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Chapter 1269: Military Police, Smoker!
Thunder Breathing, Fourth Form, Distant Thunder!
The battle between Commander Renato and Kamado Tanjiro began again.
The former's body suddenly erupted with a large amount of lightning, and at the same time, his body transformed into a golden electric flash, rapidly launching an assault towards the latter's front, unleashing a high-speed slash hidden within the lightning.
However.
He only struck an afterimage that Kamado Tanjiro left at the original spot.
At the same time, two, three, or even four afterimages surrounded by winding water flow appeared within his line of sight.
In just the blink of an eye, Renato was caught in Tanjiro's encirclement.
However, his familiarity with 'Water Breathing' kept him from panicking.
He immediately unleashed dense lightning-shaped slashes in all directions.
Using Thunder Breathing's Sixth Form, Electric Roar Thunder Roar, he engaged in the most powerful frontal clash with Water Breathing's Third Form, Flowing Dance.
In an instant.
The 'clanging' sound of blade collision was continuous in the arena, resounding throughout the entire area.
Golden lightning and deep blue water flow intertwined, their figures mixed within, blurred and indistinct.
All that could be seen was the ground constantly being subjected to destruction, forming dent after dent, splashing up large amounts of dangerous energy and flying stones.
It should be understood that both sides are in the Swordsman realm.
Therefore, the elemental illusions they generated contained the strength of flying slashes.
Whether it was the attack distance or the lethality, it far surpassed normal Breathing Style swordsmanship.
This caused the Royal Army soldiers and police officers engaged in close combat to tacitly stay away from them.
Coincidentally, Renato also felt there were too many people here, and Thunder Breathing, which excels in speed, needed sufficiently wide space.
So he intentionally guided Tanjiro to move towards the Iron Fist Plaza in the distance.
Kamado Tanjiro noticed this point, but he was very willing to cooperate.
Because this could ensure to the maximum extent that the citizens would not be affected.
[Clang clang clang...]
The two transformed into lightning and water flow, fighting while moving, and the battle looked extremely intense.
It wasn't until they arrived at the Iron Fist Plaza that Renato and Tanjiro stopped fighting, standing separately on the stone platforms at the two ends of the fountain.
Separated by the Garp Statue in the center pool, their sharp eyes met across the space.
"Hehehehe, not bad, quite impressive. To be equally matched with me at only nineteen years old."
Renato sneered, his eyes flashing with jealousy, and a surge of malicious intent rose in his heart.
Although his aptitude was a bit stronger than many people, he couldn't be called a genius.
If he hadn't encountered Breathing Style, he probably wouldn't have been able to step into the Swordsman realm in this lifetime.
So, seeing Tanjiro possess such high talent, and the key point being that he was a lowly otherworlder, immediately gave rise to malicious thoughts of wanting to destroy him.
He himself was in his prime, while Tanjiro had just become an adult, so his stamina was definitely not as good as his own.
Moreover, he had also heard that the physique of people from the Demon Slayer world was naturally inferior to that of people from the Sea Star world.
As for the 'Perfected Cell Enhancement Serum', Renato's identity was not enough for him to know about these things.
After all, he was just a Royal Army Commander of the East Blue Kingdom.
How could a security captain of a large company know about the medicine provided by the military to internal personnel?
Perhaps there was a possibility, but this possibility was still too small at the current stage.
"You are indeed very strong."
Hearing Renato's words, Kamado Tanjiro was not angry, but instead nodded in agreement with a calm expression.
"The Sea Star world is indeed full of experts. You should be the strongest enemy I have encountered up until now."
Unlike the 'canon', due to the appearance of the World Government.
Tanjiro did not experience repeated fierce battles with the 'Twelve Kizuki'.
After coming to the Sea Star world, at the Yudao Hall on Wano Island, although there were large amounts of powerful Sword Masters, and even Great Sword Masters.
But those were just teaching guidance, not enough to be called opponents.
