"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

There is an enemy behind.

The two enemies, one behind the other, formed two buns sandwiching cheese. While roaring angrily, they raised their swords to attack Qingdeng one after another.

Qingden glanced at the enemies in front of him without looking at the enemies behind him.

His ears... or rather his talent "Wind Perception +1", have already locked the distance and direction of the enemy behind him.

In an instant, Qingdeng suddenly lowered his body, almost kneeling on the ground, holding a knife behind his back, with the tip of the knife sticking out from his armpit.

While he quickly retreated, he thrust the knife back.

The dull feel of the blade penetrating into the flesh, accompanied by the "clang" sound of the blade falling to the ground, the enemy behind Qingdeng was stabbed in the heart and fell softly on Qingdeng's back.

Immediately afterwards, Qingdeng reached out his left hand, grabbed the collar of the corpse on his back, arched his back, and using his spine as the fulcrum, he exerted force on his left hand and waist at the same time, and threw it forward heavily like throwing garbage.

Get rid of this dead body.

The dead body somersaulted on Qingdeng's back, and then hit the enemy in front of him impartially.

The sudden "hidden weapon sneak attack" blocked the man's progress uncontrollably. At the same time, he subconsciously reached out and hugged the body.

Qingdeng took advantage of this opportunity, rushed forward, thrust out his knife, and strung together the man and the corpse he was holding.

Three kills! Four kills!

In just a few seconds, the four apprentices around Shibasaki Renjuro were all dead.

At this moment, a dazzling silver light burst into Qingdeng's field of vision.

Shibazaki Renjuro's elbow suddenly popped open, like a bow string that was suddenly broken.

He waved the knife in his hand - "chi", there was a sound of cutting through the air, and something appeared in the air.

Qingdeng's current posture was not conducive to defending with his sword.

Therefore, he took half a step back, no more than a step, no less to avoid the blade, and retreated out of Shibazaki Renjuro's slashing range.

Unable to succeed... In this regard, Shibazaki Renjuro was not discouraged.

He pursued relentlessly, delivering the second knife, the third knife, the fourth knife...

One blow after another, one blow after another.

There are no defensive actions.

In other words, he didn't care about his own safety at all, he just attacked and kept attacking!

It was as if he was willing to give up only if Qingdeng was hacked to death.

This kind of fighting style...is completely the style of a desperate Saburo!

Regardless of one's own life, one seeks to live in the midst of death.

As we all know, on the battlefield, this kind of reckless and desperate person is the most difficult to deal with.

When a person regards death as his own and is determined to die, even a rookie who does not understand martial arts at all can still have the opportunity to injure or even kill a master!

In a battle with an enemy that "burns itself", Qingdeng, who has experienced many battles, would not dare to be careless.

Qingdeng narrowed his eyes and exhaled a breath.

He did not rush to counterattack, but instead defended and dodged slowly, silently observing the opponent's knife path, moves, and fighting style.

Although this man is just the owner of a rural sword hall, his strength cannot be underestimated.

Regardless of physical fitness, timing of attacks, and proficiency, he can all be rated as "the best among the average."

If it were three years ago, this person would have been a powerful enemy that would give Qingden a headache.

As for now... a swordsman of this level is no longer Qingdeng's enemy!

After observing the opponent's moves and routines, Aoto's upper body tilted instantly - he lowered his upper body slightly, lowered his center of gravity, and then pounced on Shibazaki Renjuro like a hurricane.

Purple sword light flew out from his armpit and went straight to the opponent's waist.

Seeing this, Renjuro Shibazaki's pupils suddenly shrank, he subconsciously changed his posture, cut into eight pairs in the middle, aimed at the rapidly approaching figure in front of him, and slashed hard.

Two knives and two rays of sword light drew completely different and beautiful arcs in mid-air.

The next breath, the two of them passed each other.

After running five or six meters away, Qingdeng released his sword-wielding posture and turned around slowly.

Under the cool shade of the trees, Shibazaki Renjuro staggered.

His back was turned to Qingdeng, his head and hands hanging down feebly.

He staggered a few steps forward - and with a clang, the knife in his palm fell to the ground.

Then, he fell to the ground, motionless, as if his backbone had been ripped out.

Qingdeng felt that there was no need to go over to check. He still had the feeling of the blade firmly cutting into the human body in his hand.

His knife directly cut off the opponent's sternum, spine, and half of the body... With such injuries, there was no need to check whether the opponent was still alive.

- Qingdeng vibrated the knife vigorously, shaking off the blood on the knife. The dripping blood turned into spots on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, he took out a pocket paper from his pocket, carefully wiped the blade of the knife, and then put the knife back into its sheath.

As the battle came to an end, his scorching body temperature, rushing blood, and soaring adrenaline all subsided one by one.

The talent "Born for Fighting +9" has also gradually been lifted.

He slowly turned around, turned his head, and looked at the body of Renjuro Shibasaki not far away.

In his deep eyes, a flash of... regret and disappointment flashed.

It's like a child who buys a toy that he doesn't like.

Mouthing in his mouth:

"It's so boring..."

At this time, Sanako's voice sounded from behind him:

"Tachibana-kun, did you win?"

Panting heavily, Sanako walked to Qingden's side in three steps and two steps at a time.

The blood splashed on her body was still steaming outward.

Qingdeng curled up his lips:

"Do you even need to ask?"

As he spoke, he pursed his lips towards Shibasaki Renjuro's corpse.

Sanako smiled:

"Sorry. It seems that I did ask a stupid question."

Qingdeng asked back:

"Forget about me for now, how are you doing over there?"

Sanako replied:

"The thieves and bandits were killed and fled. They were completely unable to fight back. They have been basically eliminated."

Qingdeng nodded slightly and said "hmm" softly.

But at this moment, a member of the Aizu cavalry rushed up in a hurry, shouting at the top of his voice:

"Lord Nioh! Oh no! A large group of troops is approaching from the east!"

This simple sentence instantly made Qingdeng and Sanazi frown, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Sanako said to himself:

"Reinforcements from the bandits..."

Qingdeng said immediately:

"Where is it? Take me there quickly."

Under the leadership of the Aizu cavalry, Aoto and Sanako ran down the mountain at lightning speed.

The surviving Aizu cavalry have gathered at the foot of the mountain - they tensed up their nerves, gripped their weapons tightly, and were ready to engage in a new battle at any time.

As soon as he returned to the foot of the mountain, Qingdeng heard the rapid sound of horse hooves.

Following the sound, a dozen or so cavalrymen were approaching them like they were chasing the wind and lightning.

After seeing the true appearance of this group of cavalry, Qingdeng's expression gradually relaxed.

I saw that all the members of this cavalry team were wearing helmets and armor, and everyone was wearing fine and complete armor.

The horses under their crotch are also excellent and strong war horses.

At first glance, they look like regular troops.

It is impossible for a mere bandit to have such sophisticated equipment.
To be continued...