Rencarnation Room {Other Story line}

They heard the sound of agonizing cries that echoed in the forest. Tonight, something unusual happened. Is this the birth of a monster? Or is it the other way around? Almost no one knew.

"Monster!" The woman was finally able to speak up. And, the thing that came out of her mouth when witnessing this incredible scene was a monster.

At this moment, the woman hiding behind the tree watched silently, as she watched El draw his sword right at the head of the hand demon on the ground. The hand demon was terrified by El's cold gaze that was like the grim reaper.

The body of the hand demon was cut into two parts, upper and lower. Meanwhile, the hand that became his Demon blood art was chopped up like trash around. The hand demon, at this time, he could only surrender his destiny.

The gaze of the hand demon was full of hatred, looking at El. While El's gaze was as cold as an angel of death who was ready to take the life of the hand demon.

El opened his mouth, "What's wrong? Why don't you run away? Can't regenerate the body? Maybe I was a little too hard on you."

As soon as he heard El's words, veins of anger writhed behind the hands covering his face. An unpleasant memory suddenly flashed through his mind.

The image of Urokodaki as if mocking him from behind the tengu mask overlapped with El's stature. "Don't underestimate me, you bastards!"

"First that damn Urokodaki locked me up in this god forsaken place. Now it's you, you bastard!" The hand demon continued to swear and hurl curses at El and Urokodaki.

Suddenly his regeneration ability exploded. Numerous hands sprouted from the upper half of his body.

It quickly spread, destroying every tree in its path. The hands were like waves in the ocean, rolling against the reef.

El immediately took a few steps back. Grabbing the woman by the back collar, El quickly distanced herself from her to a safe distance.

From a safe distance, El and the woman watched as the hand demon suddenly became stronger as the emotion of hatred was triggered from within.

The woman could not believe what was before her. 'This is no longer the final selection, there can't be such a powerful demon inside this mountain!'

"It seems that because of the hatred ignited by me, the hand demon became as strong as the 12 kizuki of the lower moon." El muttered, estimating the power of the hand demon that suddenly became quite strong.

Next to the woman, El frowned his head, taking a serious look at the chaos before him. In his mind, El was struggling with the choice to make.

'Should I kill the hand demon?'

'But, if I kill it, what will happen in the future?'

'What will happen to Tanjiro's development?'

A voice full of question marks echoed in El's mind. Right now, El was somewhat guided by the fact that every choice he made would determine the future.

El's current strength was more than enough to finish off the hand demon with one attack. However, El was worried that killing the hand demon would trigger many butterfly effects in the future.

"I must not kill the hand demon." In the end, El came to one conclusion. That is not to kill the hand demon because it will have a great impact on the future.

"It's not me who has to kill the hand demon. But, Tanjiro should kill the hand demon in the future. However, due to the consequences of my actions, it seems that it will be very impossible for Tanjiro to kill the hand demon in the future." El muttered, watching the rampaging hand demon from a distance.

The corners of his face were drawn. El smiled as a plan came to her mind. 'For now, I'll borrow the hand demon as Hinokami kagura's whetstone.'

'Incidentally, the Hinokami kagura I've mastered is only half a step away. It only takes a few small battles and understanding the key essence of Hinokami kagura moves.' El said in thought, watching the hand demon's rampage from a distance.

Then El positioned Nichirin in the center stance. After that, he took as many breaths as possible until his lungs expanded.

"Gen'nichi Kō." El made a slight circular motion but at high speed, a distortion sound was heard making El's figure disappear as if swallowed by time and space.

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"Where are you bastards!" The hand demon said in a voice full of anger.

His hands grew around his body, and his body became 20 meters taller than before. This allowed the demons and other participants to see his massive form.

The hands of the hand demon also moved like waves in the ocean, destroying everything in its path. Like a tsunami natural disaster, at least that was how they compared it.

In order to save themselves from dying from the fury of the hand demons, they ignored the kill each other by staying as far away as possible.

However, not for El. Right now, El was moving very quickly as if he was between spaces towards the hand demon's closer whereabouts.

"Hihihi, there you bastard!" cursed the hand demon realizing El's existence.

After arriving nearby, El's existence was immediately recognized by the hand demon. However, sneaking up quietly and then launching a frontal attack was not El's current plan.

Once El was near the hand demon, El took as many breaths as possible and sighed, until the air in her mouth released hot white smoke. Nichirin was positioned in a high position, the right foot staggering to make the ground crumble.

Then, El unleashed a number of consecutive slashes in a fluid motion. Nichirin's blade rubbed against space, igniting the air. In the process, a Japanese dragon made of fire was formed.

Slash... Slash... Slash... Slash!

Quickly, El cut off many targeted hands in quick succession. A fire dragon head manifested and bit each hand, its body seemingly dancing in the sky freely.

"Nichiun no Ryū Kaburimai." muttered El in a low voice.

"Agrh!" cried the hand demon in pain. Because with every swing of the sword that El made, cutting off the hands of the hand demons felt like being dried under the midday sun.

When El used that move, his expression seemed to be full of complexity and difficulty. "It's so hard to refrain from killing hand demons." El muttered.

El's original intention was not to kill the hand demon. But instead, El intended to let him learn the essence of every move and the true intentions of Hinokami kagura.

Every time he slashed, dodged and cut those hands, about half of El's consciousness was lost in thought about what the breathing style was.

What is Breathing Style? Breathing Style is a movement or swordsmanship that utilizes an esoteric breathing technique known as Total Concentration Breathing that is practiced and taught by members of the Demon Slayer Corps and used in combat by Demon Slayers.

What is the purpose of the breathing style? All breathing styles known today are taught in the Demon Slayer Corps and are used to fight demons.

Where do the breathing styles come from? Breathing styles come from Hi no Kokyu, which was first created. The majority of every known Breathing Style mimics a specific natural element and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques, and abilities.

So, what is Hinokami kagura style? Both Hinokami Kagura and Hi no Kokyu are Breathing Styles that mimic the sun and replicate it through the user's movements, techniques, and abilities.

All techniques and forms are highly varied, connected to each other and have no set pattern, making them the most versatile and effective against demons.

Users of Hinokami kagura moves can visualize themselves as if manipulating the fire of the sun when releasing the techniques.

El recalled the memories of simulating fighting in the training house against Youriichi. Plus, El also reconciled the information in the Kimetsu no Yaiba manga he had read.

In the manga, Tanjiro saw Yoriichi perform the twelve moves of Hi no Kokyu through his ancestor's memories and realized, despite hundreds of years of replication and his own mastery of Hinokami Kagura, the technique had many unnecessary movements.

These included, wrist angles, footwork, and breathing rhythms compared to the Sun Breathing performed directly by Yoriichi.

If removing the unnecessary movements, it would purify the Hinokami kagura form to its purest form, to the point where Muzan Kibutsuji saw Yoriichi's face overlapping with Tanjiro's when he performed the technique.