Kanae quickly calmed her mind, but she still felt helpless seeing the hatred in Hyuga Wu's eyes.
Kurozawa didn't want to get involved any further, so he pulled Kanae and left the house directly, without offering any explanations. When both sides were set in their opinions, explaining was just a waste of breath.
He would first settle Kanae down, then come back to resolve the matter. If he acted on the spot, Kanae would definitely stop him. And with Fighting Spirit perception, even if Hyuga Wu sensed his intentions, he wouldn't escape Kurozawa's lock.
After Kurozawa and Kanae left, Hyuga Wu stood rooted to the spot like a statue.
He stared intently at the empty ground. As soon as he closed his eyes, in his mind, the tragic scene of his sister, Little Na, turning to ash would play out, with Kurozawa and Kanae grinning maliciously at him.
In a trance, under such stimulation, Hyuga Wu's heart suddenly began to beat faster, and his blood flow also became rapid. He clutched his wildly beating heart, half-crouched on the ground in discomfort, and closed his eyes.
"What's happening?"
Streaks of dark, strange patterns appeared and spread across Hyuga Wu's body. Although his body felt intensely uncomfortable, Hyuga Wu also felt surges of surging power filling his entire body.
As the power emerged, the biological system within him bore immense pressure. For a normal person who had never practiced a Breathing Technique, awakening the Demon Slayer Mark was akin to seeking death.
Simply the accelerating heartbeat and blood flow during the process of awakening the Demon Slayer Mark could cause him to explode and die.
Hyuga Wu quickly realized this. The discomfort in his body was turning into unbearable pain. In places he couldn't see inside him, tiny blood vessels began to crack. The intense pain that reached his cells almost drowned out his rationality.
Fortunately, Hyuga Wu had been abused by his parents since childhood, making his mindset firm and his tolerance for pain strong. He gritted his teeth fiercely, and his Golden Eyes seemed to ignite.
"No, how could I die like this for no reason!"
"As long as those two are still alive, I, Hyuga Wu, must also remain alive!"
A strong survival instinct drove Hyuga Wu. His brain raced, recalling all the events he had encountered before, trying to find a solution.
Scene after scene flashed through Hyuga Wu' rapidly working brain. After a few seconds, they stopped on Kurozawa.
The dark patterns on Kurozawa's body were almost identical to the patterns spreading across his own body at this moment, just with slightly different trajectories.
"Yes, he must have gone through this too, but he's still alive!"
"Why, just why! Why is he unaffected!"
Hyuga Wu bit down hard on his arm, his teeth sinking into the muscle, instantly drawing blood.
The taste of blood in his mouth and the stinging pain in his arm made Hyuga Wu a bit clearer. The scenes in his memory surged again. After a few seconds, they stopped simultaneously on the breathing rhythms of Kanae and Kurozawa.
In an instant, Hyuga Wu's eyes lit up.
"Their breathing rhythm is strange, too steady, too regular. The breathing rhythm is exactly the same within each period of time, without the slightest change."
"A normal person's breathing could never be like this. Their behavior isn't like normal people either!"
"Yes, it's breathing, it's the breathing rhythm. Their breathing rhythm can be learned!"
Under the threat of death, Hyuga Wu's already intelligent brain was continuously gaining insights, with flashes of inspiration constantly emerging.
Initially, he was merely making clumsy imitations of Kurozawa and Kanae's Breathing Techniques.
But with time passing by the second, his Breathing Technique visibly and rapidly became stable. Because of the Breathing Technique, Hyuga Wu's body, which was on the verge of collapse, was momentarily relieved, giving him more time. So he quickly made a decision, even more determined to create his own breathing rhythm to suppress the collapse of his body.
If Kurozawa were here, he would probably be completely taken aback. In less than thirty seconds, Hyuga Wu had crossed Kurozawa's more than ten years of cultivation journey. His Breathing Technique now showed characteristics of the third stage; his breathing rhythm was precise and accurate, and his breath was flowing steadily.
