"This is...?!" The expression on Qingdeng's face was dominated by strong astonishment.

I saw that Makimura's broad crest... was tattooed with a red dragon that occupied the entire back!

The flesh of the red dragon is as bright as blood, and its dense scales are like the hardest armor in the world; its lower half lies horizontally and hovers, while its upper half is raised high; the dragon's claws are spread out, and the dragon's head looks up to the sky, shining with an unyielding spirit.

The resolute eyes of light are fixed on the sky.

With this demeanor and movement of Chiryuu, it seems as if he will fly out from Makimura's back at any time! Get rid of all obstacles in the world and soar into the sky!

Throughout his past and present lives, Qingdeng has seen quite a few people with tattoos.

To put it bluntly, the tattoos on the vast majority of people with tattoos...are extremely ugly and exude a very strong Low B atmosphere.

Qingdeng has never been able to understand the inner thoughts of people with tattoos.

Does it look cool to have such an ugly thing tattooed on your body?

Although this idea seems a bit extreme, Qingdeng really believes that there is no such tattoo in this world that would make him stand out.

Such thoughts continued until...this moment.

Looking at the red dragon on Makimura's back, Qingden's consciousness couldn't help but trance for a moment.

He had a strong urge to meet the tattoo artist who tattooed Makimura with the red dragon.

He really wanted to see with his own eyes... what kind of master he was, with such superb craftsmanship, he could actually tattoo a complex fantasy creature like a dragon so lifelike and lifelike.

Makimura seemed to be carrying a living dragon on his back!

This red dragon seems to be moving at any time! It will fly out from Makimura's back at any time!

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Qingdeng would never have believed that there were such miraculous tattoos in the world.

Of course, what makes Qingden so surprised is not just that Makimura has such a powerful tattoo on his back, but also because...

"'Position'...!" Qingdeng's eyes narrowed slightly and his face darkened.

At the same moment when Makimura pulled off his shirt...a powerful "power" spurted out of his body with unparalleled force!

What a powerful force...far more powerful than Kondo Shusuke and Souji!

For a moment, Qingdeng subconsciously clenched the Dingguishen in his palm.

At this time, Makimura finally no longer turned his back to Aoden. He slowly turned around...while facing Aoto directly again, he majestically raised the Odachi above his head and started to move upward.

"Orange! Attack here!"

The fierce shout shook the air and Qingdeng's eardrums.

With Makimura's loud shout... the tension lingering around him and Aoto suddenly escalated to an extremely high level.

"..." Qingden took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled the breath he just took in.

As soon as the warm breath left Qingdeng's mouth and nose, it turned into a pale white mist.

When he exhaled the last trace of air from his lungs... Qingdeng's eyes seemed to have been cleansed, regaining clarity and calmness.

The look of surprise that just now was gone.

Aoshito remained silent, only keeping an eye on Makimura's every move, while he raised his Dingkishin, which was supposed to be in the middle position, and switched to the Kasumi-dan configuration, which was easy to attack the upper position.

The confrontation between the two caused the tension that permeated the world to increase dramatically, and the surrounding area became extremely quiet.

After this continued for a few seconds - the cold light fell!

Aoto quickly stepped back, and Makimura raised the newly struck Odachi back to its upper position.

This is what ordinary people see with their naked eyes.

What is the actual situation?

What actually happened was that Aoto got close to Makimura with his agile footwork as if he had activated the magic of "shrinking the ground into an inch".

But before he could get within the range where Dingguishen could hit the opponent, Makimura's Odachi fell first.

To be cautious, Qingdeng did not choose to fight head-on, but chose to suspend the offensive and retreat temporarily.

In one breath, he returned to the place where he had just stood.

At almost the same time, Makimura relied on his exquisite sword-wielding skills and power control to raise the Odachi in his palm back to the upper part, pointing toward the sky.

Even if the attack failed, Qing Deng was not discouraged.

He moved his ankles and then quickly ran to Makimura's right side.

