Chapter 744 Takatori Castle Ninomaru, breakthrough! The unparalleled Qingto
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[Born to fight +9: The more tense and intense the battle, the better the physical and mental condition will be]
Loneliness +3, Concentration, Born for Fighting +9...the many talents activated together push Qingdeng's physical and mental state to the limit!
The "dong-dong" sound of the heart is like a war drum!
Adrenaline is secreted continuously and increases rapidly!
Each blood vessel in the body directly enters the "full power" state.
Qingdeng even felt that he could vaguely hear the sound of blood flowing at high speed in his body!
Although Qingdeng has fought dozens of enemy soldiers, he does not feel tired. Instead, he feels that his body is getting lighter and lighter! His limbs are getting lighter and lighter, and the wind is blowing under his feet!
If he is injured, Qingden can further stimulate his other "buff talent": Berserker +4.
[Berserker +4: The tolerance to pain and blood loss is greatly improved. The more pain you feel, the more you can unleash the power hidden in your body. However, when the damage suffered exceeds the physiological limit of the body, this effect is invalid]
It's a pity that so far in the battle, no one has been able to successfully injure Qingdeng.
After entering Ninomaru, the surrounding terrain becomes obviously more complicated.
In order to cause as much trouble to the attackers as possible, the designers of Gaotori City put all their talents into planning the city.
The closer it is to the core of the city (the Honmaru), the easier it is to defend and harder to attack.
There are tall and magnificent buildings everywhere.
There are winding corridors everywhere.
There is a saying that "it is easy to hide from an open gun, but difficult to guard against a hidden arrow."
When passing through a corner, one or even multiple attackers may be caught in an inconspicuous shadow.
When passing a certain palace, a cold arrow may be shot from the nearby bunker.
All in all, when fighting in a place like this, no matter how powerful a person is, he must be extra cautious.
Otherwise, if you are not careful, the boat will capsize in the gutter.
Therefore, even Qingdeng had to hold his breath and concentrate and go all out.
Forward, forward, and forward.
Swing the knife, swing the knife, swing the knife again!
The thrilling and tense battle situation not only left Qingdeng no chance to breathe, but also forced him to tighten the strings in his mind at all times.
At this moment, he was terribly focused! There were no unnecessary distractions in his mind.
It is no longer appropriate to use vulgar words such as "concentrate" and "single-minded" to describe it.
In his eyes there is only the way forward and the enemy!
The presence of the two knives in his hands becomes blurred, as if they have become one with the palms of his hands!
Finally, Ninomaru's Otemon broke into his field of vision!
The so-called "Otemon" means main gate in Japanese.
As long as we break through this place, we can attack the core of Ninomaru - Ninomaru Palace in one fell swoop, and then we can directly capture the Main Maru of Takatori Castle!
A single move can affect the whole body... In such an important position, naturally heavy troops have been deployed.
Looking around, there were dozens of nervous and ready figures standing outside Otemon's door.
In addition, there are more than a dozen archers holding long bows waiting on the gate tower.
The person responsible for guarding this gate is another confidant of Yoshimura Torataro - Teishi Fujimoto.
Seeing Qing Deng coming, he immediately roared at the top of his lungs:
"Fire the arrow! Fire!"
As soon as this order was issued, the archers on the gate tower drew their bows and drew their arrows——
In an instant! Dozens of arrows pierced the atmosphere, resembling flying swallows, and shot towards Qingdeng!
It's just...the skill of these shooters is really not that good.
Archery is a martial art with high technical content.
Without training, ordinary people will not be able to use bows and arrows at all.
In the Edo period, only senior samurai could afford to learn bow and arrow.
It is no exaggeration to say that even among the powerful Shinsengumi, the only ones who can be called "proficient in archery" are Ayoto and Sanako.
More than half of the arrows fired at Qingdeng were either powerful or accurate.
Even if Qingden doesn't dodge, only three or two arrows can hit him.
If the density of this arrow rain increased tenfold, it might pose some threat to Qingdeng.
With the current level of arrow rain... Qingdeng didn't even have to dodge!
He lowered his eyelids and stared at the arrows that were gradually approaching in mid-air.
The talents "Eagle Eye +5" and "Speed +6" are activated!
