Chapter 151 - Final Selection (2) (1/2)

'Remember, this.' While Nik stood within the empty forest during the night with his eyes closed, he recalled the scene when Sakonji presented his spare sword to Nik.

'A demon's fatal point is its neck. This is a Nichirin Blade. This sword is forged from materials that suppress a demon's regeneration, so, don't lose it.'

Looking at the blade that flashed a soft white glow, Nik knew that this was a White Grade equipment.

'But... I really cannot really practice this when I am with Sakonji or Tanjiro...'

Nik sheathed the blade and looked at the snarling demon in front of him. It was a grey-skinned boy with yellow, bloodshot eyes and nerves popping from his temples while the sharp claws looked nothing but threatening.

”Hey, there. Want to help me out with a technique?”

Nik smiled warmly while his hands started moving in a swirling motion while the Elemental Hamon within his body surged wildly.

”Shut... up... Shut... up... SHUT... UP...”

The demon kept rotating between whispers and shout while it slowly walked towards Nik with a look of pure hunger in his eyes.

”I'll take this as your acceptance.”

Nik chuckled when the Hamon around his arm swirled into raging waves that quickly took a shape... or at least, the vaguest appearance of a sword.

”Hmm? Half of my energy reserve is already emptied... and even then...”

A subtle frown reached Nik's forehead as he looked at the sword that was formed of nothing but blue tidal waves. The idea was simple, really.

Instead of using the Nichirin blade, he wished to create a blade of elemental Hamon since Hamon energy was the most useful power against a demon. But, if Nik had the same thought after a few months of practice, then, didn't it mean that dozens of decades-old monsters had the same thought?

The answer came to Nik in the form of— Elemental Hamon.

The breathing technique of the demon slayers allows the pure and unadulterated Hamon energy to be transformed into a weapon in the form of tidal waves, crackling lightning and whatnot.

But that was it.

Only transformation and not wielding.

Using the Nichirin blade as the conductor to pass their Hamon energy, demon slayers kept defeating demons.

But Nik was able to achieve what others couldn't.

Wielding of Elemental Hamon Energy and that is what he did. Previously, he simply couldn't bend any element into something physical, he could only control it naturally. But now, with Hamon energy which was practically life-force, an energy that has a 'substance' when compared to the elemental energy, Nik could finally create a weapon of pure element.

And, he wasn't only limited to the sword. But, to create better pieces of equipment, he would need to learn the process of the formation of the said equipment.

”Oh, well, now, it's the problem of quantity.”

Nonetheless, Nik still felt satisfied as he swiped his blade towards the demon that had already grown dangerously close to him. Much to Nik's surprise, even the Water Sword Forms he practiced felt far more fluid when equipped with this special blade of Elemental Hamon.

The moment Nik's blade sliced the demon in two, instead of the brief period where demons finally regain their consciousness before perishing, the Hamon energy instantly reduced the low-level demon into a pile of ash before its perfectly sliced body could even fall on the ground.

'And that was First Style: Water Surface Slash.'

Nik muttered internally before turning his heels while the surging blade of water in his hands faded on its own.

”With the Hamon energy utilised in turning the demon to dust, the blade will lose its substance and the element would fade away unless I bend water and use it to attack... but water without Hamon is of no use.”