Chapter 27: Harvest, Illusion, Practice

Butterfly Estate, inside a room.

Zhou Tian sat cross-legged on the ground, his body wrapped in bandages.

"These meetings are really annoying," Zhou Tian said with a helpless tone.

For the first time in a hundred years, they killed an Upper Moon, the third-ranked Upper Moon demon. The entire Demon Slayer Corps was naturally in an uproar. If it weren't for Zhou Tian and Kyōjurō still being injured, who knows how much longer they would be dealing with all this.

To get rid of these bothersome matters, Zhou Tian directly pushed everything onto Kyōjurō.

Zhou Tian's reasoning was sound.

"Kyōjurō knows everything from start to finish ask him!"

So, after briefly questioning Zhou Tian and comparing their opinions on the Upper Moon demon's strength, the place finally calmed down.

"Although heavily injured, the gains are still rich," Zhou Tian said with a light smile.

Zhou Tian began to calculate the gains from this encounter.

First and foremost was the breakthrough in the breathing technique, which was the most significant gain. Only with this breakthrough could Zhou Tian feel the subtle differences in the breath technique's absorption of spiritual attributes.

By comparing both sides, he could definitely create the most fundamental breathing technique.

Finally, there was a Treasure chest.

[Third-Tier Silver Chest]

The third tier represented the individual strength of the chest, while silver represented the proportion of the primordial power contained within.

"I wonder if this kind of demon chest can yield the primordial blood of demons." Zhou Tian speculated in his mind.

"Although I don't need it, this kind of blood with the essence of primordial power might still have the type of undying properties that could fetch a good price!"

Apart from the chest, an advanced mission was also considered completed.

[Advanced Mission: Eliminate any Upper Moon demon (Repeatable) (Completed Once)]

"This mission can be completed more than once; I'll submit it when I return!" Zhou Tian thought in his mind.

Submitting the mission meant completion, so to maximize benefits, Zhou Tian still needed to wait until the return to submit it.

Finally, there were the three items that could be used right away, decomposed from the demon.

[Essence of the Soul: Fighting Demon Evil Spirit]

[Essence of the Spirit: Fighting Spirit Dòu Qì]

[Extraordinary Material: Fighting Demon Blood]

Zhou Tian took out the Demon Blood, a crystal-clear blood-like substance floating in a triangular light formation like a pearl.

[Fighting Demon Blood: Contains the demon's blood imbued with exceptional vitality and combat spirit, but fears pure positive supernatural powers such as sunlight. Can be used as a material.]

[Certification: 000?????...0000]

Seeing the chaotic information below, Zhou Tian rolled his eyes.

"I painstakingly decompose it myself, and you still want to charge me money. No way." Zhou Tian quickly stored the items into the material space, and the confusing information immediately disappeared.

Indeed, items of the same level, Zhou Tian smirked.

However, Zhou Tian couldn't help but think of his soul ability, [Divine Transformation].

"If it's just an ordinary god, how could it be fundamentally close to the infinite chaos city at the pinnacle of divinity?" Zhou Tian pondered.

Thinking about the beginning, the miraculous preservation of not transforming himself into nothingnes in the void chaos Sea.

"Chaos? It seems there are many mysteries in my innate soul ability [Divine Transformation] that I haven't explored." Zhou Tian looked at the remaining two items. This time, instead of directly taking them out, he used them immediately.

A surge of power entered his body, and a unique sensation rushed to Zhou Tian's mind.

A strange power was perceived.

"So, this is the Fighting Spirit [ Dòu Qì ]?" Zhou Tian looked at the faint blue light gathering in his hand, condensed at his fingertips, and tapped it against a wooden board.

"Crackle! Crackle!"

A dense sound echoed, cracks spread continuously, with the fingertip as the center, forming cracks the size of a plate.

"Such strong enhancement." Zhou Tian sighed in his heart.

That bit of fighting spirit had already dissipated, but the sensation lingered in Zhou Tian's heart.

After exploring for a while, Zhou Tian probably understood what fighting spirit was.

It was neither the life energy found in knight novels nor the world-destroying power seen in later fantasy novels. Even the early fantasy novels' form of fighting spirit, which was the manifestation of physical strength, was only an approximation.

Although it was the power generated by the body in combat, it was closer to the setting found in early fighting games—accumulating and bursting in battle, forming skills that amplified the body.

