Chapter 146: Vow Not to Kill

In addition to the grease from the people killed by Shishio, the tiny serrations of the Infinite Blade are also filled with black gunpowder.

The Red Lotus Arm is an explosion created by Shishio using the flames on the Infinite Blade to detonate special gunpowder.

The explosion can cause explosive damage to the enemy in the form of a shock wave.

The arrangement and amount of gunpowder on the blade have been carefully adjusted by Shishio to ensure that the shock wave of the explosion hits the enemy but does not affect himself.

Li Shanyi didn't care about the opponent's moves.

He didn't know that the long sword used by the opponent would explode, but as a swordsman.

He was also sure that the opponent had more unique moves that he hadn't used.

But he didn't care.

Because the move he used, [Thunder Breathing. One Form. Thunderbolt Flash] is a sword skill famous for its extreme speed in the entire Demon Slayer world.

The user gathers the power of thunder and lightning on his feet and the blade through breathing, and suddenly bursts out after a period of accumulation, and can kill the opponent in an almost flashing way.

Li Shanyi was confident that the reverse blade in his hand would hit the opponent before the opponent used his original skills.

Although the reverse blade blade was not sharpened and could not kill the opponent.

But with the power of thunder and lightning on the blade, the opponent could be stunned.

But the result of the two people's fight was that Li Shanyi was hit by the explosion caused by Shishio and flew backwards.

"Ahem..."

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stood up again with the long sword.

"Why didn't the Thunder Breathing... work?"

When Li Shanyi and the opponent were fighting, he found that his Thunder Breathing method was like being imprisoned.

It was completely unusable.

Therefore, his speed was slower than he expected, and he was hit directly by the explosion caused by the opponent's blade.

Li Shanyi, who stood up again, patted the dust on his body.

In the world of Rurouni Kenshin, the explosion was powerful enough to blow the two swordsmen Saito Ichi and Shino Mori Ao to lose their combat power at the same time.

But the explosion on Li Shanyi only caused him some internal injuries.

His physical strength is far beyond that of ordinary warriors.

"I see..."

After a brief thought, Li Shanyi understood why his breathing method could not be used.

"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 trialer can only fight with his own body and the physical skills he has trained."

After figuring this out, Li Shanyi held the reverse blade sword again.

At the beginning of the battle, he also wanted to use the sharpened back of the blade to face the enemy.

But a sense of obstruction from the blade made him understand that the blade itself did not want to kill people.

In order to make the battle smooth, 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 effect."

Just as Zhi Zhixiong waved the flame-filled infinite blade to launch a new attack on him.

Li Shanyi lowered his head and posed the posture of drawing the sword again.

His legs suddenly had veins popping out, and the blood vessels were throbbing, visible to the naked eye.

"Thunder Breathing Type 1 Advanced Version, Thunderbolt Flash, Six Consecutives!"

Li Shanyi roared, and the blade was unsheathed.

His figure was like an afterimage, and even without the blessing of Thunder Breathing, it was still so clear that ordinary people could not see it.

Without the blessing of the breathing method, Li Shanyi still performed the Thunder Breathing moves.

The essence of Thunder Breathing was shown by the moves alone.

That is high speed.

Zhi Zhixiong held the flame knife and looked at Li Shanyi running around, and couldn't lock the target all of a sudden.

Bang!

A dull chopping sound rang out.

At some point, Li Shanyi had come behind Zhi Zhixiong, and the thick blade hit the back of the opponent's head.

Zhi Zhixiong's eyes suddenly became blurred, and the whole person staggered a few steps, and fell to the ground with a plop.

Li Shanyi held the reverse blade knife tightly and stood in front of the fainted Zhi Zhixiong.

He frowned slightly.

"The sound of not passing the trial appeared. It seems that even if he is knocked unconscious, it still cannot be considered as defeating him?"

He raised the reverse blade knife and pointed the sharp back of the knife at Zhi Zhixiong.

The reverse blade knife began to shake, and the resistance of the knife itself came.

As a knife of atonement, it cannot allow itself to kill people.

"Be quiet!"

Li Shanyi growled.

"What are you hypocritical about? The knife is a killing 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 his hand holding the knife kept shaking, as if he was recalling something bad.

"It was because I was too weak and couldn't protect others that those evil ghosts killed grandpa!"

"It was because of grandpa's kindness and unwillingness to kill that he was buried in the hands of those weaklings!"

"Kill or not, it's you who will die, your beloved relatives!"

He panted loudly.

"Reverse Blade! Do you know why you were abandoned by the swordsmiths in this world?"

"Because you are a killing knife, but you insist on taking 'not killing' as your oath!"

"Who would need a knife that can't kill people!?"

"A sword like yours is only fit to be a broken sword, thrown into a sword tomb!"

As he roared, the blade hummed softly, as if it was sobbing.

Li Shanyi was sweating profusely, and he raised the long sword in his hand tremblingly.

He had never been so exhausted in the battle just now.

Every word he said was not only to the reverse blade, but also to himself.

Because his grandfather had asked him to make a promise before he died.

Don't use your own force to kill any human.

"Humans are obviously more vicious and more insidious than monsters, why can't I kill them!?"

Li Shanyi remembered that he almost cried and shouted when he asked this question.

This was his grandfather's last words before he died, but he couldn't accept it.

He wanted revenge, and wanted those scumbags who ruined his life and killed his grandfather to pay the price.

But the seriously injured grandfather just touched his head and smiled with his last strength.

"Because Grandpa knows that my grandson is the kindest child in the world."

"Don't let killing change your face beyond recognition."

"Never use hatred to control your sword."

After saying these words, Grandpa closed his eyes completely.

Li Shanyi trembled, closed his eyes, and slid down the reverse blade in his hand.

At this moment, the reverse blade no longer resisted.

Its power seemed too weak in front of the powerful Li Shanyi.

The sharp blade approached Zhi Zhixiong who fainted on the ground little by little.

Finally, Li Shanyi sighed and put down the reverse blade in his hand.