--arrow!
Seeing the arrows flying through the air, Qingden frowned sharply. He pressed his back against the wall of the alley next to him, raised his head slightly, and poked out the garbage heap where he and Nagakura were currently hiding.
At the entrance to the west side of the alley, I don't know when three more warriors appeared with double swords on their waists, holding broads and bows.
Beside the three archers, two warriors shouted urgently to the people still alive in the alley: "Take those who are still alive and leave quickly!" - These two warriors were the ones who had just retreated. The Peace Party".
It turned out that the retreat of the two of them just now was not to escape, but to find support.
After seeing their companions being chopped down by Qingden like melons and vegetables, the two of them knew that if they continued like this, their entire army would be annihilated sooner or later.
No more fighting! Must withdraw! Evacuate as much as they can - with this idea in mind, the two men hurried back to the nearby stronghold to bring in reinforcements.
The reason why the bearded man "led" Qingdeng here was because they had a small stronghold located here... This is why they were able to dispatch 18 people here at once to intercept Qingdeng.
Because it is only a small stronghold, there are not many helpers available.
These three archers holding broads and bows were all the reinforcements they could bring in after they hurried back to the stronghold.
"Tachibana Aoden's swordsmanship is too strong. Fighting with him in close combat is completely asking for death. You must use bows and arrows to suppress him." - At the strong request of the two people who came to move the rescuers, the two of them found The three reinforcements who came brought the only three sets of bows and arrows stored in their stronghold.
After all the arrows they had just shot fell into the air, the three archers quickly touched their right hands to their lower backs, took out a new arrow from the quiver hanging on their lower backs, and stringed the arrows.
People with sharp eyes can see that the level of archery skills of these three archers is uneven by just observing the arrow changing movements of these three archers.
The archery skills of the two young men standing on the left and right sides were very average at first glance. The movement of changing arrows was extremely jerky. One of them even almost dropped the arrow in his hand.
Only the middle-aged man with a thick beard standing on his chin moved very quickly and skillfully. He took out a new arrow from the quiver and put the new arrow on the bowstring smoothly and in one go. You can tell by looking at him that he is a skilled archer.
And the next performance of this middle-aged man with a beard on his chin also showed the demeanor of a "master of archery".
As soon as Qingteng poked his head out of the garbage heap where he and Nagakura were hiding, the "middle-aged man with a beard" immediately focused his eyes, glared viciously in Qingteng's direction, raised his bow and shot!
Woo——!
The extremely harsh and sharp sound of breaking through the air echoed through the entire alley again.
The arrow with a brown shaft turned into a brown beam, cutting through the atmosphere of the alley. This slender beam shot straight towards Qingden's head that was sticking out of the garbage pile.
Qingden, whose pupils shrank slightly, retracted his head behind the garbage pile with a speed and movement that seemed like a conditioned reflex.
Poof!
The arrow sank deeply into a large sack containing something unknown in the garbage pile - the place where the arrow hit was less than 2 inches away from where Qingden had just stuck his head out.
——The guy with the beard on his chin is a master of archery...
Qingdeng's heart sank slightly.
The appearance of the reinforcements and the shouting of "Take those who are still alive and leave!" made those still alive in the alley wake up from a dream.
They hurriedly dragged their comrades who were still breathing and alive, and fled in a hurry toward the direction where the reinforcements appeared...that is, the alley on the west side.
Seeing this, Yongcang hurriedly said to Qingden beside him:
"Mr. Tachibana, what should we do now? If this continues, these people will escape."
"..." Qingdeng did not respond to Nagacang.
Qingdeng, who was concentrating on thinking about ways to defeat the enemy, now had no time to pay attention to any unimportant information from the outside world.
For Qingdeng, the outcome he least expected to see was naturally that the group of people escaped successfully and failed to capture a few survivors.
The biggest problem facing Qingdeng now... is "how to deal with the opponent's shooting support."
