I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

As if they had agreed, the two stepped on their hind legs at the same time, and rushed towards each other like arrows leaving the string.

clang!

The knives of the two collided violently in mid-air, creating a series of sparks.

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"Hey, you, yes, I'm talking about you, I haven't seen you before... Are you new here?"

"It's a newcomer. My family members died because of the epidemic, and I was homeless and wandered directly."

"Is that so...then you don't have any other family members?"

"Ok."

"Then it's the same as me... My name is Shunliu, how about you?"

"Mihachi."

"Mihachi... this name is a bit difficult to pronounce, can I call you 'Ahachi'?"

"random."

"So——Ah, what are you eating?"

"It's nothing, it's just a pastry given to me by a kind shopkeeper."

"It looks delicious, can I have some?"

"Here, take it."

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Both of them didn't follow any sect or sect, and all they used were self-taught Wo Liu Dao techniques.

Mucun's knife skills are open and closed.

Shunliu's sword technique is fast and powerful.

The two's knives sparked one after another in mid-air.

Mu Cun waved the knife in his hand, and slashed at Shun Liu who was only half a step away from him.

And Shun Liu stabbed the knife in his hand forward almost at the same time.

Both of their knives hit each other.

Mucun's knife slashed Shunliu's left shoulder.

And Shunliu's knife stabbed Mucun's right chest.

Strings of blood droplets splashed and sprinkled to the ground.

Neither Mucun nor Shunliu seemed to feel any pain at this moment. With such a big wound on their body, they didn't even frown. rush away.

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"Hey, Shunroku. Do you think we have a chance to become samurai?"

"There should be a chance. Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Warring States Period could become a commoner as a commoner, why can't the two of us become samurai from a commoner?"

"Hey, the samurai story told by the storyteller just now is really cool. I don't know if we will have the opportunity to become this kind of samurai who takes the strong and help the weak as our mission in the future..."

"Haha, don't worry! Ah Ba, you will definitely become such a big shot in the future!"

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Shun Liu has been carefully observing Mucun's sword path, searching for Mucun's flaws.

At this moment, Shun Liu's eyes widened suddenly.

He caught a flaw in Mucun - the sword path that Mucun is using now is a bit skewed.

This gave Junroku the opportunity to attack the side of Makimura's sword.

Shunliu who made a decisive decision immediately turned his body to one side, avoiding Mucun's slash, and at the same time swung his sword towards the most vulnerable part of the Odachi in Mucun's hand - the side of the knife.

Shunliu's blade accurately slashed the side of the blade of Zhong Mucun's Odachi, and Mucun's Odachi snapped in response.

After successfully chopping off nearly half of the blade of Mucun's daidachi, Shunroku turned the blade without any hesitation and slashed at Mucun's head.

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"Shunroku... the two of us... are we really going to be Yakuza...?"

"I can't help it...We don't have any skills. If we want to make a living, we can only do Yakuza and join a certain Yakuza family..."

"Then... that's the only way..."

"Don't worry! Hachi! Our brothers will not depend on others forever! I have already planned it! Let's take refuge in that Sakata family first! When we get used to the Yakuza world! And after we have the ability to work hard alone, we will leave That family! Go it alone! My brother and I will never be dependent on any Yakuza family forever!"

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Facing Shun Liu's knife, Mucun was not afraid at all. After a cold snort, Mucun threw the broken knife in his hand aside, then raised his hands high, and an empty hand came to catch the white blade, and grabbed Shun Liu's knife with both hands .

"Drink ah ah ah—!"

While shouting violently, Mucun held Shun Liu's knife tightly, then tilted his head back, and after gathering enough strength, he hit Shun Liu's head with a headbutt.

Mucun's forehead hit Shunroku's forehead hard.

The loud sound made people wonder if the stone hit the stone.

After the foreheads of the two separated, both Mucun and Shunliu's foreheads began to ooze blood.

"Hmm..." Shunliu couldn't help but let out a cry of pain, unbearable the dizziness in his head, subconsciously loosened his grip on the knife.

Mucun was also able to snatch Shun Liu's knife, and then threw Shun Liu's knife far away.

