I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

After the sixth cut, the strange vision disappeared again.

After successfully slashing Shuntaro with Cicada Rain's sixth knife, Ogata held Da Shitian high, ready to cut Cicada Rain's last knife.

The knife he suffered just now had a great impact on Shuntaro.

Looking at the big Shiten held high in Ogata's hand, Shuntaro could see it - because he had suffered the knife just now, it was too late for him to take Ogata's seventh knife.

So Shuntaro gritted his teeth and simply gave up his defense.

Instead of defending against Ogata's seventh knife, he pointed the tip of the ninja sword in his hand at Ogata, and then stabbed straight.

Both of their knives hit each other.

Shuntaro's sword pierced Ogata's right chest.

And Ogata's sword cut from Shuntaro's left shoulder to his right abdomen.

Blood sprayed from the two of them almost at the same time.

After withdrawing their swords from each other's bodies, Ogata and Shuntaro each took a few steps back.

"Cough...cough cough cough..."

Warm blood poured into Ogata's throat and dripped down the corner of Ogata's mouth.

A sense of dizziness began to emerge from my mind.

Ogata's chest has begun to rise and fall at a very high frequency like a blower.

Even if he breathed heavily, the efficiency of oxygen supply could not keep up with Ogata's consumption.

It's almost the limit—all kinds of reactions in the body are telling Ogata this fact.

After entering the "Non-Self Realm", physical strength will be lost at a rapid rate like the water in a bathtub with the water outlet open.

Ogata estimated——his "no-self state" can only last for a few more minutes.

Shuntaro's current state is worse than Ogata's.

The intensity of the panting was even worse than that of Ogata.

The steam-like white mist emitted from the skin has also become lighter compared to the more.

But overall, Shuntaro is still in worse condition now, because his injury is a little heavier than Ogata.

The 6th and 7th cuts of Ogata's "Cicada Rain" just now left Shuntaro with deep wounds.

After receiving such heavy blows twice, a person with weak willpower might have passed out.

Not only did Ogata not feel annoyed or helpless after seeing that Shuntaro hadn't fallen down yet.

I only feel great admiration for Shuntaro, and this admiration turned into a smile on Ogata's face.

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Not far away, Keitaro, who is holding Furin Taifu hostage and using Furing Taifu as a threat to "supervise" Shuntaro, has been full of astonishment since the battle between Ogata and Shuntaro, and even his own mouth is full of astonishment. Consciously expand without knowing it.

It was the first time he had seen a duel of this level.

Keitaro couldn't even see what Ogata and Shuntaro were doing just now.

This is also the first time he has truly realized the weight of the title of "Head of the 'Four Heavenly Kings'".

Before this, he had never seen what Shuntaro who was doing his best looked like.

He only knows that Shuntaro is very strong, but he has no idea how strong he is.

Until this moment, after seeing Shuntaro with full firepower, Keitaro was extremely rejoicing-Taifu Fuling was in their hands, and they could rely on this to threaten Shuntaro not to mess around.

If he was singled out with Shuntaro, Keitaro felt that he would not even be able to catch the five moves of Shuntaro who had entered the "Yasha state".

What shocked Keitaro even more was that these two people hadn't fallen down yet.

Both of them are now covered in cuts and bruises, dripping with blood, and the blood keeps slipping and dripping, staining the originally brown soil into black.

Both of them were clearly blood men, but neither Ogata nor Shuntaro fell down, they were still staring at each other.

The Tai Fu who is being held hostage by Hui Taro is also full of astonishment now.

But she wasn't just surprised by Ogata and Shuntaro's strength, that they were still alive.

At the same time, she was also surprised that she finally remembered where she had heard Ogata's voice just now.

Keitaro said to Shuntaro just now, "Kill the executioner Iktosai", so the Taifu knew that the person who was fighting Shuntaro now was the famous and living legend-Ogata Isaito.

Taio overheard Ogata and Shuntaro's conversation before the battle started.

When he first heard Ogata's voice, Taifu felt very familiar.

But for a while, he couldn't remember where he had heard this voice.

