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章節 221: Riezel vs Yoriichi (I)

Riezel was completely speechless.

He had indeed seen Yoriichi as a level-up opportunity, but he had never expected that Yoriichi would become such a formidable opponent worth challenging in this way.

He knew that Yoriichi was not only strong but also had limitless potential.

What others had to risk everything to awaken, Yoriichi was born with.

What others might spend their whole lives searching for and might never achieve, Yoriichi had achieved them naturally since childhood.

Not only was Yoriichi the founder of the breathing style and the only person in this world who could defeat Muzan with sheer strength, but the breathing style he founded also became the source of power humanity used to fight demons.

In many ways, Yoriichi seemed more like the main character of this world than Tanjirou.

Yoriichi even managed to instantly grasp the thirteenth sword form of Sun Breathing upon encountering Muzan to defeat him.

Riezel's potential was already at a level that would astonish a goddess like Loki and even the many gods in Orario. Given this, Yoriichi might actually not fall too short when compared to Riezel.

Even so, Riezel still couldn't imagine that Yoriichi, even after death, would discover further potential within himself by succeeding in evolving Sun Breathing like he did.

Regardless, Riezel's success was not only due to his innate potential but also because he had another world's breathing techniques as a reference, which validated and confirmed the breathing techniques of this world, eventually leading to his success.

However, what about Yoriichi?

Yoriichi clearly had no reference and simply observed the entire process of Riezel evolving Sun Breathing, yet he smoothly completed this dangerous endeavor that had troubled Riezel for three months easily.

From this, it was clear why Yoriichi was seen as a god in Kokushibou's eyes and a monster in Muzan's.

*Ba-dump!*

Suddenly, Riezel heard a strong heartbeat.

*Ba-dump!*

Upon hearing it again, Riezel realized the source of the heartbeat was actually him.

At this moment, his heartbeat began to quicken, his blood boiled, and a surge of high-spirited emotions rose within him.

Such an emotion, as if boundless heat was surging through his chest, was very familiar to him.

It was the feeling of having adrenaline activated when encountering obstacles, strong enemies, challenges, and difficulties.

Truthfully, he had long missed this feeling.

After about half a year, he finally felt it again.

"Huu..."

Riezel took a deep breath, letting a large amount of air flow into his lungs before assuming an offensive stance.

Seeing this, Yoriichi's eyes narrowed, and he also took up an offensive stance.

"Huu..."

Yoriichi also inhaled a large amount of air, fully stimulating his body.

Gradually, the high temperature began to seep from both swordsmen who mastered Sun Breathing, causing the air around them to slightly distort.

"I'm coming." Riezel said briefly.

"Bring it on." Yoriichi nodded.

Saying these, their gazes collided in the air, sparking intense friction.

In the next moment—

""Sun Breathing - First Form…""

*Whoosh!*

Two figures charged forward simultaneously, vanishing from their original spots.

""Dance!""

As two blazing flames appeared out of nowhere, Riezel and Yoriichi appeared in front of each other, both unleashed a slash that gathered all their strength.

*DING—!!!*

As they clash, a deafening clash erupted, causing the sun's flames to burst from the two swordsmen, creating a searing shockwave that spread in all directions like a fiery explosion.

Two Nichirin Swords, wrapped in flames, collided at the center of the blast—one sword unleashed fiery bursts, while the other engaged in fierce friction.

In an instant, the two swordsmen were locked in intense combat, their flaming swords began clashing at breakneck speed.

*Clang!* *Cling!* *Clang!* *Cling!*

*Clang!* *Cling!* *Clang!* *Cling!*

Riezel and Yoriichi each released scorching slashes toward each other, their fiery swords constantly flaring and crashing.

Riezel reached an unprecedented level of focus as if he had abandoned all defense, letting his intense emotions guide him. He slashed from every angle at Yoriichi, making the flames blaze fiercely with each strike.

Despite Riezel's intense assault, Yoriichi remained entirely on the offensive. His eyes, clear as glass, saw through everything, and he responded with countless fiery slashes.

As their searing slashes continued to appear and collide, some soaring into the air and others shooting in all directions, they released intense heat into the surroundings, leaving red-hot trails on the ground as if molten lava had passed through.

*BOOOM!*

Before long, an explosion raged like a storm, ravaging the mountaintop and raising clouds of dust and debris, resembling a natural disaster.

*DING—!!!*

At one point, a loud clash rang out again.

From within the fiery explosion, a figure was sent flying back, skidding across the ground.

Surprisingly, it was Riezel who was being pushed back and was on the losing end.

*Whoosh!*

With a sound like space being torn apart, Yoriichi emerged from the explosion and twisted his sword, causing countless fiery slashes to surge forth and relentlessly strike Riezel.

