"Father, do you want to play in person?"
Whether it was Kondo or the other apprentices sitting around the edge of the dojo, they all looked surprised after seeing Shusuke raise his bamboo sword to Ayoto.
"Hoo hoo ho... I haven't been active for a long time recently." Zhouzhu twisted his shoulders, "I accompanied your mother back to her parents' house a few days ago, but it was so hard on me that my shoulders and waist are still extremely stiff until now. .”
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhouzhu immediately seemed to realize something and looked around hurriedly.
After confirming that his wife was nowhere to be seen, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and continued:
"There happens to be a new apprentice in the sword hall right now whose swordsmanship I have not yet seen with my own eyes."
"In this case, I can just take this opportunity to kill two birds with one stone - test the newcomer's strength and at the same time stretch my stiff arms and waist."
After saying that, Zhouzhu raised his eyebrows at Qingdeng.
"Tachibana-kun, you just finished a fight with Kondo. Do you want to take a rest now? Or do you want to start now?"
Qingdeng was stunned for a moment, and then quickly replied without thinking: "I can start now!"
Competing with Shusuke Kondo?
Just what Qingdeng wanted!
There was still a strong feeling of joy in Ayoto's chest because he had just obtained a new powerful talent, but he couldn't wait to see if there was anything hidden in the body of the third generation head of the natural Rishin-ryu clan. What a great talent.
Shusuke has already said that he will personally test Qingto's strength, so sons and apprentices like Kondo and others naturally have no ability or room to refute or argue.
Kondo obediently retreated to the edge of the dojo, making enough space for Ayoto and Shusuke.
"Huh?" Qingdeng realized at this moment that neither he nor Zhouzhu seemed to be wearing protective gear. "Master, aren't we wearing protective gear?"
"Hohoho, it's too troublesome to put on protective gear or something. I'm too lazy to put it on, so this is fine! Don't worry, I'm a very strong-skinned person. Just attack as much as you like. Don't be afraid of hurting me. You don’t need to be afraid of being hurt by me. An old man like me who has come from the ‘no protective gear era’ is best at how not to hurt people.”
Since Zhou Zhu said so, Qingdeng didn't say anything more.
He and Zhousuke squatted on the left and right sides of the dojo. After bowing to each other and saluting each other, Qingto and Zhousuke simulated the action of drawing a sword together, pulled out the bamboo sword pinned to the left waist, and then slowly stood up.
The moment Qingden stood up——
call!
A slender afterimage drew an arc and approached Qingdeng's legs!
Snapped!
Qingden felt bursts of pain coming from his left thigh.
After slashing Qingteng's left thigh with a horizontal slash, Zhousuke quickly took three steps back to widen the distance between him and Qingteng.
Looking at Zhousuke who had retreated three steps away from him, Qingden's pupils shrank sharply.
——I was stabbed...?
Qingdeng didn't see clearly the sword strike Zhou Zhu had just made, the timing of the sword strike, or the trajectory of the sword strike!
"Hoo ho ho, Mr. Ju, concentrate." Zhouzhu slowly lowered the blade and switched to the lower stance, "If you don't concentrate, you won't be able to swing the sword well."
After saying that, Zhouzhu moved his steps forward and approached Qingdeng again.
Seeing this, Qingdeng quickly took a deep breath and concentrated all his body, mind and attention.
Although Qingdeng had tensed up his nerves and widened his eyes, staring closely at the movements of Zhou's assistant and the trajectory of his sword.
But even so, he still couldn't see Zhousuke's sword clearly.
Zhou Zhu's bamboo sword fell like raindrops on Qingdeng's body.
Often, Zhousuke's bamboo sword would have already landed on Qingdeng, and then he would be surprised to realize: Ah, was his sword aimed at me?
Zhousuke is indeed what he said just now - he is very good at not hurting people.
Although Qingdeng has been stabbed "dozens of times in his body", all the places where he was stabbed hurt for a moment and soon disappeared.
Completely suppressed, let alone a counterattack, they couldn't even organize a decent defense.
The battle situation was obviously so overwhelmingly unfavorable... but Qingdeng's face did not show any signs of depression or dejection.
Rather... it's quite the opposite.
As expected, you can't judge a book by its appearance... A person who can become the head of a swordsmanship school cannot be a weakling.
The opponent in front of him was so powerful that he was completely suppressed. However, Qingden did not feel any fear or flinch.
Qingdeng now only feels that his heart is beating faster and faster.
As his heartbeat gradually accelerated, Qingdeng felt that his condition seemed to be getting better! I just feel that I am getting more and more motivated!
Feeling the changes in his body, Qingdeng was a little surprised at first, but he quickly realized it - this should be the effect of "Lonely Daring" being activated!
And in fact, it is indeed the case.
In the talent list, the new talent just obtained: "Lonely" has been blooming with bright golden light since just now!
And "The Talent of the Sword" also shines brightly at this moment, right after "The Lonely One"!
——Kondo Shusuke’s main attack direction...is my two legs...
——In that case... let's lower the blade a little...
——Holding the knife lighter... It seems to be easier to defend...
Taking advantage of the gap between Zhousuke's attacks, Qingden quickly lowered the blade.
The increase in swordsmanship talent is 50 times that of ordinary people... The effect of "Sword Talent" not only allows Qingden to practice swordsmanship much faster than ordinary people.
