I formed the strongest swordsman group

At the same moment when Takataka Fujido's shattered body landed on the ground, a series of system sounds sounded in Qingdeng's mind——

【Ding! Scan to talent]

[Successfully copied the talent: Cat Turning]

[Talent introduction: excellent body balance]

【Ding! Detected that the host already has the same type of talent]

【Ding! Start talent fusion]

[Please wait for the host...Please wait for the host...]

【Ding! Talent fusion successful]

[Cat Turning ability promotion - Cat Turning +1]

[Cat Turn +1 talent introduction: The talent effect has been enhanced on the original basis. +9 is the highest level]

Qingdeng thought to himself: It's talent fusion again... Recently, the words talent fusion appear quite frequently in my mind.

Copying from Fujido Kotaka's body to Cat Turning...Qingdeng was not surprised by this.

Keeping your balance in a situation where you're a handicapped body with a light weight on one side - not an easy task.

Qingdeng didn't know whether Takataka Fujido's limbs were innate or caused by some accident the day after tomorrow.

But no matter why he lost his left arm, there is a fact that cannot be disputed - he has successfully practiced a good swordsmanship with one arm... This means that he has a good swordsmanship talent, It also shows from the side that his sense of body balance is very good.

Qingdeng straightened his waist, released Liu Guang's posture, and shook the knife vigorously, shaking off the blood attached to the knife.

...Excellent sword drawing skills.

A compliment that was neither salty nor bland, neither sad nor happy, faintly drifted into Qingdeng's ears.

Qingdeng followed the sound, and met the eyes of the person who uttered the praise.

The confrontation of sword drawing...is really a rare and wonderful duel.

The corners of Takasugi Shinsaku's mouth turned up slightly.

I didn't expect that the well-known King Ren had such a good attainment in sword drawing in addition to being proficient in swordsmanship.

You are ridiculous.

Qingdeng responded indifferently.

My accomplishments in sword drawing are far from being proficient. To be honest, I just learned sword drawing not long ago. I didn't officially start contacting this martial art until more than three months ago.

Thanks to personal unremitting efforts and a little bit of help brought by insignificant talents such as Sword Saint, Ghost Heart and Concentration of Gods, Qingdeng's Liuguang Sword Drawing Technique The progress of cultivation is much more exaggerated than Yunliu Ninjutsu - the kind of exaggeration that is several times faster.

Counting from the day when Liu Guang officially began to practice, Qingdeng only spent 7 days before and after, before he was called to him by the gratified boss Kiryu:

Mr. Ju, you don't need to chop dead things like wooden stakes and bamboo mats anymore, you can proceed to the next stage of cultivation.

Boss Kiryu's so-called next stage of training is to stop cutting dead objects and cut moving objects instead.

The content of the practice is roughly as follows: Boss Kiryu continuously throws various objects of different shapes at Qingdeng with different strengths and different angles, and Qingdeng needs to use the streamer to chop them all off.

Qingdeng was used to chopping dead objects that would not move, so he suddenly turned to chop living creatures that flew towards him with unknown force and angle, and felt very uncomfortable for a while.

Therefore, at the beginning of the practice, Qingdeng suffered a lot, and was often smashed to pieces because he failed to hit the objects flying straight towards him in time.

but!

People's hard work may be deceiving... But the cold entries in the talent list will never be deceiving!

In Qingdeng's hard practice without giving up, and the small blessings brought by various small talents headed by the Sword Saint, even though the difficulty of the practice has increased linearly, Qingdeng's Streaming Sword Drawing Technique The progress of his cultivation is still progressing by leaps and bounds!

And Qingdeng's other talent - Eagle Eye +1 that strengthens dynamic vision, also helped Qingdeng a little in this exercise.

The enhancement of dynamic vision enables Qingdeng to capture the flight trajectory of flying objects more accurately, and practice with half the effort.

As Qingdeng's cultivation continued to improve, the things Kiryu threw at Qingdeng became more and more outrageous.

It started with crumpled old clothes, chunks of wood.

Then there are water glasses and porcelain bowls.

But now, what Boss Kiryu throws at Qingdeng includes but is not limited to: writing brushes, small nail clippers, and Western glass beads.

I don't know where Boss Kiryu picked up so much junk...

After nearly three months of cutting more and more outrageous living creatures, the current Qingdeng has been able to accurately slash flies flying within the attack range—just like he showed off to intimidate Suzuki this morning The hand that came out.

Qingdeng turned around and thought about it: part of the reason why he chose to live in the middle gate with Takataka Fujido just now was because he wanted to test his recent cultivation results.

At this moment, Shinsaku Takasugi raised his eyebrows.

You have only learned the sword-drawing technique for more than three months? You can achieve such accomplishments after only studying for more than three months... Heh, it seems that the rumors of 'Nioh is an immortal swordsmanship genius' are not just false rumors.