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"Hello! Are you Gokakusai? My name is Junroku Kunieda! This is my brother Yahachi Makimura! We heard that your tattoo skills are very good. Could you please give us a tattoo?"

"...Since you know the name of my Ji Le Zhai, the two of you should also know the tattoo rules of my Ji Le Zhai, right? It's not what you want to tattoo, I will give you a tattoo. I will tattoo them for different people. Different tattoos, you can't ask for anything. If you're ready, you two just lay there."

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Neither of them had any weapons in their hands at this time.

But the battle of the dragons continues!

Even without the knife, the two still have the most primitive weapon of mankind-fist!

Mucun and Shunliu both clenched their fists and blasted towards each other.

Mucun's right fist collided heavily with Shunliu's left fist in mid-air.

Neither Mucun nor Shunliu had any strength.

As a result, the fists of the two collided with each other, and the flesh burst out at the next moment, and blood burst out.

Mucun, who was the first to retract his fist, yelled, bent down, and gave a bear hug to Shun Liu's waist, hugged Shun Liu by the waist, and then smashed Shun Liu's body to the ground heavily.

The back is in intimate contact with the solid ground.

Shunliu instantly felt sparks flickering in front of his eyes, and a crushing pain spread from his back all over his body.

After smashing Shunliu to the ground, Mucun's attack did not stop.

Mucun took advantage of the opportunity to ride on Shunliu's body, and swung his right fist to hit Shunliu's head.

Shun Liu's consciousness, which had just been a little distracted by his back hitting the ground, regained concentration in a very timely manner at this moment.

Looking at the oncoming Mucun's fist, Shunliu gritted his teeth and turned his head to the side.

Boom!

Because Shunroku turned his head to the side, Mucun's fist hit the ground hard.

The gravel and gravel on the ground cut the skin of Mucun's fist into thin slits.

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"You two seem to have a good relationship. Ah, Kunieda-kun, don't move around. If you move around, I can easily get the wrong tattoo."

"Master Ji Le Zhai, you are right! Although Ah Ba and I are not blood brothers, we are better than blood brothers!"

"...Then let me give you two a piece of advice. You two had better not get too close."

"Ah? Master Ji Le Zhai, what do you mean? Are you trying to make me break up with Shun Liu?"

"...I am also doing this for the benefit of you two. Kyoto is too small to accommodate two dragons."

"Master Ji Le Zhai, what are you talking about... neither Ah Ba nor I understand what you are talking about..."

"You'll see what I mean later on."

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Shunroku gritted his teeth, used Jiu-Jitsu techniques to get out from under Mucun, and then reversed their positions.

It used to be Mucun riding on Shunliu, but now Shunliu is riding on Mucun.

Shunroku, who was riding on Mucun, did not attack the head which was easy to avoid.

Instead, he chose to attack Mucun's chest.

Shunliu waved his fists, hitting Mucun's chest again and again.

"Ahem!"

Mucun coughed and couldn't help spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood.

He had clearly heard the sound of bone cracking just now—the bone in his chest was probably injured, and the pain spread from his chest to his whole body, making Mucun couldn't help crying out in pain.

But at this moment, Mucun has no time to savor the severe pain.

Jujitsu - Makimura also knows it.

When Shunroku was about to swing his left fist to hit Mucun's chest for the fifth time, Mucun raised his hand suddenly, grabbed Shunroku's left fist that had been swung in mid-air, and then used jujitsu to take Shunroku from him drop off.

After Mucun used jujitsu to throw Shunliu to the ground, Mucun changed his tactics and began to use jujitsu to deal with Shunliu.

Mucun's two big hands were like two steel pliers, pinching Shun Liu's waist, and threw Shun Liu, who had not had time to adjust his figure, to the ground again...

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"Shun Liu... I... am a little tired..."

"Huh? Ah Ba? What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing... I just suddenly discovered... I'm afraid that the two of us will never become warriors..."

"Ahba! Don't be discouraged!"

"I'm not discouraged... I just... feel a little tired..."

"...Hachi, cheer up! You are the most powerful man I have ever seen! Your dream of becoming a samurai will definitely come true!"

