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Chapter 59 - Mountain

"Goku, let's go. There will really be danger soon. I'll buy you some time, and you can escape with your teleportation ability."

Mita took a deep breath and walked into the forest.

Although he sensed danger, he didn't give up.

His wife and daughter had both been devoured by demons, and besides slaying demons, he had no other pursuits in this life.

So, even if he died on the path of demon slaying, he would have no regrets.

However, young Goku was a promising talent and couldn't die like this on Mount Natagumo.

Fortunately, young Goku could teleport, so even if there was danger, he would most likely be able to escape.

"What… what's going on?"

The two walked along the forest path for twenty minutes when they suddenly heard sounds of fighting not far away.

When they went to investigate, they found a group of people engaged in fierce combat.

This scene, however, made Mita's expression change drastically.

Because he recognized all the people fighting each other; they were all members of the Demon Slayer Corps.

"What are you doing? Stop it, all of you!"

Seeing a familiar squad member stabbed in the stomach by another member with a nichirin blade, Mita rushed forward.

The squad member who had delivered the blow said, tears streaming down his face:

"My body is out of control. I'm sorry, Akita…"

They were all Demon Slayer Corps members who had rushed here after receiving a crow's message, meeting at the foot of the mountain before ascending together.

However, for some unknown reason, as soon as they reached the mountain, some members' bodies suddenly became uncontrollable and began attacking others.

Thus, the current melee ensued.

"Water Breathing, Third Form: Flowing Dance!"

Mita took a deep breath, rapidly strengthening his body with Water Breathing, and surged like flowing Water into the midst of the fighting crowd.

He continuously swung his nichirin blade, temporarily separating the brawling individuals.

Water Breathing is the easiest breathing technique to master among all breathing techniques, and it is also the one chosen by most members of the Demon Slayer Corps.

He was no exception.

Although his talent in breathing techniques was extremely ordinary, and he had only learned this one of the ten forms of Water Breathing.

But after practicing for so many years, he still had some skill.

"Is this a breathing technique?"

Young Goku watched Mita's strength and speed instantly increase significantly after using the special breathing method, and an interested expression appeared on his face.

On the way here, Mita had explained the situation of the Demon Slayer Corps and also introduced breathing techniques in detail.

Breathing techniques are the most crucial factor allowing the Demon Slayer Corps to hunt demons.

The bodies of ordinary humans, even with a nichirin blade, simply cannot contend with demons.

Breathing techniques can greatly enhance cardiopulmonary function through special breathing skills.

This allows the blood to absorb a large amount of oxygen in a short time, instantly boosting physical abilities significantly.

As for the effect of the enhancement, it mainly depends on two aspects.

First, the inherent physical strength.

The stronger the physical body, the better the enhancing effect of the breathing technique.

For example, if a person's inherent physical strength is one, then after using a breathing technique, it might become three.

And if a person's inherent physical strength is ten, then after using a breathing technique, it might become thirty, or even exceed thirty.

Therefore, members of the Demon Slayer Corps place great importance on physical training.

Second is the mastery of the breathing technique.

The better the breathing technique is mastered, the better the enhancing effect will be.

For the same person with a physical strength of one, if their breathing technique is not well mastered, their strength might only double.

If their breathing technique is well mastered, then it might be able to increase by three times.

Mita said that the true masters in the Demon Slayer Corps could maintain the state of a breathing technique twenty-four hours a day, even while sleeping.

They used the breathing technique as their everyday breathing.

"What exactly is wrong with all of you?"

Mita, panting, quickly asked the temporarily separated fighters.

"Senior Mita, we…"

A portion of the Demon Slayer Corps members quickly ran to Mita's side, breathlessly explaining what had happened.

The remaining people, however, gathered together like puppets, many even closing their eyes and losing consciousness, yet their nichirin blades were all pointed at Mita and the others.

"This is bad, it's a Blood Demon Art!"

Mita was very experienced, and he immediately realized that there must be a powerful demon in this mountain.

This demon possessed a special Blood Demon Art that allowed it to control the earlier squad members like puppets.

However, he couldn't see through this Blood Demon Art and didn't know how to break it.

"Senior, they're coming again!"

At this moment, the controlled Demon Slayer Corps members once again swung their nichirin blades and charged at them.

