I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

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Yoshiemon slashed Huashan with a single force, and blasted towards Ogata, but because Ogata dodged in time, his naginata only cut to the empty roof.

With the sound of "boom", the cut place immediately collapsed into a big hole as if it had been hit by a shell.

After dodging the left and right guard's slashing attacks with exquisite movement, Ogata wanted to rush over to attack him immediately, but suddenly heard a toothache "squeak" coming from under his feet Yeah" crackling sound.

Before he had time to lower his eyes to look down at his feet, Xu Jian heard a "click", and the center of gravity of his body lost balance instantly, and his whole body only fell downward.

It turned out that the roof where he and Saemon were standing had collapsed.

The attack that Soemon left and right made a big hole in the roof made the structure of the not-so-strong wooden roof completely unbalanced.

The roof was cracked and broken in all directions around the big hole.

Not only did Ogata fall, but Yoshiemon also fell because of his inability to dodge, and fell towards the house under his feet.

Although both Ogata and Sawaiemon were unexpected about the shattering of the roof, this level of surprise was far from causing them to be in a hurry.

As soon as the bodies of the two fell, they immediately adjusted their postures so as to land smoothly.

Left and right gate fell first.

So he was naturally the first to fall back to the ground.

Yoshiemon was the first to land—this gave him the upper hand.

As soon as his feet fell back to the ground, he impatiently swung the naginata in his hand and slashed towards Ogata.

And when he slashed out his naginata, Ogata had just dropped back to the ground.

The expression on Ogata's face became serious in an instant.

He immediately judged - the speed of falling back to the ground, he was half a step behind Yoshiemon, and it was too late to use the steps to avoid the attack of Yoshiemon.

Since it's too late to flash, let's face it head-on!

Ogata took a deep breath, clasped the two swords in his hands tightly, and placed his left Wakizashi and right swords into a cross,

Stand in front of yourself.

clang--! !

A clanging sound that felt like the eardrums were being torn apart.

Saemon's naginata collided heavily with Ogata's twin swords.

The strong wind pressure escaped from the junction of the two weapons to the surroundings, blowing away most of the dust stirred up by the broken roof.

Now Ogata only felt that his arms were so sore.

The Blade Counter of Wugo Two Swords Style is Ogata's only sword skill that has reached the highest level of "grandmaster level" except for the breath of origin.

With the blessing of "Selfless Realm", Ogata's blade counter has been improved to the realm called "magic skill".

Just now, when he was hard-pressed by Left and Right Gate's attacks, Ookai used his blade to counteract most of the power contained in that big naginata.

But even so, after the blade in his hand connected with Saemon's naginata, the force transmitted along the sword back to his arms was still so strong that Ogata's face changed slightly.

Seeing Ogata in front of him who managed to take his blow hard, Saemon frowned, with a bit of surprise on his face.

Bang!

Ogata exerted strength with both arms, and pushed forward, parrying the naginata of Left and Right Monon.

The room is too narrow, and it is too disadvantageous for Ogata to fight with Left and Right Gates in the room, so after breaking away Left and Right Gate's naginata, Ogata immediately jumped out of the room.

When jumping to the street outside the house, Ogata lowered his eyes and glanced at the sword in his right hand.

Just now, he mainly used the sword in his right hand to face the slash of Left and Right Gate head-on.

There is now a huge gap in the part where the sword hits the naginata.

——If only Da Shitian and Da Zizai were here...

This was the first time that Ogata wished so strongly to have both of his sabers in his hands tonight.

When fighting with Yoshiemon just now, the reason why Ogata has been trying his best to avoid confronting him head-on and try not to take his sword is mainly because Ogata does not have a good sword in hand now.

At this time, the Wakizashi he got from Yu Hachiro's corpse and the Dasao he bought from Ishikawa, although they are all fine knives, are far inferior to Da Shitian and Da Zizao in terms of quality. .

Ogata reckoned that if he used the two knives he had in hand to confront Yoshiemon head-on, the two knives would be broken after only a few hits.

After Ogata jumped onto the street outside the house, Zaemon immediately chased after him, and jumped out of the house like a tiger out of its cage.

