As long as you can see the sword in Qingyuan Mountain, the next step will be easy.
He dodged sideways and avoided the sword thrust from the distant mountain.
Then he stepped forward, aimed at Yuan Shan's chest, and stabbed directly with his sword.
It's exactly the same thing as what Ogata felt just now - Ogata's current sword skill Bird Thorn is faster than before! Stronger! More accurate!
The tip of the sword carried a powerful force and shot straight towards Yuan Shan's chest.
Ogata originally thought that he would be able to stab Toyama this time.
The result was unexpected - just as the tip of the sword was about to hit Toyama's chest, Ogata suddenly felt the wooden sword in his hand shake.
Toyama used an unimaginable speed to withdraw the sword that Ogata had just dodged, and directly blocked Ogata's sword.
Ogata's attack unfortunately missed the target.
After blocking Ogata's sword, Toyama quickly retreated several steps and retreated out of Ogata's attack range.
Ogata looked at the distant mountains with a shocked expression.
He found that he still seemed to underestimate the distant mountains.
His Bird Thorn is now an advanced sword skill, and his attack just now was so sudden, but it was actually blocked by a distant mountain.
Also shocked were the distant mountains.
Toyama was even more shocked than Ogata.
--This guy!
Yuanshan roared in his heart.
——His actions just now were completely different from those in the previous competition!
Yuan Shan didn't hold back just now.
However, Ogata, who was in such a hurry in the last battle that he couldn't even keep up with the speed of his sword, actually dodged his sword at this time.
Not only did he dodge his sword, but he also took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack against him.
Sakakihara Kenkan is the archrival of Ishikawa Kenkan, so Toyama has naturally done some research on what sword skills Sakakihara Itto-ryu has and what characteristics each sword skill has.
The sword skill Ogata used just now was undoubtedly the thrusting skill of Sakakihara's Itto style - bird stab.
Ogata's bird stab just now, both in terms of speed and power, makes Toyama shudder just thinking about it.
When facing Ogata's Toriyama just now, Toyama even recalled for a moment the scene of the military and horse competition with his master, the current master of the Ishikawa Sword Hall, Ishikawa.
The sense of oppression that Ogata brought to Toyama just now was almost exactly the same as the sense of oppression that Master Ishikawa brought to him when he competed with him...
"You guy..." Yuan Shan said with a sullen face, "You actually hid your own strength..."
"Aren't you the same?" Ogata retorted without showing any weakness, "I didn't expect - it turns out that you can be even faster."
I must put away all my contempt. If I don't go all out, I may lose. Although Yuanshan doesn't want to admit this, it is an irrefutable fact.
After letting out a long breath, Yuan Shan slowly raised the wooden sword in his hand and assumed an upper stance.
Looking at Yuanshan who was in the upper position, the group of brothers and sisters in Yuanshan immediately burst out into bursts of exclamations.
Yuan Shan's best stance is the upper stance, and his best fighting style is to launch continuous fierce attacks on the enemy.
Yuanshan put on the upper posture, which means that Yuanshan is getting serious.
Ogata also instinctively sensed that the distant mountains at this time were more dangerous than before...
Ogata moved his right wrist that was holding the sword, and repositioned himself in the middle position.
The air seemed to freeze at this moment.
Regardless of the distant mountains or Ogata, they both stood motionless, staring at each other.
The people around him were also infected by the tense atmosphere, and none of them dared to express their anger.
As if agreed upon in advance, Ogata and Toyama, who had been motionless, suddenly started to move at the same time.
Snapped!
The two swords touched each other and then separated again.
Snapped!
Then they bumped into each other and separated again.
laugh!
Toyama launched a thrust towards Ogata, but Ogata dodged it again, leaving only a harsh sound of breaking wind.
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The fierce fight between the two immediately stunned the brothers and sisters in the distant mountains.
The onlookers basically don't understand swordsmanship, so they can't see the secret behind it.
But to Toyama's fellow apprentices, Ogata and Toyama, who were fighting vigorously, were simply two monsters.
The two of them exchanged offense and defense at a dazzling speed, neither giving way to the other.
Looking at Ogata, who was now on a par with Toyama, Itagaki and his three friends couldn't help but paled in the face and shrank their necks involuntarily.
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In the eyes of outsiders - Ogata and Toyama seem to be equally matched.
But for the person involved, Ogata, this was not the case.
At the beginning, they were really on par.
But as time goes by, Ogata has clearly felt that he is slowly falling into a disadvantage.
There's no other reason than that - my physical strength can't keep up.
Whether it's attacking, dodging, or defending, it all consumes physical energy.
Especially when blocking enemy attacks.
When you block an enemy's attack with your sword, the repulsive force will directly numb your arm.
As time went by, Ogata gradually felt that his physical strength could not keep up.
On the other hand, looking at the distant mountains - the distant mountains are obviously quite manageable.
--no……
Ogata was planning a new strategy against the enemy in his mind.
——We can't go on like this... If we continue to have a stalemate like this, I will definitely lose because I'm not as strong as a distant mountain!
Snapped!
After blocking Toyama's sword again, Ogata took several steps back to widen the distance between himself and Toyama.
The reason why I put distance between myself and the distant mountains is, on the one hand, to adjust my disordered breathing.
The other reason is to give yourself enough time to redraft countermeasures.
And Toyama seemed to be intending to take advantage of this gap to rest for a while, so he did not pursue Ogata closely, but continued to maintain his posture in the middle, staring at Ogata, while adjusting his breathing and relaxing himself
muscles.
While Ogata moved his slightly sore right wrist, he thought to himself:
——If we keep spending our physical energy there, I will definitely not be able to exhaust the distant mountains that obviously have more energy than me...
——How about using the remaining 2 skill points now...
——Add 2 skill points to "physical strength", and your physical strength should be able to surpass distant mountains.
——But... after adding skill points to "physical strength" now, it should only increase the upper limit of my physical strength, and will not allow my physical strength to return to full at this moment...
——Or should I add skill points to strength or agility, so that my own strength will skyrocket instantly, and then I can kill distant mountains in one go...?
——No! Wait!
At this moment, Ogata felt a bolt of lightning flash across his mind.
——There is a way!
——If you use this method, you should be able to defeat Yuanshan without using any skill points anymore...!
Just now, an idea flashed in Ogata's mind.
Came up with a plan.
A... maybe a strategy that can defeat Yuanshan without spending the remaining 2 skill points.