The nine people who suddenly blocked Qingdeng formed a thick human wall, blocking Qingdeng and Lu Xiu.

Whether it was the nine people blocking Qingdeng's path or the nine people blocking Qingdeng's back, they were all without exception - they all wore two swords, one long and one short, hanging on their waists.

Seeing this, Qingdeng's face darkened, his steps stopped, and the straw sandals on his feet wiped two white marks on the dusty ground.

After stabilizing his body, Qingdeng raised his left hand to steady the Ding Guishen on his left waist.

His eyes wandering from back to front, one by one, he glanced at the faces of the 18 warriors who were blocking him in this alley.

Qingdeng was not very familiar with this neighborhood. During the chase just now, he vaguely saw that this was a samurai area where warriors gathered. There were few people and it was quite deserted.

In Edo, many samurai settlements were sparsely populated.

Nearly 80% of the land in Edo is "samurai land" where only samurai can live, and "temple land" used only by religious people. The other 20% of the land is "machi land", which is used by common people.

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Samurai and religious people occupied most of the land in Edo, but their total population only accounted for 20% of the total population of Edo.

On the other hand, the common people, who account for more than 80% of the city's total population, can only live in narrow town areas...

Therefore, this created a consequence-the population distribution of Edo was extremely polarized.

Many samurai places are deserted every day, with very few people walking on the streets. But in the townspeople's place, they are bustling with traffic every day.

——Did you deliberately lead me here so that my companions lurking here can cover my departure...

Qingden raised his eyebrows and looked beyond the wall of people blocking him in front of him, looking at the figure in the distance with a beard that had shrunk to the size of a thumb and was about to disappear from the field of vision.

When Qingdeng looked over, the bearded man also happened to turn his head and look over.

Qingdeng saw the bearded man showing an expression of rejoicing that he had survived the disaster, and a smile that seemed to be mocking Qingdeng.

At this time, Qingdeng suddenly heard a shout from the wall of people in front of him:

"Hey! Be careful! This person is that Tachibana Aoden!"

This simple shout... caused the atmosphere in the alley to change immediately.

Many people's faces suddenly changed, with strong anger and hatred etched on their faces.

Seeing these people's reactions, Qingdeng's eyes narrowed slightly.

After learning that he was Tachibana Aoto, his expression suddenly changed as if he were facing a formidable enemy... In Aoto's impression, there was only one group in Edo that had a deep quarrel with him.

"...Hey, are you from the anti-barbarian group?"

Qingdeng's tone was calm, and his indifferent attitude contained a strong chill.

No one responded directly to Qingdeng's question...because they are all busy with "internal fighting" now.

"Hey! Calm down, everyone!"

"That's right! Don't be ridiculous! We are just here to cover Funachi and his evacuation! We are not here to kill people! Don't act without authorization! As long as we can force Tachibana Aoto to leave and stop chasing Funachi!"

"Huh? What do you mean? Do you want us to just let this national traitor leave completely?"

"Hey! He's alone now! This is a great opportunity to kill him and avenge his friends who died because of this beast!"

"Yes! This guy is alone now! There is no better opportunity for revenge than this!"

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The 18 warriors blocking the front and back roads of Qingdeng were divided into two distinct factions.

One group advocates not to have a strong conflict with Qingteng at the moment. They are only here to prevent Qingteng from pursuing Funachi and not to do unnecessary things.

Qingdeng guessed that "Chunba" was the name or nickname of the bearded man.

The other faction advocates that Qing Deng, who is alone, should be eliminated now and then hurry up.

Their "infighting" did not last long.

Because in the midst of this chaos, a warrior behind Qingden suddenly roared.

This warrior has been glaring at Qingden with eyes full of hatred since he just woke up.

When he heard some of his companions saying things like "We are not here to kill people" and "As long as we can force him to leave," a look of impatience began to appear on his face.

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Impatience, resentment, hatred... when these emotions are accumulated to their peak, they immediately erupt out like lava bursting from the crater of a volcano.

He was emotionally out of control and didn't want to listen to any more nonsense from other people.

He pulled out the knife from his waist, and while roaring, he raised the knife and rushed straight towards Qingdeng!

Qingden turned his head slightly and looked at the warrior rushing towards him from the corner of his right eye.