Okay, let's stop here for the unnutritious conversation.

Qingdeng took out a stack of papers from his bosom, and wiped off the grease left on Dingguishendao's body and the solidified blood that couldn't be shaken off.

The three-foot green front glowed with a bright blue cold light again.

This cold light reflected onto Qingdeng's face, making Qingdeng's face half-bright.

You're the only one left.

Qingdeng glanced at the corpse of Takataka Fujido at his feet, paused, and then said a question in an affirmative tone:

You... aren't from the barbarian group, are you?

When he was fighting with Fujido Gaolong and others, the long-faced young man stood outside the battlefield and watched the show.

When Fujido Takataka and others died in battle one after another, Takasugi Shinsaku was expressionless and indifferent throughout the whole process... an appearance of not caring about the deaths of these people.

According to the known information, hidden in this house is a swordsman who is so skilled that he can kill the Seventh Division with a series of equipment such as matchlock guns, shields, and armor.

Qingdeng continued to fight fiercely, killing almost no one alive around him, and he didn't even find the super master that the members of the 7th team said.

Right now, only the long-faced young man in front of him is the only one who is still alive and whom he has never fought against... So a reasonable guess quickly emerged in Qingdeng's mind.

... Qingdeng lowered his eyelids slightly, and silently tightened the five fingers of his right hand holding the knife, ready to fight at any time...

……Ha ha.

As soon as Qingdeng finished speaking, he heard Shinsaku Takasugi chuckle with unknown meaning.

I'm really not a member of the barbarian group.

Ah, think about it carefully... I don't seem to have introduced myself yet.

After finishing speaking, Takasugi Shinsaku took half a step back, and bowed slightly to Qingdeng without being humble or overbearing.

I was the one to be rude. It's Shinsaku Takasugi, a vassal of the Lower Changzhou Domain!

The Changzhou Clan—Qingdeng raised his eyebrows involuntarily the moment he heard this word.

It's no wonder that Qingdeng reacted in this way.

Changzhou Fan... The relationship between this fan and the Edo Shogunate is extremely close.

It's just the closeness on the negative level-the two sides are a three-hundred-year-old feud.

Choshu Domain is located at the westernmost tip of Honshu Island. Because the feudal lord is Maori, it is also called Maori Fan.

Three hundred years ago, Mao Liyuan, the founder of the feudal clan, known as the first wise general in the Western Kingdom and the God of the Warring States, only completed one generation of work, allowing the Mao Li family to grow from a small local wealthy family to a family of 120 people. Wan Shigao's largest force in Western Japan.

After Morimoto's death, his grandson Mori Terumoto succeeded to the position of family governor.

Mori Terumoto has mediocre qualifications and lost to the soldiers of the Toyotomi family in its heyday, so he compromised with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and became Toyotomi Hideyoshi's younger brother while retaining the fiefdom.

The decline of the Maori family vividly explains why choice is far more important than hard work.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, relying on a series of means of long-distance and short-distance attack, briefly unified the world and passed away not long after.

He also compromised and became the super ninja of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's younger brother because he lost to the strength of the Toyotomi family: Tokugawa Ieyasu took advantage of the situation to rebel, intending to take away the throne of the Toyotomi family's man of the world.

The Mori family stood firmly on the side of the Toyotomi family.

The Toyotomi Army and the Tokugawa Army—both sides with a total strength of more than 200,000—started a decisive battle in Sekigahara.

This battle to determine whether Japan's surname is Toyotomi or Tokugawa was decided after only one day. Toyotomi, who was backstabbed by Wuzai, was defeated.

Tokugawa Ieyasu, who established his hegemony in the Battle of Sekigahara, was awarded the title of Great General Who Conquered Barbarians three years later and established the Edo Shogunate.

As the defeated party in the Sekigahara War, the Mori clan was severely punished by the Edo shogunate—the territory of 1.2 million shi was reduced to only 299,000 shi.

The Changzhou Fan, whose income dropped sharply due to this big reduction, had to re-measure the land in order to support a large number of warriors under its command and maintain the normal operation of the clan. After a series of arduous land inspections, the stone height was finally restored to 369,000 shi.

The huge hegemony of the Mori Clan was destroyed by the Tokugawa Clan... The vassals of the Changzhou Clan were extremely unwilling.

This historical grievance made quite a few Changzhou vassals extremely hostile to the Edo shogunate.

According to legend: Because Edo is located in the east of the Changzhou clan, many Changzhou clansmen would move their feet a bit when lying down, and point their soles to the east, which means stepping the Edo shogunate under their feet. .

As for the Edo shogunate, they also disliked the Changzhou clan.