Still skidding backward, Riezel raised his sword to block, fending off the incoming fiery slashes, which caused flames to flicker around him.

Yoriichi, however, clearly showed no mercy.

Not only did his attack remain fierce, but even as Riezel blocked his storm of slashes, he continued to swing his sword tirelessly, breathing steadily and moving like a perpetual motion machine, endlessly slashing.

'Dance', 'Clear Blue Sky', 'Raging Sun', 'Fake Rainbow', 'Fire Wheel', 'Burning Bones, Summer Sun', 'Sunflower Thrust', 'Solar Heat Haze', 'Setting Sun Transformation', 'Beneficent Radiance', 'Sun Halo Dragon Head Dance', 'Flame Dance'—Yoriichi cycled through all sword forms of Sun Breathing in sequence, creating a relentless cycle of slashes that attacked Riezel with utmost ferocity.

Clearly, this was the thirteenth form of Sun Breathing—an unending sequence of sword form that formed a perpetual cycle, drawing the enemy into a sun-like orbit, enduring a ceaseless and searing onslaught.

Yoriichi completely unleashed his strength, starting with the sword form he had used to deal with Muzan before his death, dragging Riezel into the hell of the sun's flame.

With Yoriichi's current strength, such an all-out assault, constantly using Sun Breathing's sword forms without pause, was quite terrifying.

As a result, Riezel was driven back in the storm of blazing slashes and had to retreat from Yoriichi's offensive.

However, Yoriichi clearly had no intention of letting Riezel get away. He quickly transformed into a bright sun, chasing Riezel and enveloping him in the wheel of fire.

Under this circumstance, even Riezel was subtly struggling to keep up.

*Clang!*

In the end, with a crisp sound, Riezel's sword was deflected.

*BOOM!*

In an instant, Yoriichi's blazing slash landed immediately, causing a massive explosion on the ground that sent Riezel flying.

Riezel was thrown through the air, crashing into a rock before twisting his body mid-air, stabbing Hermit into the ground to stabilize himself.

Even so, Riezel and his sword were violently thrown nearly a hundred meters, leaving a gaping trench on the ground, a shocking sight.

"Sun Halo Dragon Head Dance!"

Not stopping, Yoriichi transformed into a fire dragon, soaring and swooping toward Riezel.

Inside the fire dragon, Yoriichi's high-speed slashes cut through the air and explosive flames, targeting Riezel's shoulder, side, thigh, and ribs.

*Pssst!* *Pssst!* *Pssst!*

Yoriichi's blazing slashes sliced through Riezel's body, leaving his shoulder, side, thigh, and ribs severely torn. Yet, despite such damage, not a single drop of blood spilled from him; he merely swayed like an illusion and slowly vanished.

"Fake Rainbow!"

Riezel transformed once again into the sun's flame, appearing behind Yoriichi in a flicker.

"Setting Sun Transformation!"

Yoriichi, as if foreseeing the future, instantly leaped into the air, evading the slash Riezel had aimed from behind. Following this, in an inverted stance, Yoriichi swung his sword, wrapped in blazing flames, horizontally toward Riezel's neck.

"Burning Bones, Summer Sun!"

Faced with the intense strike coming at him, Riezel twisted his sword, rapidly swinging it to unleash a vortex of flames that not only deflected Yoriichi's scorching slash but also sent flames swirling toward him.

"Fire Wheel!"

Yoriichi performed a somersault and, undeterred by his failed attack, slashed again in mid-air, sending a fire-wrapped, arc-shaped vertical slash toward Riezel.

*BOOM!*

Soon, the flaming slash and the vortex of flames collided, exploding with a roar, causing the flames to surge wildly.

"Clear Blue Sky!"

Yoriichi, not yet having descended from the air, linked seamlessly into the next sword form. He swung his sword around him, tracing a circle like the sun's outline, pulling the turbulent flames into a fiery orbit that slashed toward Riezel.

"Raging Sun!"

Riezel immediately countered with an infinity-shaped slash, transforming his flames into sharp, symmetrical fire blades that sliced through the incoming flames.

In the blink of an eye, Riezel and Yoriichi exchanged countless blows, employing various Sun Breathing's sword forms against each other relentlessly.

The exchange of attacks and defenses was not only incredibly tight and coherent but also intensely fierce.

It couldn't be helped.

A moment's slip could mean one side's complete annihilation, consumed entirely by the blazing sun's flames.

"Beneficent Radiance!"

Yoriichi, still airborne, took advantage of his higher position and unleashed a spiraling slash from above at Riezel that spread out like a storm.

"Sunflower Thrust!"

Riezel quickly raised his sword, making a ring of flames surge around it before launching a rapid thrust toward the airborne Yoriichi.