A total of three archers stood guard at the entrance of the alley to cover the evacuation of their companions. One of these three archers was very skilled in archery.
The garbage pile where Qingto and Nagakura are currently hiding is very large and thick. As long as they hide behind the garbage pile, they don't have to worry about being hit by arrows.
But if you casually show up or leave this garbage dump, you will definitely be shot by these three archers.
The Japanese Japanese bow, also known as the "big bow", has a total length of more than 2 meters and is extremely powerful.
Qingzhen remembered that in his previous life, he had heard of an experiment to test the power of the Japanese bow: After adding 23kg of force to a Japanese bow and equipping it with heavy arrowheads, a high-speed camera was used to record that the Japanese bow only moved 34 times per second. With a muzzle velocity of 1 meter, it can easily penetrate the human body up to 30cm.
If you are hit by an arrow shot by a master...then your body will most likely be shot through.
Unfortunately - the enemy happened to have a person with a very high level of archery skills.
After seeing Qingtou looking deep in thought, Nagakura conspicuously closed his mouth and stopped speaking. At the same time, he also slowed down his breathing, for fear that his every move, word and deed would It affects Qingdeng’s thinking.
Nagakura has one thing that can be considered an advantage - he is very self-aware of his own IQ level, and he never forces himself to do some intellectual work that he cannot solve at all.
When encountering intellectual tasks that are difficult for him to solve, he will avoid them or simply let others handle them for him.
The two brothers Nagakura and Harada... can be regarded as the "idiot duo" in "Aoto Squad".
However, although both of them are stupid, their stupidity is in different directions.
Harada's "stupidity" is due to his lack of education and lack of habit of using his brain to think about problems. Whenever he encounters something that requires him to use his brain, he will habitually give up and run away.
Yongcang's cultural level is quite good, he knows a lot of Chinese characters, and he can also say a few famous sentences from Han classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics. His "stupidity" is simply because his brain is not bright enough...
After Qingden pondered thoughtfully for a moment, he raised his hand to touch the wakizashi hanging on his left waist, but it turned out to be empty - he had forgotten that his wakizashi was still on the one he had just worn. Inside the body of the stabbed dwarf.
"Nagakura, please lend me your wakizashi."
Although Nagakura didn't understand why Aoto suddenly wanted to borrow his wakizashi, he immediately pulled out the wakizashi from his waist without saying a word and handed it to Aoto.
After receiving the wakizashi from Nagakura, Aomori raised the wakizashi, stuck the flat blade out of the garbage pile, and used the smooth and bright blade surface as a mirror to view the scene outside the garbage pile.
Although the image reflected on the blade is a little blurry... it's barely enough to be seen.
Those who were still alive, along with the injured who were still alive, all escaped from the alley and disappeared from Qingdeng's sight.
Only the three archers remained at the entrance of the alley - it is not difficult to see that the three of them were blocking the retreat for their companions, preventing Qingto and Nagakura from pursuing them, and buying enough time for their companions to evacuate.
"Mr. Tachibana." Nagakura, who was looking at the scene reflected on the blade with Aomori, said with a hint of anxiety in his tone, "It's troublesome... all those guys have escaped!"
Compared to Nagakura's anxiety... Qingto is much calmer.
"...Who said that?" Qingdeng said calmly, "Aren't there... three people who haven't left here?"
After saying that, Qingden tilted the side of his hand slightly, and then stared at the figures of the three archers reflected on the blade with meaningful eyes.
Nagakura, who understood what Qingden meant, glared and smacked his lips a few times: "Mr. Tachibana, do you... want to capture those three archers alive?"
"Other than that, there is no other way. I am chasing people and killing people today...I don't want to work in vain. I have to find a way to catch someone who can be used to question and deceive. Only the living words of intelligence will do."
After finishing speaking, Aomori handed the wakizashi in his hand back to Nagakura.
——About 20 meters...
While using the blade of Wakizashi's sword to examine the scene outside the garbage dump, Aomori roughly visually measured the distance between them and the three archers.
