12 Water Breathing
"So much work to do but I love it..." Ichigo muttered to himself. It was the next day.
Ichigo had a fun time with his family and girlfriends yesterday, it's the most fun he has had since he first came to this world.
[Water Breathing Lvl 1]
[First Form: Water Surface Slash Lvl 5
The user crosses their arms and generates enough momentum to release a singular, concentrated slash which is often horizontal.]
"But why did Master Gyatsu only teach me one form?" Ichigo grumbled.
'Thankfully my Zen Shūchū no Kokyū is leveling up which helps me practice even harder and smarter, which means I correct my mistakes even faster. '
Ichigo stopped complaining and swung his curved claymore downwards. Bright blue water flowed out of his blade while he was swinging it.
*BANG!*
The ground cracked when Ichigo's claymore slammed into the ground.
Ichigo then swung his khyber knife that was on his left hand upwards. Bright blue water flowed out of the blade. Ichigo sliced the air, the water flowing out of the blade.
Ichigo kept practicing the first form in the forest clearing. He imagined he was fighting an imaginary enemy while using his First Form. He did that until he maxed out the level of the skill. It took him an hour to max it out, he had to thank his Genius Perk and Total Concentration Breathing technique for not wasting his time too much.
[Zen Shūchū no Kokyū Lvl 3
Raise your Physical and Mental prowess by 30%]
[Water Breathing Lvl 2]
[First Form Water Surface Slash Lvl Max]
Ichigo looked at the screen and dismissed it. He already had a new idea for the first form. 'I have an idea. Every slash is going to be the first form, meaning that every normal attack I do is going to have water flowing out of the blade.' Ichigo nodded and started working on the new Water Breathing technique.
Thirty minutes later, Ichigo was grinning like a madman. 'It actually worked! But it consumes a lot of stamina though.' Ichigo thought to himself and stopped for a while.
[Constant Surface Slash, (Incomplete) Lvl 1
While using this technique, Stamina decreases by 80%]
'Huh? Why is it incomplete? ' Ichigo was very confused.
[Because the technique has a massive downside. You need to eliminate said downside.]
'Using Total Concentration Breathing eliminates that downside but I'd rather not risk it. ' Ichigo thought to himself and looked at the watch on his left wrist.
"5 p. m. I still have two hours left before I need to go home. " Ichigo growled and gripped his blades tightly.
" If I don't max it out, then I'm gay. " Ichigo growled angrily and stood up straight.
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"Ugh.... My lungs.... At least I'm not gay..." Ichigo
mumbled weakly. He was lying on the ground, he looked like he ran a hundred miles.
[Constant Surface Slash (Complete) Lvl 1]
'I thought I was going to die at one point. ' Ichigo slowly crawled to a tree and leaned against it.
Ichigo stared at the moon in silence. "One month left...." Ichigo whispered weakly.
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"Good! Good! You're improving!" Master Gyatsu shouted as Ichigo was slashing his curved claymore with one hand. Clear blue water was flowing out of the blade.
"And stop!!" Gyatsu shouted. Ichigo stopped and stood still.
"You're improving faster than I thought, Ichigo. Are you using Zen Shūchū no Kokyū? " Master Gyatsu asked. Ichigo nodded.
" I use it every hour. Even when I'm sleeping. " Ichigo answered.
" To be able to do that after two days of learning the technique.... " Gyatsu whispered to himself.
" And I noticed that you're using Water Breathing while you were swinging your blade. " Gyatsu told him. Ichigo nodded.
" It's my own technique, Master Gyatsu. It's an improved version of the First Form of Water Breathing. " Ichigo explained proudly. Gyatsu huffed in disbelief.
" What does it do? " Gyatsu asked.
"Water Surface Slash concentrates by slashing power to the tip of the blade. My technique is that I'm using this technique continuously. Like this. " Ichigo raised his curved claymore and did a series of slashes at the air.
Gyatsu widened his eyes. " You will die of exhaustion boy! Stop it! " Gyatsu shouted. Ichigo looked at him.
" But I genuinely don't even feel tired, Master Gyatsu. Even If I don't use Zen Shūchū no Kokyū, I still don't feel an ounce of energy leaving me. " Ichigo told him. Master Gyatsu was baffled.
" Is that so.... Then, I'm making your training 5x harder from now on! " Master Gyatsu declared.
" That's a great idea! " Ichigo grinned at him.
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[Constant Surface Slash Lvl Max
You will never feel tired using this technique again. It feels like a normal sword slash to you.]
[Fourth Form: Striking Tide Lvl 1
The user performs a multitude of slashes in a flowing fashion to release multiple consecutive slashes. Slashing speed increases by 5% when skill levels up.]
"I'm going to train these in my Clad Type form." Ichigo muttered and appeared in the forest clearing using his Bringer Limelight within a few seconds.
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"Bruh...." Ichigo muttered as he saw the destruction in front of him.
"Someone did fix this last time..." Ichigo whispered and exited his transformation.
[Clad Type (Complete) Lvl 20]
[Mini Getsuga Tenshou Lvl 10]
[Mini Cero Lvl 10]
[Fourth Form: Striking Tide Lvl Max]
"There's definitely an evolved form of the Fourth Form. I'm going to see if I can achieve that before 7 p. m. If I don't, I'm gay as fuck. " Ichigo muttered and gripped his blades tightly.
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2 hours later....
[Fourth Form: Striking Tide, Turbulent Lvl 15
The user increases the quantity of consecutive strikes and slashes along with improving its accuracy in order to contact a specific target during a chaotic situation. Striking and slashing speed increases by 5% when the skill levels up.]
"Heh..... Fuck being normal..." Ichigo grunted and grinned while he was walking home slowly.
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"This berry boy is in a good way, a freak of nature. First he busts out a mysterious transformation, next he has water coming out of his sword. " Yoruichi grumbled with a small smirk on her face.
"What's next? Fire?" Kisuke looked at her with an amused face. Yoruichi cackled.
"If he does I'm going to lick his face in my cat form. I can't wait till he unlocks his Shinigami powers." Yoruichi muttered excitedly. She transformed into her cat form and dashed away.
Kisuke sighed and went back to his shop. He has a lot of replanting to do....
To be continued....
(Is this a reasonable power up for Ichigo?)
