In Demon Slayer With Heavenly Insight

Chapter 12: Learning Insect Breathing

At this moment, Kocho Shinobu automatically ignored the second half of Ren's words. "I am too weak to cut off a demon's head with this sword, so I can only apply poison on the sword and kill them with poison."

After saying these words, the disappointment on Kocho Shinobu's face was visible. This is also the reason why her breathing method is difficult to inherit. Insect Breath is not famous for its sword skills, but for its poison! The most typical one is making wisteria flowers into toxins for demons and then using them on demons to kill them.

If Kocho Shinobu could cut off demons' heads normally, she wouldn't have to resort to poison. Maybe the Demon Slayer Squad wouldn't have a so-called Insect Pillar.

Shinobu put away the knife and showed a gentle smile: "I'm used to it. After all, I was born with weak wrist strength, and there's no way to change this."

"So, Ren, I know your talent is very high, but it's useless for you to learn my breathing technique."

Seeing Kocho Shinobu's smile, Ren fell silent. In this world, with a body that can't even cut off a demon's head, Kocho Shinobu had worked hard to reach her current level.

After a moment, Ren shook his head. "That's not the case. Every breathing method has its value. Sister Shinobu has already done a good job."

"If there were no Shinobu-chan, what would the Demon Slayer Corps do in the future if they encountered a demon that couldn't even be killed by cutting off its neck?"

"So, Shinobu-sama doesn't have to worry about her lack of strength. After all, the Insect Pillar is unique, right?"

Looking at Kocho Shinobu, who was in a daze, Ren said with a smile: "Besides, Sister Shinobu's poison is so powerful that it explodes. Anyway, I can't think of a way to kill demons with poison!"

"Ara Ara~" Shinobu reluctantly covered her mouth, unable to stop the joy on her face.

Under the crystal-clear moonlight, Kocho Shinobu slowly stood up. She tiptoed lightly, and the colorful feathers fluttered in the wind like wings, as beautiful as an elf in the night.

The next moment, the girl landed in the courtyard, raised her fingers slightly, and pulled out the Nichirin Blade in her hand.

Ren watched quietly. Kocho Shinobu, like a light butterfly, started to dance with the Nichirin Sword in her hand. This is her starting position.

Before taking action, she will always turn her hand in a different way for better feel. Dancing of Butterflies. This is the main expression of Insect Breath.

The Kocho Shinobu's breathing technique focuses not on sword skills, but on footwork. Each of her moves is determined by different footwork.

As long as the opponent cannot see her sword path clearly, she can quickly inject poison into the opponent's body.

The first 'dance' of the Insect's Breath was performed by Kocho Shinobu. Dance of the Butterfly: Caprice.

When using this footwork, Kocho Shinobu will leap high into the sky and rush toward the enemy like a goddess descending to earth.

It moves as light as a butterfly, and stabs the opponent's body with its poisonous blade at a high speed that the naked eye cannot catch up with.

Because poison is used to kill, there is no need to cut off the demon's neck. This move is very paralyzing to demons, and many fledgling demons have died from this move.

Ren saw this move and kept thinking in his mind, what if he could avoid this move? The answer is no!

Kocho Shinobu's speed was several times faster than Kanao's. If Ren's reaction and observation abilities hadn't been greatly improved, he wouldn't have been able to see Kocho Shinobu clearly!

Ren couldn't help but think of a picture. A giant beast with countless toes stamped on the ground violently, snaking towards itself.

It has a huge abyss-like mouth, and its teeth are full of poison. It will bite you suddenly when you don't react at all!

Ren felt like a huge centipede passed by him! It's hard to imagine that this was made by a girl weighing just a few dozen pounds!

The colorful feather fabrics swayed in the wind, and there were several girls' unique scent of wisteria floating in the air, mixed with a touch of body fragrance.

This is Kocho Shinobu's unique move, and it is also her fastest and most powerful move.

Therefore, its time is shorter than the previous tricks, and the demonstration is completed in just a few seconds.