[Eagle Eye +5: Dynamic vision is better than ordinary people]
[Super speed +6: Reflexes are better than ordinary people]
In Qingdeng's eyes, these arrows were like "playing in slow motion". The flight trajectory and the disturbed airflow at the tail of the arrow were all clearly visible.
The next moment, Qingdeng swung the two swords in his palms - dodged once, dodged again, and dodged three times - just like swatting mosquitoes, all the arrows that had a chance to hit him were cut into two by him and fell limply.
Falling to the ground.
He just waved his sword to block the arrows while continuing to approach Otemon.
The silver-white sword light was like a "protective layer", tightly protecting Qingdeng.
Even if the archers kept drawing their bows, they could not hurt Qingden at all.
"Damn! Is he still a human? Even a bow and arrow can't hurt him!"
Fujimoto Teishi, who was under the gatehouse, gritted his teeth, cursed and raised the sword in his hand:
"Be careful! Prepare to engage the enemy!"
Click, click, click... Accompanied by a burst of clanging sounds, long spears were raised one after another, pointing at Qingdeng who was getting closer and closer.
The gunman is in the front and the swordsman is in the back - a very classic battle formation.
However... Aonto didn't pay attention to Fujimoto Teishi and others who were already close at hand.
Soon enough, he kicked off the ground suddenly, jumped up! His body flew high into the sky, and then he landed on the wall next to the Oshou Gate.
Immediately afterwards, he kicked his legs again, using the wall as a pedal, his body jumped up like a spring, and drew a standard parabola in mid-air... The landing point: the gate tower!
While leaping forward, Qingden put the Dingguishen in his right hand into his mouth, bit it hard, and flew his right hand into the air.
The talent "Hippo's Jaw" is activated!
[Hippo’s jaw: its bite force is better than that of ordinary people.]
With a bang, Qingdeng leaned on the outer wall of a shooting port of the tower. With the blessing of his talent "Skillful Hands +5", the five fingers of his right hand tightly clasped the gap between the stone bricks above the shooting port. It looked very similar.
spider.
Behind the shooting port, there was an archer preparing to draw his bow.
Looking at Qingdeng who suddenly appeared in front of him, his eyes suddenly widened with disbelief on his face.
Before he could react, Qingden flew up with a kick and hit the opponent's center with his heel.
Broken teeth flew out and blood dropped... Qingdeng used the force of his flying kick to rush into the gate.
Although the shooting port is very narrow, with the blessing of the talent "Snake Body +1", if you squeeze it a little, it is still enough to accommodate Qingden's entry and exit.
[Snake body +1: body flexibility is better than ordinary people]
There are a total of 12 archers inside the tower... Correction, Qingden has killed one of them, leaving only 11 archers left.
Facing Qingdeng who broke in directly with such a simple and crude method, the archers were stunned.
Everyone opened their eyes wide and opened their mouths slightly. They were really "jawed".
Qingdeng never let go of this fleeting and precious fighter opportunity.
Poof!
Qingdeng's left elbow flicked out like a broken harp string, hacking off the heads of nearby enemies.
At the same time, Qingdeng raised his right hand and took up the Dingguishen bitten in his mouth again.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
There were three more sounds of flesh being cut.
Three more people fell!
Qingdeng alternately waved the two swords in his palms, splashing out waves of blood one after another!
Until this time, the archers who were still alive finally recovered from the shock. They discarded the longbows in their hands, drew their sabers, and switched to close combat.
Suddenly, a powerful shout sounded from Qingdeng's right front.
The blade started from above and struck Qingdeng's head straight.
Without looking at the opponent, Qingdeng lowered the Dingguishen in his right hand so that the tip of the knife pointed downwards, then tilted his body, stepped forward, and swung the knife upwards.
Passed by.
Qingden didn't even need to check whether he had hit the target - because he felt the soft side of the human body being hit hard in his palm.
The man, who had most of his waist cut off, stumbled forward and fell directly to the ground.
——2 on the left...1 on the right...
Qingdeng swept his eyes, quickly calculated the number and location of the remaining enemies, and then quickly launched into action.
He first stepped to the right and slashed at the enemy on his right - the Dingguishen on his right hand traced a slashing path against the cassock - first eliminating the threat on the right.