It wasn't until he noticed Da Shitian and Da Zizai in Ogata's hands that Taifu suddenly remembered that it seemed to be Mashima Goro's saber.

As the oiran of Yoshihara, in need of work, Taifu was able to easily memorize some clothing features, behavioral habits, and language habits of people he met early on.

Although the communication with Mashima Goro is not too much, Taifu still remembers Mashima's 2 sabers.

It is very rare that the handle and scabbard are both blue and gold, so the Taifu has a deep memory of these two very beautiful knives.

And now the two knives that Ogata is holding in his hands are exactly those two beautiful knives.

It was also after noticing that the sword used by Ogata was Mashima Goro's saber that Taifu suddenly remembered why he felt that Ogata's voice seemed to have been heard somewhere.

Because Ogata's voice is Mashima Goro's voice...

Regardless of height or body shape, Ogata also matches Mashima exactly...

--No way……?

An astonishing conjecture involuntarily appeared in Taifu's mind.

Apart from surprise, there are some more complicated emotions floating on the Taifu's face.

She hoped that Shuntaro, who was now covered in bruises, would stop beating him.

It doesn't matter if you run for your life or surrender directly. Just stop hitting if you can.

But Taifu, who has been friends with Shuntaro since childhood, knows that her idea is absolutely impossible to realize.

Although Shuntaro couldn't see his current expression clearly because Shuntaro's back was facing her, but Taifu dared to conclude that Shuntaro's current expression must be joyful.

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...

"...Can you still stand?" Ogata asked, "Can you fight again?"

"Of course!" Shuntaro grinned, "What about you? Can you fight again? Yidao Zhai!"

Ogata smiled.

No answer.

He only raised Dashiten in his right hand, and aimed the knife point at Shuntaro.

Looking at Ogata who responded to him with movements, the smile on Shuntaro's face became more intense.

"...Shuntaro!"

At this moment, Shun Taro heard a call to him from behind.

It was Keitaro's voice.

Keitaro, who had been pursing his lips tightly from just now, was thinking of something, suddenly called Shuntaro's name, and then shouted.

"Follow this!"

Keitaro untied a small gourd from his waist, and threw it at Shuntaro forcefully.

When Shuntaro turned his head to look at him, he happened to see this gourd falling towards him in a beautiful parabola.

Although he didn't know what Keitaro was going to do, Shuntaro still raised his hand and firmly caught the immature palm-sized gourd.

"Drink the potion in the gourd!"

Keitaro said anxiously to Shuntaro.

"The potion contained in the gourd can temporarily relieve pain and restore some physical strength!"

The medicine contained in the gourd is made from the magical prescription passed down from generation to generation by Keitaro and his family.

The medicinal effect of this potion is to temporarily relieve the pain of the user and restore some physical strength.

Of course - this potion still has side effects.

It has two side effects. The first side effect is that after the effect of the medicine passes, there will be no appetite and no food for several hours.

The second side effect is that you can't drink too much in a short time.

If you drink too much in a short period of time, it will cause diarrhea and vomiting until all the bile comes out.

Both Ogata and Shuntaro are now at their limit.

It just depends on who can't hold it up first.

So in order to quickly get rid of the big threat of the executioner Yidaosai, Keitaro decided to lend the precious potion he carried with him to Shuntaro to drink.

As long as you drink this potion, the pain on your body can be slightly relieved, and your physical strength can also recover a little.

——Shuntaro, hurry up and drink!

A smug and excited smile appeared on Keitaro's face.

——As long as you drink it, you will surely win!

At this juncture where it depends on who can't hold it first, if Shuntaro's physical strength can be recovered, there is no doubt that he will have the absolute upper hand in this battle in an instant.

However... the next scene that appeared in front of Keitaro's eyes made the smile on Keitaro's face froze.

Shuntaro glanced at the gourd in his hand.

Then he let go of his hand, allowing the gourd to fall to his feet, and then lifted his foot to trample the gourd to pieces.

The potion contained in the gourd splashed out, staining the brown soil underneath.

Seeing Shuntaro's move, the smile on Keitaro's face froze immediately, then his eyes widened in shock and his mouth opened wide at a speed that was already visible to the naked eye.

