I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Therefore, Ogata only has rich experience in fighting swordsmen of Sakakibara's swordsmanship.

Almost no experience in fighting swordsmen of the Katori Shinto style.

But—even if he doesn't have experience fighting swordsmen of the Katori Shinto style, it doesn't prevent Ogata from defeating his opponent.

The reason why Ogata said such a lot of sarcasm just now was not just for the sake of quick tongue.

Long before the fight, Ogata was paving the way for his victory.

The reason why he said such a lot of sarcasm just now was just to make the opponent's heart agitated.

Let the opponent—that is, Itagaki fail to maintain a calm heart to fight Ogata.

Ogata's strategy was very successful.

Stimulated by Ogata's taunt just now, Itagaki's mentality was visibly disturbed.

It is impossible to maintain a calm mind to choose the appropriate attacking timing, attacking method, and attacking angle.

In terms of strength, according to Ogata's estimation - this Itagaki should be about the same as him.

If both of them maintain a calm state of mind, it is still unknown who will win.

But now Itagaki's heart is disturbed.

Who has the upper hand at the moment - it's obvious.

……

……

Itagaki slashed at Ogata's shoulder with the high-raised scabbard.

And Ogata took half a step back without panic, so that he could just dodge Itagaki's slash.

Ogata was not in a hurry to attack.

Just keep defending or dodging Itagaki

Itagaki's heart was not quiet at all.

The delay in hitting Ogata made Itagaki's heart even more confused.

While the whole person became frizzy, the attacks gradually became more and more chaotic.

Ogata kept defending or dodging, constantly consuming Itagaki's physical strength.

At the same time, Itagaki's heart became more and more chaotic.

As long as a person's physical strength declines and his mentality is unstable, various flaws will continue to appear.

Like - now.

After Itagaki performed the chop just now, he didn't know whether his arms were sore or his body was tired. In short——his feet that were firmly on the ground became unstable.

Ogata had been waiting for this moment.

Adjusting his breathing, stepping in, narrowing the distance between himself and Itagaki, flexing and stretching his upper body, splitting the scabbard in his hand from bottom to top—Ogata's movements were done in one go, like flowing water.

The sword technique used by Ogata is exactly the climbing tower of Sakakibara Ittoryu.

The tip of the sheath raised from bottom to top precisely focused on Itagaki's right shoulder.

Ogata's original intention was to teach this guy who harassed Ah Fu a lesson, and to ask this guy to apologize to Ah Fu obediently.

Didn't want to hurt or kill him.

So Ogata's climb to the tower was actually restrained, and he also controlled the direction of his attack.

If Ogata is willing, Ogata can aim at Itagaki's chin and slash hard.

But if he did this, Itagaki might be seriously injured even if he didn't die.

So Ogata only aimed at Itagaki's right shoulder, holding back his strength, and just hurt him.

"Well!"

Itagaki let out a cry of pain, staggered back a few steps, and fell heavily to the ground.

And the moment Itagaki fell to the ground, the system sound began to sound in Ogata's mind.

Chapter 18 Exclusive Skill Points [Please recommend!Ask for collection! 】

【Ding!Use Sakakibara Ichidou Ryu to climb the building and defeat the enemy]

[Gain 60 personal experience points, 80 experience points for swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ichidou"]

【Ding!When the experience value is full, the personal level will be upgraded by 1, and the skill point will be obtained by 1 point]

【Ding!When the experience value is full, Sakakibara's Ichidou level will increase by 1 stage, and he will gain 2 skill points]

【Ding!Sakakibara Ichidou level reaches tier 5, rewards Sakakibara Ichidou exclusive skill points with 3 points]

[Current remaining skill points: 5 points.Sakakibara Ichikatsu-style exclusive skill points: 3 points]

[Current personal level: LV9 (30/800)]

[Sakakibara Ichikatsu level: 5th stage (0/900)]

For Ogata, the upgraded notification sound is extremely pleasant.

Ogata dared to swear that this was the longest system beep he had ever heard since he came to the Edo period.

All kinds of unfamiliar information dazzled Ogata.

——Exclusive skill points?What is this?

Ogata thought to himself suspiciously.

——Why didn’t you give me this thing when Sakakibara’s swordsman leveled up?

——Could it be that... These martial arts schools have to wait for a certain level before they can get these exclusive skill points...?

While Ogata was still confused by the sudden pile of strange information, Itagaki's other three partners rushed forward and helped Itagaki who had fallen to the ground.

"Itagaki, are you alright?"

"Are you injured?"

……

With the support of three companions, Itagaki said while covering his right shoulder that was hit just now:

"I'm fine..."

