I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Although Ogata lived a relatively poor life, he never slackened in taking care of the saber.

It should be oiled and oiled every day, and the knife should be sharpened.

It is also thanks to Ogata's never slacking off in the care of the saber that Ogata will not fall into the dilemma of "the knife has not been nursed for too long and can no longer be used" in today's real sword death fight.

When rushing towards the distant mountain, Ogata had already resorted to the "breath of the source", allowing himself to enter the state of "breath of the source", temporarily increasing the reflex nerve value by 1 point.

Ogata and Toyama's sabers stood next to each other, with the strength on their waists, wrestling with each other.

As long as the blades of the samurai sword stand together, it is not easy to open and close, and in the end it will naturally become a state of confrontation and wrestling with each other as it is now.

Ogata and Toyama just confronted each other across the knife, competing with each other.

Under such a posture, whoever exhausts himself first will have his head moved.

Ogata and Yuanshan's feet were firmly planted on the ground, and when the other party exerted some force, they themselves responded with some force.

The two gritted their teeth, and stared at each other fiercely through their knives.

No one spoke.

Because both of them poured all their strength into wrestling, they no longer have any extra energy to do other things.

Ogata is about the same strength as Toyama.

In the case of equal strength, the larger side has the upper hand.

And Ogata happened to be taller than Toyama.

What Yuan Shan is best at is speed, not strength.

Therefore, Yuanshan also gradually discovered that if he fought with Ogata, he would not have the advantage.

So Yuan Shan released the force of the frontal pressure horizontally, intending to get rid of the current confrontational situation.

Ogata, who saw Toyama's intention, would not let Toyama get his wish.

Toyama released his strength horizontally, and Ogata also released his strength horizontally.

So the two kept their knives together, and ran horizontally on the ground paved with white sandstone.

And the direction the two of them ran to was exactly—the auditorium located on the north side of the competition field.

All the nobles in the auditorium saw Ogata and Yuanshan running towards them with swords on their hands, they all turned pale with fright, and fled from their respective stools.

Only Cang Yong still sat calmly in his seat, watching the death fight that happened in front of his eyes intently.

Ogata and Toyama ran all the way to the front of the auditorium before stopping their feet.

"go to hell!"

Yuan Shan let out a loud shout, and then slammed forward, knocking Ogata away, forcibly interrupting the confrontation.

After knocking Ogata away, Toyama waved the knife in his hand and slashed at Ogata who was a step away from him.

After being knocked away by Yuan Shan, Ogata's body also moved subconsciously, and used the bird thorn on Yuan Shan.

Both of their knives hit each other.

Toyama's knife slashed Ogata's left shoulder.

Ogata's sword stabbed Toyama's right chest.

After they both hit each other, the two retreated a few steps in a row, jumping out of the attack range of both sides in one breath.

--it hurts!

Ogata now only feels his left shoulder is burning.

At the same time, I also felt that the clothes on my left shoulder began to gradually become wet.

The blood from the wound on his left shoulder wetted the clothes on Ogata's left shoulder in an instant.

This is the first time Ogata was slashed by a real sword.

The continuous sharp pain from his left shoulder almost made Ogata unable to maintain the "breath of the source".

Fortunately—the injury on Ogata's left shoulder was not deep.

Although it was painful, it didn't affect Ogata's use of his left arm very much.

Yuan Shan's slash just now failed to leave a deep enough and big enough wound to Ogata, and Ogata's attack just now also did not bring any fatal damage to Yuan Shan.

Just now, after Ogata's sword tip pierced Zhong Yuanshan's left chest, Ogata felt that he had stabbed something hard.

This is the rib of Yuanshan.

Because Toyama's ribs blocked Ogata's stabbing, Ogata's stabbing just now failed to cause much damage to Toyama.

But it can be seen that Ogata's attack just now also hurt Toyama.

The evidence is——Yuan Shan's face turned pale at this time, and cold sweat continued to break out from his forehead due to the pain.

The two took a few breaths in a row, adjusted their respective breaths that became a little messy due to the pain, then clenched the swords in their hands again, and rushed towards each other.

clang!

clang!

clang!

Ogata's sword collided with Toyama's sword three times in midair.

As a result, there were 3 more gaps in the blades of the two.

After the two swords touched each other again, Toyama quickly released his left hand holding the hilt, and grabbed Ogata's right arm holding the sword.

Looking at the left hand extended by Toyama, Ogata's pupils shrank slightly, and he quickly retracted his arms, narrowly avoiding Toyama's hand.

This is also a very common way of attack - taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, reach out and grab the enemy's arm holding the sword to control the enemy's actions.

Ogata, who dodged the attack from Yuanshan, gripped the knife again and rushed towards Yuanshan.

The sound of blades striking each other was mixed with the muffled sound of blades piercing flesh from time to time.

With the determination to kill Ogata at all cost, Toyama, facing some of Ogata's non-fatal attacks, Toyama simply couldn't block it, and used his body to resist Ogata's attack, and at the same time counterattacked Ogata. square chance.

Therefore, in just a blink of an eye, Ogata and Toyama had a lot of wounds on their bodies.

——No... I can't fight like this anymore...

After pulling away from Toyama again, Ogata wiped away the blood flowing from his forehead while thinking about countermeasures.

Just now, Yuanshan successfully cut Ogata again, and the part Yuanshan cut this time was Ogata's forehead.

But the wound was not deep, it was just scratched a little.

At this time, the wounds on the two of them were not fatal, so the death fight was far from over.

In terms of strength, Yuanshan at this time is actually slightly inferior to Ogata.

After all, Ogata's agility value is as high as 8 points, and his reflexes have also increased to 9 points because of the use of "Breathe of Source".

At the same time, Ogata now also has the defensive skill "Blade Counter".

Ogata has already relied on the blade counter, and he has blocked Yuanshan's countless attacks.

However—even though Toyama's current strength is slightly weaker than Ogata's, Toyama has enough to make up for this small gap—bravery and determination to fear death.

These wounds on Ogata's body were basically caused by Toyama giving up defense and choosing to trade wounds for wounds with Ogata.

Ogata has figured it out—even if he defeats Toyama in the end, he will definitely pay a big price.

Ogata didn't want to suffer too many injuries or become disabled directly in order to defeat Toyama.

Therefore, Ogata stared at Yuanshan closely, thinking about a good strategy against the enemy.

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"What's the matter? Ogata Yishi." After adjusting his breathing, Yuanshan uttered his signature sneer, "Why are you standing there? Why don't you come over quickly!"

"...I was just thinking about how to cut off your head beautifully."

"Hmph, have you figured out a way now?"

"It's really a coincidence that when you asked me 'what's the matter' just now, I happened to come up with a way to kill you with one sword."

After saying that, Ogata turned the sword in the middle upside down, and then directly inserted it into the ground paved with white sandstones under his feet.

Ogata's current appearance is like using a knife as a crutch and leaning on the ground.

Whether it was the spectators in the auditorium, the people in the Sakakibara Sword Gym, or the people in the Ishikawa Sword Gym, after seeing Ogata's strange sword-holding posture, they all let out a big or small exclamation.