"Yay, yay, yay! You're amazing, big brother!"
Senjuro was the first to rush to his older brother's side.
His eyes were filled with little hearts of admiration!
Kanao Tsuyuri also stood rooted to the spot.
The Flame Hashira's strike just now had truly frightened her.
Only at that moment did she understand the gap between herself and a Hashira.
Just as Kanao Tsuyuri was feeling dejected over this, a steady hand suddenly wrapped around her shoulder.
Kanao Tsuyuri trembled slightly and stared blankly at that hand.
Su Chen said softly, "It's all right. I'll teach you."
Kanao Tsuyuri lowered her head shyly and answered in a voice as quiet as a mosquito, "Mm."
"How was that, Mr. Su Chen? Do you need me to demonstrate it again?"
Kyojuro's voice came from a distance.
He had already sheathed his sword and was quietly waiting for Su Chen's instructions.
Su Chen smiled faintly. "No need, big brother Rengoku. I've already learned it."
With that, he walked toward the Rengoku brothers.
Seeing Su Chen's confident smile, Kyojuro asked uncertainly, "Are you sure you don't need another demonstration? This move is difficult even for members of our Rengoku Family to learn."
Su Chen's answer remained the same. "There's really no need, big brother Rengoku. I've learned it."
At that, Kyojuro said no more.
To him, Su Chen was not someone who blindly overestimated himself.
Since he had chosen to teach Su Chen his Breathing Style, he had to give him his full trust.
Senjuro, however, hid behind Kyojuro and said mockingly:
"No~ need~, I've~ al~rea~dy~ learned~ it~"
His words positively dripped with jealousy.
He certainly didn't believe Su Chen could learn his family's ultimate technique after seeing it just once!
But the very next moment, Su Chen proved it through his actions.
"Big brother Rengoku, may I borrow your sword?" Su Chen asked seriously.
Kyojuro did not hesitate and generously drew his Nichirin Blade.
After accepting it, Su Chen couldn't help taking a look at the Nichirin Blade.
Dusk settled, and night gradually descended.
The emerald-green blade seemed to sparkle.
Its guard was shaped like a flame, and its hilt felt very comfortable to hold.
It was a Nichirin Blade well suited to Flame Breathing.
"Flame Breathing, First Form: Unknowing Fire!"
A streak of red light sliced through the air.
The angle, the landing point, and the swordsmanship were all flawless!
Su Chen twirled the blade with a flourish.
His understanding of Flame Breathing was now no less than the Flame Hashira's.
"Then..." Su Chen's expression changed.
Total Concentration: Focus!
Then he fiercely inhaled a lungful of oxygen.
"This is!" Kyojuro's eyes widened involuntarily.
Earlier, he had already sensed that something was off about the Total Concentration: Constant Su Chen had learned.
Now, that proved to be true.
With Total Concentration: Constant, the expansion of the lungs could never require such an enormous expenditure of oxygen!
And Su Chen was inhaling with tremendous force.
The slightest mistake would cause a person's lungs to burst while using a sword technique!
Yet not only did nothing abnormal happen to Su Chen's lungs, they circulated the oxygen exceptionally well!
Kyojuro was stunned.
Just what sort of breathing technique was Su Chen using?!
But before Kyojuro could examine it closely, the sword technique Su Chen shouted next overturned his understanding once again.
He even wondered for a moment whether he had misheard.
"Blazing Breathing!"
"First Form: Blazing Flame!"
Vroom!
First came a sonic vibration.
Then fierce flames blossomed from the blade like a flower!
They felt different from Kyojuro's illusory flames.
Because these were actual flames!
Against the dark backdrop of the fallen night, Su Chen's strike lit up the gloomy night sky!
Everyone present was dumbfounded.
In the original storyline, the elemental effects produced by Breathing Styles were all visual effects.
The elemental effects produced when swordsmen swung their swords were really only there to make them more pleasing to look at.
So when Su Chen swung out real flames, everyone present was shaken!
And as Su Chen swung that blade.
A new understanding suddenly arose within him.
[Through high-frequency vibration and extremely rapid sword swings, you tempered and heated the blade. Combining this with physics, you gained an insight and awakened the blade into a 'Bright Red Nichirin Sword'!]
The next moment, before everyone's eyes.
The Nichirin Blade in Su Chen's hand changed from green to reddish black.
A wave of heat even more scorching than Flame Breathing swept toward them.
Only when the heat struck their faces did they snap out of it.
They all stepped back, staring at Su Chen in disbelief.
"Brother, what was that just now?" Senjuro rubbed his eyes, wondering whether he had seen things.
But Kyojuro paid him no attention.
Because he, too, was immersed in the shock Su Chen had brought him.
"Blazing Breathing?"
"Blazing Breathing!"
At that moment, Kyojuro finally became certain that he had not misheard.
What Su Chen had just used was not Flame Breathing!
It was Blazing Breathing!
What a great name!
What a great name indeed!
A thought suddenly struck Kyojuro.
The difference between the two was not merely a difference in wording.
Rather, it was what Kyojuro had distinctly sensed from Su Chen just now!
Its temperature was higher than Flame Breathing's!
Its speed was faster than Flame Breathing's!
Its power was greater than Flame Breathing's!
And in terms of movements, which Kyojuro cared about most, Blazing Breathing was even smoother than Flame Breathing!
It was astonishing!
Not only had Su Chen learned every sword form of Flame Breathing!
He had even modified the sword techniques to create a Breathing Style better suited to himself!
And this Breathing Style was even more adaptable and comprehensive than Flame Breathing!
Kyojuro could tell.
Although the Breathing Style Su Chen had created had indirectly raised the threshold for learning Blazing Breathing.
Its impact on top-level fighters would be enormous!
Especially for their Rengoku Family!
If they learned Blazing Breathing, the strength of future Flame Hashira could definitely more than double!
Ah!
Kyojuro abruptly slapped his forehead.
As a member of the Rengoku Family, why hadn't I managed to create a Breathing Style like this myself?!
Kyojuro was so ashamed that he wanted to find a hole and bury himself in embarrassment!
Seeing the Rengoku brothers' reactions, Kanao Tsuyuri stood quietly to the side, the corners of her lips silently curving upward.
Moonlight spilled over her, making her look like an eye-catching sprite.
Yet the girl's gaze remained fixed on that boy.
More thoughts filled Kanao Tsuyuri's mind.
Su Chen always manages to do something astonishing.
In everyone's eyes, Su Chen's performance undoubtedly represented a miracle.
But Su Chen was not particularly satisfied.
He quietly sighed.
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