"Thank you... Shun Liu..."

"Hey, hey, Ba, don't cry."

"I'm crying tears of joy. I'm so lucky to have you as a brother who can encourage me when I'm confused."

"Don't say such disgusting things!"

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As if deliberately trying to compete with Mucun, after seeing that Mucun changed his tactics and used jujitsu to deal with him, Shun Liu also started to use jujitsu to fight against Mucun.

When Mucun's hands pinched his waist again, Shunliu lowered his center of gravity and used force-relieving techniques to remove Mucun's hands from his waist, then tightly grasped Mucun's right arm, and pointed at Mucun. Remember the extremely sharp over-the-shoulder throw.

Mucun's back hit the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.

Mucun spit out a mouthful of blood again, clenched his blood-stained teeth, and lay down carelessly on the ground, then used the "sleeping technique" in jujitsu on Shunliu.

Sleeping technique - a counterattack technique in jujitsu against the enemy by lying down with bare hands.

Mucun used sleeping techniques to throw Shunroku who was standing up to the ground.

Jian Mucun started to use sleeping skills, and Shunliu also started using sleeping skills.

The two lying on the ground exchanged sleep skills to counter each other alternately.

Whether it was Mucun or Shunliu, their faces and bodies were covered with blood and dust at this moment.

It's just—even though their faces were covered with blood and dirt at this time, their eyes were still shining brightly, as if there were flames burning in their eyes.

The flames burning in the eyes of the two seemed to not stop until they dyed the other in front of them into ashes.

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"Hachi, let me introduce you! This is the woman I met when I went to Osaka to perform official duties a few months ago-Adian. The two of us are going to get married in a month."

"What?! Shunliu, are you getting married?!"

"Well, sorry, I only informed you about this now!"

"Well, you Shunliu! How dare you betray me! You secretly found such a beautiful woman to be your wife!"

"Hahahaha! Sorry sorry!"

"I'm very angry now. You actually betrayed me. You agreed not to get married before the age of 24 in order not to affect Feng Gong?"

"I'm sorry, Hachi. I have met a woman who is worth my whole life to protect. I promise you! This is the first time I betray you! It will also be the last time!"

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"Cough, cough, cough..." Mu Cun coughed up blood.

"Ha...ha...ha..." Shun Liu gasped violently, and a light red liquid mixed with saliva and blood dripped from his mouth.

Both put their hands on the ground, struggled to get up, and then ran straight towards each other.

The two no longer use any fighting skills.

Just like that, they waved their fists at each other without any rules.

You punch me, and I punch you back.

Every time he hit the opponent with a punch, blood splashed out and sprinkled on the nearby ground.

In just a moment, the dust and weeds around the two of them were all splashed with blood.

The fists of the two have already been dyed bright red at this moment, and it is impossible to tell which is their own blood and which is the other party's blood.

After punching each other more than ten times, the two raised their fists almost at the same time.

Makimura raised his right fist.

Shunliu raised his left fist.

The two fists raised high, and then collided heavily.

Then the two were shocked by the counter-shock force and retreated a few steps.

Coincidentally, after Mu Cun retreated a few steps, he just reached the place where his Odachi fell.

After Shun Liu retreated a few steps, he also just retreated to the place where his sword fell.

The two retrieved their knives.

"Come... let's make a deal! Ah Ba!!"

Shun Liu swung his knife and charged towards Mucun.

"Drink ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Mucun responded to Shunliu with a loud roar.

clang!

The blades collided and sparks flew everywhere.

Mucun first used the Odachi with only half of the blade left to break Junroku's sword, and then sank down to gather strength. In the end, he slashed from top to bottom. The knife was done in one go, and Mucun only felt that the blade cut into the flesh-this taste is really wonderful.

Mucun's broken knife cut from Shun Liu's left shoulder to Shun Liu's left thigh.

It's a pity that the wound was not deep, only Shun Liu's flesh was cut.

As soon as Mucun's broken knife was cut from Shun Liu's left thigh, Shun Liu immediately launched a counterattack.

The blade turned into a stream of light, piercing through Mu Cun's right shoulder.

