It had to be said that Himejima was the strongest of the Nine Hashira Xia Xi had met so far.
His combat ability was not merely absurdly powerful.
His understanding of Breathing Styles also ranked among the very best of everyone Xia Xi had taught.
The two had sparred and trained for less than an hour.
Yet his Stone Breathing was already showing faint signs of transformation.
It was not that his total power output or overall enhancement had increased much.
Rather, the transitions in his Breathing Style, the distribution of his strength, and even the precision of his control were all beginning to suit Himejima himself better.
There was nothing wrong with the Stone Breathing he had practiced before, nor had he practiced it poorly.
On the contrary, he had practiced it too well.
So well that Xia Xi felt the man standing opposite him was not Gyomei Himejima, but his teacher, Matsuyama Daimon.
That was precisely why the Great Monk had been boxed in by the standard version of Stone Breathing.
None of the past users of Stone Breathing had possessed a physique as extraordinary as the Great Monk's.
Naturally, their Breathing Style had not been designed around pure strength.
If Water Breathing and Wind Breathing were passenger cars,
Thunder Breathing was a specialized supercar.
Then the Stone Breathing passed down by the Demon Slayer Corps was an SUV, or even an off-road vehicle.
It was indeed a specialized approach that emphasized strength and defense.
But what truly suited Gyomei
should have been a modified armored car or a tracked vehicle.
Ordinary Stone Breathing, with its emphasis on strength and defense, still was not extreme enough for Gyomei's size and physique.
It was like an adult driving a little car.
Honestly, Xia Xi was also very curious about