Chapter 84 Zenitsu's Determination
Chapter 84 Zenitsu's Determination
According to Lu Li's understanding of the original comics, when fighting against powerful ghosts, the pillars here rely on three magic weapons, namely the transparent world, the patterns and the red sword.
Lu Li understands the world of transparency as a special state where he can see through the enemy's inner self, the rhythm of his muscles, and the frequency of his breathing, and thus judge the direction of his attacks. It is a powerful ability to see through the opponent.
The stripes represent the liberation of human potential. Overdrawing potential will shorten one's lifespan. Usually, people who develop stripes do not live past 25 years old.
As for the red blade, it was originally created by the user of the Sun Breathing who added power to the blade, making it have high temperature, thereby increasing its lethality against demons.
In the later part of the comics, the Pillars can also increase the temperature of the sword by using their strong grip or through collisions between weapons, thus turning the sword into a "Kara Sword".
To be honest, Lu Li is not very interested in these technologies.
He already has the skills to unlock potential and improve his strength, and this kind of 'explosive' skill obviously cannot stack boxes infinitely, otherwise explorers would all learn this kind of skills and would not have to improve basic attributes at all, not to mention that the side effects of the markings far exceed those of his ghosts and gods.
As for the transparent world, there are some tricks to hide one's own aura, but observing the opponent, predicting his moves, mastering the flow of power, etc., Lu Li can do it anyway, so there is no need for that kind of perspective illusion.
In the fight between life and death, Lu Li actually relied more on his own combat intuition.
The last item, the He Dao... Lu Li felt that it was even more subtle and a rather useless ability to him.
After all, he felt that he had already obtained the most useful thing in this world for him, which was the breathing method.
He has been interested in internal energy breathing techniques since he was a child. This kind of thing has a real upper limit. To put it bluntly, breathing techniques can bring numerical improvements to people.
Without high basic values, things like the transparent world, the patterns, and the red sword are useless. The sword slashed by the Mist Pillar with the patterns is not comparable to that of Yoriichi Tsugikoku.
It’s not that the ancestors (the same clan) have talents far superior to the Mist Pillar, but their values are simply not on the same level.
However, in the battle against Upper Rank One in the original novel, it was different when the Rock Pillar had opened his markings. It could be said that "every sword strike was a critical hit", and even the "number one" was under considerable pressure.
So Lu Li felt that there was no need for him to study all kinds of fancy abilities in this world. It would be enough to study the breathing method thoroughly.
When practiced consistently, breathing techniques can permanently improve a person's physical condition, which is why Lu Li defines it as 'internal power'.
If you use the breathing method to your full potential in battle, you can further enhance the attributes of the human body, which means you have both long-term bonuses and explosive power.
In the field of martial arts, it is considered a good system that explorers can obtain in the early stages. Lu Li estimates that breathing methods are useful within the first and second levels.
If he could understand the breathing method and improve it, perhaps he could gain more attribute benefits from it and use it longer.
But for now, Lu Li feels that the breathing method is easy to learn, but it still takes some time to master it. At least his current attributes have not been improved, and it is only when he uses the Thunder Breathing combat skill that his attributes can burst out by one or two points.
Of course, the Thunder Breathing can bring more than just the numbers on the panel. The characteristic of this breathing method is its "super speed".
When he uses Thunder Breathing at full strength, he will also gain a decent speed bonus, which can make his instant steps even faster.
Faster speed means higher damage to the Prisoner, so the benefits of the breathing method cannot be judged solely by the numbers. The mechanism of each characteristic breathing method is also very important.
From this perspective, Lu Li had considered becoming a disciple of the Rock Pillar, thinking that Rock Breathing also had a good mechanism.
"Thank you all for coming to the Demon Slayer Corps final auditions tonight."
A clear female voice interrupted Lu Li's review of world intelligence, and he looked up at two figures walking out of the wisteria forest.
They were a pair of twin girls with shoulder-length hair, wearing kimonos embroidered with wisteria patterns. Their onion-like purple eyes looked a bit weird when they first saw them.
Seeing the two girls, Shan Yi subconsciously moved closer to Lu Li, and stood behind Lu Li, trembling. "In this Fujixi Mountain, the ghosts captured alive by the demon swordsmen are imprisoned, but the ghosts cannot leave..."
The white-haired girl began to explain the selection rules to everyone, "Because up to the mountainside, wisteria flowers that ghosts hate bloom all year round, but further ahead, there are no wisteria flowers, which means ghosts will appear."
Shan Yi shuddered after hearing this, and wanted to stick close to Lu Li. Even though he already knew what the final selection would be like, he still couldn't help but feel afraid.
"Surviving in here for seven days is the qualification for the final selection."
The black-haired girl continued.
Many of the Demon Slayer Corps reserve members present looked at each other in bewilderment, but some of them remained calm. Lu Li looked around and found that in addition to the main characters in the original novel, there were two more people who looked quite old. They should be explorers.
The two men also noticed Lu Li. Seeing Shan Yi following Lu Li, surprise flashed in their eyes and then turned into gloom.
The two explorers were now in a very bad mood, because after arriving at the selection site they faced the reality, which was... there were simply not many people who chose the Demon Slayer Corps camp.
After the initial enthusiasm, they began to doubt their original choice.
A total of 36 explorers have entered this world. If the explorers at the selection site are all the members of the Demon Slayer Corps, doesn't that mean they have to face 3 against 33?
What's more, Muzan's camp already has an advantage in combat power, so what's the point of playing now?
For a moment, the two explorers were disheartened and were already thinking about how to hide and get through this world.
As long as there is no penalty for annihilation of the mission, they are not going to do it. Staying alive is the most important thing.
"Then please have a pleasant journey."
The two lolis in kimono bowed and said auspicious words.
This made the two explorers even more upset. They were not afraid of the final selection, but the words "Have a nice journey" really made them feel that it was their future in this world.
"Brother Lu, although I am very scared, I will try my best not to hold you back."
Shan Yi forced himself to suppress the fear in his heart and spoke with difficulty. He knew that his senior brother would take care of him, but since he was here, he didn't want to be a waste hiding behind his senior brother. That would be a shame to his grandfather's teachings.
Lu Li smiled when he heard that. He thought Shan Yi would hang on him, but Shan Yi performed quite well. "Brother, I will give you a debut question. As long as you kill an evil ghost, I will guarantee that you will pass the selection safely."
"Just killing a ghost?"
Zenitsu was stunned for a moment, "But ghosts are so scary..."
Having said this, he lowered his head. He realized his own cowardice. There was no telling how many ghosts there were on this mountain, and his senior brother had only given him the simplest test.
"Brother Lu, rest assured, I will work hard to kill the evil spirit!"
Zenitsu mustered up the courage to speak. He understood what his senior brother meant. If he didn't even have the strength to kill a demon, it meant that he didn't have the strength to join the Demon Slayer Corps.
Even if Senior Brother Lu protected me and helped me pass the selection, it would only push me into a dangerous abyss. After all, Senior Brother Lu couldn't stay by my side forever.
But is he really willing to be a loser in the eyes of others? He doesn't want Brother Lu to worry about him, nor does he want to disappoint his grandfather, so he will work hard to kill an evil ghost and strive to become a qualified ghost slayer.
Lu Li watched those who participated in the final selection enter the mountain one by one, so he also stepped forward, "Let's go, let's start our selection."
(End of this chapter)