Neither Mucun nor Shunliu uttered any screams or cries of pain after suffering such serious injuries.

In the eyes of the two, only each other is left in the world.

The two of them have only one thought now: to defeat the person in front of them!

clang!

The two knives collided again.

The knives and tans are framed together, and the two sides are fighting hard.

Both Mucun and Shunliu are already scarred and almost exhausted at this time, so the weak strength of the two of them is still between brothers at this time.

"Drink!!" Mucun and Shunliu yelled at the same time, and then pushed forward at the same time, pushing each other away and pulling the distance away.

Then, also almost at the same time, the two of them turned the direction of the knife in their hands, and the tip of the knife pointed at each other.

Then--

laugh!

The two of them raised their swords at the same time and stabbed forward.

Makimura's knife pierced Shunroku's body.

And Shunliu's knife also penetrated Mucun.

The two maintained this posture of piercing each other's body for several breaths.

Then—

"Ha, ha ha ha ha..."

Shun Liu was the first to laugh.

Then he rested his head on Mucun's shoulder in front of him.

The two were almost touching each other at this time, so Shunliu only needed to lower his head to put his forehead on Mucun's shoulder.

"It seems... Chilong won..."

The knives in their hands pierced each other.

However——Shunliu's stab was missed, not piercing Mucun's vital point.

And Mucun's knife accurately hit Shunliu's vitals.

laugh!

Mucun withdrew the knife from Shunroku's body.

Shunliu, who lost his support, swayed a few times before falling heavily on his back.

Blood gushed out from the wound on Shun Liu's abdomen like a spring.

Although the severe pain from the wounds on his body made Mucun almost faint, Mucun still resisted the severe pain from all over his body, bent down and knelt beside Shunliu on one knee.

"You won... Ah Ba..."

Although he was defeated by Mucun and his life was not long, Shunliu did not show any regret or pain, he showed a calm smile, and talked with Mucun in a relaxed tone as if he was chatting with an old friend.

Mucun, who knelt on one knee beside Shun Liu, looked at Shun Liu who was pale and breathing more and more weakly with complicated eyes.

At this moment, Mucun suddenly noticed that there was a little familiar powder on Shunliu's neck.

After rubbing the powder with his fingers and looking it over, Mucun's pupils shrank slightly:

"Is this... Wakasaka...?"

"That's right, it's...Wakasaka." Shunliu smiled slightly, "Wakasaka...is Adian's favorite powder..."

"Obviously the scent is so strange...but she just likes to use this..."

"Every day... I rub a lot on my body..."

"When she...was still alive...in the whole capital...she was the only one...often buying this face powder..."

"Also bothering me to take a long way to buy... I really can't stand her..."

"After she was gone... unconsciously... I also got into the habit of rubbing Wakasa incense on my body every day..."

"As long as I put Wakasa on... I can have a feeling... that she is by my side..."

"So I rub a lot on my body every day... so much that when I shake my body, there is a lot of Wakasaka's powder...to the extent that I shake it off..."

After chuckling a few times, Shunliu exhausted the last remaining strength in his body, and stretched his hand towards the hakama of his lower body.

The hakama of Shun Liu's lower body has been specially modified, and there is a bag sewn on the side of the hakama.

After reaching into the pouch sewn on the side of the hakama, Shunroku took out a small cloth pouch.

"This is me... using the remaining bit of Wakasa incense... Hachi... to give you..."

Mucun didn't say much, but silently held Wakasa Kazuki that Shunliu handed over tightly in his palm.

"Shunliu, what is this?" After putting away the Wakasa incense that Shunliu handed over, Mucun found two flesh-colored unknown objects dropped beside Shunliu's hakama.

It was something Shun Roku accidentally brought out of his pocket when he took out Wakasa Kawasaki from Hakama Naka's pocket just now.

"That... is a human skin mask..."

"I spent a lot of money... custom made..."

"Because... Ogata Istosai's figure is neither fat nor thin... His face is easier to make... So I bought a human skin mask made by Ogata Istosai... I wear this mask... to kill people everywhere ..."

