It all happened too fast.
One second it was calm, and the next second two assassins suddenly appeared and came towards her. This unexpected change of situation made Gua Shengxiu involuntarily show a dumbfounded expression.
As for Bai Ju...she didn't even react.
On her pretty face was a look of happiness that she had survived the disaster.
Just 3 more seconds...
After 3 seconds, the swords of the two samurai will fall on Gua Shengxiu and Bai Ju.
Three seconds later, blood splattered and life passed away.
After 3 seconds, two more corpses, one old and one young, will appear on the ground...
Presumably, anyone would think so before witnessing the next scene.
At this critical moment, a scene that shocked Qingdeng suddenly happened to Gua Shengxiu.
Gua Shengxiu was deeply shocked by the sudden change in front of him. However, it only happened in a moment.
In an instant, Gua Shengxiu suppressed the astonishment on her face, and at the same time she took action!
I saw that she first pushed the white chrysanthemum in her arms aside, and then took the initiative to greet the two samurai. The two swords were only between Chi Chi and her!
Snap——!
The straw sandals, no bigger than an adult's palm, dragged a long mark on the dusty ground, making a loud friction sound - the melon crop suddenly took half a step to the right.
This mere "half step" allowed Gua Shengxiu to dodge out of the sword path of the strong man among the two samurai.
This mere "half step" separates "life" and "death".
The sword of this big, round-waisted man flew past Gua Shengxiu's body, and the sharp blade only hit the air in vain.
The displacement distance of Guashengxiu is neither more nor less.
If her stride just now had been a little slower or a little shorter, the outcome would have been very different.
However, dodging the strong man's attack... was not enough.
After all, the people who were slashing at Gua Shengxiu with their swords at this moment were not just strong men.
Whoosh——!
The ugly guy with the birthmark on his face made a knife sound with the wind, and the cold light of the knife filled Gua Shengxiu's field of vision.
Anyone with a certain foundation in martial arts will be able to tell at a glance: Even if Gua Shengxiu has the ability of a "sword master", he cannot avoid the blow of the birthmark face.
Pushing Bai Ju away and dodging the strong man's knife - these two actions took a total of 2 seconds.
In other words, there is only 1 second left for Gua Shengxiu...
1 second... This amount of time is probably only enough for Gua Shengxiu to stretch out her feet.
In such a short period of time, "move to dodge" is out of the question.
The cheeks of the face with the birthmark gradually took on a ferocious color.
He probably thought he had a chance to win.
He probably thought Gua Shengxiu was dead.
At this time, Bai Ju and the surrounding spectators, who had been pushed away by Gua Shengxiu, finally came to their senses and reacted belatedly.
Facing the strong man with a birthmarked face openly displaying a vicious sword on the streets of Yoshiwara, they were all shocked and frightened by the unbelievable situation unfolding in front of them.
Panic swept everywhere like a flood.
"Ooohhhhhhh!"
"Kill, kill someone!"
"Come on, hurry up! There are samurai killing people!"
The crowd screamed in shock, the proud faces with birthmarks, and the expressionless melon show——
All these things were overturned in the next moment.
"Uh?! Wow!"
Gua Shengxiu grabbed the wrist and elbow of the birthmark face holding the sword with lightning speed, followed his movements and twisted his right arm behind his back.
Birthmark Face screamed.
The attack was neutralized and his right arm was twisted behind his back - as a result, his body posture was inevitably damaged and his center of gravity became unstable.
In the next breath, Gua Shengxiu flew out a kick with the sole of his foot sticking to the ground, hitting the calf of the face with the birthmark.
The birthmark face was currently in a state where he had not yet had time to reposition his body. In this case, his crucial leg received a heavy kick...
What happens next is not difficult to imagine.
The birthmark face flew up.
The head, which was originally on top, shifted to the bottom; the feet, which were originally on the bottom, shifted to the top, and the whole person was directly lifted off the ground.
Gua Shengxiu took advantage of the situation and let go of the birthmark-faced arm.
The birthmark face that lost its "restraint" immediately spun around in mid-air like a top, and then fell heavily to the ground.
Gua Shengxiu's moves are less like Jiu Jitsu and more like Aikido.