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Blocks away—

"The sound of fighting hasn't stopped..." The commander of the 6th group said in a deep voice, "Has the winner not been decided yet..."

"After all, the opponent is that Shura." The commander of the 2nd group said lightly, "Even Lord Saeemon cannot easily take him down."

"Do you want to send someone in to check the situation or help Lord Yoshiemon?" the commander of the 8th clan asked.

"No." The commander of the second group said without hesitation, "In such a terrain, sending people in hastily may not only not be able to help the left and right guards, but may also be a disservice."

"Go ahead and wait patiently."

Commander of the 6th Division: "...I actually never understood...why do we have to spend so much effort to deal with that Ogata Yasushi?"

"Isn't our goal to overthrow the Edo shogunate and rebuild the Toyotomi regime?"

"Since that's the case, there should be no reason for us to be enemies with Ogata Itsuki, right?"

"...Kill Ogata Itsuki at all costs—this is an order from Toyotomi-sama himself." The commander of the second group said, "Since this is an order from Toyotomi-sama himself, then we will follow it Yes, there is no need to bother with so many reasons."

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The battle between Ogata and Yoshiemon has switched from the roof to the street.

Although the location of the battlefield has changed, the intensity of the battle has not.

The two sides launched a stormy attack and defense, and the battle was so intense that even a moment of relaxation would cause one more fatal wound on one's body, enough to declare the victory.

Compared with the roof, the wider street is naturally more convenient for Ogata to use his steps to dodge the attacks of the left and right gates.

The battlefield has switched to the street. The terrain of the street is more favorable for Ogata, but not for Saeemon.

Because there are too many houses around, which is not conducive to the height and arm length, the left and right gates with a nearly 2-meter-long naginata as a weapon swing a sword.

But this small hindrance will not have much impact on the left and right guards who have astonishing divine power.

"Drink!"

Yoshiemon turned his body, using the centrifugal force of his body to swing the naginata in his hand like a windmill.

Ogata, who jumped back in time, only allowed the tip of the naginata to brush against his chest, tearing a little of the fabric at the front of his shirt.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...

Although the naginata slashed towards Ogata in a perfect arc, it missed Ogata, but it hit the houses on both sides of the street.

The houses struck by the blade of the naginata are like delicate flowers struck by lightning from the sky.

The houses here are all made of wood, and they are basically old and dilapidated. How can it stop the naginata that is made of steel all over the body by the incomparably powerful Yoshiemon?

At this time, the violent demolition of houses by Saeemon reminded Ogata of the kind of excavator with a big hammer hanging from his previous life, which was specially used to demolish houses.

Ogata wanted to launch a counterattack immediately, but Yoshiemon launched a new round of attacks.

This time, he used stabbing.

The left and right guards turned the naginata in their hands, pointed the tip of the knife at Ogata, and stabbed at Ogata like a rainstorm of pear blossoms, pulling out afterimages.

Ogata originally wanted to try to step on the tip of his naginata when Soemon stabbed him, but he automatically dismissed the idea as soon as he came up.

His strength is now comparable to that of Left and Right Gate, but it is only between brothers. If he lifts his foot to step on the tip of his naginata, he should not be able to step on it.

Therefore, Ogata could only go back and hide.

Ogata hid back, and Left and right guards followed closely.

In just 5 short breaths, Saemon stabbed nearly 20 times.

Ogata, who kept hiding back, suddenly felt his back hit something.

I turned my head and looked back—it turned out to be a public toilet.

In the Edo period, except for those big families, whether they were samurai or ordinary people, several or more than a dozen families shared a public toilet.

The public toilets in this era are basically dry toilets, and the area is designed to be very small. It can only accommodate one person at a time. Each public toilet is shaped like a public telephone booth in the previous life. People stand inside.

Seeing that Ogata's back was blocked by a public toilet, a trace of joy welled up on the cheeks of Left and Right Gate.

He quickly stubbed his feet, exerted enough strength, and swung his naginata towards Ogata's chest.

Although the rear was blocked by obstacles, Ogata did not panic.

He also exerted enough strength like Yoshiemono, and then he did a backflip, rolled over to the roof of the public toilet behind him, and then jumped back hard, jumping away from the roof of the public toilet.

