Hide!【4600】

A sonorous and powerful report to the door.

Lower your body's center of gravity.

The tip of the knife in the middle twitches gently like a wagtail's tail, making it difficult to see its intention to attack.

Toudo Heisuke had already assumed a fighting stance.

However……

"..."

The black shadow remained silent and motionless.

He neither changed his posture nor drew his sword.

Just standing there on my own.

At first glance, this person seems to be full of flaws.

But in fact, Toudou Heisuke, who was facing off against him, clearly felt that this man exuded an awe-inspiring aura! It was as if an inviolable territory had spread out around him!

——Anyway, let’s test it out first!

With this thought, Toudo Heisuke concentrated his strength on his toes, kicked the ground fiercely, and jumped towards the black shadow like a projectile!

He made a sharp slash.

In the blink of an eye, Toudou Heisuke's sword - Kamisuke Kanejue - cut through the atmosphere, and the silver-white sword light illuminated the figure of the black shadow.

At this moment when the shining blade was only a few inches away from his face, the black shadow that had been motionless like a stone statue since just now finally started to move.

I saw him change his steps and spin away like a top.

With a crash, Toudou Heisuke's missed sword powerfully slashed through the black wooden wall behind the shadow.

In the next breath, Todo quickly pulled out the knife, but in the blink of an eye he had the knife back.

Admittedly, its response is so fast that it deserves to be described as "a flash of lightning".

But... "fast" is a relative concept.

When your opponent's speed is faster than yours, no matter how fast you are, it will still be slow!

"Tianchu!"

Accompanied by a powerful shout, Toudo Heisuke's ears heard the chilling "choking" sound of drawing a sword!

Toudo Heisuke's pupils suddenly shrank, and his body moved subconsciously.

He leaned back and drew back his neck - a silver snake passed by his eyes and brushed his forehead, causing strands of hair to fall down immediately.

The black shadow finally pulled out the sword from his waist, stepped forward, bent and stretched his upper body, and lifted the blade, all in one movement.

The temporary defeat did not stop him.

He changed the structure to the upper right section, slashed down with all his strength, and shouted again:

"Tianchu!"

Toudo Heisuke didn't even have time to adjust his breathing before a sharp steel blade struck him on the head.

It was too late to defend... Toudo Heisuke gritted his teeth and dodged sideways.

The blade slashed down at an angle and landed only half an inch away from the right side of Toudo Heisuke, cutting a large gap with an extremely neat cross-section in the solid wooden wall.

In order to temporarily avoid the sharp edge, Toudo Heisuke had to move along the black wooden wall.

The shadow's sword closely followed the moving Toudo Heisuke.

"Tianchu!"

The wall was flattened with the light of a knife.

"Tianchu!"

The sharp blade cuts off the tree trunk.

"Tianchu!"

Toudo Heisuke's sleeve was cut.

Every time the black shadow shouted "Tenchu", a sharp slash would hit Toudo Heisuke from a tricky angle.

Todo Heisuke held the sword firmly in front of his chest, ready to use it as he saw it.

The youngest among the Shinsengumi generals is Toudo Heisuke, he is only 19 years old this year.

Although he is young, he cannot be taken lightly.

Generally speaking, he can be generally understood as a "weakened version of Shannan Keisuke".

Able in literature and martial arts, knowledgeable and knowledgeable.

He has a deep knowledge of various sects in the swordsmanship world.

After more than ten rounds of confrontation, Toudo Heisuke had seen through the swordsmanship used by the black shadow.

——Ono Itto-ryu, Kagami Akechi-ryu and Zhizhi-ryu!

Black Shadow's sword skills are mixed with shadows from multiple schools.

Just the swordsmanship schools that Toudo Heisuke recognized were Ono Itto-ryu, Kagshin Akechi-ryu and Naichi-ryu.

What is worth noting is that the opponent does not mechanically apply the moves of each school, but flexibly changes the style of play according to the actual situation.

Every move is fatal! A moment's distraction will lead to irreversible consequences!

Toudo Heisuke had to hold his breath and concentrate, widening his eyes, not even daring to blink, for fear of missing the opponent's move.

Although Toudou Heisuke didn't want to admit it...he was indeed no match for Sombra.

Until now, the black shadow has been suppressing him!

Be it stabbing or chopping, no matter what moves or skills Toudou Heisuke uses, Black Shadow can handle it easily, calmly and motionless.

However, despite being at a disadvantage, Toudo Heisuke never lost his fighting spirit.

The strength of his opponent did not make him timid!

He grasped the hilt of the knife and launched a fierce attack and defense unyieldingly!

Suddenly a "Heavenly Punishment!" was heard, and the two swordsmen were fighting together again.

The black shadow wielded the sharp blade and stabbed out, one move after another.

Todo Heisuke skillfully defended and resolved them one by one, sometimes dodging quickly and sometimes taking advantage of the opportunity to fight back.

The ambition is commendable, but unfortunately... spiritual power cannot make up for the material gap after all.

From time to time, in the quiet streets where no one was passing by, there came the sharp shouts and the sound of steel knives hitting each other.

Todo Heisuke was originally on the defensive.

Relying on his overwhelming physical superiority, the black shadow wields a steel sword with strong winds and launches fierce attacks like a shower without interruption.

Toudo Heisuke fought desperately, but gradually exhausted his strength and could only parry, without the power to fight back.

In the blink of an eye, the black shadow took a step back and rushed forward like an arrow. With the sound of "Heaven's Punishment" that penetrated the clouds and cracked the rocks, a powerful strike as powerful as thunder was immediately launched from the tip of the knife!

Todo Heisuke wanted to dodge, but... his footsteps could no longer keep up with the opponent's attack speed!

The black shadow put the knife on his left waist, and when he was about to pass Toudoheisuke, he exerted force on his waist, used his waist to help his arms, and his arms to wield the knife, swinging the knife like a spin.

The blade cut through the air, hit Toudou Heisuke's waist and abdomen without any bias, and pulled it from the tandem to the tip!

The light green haori and black bottom shirt were cut open like tissue paper.

It's just that... the blade didn't spill blood, it only dragged out a string of sparks.

Taking advantage of the forward momentum, the dark shadow passed under Toudo Heisuke's left armpit, ran a few steps quickly, and then slowly turned around.

Almost at the same time, Toudou Heisuke quickly turned around, faced the black shadow again, and assumed a fighting stance again.

If you look carefully, you can see that under his chopped clothes, there is not bloody flesh and blood, but a black chainmail with a white scratch.

The black shadow made a loud "smack" sound:

"Tsk! Chainmail...it's really troublesome..."

In order to improve the survival rate and combat effectiveness of his generals, Qingden specially approved a large sum of money to purchase armor, making the entire Shinsengumi "fully armored".

Chain mail, arm armor and leg armor are all available.

A large part of the reason why the Shinsengumi was able to kill thugs all over the city, screaming and scurrying around, was because of the dimensionality-reducing impact of "full armor" on "no armor".

In the age of cold weapons, armor was an absolute killer.

Even a person who doesn't understand martial arts at all, as long as he wears armor, can easily beat one against ten, or even one against a hundred!

Without the protection of the chainmail, Toudo Heisuke's stomach would have been ripped open with just that blow, and his intestines would have flowed all over the floor.

The black shadow swung the knife as hard as blood, and turned his neck several times, making a tooth-piercing sound of "click, click, click".
To be continued...