*BOOOM!*

It was unknown how many times the sounds of swords clashing and explosions echoed on the mountaintop.

Reddish flames burned brightly on the mountaintop, reflecting the sun in the sky and continuing to blaze, showing no signs of extinguishing.


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章節 222: Riezel vs Yoriichi (II)

*BOOM!*

In the blazing reddish flames, the two figures that had been battling fiercely finally pulled apart, as if blown back by a shockwave, creating distance between them.

Yoriichi landed on the ground, taking a few steps back before finally stabilizing himself.

Riezel, on the other hand, continued to scrape the ground with his feet, leaving a furrow several meters long before coming to a stop.

After such an intense exchange of offense and defense, they finally had a moment to catch their breath.

"Hahh... as expected from the one who defeated Kibutsuji Muzan." Yoriichi remarked, looking at the young man across from him, raising his sword in admiration. "You're far stronger than I was in life."

"No..." Riezel remained silent for a moment before letting out a sigh. "In some ways, I am far from being as good as you."

What he said were his heartfelt words.

In the recent battle, there was no doubt that Riezel had been at a disadvantage for most of the time.

Why?

Was it because Yoriichi's current strength was greater than his?

No.

If you only consider their overall abilities, Riezel and Yoriichi were nearly evenly matched.

In terms of strength and speed, they were very close, with no clear superiority.

However, outside of their physical abilities, Yoriichi had clearly surpassed Riezel in many areas.

For instance, in swordsmanship, Yoriichi was clearly better than Riezel.

Although their use of Sun Breathing's sword forms was similar in effect, Yoriichi's transitions between the forms were smoother and quicker than Riezel's, allowing him to manage his overall combat skills and rhythm better.

Additionally, regarding the Transparent World, Yoriichi had been accustomed to this ability for many years.

In other words, Yoriichi observed details more finely and reacted faster than Riezel who had just awakened it several months ago. Furthermore, Yoriichi's control over finer details was also superior, causing Riezel to sometimes struggle to keep up with his movements and reactions.

Moreover, Yoriichi's use of Sun Breathing had a level of refinement that Riezel couldn't match.

It was important to note that Riezel's Hermit was not an ordinary Nichirin Sword but first-class special equipment, constantly emitting high temperatures that could easily melt steel.

Yoriichi's Nichirin Sword, on the other hand, was an ordinary weapon, not reaching the level of special equipment.

In a clash between Yoriichi's Nichirin Sword and Riezel's Hermit, the expected outcome should be clear—Riezel's Hermit should cut through Yoriichi's Nichirin Sword.

However, Yoriichi's Nichirin Sword was not only unharmed but also withstood multiple collisions with Hermit without showing any damage.

Why?

In fact, this was because Yoriichi wrapped the flames of Sun Breathing around his sword and ignited them upon impact, converting the high temperature into a hot wind that neutralized the heat from Hermit and softened Riezel's slash speed and power.

As a result, Hermit could not cut through Yoriichi's Nichirin Sword.

Such remarkable skill and the combination of various factors allowed Yoriichi to suppress Riezel.

Whether it was swordsmanship or the Transparent World, these were clearly abilities that Yoriichi had possessed even before he evolved Sun Breathing.

What did this imply?

It implied that before evolving his Sun Breathing and reaching Level 7, Yoriichi's swordsmanship and Transparent World were already superior to Riezel's.

Even though Riezel, after evolving Sun Breathing, had achieved strength comparable to Level 7, his swordsmanship and Transparent World were still inferior to Yoriichi's.

Because of this, Riezel made such heartfelt words.

However, at the same time, it also served as a wake-up call for him.

He realized that improving his strength was not solely about enhancing his status or power; it also involved gaining combat experience, honing skills, and mastering the tactics used in combat.

Recently, Riezel had been focusing on improving his status in his endeavor for power. Although he hadn't completely neglected accumulating combat skills, his focus had shifted somewhat.

Fortunately, Riezel hadn't completely disregarded honing his swordsmanship. Otherwise, he wouldn't have mastered all the sword forms of Sun Breathing or managed to hold his ground against Yoriichi's offense until now.

Besides, it was not only Yoriichi who could learn from others.

Riezel recalled the rhythm, angle, and timing of Yoriichi's sword strikes during their recent exchange, as well as the movements used when Yoriichi performed Sun Breathing's sword forms.

Thinking back to those smooth slashes and the natural, swift connections of sword forms, Riezel closed his eyes.

When Riezel opened them again, his eyes had become somewhat transparent, just like Yoriichi's.

"Hmm?"

Yoriichi was initially stunned but then understood.

'He absorbed the experience from the recent battle and grown stronger...?'