Aikido is a defensive and counter-attack martial art that utilizes the attacker's kinetic energy and manipulates energy, and is biased toward skill control. It emphasizes "conquering strength with softness," "defensive counterattack," and "borrowing strength to exert force." It does not advocate active attack. It is a bit like
Tai Chi.
However, if Aoshito remembers correctly, the real Aikido would not be born until the beginning of the 20th century.
Therefore, Aikido cannot appear in this era.
What Gua Shengxiu used should be similar to Aikido.
At this time, the birthmark face, the strong man and Qingdeng all heard the cold old voice:
"Don't underestimate the old man. When I'm fighting a terrifying enemy that you little kids can't even imagine, your parents don't know where to feed them!"
Gua Shengxiu's defensive counterattack was really excellent.
However, having a birthmark face is not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Just when he was about to fall headfirst to the ground, he let out a muffled grunt, performed a masterful body posture in time, and landed his feet firmly back on the ground.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
The strong man gritted his teeth in frustration, raised his knife and turned around, intending to launch a new round of offensive against Gu Shengxiu.
However, at this moment, the birthmark face shouted loudly:
"Don't worry about this old man! It's important to kill Bai Ju!"
The birthmark face made the strong man's movements stop.
Despite his unwillingness, the strong man still chose to listen to the birthmark face's order and turned his head that was already facing Gua Shengxiu to face Baiju.
The moment the strong man turned his head... his eyes were filled with flying black scarves!
"Nioh" has arrived!
Natural Rishinryu·Torawei!
The blade as bright as a mirror cut off the sight of Ye Feng and the strong man!
The strong man's expression was suddenly dominated by intense fear.
"Tiger Tail" is a horizontal slashing technique in Natural Rishin-ryu.
Once struck by Qingdeng's blow, the strong man's head would definitely be split into two halves.
But what is unexpected is that not only does the birthmark face have extraordinary skills, but even the strong man also has two brushes.
The strong man's consciousness was still immersed in "shock", but his body took action a moment earlier - he took half a step back.
It was this half-step that allowed him to save his life.
The strong man's head narrowly escaped Echizen's "must-kill range" by Hitachi Moru Kaneshige.
However, the blade of Echizen Sumihitachi Moru Kaneshige still cut into the strong man's body.
The sharp tip of the knife was pulled directly from the strong man's left cheek to his right cheek.
As the strong man screamed, blood foam flew and blood flowed like a stream.
But in the blink of an eye, most of the strong man's face was soaked with bright red blood.
"Oh shit!"
Qingdeng heard the footsteps and curses coming from the side of him.
Birthmark Face came to support.
He must have realized that if he didn't come to the strong man's aid quickly, the strong man would definitely die.
The birthmark face stepped forward——
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah-!"
Standard Qihesheng.
Standard slash.
Qingdeng jumped up lightly and easily dodged the opponent's knife. The moment he landed, the knife in his hand flew down and struck the face of the birthmarked face.
Birthmark squatted down with a swipe of his face, and the knife in his right hand drew an arc, passed through the air, and hit Qingdeng's blade, blocking Qingdeng's slash.
Echizen Sumihitachi Rikushou Kaneju is indeed a well-known brand that is famous all over the world, and the quality is extraordinary.
The two swords were connected, and Aomori's Echizen Suzu Hitachi and Kaneju were intact.
On the other hand, looking at the birthmark face - his knife broke open a big gash.
Qingdeng abruptly put the knife back. Seeing an opportunity, Birthmark Face raised the knife over his head, preparing to slam Qingdeng's body.
Although the posture of the birthmark face is full of aura, Qingteng's withdrawal of the knife just now was just a deliberate flaw.
As soon as he said it, Qingdeng suddenly lowered his body and waved the knife in his hand at a speed faster than his birthmark face.
The blade of the knife slashed diagonally towards the chest of the birthmark face.
Natural rational heart flow·Yan Xie!
The hole on the face with the birthmark suddenly shrank to the size of a pinprick.
If he didn't block Qingdeng's blow, he would definitely lose. Driven by this thought, Birthmark Face turned from offense to defense and put the knife that had been raised above his head back to his chest.
clang!
There was another big gap in the blade of Birthmark Face - even so, he still couldn't completely block Qingdeng's attack.