Another effect it brings is that when fighting people, it has extremely high sensitivity to "the changes and forms of the sword"!
Qingden only felt that his physical condition was getting better. At this time, he slowly realized that he... seemed to be able to vaguely see Shusuke's sword path!
Snapped!
Qingdeng swung the sword in his palm to his right side and blocked the bamboo sword that Zhou Zhu was slashing towards his left waist! Fended off Zhou Su's attack for the first time!
"Hoo ho..." Looking at Qingdeng who was suddenly able to block his sword, Zhou helped his extremely narrow eyes to slowly open wider.
After Qingteng successfully defended Shusuke's attack for the first time, the situation of the battle slowly changed.
Zhouzhu still suppressed Qingteng and beat him hard.
But Qingdeng is no longer unable to even take a blow from Zhou Zhu.
"The Talent of the Sword" allowed Qingden to adopt the most appropriate defensive strategy.
"Lonely" has made Qingdeng's physical condition improve in a straight line.
With the blessing of these two great talents, Qingdeng was unable to take a single sword blow before, but now he could barely take one or two sword blows after Zhou Zhu swung 10 swords.
Among the apprentices sitting on the edge of the dojo at this time, many of them were seeing Qingto for the first time, and they didn't know that they had another swordsman genius after Okita in their training hall.
Seeing Qingdeng who was able to change from being "unable to parry" to "somewhat able to block a few moves" under Shushu's sword in such a short period of time, they all opened their eyes wide and were stunned. .
As for Kondo, who had already known Aoto's talent, he crossed his arms across his chest and showed a satisfied smile to Shusuke.
This look seemed to be saying to Zhou Zhu: Look, father, I was right, right? Tachibana-kun's swordsmanship talent is indeed not inferior to that of Souji!
The smile Kondo showed was destined to be impossible for Zhousuke to see.
Because Zhousuke is now focusing his whole body and mind on Qingden in front of him.
"Hahahaha... can you realize so quickly what to do to defend against my attack more efficiently..." Zhousuke, who had a wider smile on his lips, spoke in a voice that only he could hear clearly. Whispering softly, "So... I wonder how your 'sense of smell' is..."
As soon as the murmur fell, Zhou Zhu suddenly stopped attacking Qingdeng and retreated quickly.
After retreating a full five steps away from Qingdeng, Zhou Su stopped retreating.
After stopping, Zhousuke held the bamboo sword in front of him in a mid-section posture and moved it slightly to the right...
The deviation is very slight. If you don't look carefully, you may not be able to see that the position of the bamboo sword in Assistant Zhou has changed.
While tilting the bamboo sword in his hand slightly to the right, Zhousuke also slightly changed his body's center of gravity. He tilted his body's center of gravity slightly to the right.
The change in Zhousuke's body center of gravity is also the same as his sword - if you don't look carefully, you may not even notice the change.
At this moment, looking at Zhousuke standing five steps away with a sword, Qingdeng didn't know why... he just felt like an electric current was flowing through his brain.
I can't explain why, but for no reason, a thought flashed through Qingto's mind - now is a good time to counterattack Shusuke!
As soon as this idea flashed through Qingdeng's mind, he immediately followed his heart like an instinctive reaction or a conditioned reflex.
The footsteps slide and the ground makes a sound!
Qingdeng got close to where his sword could hit Zhou Zhu in one breath. He raised his bamboo sword high and advanced towards Zhou Zhu from the top of the road!
"Hoo hoo ho..." Looking at the bamboo sword falling towards his shoulder, Zhouzhu chuckled with a bit of joy.
When Aoden's bamboo sword just missed hitting Shusuke's shoulder——
Snapped!
Zhouzhu's bamboo sword arrived in time and blocked Qingdeng's attack.
Seeing that Qingteng's rare counterattack was blocked by Zhou Zhu, some of the apprentices sitting on the edge of the dojo and watching looked shocked. They had just seen Qingteng's momentum and thought that Qingteng's attack just now might be effective and capable of hitting. Here's Nakasuke.
Qingteng, who failed to hold back his strength well, followed the forward momentum and crossed paths with Shusuke. He ran two steps behind Shushu before he stopped his inertia and turned around.
But when Qingden turned around, a look of astonishment immediately appeared on his cheeks.
Because he saw - Shusuke was covering his right shoulder with his left hand in pain.
"Father?" Upon seeing this, Kondo's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly stood up and ran towards Shusuke.
The other apprentices hurriedly followed, and together with Kondo, they surrounded Zhousuke with worried expressions.
Qingdeng, who didn't understand what was going on, put down the bamboo sword in his hand and ran towards Zhou Zhu.
"It's okay, it's okay." Zhousuke smiled and waved to Kondo, Aoto and others, "It's just an old problem. My right shoulder is a little sore. Just rest."
After making Kondo and others feel relieved, Shusuke smiled and turned his attention to Aoto who was standing next to him.
"I wanted to fight you for a little longer." Zhousuke said in a helpless tone, "But my right shoulder seems to have been over-moved..."
"There is no other way. The test of your strength can only end here."
Zhou Assistant handed the bamboo sword in his hand to an apprentice beside him and motioned for him to put the bamboo sword away.
The cold system sound sounded in Qingdeng's mind at this moment:
【Ding! Scan to talent]
[Successfully copied talent: "Eagle Eye"]
[Talent introduction: Dynamic vision is far stronger than ordinary people]
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