The exhales between his breaths were filled with a scorching heat, full of vitality, as if it were the blazing sun in the sky that nurtured all things.
This speed of advancement was unheard of, something that shouldn't be possible.
If there was even one issue with a change to the Breathing Technique, Hyuga Wu would not only have to bear the burden brought by the Demon Slayer Mark but also the internal conflict caused by chaotic breath. However, all his attempts were coincidentally correct. By some strange twist of fate, the third stage of the Breathing Technique began to operate in an orderly manner.
This probability would shatter the worldview of any Swordsman here, but it just happened. Everything inexplicable happening to Hyuga Wu seemed to have divine assistance.
If the Stone Pillar were here, he would be surprised to find that Hyuga Wu, like him, seemed to have received help from the entire world, with frequent insights and smooth sailing.
The difference was that the Stone Pillar had already reached the peak and it was difficult to advance further, while Hyuga Wu was just starting and was getting stronger step by step at a rapid pace.
The third stage of the Breathing Technique was the minimum standard for enduring the Demon Slayer Mark. This stage could slightly suppress the degree of the Mark's release, keeping the body under high pressure but not in a state of instant destruction.
Of course, given Hyuga Wu's physique, if he couldn't quickly improve himself, he would still die within a week.
But no matter what, the Breathing Technique he created by imitating Kurozawa and Kanae was enough to prevent him from dying during the awakening of the Demon Slayer Mark.
Hyuga Wu slowly opened his eyes, sensing everything that was happening to him. His eyes showed fierceness as he glanced in the direction Kurozawa and Kanae had left.
"So this is the power you possess. Just wait, I will find you soon." He clenched his right hand into a fist, his knuckles cracking.
In his perception, the entire world was clearly visible, filled with colors of various attributes. This was Fighting Spirit, the Fighting Spirit perception that could be awakened with a small probability when the Demon Slayer Mark was activated, and Hyuga Wu had also acquired it.
And in the distance, the powerful Fighting Spirit belonging to Kurozawa and Kanae was very conspicuous, spotted by him at a glance, and then firmly locked onto.
"This breathing method should have a name. Their Breathing Techniques are also different."
"What should my Breathing Technique be called?"
The moment this thought appeared, a phantom image of a sun emerged in Hyuga Wu's mind. He made a decisive move, and a name blurted out: "Sun Breathing! My Breathing Technique will be called Sun Breathing!"
Turning to look at the familiar layout of the room, Hyuga Wu recalled the downward slashing gesture Kurozawa had made.
"That person, he definitely won't let me go easily. I need to leave quickly."
He understood that he did not have the strength to contend with Kurozawa right now. Fleeing was the best option.
Hyuga Wu's movements were swift. He packed some necessities in a few minutes, turned around without hesitation, stepped out the door, and ran towards the outside world, heading in the direction away from Kurozawa's Fighting Spirit.
Because of the strange experience of reversing life and death just now, he felt that the entire world was helping him. Hyuga Wu's body was still under high-pressure load, but he didn't care at all.
He turned back, glancing once more in the direction of Kurozawa and the other person. In Hyuga Wu's Golden Eyes, their faces were reflected.
"Wait for me!"
Along the way, Kanae seemed lost in thought, likely still contemplating whether her actions were appropriate.
Kurozawa, being perceptive, didn't disturb her, simply walking silently ahead.
Hyuga Wu's gaze would occasionally appear in Kurozawa's mind. He knew that if he didn't deal with that guy, he would definitely become a very troublesome enemy in the future.
Because of the existence of his Fighting Spirit domain, Kurozawa's intuition was very accurate. Regarding what happened today, he had a bad feeling about it.
"Kanae, wait here for a moment. I have to use the restroom. I'm going into the woods to take care of it."
Kurozawa's gaze flickered slightly. Without waiting for Kanae to reply, he plunged into the dense forest, turning back the way they came.
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