There was also a bit of surprise on Ogata's face.

Only the Taifu's face remained unchanged.

The husband seemed to have expected such a scene to happen a long time ago.

After being stunned for a while due to excessive shock, Keitaro finally came back to his senses.

"what are you doing?!"

After regaining his senses, Keitaro immediately cursed at Shuntaro angrily.

"Are you a fool?! Still think I'm lying to you?!"

"Just drink the potion in the gourd to restore your physical strength! You can defeat Yidao Zhai immediately!"

After trampling the gourd containing the potion that could restore his physical strength to pieces, Shuntaro didn't have the slightest regret on his face.

After Keitaro's curse fell, he said in a calm tone without looking back:

"My duel with Ogata Ichitosai does not require such boring assistance from you."

"Right now... I just want to know who is stronger between me and the person with the name 'Sura'!"

"Don't bother me!"

After saying that, Shuntaro turned his head and glared at Keitaro who was behind him.

This look is not sharp.

But after Shuntaro cast his gaze on Keitaro, Keitaro instantly felt as if he was stared at by a tiger, his neck shrank involuntarily, and a little cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

But Keitaro still suppressed the fear in his heart, Chao Shuntaro argued hard:

"Is there something wrong with your head?! As a ninja, you still play the pedantic etiquette of the samurai?!"

"...I remembered what you said just now."

"Remember why I became a ninja in the first place."

Shuntaro said calmly.

"I... the reason why I entered the world of ninjas is to meet the strong ones more conveniently, and then challenge them."

"Don't confuse me with you guys."

Shuntaro looked away from Keitaro.

When he turned his gaze back to Ogata in front of him, Shuntaro suddenly caught a glimpse of a magnificent building.

"...I just found out now that I saw Edo Castle here."

Ogata followed Shuntaro's gaze.

In the distance, a majestic castle stands. Standing in the very center of Edo.

The majestic and majestic castle is dominated by bright blue and white colors, solemn and solemn.

This castle is the power center of the whole of Japan, the residence of the shogun, and the place where the officials of the shogunate gathered for discussion-Edo Castle.

"...Now that I think about it carefully, the 'Imperial Trial Match' that is being held in the outskirts of Edo is simply a play."

"The participants are all guys whose level is not seen."

"The trial fit method is also boring to the point."

Shuntaro looked away from Edo Castle, looked at Ogata, and grinned happily.

"Ogata Ittosai, the battle between me and you is the real 'Edo Castle Imperial Trial Match'!"

Ogata smiled, and looked away from the Edo Castle in the distance, "Don't you think it's a pity? If you drank the contents of that gourd just now, maybe you could really defeat me immediately."

"After all, my current physical strength is almost exhausted. If your physical strength is restored, I may really not be your opponent."

"What I desire is to challenge the powerful, not to defeat the powerful." Shuntaro answered without hesitation.

Obviously his body was full of wounds, and his whole body had turned into a bloody man, but Shuntaro's eyes were still so bright and bright, like a flame burning deep in his pupils.

"The only thing I use to defeat you is my knife."

Ogata smiled.

For some reason, I just felt a smile constantly appearing on my cheeks.

"Someone will always defeat me." Ogata's eyes were shining brightly at this moment, "But that will not be today, and that person will not be you."

Shuntaro smiled even more happily.

He raised the ninja swords in both hands and set them up: "The two of us should not have much time, let's decide the outcome!"

Ogata: "Let the horse come here!"

Snapped!

There was a kicking sound.

Shuntaro rushed straight towards Ogata.

Ogata set up Da Shitian and Da Zizai.

Snapped!

Ogata kicked his hind foot.

Also rushed straight towards Shuntaro.

The two rushed towards each other almost at the same time.

Obviously both of them are covered with bruises now, but both their posture and fighting spirit are more high-spirited than before.

That strange vision reappeared.

Ogata could clearly see how the muscles of Shuntaro's legs were exerting strength and how the muscles of his arms were accumulating strength as he was running towards him.