There is a straight alley from the garbage dump where he and Nagakura are hiding to the entrance of the alley where the three archers are.
The length of this straight alley is about 20 meters.
If you want to capture the three archers alive, you must try to survive their shots and pass through the 20-meter distance.
As long as he can manage to cross the 20-meter distance and reach the three archers... then the next thing will be easy.
Qingdeng suddenly realized that he had experienced many firsts today.
It was the first time I saw the Western swordsmanship of this era.
This is the first time I have to deal with so many enemies single-handedly.
The first time I faced an archer.
Qingdeng's initial idea was to find a shield that could be used to block arrows.
Looking around...Qingden actually found something that could be used as a shield-a large wooden board nearly 2 meters long and 1 meter wide.
This large wooden board was thrown in the garbage pile where Qingdeng used to hide. It seemed that it was the scrap left after renovating the house.
After thinking about it again and again, Qingdeng gave up the idea of using the big wooden board as a shield.
Although this wooden board is large, its thickness is really too thin...the thickest part is only about 3 centimeters.
Such a thin board... Qingdeng felt that it was too reluctant to use it to block the arrows shot by the bow...
At this time, Qingden suddenly caught a glimpse of the empty sake bottle lying at his feet.
Looking at this sake bottle... a flash of inspiration occurred - a bold idea suddenly flashed through Qingto's mind.
Qingden raised his head and looked at the houses on both sides of the alley.
"...Nagakura, put your ear closer. Now I've thought of a plan that I need your help with."
Qingden put his lips close to Nagakura's ear and whispered something to Nagakura in a low voice.
"... Mr. Tachibana." Nagakura looked at Qingden blankly, with an expression as if he had heard some shocking secret, "Are you... not taking too much risk?"
Qingden smiled fearlessly: "It's strange - I forget when it started. I became less and less afraid of death."
Qingdeng put his hand into his arms and took out the pocket paper he carried with him. While wiping off the remaining blood and fat on the Dingguishen Sword, he poked his head out of the garbage pile again and quietly observed the objects that were still left in the alley on the west side. The three archers who did not leave.
"...I understand." Nagakura nodded solemnly, "Mr. Orange, I wish you good luck in martial arts."
The corners of Qingdeng's lips raised: "I accept your good words."
Qingdeng threw the paper on the ground after wiping the blade and said calmly: "Let's get started."
Nagakura nodded vigorously, then raised his hand and grabbed the sake bottle that fell at Qingto's feet.
In the next moment, Nagakura took a deep breath and threw the sake bottle he just grabbed out of the garbage pile in the direction of the three archers!
His strong body is like a large slingshot, his long and strong arms are the rubber bands of the slingshot, and the sake bottle is its ammunition!
The sake bottle that was thrown away was spinning and flying. After flying to the highest point in the air, it drew a beautiful parabola and fell to the ground, turning into countless pieces.
The sound of the sake bottle being smashed was like the sound of gunshots that startled countless birds in the forest.
The nerves of the three archers who were covering the retreat of their companions were actually tense all the time.
Worry about whether my companions have escaped...
Fear of Qingden’s strength...
The mixture of these emotions made their nerves like extremely tight threads, as if they would break at any time if any external force was added.
The sudden explosion and shattering sound of the sake bottle was the external force that disconnected their tense nerves.
After catching a glimpse of an unidentified object suddenly flying out from behind the garbage pile where Qingto and Nagakura were hiding, the three archers quickly turned their eyes as if facing a formidable enemy and captured the "UFO" with their sight.
After seeing clearly that this "UFO" was just a sake bottle, the "middle-aged man with a beard" and the young man standing on his right became relieved.
But the other young man...that is, the young man standing to the left of the "middle-aged man with a beard", he does not have such a good psychological quality.
He was too nervous. After being frightened by the flying sake bottle, he hurriedly raised his hand to open the bow, and released the arrow that had been placed on the bow string and was always ready to shoot. The arrow hit the ground not far from where the sake bottle landed.
