Ebara-gun, Komazawa Village.

Infernal House.

Senjuro sat in the middle of the courtyard, looking at the flames burning in his palms, his eyes thoughtful.

It has been a week since the end of the Imperial Capital Incident.

After returning to the Ghost Slayer headquarters to hand over the mission information, he said a short goodbye to Butterfly Shinobu and returned to the Purgatory Mansion alone.

Tanjiro and the other four stayed in the butterfly house for the time being to heal.

Originally, when I returned to the headquarters, I needed to start a column and a meeting immediately to discuss the verdict on the outlier of the ghost of Youdouzi.

However, to everyone's surprise, the lord who has always stayed at home, Yaoya Shiki, actually went out.

According to the handwritten note he left behind, he traveled this time to visit a very important person in the crusade against evil spirits, and it would take about half a month to return.

Therefore, on the surface, You Douzi, who was recuperating in the butterfly house, was actually detained there, waiting for the trial of the Zhuhe Council half a month later.

It just so happened that Senjurou also needed time to take a good look at the experience of this time.

After the end of the Imperial Capital Incident, the number of cannibal ghost incidents in various places gradually decreased, almost reaching a historical low, which allowed the idle Senjuro to return to the Purgatory Mansion to recuperate.

During the trip to the imperial capital, too many things happened.

Siege of the lower string, the Flesh Drum Tower, and the attack of the Black Death Mou, the head of the upper string, and the use of [Pure Blood] to awaken the mutilated version of the technique......

"Hoo ......"

The breeze blew, and the flame in Senjuro's hand kept swaying.

[Technique—Fire (Remnant)] is a technique that he awakens after using [Pure Blood], and according to the system, it should belong to the category of innate techniques, and its ability is to control flames.

However, "harnessing the flame", these simple four words, are far from being able to be said clearly on paper.

Harnessing the flames is "harnessing the flames", and manipulating the magma in the center of the earth is also "harnessing the flames", but the gap between the two is like cloud mud.

As soon as he returned to the Purgatory Mansion, Chijuro carefully studied this magical ability.

Encountering the head of the upper string, Black Death Mou, and seeing its unfathomable strength, Chijuro's thirst for strength became more and more urgent.

The reason why he was able to come back alive from this trip to the imperial capital was because Black Death Mou let him go for unknown reasons.

However, what about the next time?

It is a very shameful and cowardly act to place the right of life on the unknown cause of another.

In order to be able to have the strength to confront and even defeat Black Death Mu in the next encounter, Senjuro will not miss any opportunity to improve his strength.

The research method is the optimal solution at present.

In fact, given Chijurou enough time and accumulating enough life source to improve his skills and levels, he has the confidence to surpass all creatures in this world, even the Oni King.

However, time itself is an accumulation.

The enemy can't foolishly give him time to grow.

The calm in various places after the Imperial Capital incident made Senjuro feel a kind of calm before the storm.

He had a hunch that the big war was not far away.

And the calm period before the start of the big war is the most precious time for him to improve his strength.

Closing his eyes, Chijurou slowly sensed the beating of the flames in his hands with his spirit.

Although the flames caused by the [Technique—Fire (Remnant)] and the flames brought by the use of the breathing method appear to be the same on the surface, their internal properties are completely different.

In layman's terms, the flame brought by the breathing method uses the unique breathing rate to attract the faint flame particles or fire elements that are scattered in nature, store them in the body, and form various breathing sword techniques through compression, operation, etc.

But [Technique—Fire (Remnant)] is completely different.

Whenever he used this technique, Chijuro could clearly perceive that a faint mysterious power was "squeezed" from the depths of his body.

And the outward manifestation of this mysterious power is fire.

In other words, the source of the breathing flame is the natural world, and the source of the flame of the [Technique-Fire (Remnant)] is the inside of the body.

This gave Senjurou a bold idea.

The principle of "Blazing Shura" is to forcibly expel the flames brought by the breathing method from the body, and use spiritual power to restrain and solidify them into a special structure, bringing a strong increase in the body's attributes.

But there are always gains and losses.

Although the flames that were expelled from the body brought an amplification, it also made it impossible for Senjuro to power the Flame Breath Sword Technique, which required a complex process in the body with flame particles to be cast.

This has to be said to be a pity.

Previously, compared to the increase in "Blazing Asura", this flaw could be ignored for the time being.

After all, with a physique that was far stronger than that of an evil ghost, it was enough to easily slay the evil ghost, and naturally there was no need to perform a subtle and complex breathing sword technique.

Until, I met Black Death.

It was a monster with a physique that was comparable to the "Blazing Shura" or even deeper, and its exquisite "Breath of the Moon" made Chijuro remember it deeply.

That's definitely a level that only a master or above can have......

"Breath of the Moon, One Shape, Dark Moon, Yonomiya." This unprecedented terrifying sword technique, Qianjurou was hit by it without even seeing the trajectory of the slash.

This made Senjuro rediscover the importance of the breathing sword technique.

However, all the flames trapped in his body were expelled from his body, and he was unable to use his sword skills, and he gave up on this idea for a while.

Until, the appearance of [Technique-Fire (Remnant)] gave Chijuro great inspiration.

Since the flame of the technique comes from the body, can the flame of the breath be used to perform the Flame Breath Sword Technique after solidifying the flame from the breathing method to form the "Blazing Shura" armor, and then generating flames from the body?

Do what you think, and during this time, all of Senjuro's energy was focused on experimenting with this idea.

But it's easier said than done.

I don't know if it's because of the lack of mental attributes, after curing the "Blazing Shura" armor, the use of the technique to generate flames in the body will interfere with each other, making the flames in the body disappear at a very fast rate, and the armor will gradually dissipate due to the unstable structure.

This made Chijurou very nervous.

The specialty [Runic Power (Fire)] increases his affinity for fire, allowing him to gather more flame particles and purity, but does not increase his control over fire.

In this regard, it is the spiritual attribute that plays a greater role.

Fortunately, it is not without gain.

Before the flames generated by [Jutsu - Fire (Remnant)] in his body are completely neutralized, Senjuro can use the Breath of Flame sword technique on the premise of obtaining the "Blazing Shura" amplification.

This greatly improved his combat power, but the time was a little shorter, only 5 seconds at most.

"Alas......"

Looking at the blue sky, Senjuro let out a long sigh.

I have to find a way to improve my mental attributes.

"Quack—quack—"

"Pillar of Fire! Pillar of Fire! ”

"Immediately go to the headquarters for the Pillar Meeting!"

The sound was repeated three times, and then, the source of the sound, a crow flying from a distance, landed on Senjuro's shoulder.

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