Sparring with Zenitsu Agatsuma, Inosuke Hashibira, and the others could only be considered sparring.
Therefore, such merciless fighting was indeed his first time.
Therefore, he has not mastered the method of activating the Demon Slayer Mark up until now, nor has he been able to Awaken the Transparent World.
"But..."
Just as Renato's corner of his mouth curled up because of Tanjiro's words, wanting to say some smug words.
He heard Kamado Tanjiro speak again: "But what you said about being equally matched is incorrect."
"What?"
Renato was startled for a moment.
Immediately, he saw Kamado Tanjiro seem to increase the force of his grip on his blade.
Soon, his blade, covered in black patterns, gradually turned red.
The distance between the two sides was around twenty meters, so Renato couldn't feel the high temperature on it.
It wasn't until wisps of blazing flames, tinged with a bit of gold, emerged from the blade that he seemed to realize something.
Renato sneered: "I thought it was something else!"
"Indeed, the you in the manga is a rare 'Dual Style Swordsman', but just switching to 'Flame Breathing', makes you think you're stronger than me?"
Flame Breathing is just one branch of the five major basic styles, and there is no saying that it counters or is stronger than Thunder Breathing.
However, I need to be careful of Kamado Tanjiro switching to Water Breathing sword techniques at any time...
Renato reminded himself in his heart.
On the other side.
Kamado Tanjiro did not explain that this was not Flame Breathing, but rather Sun Breathing.
For one thing, he had no intention of showing off about this.
For another thing, when he was at the Yudao Hall, Master Mihawk, the head of the hall, had told him.
It's best not to tell others about the matter that he knew how to use Sun Breathing, and if he needed to use it, he also had to admit it was Flame Breathing.
Even more so, he couldn't pass it on to other people, including his future children.
That is to say, non-Celestial Dragons who knew Sun Breathing could only exist up to him.
Correspondingly, as long as he kept his promise, the World Government would take care of the Kamado family and give them various suitable preferential treatment.
At the same time, he also got Master Mihawk's Den Den Mushi number, who said that if he encountered big trouble, he could ask him for help.
[Swish!]
Kamado Tanjiro instantly disappeared from the stone platform.
The next second.
He had already swept across the fountain surface, carrying the blazing flames surrounding him, and appeared in front of Renato.
He saw the blade draw out an arc close to a perfect circle of fire, which made Renato's expression change greatly, astonished in his heart.
Because Kamado Tanjiro's attack this time unexpectedly formed waves of heatwave rushing towards his face!
It was just like... just like a mass of real flame!
But how was this possible? These elements of Breathing Style were clearly just illusions.
What truly played a killing effect was still the blade itself, as well as the sword aura and astral wind released by the swordsman.
But now he simply had no time at all to question, so Renato had no choice but to transform into an electric flash and retreat backwards.
At the same time, he rapidly swung his long saber, striking out a streak of lightning far thicker and longer than before.
Thunder Breathing's Fifth Form, Heat World Thunder!
However, Kamado Tanjiro dodged the lightning with incredibly fast speed, appearing in front of Renato again.
That pair of scarlet eyes stared intently at the latter's face, which was beginning to panic.
Visually, it was just like lightning striking a mass of flame, while the flame allowed the lightning to pass through itself.
The next moment, Kamado Tanjiro turned sideways and spun, drawing out a circle of fire wave again.
But this time it was a vertical slash towards Renato, breaking through the lightning trying to counterattack.
After Sun Breathing's First Form, Round Dance, followed by Second Form, Clear Blue Sky!
Renato's hair, eyebrows, as well as the clothing on his body, were already slightly curled under the heatwave stirred up by the Crimson Blade.
After all, he certainly didn't know how to use Armament Haki to protect his entire body.
He could only force himself to endure the uncomfortable high temperature, trying to increase his speed and create distance from Kamado Tanjiro.
However, when linked together, the Sun Breathing sword techniques were incredibly smooth.