"What do we do?"

Seeing this, Mita's forehead instantly broke out in cold sweat.

He had used the breathing technique a bit too aggressively just now to separate everyone, and he hadn't recovered yet.

He needed a moment to recover before he could use his techniques again.

And the few teammates gathered beside him who weren't controlled by the Blood Demon Art were basically all injured, clearly making it difficult for them to display much strength.

If they were surrounded again, then the situation would become dangerous.

Crucially, he still hadn't discovered where the demon using the Blood Demon Art was.

If they couldn't deal with the main body, they might all become that demon's puppets soon.

"Water Breathing, Third Form: Flowing Dance."

Just then, a figure suddenly rushed into the crowd of puppet teammates, passing by each puppet teammate like flowing Water.

He then snatched the nichirin blades from the puppets and came to his side.

"Goku, how do you know a Water Breathing technique?"

Mita looked at young Goku, who was holding a pile of nichirin blades, with an expression of disbelief.

He knew clearly that young Goku had never even heard of breathing techniques before meeting him.

Yet, he had just instantly used the Third Form of Water Breathing, which naturally surprised him greatly.

"I watched you use it once, then I tried it according to your breathing and movements, and it felt quite simple."

Young Goku threw the large bundle of nichirin blades he was carrying onto the ground.

He wasn't showing off; he genuinely found it simple.

Mita's movements when using the technique just now seemed no different from slow motion to him.

He could very easily discern all the key movements and observe the breathing rhythm of the entire process.

And with his control over his body and his physical strength, imitating it put no pressure on him at all.

So, just by watching it once, he could use the Third Form of Water Breathing.

Of course, this did not mean he had mastered the entire Water Breathing technique, but only the breathing rhythm when attacking with the Third Form.

Even so, he was very happy.

Because when he breathed according to the rhythm of the Third Form just now, he indeed felt his body undergo a significant improvement during that process.

Moreover, as his physical body improved, the ki within him also surged.

Therefore, he felt that coming to this world was the right choice.

Even if there were no formidable masters to spar with in this world, just learning breathing techniques could greatly enhance his own strength.

Compared to complex magic, he still felt that close-combat techniques like breathing techniques were more suitable for him and easier to learn.

"What! You learned it just by watching me perform it once!"

Mita was stunned when he heard what Goku said.

It took him several years to master the Third Form back then, but Goku learned it just by looking at it.

Is the gap between people really that big?

However, his heart was then filled with ecstasy, because this indicated that Goku's potential was even greater than he had imagined.

Not only did he possess a special physique and extraordinary abilities, but he also had an exceptionally strong learning talent.

If he were brought back, he might be even more of a genius than the Mist Hashira.

"Mita-senpai, I can't control my body anymore!"

Just then, the few remaining teammates nearby suddenly cried out in alarm.

Mita's mind was similarly shaken at this moment; he, too, found himself somewhat unable to control his own body.

He looked up ahead, and saw that the previously controlled puppet teammates, after their nichirin blades were taken, had all fallen to the ground.

At this point, he understood; it must be that the Demon behind them, seeing that the puppets had no weapons and could not inflict much damage, had shifted the target of his Blood Demon Art to them.

"Goku, quickly use your teleportation ability to leave here!"

Realizing that his body was completely out of his control, Mita immediately shouted at Goku.

He was worried that if Goku stayed there, he too would be controlled by that Demon's Blood Demon Art.

Although Goku had a special physique and had learned Water Breathing's Third Form just by looking at it, he was absolutely no match for the Demon hiding in the background.

They didn't even know where the Demon was.

Moreover, Goku couldn't use a blade yet, and brute force alone couldn't kill a Demon.

So, while that Demon had not yet used his Blood Demon Art on Goku, he wanted Goku to quickly teleport away and escape.

"So it's because of these spider silks."

Goku did not listen to Mita's words and teleport away. Instead, he reached back and forcefully pulled off several spider silks, holding them in front of his eyes.

He had been observing from the very beginning what was controlling those Demon Slayer Corps members.

It wasn't until a few small spiders crawled onto him just now, and he felt the spider silks manipulating his body, that he finally understood what was happening.

He looked carefully at the backs of Mita and the others, and seeing the spider silks connected to their backs, he was even more certain of his guess.

