Destruction Breathing

**Destruction Breathing** (破 (は) 壊 (かい) の呼 (こ) 吸 (きゅう) , *Hakai no kokyū*?) is a Breathing Style derived from the Thunder Breathing utilized by the Taisho period's current Destruction Hashira, Hakuko Soyama.

Destruction Breathing mimics chaos and destruction and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms involve delivering bone-shattering and deadly attacks, as well as creating different shockwaves that seemingly allows users to create long-ranged strikes. Users of Destruction Breathing also visualizes themselves creating and manipulating bluish and translucent strikes when unleashing its techniques, similar to Akaza's Blood Demon Art.

It is said that the creator of this Breathing Style is Yukiji Soyama, the descendant of Koyuki and Hakuji(now known as Akaza) Soyama. The reason of his birth was unknown, considering that Koyuki had died from drinking the poisoned well along with her father, Keizo. But rumors has it that he was kidnapped after he was born prior to his mother's death and his father's apparent demonic transformation, but nevertheless, the Soyama bloodline continues on. He attempted to learn Thunder Breathing from the Thunder Hashira of his time as a teenager. But, despite being able to learn it, it didn't suit him and had to personally create Destruction Breathing from Thunder Breathing.

## Knows Thechniques:

1. **First Form: Disintegration** (壱 (いち) ノ型 (かた)  崩 (ほう) 壊 (かい) , *Ichi no kata: Hōkai*?) - The swordsman unleashes a powerful barrage of thrusts and stabs that creates small, arrow-shaped shockwaves that can damage the bones with each thrusts. This technique can be performed close-ranged or long-ranged.
2. **Second Form: Primary Combustion** (弐 (に) ノ型 (かた)  一 (いち) 次 (じ) 燃 (ねん) 焼 (しょう) , *Ni no kata: Ichiji Nenshō*?) - The swordsman swings their sword with extreme speed which makes the blade of the sword rise in temperature, it helps in slashing demons or objects easily.
3. **Third Form: Rupturing Blow**  (参 (さん) ノ型 (かた) , *San no kata: Haretsu Dageki*?) - The swordsman swings their sword three ways in a wide circular motion creating tall shockwaves rupturing anything in its range
4. **Fourth Form: Destructive Counter** (Shi no kata: Hakai-tekina kauntā) - The swordsman tilts their sword in a guarding manner then rushes towards the enemy while pushing through, creating a barrier. This move was specifically created to counter Akaza's "Destructive Death Blood Demon Art.
5. **Fifth Form: Feral Motive, Bloodlust** (Go no kata: Yasei no chi) - The swordsman rushes in towards the nearest enemy and stabs the enemy in a twisting motion and does the same to five other enemies in quick succession.
6. **Sixth Form: Detonation** (Roku no kata: Bakuhatsu) - The swordsman throws out multiple mini-bombs and pelts them towards the enemy using a barrage of swings and arcs, detonating the bombs near the enemy and their projectiles.
7. **Seventh Form: Arcs of Disorder** (Shichi no kata: Shōgai no ko) - The swordsman swings the sword around their body in a wide and random manner, creating sickle-like cutter shockwaves that trample enemies above and around the swordsman.
8. **Final Form: Annihilating Fulmination** (Tsui no kata: Zetsumetsu) - The swordsman thrusts their sword into the ground creating a destructive underground shockwave that creates an eruption of destructive yellow aura lightning flames from an unknown source underground. The flame is said to burn even the toughest of metals and destroy entire forests. The swordsman uses thunder breathing all combination and create this extremely powerful ability enough to handle Kokushibo, the Upper Moon 1 .