Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!

The flashing sword light, the overwhelming exchanges of offense and defense... In just a blink of an eye, the confrontation between Hijikata Toshizo and Su Nuo has lasted for dozens of rounds, and the winner has not yet been determined.

Suddenly, Su Nuo changed his posture, lowered his two swords in his palms, and adopted the lower position.

At the same time, his sharp gaze was directed towards Hijikata Toshizo.

It is not difficult to see that he is visually measuring the distance between himself and Hijikata Toshizo.

When Hijikata Toshizo saw this, he immediately made a judgment: the opponent was planning to use a killer move!

Sure enough - in a matter of seconds, Su Nuo stepped forward quickly, using the momentum to lift up the two swords in his palms, biting Hijikata Toshizo's waist and abdomen like a poisonous snake.

Hijikata Toshizo had no time to defend himself, so he could only hold Izumi Morikane in front of his chest and adopt a passive defense posture.

In the next breath, the steel knives intersected, and immediately there was an eardrum-numbing clang.

Although he barely blocked Su Nuo's killing move, the powerful force transmitted along the blade made Hijikata Shuangsan feel numbness in his palms, and his body posture became momentarily confused as a result.

For a master, exposing a flaw—even just for a moment—can be fatal!

Soon enough, a huge figure burst into the corner of Hijikata Toshizo's eye - Umibozu, who had been waiting quietly for the best time to attack, rushed up without saying a word! Aiming at Hijikata Tozo

The head is just a knife!

There was no time for the blades to intersect - even if he had the chance to defend himself with his sword, Hijikata Toshizo did not dare to receive Umibozu's heavy slash, lest the sword would be bounced away or cut off directly.

As a last resort, Hijikata Toshizo could only change his steps, lean to the side, and barely avoid the opponent's blade.

His life was saved, but the distance between the blade and his forehead was less than half an inch...a critical moment in the true sense!

Just one Su Nuo is enough to maintain a slight advantage over Hijikata Toshizo, let alone Su Nuo, Umibozu, and Ukiki all together?

With one against three, not only did they not lose immediately, but they persisted for so long... Such a record is fully worthy of the title of "Deputy Commander of the Demon".

It's a pity...his hard work has reached its limit.

As soon as his front foot escaped Umibozu's heavy slash, Gyushiki's large naginata slashed him from the diagonal thrust on his back foot!

Just like Umibozu, Ushiki is also waiting for the best time to attack, always ready to kill Hijikata Toshizo.

He resisted Su Nuo's flirtatious attack first, and then avoided Umibozu's slashing attack. As a result, his body posture was completely disordered, and he couldn't even keep up with his breathing.

The fierce fighting situation made him forget to breathe... to be precise, he didn't have time to breathe.

His lungs had long made painful protests, but he had no time to pay attention.

At this moment, anyone can see that unless Hachiman Daimyojin is temporarily possessed, there is no way Hijikata Toisan is able to escape Ushiuki's slashing attack!

Just at the moment when the big naginata's blade was about to split Hijikata Toshizo in two, a gust of wind struck - a majestic figure rushed between Hijikata Toshizo and Ushiki.

It’s none other than Squadron 1 Vice-Captain Kui Shimada!

Ushiki is very powerful - coincidentally, the sturdy Shimada Kui is also a strong man with no shortage of strength!

He stepped firmly on his feet, gritted his teeth, and swung the knife upward.

The katana and naginata struck each other in the air.

The huge sound made people suspect that it was the collision of two giant beasts.

The collision between the two weapons lasted only a moment.

After a moment, they seemed to have been scalded by boiling water, and both of them jumped back together with their weapons, widening the distance between them.

At the same time that Shimada Kui arrived, Hijikata Toshizo caught a glimpse of a familiar petite figure from the corner of his left eye - Elodie was holding her Yamato Mamoru and standing beside him, staring as if facing a formidable enemy.

Looking at Su Nuo and Master Haifang in front of him.

