And the goal of the third stage of cultivation is to normalize Total Concentration Breathing as much as possible.
Most people, although able to skillfully master Total Concentration Breathing, will experience physical exhaustion and disordeRed breathing after a single attack.
A Breathing Technique master, even after using Total Concentration Breathing multiple times, will not have their breathing rhythm disrupted.
Once the third stage is complete, it’s on to the fourth stage, which is also the stage that provides the greatest physical enhancement.
Total Concentration: Constant.
This is the highest Realm of Breathing Technique; reaching this Realm earns one the title of a Pillar.
Constantly maintaining the Total Concentration Breathing state, their physical abilities far surpass those of ordinary people.
As for Xia Mi, being a top student at the school, her public status was the third stage of Breathing Technique.
However, in reality, she had long since reached the fourth stage of Breathing Technique.
It must be said that this miraculous Breathing Technique indeed has good effects.
Even for a Dragon King like her, it’s the same.
It can further push the physical capabilities of her Dragon body.
She awoke from a thousand-year slumber and infiltrated this completely different world.
Like a child, she learned about this world and absorbed its knowledge.
This unfamiliar, unknown everything excited her.
Even if there was a risk of exposure by going further, she had to try.
The higher-level cultivation system of this world might completely rewrite her and her brother’s destiny.
“It’s almost time.”
“It’s almost time.”
Ryo was breathing heavily, sweat dripping from his forehead.
His breathing rhythm seemed to be disordeRed, but he knew very well it wasn’t.
On the contrary, his body became more active; he even had the illusion of being able to feel his blood flowing.
[Breathing Technique: Water Breathing LV2 (1/20)]
Finally.
A number on the martial arts panel in front of him flickered, triggering more numbers to flicker.
It also caused Ryo’s heart to pound fiercely.
Inhale.
Breathe deeply.
A large mass of air, like solid fuel, filled Ryo’s chest.
Surging flames burned within his body.
Propelling the rapid flow of blood, then strength burst throughout his body with the blood.
Every muscle fiber at this moment erupted with strength far exceeding its normal state.
The flames burning within his body spread to his hands, and then to the wooden sword.
In an instant, they transformed into a water-like slash.
“Total Concentration Breathing.”
“Water Breathing Second Form: Water Wheel.”
Ryo’s body instantly disappeared from Natsuki Subaru’s sight.
Then he reappeared above Natsuki Subaru’s head.
Ryo stretched his body, twisted in the air with his sword, and delivered a circular slash.
Crack.
In Natsuki Subaru’s disbelieving gaze, the front section of the wooden sword in his hand broke.
The wooden sword fell, and he looked at his hands.
His palms were trembling.
Thud.
Ryo fell onto the wooden floor in a somewhat ungraceful posture, gasping for breath.
The explosive power of Total Concentration Breathing is incredibly astonishing, but if not skillfully mastered, it can easily lead to overexertion, causing hypoxia and exhaustion.
Ryo was experiencing this feeling now.
His breathing was rapid, his lungs felt like bellows, and his vision was blurring.
“Very good, very good.”
The Kendo Teacher was originally in another corner of the classroom.
In the blink of an eye, he had already arrived in front of Ryo.
“Adjust your breathing rhythm.”
The Kendo Teacher placed his hand on Ryo’s chest and rhythmically stroked it, helping him adjust his breathing rhythm.
This was quite effective, and Ryo quickly recovered.
However, he still felt a bit weak.
“This is normal; everyone feels this way the first time they use Total Concentration Breathing,” the Kendo Teacher said with a smile.
“Remember that breathing sensation well; that is true Total Concentration Breathing.”
Beginners who learn Breathing Technique will also experience heavy breathing and an instant increase in physical abilities.
But that is not Total Concentration Breathing; the effect is too different.
The explosive power generated by true Total Concentration Breathing is extremely astonishing.
Just like Ryo, he was able to instantly cut another hard wooden sword with his wooden sword.
The other classmates around, hearing the Kendo Teacher’s words, many looked at Ryo with envy.
Being able to use true Total Concentration Breathing once basically means entering the second stage of Breathing Technique.
More than half of the entire Kendo classroom were stuck at this Bottleneck.
Not many people truly reached the second stage of Breathing Technique.
Of course, Xia Mi was an exception; her talent was such that even the principal had to treat her with reverence.
“That’s great, Ryo.”
Subaru, next to him, looked dim for a moment, but quickly adjusted and said to Ryo with a smile.
“Good luck, you’ll be there soon too, Subaru,” Ryo said, sitting on the ground.
Natsuki Subaru was indeed close, basically at LV1, just a little experience away from the second stage.
Of course, many people in the class were at this level.
As for when they would Break through, that truly depended on talent.
Speaking of which, since they were already in this High Martial World, Ryo wondered if Natsuki Subaru would still Transmigrate.
The Re:Zero World is also a world of high mystery, with several world-destroying level powerhouses.
Although Subaru wouldn’t get much of the protagonist’s bonus there.
After all, that world was also a world full of malice towards Natsuki Subaru.
Ryo’s Breakthrough was just a small interlude.
Soon, people in the classroom began their respective sparring practice again.
Perhaps because of Ryo’s Breakthrough, the students’ enthusiasm was much higher in this class.
Ryo did not continue to spar with Natsuki Subaru.
He just sat in the corner of the classroom, adjusting his breathing rhythm to recover his stamina.
He did not need to recall the previous breathing rhythm to avoid forgetting, as the teacher had said.
After all, one of the characteristics of the martial arts panel is ‘once proven, always proven’.
Since his Breathing Technique had already Broken through to LV2, it would not regress.
What he needed to do was to continue practicing Breathing Technique to gain proficiency for higher improvement.
Of course, in addition to Breathing Technique, swordsmanship also needed to be improved.
The combination of the two could further enhance his combat power.
After recovering a bit of stamina, Ryo did not continue to find someone to spar with.
Instead, he held his wooden sword and practiced Breathing Technique swordsmanship in place.
The Breathing Technique and corresponding swordsmanship in the Demon Slayer World are a complete set.
The earliest Breathing Technique, such as the five basic Breathing Techniques, were improvements made by Yoriichi based on the swordsmanship that the first generation of Pillars excelled at.
Different schools of swordsmanship require different muscles for exertion and different exertion techniques, and the corresponding Breathing Techniques will strengthen specific characteristics.
So, Breathing Technique plus swordsmanship is the complete demon slayer system, of course, the human combat system.
The combination of the two can produce an effect where one plus one is greater than two.
Ryo is currently practicing Water Breathing.
According to his previous memories, there was no Sun Breathing in the school either.
It shouldn’t be because his Rank was too low to be qualified, but rather that it simply didn’t exist.
After all, in the Demon Slayer World, even within the Demon Slayer Corps, Sun Breathing was a lost Legacy.
In the entire Demon Slayer World, only the protagonist Tanjiro’s family had the Legacy of Sun Breathing.
They didn’t even know that what they inherited was Sun Breathing.
Without a God’s-eye view and familiarity with the plot, it would be impossible to find the Sun Breathing Legacy.