Kocho Shinobu stopped immediately. Her entire little face was flushed, fine drops of fragrant sweat poured out on her smooth forehead, and her petite body was trembling slightly.

Butterfly Haori was also wet with her own sweat. The wet team uniform stuck to her back, faintly outlining the girl's graceful figure.

These pictures were all captured by Ren without missing a single frame.

Ren stood up and jumped down as well. Footwork is useless if you just watch it, so he began to imitate the movements of Kocho Shinobu.

The courtyard was filled with the sound of footsteps, and the two figures danced together under the moonlight.

The girl's figure danced faster, but the young man also caught up very quickly.

At a certain moment, Kocho Shinobu's footwork changed again.

Dance of the Dragonfly: Compound Eye Hexagon.

This move is a six-hit combo that injects a large amount of poison into the demon's body.

With the blade turned into a poisonous needle, she stabbed sharply and quickly.

The originally sharp footwork changed quickly, and the speed suddenly increased.

The key to this move still lies in speed.

Although Ren learned it quickly, his physical fitness still needs to be gradually improved.

Suddenly, Kocho Shinobu stopped.

She took a deep breath.

The continuous high-speed movement made Kocho Shinobu a little tired, and she had to stop and take a rest.

Because the next move requires a lot of oxygen to use.

The next moment, Kocho Shinobu began to move.

It was completely different from the previous movements.

Kocho Shinobu's speed was so fast that her dance left an afterimage, and her figure was everywhere in the courtyard!

The sound of toes tapping the ground continued to sound, like a drum beating through the night.

Dance of the Centipede: Hundred-Legged Zigzag.

By stomping hard enough to lift the ground, it meanders in all directions to disturb the opponent, and then takes advantage of the opportunity to attack with the sword.

Ren couldn't help but think of a picture.

A giant beast with countless toes stamped on the ground violently, snaking towards itself.

It has a huge abyss-like mouth, and its teeth are full of poison.

It will bite you suddenly when you don't react at all!

Ren felt like a huge centipede passed by him!

It's hard to imagine that this was made by a girl weighing just a few dozen pounds!

The colorful feather fabrics swayed in the wind, and there were several girls' unique scent of wisteria floating in the air, mixed with a touch of body fragrance.

This is Kocho Shinobu's unique move, and it is also her fastest and most powerful move.

Therefore, its time is shorter than the previous tricks, and the demonstration is completed in just a few seconds.

Kocho Shinobu stopped immediately.

Her entire little face was flushed, fine drops of fragrant sweat poured out on her smooth forehead, and her petite body was trembling slightly.

Butterfly Haori was also wet with her own sweat.

The wet team uniform stuck to her back, faintly outlining the girl's graceful figure.

These pictures were all captured by Ren without missing a single frame.

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Insect Breathing ( Mushi no kokyū) is a Breathing Style derived from Flower Breathing.which is derived from water breathing which came from sun breathing

Insect Breathing has 4 known techniques and forms at minimum.

Dance of the Butterfly: Caprice ( Chō no mai: Tawamure)- The user leaps into the air and charges towards the opponent, stinging them multiple times with their blade to inject poison in just seemingly one strike.

Dance of the Bee Sting: True Flutter (, Hōga no mai: Manabiki) - The user dashes at their target at blinding speeds and uses the momentum of their speed to then strengthen a single thrust into their opponent and inject poison into them.

Dance of the Dragonfly: Compound Eye Hexagon (, Seirei no mai: Fukugan Rokkaku) - A six strike attack with which the user aims to strike and inject their target with multiple doses of poison at the target's weak spots (such as the neck, heart, torso, etc.) in order to kill them with a large dose of poison.

Dance of the Centipede: Hundred-Legged Zigzag (Gokō no mai: Hyakusoku Jabara)- An attack with which the user uses their full speed to run a zigzag pattern that confuses their opponent in order to create an opening for them to directly stab their opponent's neck and inject poison to kill them, with the stab's force and power being further enhanced by the momentum of their speed. Doma noted that the sheer speed of this technique is strong enough to destroy an entire wooden bridge.