This time, Aomori wanted to disrupt Makimura's mind and rhythm by suddenly changing his position.

Qingneng's plan is not impractical, but Makimura is like a robot equipped with an "automatic Qingneng radar". No matter where Qingneng goes, his body will automatically face where it goes.

The next moment Aoto suddenly changed his body position, he launched a new round of attack on Makimura... However, Makimura, who reacted quickly, was forced to retreat with a sword.

The scene was exactly the same as before - Aoden rushed towards Makimura at the highest speed he could achieve, but before he could get within the range where his sword could touch Makimura, Makimura's Odachi fell first.

In desperation, Qingdeng could only retreat once again.

At the same moment when Aoto retreated, Makimura raised the Odachi in his palm back to its upper position.

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"..."

Kiryu, who faithfully fulfilled his "quiet" duty as a spectator, had been silent since the beginning of the contest between Aitobo and Makimura, and had only silently watched all the movements in the courtyard.

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Suddenly, without any warning... he suddenly turned around and walked towards Qian Shiwu's house.

"Hmm? Mr. Kiryu, where are you going?" Kinoshita Mai asked.

"I'm not going anywhere. I just... want to get something."

Kiryu's tone was faint... and at the same time, there was a little... smile with unknown emotions.

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——Tsk...the "hands" are not long enough...

With a height of 175cm, Ayonobu is proud of most adult men in Japan today.

He is already tall, and his favorite sword is a little longer than the average fighting sword. Therefore, unless the enemy uses long weapons such as spears and naginata, Aomori always has

He takes advantage of height and length to launch a commanding attack on the enemy.

But now... the "position" is reversed.

Qingdeng had a rare experience of being "pressed down and beaten from a high position".

Makimura is nearly 20cm taller than Aoden, and the Odachi sword in his hand is also much longer than Aoden's Dingkishin. The two factors are superimposed... Aoto must withstand Makimura's "indiscriminate bombardment" and advance forward.

After a considerable distance, an effective attack on Makimura can be launched.

What's even worse is that Makimura has now changed his tactics.

He no longer started an anxious fight with Qingden, but just kept holding the Odachi.

Whenever Qingdeng came close, he would slash the knife towards Qingdeng with a fierce momentum that seemed to cut the person in half on the spot.

Makimura's reflexes are very quick and his sword speed is extremely fast. He can dance the Odachi as nimble and agile as a wakizashi.

The attack range is much wider than Qingden + fast enough reaction speed and knife speed = a defensive circle that is difficult to attack.

To give an unsightly but very vivid example... Makimura is now like a mosquito swatter. Whenever the little mosquito like Aoden wants to get close, it will swat it involuntarily. Regardless of whether it has results or not, this big swatter

The beat will silently reset, always ready to attack again.

If Qingden doesn't try to break through Mucun's defense circle, he has no hope of getting close to Mucun; if he can't get close to Mucun, then there is no way to defeat him.

So far, Aomori has tried several times to break into Makimura's defensive circle purely by relying on speed.

These attempts... without exception, all ended in failure.

Aomori's movement speed could not suppress Makimura's sword speed.

Since the path of "relying on speed to break through" doesn't work...then there is only one option left before Qingdeng.

"……hiss……"

Qingto released the tension in his whole body and took a posture like "cheetah pounces" ready to rush towards Makimura at any time, while breathing evenly.

Then, he flipped his right wrist and made a cool sword dance on the Dingguishen in his palm, and then slowly put the Dingguishen back into its sheath with an inverted holding motion.

The last option before Qingden now... is to rely on brute force to break through!

Use a sharp attack to deflect Makimura's Odachi, forcibly creating enough opportunities for Aomori to get close to Makimura!

The sword skill most suitable for accomplishing this important task... is undoubtedly the most powerful attack technique Qingdeng has mastered so far: Streaming Light!

Just use the stream of light to break through Makimura's defensive circle!

Facing Qingto who once again put on a showy posture, Makimura didn't show any surprise or surprise.
To be continued...