The Demon behind them was using small spiders in the forest to attach its spider silks to the Demon Slayer Corps members.

Then, it used the spider silks to control the bodies of the Demon Slayer Corps members.

"How is this possible, why can't I control him!"

At the same time, on a large rock in the distance, a female Demon, completely White, even her hair, was there.

Her hands were wrapped in a large amount of spider silk, and there were strange patterns on her face, but her expression was one of disbelief.

After the nichirin blades of the controlled puppets were taken, she immediately abandoned those puppets and began to control the surrounding spiders to transfer the spider silks.

The first target for transfer, naturally, was the boy who could take away all her puppets' nichirin blades with a single move.

The process was smooth; the boy did not discover and kill her spiders, and the spider silks successfully connected to his body.

But what she never expected was that when she tried to use the spider silks to control his body, she found that she couldn't move him at all.

His body contained extremely terrifying power; her spider silks couldn't pull him even a little.

"Then I'll kill you!"

Seeing the boy tear off the spider silks from his back, the female Demon immediately controlled Mita and the others to raise their nichirin blades and all slash at the boy.

"Run!"

Mita's face changed drastically again when he found himself raising his blade to strike at Goku, and his voice became even more urgent.

But Goku didn't pay attention to the several nichirin blades slashing at him. He just pointed a finger:

"Fire Snake, clear the way!"

A three-meter-long Fire Snake flew from his hand, quickly circling Mita and the others, and the fallen puppets behind them, several times.

He couldn't yet cast large-scale Fire magic attacks like Grandpa Dumbledore.

But casting Fire Snakes, Fire Dragons, and the like, was no problem.

"Watch out for the small spiders around you; that Demon is using spider silk to control your bodies."

Mita and the others, puzzled as to why Goku could release a Fire Snake, were in a daze when they found that control of their bodies had returned.

So they immediately swung their blades, quickly slaying the small spiders approaching them.

Although breathing techniques are categorized into Water, Thunder, Flame, Wind, Stone, and so on, they cannot actually produce corresponding elemental attacks.

It's just that different breathing techniques emphasize different aspects of physical enhancement.

Those who practice Water have better body flexibility, those who practice Flame have better explosiveness, and those who practice Thunder are faster.

Only a Demon's Blood Demon Art can, like magic, produce elemental attacks such as wind, fire, thunder, and lightning.

So, for them, Goku conjuring a Fire Snake out of thin air to burn through the spider silks was an incredibly unbelievable thing.

"Senpai, many spiders are crawling towards Musashi and the others!"

One of the teammates, named Murata, struggled to hack down the small spiders pouncing on him, and turned his head just in time to see a large number of spiders crawling towards the fallen teammates.

Many of those fallen teammates, having been controlled by spider silk earlier, were injured and unconscious.

Although they posed little threat even if controlled again, as they had no nichirin blades,

They were worried that the Demon might use the controlled teammates to launch suicide attacks. If they couldn't bring themselves to kill them, they could easily get entangled in spider silk again due to the interference.

"Leave it to me!"

The recovered Mita intended to use Water Breathing's Third Form again, but before he could, he realized it was no longer necessary.

Because Goku had acted again.

"Immobulus!"

With a wave of his finger, he used the area-of-effect freezing magic, the Freezing Charm.

This was a magic that could freeze the actions of an area around him.

Its advantage was a large attack range and difficulty to evade, while its disadvantage was that it could only freeze very small creatures, being ineffective against slightly larger ones.

Creatures the size of cats and dogs could directly immune the Freezing Charm's immobilization.

This spell was a charm invented by wizards to capture small magical creatures like Cornish Pixies.

At the same time, it could also affect some modern precision technology items.

Things like clocks and surveillance cameras would also stop running after being hit by the Freezing Charm.

So, the thumb-sized spiders around them were naturally within the range of the Freezing Charm.

"They've stopped moving!"

Everyone noticed that all the small spiders around them had stopped moving; some that had already pounced on their targets were even suspended in mid-air.

"Bring those injured teammates over; I can give them some simple treatment."

Goku said to Mita.

Of course, he also knew healing spells.

Mita poked a small spider suspended motionless in mid-air, his face full of disbelief.

Upon hearing Goku's words, he immediately took Murata and a few others and carried the fallen teammates back.

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