After neutralizing Ushiki's offensive, Shimada Kui moved to the right side of Hijikata Tobizo in three steps and two steps at a time, and said in a deep voice:

"Sorry, deputy chief, we are late."

Hijikata Toshizo was breathing heavily, greedily sucking in the fresh air, adjusting his breath, and said calmly:

"No, you came just in time."

With the arrival of Elodie and Shimada Kui, "one-on-three" became "three-on-three".

Su Nuo moved his eyes calmly, scanning the faces of Elodie and Shimada Kui with an indifferent expression:

"Are reinforcements coming..."

Niu Gui said softly with a look of shame on his face:

"Sorry, it's my incompetence... If I had struck faster just now, I would have been able to take off Hijikata Tobizo's head..."

Su Nuo said lightly:

"No need to apologize."

"Everything in the world is inherently fickle."

"It is a sign of arrogance to pray for everything to go smoothly."

Master Umibo twitched his lips and chuckled a few times:

"As expected of Mr. Yuan Shaoyue, he always speaks with philosophical quotes."

Su Nuo frowned lightly:

"Don't make such silly wisecracks."

As he spoke, he raised the two swords in his palms again and kept talking:

"It is a pity that we were not able to take down the head of the 'Deputy Chief of Ghosts'."

"But dragging all the enemy's sword masters here will also benefit a lot."

Seeing Su Nuo raising his sword, Umibozu and Ukiuki both grasped their weapons.

Although there was no prior agreement, the three of them rushed towards the opposite side in unison!

Hijikata Toshizo and others charged forward without giving in!

In the blink of an eye, three pairs of people were fighting together.

Hijikata Toshizo played against Su Nuo.

Shimada Kui vs. Umibozu.

Elodie versus Niugui.

Through the fight just now, Hijikata Toshizo has roughly figured out the strength ranking of these three people.

Among these three people, Su Nuo is the strongest, followed by Haifang Lord, and Niu Gui again.

Hijikata Toisho deliberately adopted the classic strategy of "Tianji Horse Racing", that is, dismounted horse versus mounted horse, middle horse versus dismounted horse, mounted horse versus middle horse, to defeat Su Nuo and others one by one.

However... Su Nuo's strength is very strong, far beyond what Elodie and Shimada Kui can handle.

Let the two of them deal with Su Nuo... I'm afraid they won't be able to survive even 10 rounds, and they will be brutally killed.

In desperation, he could only give up the idea and adopt the traditional strategy of "fighting generals against generals and soldiers against soldiers."

Shimada Kui's strength is completely enough to deal with Umibozu.

Niu Guikong has brute strength, but is seriously lacking in agility and skill - Elodie, who is extremely agile, can just restrain this cumbersome guy.

Although it is difficult for her to defeat him, she is more than enough to hold him back.

Therefore, Hijikata Toshizo safely left Umibozu and Gyuuki to Shimada Kui and Elodie to deal with, and he wholeheartedly faced the Su Nuo in front of him.

Although Su Nuo is slightly stronger than Hijikata Toshizo, this advantage is not enough to turn into a victory. It is not that easy to defeat Hijikata Toshizo.

Shimada Kui and Umibozu were equally matched, and the two fought so hard that neither could do anything to the other.

Elodie clenched the Yamato Moritai in her palm, adopted the middle position, and stared closely at the Ushiki in front of her, watching all his moves.

Although he had a young girl as his opponent, Niu Gui did not show any carelessness and was ready to fight.

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he raised his eyebrows, half confused, half determined and asked:

"Hmm? Are you... Alice d'Orléans?"

When Elodie heard this, her expression changed slightly.

However, she quickly adjusted back and said in a deep voice:

"You got the wrong person."

The moment she finished speaking, she rushed forward with her sword in hand.

…

…

What Su Nuo said is absolutely right.

Even if Hijikata Toshizo cannot be killed, dragging sword masters like them here can still yield huge benefits.

Thousands of People Working Together is extremely lacking in high-end combat capabilities.

Hijikata Toshizo, Shimada Kui, and Elodie are the only sword masters.
To be continued...