The moment the two swords touched each other, the knife on the face of the birthmark was bounced away.
After breaking through Birthmark Face's defense, Qingdeng's knife smoothly struck Birthmark Face's chest.
However, the defense of birthmark face is not useless at all.
He held the knife in front of his chest in time, successfully causing Qingdeng's knife path to slightly deflect.
The slash that could have directly caused serious injury ended up only cutting through the skin and flesh, without breaking the bones or damaging the internal organs.
A series of "red plum blossoms" made of blood appeared in the sky and on the ground.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah-!"
The strong man on the side endured the severe pain of his face being cut open.
He gritted his teeth and jumped up.
The knife in his hand went straight to Qingdeng's Tianling Gai with the force of Mount Tai.
Qingdeng neither dodges nor dodges, nor panics nor is he confused.
"ha……"
Qingdeng opened his lips slightly, and translucent hot turbid air came out from between his lips and teeth.
The next moment, he suddenly stepped closer to the strong man!
The black scarf and cyan sleeves fly high.
On the street that was dyed crimson by the red lanterns on the roadside, two mottled figures merged into one.
Xiangwu's sword tore apart the sound of wind!
The speed of the two people's moves is obviously different.
The first to arrive first is the one who rises first!
He placed the Echizen resident Tsuneki Shou Kaneju at an angle on his left waist, ducked under the strong man's sword, and when he was about to cross his shoulders, he swung his sword and struck the strong man in the abdomen.
Qingdeng used the back of the knife.
Because he had as many questions as a mountain to ask these two "uninvited guests", he decided to spare their lives.
one strike!
Another blow!
Another blow!
Qingdeng hit the strong man hard on the waist, which Qingdeng felt was not enough. He stabbed him three more times in the blink of an eye.
The first knife hit the strong man's chest.
The second knife hit the strong man on the left shoulder.
The third knife hit the strong man's right leg.
The most appropriate way to describe Qing Deng's slashing attack is "to cut through the mess with a sharp knife".
The strong man was in a state of disarray. Facing Qingdeng's sharp slashes, he had no power to fight back.
The potential energy of the 4 slashes accumulates and superimposes on each other.
When Aoto took Echizen's resident Hitachi Mamoru Kanesaka back, the strong man's body seemed to have been knocked away and fell into a smelly ditch not far away.
After a few "hum hum" sounds, he lost consciousness on the spot.
[Ding! Talent scanned]
[Successfully copied talent: "Swordsmanship Sword Master"]
[Talent introduction: The increase in swordsmanship talent is 7 times the average level of ordinary people]
[Ding! It has been detected that the host already has the same type of talent]
[Ding! Start talent fusion]
[Ding! "Sword Master" cannot be fused with "Sword Saint"! 】
[Talent fusion failed]
…
Qingdeng turned around with the knife in hand and looked directly at the face with the birthmark covering the injured chest with a look that showed no sadness or joy.
When Qingdeng glanced over, the face with the birthmark was like a small animal being targeted by a natural enemy. His face immediately turned pale, and his lips and body trembled a few times.
The so-called "crushing" is nothing more than that.
Compared to Qingdeng's superb and exquisite movements, both the strong man and the birthmark face looked like a layman holding a sword for the first time... but their strength was by no means weak compared to other warriors.
A look of hesitation that came and went quickly flashed between the cheeks of the face with the birthmark.
"Damn...!"
He cursed secretly, then put the knife back into its sheath, turned around and ran away.
"Get away! Get away from me!"
No matter where you are, there is no shortage of brave people who have nothing to do when they are full.
Three samurai fought with swords, causing blood to fly everywhere - such a brutal scene, but some people dared to stay there and watch it.
It can only be said that it is worthy of being Edo in troubled times.
Because of the frequent occurrence of vicious incidents such as "who and so was killed" and "vicious conflicts broke out everywhere", the citizens of Edo were generally accustomed to blood, bones and dead people.
Birthmark Face pushed away all those who blocked his path with extremely rough movements - including the official servants of the Shirobei Club.
The main targets that the officers of the Shirobei Club usually deal with are thieves who steal money on the streets of Yoshiwara, and prostitutes who refuse to pay the girls after they are done with them.
Have you ever seen such a cruel thief who just draws a knife and kills someone without saying a word?
