"Ju Qingden, you look much more normal today than yesterday."

"Yesterday you were like a bloodthirsty, hungry beast. It once made me wonder if this was really the Tachibana Aoden I know?"

Faced with Takasugi Shinsaku's ridicule, Aoto retorted without showing any weakness:

"Takasugi Shinsaku, you look much weaker today than yesterday."

"It's really hard for you to hold yourself up and go to the front line even though you are covered with bruises."

Takasugi Shinsaku smiled calmly:

"There are some battles you can't escape - I'm sure you can relate to that."

After that, he took out the red pills he had prepared early in the morning.

Qingdeng saw this and said calmly:

"It seems that you are already prepared to die."

Last night, Katsura Kageyama, who was captured by the Shinsengumi, told Ayoto and others clearly: "Decisive Yodo" will cause great harm to the human body! If you take it continuously in a short period of time, you may die suddenly!

Based on the opponent's various performances yesterday, Qingteng was certain that Takasugi Shinsaku had taken the "Decisive Battle of Yodo" yesterday, and that was how he gained the ability to fight against him.

"Oh? Judging from your tone, you seem to already know what this thing in my hand is."

Although Takasugi Shinsaku put on a surprised expression, there was no hint of surprise in his tone.

"Sima Qian once said: 'Everyone is destined to die. It may be heavier than Mount Tai, or it may be lighter than a feather.'"

"We are warriors who 'live by the sword and die by the sword', and death is always with us."

"You have to die sooner or later anyway, so why not die more heroic and meaningfully?"

Having said this, Takasugi Shinsaku suddenly bowed his head and raised his left hand to cover his mouth and nose.

"Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough!"

Along with a violent cough, drops of bright red blood dripped down his fingers.

Qingdeng has rich experience in the aspect of "injury".

He immediately realized that this was not coughing up blood caused by internal injuries.

Strangely enough, even though he was in the center of the battlefield, with the enemy's general in front of him, Qingden didn't feel any nervousness in his heart. Instead, he asked aloud:

"Are you seriously ill?"

Takasugi Shinsaku wiped the blood from his mouth and chuckled a few times:

"Haha...you saw it."

"It's a 'blood cough'. A red terminal disease that cannot be cured by medicine or stone."

"Only when death is approaching, people will truly understand what they want - I am ashamed to say that it was not until I suffered from a 'blood cough' that I realized this truth belatedly."

"God has treated me well."

"Not only has such a magnificent decisive battle site been arranged for me."

As he spoke, he kicked the snow at his feet.

"And he has prepared the best opponent for me!"

He raised his eyes and cast a fiery glance at Qingden.

"At this moment, my heart is filled with gratitude!"

The moment he finished speaking, he put the "Decisive Lake" in his hand into his mouth without hesitation.

Seeing Shinsaku Takasugi exuding astonishing aura, Aomori didn't say anything more.

He clamped the blade of Ding Guishen's sword with the crook of his left arm, wiped off the remaining blood on the blade, and then raised his chin to the right.

Takasugi Shinsaku nodded understandingly.

Immediately afterwards, as if they had agreed in advance, they both walked towards the open space not far away.

After heavy snowfall, this open space has been dyed with dazzling white.

When moving, they always faced each other and stared at each other.

Their feet dragged two long marks on the pure white snow.

After a while, after arriving at the two sides of the center of the open space, they unanimously stopped and steadied themselves.

Qingdeng spread his legs, raised the tip of his sword to fix ghosts and gods, and picked up the clouds.

"Naturally Rishin flow"

"Tachibana Aoden!"

Takasugi Shinsaku raised Muramasa high and assumed a eight-pair stance.

"Shinto Wu Nian Ryu"

"Takasugi Shinsaku!"

After shouting the next breath of announcing the door, two handfuls of snow splashed out - they kicked the ground hard and rushed towards each other like cannonballs!

clang!!

The blades of the knives meet, and the knives and tangs offset each other.

Terrifying slashes and terrifying collisions, like two giant beasts!