When Ogata jumped from the roof of the public toilet, Saemon's naginata finally arrived, pierced from where Ogata was standing just now, and pierced the public toilet.

He missed Ogata again, and all the attacks so far have failed, which caused a little haze to appear between the eyebrows of Saeemon.

In order to vent the aggrieved energy in his heart, Soemon shouted loudly, pushed the naginata in his hand upwards, and lifted the whole public toilet into the air.

Ogata, who jumped vigorously towards the back of the public toilet, drew a beautiful arc in mid-air, and landed steadily on a wooden bridge.

Six meters behind the public toilet, there is a swift river running through this poor neighborhood.

This river is about 4 meters wide, and the water is turbid. It is difficult to see what the bottom of the river looks like, and the current is quite fast.

There is a wooden bridge over this river.

Although the bridge looks crude at first glance, it is unexpectedly strong, and handrails and other things are carefully built.

The shortcoming of this bridge is probably that the bridge deck is narrower, and only two people can walk side by side at most.

Ogata, who jumped backwards from the roof of the public toilet, landed in the middle of the wooden bridge.

After Yoshiemon threw the public toilet into the air, he immediately chased after Ogata with a sword in hand.

The distance between the left and right gates is only a few meters.

With the leg strength of this "giant", such a small distance, I am afraid that it only takes a blink of an eye to get closer.

Ogata raised his right hand, and while wiping the sweat that was dripping down his chin with the back of his right hand, he looked at Saemon who was about to kill him again with calm eyes.

——Looks like... that's the only way I can use it.

Just now, when he and Zuoemon were fiercely exchanging offense and defense, Ogata had been thinking of a way to effectively injure Sawaiemon.

Both he and the left and right guards are warriors with both strength and speed. Every attack and every defense they make is extremely swift.

It is also because of this that although they fought from the roof to the street, and then from the street to the bridge, they fought for more than 30 rounds, but in fact, it took less than 2 minutes.

In less than 2 minutes, Ogata deeply understood the strength and terror of Saemon.

This is Ogata's second duel with a master who uses a naginata.

The last time he faced a naginata wielder was when he dealt with that demon monk on Butterfly Island last spring.

In terms of strength, the strong man in front of him did not know how many blocks he could beat that demon monk.

In terms of naginata usage skills, Zaemon is probably a bit inferior to Yoshimonk. But in terms of strength and speed, Saeemon is far above the demon monk.

Even in a healthy state, Ogata is not as good as Saeemon in a pure competition of strength and speed.

But if there is the blessing of "Non-Self Realm", then Ogata is confident that he can overwhelm Left and Right Mon.

But the problem is - Ogata's current state is not complete.

No relapse sooner or later, but the "immortal poison" that relapsed tonight made Ogata seem to be dragging a weak and sick body to confront Sawaiemon.

The current Ogata, even if he has entered the "Non-Self Realm", he can only barely draw with Sawaiemon, and he has been unable to gain the upper hand for a long time.

Until now, Ogata has not slashed the left and right gates.

And Yoshiemon didn't leave even a single wound on Ogata's body for a long time.

From a microscopic point of view, the two are now tied.

But from a macro point of view, Ogata is constantly falling into a disadvantage.

Because time is not on Ogata's side. The longer this battle drags on, the worse it will be for Ogata.

He had already fought countless enemies just now, beating over a hundred of them, and he had exhausted a lot of physical strength.

If he and Yoshiemon were caught in the quagmire of a war of attrition, the one who would suffer the most would undoubtedly be Ogata, who had already lost a lot of physical strength.

How to defeat Yoshiemon as quickly as possible?

The first plan that popped up in Ogata's mind was to use Kasumi and Umeran to sneak attack Saemon.

This is the safest and most efficient method.

But the problem is... because of falling into the canal just now, both of his two pistols entered the water.

The guns of this era are not advanced enough to be waterproof. Once the gun has entered the water, professional techniques must be used to remove the water stains inside the gun before it can be used again.

As for the delicate professional work of dehydrating the gun... Ogata is not good at it...

