Shadow Breathing

The main focus of this Breathing Style is about increasing the speed, strength, reflexes and accuracy of the swordsman to unbelievable levels. When utilized properly, the user visualizes themselves manipulating and generating shadows in a deep shade of black and grey, causing shadows to seemingly emanate from their weapon, surroundings or themselves.

This Breathing Style was specifically created for the users of the Demon Slayer Mark, as only then can the true strength of this Breathing Style be fully shown.

First Form: Formless Shadow - A state at which the user emanates absolutely no sense of drive, hatred, anger, fighting spirit, animosity or even bloodlust. As a result, it practically impossible to detect or gauge how powerful the user is, it can also be used to hide from enemies and move undetected. In this state any move or attack that the user makes passes through the enemies senses making it possible to attack without them even noticing.

Second Form: Early Shadow Blade - An iaijutsu technique, the user sheathes his sword and only draws it when the enemy enters his range of attack. The purpose is to slash at such speed that the blade leaves an afterimage that confuses the enemy and catches them off guard.

Third Form: Overlapping Black Sky - The user unleashes numerous slashes at once from 8 different angles, these attacks all strike out at incredible speeds. To an opponent it looks like they are all heading straight for them at the same time. The purpose is to push the enemy to the limit by the constant onslaught of attacks, until the user can find an opening and take advantage.

Fourth Form: Instant Darkness - The user delivers over a hundred quick sword slashes within a few seconds, leaving their opponent in pieces. Its used while dashing past the opponent at high speeds, can be used on multiple opponents.

Fifth Form: Calm Night Path - The user changes their grip on the sword and decapitates the opponent with a skilled single strike that causes little to no pain. Used when the opponent willingly surrenders or when the user wants to honour and respect his opponent.

Sixth Form: Merciless Presence - A state at which the user releases all their hatred, anger, bloodlust, killing intent, fighting spirit and pent up anger in order to intimidate an opponent. As a result opponents can become paralyzed in fear and even see visions of their own death, using this weakness shown by the enemy the user takes advantage and cuts them down. Can be used on both demons and humans.

Seventh Form: Shadowless Step - A movement technique, use of mastered Total Concentration Constant mainly around the users leg and foot muscles. By inhaling huge amounts of oxygen, increasing the blood flow throughout the whole body and focusing all their strength to their legs.

As a result the user can achieve movement at incredible high speeds, the user becomes so fast that they move faster than their shadow leaving it behind.

This can be used to move between enemies at high speeds or to gain additional speed to use in combination with other techniques.

Eighth Form: Eclipse Domain - The user focuses all his senses on feeling the small disturbances in the air around him, as a result the user creates a sensing perimeter with atleast a 2 meter radius around him. Anything that enters this radius can instantly be sensed by the user and be deflected, blocked or cut apart with incredible speed with his blade.

Ninth Form: Converging Shadow Horizon - The user combines the footwork and speed from the Shadowless Step and the afterimages of the Early Shadow Blade to maneuver around his opponents.

The users blade leaves behind continous afterimages in the air, while moving at incredible high speeds the user swings and bends their blade in a flowing pattern, slicing everything in its path even multiple opponents.

Tenth Form: Midnight Lunar Wind - The user slashes his sword vertically upwards at high speeds creating an intense burst of wind, that can easily push back enemies while slashing them with sharp winds.

Eleventh Form: Peaceful Full Moon - The user spins in a full 360° circle whilst unleashing powerful and intense whirlwinds all around himself. Allowing to defend and attack at once, while slicing up the surroundings.

The whirlwinds spreads out in a complete circle around him resembling a full moon. Used while surrounded by enemies or defending from attacks.

Twelfth Form: Piercing Shade - The user holds up their sword, draws it back, and focuses all their strength into their arm. The user then thrusts their sword forward towards their target launching a piercing blast of compressed air. This blast can pierce through multiple opponents at once, buildings and even the hardest metal.

Thirteenth Form: Improved - Collapse Of A Thousand Shadows -The user takes a similar stance to the twelfth form. However this time instead of aiming at the opponent, the user thrusts his sword a thousand times aiming at the sky right above his opponent.

Each thrust releases a piercing blast of compressed air, causing a rain of thousand cascading blasts of air falling right onto the enemy. Can be used against multiple opponents and armies.