Chapter 63 The God-Sacrificing Competition is Advance! (Part 1)
Hirose Domain, Sakakihara Sword Hall.
"Ha..." Mikami sat slumped on the edge of the dojo, "I'm so tired... I have no strength anymore..."
Ogata, who was sitting next to him, also smiled and echoed:
"Me too...I can't fight anymore..."
After people from the Ishikawa Kenkan raided their Sakakihara Kenkan a few days ago, many of their Sakakihara Kenkan's disciples were seriously injured.
And Ogata's junior brother, Makino, was one of those people who was seriously injured.
Because Makino is still lying in bed to recuperate, Makino has not been able to come to the dojo these days to practice swordsmanship.
Therefore, Ogata's most frequent sparring partner in the past two days became his senior brother - Mikami.
In order to improve the level of "Muwo Swordsman Style" as soon as possible, Ogata "tortured" himself every day for the past two days.
Even though he has "tortured" himself in this way, Ogata's "Two Swordsman Style" has not yet been upgraded.
There is still 130 experience points left before leveling up.
There are many reasons why it has not been upgraded yet.
On the one hand, the reason is that the experience points required for upgrading the "Wuwo Sword Style" are unknown - quite a lot.
In order to upgrade the "Musama Two Swordsman Style" from level 1 to level 2, Ogata needs a full 300 experience points.
On the other hand, the reason is that Ogata did not win every battle when he and Mikami were competing.
While sparring with Mikami, Ogata deeply realized that when fighting with others, even if his skills are far superior to those of his opponents, if he is not careful, he is very likely to lose.
Although Ogata's three attribute values of strength, stamina, and vitality are still 5, his two attributes of agility and reflexes have reached 8 points.
At the same time, Ogata's sword skill "Bird Stab" has reached the "advanced" level and is Ogata's strongest attack skill currently.
In addition, he has also mastered the two major auxiliary skills "Breath of Source" and "Step".
However, even so, when Ogata and Mikami compete, there is no guarantee that they will win every battle.
Although in every sparring match with Mikami, Ogata won most of the rounds.
But Mikami would occasionally defeat Ogata in a few rounds.
As for the several competitions that ended with Ogata's defeat, the reason why he lost was without exception - Ogata was distracted and careless.
After just being distracted, Mikami keenly seized the opportunity and successfully killed Ogata.
It made Ogata deeply realize what a terrifying technique swordsmanship is.
Even if your skill is far superior to that of your opponent, you may still be injured or defeated by your opponent if you are not careful.
Today, Ogata also competed with Mikami for many times in a row, until now both of them were out of breath and could no longer fight.
Although both of them are now sitting on the edge of the dojo recovering their strength, Ogata is not idle.
"Hiss... ha..."
Ogata adjusted his breathing.
Gradually, Ogata's breathing changed from ordinary breathing to "breathing of the source".
After unlocking the skill "Breath of the Source", Ogata will use "Breath of the Source" whenever he has free time.
Whether in battle or in daily leisure.
The reason for doing this was purely because Ogata planned to use "Breath of the Source" to conduct a new experiment.
Ogata planned to experiment whether his skills could be upgraded through hard practice without relying on skill points.
Ogata still has a vague understanding of the various functions and settings of the system.
Without using skill points, can the level of skill points be improved through hard practice alone? Ogata believes that this experiment is necessary.
But this experiment is destined to be a very long one.
Take the downward slashing technique of Sakakihara's Ichitōryu - Sui Fall as an example. God knows how long Ogata had to practice Sui Fall before his level could be upgraded from intermediate to advanced.
Compared with attack skills such as Waterfall and Bird Sting, skills such as "Breath of Source" are the most suitable for this experiment.
Because "Breath of Source" does not require you to hold a sword.
No venue is required.
You can start practicing anytime and anywhere.
Therefore, using "Breath of Source" to do this experiment will take much less time.
At present, Ogata can only use "Breath of the Source" for about 4 minutes.
After 4 minutes, Ogata's breathing will gradually become disordered, and he will be forced to stop using "Breath of the Source".
After this period of continuous practice, Ogata vaguely felt that the use time of "Breath of the Source" seemed to have become longer.
Although it didn't get much longer, it probably only got longer by a few seconds.
Although Ogata didn't know how long it would take him to upgrade the level of "Breath of the Source" from elementary to intermediate without using skill points, he was already prepared for a protracted battle.
At the same time, we are also prepared for the worst outcome: "Under the limitations of the system, hard practice alone cannot improve the level of skills."
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After the hot sweat on his body stopped flowing and his originally hot body gradually cooled down, Mikami turned his head and looked at the sky outside the dojo.
"The sky is already very dark..." Mikami said, "That's it for today's practice."
"Yeah." As soon as Mikami finished speaking, Oufang next to him answered, "That's what I meant. It just so happens that I'm too tired to move now and I'm hungry, so let's go home for dinner.
"
Ogata stood up as he spoke.
However - at this moment, a hurried figure rushed into the dojo.
Because the footsteps of this hurried figure were too loud and urgent, it attracted everyone's attention. After this figure rushed into the dojo, Ogata and others in the venue immediately followed the sound.
After seeing the appearance of this figure clearly, Ogata raised his eyebrows: "Master?"
The person who hurriedly rushed into the dojo was none other than Ogata's master, Sakakihara Hanbei.
After entering the dojo, Hanbei turned his eyes anxiously, looking for someone in the dojo.
Because it is a bit late now, there are not many people practicing swordsmanship in the dojo.
Therefore, Hanbei quickly found the person he was looking for.
"Ogata!" Hanbei said urgently as he rushed towards Ogata, "Something serious has happened!"
"Master, what happened?" Ogata asked in confusion.
"Just now, the family boss suddenly summoned Ishikawa Hyoge and I." Hanbei said solemnly, "The family boss asked us to advance the time for the God Sacrifice Competition!"
"Advance the time for the God Sacrifice Competition?!" Mikami, who was standing next to Ogata, heard Hanbei's words and was the first to exclaim, "Master, when will the time be advanced?"
Hanbei gritted his teeth: "Tomorrow! Advance to tomorrow morning! This year's God Festival Competition will be held tomorrow morning!"