The moment he saw the muscles in Shuntaro's arms, Ogata understood what Shuntaro was going to do - he planned to defeat Ogata with the next move.

Shuntaro's injuries were much more serious than Ogata's, so he was unable to fight as long as before.

Therefore, he intends to pour all his strength into the next blow, and decide the outcome with one blow.

After seeing Shuntaro's attempt, Ogata didn't have any thoughts of dodging or defending.

Since Shuntaro intends to end the battle with a life-threatening blow, Ogata decided to respond with a life-threatening blow.

Whoever wins depends on the next blow!

Ogata raised the big Shitian in his hand high.

Shuntaro lowered the ninja sword in his right hand, facing Ogata, the tip of the blade was so low that it almost touched the ground.

At the moment when the two are about to separate from each other——

Ogata hacked Da Shitian from top to bottom.

Shuntaro slashed the ninja sword from bottom to top.

...

The two missed each other.

...

After passing each other by mistake, the two slowly slowed down their respective speeds until they stopped.

Ogata stood where Shuntaro was just now.

And Shuntaro stood where Ogata was standing just now.

The two just kept their backs facing each other, and neither of them immediately looked back to see if the attack they had just had had any effect.

Because—the outcome, the two of them already knew the moment they were about to miss each other and slashed at each other with their knives.

A burst of blood mist rose from Shuntaro's body.

"Cough...cough cough..."

Shuntaro staggered, spitting out mouthfuls of blood, trying to keep his balance.

But in the end, the body fell forward heavily.

It fell to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.

It wasn't until Shuntaro fell to the ground that Ogata slowly turned around and looked at Shuntaro who had fallen to the ground but was still breathing.

Shuntaro isn't dead yet.

The moment Ogata's sword was about to hit him, he subconsciously blocked it with the ninja sword in his other hand.

Although it didn't block Ogata's sword, it managed to make Ogata's sword slightly deviate from the original path without being injured.

Just now when the two launched a life-threatening blow to both sides at the same time, Ogata relied on that strange vision to see through Shuntaro's knife path.

Ogata can clearly see what the path of the knife is and what the strength will be.

After seeing through the direction and strength of Shuntaro's attack, Ogata left a big gash in Shuntaro's chest while dodging Shuntaro's attack.

Seeing through Shuntaro's knife path, injuring Shuntaro with a knife while dodging Shuntaro's attack-these things were done at the same moment when they crossed Shuntaro.

Originally, even if he entered the "Non-Self Realm", Ogata did not have the ability to accomplish these things simultaneously in an instant.

But the strange state that Ogata has entered now allows Ogata to easily do things that he couldn't even do in the "state of selflessness".

This strange state not only allows Ogata to see the muscles under Shuntaro's skin, but also allows Ogata to easily mobilize every muscle in his body, allowing him to develop and transport his strength more easily.

At this moment, this strange state has not disappeared.

Ogata could still see the muscles under Shuntaro's skin.

Still able to mobilize every muscle of oneself freely.

All my energy was focused on the duel with Shuntaro just now, and I haven't had time to comprehend and experience this strange state in detail.

Now that Shuntaro has fallen, Ogata finally has the opportunity and energy to experience this new state that is completely different from the "state of selflessness".

After looking at Shuntaro who had fallen to the ground, and then at the flowers and trees not far away, Ogata realized that he was not just able to see how Shuntaro's muscles moved.

Ogata can see Shuntaro's internal organs, bones, meridians... these things.

And the reason why he was able to see these things was not because he suddenly had clairvoyance.

To be precise, these things are not what Ogata "sees".

but sensed.

He could clearly sense how the muscles, bones, and internal organs under Shuntaro's skin were functioning.

The clarity of this induction gave Ogata the illusion that his eyes could see through Shuntaro's skin.

The reason why Ogata can easily mobilize every muscle in the body and make the body burst out with stronger strength is also thanks to this powerful induction - Ogata can also clearly sense the state of his own body.

Now which muscle is more fatigued, which muscle is injured... Ogata knows all of these clearly.

It can clearly sense itself, and can easily mobilize the strength of every corner of the body.

Not only that, what Ogata can sense is far more than that.