Qingdeng unexpectedly put the knife back, and the middle door of his body opened wide.

Takasugi Shinsaku could tell at a glance that Aoto was deliberately showing off his flaws.

However, he still chose to take advantage of the situation and slashed Qingdeng's Tianling Gai with his sword.

This strike was as fast as thunder and as heavy as a mountain, but Aoden was well prepared and calmly held the Dingkishin above his head, deflecting Takasugi Shinsaku's slashing blow.

Immediately afterwards, he slid forward like a loach, and the knife in his hand slashed diagonally towards Takasugi Shinsaku's waist and abdomen.

Just like a "scene replay", a similar scene happened again, but this time, the roles of both parties were reversed.

The attacker becomes Aoto, and the defender becomes Shinsaku Takasugi.

Although he was reluctant, Takasugi Shinsaku pulled the knife back to his hand in time, blocked Aoto's slashing with a "clang" sound, and then used the reaction force of the slashing to jump back to widen the distance.

Qingteng immediately handed out the second knife, but the speed was half a minute slower, the tip of the knife was a little farther, and it only grazed Takasugi Shinsaku's sleeve, and the small half of the sleeve hung down boringly.

In fact, Qingdeng's current state is far from good.

Yesterday's state of "integration with the world" seemed to cause great consumption to the body.

Even after a whole night's rest and the blessings of a series of talents such as "Sleep God", "Strengthening Essence +4", "Yuan Yang +6", etc., my body could not fully recover.

His muscles are a little stiff and his body is a little bulky... According to Qingdeng's own estimation, he now only has 70% of the power he had in his prime.

On the other hand, Takasugi Shinsaku...

"Decisive Battle" made all the pain in his body disappear, and even the annoying cough stopped.

On this basis, his strong determination to "die here today" greatly strengthened his strength!

As we all know, martial arts pays great attention to momentum.

No matter which school or sect you belong to, any school that pays attention to actual combat will list "aura" as the most important combat quality.

Physical fitness, skills, etc., are secondary.

The awareness of "seeing death as home" brought Shinsaku Takasugi's combat power to an extreme beyond imagination!

If not, he wouldn't be able to exert such combat power at all!

In a matter of seconds, the two people who had just been separated bumped into each other again.

Qingdeng launched a surprise attack and rushed forward instantly.

Almost at the same time, Takasugi Shinsaku jumped up.

If there is a third person present, the two figures can be seen merging into one at the speed of teleportation.

Ayoto's sword struck Takasugi Shinsaku's waist and abdomen.

Takasugi Shinsaku's knife stabbed Qingdeng's chest.

Both of them used fatal blows, and both used clever techniques to avoid danger.

They sprinted with great momentum, and after passing each other, they ran forward a few steps without losing any momentum.

Immediately afterwards, the two men stepped on their heels in no particular order, turned around and attacked again. Immediately, the clang of "dang", "dang", "dang" was heard as the steel knives collided.

Suddenly, a soft "hissing" sound was heard - Takasugi Shinsaku took a deep breath to gather strength.

In the next breath, powerful strength and superb skills bounced from his arms, and he swung dozens of knives in one breath, striking Qingdeng's vital points with precision.

Qingden changed his steps dexterously, moved left and right without panic, and deftly neutralized the opponent's attack.

There is a gap in every hundred meters - after launching such a violent series of slashes, Takasugi Shinsaku's muscles inevitably became tired and his movements slowed down.

Seizing sight of this opportunity, Aomori kicked off his hind legs, moved forward like a whirlwind, swung his sword from bottom to top, and used the back of the sword to knock open Takasugi Shinsaku's sword.

The next moment the tip of the knife pointed at the sky, he slashed down with all his strength, and a silver line fell like a meteor, straight towards Takasugi Shinsaku's chest.

Takasugi Shinsaku leaned back quickly, but his movements were still half a minute too slow.

The tip of Ding Guishen's knife swept across his chest, blood lines appeared, and then burst like a shell.

Being injured by a knife... This is a pain that cannot be ignored for anyone.
To be continued...