A-cho is very good at this matter, so until he reunites with A-cho and asks A-cho to help him make guns and drain water, Ogata's two pistols should not be used again.

Although without the great help of the pistol, Ogata still came up with another method that could effectively injure the left and right guards.

This method finally took shape in Ogata's mind when he jumped off the roof of the public toilet.

Boom! Boom!

At this moment, Yoshiemon's foot had already stepped on the wooden bridge, making "dong", "dong" sounds.

And at the same moment when Yoshiemon stepped on the wooden bridge, Ogata quickly said silently in his heart:

——Upgrade step by step to at least "grandmaster level"!

As soon as Ogata's silent recitation fell, the system sound immediately came to Ogata's mind as expected.

【Ding! Consuming 8 skill points, Wuwo Two Swords Sword Skill · Stepping up to "Grandmaster" skill]

[Current remaining skill points: 2 points]

[Current personal level: LV40 (3570/6400)]

[Sakakibara Ichikatsu level: 14 ranks (6355/14000)]

[Wuwu Two Swords Level: Level 13 (4220/16000)]

[Shiranui Ninjutsu Level: 8th Stage (7410/7500)]

[Iga-ryu forbidden technique level: 3rd stage (740/800)]

Ogata originally had 9 skill points, but after he made a fuss in this block just now and sent an unknown number of enemies back to the west, he gained a huge amount of experience points.

The personal level is directly raised by 1 level, and 1 skill point is obtained, and the total number of skill points rises to 10 points.

Although the martial arts schools such as Sakakibara One-Sword Style and Wugo Two-Sword Style have not been upgraded, their experience bars have been increased by a sufficient amount, and the distance between Shiranui Ninjutsu and Iga-style Forbidden Jutsu is only a step away.

Ogata suddenly felt a warm current emerge from the soles of his feet, and then wrapped his legs layer by layer.

Ogata officially obtained the third master-level skill after Breath of the Source and Blade Reverse!

Since there is no way to take this guy's sword head-on, let's rely on body skills to get close to him-this is the method Ogata came up with that can effectively injure Left and Right Gates.

A large part of the reason why he has not been able to leave even a little injury on Yoshiemon's body so far is because his pace is not fast enough.

Every time he got close, the left and right guards were ready to dodge or defend.

That being the case, just let your pace be faster!

How to make your pace faster and more exquisite in an instant? This problem is too easy for Ogata who has accumulated 10 skill points.

When Ogata felt his legs being wrapped in a warm current, Saemon had just reached the position where his naginata could reach Ogata.

The naginata cut out.

call--!

The sharp blade roared.

Like a light butterfly, Ogata jumped gently to the side and onto the handrail of the bridge next to him.

Left and right guard retracted the naginata, and then sent it forward, stabbing at Ogata who was standing on the railing of the bridge in a squatting posture.

If Ogata seems to jump away from the side again, then Sawaiemon will not be surprised, after all, Saemon has seen similar scenes countless times just now.

Facing the naginata stabbed by Soemon, Ogata did dodge as he expected.

But he didn't dodge to the side.

Instead, he dodged in a direction that made Saemon's mouth open in shock.

Oo, who was standing on the handrail of the bridge, jumped forward.

With great precision, he jumped over the tip of the naginata that Soemon stabbed at.

Ogata stretched out his right foot, stepped on the back of the naginata with the toe of his right foot in mid-air, then used the back of the sword as the foothold and power point, kicked back suddenly, and pushed his body straight to the left and right gates. Bump into my arms!

The pupils of Yoshiemon shrank suddenly, and he subconsciously wanted to withdraw his sword and return to defense, but it was too late——

laugh!

Between Ogata and Left and Right Gate, there was finally the muffled sound of the blade entering the body.

The wakizasa of Ogata's left hand pierced Saemon's throat, and the sword with his right hand pierced Saemon's heart.

Both knives pierced the left and right side of the gate!

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In the "Words of the Writer" in the last chapter, I told everyone that if you have any questions about this book, you can ask them as much as you like. The author will try his best to answer! Let's answer two of the questions first—"Why is the author's bear not as big as A-Machi" and "Why is A-Machi's bear designed so big?" For details, please see the author's words below