After confirming that Itagaki was fine, his three companions breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, the three of them turned their heads in unison and glared at Ogata.

"You bastard...!" One of them gritted his teeth and stared at Ogata.

At this time, Ogata also temporarily pulled his thoughts away from the confusion about the large number of unfamiliar system sounds just now, and turned his thoughts back to reality.

"Why?" Ogata stared at them with calm eyes, "I had an upright duel with him, and then I won upright—is there anything unconvinced?"

Itagaki's three companions faltered, as if trying to think of some suitable words to reprimand Ogata.

But after thinking for a long time, none of Itagaki's three companions could say a word.

Because what Ogata said just now is very reasonable.

Ogata and Itagaki are an upright duel.

No one is playing tricks.

The two confronted each other dignifiedly, and Ogata won dignifiedly——there was nothing to criticize.

After thinking for a long time but failing to come up with a word that could be used to angrily reprimand Ogata, the three fled the place quickly with Itagaki supported.

When fleeing, those three people did not forget to put down a cruel sentence:

"You bastard! Wait for me!"

Facing their "ruthless words" that were almost bluffing, Ogata didn't take it seriously at all.

After they completely left Ogata's field of vision, Ogata finally remembered an important thing.

That is - that Itagaki hasn't apologized to Ah Fu yet.

"Hey! Don't run! You haven't apologized yet!"

While shouting, Ogata quickly picked up the sword he had put aside just now, put the sword back into its sheath, and prepared to chase Itagaki and the others.

However, before Ogata had time to run a few steps, Ah Fu's voice suddenly entered Ogata's ears:

"It's okay! Ogata-sama! Don't chase them! After seeing you beat that guy up, I'm not angry anymore!"

Hearing Ah Fu's shout, Ogata slowly stopped in his tracks.

"But..." Ogata hesitated.

Before Ogata had time to finish speaking, Ah Fu, who was standing not far away, smiled at Ogata:

"It's okay, I've calmed down, so I don't need their apology anymore."

"And—I don't want to see them again."

Seeing that Ah Fu said so, Ogata could only give up.

The group of spectators just now dispersed after seeing that the good show of the warrior duel was over.

In twos and threes, they returned to the floating house and continued to drink.

And Ogata also returned to his workplace - sitting at the gate of Liuya.

After sitting down at the gate of Liuwu, Xufang couldn't wait to open his system interface.

Through the Datong system sound just now, Ogata understood that the system in his mind still has many functions waiting for him to explore and develop slowly.

The functions carried by the system far exceeded Ogata's initial vision.

Looking at his own system interface, Ogata thought to himself:

——When I just defeated Itagaki, my personal experience points were 60 points, and Sakakibara's experience points were 80 points...

——For defeating Makino once, only 20 points will be added to the personal experience value and the experience value of the sword skill genre...

——Defeating that Itagaki, why can I get so many experience points...

——The experience points obtained after defeating Itagaki even surpassed the experience points obtained after defeating senior brother Mikami...

——But that Itagaki's strength is definitely not as strong as Mikami's brother...

When hearing the series of system sounds in his mind just now, Ooyoshi keenly discovered a problem - when defeating Itagaki, the experience points obtained seemed to be too much.

It directly upgrades both Ogata's personal level and Sakakibara Ichidou's level.

Ogata originally thought that the amount of experience points he gained was related to the strength of the enemies he faced.

The stronger the enemy, the higher the experience points you will get after defeating him.

The weaker the enemy, the less experience points you get for defeating them.

But now it seems that Ogata's assumption seems to be wrong.

The amount of experience points gained after defeating the enemy does not seem to be only related to the strength of the enemy.

That Itagaki's strength is definitely not as strong as Mikami's, but the experience points obtained after defeating him far exceed the experience points obtained from defeating Mikami.

Ogata pondered for a while, and finally came up with a reasonable explanation on his own.

The amount of experience points gained after defeating the enemy should also be related to the enemy's "killing intent".

When they competed with the brothers like Makino and Mikami, they all came to compete with Ogata with a friendly attitude and did not want to hurt Ogata.

Because their swords have no killing intent, they don't get much experience points.

But the Itagaki just now was not like this.

Itagaki didn't come to fight Ogata with any kindness.

He came to compete with Ogata with the attitude that he would not hesitate to hurt Ogata.

Itagaki's sword has a heavier "killing intent".

Therefore, after defeating Itagaki, the experience points obtained will far exceed the experience points obtained after defeating Mikami.

Although I don't know whether my inference is correct, but this is the most reasonable explanation that Ogata can come up with for the question "why do you gain so much experience from defeating Itagaki?"