The next day, morning.
Chika and Tanjirou woke up early as usual.
Although they themselves had passed the Demon Slayer Corps Final Selection, the selected tamahagane was still being forged.
Even after it was finished, it would need to be specially delivered, which would roughly take about half a month.
Naturally, this time couldn’t be wasted, but simple swinging and cutting training could hardly improve their strength anymore.
Therefore, Chika proposed two training plans.
First, go out to kill demons.
Second, engage in practical combat training with each other, using wooden swords as weapons.
Strictly speaking, the first plan would yield more obvious results, but considering the factor that demons were hard to find, it was ruled out.
Tanjirou resolutely chose the latter.
By the way, Tanjirou and Chika had once engaged in a very brief sparring session.
Because it was brief, there was no question of winning or losing.
However, during that short period of sparring, Chika held the upper hand the entire time.
Stepping outside the wooden hut, Chika and Tanjirou took positions about 10 meters apart, holding training wooden swords and gazing at each other.
Because they were taught by the same master, normally they wouldn’t be able to break each other’s moves.
So, both wanted to attack using unexpected move trajectories.
Tanjirou took a deep breath and then adjusted the output of his Water Breathing to its maximum.
“Water Breathing, Tenth Form: Constant Flux!”
Intense water ripples instantly bloomed from the blade in Tanjirou’s hand.
The first move was the strongest technique of Water Breathing.
Was he aiming for a fast attack?
No, probably not.
Chika instantly realized that this step in Tanjirou’s tactics was just a feint.
As Tanjirou closed in, the water dragon condensed in his blade actually struck the ground in front of Chika.
Boom!!!
Using the “Tenth Form: Constant Flux” to produce an effect similar to the “Eighth Form: Waterfall Basin,” Chika’s view was obstructed by wave-like ripples of sword energy.
Behind this visual obstruction, Tanjirou decisively and quickly switched his breathing, and flames appeared on his blade.
Forcibly switching breathing imposes a heavy burden on the body, but in battle, it is also a powerful offensive method, capable of catching the enemy off guard.
It’s just a pity that within the Demon Slayer Corps, most only master one breathing style, as perfecting even one Breathing Technique already requires a significant amount of time.
Later, unable to utilize it as freely as the Flame Hashira, she eventually modified it herself into Love Breathing.
However, mastering multiple breathing styles versus not mastering multiple breathing styles doesn’t make much of a difference.
But Chika and Tanjirou are different, at least at this stage.
Water Breathing: Low consumption, comprehensive and well-rounded sword techniques!
Hinokami Kagura: High consumption, extreme output!
After switching to Hinokami Kagura, Tanjirou used the First Form “Circular Dance” even with a wooden sword.
He wanted to decide the match with a single move!
And just as Tanjirou felt this strike would definitely hit Chika, Chika’s superhuman reaction speed and physical constitution demonstrated their presence.
Before Tanjirou’s blade could swing towards her, Chika had already jumped.
Moreover, the height of her leap surpassed the height of Tanjirou’s blade swing.
Just like that, Tanjirou’s sword strike missed, and Chika’s follow-up attack easily ended the match.
“Sis, you jumped way too high…”
Tanjirou’s mouth twitched slightly as he recalled Chika’s jump just now.
If it was a power-jump, he could do it too.
He estimated that with a power-jump, he could even leap onto the roof of the wooden hut in one go.
But the problem was that Chika didn’t use a power-jump just now.
The process from Tanjirou switching from Water Breathing to Hinokami Kagura and swinging his sword was extremely brief.
This meant Chika’s reaction time and the time for her body to respond were even shorter.
A quick jump without powering up is completely different from a power-jump.
At least, Tanjirou believed that if he were in Chika’s position just then, he couldn’t have jumped that quickly.
Is this the ability Sis gained from absorbing demon blood…
Nezuko became a demon, and her physical constitution also received a significant boost.
Tanjirou remembered when Nezuko first lost consciousness and attacked him; his originally gentle and frail younger sister suppressed him, a woodcutter, like a wild beast.
And Sis’s situation is even more incredible than Nezuko’s.
Tanjirou lowered his head to look at the sword in his hand.
He gripped the hilt tightly, thinking to himself that he must work even harder.
More powerful demons would surely appear in the future.
He must not only avoid holding Sis back but also be able to contribute his own strength.
“Sis, let’s go again later!”
“I’m ready anytime~”
Chika and Tanjirou trained from morning until noon.
Only when Urokodaki finished preparing lunch and came out of the wooden hut, calling them back to eat like a mother hen, did the two finally stop.
The first thing they saw was Urokodaki.
The second thing they saw was Nezuko standing inside the hut, cautiously peeking her head out to look at them.
Because of her demon identity, she couldn’t be exposed to sunlight.
So, even when awake, Nezuko could only stay inside the wooden hut, deeply afraid of direct sunlight.
Therefore, even looking outside from inside the house required caution.
But actually, Nezuko is an exception.
Nezuko possesses the ability to resist sunlight, something even the Demon King lacks.
It’s just that Nezuko is not yet aware of this ability.
In the original story, Nezuko was initially harmed upon contact with sunlight, but this harm suddenly reversed, and Nezuko achieved immunity.
Of course, even if Chika knew this, she couldn’t say it now.
It wasn’t the right time to reveal it.
Chika and Tanjirou walked from outside the house into the interior.
Inside, Nezoko didn’t need to wear her bamboo muzzle.
She happily ran quickly to the front of the two and said, “Sis, Brother, you’re so amazing!
Is this the Breathing Technique Mr.
Urokodaki taught you?”
“Yes, Water Breathing and our family’s Hinokami Kagura.
We’ve already become very strong.
In the future, we will definitely find a way to turn you back into a human.
Believe in us.”
As she spoke, Chika naturally reached out and patted Nezuko’s head.
Nezuko was really too cute, like a little kitten.
She really wanted to take her home and keep her…
Hmm?
Wait, she already is part of the family.
Chika stroked Nezuko’s head, and Nezuko wore an expression of enjoyment.
Urokodaki was already sitting in the living room, having served their meals, muttering softly about why they hadn’t come over yet.
Just as she finished patting Nezuko’s head and was about to head to the living room inside the hut, Chika suddenly had a flash of inspiration, an idea popping into her head.
“Nezuko, would you like to learn a Breathing Technique?”