Of course, the two enemies on his left will not just watch Qingdeng do whatever he wants.
One of them stabbed straight with his sword, the other swung the blade diagonally.
Two completely different attacks targeting different parts... it's very tricky.
However, Qingden calmly raised Vairocana with his left hand - attack with the right and defend with the left!
The purple sword light cut a sharp arc in mid-air, knocking down the two attacks on the left.
The enemy on the right is dead... the next thing will be easy to handle.
Qingden stepped firmly on his feet, pulled Dingguishen back to his hand, and then swept to the left with Vairochana!
Puff! Puff!
With flying blood foam, Qingdeng continued to attack!
At this moment, there were two enemies with knives in the front, and two more people attacking from the side - they were the last four people left on the gatehouse.
They formed a solid human wall and dropped four knives together in an attempt to stop Qingdeng.
The gatehouse is very narrow, and there is no other option except facing the enemy head-on!
Seeing this, Qingdeng snorted coldly, flipped his right wrist, and at the same time switched the Ding Guishen to the front grip, the two swords in his palms struck each other with a "clang" sound, forming an "X" shape. He blocked it upwards and attacked.
Hold all the 5 knives that come!
Kick-kick-kick-kick-kick...
1VS4...1 person wrestling with 4 people.
Judging from the numbers alone, it is clear which side has the upper hand.
However, in battle, quality always trumps quantity!
The talents "Elephant's Core +9", "Tiger's Arms +4", "Nine Bulls and Two Tigers +3", activate!
Qingdeng gritted his teeth and secretly used a fierce force to tighten every muscle in his body!
The legs help the waist, the waist helps the arms, and the arms help the knife.
He forced himself against the four men in front of him and moved forward slowly!
The four people looked horrified and tried to push him back with all their might.
However, even though each of them tried their best, it had no effect!
They felt that there was a steady stream of increasingly majestic power pressing down on them!
Not only was it unable to stop the retreat, it was also pushed further and further back!
Qingdeng saw the right moment, shouted low, pushed up the two knives in his palms, and opened the four knives on the opposite side with great strength.
The blade was opened...the middle doors of these four people were directly exposed in front of Qingdeng!
In the next breath, Qingdeng lowered his body weight and threw himself into the middle of the four people like a whirlwind.
Just like surging sea water hitting a hard reef, blood foam continuously spurts out.
Flesh and blood burst open, limbs were broken, and bones were exposed.
The four people fell to the left and right one by one.
At this point, there are no more enemies on the gate tower!
At first glance, Qingdeng seemed to have spent a lot of time in order to eliminate the threat of "long-range attacks" here.
But in fact, only about ten seconds have passed since Qingdeng broke into the gate building.
However, it's not time to relax yet.
The battle is not over yet!
There are also enemies below the gate tower that need to be dealt with urgently.
Qingden reached out to fish on the ground, picked up a bow and a pot of arrows, then ran to the nearby shooting port and looked down.
Ayoto's combat action of "leap directly into the gate tower and deal with the archers first" completely exceeded the expectations of Tetsushi Fujimoto and others.
As a last resort, they had no choice but to break up their battle formation and hurried to the gatehouse.
As a result, because Seito's attack speed was too fast, the gate tower had been cleared before Fujimoto Teishi and others arrived, so they are now gathering on the stairs leading to the gate tower.
Looking at it from Aonto's perspective... Fujimoto Teishi and others are stuck in a position where they can't move up or down, without any shelter!
For Qingdeng, such a location couldn't be better!
He loaded the bow with skillful techniques, pulled out the bowstring, and pointed the sharp arrow directly at Fujimoto Teishi and others who were still going upstairs below the gate tower.
At this time, Tetsushi Fujimoto noticed the movement here.
Looking at the arrows pointing at them and the bow that had been stretched into a full moon, his eyes suddenly widened to the extreme.
"Be careful! Hide! Hide..."
Chi!
Before he could finish his words, the sudden sound of wind interrupted his words.
The arrow that flew out hit Fujimoto Tieshi's wide-open mouth, the tail of the arrow was exposed outside the mouth, and the arrowhead was exposed at the back of his neck.