I obviously didn't look at it, but I can clearly feel how the surrounding flowers and plants are swaying in the wind now...

How many trees have their leaves falling...

where does the wind blow...

Where are ants crawling...

...

Ogata can sense everything around him.

So much information poured into Ogata's mind, but Ogata didn't feel that his brain was overloaded at all.

Sensing everything around him, Ogata had an illusion—feeling that he seemed to be blending with the world.

And this powerful sensing force made the current Ogata sense: there is a shuriken flying straight towards him now.

Ogata didn't even look at the shuriken flying towards him, he just relied on this powerful induction force to side his body, and avoided the shuriken flying straight towards him.

"I didn't expect you to be able to dodge my shuriken..."

Ogata looked in the direction where the shuriken flew from just now.

I saw Hui Taro walking towards him with a sullen face, holding his short gun.

"...That idiot Shuntaro, you have to trouble me to do it myself."

Ogata glanced at the place where Keitaro was standing just now - the Taifu had been placed horizontally on the ground.

The husband struggled to get up, but because she was tied up and her mouth was tied with cloth strips, she couldn't stand up and could only writhe on the ground, making some "humming" sounds.

"Is it your turn to be my opponent?" Ogata said calmly.

"That's right! Take your life!" Keitaro sneered, "Although Shuntaro couldn't kill you, he managed to kill half of your life!"

"You are really strong!"

"But no matter how strong you are, you have reached your limit now, right?"

Keitaro is very confident now.

I am confident that I will be able to kill the executioner Yidao Zhai.

Executioner Iktosai has just fought a monster with Shuntaro, and now he is covered in blood, out of breath, and his physical strength should be running low.

No matter how Keitaro thought about it, he couldn't think of a reason to lose.

Yidaosai probably doesn't even have the strength to dodge now, and Keitaro feels that he can win with a random stab now.

Looking at Keitaro who ran out to pick up the head, Ogata's expression was calm and sad, and his expression did not change at all.

After throwing Da Zizai down hard to shake off the blood adhering to the blade, Ogata put the knife back into its sheath.

What Keitaro said just now was not wrong.

Ogata is indeed approaching the limit now, and the "state of no self" can only last for less than 1 minute.

Now he didn't even have the strength to use the second saber, so he retracted Da Zizai from the scabbard, and only continued to hold Da Shitian.

"Come on." Ogata said softly, "Since you think you have the ability to take my life now, then come on."

"But I put my ugly words first."

"I feel like I'm in pretty good shape right now."

After all, Ogata just stood there.

He didn't put on any posture, just stood upright with Da Shitian in his hand so naturally.

--what happened……? !

Keitarou looked at Ogata who was just standing normally with a face of astonishment.

Obviously already bruised all over.

Obviously there is no posture.

But Keitaro can feel: Ogata in front of him has no flaws at all.

It's like facing a high mountain—I want to stab a high mountain with a short spear, but I don't know where to start.

Cold sweat began to break out from Keitaro's forehead.

--what happened? !

Keitaro yelled in his heart in horror.

——He should have no strength now, why can he still have such a strong sense of oppression? !

Keitaro has been slow... no, it should be said that he has not dared to take the gun to take Ogata's life.

Neither dare to advance nor retreat.

"Aren't you coming?"

Ogata asked.

"If you don't come over, then I will go over."

As soon as Ogata's voice fell, Keitaro felt a blur in front of his eyes.

Ogata, who was still standing a few steps away, had already appeared in front of his eyes.

laugh!

The sound of the blade cutting through the flesh sounded.

Keitaro's half waist was cut open.

Ogata's knife path was extremely precise and covered Keitaro's waist.

The direction is unbiased.

No more, no less strength.

Ogata sensed it clearly.

Sensing Keitaro's spirit will relax for a moment.

After sensing Keitaro's slack at a moment, Ogata caught Keitaro's flaw that only lasted for a moment, mobilized the power of every corner of his body, and burst into Keitaro's body with power that was indistinguishable from the heyday in front of him, and cut half of his waist with a single knife—this is what Ogata did just now.

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