Chapter 16 · The Big Purchase
After that, Roland bought two more skills and some weapons and gear.
[Frost Sky Breathing Technique]
Quality: Blue
Source: Land of Ceasing War
Skill Effect: Inhales and stores frost qi in the lungs; every 10% stored grants 1.5% frost resistance. Consumes 15 mana to exhale all stored frost qi, dealing up to 480 frost damage.
An entry-level breathing art from a martial-arts world, classified under Breathing Technique.
Compared to the Breathing Techniques in demon slayer: kimetsu no yaiba, cultivating this one is far more dangerous—lose control for a moment and the frost qi will backlash into your lungs.
... [Gecko]
Quality: Blue
Source: Beast Realm
Skill Cost: 20 mana to activate, then 5 mana per 30 seconds.
Skill Effect: While active, you can climb vertical surfaces without handholds; climbing speed +15%.
A utility skill, only a minor combat aid for now, but with the right items it can be upgraded to dark-purple quality later.
... [Commandment +5]
Quality: Blue
Source: Formless Workshop
Type: Heavy Sniper Rifle
Durability: 47 / 50
Attack Power: 36–58
Equipment Effect · Punishment (Active): Next shot gains +10% critical-hit correction; critical damage +20%.
Note: Punishment (Active) costs 100 mana and enters a 12-hour cooldown.
Attachment 1 · Recci Pin K11 (Purple, Muzzle): +21 electric damage per shot, +8% bullet velocity.
Attachment 2 · Assassin S02 (Blue, Scope): –10% chance target notices being aimed at.
Attachment 3 · Magneto U25 (Blue, Bipod): +10% stability when deployed.
Attachment 4 · Magneto U13 (Blue, Stock): –10% recoil.
+5 Enhancement: +10% accuracy while aiming.
Score: 70
Paradise's top wheelchair, king of value! Trust the big sniper—greatness speaks for itself!
It's a hand-me-down, yet the previous owner clearly cherished and upgraded it; its stats rival purple-tier guns.
As a tech-side creation it has few restrictions—point-and-shoot simplicity. Even without firearm skills it dishes out solid damage.
A reliable ranged option all the way to the third tier!
... [eye of ishu Mk-III]
Source: Formless Workshop
Quality: Blue
Type: Recon Equipment
Durability: 30 / 30
Requirement: 10 Intelligence
Effect 1 · Precursor Vision (Active): Scans terrain and life within 30 m, color-coding hostiles.
Effect 2 · Yishu Mark (Active): Highlights and tracks a chosen target up to 100 m.
Note: Precursor Vision costs 10 mana per scan; Yishu Mark costs 20 mana, 1-hour cooldown, and blocks Vision while active.
Must be used with the eye of ishu Mk-III visor.
Score: 60
With this, finding mission targets is a breeze! The workshop even offers trade-ins for future upgrades.
... [Cover-Type E3 Barrier Generator]
Source: Formless Workshop
Quality: Blue
Type: Protection
Durability: 40 / 40
Effect · Energy Barrier (Active): 320-point barrier for 300 s.
Attachment: Barrier adds hologram camouflage and sound suppression.
Cooldown: 2 hours per use, requires one E3 energy cell.
Keeps assassins from sneaking up while I'm sniping—only downside is the pricey energy cell.
... [Ice Jade]
Source: Land of Ceasing War
Type: Pendant (rare jewelry)
Quality: Blue
Effect · Frost Touch (Passive): Main-hand melee weapon gains +8 frost damage.
Score: 53
The pure frost power speeds up my Frost Sky Breathing cultivation and boosts frost-qi storage.
Two skills and four pieces of gear cost Roland nearly 300,000 paradise coins; the sniper rifle ate most of it.
All those attachments and enhancements the prior owner added justify the price; the stats back it up.
Next stop: grind skills at the Training Ground! The officials said they'll run a Q&A so viewers won't get bored.
Without wasting a second, Roland headed straight to the Training Ground after shopping.
[Welcome, Hunter. Choose a mode.]
[Assist Mode / Combat Mode]
Let's start with Water Breathing!
As planned, Roland slotted his talent Diligent Study and Gradual Progress onto Water Breathing and chose Assist Mode.
[Water Breathing Lv.1:
Proficiency: 0 / 100
Effect: In combat, maintain a set breathing rhythm to gain up to 10 stacks of Breathing Technique.
Every 3 stacks grant +1 STR, AGI, VIT and +1.5% sword damage.]
[Assist Mode selected. Choose mirror difficulty.]
Three options appeared—Low, Mid, High—costing 100, 1,000, and 10,000 coins per hour.
"Summon Sakonji Urokodaki."
[Special privilege activated. Summoning Sakonji Urokodaki—Mid mirror from demon slayer: kimetsu no yaiba. 50% facility fee waived.]
Sakonji Urokodaki, former Water Hashira, retired to train successors—mentor to Tanjiro Kamado and Tomioka Giyuu.
Roland will have him lay the foundation, then summon Tomioka Giyuu for advanced training, maximizing Water Breathing growth with his talent.
"We have three hours. I'll explain the principles, teach sword forms, keep your breath and mind calm—feel it!"
The old man in the tengu mask and wave-patterned haori spoke gravely.
Roland drew his nichirin blade and smiled.
"Please guide me well!"