I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

As long as he can see Qingyuan Mountain's sword, then the next step will be easy.

Dodging sideways, avoiding the sword stabbing from the distant mountain.

Then he stepped forward, aimed at Yuan Shan's chest, and stabbed directly with his sword.

It was exactly the same as what Ogata felt just now - Ogata's current sword skill Bird Thorn is faster than before! stronger! More accurate!

The tip of the sword was wrapped in a powerful force, and it shot straight towards Yuan Shan's chest.

Ogata originally thought that he would be able to stab Yuanshan this time.

The result was unexpected——when the tip of the sword was about to stab Yuanshan's chest, Ogata suddenly felt the wooden sword in his hand tremble.

With an unimaginably fast speed, Toyama retracted the sword that Ogata had dodged just now, and directly blocked Ogata's sword.

Ogata's attack was so regrettably missed.

After blocking Ogata's sword, Toyama hastily retreated a few steps, out of Ogata's attack range.

At this moment, Ogata looked at Yuanshan with a startled look on his face.

He found that——he seemed to have underestimated Yuan Shan a little bit.

His bird thorn is currently an advanced sword skill, and his attack just now was so sudden that it was still blocked by Yuan Shan.

Also shocked, there are distant mountains.

Toyama was even more shocked than Ogata.

--This guy!

Yuan Shan roared in his heart.

——His actions just now are completely different from those in the previous competition!

Yuan Shan didn't hold back just now.

However, Ogata, who was flustered in the last battle and couldn't even keep up with his sword speed, unexpectedly dodged his sword at this time.

Not only dodged his sword, but also launched a counterattack against him.

Sakakibara Sword Gym is the deadly enemy of Ishikawa Ken Gym, so what kind of sword skills Sakakibara Ichidou has, and what are the characteristics of each sword skill - Toyama has done investigations of course.

The sword technique that Ogata used just now is without a doubt the stabbing technique of Sakakibara's Ichidou style - the bird stab.

Ogata's bird stab just now, no matter its speed or strength, made Toyama shudder just thinking about it.

Just now when facing Ogata's bird thorn directly, Toyama even recalled for a moment the scene of the battle with his master, Ishikawa Bingma, the contemporary owner of the Ishikawa Sword Gym.

The feeling of oppression that Ogata brought to Yuanshan just now is almost exactly the same as the feeling of oppression that his master Ishikawa Bingma brought to him when he competed with him...

"You bastard..." Yuan Shan said with a sullen face, "You actually really hid your own strength..."

"Aren't you too?" Ogata shot back without showing any weakness, "I really didn't expect—it turns out that your speed can be even faster."

I must put away all contempt, if I don't go all out, I may lose - although Yuan Shan is unwilling to admit this, but this is already an irrefutable fact.

After heaving a sigh of relief, Yuan Shan slowly raised the wooden sword in his hand, posing in the upper stance.

Looking at Yuan Shan who was posing in the previous stage, Yuan Shan's group of brothers and sisters immediately let out bursts of exclamation.

Yuan Shan's best stance is the upper stance, and his best fighting style is to launch continuous fierce attacks on the enemy.

Yuan Shan put on the above posture, which means that Yuan Shan is going to be serious.

Ogata also instinctively sensed that the distant mountains were more dangerous than before...

Ogata moved his right wrist holding the sword, and re-arranged the middle stance.

The air seemed to freeze at this moment.

Be it Toyama or Ogata, the two of them stood motionless, staring at each other.

The people around were also infected by the tense atmosphere, and none of them dared to breathe out.

As if it was agreed in advance, Ogata and Toyama, who were motionless, suddenly moved at the same time.

Snapped!

The swords of the two collided, and then separated again.

Snapped!

Then they bumped into each other and separated again.

laugh!

Yuan Shan launched a stab at Ogata, and then was dodged by Ogata, leaving only a piercing sound of breaking wind.

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The current fierce fight between the two directly stunned the group of brothers in Yuanshan.

Those onlookers basically don't understand swordsmanship, so they can't see the way inside.

But for Yuan Shan's brothers and sisters, Ogata and Yuan Shan, who are fighting heartily, are simply two monsters.

Both of them switched offense and defense at a dizzying speed, neither giving way to the other.

Looking at Ogata, who is now on par with Toyama, Itagaki and his three friends couldn't help turning pale, and shrinking their necks involuntarily.

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In the eyes of outsiders - Ogata and Toyama seem to be on par.

But for Ogata, the person involved, this is not the case.

At the beginning, it was indeed comparable.

But with the passage of time, Ogata has clearly perceived that he is now slowly falling into a disadvantage.

There is no other reason - physical strength can't keep up.

Whether it is attacking, dodging, or defending, it consumes physical strength.

Especially when parrying the enemy's attack.

When parrying the enemy's attack with the sword, the counter-shock force will directly make one's arm numb.

As time passed, Ogata gradually felt that his physical strength could not keep up.

On the other hand, looking at Yuanshan-Yuanshan is obviously more than capable.

--no……

Ogata was planning a new strategy against the enemy in his mind.

——I can't go on like this... If this stalemate continues, I will lose if my physical strength is not as good as that of Yuanshan!

Snapped!

After parrying Yuan Shan's sword again, Ogata retreated a few steps to increase the distance between himself and Yuan Shan.

The reason why he opened the distance between himself and the distant mountain was to adjust his disordered breathing on the one hand.

Another reason is to allow enough time for myself to redesign the countermeasures.

It seems that Toyama also intends to take advantage of this gap to rest for a while, so he didn't chase after Ogata, but continued to maintain the middle stance, staring at Ogata, and at the same time adjusted his breathing and relaxed himself muscles.

While moving his slightly numb right wrist, Ogata thought to himself:

——If I keep dawdling there to consume each other's energy, I will definitely not be able to exhaust Yuanshan, who obviously has more energy than me...

——How about using the remaining 2 skill points now...

——Add 2 skill points to "Physical Strength", and the physical strength should be able to surpass the distant mountains.

——However... After adding skill points to "stamina", it should only increase my physical strength limit, and it will not restore my physical strength to full at this moment...

——Or should I add skill points to strength or agility, so that my own strength will skyrocket in an instant, and then kill Yuan Shan in one go...?

--Do not! and many more!

At this moment, Ogata felt a lightning flash across his mind.

——There is a way!

——If you use this method, you should be able to defeat Toyama without using skill points...!

Just now, Ogata had a flash of inspiration in his mind.

Came up with a plan.

One... maybe a strategy to defeat Yuan Shan without spending the remaining 2 skill points.