Yoriichi thought to himself, feeling both surprised and amazed.

Undoubtedly, this junior of his, whom he had discovered and chosen by chance, possessed extraordinary talent, blessed by heaven.

"In that case... I guess I have to put in even more effort..."

Yoriichi, murmuring to himself, didn't notice that his mouth had unconsciously curled into a slight smile.

He was unaware that, at this moment, he had begun to enjoy the battle.

In his lifetime, no human had ever matched him in combat, while demons were merely targets to be slain. Even Muzan was merely treated as a monster distinct from humans, not as an opponent to be enjoyed in battle.

For this reason, he had never faced a truly evenly matched opponent nor experienced the feeling of giving his all, clashing swords with someone, verifying strength, and progressing together.

It was only at this moment, facing Riezel, that he experienced this feeling for the first time.

At this moment, even though he believed this was his final battle before leaving the world of the living, it might also be the most satisfying fight he had ever experienced.

Realizing this, Yoriichi tightened his grip on his sword.

"Let's go."

A voice filled with unprecedented fighting intent came from Yoriichi's mouth.

Instead of responding with words, Riezel raised his sword, cracked the ground beneath him, and charged at Yoriichi with blazing flames.

And so, their two flaming swords clashed again, causing reddish flames to continue blooming on the mountaintop again.

===

*Clang!* *Cling!* *Clang!* *Cling!*

*Clang!* *Cling!* *Clang!* *Cling!*

At this moment, not only did the sound of metal colliding echo through the air countless times, but the reddish flames had also spread across the mountaintop, turning it scorching hot and charred black.

Riezel and Yoriichi continued their battle amid the flames, slashing with fiery strikes and creating dazzling bursts of light, as if they felt no fatigue, maintaining their fierce offense and defense.

In this battle, the sword forms of Sun Breathing had been unleashed countless times by the two of them, causing the sun's flames to collide violently, altering the terrain and gradually turning the area into a sea of flames.

At this point, their battle had been ongoing for more than ten hours.

If this were the present world, it would certainly be dark by now, the sun would have long since set.

However, since this was a dream and not the present world, even after more than ten hours, the sun remained high in the sky, glowing brilliantly from its zenith, not moving an inch.

*BOOM!*

A thunderous roar erupted, and the explosion once again forced the two swordsmen apart, creating distance between them.

"Huuu..."

"Haaa..."

Riezel and Yoriichi stood facing each other, raising their swords, appearing completely unwearied.

Riezel, who possessed the highest rank of 'Healing Power' development ability, had nearly infinite stamina and hardly ever felt tired.

Yoriichi, though lacking Riezel's development ability, had a breathing style so extraordinary that as long as his breathing remained steady, he rarely felt fatigued.

In the original work, Tanjirou's father had once said—If the breathing method is correct, you can keep dancing.

Holding onto this belief, Tanjirou's father could dance the Kagura Dance in the snow for a day and night without feeling tired, despite his frail body.

Yoriichi was undoubtedly the same.

His mastery of Sun Breathing was so extraordinary that it allowed him to fight intensely for long periods without feeling tired.

Of course, whether tired or not, after more than ten hours of fierce battle, both Riezel and Yoriichi looked drastically different from before.

Not only were they both battered, with their clothes torn by sharp blades or scorched black by flames, but their appearance was so disheveled that it would shock anyone who knew them.

Yet, despite their ragged and scarred state, their eyes shone brightly, full of spirit.

Clearly, their fighting intent and determination had never wavered.

"You've caught up to me already." Yoriichi remarked with a smile.

"Yeah, finally..." Riezel responded with a smile of his own.

After hours of intense combat, Riezel had fully matched Yoriichi's swordsmanship. Even the Transparent World, he gradually became more skilled at using it by observing Yoriichi.

Now, facing Yoriichi, he no longer found himself at a disadvantage like earlier.

However—

"Even so, it will only become a stalemate at most..." Yoriichi continued. "In that case, you won't be able to defeat me."

Indeed, Riezel was at his limit as well.

Needless to say, as the two of them had reached a perfect balance and neither was getting tired, the fight would only end in a draw if it continued.

Consequently, there was no way to determine a clear winner.

Even if they fought for three days and nights, or even ten days and nights, it would still remain the same.

At least, Yoriichi didn't think he would lose.

However, Riezel shook his head at Yoriichi's words, denying it.

"No, there will be a winner... I still have one final strike left."

Upon hearing Riezel's words, Yoriichi was slightly taken aback.

"One final strike...?" Yoriichi muttered confusedly.

Seeing his confusion, Riezel smiled faintly.

"Honestly, I've always felt that the thirteenth form you created doesn't really count as a new sword form."

"For this reason, I've invented my own thirteenth form."


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