To get Sound Breathing, complete Kazu’s quest, deliver materials and money to the Iceveil Valley trainer, train at Butterfly Mansion, and defeat Sound Trainee.
You can learn Sound Breathing as part of your Slayer progression in Slayers 2. Head for the cliffs high above Iceveil Valley’s snowy ground to find the trainer, and give him the Demon Horns / Beast Cores / Wen specified by the game dialog.
Complete Kazu’s spy quest
Your targets are civilians with asterisks in their names. That mark distinguishes the spies from ordinary civilians, so identify your targets before attacking.
Gather Demon Horns and Beast Core
The materials you need are labeled Demon Horns and Beast Core in your inventory. You also need Wen; “Yen” is another name used for the same currency.
For Beast Core, look for Beast Born Demons in the village beyond the area associated with Giyuu. They resemble ordinary civilians, with a slightly different skin tone.
Reserve your materials and Wen until you read the trainer’s requirements. Use the amounts requested in his dialogue to decide how much more to collect before spending rare resources elsewhere.
Iceveil Valley is the snowy, icy region entered through a red torii gate. The cold deals ongoing damage, so bring a lantern and warmth items, and use campfires to warm up along the way.
Have Double Jump available before heading for the cliffs. It helps with the upper ledges, but the approach also includes a tall rock wall.
The narrow mountain path leads past a wooden building before dropping toward the water. Across that water, successive ledges break up the climb; the trainer’s hiding place is behind the summit’s rock formation.
Finish the training and defeat Sound Trainee
The NPC you want is Sound Trainer Tengai, seated in a dark, sheltered corner of the rock. Reaching him starts the training portion of the journey; the conversation alone does not grant Sound Breathing.
At Butterfly Mansion, follow the exercises assigned by your quest. Breathing training can involve timing, strength, aim, or parkour drills; those are general training formats, rather than a fixed checklist of Sound exercises.
How to complete the Sound Breathing quest in Slayers 2
Work through Kazu’s quest, collect the materials, and reach Tengai before completing his training and trainee duel.
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Start Kazu’s spy quest
Speak with Kazu and accept his quest.
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Defeat the marked civilians
Defeat four spy civilians named *Civilian* to finish the quest’s combat objective.
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Return to Kazu
Speak with Kazu again after defeating the targets to advance the quest.
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Find the Bamboo Grove map
Head to the map in Bamboo Grove, where the follow-up NPC stands.
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Finish the prerequisite quest
Speak with the NPC beside the map to complete the quest.
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Enter the material-farming cave
Go through the waterfall in Bamboo Grove to enter the cave behind it.
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Collect Demon Horns
Defeat the demons inside the cave to obtain Demon Horns.
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Pass the Giyuu area
Travel past the area associated with Giyuu on the way to the Beast Core farming location.
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Enter the village ahead
Continue into the village beyond that area to reach the enemies that supply the second material.
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Farm Beast Core
Defeat Beast Born Demons for a chance to obtain Beast Core.
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Begin the Iceveil Valley approach
Head into the snowy mountains toward the Sound trainer’s high cliffs.
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Warm up and fuel the lantern
Stop at the burning campfire to warm up, collecting fire for your lantern before continuing.
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Follow the uphill path
Take the ascending path farther into the mountains, continuing along its narrow ledge.
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Turn right
Follow the uphill path into the right turn.
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Turn left at the wooden building
Take the next left around the wooden building.
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Continue straight
Follow the straight stretch on horseback or on foot until you reach the drop toward the water.
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Drop into the water
Jump from the ledge into the water to begin the crossing toward the cliff.
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Swim toward the rock wall
Swim across, using dash to speed up the crossing.
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Climb the wall gradually
Use Wall Climb, bound to T in the displayed controls, to ascend one ledge at a time. Pause on the ledges to recover stamina between climbs.
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Double-jump to the next ledge
After the climb, use a double jump to reach the next landing and pause before continuing.
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Double-jump onto the summit
Make another double jump to reach the top.
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Find Tengai behind the summit
Go behind the rock formation into the concealed alcove to reach Sound Trainer Tengai.
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Begin Tengai’s requirements hand-in
Speak with the trainer and deliver the required Demon Horns and Beast Core.
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Present the completed quest
Turn in your completed prerequisite quest to Tengai.
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Pay for the next quest
Hand over the requested Wen to receive his next mission.
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Complete Butterfly Mansion training
Travel to Butterfly Mansion and finish the training assigned by the quest.
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Head toward Iceveil Settlement
Follow the directions from the quest NPC to locate Sound Trainee. The route from the trainer’s cliff leads down onto the icy ground, across a further expanse of water toward the buildings, then up the retaining wall into the settlement.
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Defeat Sound Trainee
Find Sound Trainee standing in the snow beside a building in Iceveil Settlement. Defeat him to complete the duel and obtain Sound Breathing.
With the duel finished, open M → Skill Tree and purchase Sound Breathing forms from the Breathing branch.
Farm Tengai for Sound equipment and rewards
The Sound Hashira Tengai stands in an open courtyard in Iceveil Settlement, near the trainee, with a quest interface above his head.
Before fighting him, set your respawn at the glowing pink crystal beside the arena. Its prompt reads Iceveil Settlement Set Spawn, and the displayed interaction uses T. This lets you reappear close to Tengai after dying and return to the fight to continue attacking.
Encounter health and reward listings
| Encounter | Health | Displayed rewards |
|---|---|---|
| Sound Trainee | 800/800 | Exp +850; Common Chest |
| The Sound Hashira Tengai | 3000/3000 | Exp +15,500; Wen +375; World Events Chest |
The equipment and ability drops belong to Tengai’s farm. Their percentages are the indicators displayed for that encounter.
Tengai item drop percentages
| Tengai drop | Displayed chance |
|---|---|
| Sound Katana | +1.25% |
| Sound Slayer Uniform | +0.15% |
| String Performance | +0.15% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does Project Slayers Part 1 progress transfer to Slayers 2?
No, your progress in Project Slayers Part 1 doesn’t transfer to Slayers 2. That means the progress you’ve made in the earlier game won’t count toward this unlock.
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