When Tanjiro unleashed Third Form, Burning Sun.
The fire wave immediately formed an ∞-shaped trajectory, completely surrounding him.
Renato was helpless and could only stay at the original spot, using Thunder Breathing's Sixth Form, Electric Roar Thunder Roar, again.
He unleashed large amounts of lightning slashes towards all directions, temporarily blocking the fire wave's approach.
But this was exactly what Kamado Tanjiro wanted.
He circled around Renato, continuously using Sun Breathing's Fourth Form, Mirage Heat Haze, Fifth Form, Fire Wheel, Sixth Form, Burning Bones, Summer Sun...
The scene looked just like a mass of flame tornado had trapped Renato, continuously evaporating the clean water in the fountain and forming large areas of dense white mist.
This caused Renato, whose vision was already affected by the firelight, to completely lose contact with the outside world.
Crucially, he discovered Kamado Tanjiro's offensive was becoming more and more fierce.
Whether it was the speed of the blade, the force, they were constantly increasing, and the temperature of this flame was also getting higher and higher.
When Kamado Tanjiro's Sun Breathing reached Twelfth Form, Flame Dance.
He saw that the originally tornado-shaped flame unexpectedly suddenly contracted together, forming a large, round fireball.
And Tanjiro's figure appeared on the plaza outside the fountain at some unknown time.
"Thirteenth Form"
Kamado Tanjiro murmured softly with his back to the huge fireball.
As soon as his voice fell, the fireball dispersed.
Renato, covered in charred cuts all over his body, appeared again under the sunlight.
Although not a single drop of blood flowed, he was already lifeless.
He saw that the water in the fountain in front of Renato had also completely evaporated at this time...
"Well done!"
Suddenly, a teasing sound rang out in the air, and Kamado Tanjiro looked up.
He unexpectedly discovered a white-haired man floating in the air with a cigar in his mouth, his lower body turned into smoke.
"You are?"
"Military Police, Smoker, ordered to come and arrest the Goa Kingdom King..."
(End of this chapter)
Thunder Breathing, Fourth Form, Distant Thunder!
The battle between Commander Renato and Kamado Tanjiro began again.
The former's body suddenly erupted with a large amount of lightning, and at the same time, his body transformed into a golden electric flash, rapidly launching an assault towards the latter's front, unleashing a high-speed slash hidden within the lightning.
However.
He only struck an afterimage that Kamado Tanjiro left at the original spot.
At the same time, two, three, or even four afterimages surrounded by winding water flow appeared within his line of sight.
In just the blink of an eye, Renato was caught in Tanjiro's encirclement.
However, his familiarity with 'Water Breathing' kept him from panicking.
He immediately unleashed dense lightning-shaped slashes in all directions.
Using Thunder Breathing's Sixth Form, Electric Roar Thunder Roar, he engaged in the most powerful frontal clash with Water Breathing's Third Form, Flowing Dance.
In an instant.
The 'clanging' sound of blade collision was continuous in the arena, resounding throughout the entire area.
Golden lightning and deep blue water flow intertwined, their figures mixed within, blurred and indistinct.
All that could be seen was the ground constantly being subjected to destruction, forming dent after dent, splashing up large amounts of dangerous energy and flying stones.
It should be understood that both sides are in the Swordsman realm.
Therefore, the elemental illusions they generated contained the strength of flying slashes.
Whether it was the attack distance or the lethality, it far surpassed normal Breathing Style swordsmanship.
This caused the Royal Army soldiers and police officers engaged in close combat to tacitly stay away from them.
Coincidentally, Renato also felt there were too many people here, and Thunder Breathing, which excels in speed, needed sufficiently wide space.
So he intentionally guided Tanjiro to move towards the Iron Fist Plaza in the distance.
Kamado Tanjiro noticed this point, but he was very willing to cooperate.
Because this could ensure to the maximum extent that the citizens would not be affected.
[Clang clang clang...]
The two transformed into lightning and water flow, fighting while moving, and the battle looked extremely intense.
