, except for the different patterns.

Therefore, the gap between the two was not in this technique, but in other abilities.

Shinya did not draw his sword either. After all, he came to hone his unarmed fighting skills, and he had the Kokushibokyo for swordsmanship.

"Not drawing the sword? It seems that I have been underestimated!" Akaza frowned and thought to himself.

Akaza's martial arts were infinitely close to the legendary supreme realm. With a thought, the attack came in an instant.

A straight punch was thrown at Shinya, but Shinya didn't react in time. However, the mechanism of [Six Secrets] allowed his instinct to control his body and automatically avoid the punch.

While dodging, Shinya kicked Akaza's head.

Akaza raised his hand to block it, then rushed forward and punched Shinya in the chest.

Shinya protected his chest with both hands, and the huge force pushed him back more than ten meters before he stabilized his body.

"It seems that you have indeed become a lot stronger in the past six months!" Akaza said.

Six months ago, Shinya could only rely on the characteristics of his blood demon art to let himself suffer a little loss before he got serious, and then quickly ran away.

But now Shinya can fight him head-on.

Although he is still not his opponent, at least he doesn't need to play tricks.

Thinking of this, Akaza's punch weakened a bit, as if he was afraid that Shinya could not withstand his attack.

Shinya naturally felt Akaza in his hand, and sighed in his heart, Third Brother is still a kind man.

There was no fancy blood demon technique in the close combat between the two. Akaza did not use any destructive killing martial arts, and Shinya did not draw his sword or use blood demon technique.

It was just a simple fist-to-flesh fight, a pure duel of physical strength and fighting skills.

Another punch passed by, and Akaza was startled after tilting his head to avoid it.

Shinya's fist wind brushed past his ears and even knocked off a few of his hair.

"This guy... his progress is too fast!" Akaza was a little shocked at Shinya's growth rate, and at the same time, the strength in his hands increased a little.

At this time, the situation became Akaza attacking, and Shinya was passively beaten.

The reason why Shinya sought Akaza to spar was mainly to hone his fighting spirit.

The so-called fighting spirit is something that everyone has. It can be understood as the air in Dragon Ball, the chakra in Naruto, etc.

Different people use it differently, but in this world, most people use fighting spirit to simply increase the power of their attacks.

There are very few people like Akaza who can release fighting spirit.

I don’t know if Kokushibo’s Moon Breathing, which has such a large range, can be regarded as a kind of fighting spirit.

Of course, fighting spirit is not just in the game.

It's as simple as a blue bar.

Dou Qi is not acquired through training, but a kind of energy that exists in the body from birth.

Tempering Dou Qi is actually training how to use it.

The swordsmanship equipped with the breathing method can also be understood as the way to use Dou Qi.

Although the breathing method cannot really visualize its attributes, a small number of swordsmen can produce the effects represented by its attributes after reaching a certain level of attainment in the breathing method.

For example, Shinya's Thunder Breathing, even without demonization, the pinnacle of Thunder Breathing will also have the effect of lightning when used.

It's just that after demonization, lightning can be used in a way similar to blood demon art, not limited to swordsmanship.

But in essence, this is actually similar to blood demon art, not the use of Dou Qi.

As for the real use of Dou Qi, Shinya is still a novice, so it is undoubtedly the most appropriate to find Akaza.

Why not find Kokushibo? Because Kokushibo himself can't explain what Dou Qi is.

Of course, Kokushibo can use his fighting spirit at will, but it is too basic for him, so he can't explain it clearly.

It's like asking a Chinese to tell you what skills are needed to eat with chopsticks. Can he explain it clearly?

After talking about it, I can only say that you will get used to it.

"Destruction Kill·Air Style!"

Shinya's eyes lit up, he was waiting for this.

He did not dodge, but let the fist hit him.

The huge fist directly knocked him away and retreated more than ten meters.

Akaza did not intend to give Shinya a chance to breathe, and several fists followed.

Akaza's destruction kill originated from the basic martial arts learned in the human period. The biggest feature of this martial arts after the demonization is that it cannot be detected.

Even with the perception of [Six Secrets], the punch of Kong Shi was only sensed when it entered within three meters of Shinye. At that time, Shinye actually had no time to dodge and could only take it head-on.

Fortunately, although Shinye's strength is not as good as Akaza's, he has one characteristic, that is, meat.

Do you think that my ghosts are eaten for nothing? Eating ghosts is different from eating people. The disadvantage of eating ghosts is that ghosts do not have so-called rare blood, so Shinye can only slowly accumulate strength when eating ghosts, unlike those ghosts who eat people. Once they eat a rare blood, their strength will usher in a surge.

But the advantage of eating ghosts is that there will be more or less a little bit of Muzan's blood in the body of the ghost, so the strengthening of Shinye's body is much greater.

Therefore, Shinye's other abilities are still growing, but in terms of meat, he must be the meatiest one among the twelve demon moons.

Don't think that Akaza can suppress him now, but in fact it's all scraping. Although Shinye is at a disadvantage, he is not injured at all.

Akaza also knew this, but the two were just sparring, not fighting to the death, and Akaza did not compete with Shinya in terms of toughness.

Moreover, Shinya's growth rate aroused his interest, and he wanted to know how much Shinya could grow just from this battle.

After more than a dozen rounds of fighting, Akaza's eyes lit up.

Shinya, who was pulling away, stretched out his right index finger and pointed at Akaza.

"No self, no form!"

(ps: Although Crocodile said that the properties of the breathing method are just special effects, it only represents the different characteristics of its swordsmanship. But it is obviously in conflict with the original performance. For example, the wind call and the moon call are typical range attacks, and Zenitsu will also be accompanied by thunder when using the thunder call, so this is a small second setting. That is, after the breathing method reaches a certain level, there will be a weak attribute effect, and the source of power to achieve this attribute effect is the so-called "fighting spirit". This so-called fighting spirit can be understood as something like physical strength, which is invisible and intangible but does exist and participates in the body's metabolism. But I don't plan to change too much, so there will be no plots such as the Demon Slayer Corps using breathing methods to perform fire escape and wind escape.)