"The other...is a face with normal features...when I am doing normal activities in Kyoto...I wear this face with normal features...so that some acquaintances in Kyoto...don't recognize me as Junroku Kunieda..."

"So you were wearing this thing last night, pretending to be Brother Ogata, killing people everywhere..."

While talking softly, Mucun picked up the two flesh-colored things and unfolded them. The facial features of one of them can vaguely distinguish the charm of Ogata, and the other is just an ordinary face that can be seen everywhere.

"These two masks... are also given to you..."

At this moment, Shun Liu's voice was very weak, as if he might be speechless at any time.

"Shunliu, your plan is indeed perfect." Mucun said softly, "But your perfect plan still exposed a lot of loopholes. Two months ago, there was an explosion for unknown reasons in Luowai."

"The explosion was also made by you, right?"

"Hahaha..." Shun Liu let out a few weak laughs, "That's...we are testing my modified bomb..."

"Some idiot... accidentally made a mistake... causing the bomb to explode..."

"Besides this loophole, there are many mistakes and omissions in your plan. The most serious mistake is - you shouldn't have pretended to be Ogata Issai."

"You probably never dreamed that the real Ogata Ittosai would appear in Kyoto on the day you planned to implement the plan, right?"

"Yeah...my luck is really...too bad..."

Shun Liu's last sentence "too bad" was so weak that it sounded like a mosquito humming.

Shunliu tried his best to close his eyes to look at Mucun, who was kneeling beside him.

"...Makimura...you look like you're about to cry...it's really rare...hahaha..."

"It's really strange... You beat me so badly... You ruined my plan..."

"I'm... not angry at all..."

"Being defeated by you...but unexpectedly a little fun...hahahaha..."

"Compared to 2 years ago... I am a different person..."

"But you haven't changed at all...whether it's your face... or your original heart..."

"Jinle gave you...the red dragon pattern...as expected, there is nothing wrong with the pattern..."

"You are truly...a dragon among men!"

After finishing speaking, the corners of Shunliu's mouth curved slightly.

Then... slowly closed his eyes.

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"Go to sleep, Shunliu."

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Mucun clutched his most injured chest and stood up slowly.

"Okay... Shun Liu's gang... the subordinates who sneaked into the Six Great Swords Hall... how to solve it..."

While muttering like this, Mucun raised his head and looked forward.

As soon as he looked forward, Mucun was stunned.

Just now, he was only focused on fighting Shunliu to the death, so Mucun didn't find out until now—the Ertiao City in the distance is now in flames!

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Kyoto, Nijo Castle.

"Master Kotaro!"

While Kotaro led the remaining subordinates to the Honmaru Palace in Nijo Castle, he listened to a report from a subordinate beside him.

"The bandits just broke through the Ninomaru Palace, passed the covered bridge, and entered the Honomaru Palace!"

"Have you already entered the Honmaru Palace...!" Kotaro gritted his teeth, "Have all the people I sent to stop him been killed by that guy...!"

Just now, Kotaro has been leading the main force to escort those big figures in Nijo Castle out of the city.

If any of these big men made any mistakes, they would not be able to bear the responsibility.

After escorting these big figures to leave Nijo Castle along the secret road, Kotaro led the main force back to meet the incoming enemies.

The two major architectural complexes of Nijo Castle, the Honmaru Palace and the Ninomaru Palace, are separated by an "inner moat".

There is only a narrow corridor bridge between the Honomaru Palace and the Ninomaru Palace.

After leading the main force to the covered bridge, Kotaro was shocked to find that a group of people were rushing along the covered bridge to the Honmaru Palace noisily.

All the subordinates Kotaro deployed along the road of Higashi-Otemon, Karamon, Ninomaru Palace, Covered Bridge, and Honmaru Palace have been defeated by the invading enemy, so now outsiders can break into Nijo Castle casually.

"What a gaffe!" Kotaro's face turned pale.

Serving as the guard of Nijo Castle tonight-this is the first big task they received after Shiranui and the shogunate began to cooperate.

And their first big mission now turned out to be like this - they were hacked by an unknown person and killed all the way to the Honmaru Palace.