They were all so frightened that they froze in place and watched the birthmark face leave.
Although Birthmark Face was stabbed in the chest, the injury did not affect his feet or his running at all.
He ran away regardless, leaving behind beads of blood and clouds of dust and smoke.
Escape from Qingdeng... to some extent, this is more difficult than "defeating Qingdeng".
Qingden took a deep breath——
"Take the lead", "Elephant's core +1", "Bear's waist +1", "Strong muscles +1" activate!
After Qing ascended, his feet kicked hard on the earth.
With just one step forward, he covered a distance of several meters in one breath...
In one breath, the figure with the birthmark face was as big as a thumb in Qingdeng's eyes.
Another breath, and the birthmarked face was only about 3 meters away from Qingdeng.
Another breath, and the birthmark face was already within Qingdeng's reach...
Even without looking back, Birthmark Face could tell from the footsteps behind him that Qingdeng was approaching him at a terrifying speed...
Although he tried his best and poured all his strength into his lower body, he could only listen to the footsteps getting closer and closer to him with a pale face, and Qingdeng's breath getting closer and closer to him...
As if he had given up on himself, a trace of anger flashed in the eyes of the face with the birthmark.
The next moment, he suddenly stopped his feet, then quickly turned back using his right foot as an axis.
While turning around, he took advantage of the potential energy and centrifugal force of turning around to draw his sword out of its sheath and slashed Qingdeng in the waist and abdomen!
Turning sword... No! It should be called "turning sword"!
Faced with this insidious blow from the face with the birthmark, the corners of Qingdeng's eyes twitched slightly.
What happened next really happened in the Feiyun switch room.
Qingdeng suddenly sheathed the sword, and the shining sword of Echizen Tsudasa and Lu Shoujiang disappeared back into its sheath.
The left hand is holding the sheath, the right hand is stroking the handle, and the waist is low - exactly the posture of Drawing the Sword Technique and Liuguang!
In an instant, I saw Qingdeng's right elbow pop open like a broken bowstring. He pulled out the knife from his waist, and with a "swish" sound, the sound of the blade cutting through the air was heard in the space. The speed was so fast,
Even the blade of the knife, which is more than two feet long, can only see the thin light of Mohu.
Echizen Tsune Rikumo Kanane slashed through the air and hit the side of the sword's face with the birthmark.
Katcha - like the sound effect of breaking glass.
The knife on the birthmark face was cut off.
The side of the blade is the most vulnerable part of the sword. If such a place is hit hard... even a famous sword like Daiden Tai and Doji Kiri can only end up being "cut off".
The Broken Blade flew high into the air...and landed at the same time as its owner.
After Qingdeng cut off Birthmark Face's knife, he took a big step forward and raised his left knee. The hard knee hit Birthmark Face's belly.
After Qingdeng's knee pushed his body into an arch shape that seemed to break at any moment, he lay on his side with his face on the ground, his limbs twitched slightly, and he uttered a few words of "ho ho ho" that sounded like screams of pain and moans.
After the sound, he passed out.
[Ding! Talent scanned]
[Successfully copied talent: "Swordsmanship Sword Master"]
[Introduction to talent: The increase in swordsmanship talent is 8 times the average level of ordinary people]
[Ding! It has been detected that the host already has the same type of talent]
[Ding! Start talent fusion]
[Ding! "Sword Master" cannot be fused with "Sword Saint"! 】
[Talent fusion failed]
…
Aoto vibrated the Echizen Sumi Hitachi Moru Kaneshige in his hand, then turned his right wrist, made a katana flower, and changed the sword he was holding to an upside down grip. Then, while maintaining his zanshin, he sheathed the sword.
The brown hat, black scarf and cyan clothes swayed slightly with the night breeze.
It looks like a swordsman who came out of an ancient painting.
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If there is a chance in the future, the author plans to write a shorter novella with an independent world view and Yoshiwara as the main stage after serializing the "Sword and Halberd Trilogy".
The male protagonist obviously has unparalleled strength but has no intention of fighting for hegemony. He just wants to find flowers and flowers in Yoshihara, and in the end he inadvertently becomes the "King of Yoshiwara" who conquers three thousand wandering girls - this is roughly the plot.
This chapter has been completed!