It wasn't until they arrived at the Iron Fist Plaza that Renato and Tanjiro stopped fighting, standing separately on the stone platforms at the two ends of the fountain.
Separated by the Garp Statue in the center pool, their sharp eyes met across the space.
"Hehehehe, not bad, quite impressive. To be equally matched with me at only nineteen years old."
Renato sneered, his eyes flashing with jealousy, and a surge of malicious intent rose in his heart.
Although his aptitude was a bit stronger than many people, he couldn't be called a genius.
If he hadn't encountered Breathing Style, he probably wouldn't have been able to step into the Swordsman realm in this lifetime.
So, seeing Tanjiro possess such high talent, and the key point being that he was a lowly otherworlder, immediately gave rise to malicious thoughts of wanting to destroy him.
He himself was in his prime, while Tanjiro had just become an adult, so his stamina was definitely not as good as his own.
Moreover, he had also heard that the physique of people from the Demon Slayer world was naturally inferior to that of people from the Sea Star world.
As for the 'Perfected Cell Enhancement Serum', Renato's identity was not enough for him to know about these things.
After all, he was just a Royal Army Commander of the East Blue Kingdom.
How could a security captain of a large company know about the medicine provided by the military to internal personnel?
Perhaps there was a possibility, but this possibility was still too small at the current stage.
"You are indeed very strong."
Hearing Renato's words, Kamado Tanjiro was not angry, but instead nodded in agreement with a calm expression.
"The Sea Star world is indeed full of experts. You should be the strongest enemy I have encountered up until now."
Unlike the 'canon', due to the appearance of the World Government.
Tanjiro did not experience repeated fierce battles with the 'Twelve Kizuki'.
After coming to the Sea Star world, at the Yudao Hall on Wano Island, although there were large amounts of powerful Sword Masters, and even Great Sword Masters.
But those were just teaching guidance, not enough to be called opponents.
Sparring with Zenitsu Agatsuma, Inosuke Hashibira, and the others could only be considered sparring.
Therefore, such merciless fighting was indeed his first time.
Therefore, he has not mastered the method of activating the Demon Slayer Mark up until now, nor has he been able to Awaken the Transparent World.
"But..."
Just as Renato's corner of his mouth curled up because of Tanjiro's words, wanting to say some smug words.
He heard Kamado Tanjiro speak again: "But what you said about being equally matched is incorrect."
"What?"
Renato was startled for a moment.
Immediately, he saw Kamado Tanjiro seem to increase the force of his grip on his blade.
Soon, his blade, covered in black patterns, gradually turned red.
The distance between the two sides was around twenty meters, so Renato couldn't feel the high temperature on it.
It wasn't until wisps of blazing flames, tinged with a bit of gold, emerged from the blade that he seemed to realize something.
Renato sneered: "I thought it was something else!"
"Indeed, the you in the manga is a rare 'Dual Style Swordsman', but just switching to 'Flame Breathing', makes you think you're stronger than me?"
Flame Breathing is just one branch of the five major basic styles, and there is no saying that it counters or is stronger than Thunder Breathing.
However, I need to be careful of Kamado Tanjiro switching to Water Breathing sword techniques at any time...
Renato reminded himself in his heart.
On the other side.
Kamado Tanjiro did not explain that this was not Flame Breathing, but rather Sun Breathing.
For one thing, he had no intention of showing off about this.
For another thing, when he was at the Yudao Hall, Master Mihawk, the head of the hall, had told him.
It's best not to tell others about the matter that he knew how to use Sun Breathing, and if he needed to use it, he also had to admit it was Flame Breathing.
Even more so, he couldn't pass it on to other people, including his future children.
That is to say, non-Celestial Dragons who knew Sun Breathing could only exist up to him.
Correspondingly, as long as he kept his promise, the World Government would take care of the Kamado family and give them various suitable preferential treatment.