As the saying goes: a skinny camel is bigger than a horse... What's more, this camel is not skinny.

Although the land area and annual agricultural output of the Changzhou clan that was dismembered by the Edo shogunate were only a fraction of the peak period, its commerce was extremely developed.

The Changzhou Domain straddles the Xiaguan Strait, which is necessary for all sea transportation between Tangtu, North Korea and Osaka.

Relying on this unique geographical advantage, the Changzhou Fan has accumulated massive wealth through trade and transportation.

The actual annual income of the whole clan ranks among the top among the Three Hundred Princes.

Constantly cutting and resolving historical grievances + national power that cannot be underestimated = the Edo shogunate has always been extremely wary of the Changzhou Domain.

In recent years, as the authority of the Edo shogunate has gradually declined due to successive internal and external troubles, such a saying has gradually spread in the market——

The Edo Shogunate is weakened! The opportunity to end the curtain that has been waiting for three hundred years has come! The vassals of the Changzhou Domain are about to move!

Whether such a statement is true or not is still unknown, but the existence of such rumors undoubtedly aggravated the tension between Tokugawa samurai and Maori samurai.

At the moment when the civil relations between the Edo Shogunate and the Changzhou Domain are delicate, a member of the Choshu Domain was found in the remnant party of the Barbarians who tossed Edo miserably... Such a signal is hard to ignore.

Shinsaku Takasugi did not report his name, and his self-introduction continued:

Friends who are close to me like to call me 'Changzhou madman'.

Takasugi Shin smiled.

I quite like this nickname, so I took a nickname for myself: 'Oriental One Kuangsheng'. Nioh, if you think my name sounds awkward, you can call me 'Kangsheng' directly.

Qingdeng ignored Shinsaku Takasugi's witty words.

Why are people from Changzhou Fan here?

King Ni, it's a bit strange for you to ask this question. Which law stipulates that people from the Changzhou Domain cannot enter Edo?

Then let me change the question - since you are not a member of the barbarian group, why are you here?

This...

Shinsaku Takasugi shrugged.

This kind of question is irrelevant. King Ni, it's rare for you and me to be alone. Let's talk about something more interesting.

Something more interesting? Qing Dengpi smiled, For example?

Hehe, then I'll just say it straight - King Ni, I admire your talent very much. Would you like to serve me in Changzhou?

Shinsaku Takasugi put on a peaceful smile.

But just when he opened his mouth and was about to say something more——

Thank you for your kindness. I don't want to.

Qingdeng threw the olive branch thrown by Shinsaku Takasugi back along the original path without hesitation.

For a while, Shinsaku Takasugi was stunned.

After staring at Qing Deng for a few times, he smiled wryly and said quietly:

Ha...the refusal is so brisk...is our Changzhou Fan so unattractive?

It has nothing to do with the so-called 'attraction'. Qingdeng said calmly, Then I would like to ask you instead—if a vassal of the Aizu Domain asks you: 'Are you willing to serve the Aizu Domain?', you How would you respond to that?

To Qingdeng, who is Shinsaku Takasugi?

A stranger who didn't know his name until more than a minute ago...

Qingdeng had never been to the Changzhou Domain, nor did he have any friends living in the Changzhou Domain.

For a bad check offered by a stranger, he left everything he owns and went to a strange place separated from Edo by nearly half of Japan...Qingdeng's mind was flooded to accept this Outrageous invitation.

At this moment, Qingdeng couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart:

——I'm really popular now...

——Not only the group of unidentified mysterious people treated me politely, but even the people from the Changzhou Domain gave me favor, and even directly talked to win me over.

The so-called unidentified mysterious person refers to the group of mysterious people who claimed that we are not patriots. gang.

Qingdeng was very curious about the real identity of this guy for no reason.

In the past two months, he used his contacts and relationship channels from time to time to investigate those mysterious guys—but found nothing.

After listening to Qingdeng's ironic rhetorical question, Shinsaku Takasugi put his hands on his hips and smiled self-deprecatingly.

Well... That's true. If it were me, I would never accept such an abrupt 'invitation to become an official'. King Ren, I'm sorry, it's me, Meng Lang.

To tell you the truth—are you from Changzhou, or from somewhere else... I'm not interested in this. I only care about one thing right now—let's say, is it to fight or surrender?

... Shinsaku Takasugi raised his eyes and cast a meaningful look at Qingdeng.

Qingdeng: I don't think you're naive enough to think that I'll let you go because you claim you have nothing to do with the Barbarians?

Shinsaku Takasugi shrugged his shoulders, then spread his hands:

King Ni, as I said just now, I admire you very much, so if possible, I don't want to fight with you. Can't we live in peace?

That can't be done. Today is my first day in Huofu Thief. I don't want to be accused of 'letting the criminal leave' when I go out for the first time.