He actually succeeded in deceiving an arrow - this was actually an unexpected surprise for Qingdeng.
Qingden had no intention of relying on this sake bottle to seduce the archers into shooting arrows.
Qingden's initial plan was to use this sake bottle to help him attract the attention of the three archers outside!
At the moment when the attention of the archers headed by the "middle-aged man with a beard" was distracted by the sake bottle thrown by Nagakura, Ayoto dryland plucked up the green onions and grabbed the tree under the eaves of the nearby house. The rafters, and then Qingden flipped up like origami and stood on the roof.
Then in the next moment - the talent exploded "leading the way"!
Qingdeng, who holds the ghosts and gods tightly in his right hand, rushes straight towards the "middle-aged man with a beard" and others along the roofs of the row of houses at his feet with the force of chasing the wind and lightning!
Passing over the rooftops, the eaves and the scenery on both sides flashed quickly before my eyes... Aoto, who was running at high speed, faced a strong wind. The strong wind pressure made Aoto's kimono and hakama rustle. !
Since he started to support Mai Kinoshita's "Phantom Thief Business" as a "Fox Monk" and danced up and down the streets of Edo with Mai so many times at night, Aoto's ability to parkour on the roof has become more and more obvious. Unconsciously, I got a very obvious improvement.
The alley is so narrow, and there is a straight path from the hidden garbage pile to the entrance of the alley where the targets are.
Without any protection, just rushing straight towards the "middle-aged man with a beard" and others along this straight alleyway... will only become a living target with no room to hide.
Therefore, Qingden thought: Since there is no way to approach the three archers from the ground, let's go to the roof next to the alley instead!
If you switch to the roof next to the alley, for the archers, it will change from two-dimensional "planar shooting" to three-dimensional "stereoscopic shooting", and the difficulty of shooting will increase linearly!
In this way, the chances of approaching the "bearded middle-aged man" and others with all his beard and tail will be greatly improved!
Qingdeng suddenly climbed onto the roof and rushed toward them, startling the "middle-aged man with a beard" and others.
The two young men with average archery skills hurriedly raised their Japanese bows and started shooting like crazy for free, repeating the series of actions of "shooting - pulling out new arrows - nocking arrows - shooting again".
It was too difficult for these two people, who were still very unskilled, to hit a target that was moving at high speed using three-dimensional shooting.
The two of them shot a large number of arrows in a very short period of time...but none of them successfully hit Qingdeng.
Arrows that missed one after another flew past Qingdeng's side, bringing with them a sound that made his scalp feel cold.
Qingdeng's spirit... was now terrifyingly focused.
With his eyes wide open, he stared straight at his target and the archers who kept raising their bows without blinking!
The talent effect of "Gathering God"... should be brought to its maximum now.
"Eagle Eye", "Gathering God", and "Lonely Daring" - these three talents are superimposed on each other and work together, making Qingdeng's current dynamic vision reach unprecedented heights!
Those arrows that in the eyes of others were so fast that they were just shadows, became traceable in Qingdeng's eyes!
20 meters, 18 meters, 15 meters...
Being quickly pulled closer... This determines whether Qingdeng's body will be penetrated by arrows, or whether Qingdeng's archers will be able to successfully close up with a mere 20 meters distance!
The "middle-aged man with a beard" did not rush out arrows like the young people standing on his left and right.
He was holding his breath, his sharp eyes fixed on Qingdeng's getting closer and closer. His posture... was very much like an eagle soaring in the sky, always ready to swoop down to the ground to catch its prey.
Cha——The "middle-aged man with a beard" spread his legs further apart, then raised his hand and bow with quick and unhurried movements, stabilized the arrow, and tightened the string while aiming at the trajectory... Strong strength accumulated on his waist and arms.
Just when Qingdeng's figure reached only about 10 meters away from the alley entrance, at this lightning opportunity... the eyes of the "middle-aged man with a beard" that were originally half-closed suddenly widened!
