"Take care!"
Giyu Tomioka and the others exchanged glances, then sprang up and raced away.
Tetsu no Sosuke ruffled Shinobu Kocho's hair. "Still not leaving?"
Shinobu Kocho gave Tetsu no Sosuke a long look. "Don't forget, my older sister is still waiting for you."
"I won't." Tetsu no Sosuke smiled. "A wonderful life is beckoning to me. How could I possibly abandon it?"
"All right." Shinobu Kocho gritted her teeth, then darted off to catch up with the others.
"Now, then..."
Tetsu no Sosuke took a deep breath. He probably couldn't use Extreme Flow Intent again.
His body was already severely overtaxed. What should he do next?
"I'll hide for a bit..."
He leaped into a tree, then held his breath.
He couldn't stop breathing completely for too long, or his heart wouldn't be able to take it. The moment he breathed again, it would start pounding violently.
So stopping his breathing completely wasn't the best approach.
The best approach was to make his breaths long and slow.
Light as silk, soft and unbroken, like the breeze in this mountain forest—always there, yet always overlooked.
Tetsu no Sosuke maintained that state and waited quietly.
It didn't take long. Two minutes.
Kokushibo's swiftly darting figure appeared in his field of vision. He immediately stopped breathing altogether and even closed his eyes.
The movement of the air, the shifts in the wind, the spread of the mist, even the breathing of the plants and the vibrations his skin could sense—all of it registered in his mind.
Suddenly, he sprang from the tree, raising his gleaming blade high.
Breath of the Sun—Form Two: Direct Forging of Qiankun!!!!
He descended from above, bearing the force of heaven and earth, his blade crashing down in a dazzling streak.
Even Kokushibo had failed to notice this