That's it... Shinsaku Takasugi murmured, Since that's the case...that's a pity...

Takasugi Shinsaku folded his hands behind his back and smiled silently.

Yagyu Xinyinliu... Shinsaku Takasugi.

At the same time, Qingdeng also laughed nonchalantly.

Natural mental flow——Juqingdeng.

On the east side of the long and narrow corridor where the two were, there was a thick wall with one window after another embedded.

At this moment, the moon climbed up.

The bright moonlight penetrated the window and shone into the corridor. Between Qingdeng and Takasugi Shinsaku, there is a cool color between silver and pearl.

In an instant... the next scene really happened in an instant.

Boom!

Boom!

2 huge stomping sounds exploded at the same time!

Aoto and Takasugi Shinsaku rushed towards each other at the same time! Their galloping figures and dancing blades disrupt the moonlight!

clang!

The two cold lights that hit each other turned into clangs of gold and iron striking each other.

The two swords collided and separated, collided and separated again.

The two knives collided repeatedly, wiping out a series of burst sparks.

The sparks generated when the two sides clashed with swords became the only light source besides Xiaohui in the long and narrow corridor under their feet.

Natural Lixin Flow · Ignorance Sword!

Qingdeng saw the opportunity, started with Xia Duan, and struck out one of his best sword skills.

Ding Guishen turned into a shooting star and fell straight into Takasugi Shinsaku's chest.

Shinsaku Takasugi turned his head to the side, causing Meteor to miss him regretfully.

However, this shooting star still had some results - it scratched the skirt of Takasugi Shinsaku.

Almost in the next instant, Shinsaku Takasugi launched a sharp counterattack. He quickly adjusted the position of the blade, and lifted it towards Qingdeng's waist from bottom to top.

With quick eyes and hands, Qingdeng retracted the stabbing sword, and deflected Shinsaku Takasugi's sword path with the blade of the sword.

Shinsaku Takasugi's offensive continued.

He put the knife back in front of him, let out a low cry, moved his steps to Qingdeng's left side, then sank down, swung the knife and attacked Qingdeng's left shoulder.

Qingdeng's body reacted one step ahead of his brain - he quickly took two steps back, and while dodging, he hit Takasugi Shin fiercely, but was relieved by the opponent who changed from offense to defense in time fend off.

Awesome...Qingdeng sighed inwardly.

Experts will know if there is one as soon as they make a move.

After several rounds of undecided confrontation, Qingdeng keenly realized that the person in front of him was not an ordinary person like Takataka Fujido.

Whether it is the skill of drawing the sword, or the strength and speed of swinging the sword, they are all commendable.

No wonder they were able to beat Team Seven to their knees...Qing Deng straightened his face and concentrated on fighting the enemy.

Coincidentally - at almost the same moment when Qingdeng straightened his face, Shinsaku Takasugi's expression also became serious.

Presumably, he should have also realized that Qingdeng's title of Nioh is not in vain.

The two put away their loose emotions and went all out, making the battle more intense in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the figures of the two separated several times under the moonlight, and then overlapped several times.

The strength of Takasugi Shinsaku cannot be underestimated. In terms of sword skills, he is indistinguishable from Qing Deng.

It's just that Shinsaku Takasugi doesn't have any advantage in another important factor that affects the process and outcome of the battle: physical fitness.

Whether it's strength, agility or endurance, Qingdeng, who possesses a string of talents such as Tiger's Arm, Eagle Eye +1, and Iron Lung, has an unshakable upper hand.

It was too late to say it, and the battlefield balance, which had been maintaining a stable balance, suddenly underwent a major change——

clang--!

After a collision sound that was so loud that one could not help but doubt that someone's knife must have been broken, the two of them took a step back and separated their positions.

Drink!

Shinsaku Takasugi shouted loudly from his throat, and placed the knife in his hand vertically in front of his chest, then pushed forward with both arms, and the tip of the knife hit Qingdeng's belly straight.

Qingdeng backed away, deflected Shinsaku Takasugi's sword aside, and then quickly swung the sword back to fight back.

Gao Shanjin jumped back lightly, and jumped out of Qingdeng's sword circle.

The moment his feet landed on the ground smoothly, he raised the blade of the sword, holding the momentum of the upper section, and galloped forward like a raging wave! Quickly swing the saber!

This time, facing Shinsaku Takasugi who was directly attacking, Qingdeng did not dodge or defend, but lowered the tip of the demon-fixing knife, changed to the next section of the sword, and faced Shinsaku Takasugi.

The two passed by.

At the moment of interlacing, the bodies of both sides seemed to fit tightly. The long sword in Qingdeng's hand drew two streaks of white light.

Qingdeng didn't even look behind him—a cloud of blood sprayed from Shinsaku Takasugi's body.

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