In an instant, the tight force bounced from the arms of the "middle-aged man with a beard", and the sound of breaking through the air was heard!
This "middle-aged man with a beard"'s archery skills are indeed much better than those of the two young men standing on his left and right.
I saw that the arrow released by the "middle-aged man with a beard" cut through the air filled with the smell of blood that accumulated in and above the alley! With far more power, speed and accuracy than any arrow fired by the two young men before, it flew straight towards Qingdeng's head!
The arrow clusters braving the cold light quickly enlarged within Qingdeng's field of vision. As the arrow clusters continued to enlarge, Qingdeng's pupils narrowed rapidly at the same speed.
Just when Qingdeng's pupils shrank to the size of pinholes——
laugh--!
Qingdeng tilted his head hard to the left, and the arrow caused a hot wind due to violent friction with the surrounding air, and just grazed Qingdeng's right cheek. With a "chi" sound, it hit Qingdeng's right cheek. There was a shallow bloodstain left on it.
Maybe he didn't expect Qingdeng to be able to dodge the arrows he aimed carefully and shot with all his strength... The face of the "middle-aged man with a beard" was instantly filled with astonishment, and he hurriedly took it from the quiver on his back. Shoot a new arrow.
However... it was too late.
At this moment, the distance between Qingdeng and the "middle-aged man with a beard" and others... was only 3 meters!
Qingden took a deep breath, then jumped up, jumping down from the roof like a big bird!
Now Qingden has become a falcon swooping down towards its prey!
When leaping up, Qingteng held the sword with both hands and raised Dingguishen high.
Taking advantage of the momentum of the jump, Qingden, who held the sword with both hands, swung down the Dingguishen that was raised above his head and struck the young man standing on the right side of the "middle-aged man with a beard".
The young man panicked and subconsciously raised his bow, trying to block Qingdeng's chop with the bow in his hand.
One wonders—how could a wooden bow withstand the slashing of a steel sword?
There was only a loud "click" sound, and the bow body and bow strings all broke apart.
When the sword cut off the young man's bow, Qingdeng's feet landed firmly on the ground.
The moment his feet touched the solid ground, Qingden flew up and kicked the young man in the belly who had just broken his bow.
The foot feels very good.
The young man who was kicked out by Qingden curled up like a soft-footed shrimp and fell to the ground, moaning and unable to get up again.
The "middle-aged man with a beard" gritted his teeth, took a step back, stabilized his bow and arrow, and pointed the arrow cluster at Qingdeng, who was very close to him.
Wanting to shoot Qingdeng at close range... Although the "middle-aged man with a beard" had a good idea, Qingdeng obviously would not let him get his wish.
At the moment when the fingers of the "bearded middle-aged man" were about to let go of the bowstring, the electric light was exposed - the sword flashed!
The silver-white blade of the Dingguishen pulls out an arc-shaped silver line.
Wherever this silver line passes, it will be broken by anyone who dares to do so!
Before the "middle-aged man with a beard" had time to release his arrow, his bow had been cut in half.
Immediately afterwards, Qingdeng stretched his right shoulder slightly forward and slammed his right shoulder into the chest of the "middle-aged man with a beard".
The "middle-aged man with a beard" who was knocked to the ground coughed hard several times and tried hard to stand up again, but after several efforts, he ultimately failed.
【Ding! Scan to talent]
[Successfully copied talent: "Master of the Bow"]
[Talent introduction: The increase in archery talent is 10 times the average level of ordinary people]
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The author is also very satisfied with the quality of this chapter. It would be outrageous not to give a monthly ticket (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)
By the way, some book friends actually told me seriously that the plot of "fighting 18 samurai alone" in the previous chapter was too unreasonable. If you can defeat 1 against 10, you are already a sword master... Brother, can you please stop? Is it unreasonable to popularize the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms that I think I know so well in martial arts...? (leopard death.jpg)
