Compared with Nikaido Mei's utterly irrepressible delight...
Matsuyama and Kuwajima beside her felt completely different.
Matsuyama Daimon silently gazed at Xia Xi's stunning twin-blade strike and sank into thought.
Although he had used two swords...
His technique for generating power and its coordination with the rhythm of his Breathing Style...
Had both been exceedingly precise.
It was as though Thunder Breathing had always possessed such a lost [Seventh Form].
He began to wonder.
Had Xia Xi also secretly created new Stone Breathing sword techniques bearing his name?
Thunder Breathing remained the same from generation to generation, yet Xia Xi had forged his own path.
Then, with Stone Breathing differing in every generation, Xia Xi must have developed new sword forms as well.
Jigoro Kuwajima, meanwhile, was grinding his teeth with envy.
As a fellow Thunder Breathing Cultivator, it was bad enough that he had failed to teach many outstanding students over all these years.
But seeing Nikaido, his junior, produce a genius like Xia Xi...
And even have the good fortune of seeing her name passed down as a technique...
He was so envious!
He wanted a disciple that outstanding, who also respected his teacher and his teachings.
"Why did he go to Nikaido to learn Thunder Breathing back then, instead of an old man like me...?"
"My Thunder Breathing is clearly better."
Matsuyama beside him heard the little old man's muttering and explained, "Mr. Kuwajima, perhaps it's because you and Mr. Kazami don't get along very well?"
Back when the two old fellows were still serving, they had been somewhat competitive with each other.
Later, Kuwajima had grown stronger and eventually become a Hashira.
Kazami, however, had remained at Kinoe rank.
Perhaps he could not swallow his pride and ask Kuwajima to teach his disciple.
Jigoro Kuwajima: ...
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