Kotaro couldn't imagine how angry he would be if the shogunate far away in Edo knew that Shiranui had messed up this supposedly simple task...

Thinking of this, Kotaro felt his back covered with cold sweat.

——Be sure to kill this bastard who broke into Nijo Castle!

Kotaro yelled in his heart.

Only by killing this damned enemy can the punishment they will suffer in the future be minimized.

Because of the urgent time, Kotaro didn't have time to ask what the people who went straight to the Honmaru Palace came for. They used their Shiranui's stealth technique and rushed into the Honmaru Palace.

According to Kotaro's known information so far - this invading enemy is currently located in the castle tower on the southwest side of the Honmaru Palace.

The castle tower of Nijo Castle is a five-layer and six-story tower building with a total height of about 90 feet (27 meters).

Kotaro led his subordinates and walked through every floor of the castle tower with this group of unknown guys.

In the end - at the highest level of the castle tower, they met the damned person who made them Shiranui fall into this embarrassing situation now.

Is a young samurai.

And a very familiar warrior.

After Kotaro and others ascended to the highest level of the castle tower, the young samurai said softly:

"It's finally here..."

"Are you..." Kotaro said in a deep voice, "Ogata Yitosai...!"

Kotaro had seen this face on the arrest warrant.

So he recognized it at a glance - this person is the famous Ogata Yidaosai!

"That's right." The young samurai replied without any hesitation, "Are you that Kotaro?"

"You know me..." Kotaro's face became more and more ugly, "Ogata Ittosai, why are you crazy? Do you know what it means to attack Nijo Castle, and it is still guarded by us Shiranui?"

"Nijo Castle is the headquarters of the shogun in Kyoto!"

"It is a symbol of the power of the Edo Shogunate!"

"If you attack here, you are declaring war on the Edo Shogunate!"

Ogata chuckled lightly at Kotaro's words.

Then--

"As early as when I beheaded Matsudaira Gennai last year, my all-out war with the Edo shogunate had already begun!"

"I attacked Erjo Castle this time, not for anything else, just to get back what was taken away!"

"Joke! What did we take from you?!"

"Machi's smile."

"Machi?"

Hearing this name, Kotaro was slightly taken aback.

"So that's how it is..." Kotaro realized something, his expression became even more ugly, "Are you rebelling for the sake of Acho..."

Ogata shifted his gaze away from Kotaro, and cast his eyes on the samurai in all kinds of clothes.

"Hey! You! You are all members of 'Grave Digger'!"

Hearing the word "gravedigger" from Ogata's mouth, the expressions of these samurai changed one after another.

Seeing the changing expressions of these samurai, Ogata muttered softly:

"It seems so..."

Ogata called up the system.

In the previous battle with the enemy wearing a Nanman body, Ogata's Shiranui-ryu ninjutsu has achieved 2 ranks in a row and gained 4 skill points.

His personal level was already on the verge of upgrading.

When entering Nijo Castle, because he killed many ninjas in Shiranui, Ogata's personal level was raised by another level, and he got another 1 skill point.

For the 5 skill points he currently has, Ogata has already figured out how to use them.

Ogata added 1 point of it to Strength.

In this way, Ogata's strength and agility reached 12 points and 11 points respectively.

Just reached the physical condition to upgrade "Blade Counter" to "Master Level".

After adding more points to the strength, Ogata used the remaining 4 points to upgrade "Blade".

【Ding! Consuming 4 skill points, Wuwo Two Swords Sword Skill · Blade Counter is upgraded to a "master level" skill]

After using up all the skill points on his body, Ogata slowly pulled out Da Shitian and Da Zizai from his waist.

"Just tonight, let all the dust fall on the castle tower of this Erjo Castle!"

The aura on Ogata's body was so high that it shot straight into the sky.

Ogata clenched Da Shitian and Da Zizai in his left and right hands, combined the two sabers into an "X" shape, and then made a heavy blow to the left and right.

Da Shitian and Da Zizai uttered loud and clear saber sounds, as if they were responding to the heroic announcement made by their master just now.

"Sakakibara one-sword style, Wugo two-sword style!"

"Ogata Yishi!"

"Participate!!!"