In the next moment, the person who was staring at Qingdeng saw an incredible scene - a silver snake emerged from Qingdeng's left waist.

Qingden quickly used his left hand to open the sheath of Ding Guishen, and with his left foot as the axis, he rotated 180 degrees backwards like a top. With the potential energy of the rotation, he drew the sword out of its sheath with his right hand! The white blade that popped out of the sheath was like a

A silver snake!

Ding Guishen's blade swept behind him and slashed the warrior's neck, making a "cheep" sound... This sound was enough to make any timid person tremble.

Under the scorching summer sun, the blade reflected the cold light, slicing flesh and breaking bones. A big head flew out under the influence of inertia, hit the wall on the east side of the alley heavily, and then hit the wall again.

It bounced back and rolled down to Qingdeng's feet.

Blood spurted out from the warrior's broken neck like a fountain.

A few drops of blood splashed on Qingdeng's face, including the eyelids, the tip of his nose, the corners of his mouth, etc... Qingdeng didn't even blink.

Since time traveling, he has defeated countless enemies and has long been accustomed to seeing blood and death.

Qingdeng didn't just stay there in a daze, doing nothing.

After these 18 warriors appeared, he began to silently and visually measure the distance between himself and these people, and calculated how he should fight back after these people attacked him, who should be killed first, and how each person should be attacked.

How to cut it most smoothly.

In a nutshell - after these 18 warriors who knew they were coming with bad intentions appeared, Qingden tensed up his nerves and was always ready to face the enemy!

This was the first time Qingdeng faced so many enemies alone.

Looking back on the past, Qingden was surrounded by companions who could help him in almost every battle.

During the chaotic battle on the snowy night, Saito and Anthony's guards were by his side.

Saito, Nagakura and the others were all there when they rescued the Tibetan Book Transfer Station.

Without any comrades, he single-handedly faced nearly twenty samurai... This was indeed Qingden's first time.

But Qingdeng didn't feel uneasy or afraid about this.

It would be better to say... Qingden is still very motivated now!

The martial arts skills that he has never slackened in training and the extremely rich types of talents in his personal system interface have given Qingden the confidence to accept any difficult and dangerous challenges!

It just so happens that we can take this opportunity to see the power of "Gathering God"... Qingdeng said in his heart.

After copying the god-level talent: "Gathering God" from Eijiro Chiba, Aomori never found an opportunity to properly test the effect of this new talent.

The kind of sparring in the dojo where one wears protective gear, holds a bamboo sword, and has no danger of life at all, cannot fully unleash the potential and power of this talent.

And now - this opportunity has come!

The sudden attack by the warrior just now and Qingden's lightning-like counterattack were like a boulder thrown into the calm lake water, causing thousands of waves... Those who just advocated "Killing Qingden now",

They all turned into "wild horses running wild".

They roared like wild beasts and attacked Qingdeng in groups!

There were 12 people in total who attacked Qingdeng.

The remaining five people who did not immediately attack Qingdeng together were the ones who had just advocated "not to have a head-on conflict with Qingdeng now."

These five "peace factions" are neither advancing nor retreating. They are looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

Three of them gritted their teeth, pulled out their knives, and charged Qingdeng.

The other two people were still standing there, hesitating.

"ah--!"

The first person who rushed to Qingden had a sharp voice, and his roar sounded quite harsh.

While he was shouting and slashing at Qingdeng with his knife, he shouted "You beast!".

Qingdeng turned a deaf ear to his insults.

Qingdeng glanced at the path of the man's sword, stood with his legs spread apart, and while sidestepping to avoid the man's chop, he clenched his left hand into a fist and slashed straight at the opponent's right wrist holding the sword.

At this moment, the knife in this man's hand fell to the ground with a clang.

After removing the guy's weapon with one blow, Qing Deng waved his hand to calm the ghosts and gods, and wiped it on the man's neck...a new "fountain" that spurted out blood appeared.

"The second one..."

Qingden didn't look at the appearance of the enemy whose neck he had wiped. After quietly recording the number of enemies he killed in an indifferent tone, he took back the Dingguishen and adjusted the blade.

direction, and then used the cassock slash towards the next enemy.
To be continued...