It was a power centered around combat spirit, supported by physical strength. Its strength depended entirely on the body and will.

"That's probably why it originates from the spirit." Zhou Tian rubbed his chin.

This power didn't have much development potential, but it was suitable for transitions. After finding a suitable power, merging this fighting spirit into it would enhance its destructive power.

"Since it originates from the physique, there shouldn't be any rejection." Zhou Tian said softly.

"It's just perfect that this illusion materiel has come. During this time of recuperation, I can also train in combat experience." Zhou Tian suddenly said with a smile.

A new, vast real illusion appeared next to the Innate Primal Chaos Pyramid Altar.

After sensing it, Zhou Tian was a bit surprised.

"Over ten thousand meters?" After uttering these words, Zhou Tian suddenly laughed.

"It seems I'll have a great sparring teacher!"

Closing his eyes slowly, Zhou Tian's mind moved into the Reel Illusion.

The smell of burning wafted through the air. Next to him was a toppled train, and unlike a few days ago, there was no one here.

Empty hands formed a grasp, and the Sun Wheel Blade appeared.

"Ding!"

Zhou Tian stepped back directly, watching the demon, Akaza, who exuded malice, staring at him with a deadly gaze.

"Hahaha, I never thought I could still fight after death!" Akaza, a dark figure, rushed over, and the sound of wild maniacal laughter echoed.

"Little demon! I don't know how you did it, but what you want is probably to fight me! This time I'll let go of all restraints and repay you with the purest killing intent!"

Zhou Tian suddenly opened his eyes, pupils contracting.

The tense feeling in the brain came, as if he hadn't rested the entire night.

A calm breath, the supplement of spiritual essence, eased the tension in his mind.

"It feels completely different from that day. This guy, with pure killing intent, has much quicker and more decisive actions, without any hesitation."

Zhou Tian felt slightly fortunate. If Akaza was in this state that day, it would be challenging to kill him.

"Third tier! Indeed, different from the second tier." Zhou Tian spoke as he picked up the Nichirin Blade nearby.

"Although the time spent on practice is short and the accumulated strength is still small, let's deeply tap into the power of the system." A flash of light appeared in Zhou Tian's eyes.

, stripes, Spots Pattern, Sun Blade!

"I've already achieved the Transparent World, the Spot Pattern consumes life force, and until I understand it, I shouldn't easily develop it. However, the Sun Blade is just right for me." Zhou Tian thought.

"The essence of Spot Pattern is to enhance physical strength, but my physique is already powerful, similar to having an innate Spot Pattern."

"It's the Sun Blade that primarily aims to restrain demons. In the original work, its covered by the power generated by the breathing technique, thereby stimulating the sun's power contained in the material of the blade, and thus having an absolute restraint on demons."

Zhou Tian drilled into the hilt and pulled out the Nichirin Blade.

"Combat experience, swordsmanship, Sun Blade—these are some of the next training goals. The only remaining one is the breathing technique and the exploration of the attributes spirituality."

Fighting[ dòu qì ]

As a noun concept, when fighting spirit appears in animation works, martial arts , and fantasy novels, it generally refers to the lifting of qi through qigong to form a gaseous field wrapped around the surface. Or the powerful abilities possessed by warriors who practice physical arts, or the level of abilities. Dou Qi is a type of Qigong, a kind of Qi that can only be channeled when people's emotional fluctuations exceed their own limits. Fighting spirit can also become momentum, which is a manifestation of emotional critical point .

Source:

Through Qigong, a transparent aura is gathered to wrap around the body's appearance, thereby enhancing strength and speed. ------" Dragon Ball "

In addition to sometimes it can even be transformed into various armor-like forms by materializing fighting spirit, which not only enhances strength and speed, but can also be used as defense. ------" Yu Yu Hakusho "

Patterns refer to the marks that appear after the power Transparent World is awakened. They usually differ due to different breathing methods. For example, Kanroji Mitsuri's patterns are heart-shaped, and Immortal Kawa Saneya's patterns are pinwheel-shaped. After opening the stripes, the strength and speed will be enhanced. Unfortunately, striped swordsmen generally do not live past the age of 25.

The last time a striped swordsman appeared was hundreds of years ago. They left only one sentence: "When there is a striped swordsman, other people around him will resonate."

(End of this chapter)

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