Rencarnation Room {Other Story line}

In the next instant, the snowy forest returned to an all-white room.

El fell into silence, fumbling with his neck area. For some reason, El could still feel the hot effect of the sword cutting his neck neatly. El's expression was one of deep shock, almost struggling to digest the information.

"So when Tanjuro first cut off my head, he didn't use Kagura's Hinokami move?" said El with an incredulous expression.

Taking his breath as long as possible, El then let it out through his mouth. "It's amazing and terrifying." This was the descriptive sentence El said, to describe Hinokami Kagura.

5 minutes later, El finally felt calmer. "Well, let's take the positive side. Because I managed to understand the basics of Total Concentration Breathing a little."

As El said, he now had a basic understanding of Total Concentration Breathing. By understanding the technique, El was one step closer to being able to learn Hinokami Kagura.

Total Concentration Breathing is a breathing technique that involves expanding one's lungs to take in as much air as possible, resulting in faster blood flow to the heart and increased body temperature.

By speeding up one's blood flow and heart rate while increasing the inner body temperature, the bones and muscles become more energized.

Using Total Concentration Breathing essentially enhances the user's physical traits and abilities while remaining human.

Such traits include superhuman strength, speed, stamina, endurance, durability, and the mental abilities needed to keep up with their superhuman bodies, such as faster thought processes and reaction times.

Becoming more proficient in Total Concentration Breathing is key in increasing one's survival ability when fighting demons.

To be able to use Hinokami Kagura more freely, one must not only memorize every move. It also requires a strong physique and stamina.

In a flashback, when Tanjiro was fighting the Lower Rank 5, Rui, and was almost killed by her Blood Demon Art, his father told him to breathe and become Hinokami.

El reorganized his training opponents and place settings as before.

In the middle of the freezing cold snowy forest, Tanjuro watched El quietly, not making any movement because El had not yet given the system the start command.

The Nichirin Sword El held in both hands, re-positioning herself in the front stance as before. However, this time there were slight changes and additions to his position.

El inhaled his breath as much as possible making the air enter his lungs. Instantly, his lungs expanded slowly. El's heart beat so fast, flowing blood throughout the body, making the muscles and bones become more energized.

Utilizing the correct way of breathing from Tanjuro, El developed his version of Total Breathing Concentration.

'Ugh, my eardrums are about to burst! If it goes on too long, this extreme cold will make my lungs freeze.' El muttered in thought.

El could hear the sound of his heart beating rapidly. Slowly, the coldness of the air was affecting his lungs.

'But, I must be able to endure it!' Using his mind, El operated the training house system to be able to start the fight immediately.

The training house system immediately started the fight. Tanjuro began to move slightly and watched El calmly but seriously.

A moment later, Tanjuro was about to prepare to attack El. However, unlike before Tanjuro moved forward holding his sword with one hand and beheaded El faster than a blink of an eye.

This time, Tanjuro held the sword with both hands. Then, Tanjuro inhaled as much as possible, preparing to perform a technique.

Whoos!

Before Tanjuro attacked, El first moved forward to where Tanjuro was. The snowy ground El was standing on was instantly hollowed out in a single footstep.

Both of El's hands held the Nichirin Sword. El raised the Nichirin Sword in her hands in a high position, about to make a swing that would slash Tanjuro's head.

Slash!

A cold light resembling a crescent moon, in a single vertical downward shape was created. This was Hinokami Kagura: Enbun that El successfully imitated earlier. However, due to the lack of strength and skill, Nichirin's sword swing that rubbed against space and air did not burn.

"Hinokami Kagura." said Tanjuro in a calm tone of voice. Suddenly the breath from Tanjuro's mouth heated up and the next second seemed to catch fire.

With extremely fast hand movements, Tanjuro performed a single slash with a spinning motion that extended in front of himself to defend against the oncoming frontal attack.

Clank!

The clash of the two metals rang out loudly. The swing of the sword in Tanjuro's hand rubbing against the air ignited the space, creating flames that followed the direction of Tanjuro's sword swing. Mesmerizing sparks were created as a result of the impact of the two blades.

"Shakkotsu En yo." said Tanjuro with the flames surrounding him, forming like a wheel burning in the hot sun.

El's eyes were shocked to see that El's slash had been thwarted. But, that's not all. Even El was knocked back because Tanjuro parried his attack.

As quickly as possible, El corrected his position and continued to make another frontal slash.

Slash!

Suddenly, Tanjuro made a high-speed circular motion. "Gen'nichi Ko." said Tanjuro, as El's slash managed to hit him. However, Tanjuro's form seemed to distort and disappear.

"Huh? Where to?" With confusion on his face, El immediately used his insightful eye ability, looking around in his line of sight, searching for Tanjuro's whereabouts and where the attack would come from.

However, El could not see Tanjuro anywhere. For some reason, El seemed to be able to hear distorted sounds that seemed to dance with the surrounding space.

Until suddenly, Tanjuro appeared. This time, Tanjuro appeared right behind El in a somersault position. Both of his hands held the sword tightly. "Shayō Tenshin." With an extremely fast and powerful hand movement, Tanjuro performed a single horizontal slash to decapitate the target.

Slash!

The friction of the sword between the spaces on the horizontal line burned the air. Flames followed the direction the sword swung.

El immediately moved, avoiding Tanjuro's attack from behind. Because in the second before Tanjuro made the slash, El seemed to be able to guess the attack from behind him.

Given that Tanjuro had disappeared from in front of him, there was a high chance that Tanjuro would reappear behind him. By taking advantage of this possibility, El managed to dodge Tanjuro's attack.

Tanjuro landed on the snowy ground after his previous somersault. Exhaling a breath so hot that it seemed to burn the air, Tanjuro slightly lowered his stance. His hands held the sword in the center stance.

"Hinokami Kagura." said Tanjuro in a tone of voice as calm as running water. And instantly, Tanjuro moved with explosive speed in the direction El was.

Whosh!

Every stomp of Tanjuro's foot made a hole in the snowy ground. The sword in Tanjuro's hand was held at the center position. As Tanjuro continued to stride, flames seemed to surround the blade in his hand as it rubbed against the air.

"Damn it!" said El, unable to stop himself from swearing. Because without being given time to breathe, Tanjuro launched another attack.

'Ugh, my lungs!" As a result of the immature technique and the extreme air conditions, El's lungs froze quickly. Because of this, El was unable to move for a while.

Tanjuro was already in front of El. The blade in his hand was in a horizontal line, carrying flames, which came from the air rubbing against his blade. "Enbu!" said Tanjuro in a calm voice.

Slash!

Instantly, El's head was severed from his neck and sent flying, spinning several times in the air. At that moment, El's remaining consciousness watched as his neck spurted blood like a water fountain in a park.

In the next second, El's consciousness disappeared. The snowy forest became an all-white empty space.

El stood in the center of the empty room while holding his neck area. Unlike before, El's face looked very happy. "At least I made Tanjuro do more than one Hinokami Kagura move."

After that, El operated the training house system as before.