The tragic death of Tetsushi Fujimoto was just the beginning.
Chi! Chi! Chi! Chi! Chi! Chi! Chi!
The muffled sound of arrows piercing flesh comes one after another!
Qingden didn't even aim, he just mechanically repeated the whole process of "drawing the arrow", "releasing the arrow", "drawing the bow", "aiming", and "releasing the arrow", with an astonishing rate of fire of one shot per second.
!
The last time he used a bow had to go back to the Iga offensive and defensive battle a few months ago.
Recently, due to being too busy, Qingdeng has not practiced bowing very much, and his technique is a bit rusty.
However, no matter how unfamiliar his skills are, it is still more than enough to achieve "one kill with one arrow" at this distance.
Every arrow he shoots will take a life! There will never be a missed arrow!
Such a terrifying efficiency in killing enemies is even more terrifying than slashing with a shining blade!
Although the enemy group that had regained consciousness had dispersed and each was looking for cover, their slow speed was no different from standing still in Qingden's eyes.
Within a moment, the enemy group below the gate tower was shot to pieces by Qingdeng, leaving corpses on the ground.
Although there were still some hidden fish that slipped through the net, Qingden was too lazy to pay attention to them anymore.
"This inferior bow is really difficult to use..."
With that said, he threw away the bow in his hand, turned around, jumped off the gate tower, crossed the Otemon gate, and ran towards Ninomaru's palace.
Takatori Castle Ninomaru, breakthrough!
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Takatori Castle, Kuromon (the main gate in the north)
"Damn it...Damn it...what's the fighting situation in the city?"
"Who knows!"
"Don't worry so much! We just stick to our posts!"
Qingdeng's sudden invasion and his overwhelming attack plunged Gaotori City into chaos.
The city's defense network was turned into a mess.
In order to resist Qingdeng, except for strategic points like Black Gate that must not be tampered with, the guards in other places were mobilized to support.
Although the guards of the Black Gate were ordered to "stand by and guard the city gate," the confusing battle situation in the city made them worried and their morale was seriously affected.
They originally thought that relying on the strong city of Takatori Castle would bring some trouble to the Shinsengumi.
Unexpectedly...that Tachibana Qingden actually attacked in like this, and the attack process was extremely smooth, as if walking on flat ground!
The natural dangers of Gaotori City cannot stop him at all!
The defense system that I thought would make the Shinsengumi feel uncomfortable was penetrated and smashed by Tachibana Aoden alone... Is it necessary to resist when fighting such a monster?
Thinking of this, the guards at the Black Gate became increasingly depressed.
On the gate tower of the Black Gate, a strong man with an unshaven beard said earnestly to his companions behind him:
"Don't be afraid! Kawakami Hikosai is here in this pill!"
"That Kawagami Hikosai is also an incredible monster!"
"You may not believe it, but I have personally seen Kawagami Hikosai's sword skills!"
"He's very quick with his sword!"
"First there is the slash, then there is the sound of the sword!"
"He has already killed the enemy, but others just heard the sound of him drawing his sword!"
"In short, as long as Kawakami Hikosai is here and with the cooperation of others, we will definitely be able to kill Tachibana Aoden!"
"Speaking of which, did you listen to me? How come you didn't break out after a long time?"
As he spoke, he turned his head back with a look of displeasure on his face - only to see that the companion behind him who had just been chatting with him had collapsed to the ground, making no sound, and his neck was unnaturally twisted.
"Hey, you..."
The strong man with a horrified expression had just uttered a syllable when he suddenly smelled a very delicious smell.
The fragrant wind filled his nostrils - two small hands stretched out from behind his head, one covering the other's mouth, and the other holding the back of his neck.
These two little hands twisted hard like twisting a bottle cap - the strong man's vision suddenly reversed 180 degrees, and he was suddenly able to see the scene behind him.
A beautiful, handsome girl wearing a black ninja uniform...the above was the last scene the strong man saw in his life.
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PS: You may be wondering: How did Kinoshita Mai push open the city gate by herself?
It's actually very simple. Don't use Chinese city gates to replace Japanese city gates.
The gates of most castles in Japan are of the type that "the gate can be opened by pushing the lever behind the door." In simple terms, they can be understood as large courtyard gates.
