Chapter 146: The Vow Not to Kill
Chapter 146: The Vow Not to Kill
In the tiny teeth of the Infinite Blade, in addition to the grease from the people Shishio had killed, black gunpowder was buried.
The Red Lotus Arm is an explosion created by Shishio using the flames on the Infinite Blade to detonate special gunpowder.
It can cause explosive damage to the enemy in the form of a shock wave.
The arrangement and amount of gunpowder on the blade were carefully adjusted by Shizhixiong to ensure that the shock wave of the explosion hits the enemy but not himself.
Li Shanyi didn't care about the opponent's moves.
He didn't know that the long sword used by the other party would explode, but as a swordsman.
He was also very sure that the opponent had more unique moves that had not been displayed.
But, he doesn't care.
Because the move he used, [Thunder Breathing. First Form. Thunderbolt Flash] is a sword technique famous for its extreme speed in the entire Demon Slayer world.
The user gathers the power of lightning on his feet and blade through breathing, and after a period of accumulation, it suddenly explodes, able to kill the opponent in an almost flash.
Li Shanyi was confident that the reverse-blade knife in his hand would be able to hit the opponent before he could use his original skills.
Although the blade of the reverse-blade knife is not sharpened, it cannot kill the opponent.
But with the power of lightning on the blade, he could also knock the opponent unconscious.
But the result of the fight between the two was that Li Shanyi was hit by the explosion caused by Zhi Zhixiong and was blown flying backwards.
"Cough cough..."
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stood up again, supporting himself with his long sword.
"Why wasn't the Breath of Thunder used?"
At the beginning of the battle, when Li Shanyi was facing off with his opponent with swords, he found that his Thunder Breathing Method seemed to be imprisoned.
Completely unusable.
Because of this, his speed was slower than he expected, and he was hit head-on by the explosion caused by the opponent's blade.
Li Shanyi stood up again and dusted himself off.
In the world of Rurouni Kenshin, the explosion was powerful enough to simultaneously blow up two swordsmen, Saito Hajime and Shinomori Aoi, and render them incapable of fighting.
But the explosion on Li Shanyi only caused him some internal injuries.
His physical strength far exceeds that of ordinary warriors.
"I see......"
After a brief thought, Li Shanyi understood why his breathing method did not work.
"I can only rely on the swords in the sword tomb to fight, which means that I can't use weapons other than the reverse blade sword."
"I can't even use my inherited skills."
"The trial-taker can only rely on his own body and the physical skills he has trained to fight."
After figuring this out, Li Shanyi picked up the reverse-blade knife again.
At the beginning of the battle, he also wanted to face the enemy with the sharpened back of the knife.
However, a sense of obstruction coming from the blade made him realize that the blade itself did not want to kill people.
In order to fight smoothly, he had to fight with the unsharpened blade.
"Although the breathing method cannot be used, it does not mean that those moves have lost their effectiveness."
Just as Shishio swung the flaming sword Infinity Blade to launch a new attack on him.
Li Shanyi lowered his head and once again assumed the posture of drawing his sword.
The veins in his feet suddenly popped out and the blood vessels were throbbing, visible to the naked eye.
"Thunder Breathing Type 1 Advanced Version, Thunderbolt Flash, Six Consecutive Times!"
Li Shanyi growled and drew his blade.
His figure was like an afterimage, and even without the blessing of Thunder Breath, it was still impossible for ordinary people to see clearly.
Even without the help of breathing techniques, Li Shanyi still performed the Breathing of Thunder technique.
The essence of Thunder Breathing is demonstrated through the moves alone.
That's high speed.
Zhizhixiong was holding a flaming knife and looking at Li Shanyi who was running around, but he couldn't lock on his target at once.
bump!
A dull chopping sound was heard.
At some point, Li Shanyi had come behind Zhi Zhixiong and hit the back of his head with the thick blade of the knife.
Zhizhixiong's eyes suddenly became blurry, he staggered a few steps, and fell to the ground in a faint with a thud.
Li Shanyi held the reverse-blade knife tightly and stood in front of the unconscious Zhizhixiong.
He frowned slightly.
"No sound of passing the trial appeared. It seems that even if I knock him out, it still doesn't count as defeating him?"
He raised the reverse-blade knife and pointed the sharp back of the knife at Zhi Zhixiong.
The reverse-edged sword began to shake, and a sense of resistance from the sword itself was felt.
As a knife of atonement, it cannot allow itself to kill.
"Quiet!"
Li Shanyi growled.
"What are you being hypocritical about? The knife is a murderous weapon."
"If you are kind, why do you pick up a sword?"
"Want to protect your family? If you don't kill the enemy, how can you protect your family?"
"Hypocrisy! It's all hypocrisy!"
He became more and more excited as he spoke, and the hand holding the knife kept shaking, as if he was recalling something bad.
"It was because I was too weak and unable to protect others that those evil spirits killed Grandpa!"
"It was because of grandpa's kindness that he refused to kill that he was buried in the hands of those weaklings!"
"Kill or not, the ones who will die are you and your beloved ones!"
He gasped loudly.
"Reverse Blade! Do you know why you were abandoned by the swordsmiths of this world?"
"It's because you are a murderous knife, but you insist on taking 'not to kill' as your oath!"
"Who needs a knife that can't kill people!?"
"A sword like yours is only fit to be left as a broken sword in a sword tomb!"
As he roared, the blade made a soft humming sound, as if it was whimpering.
Li Shanyi was sweating profusely, and he raised the long sword in his hand tremblingly.
Even the battle just now didn't make him so exhausted.
Every word he said was not only spoken to Niblade, but also to himself.
Because his grandfather asked him to make a promise before he died.
Do not use your force to kill any human being.
"Humans are obviously more vicious and insidious than monsters, why can't I kill them!?"
Li Shanyi remembered that he asked this question while almost crying and shouting.
These were his grandfather's last words before he died, but he couldn't accept it.
He wanted revenge and wanted to make those scumbags who ruined his life and killed his grandfather pay the price.
But the seriously injured grandfather just touched his head and said with a smile using his last bit of strength.
"Because Grandpa knows that my grandson is the kindest child in the world."
“Don’t become unrecognizable because of killing.”
"Never let hatred guide your sword."
After saying these words, grandpa closed his eyes completely.
Li Shanyi trembled, closed his eyes, and slid the reverse-edged knife down little by little.
At this moment, the reverse-blade knife no longer resisted.
Its power seemed too weak in front of the powerful Li Shanyi.
The sharp blade gradually approached Shishio who had fainted on the ground.
Finally, Li Shanyi sighed and put down the reverse-blade knife in his hand.
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