At the same time, he also got Master Mihawk's Den Den Mushi number, who said that if he encountered big trouble, he could ask him for help.
[Swish!]
Kamado Tanjiro instantly disappeared from the stone platform.
The next second.
He had already swept across the fountain surface, carrying the blazing flames surrounding him, and appeared in front of Renato.
He saw the blade draw out an arc close to a perfect circle of fire, which made Renato's expression change greatly, astonished in his heart.
Because Kamado Tanjiro's attack this time unexpectedly formed waves of heatwave rushing towards his face!
It was just like... just like a mass of real flame!
But how was this possible? These elements of Breathing Style were clearly just illusions.
What truly played a killing effect was still the blade itself, as well as the sword aura and astral wind released by the swordsman.
But now he simply had no time at all to question, so Renato had no choice but to transform into an electric flash and retreat backwards.
At the same time, he rapidly swung his long saber, striking out a streak of lightning far thicker and longer than before.
Thunder Breathing's Fifth Form, Heat World Thunder!
However, Kamado Tanjiro dodged the lightning with incredibly fast speed, appearing in front of Renato again.
That pair of scarlet eyes stared intently at the latter's face, which was beginning to panic.
Visually, it was just like lightning striking a mass of flame, while the flame allowed the lightning to pass through itself.
The next moment, Kamado Tanjiro turned sideways and spun, drawing out a circle of fire wave again.
But this time it was a vertical slash towards Renato, breaking through the lightning trying to counterattack.
After Sun Breathing's First Form, Round Dance, followed by Second Form, Clear Blue Sky!
Renato's hair, eyebrows, as well as the clothing on his body, were already slightly curled under the heatwave stirred up by the Crimson Blade.
After all, he certainly didn't know how to use Armament Haki to protect his entire body.
He could only force himself to endure the uncomfortable high temperature, trying to increase his speed and create distance from Kamado Tanjiro.
However, when linked together, the Sun Breathing sword techniques were incredibly smooth.
When Tanjiro unleashed Third Form, Burning Sun.
The fire wave immediately formed an ∞-shaped trajectory, completely surrounding him.
Renato was helpless and could only stay at the original spot, using Thunder Breathing's Sixth Form, Electric Roar Thunder Roar, again.
He unleashed large amounts of lightning slashes towards all directions, temporarily blocking the fire wave's approach.
But this was exactly what Kamado Tanjiro wanted.
He circled around Renato, continuously using Sun Breathing's Fourth Form, Mirage Heat Haze, Fifth Form, Fire Wheel, Sixth Form, Burning Bones, Summer Sun...
The scene looked just like a mass of flame tornado had trapped Renato, continuously evaporating the clean water in the fountain and forming large areas of dense white mist.
This caused Renato, whose vision was already affected by the firelight, to completely lose contact with the outside world.
Crucially, he discovered Kamado Tanjiro's offensive was becoming more and more fierce.
Whether it was the speed of the blade, the force, they were constantly increasing, and the temperature of this flame was also getting higher and higher.
When Kamado Tanjiro's Sun Breathing reached Twelfth Form, Flame Dance.
He saw that the originally tornado-shaped flame unexpectedly suddenly contracted together, forming a large, round fireball.
And Tanjiro's figure appeared on the plaza outside the fountain at some unknown time.
"Thirteenth Form"
Kamado Tanjiro murmured softly with his back to the huge fireball.
As soon as his voice fell, the fireball dispersed.
Renato, covered in charred cuts all over his body, appeared again under the sunlight.
Although not a single drop of blood flowed, he was already lifeless.
He saw that the water in the fountain in front of Renato had also completely evaporated at this time...
"Well done!"
Suddenly, a teasing sound rang out in the air, and Kamado Tanjiro looked up.
He unexpectedly discovered a white-haired man floating in the air with a cigar in his mouth, his lower body turned into smoke.
"You are?"
"Military Police, Smoker, ordered to come and arrest the Goa Kingdom King..."
(End of this chapter)
