Although Ogata lived a relatively poor life, he never slacked off in caring for his saber.
It's time to oil and oil, and it's time to sharpen the knife.
Thanks to Ogata's never slacking off in caring for his sword, Ogata would not fall into the dilemma of "the sword has not been taken care of for too long and can no longer be used" in today's real sword fight.
When rushing towards the distant mountains, Ogata had already used "Breath of the Source" to put himself into the state of "Breath of the Source", temporarily increasing the reflex nerve value by 1 point.
Ogata and Yuanshan's swords were locked together, their waists were heavy, and they were wrestling with each other.
As long as the blades of the katana are placed together, it will not be easy to open the gap, and eventually it will naturally become a confrontation and wrestling situation like now.
Ogata and Toyama were facing each other across swords, competing with each other.
In such a posture, whoever exhausts his strength first will have his head moved.
Ogata and Toyama's feet were planted firmly on the ground. When the other party exerted force, they responded with force.
The two clenched their teeth and glared at each other fiercely across their knives.
No one spoke.
Because both of them put all their energy into wrestling, they had no extra energy to do anything else.
Ogata and Toyama are equally powerful.
When the strength is about the same, the one with the bigger body will have the advantage.
Ogata's body shape happens to be slightly taller than Toyama's.
What Yuan Shan is best at is speed, not strength.
Therefore, Toyama also gradually discovered that he did not have the upper hand when it came to competing with Ogata.
So Yuanshan released the pressure from the front sideways in an attempt to get rid of the current confrontation.
Ogata, who saw Toyama's intention, would not let Toyama get his wish.
Toyama released his strength laterally, and Ogata also released his strength laterally.
So the two of them kept their knives and tangs stacked together and ran sideways on the ground paved with white sandstone.
The direction the two of them ran towards was exactly the auditorium located to the north of the competition venue.
The nobles in the audience saw Ogata and Toyama running toward them with their swords raised, and each of them turned pale with fright and ran away from their respective stools.
Only Kurunaga still sat calmly in his seat, watching the deadly battle that took place in front of him.
Ogata and Toyama ran all the way to the front of the auditorium before stopping.
"Go to hell!"
Toyama let out a loud shout, then slammed forward, knocking Ogata away and forcibly interrupting the confrontation.
After knocking Ogata away, Toyama swung the knife in his hand and slashed at Ogata who was one step away from him.
After being knocked away by Toyama, Ogata's body moved subconsciously, and he used Bird Thorn on Toyama.
The two men's swords both hit each other.
Toyama's sword hit Ogata's left shoulder.
Ogata's sword stabbed Toyama in the right chest.
After both hit each other, the two of them took a few steps back and jumped out of the attack range of both sides.
--it hurts!
Ogata now only feels that his left shoulder is burning.
At the same time, I also felt that the clothes on my left shoulder began to slowly become wet.
The blood flowing out from the wound on his left shoulder instantly wetted Ogata's clothes on his left shoulder.
This was the first time Ogata was cut by a real sword.
The severe pain that kept coming from his left shoulder almost made Ogata unable to maintain the "breathing of the source".
Fortunately - the injury on Ogata's left shoulder was not deep.
Although it hurt, it didn't affect Ogata's ability to use his left arm.
Toyama's slash just now failed to leave a deep enough and large enough wound on Ogata, and Ogata's attack just now also did not bring any fatal damage to Toyama.
Just now, after the tip of Ogata's sword pierced Toyama's left chest, Ogata felt that he had stabbed something hard.
This is the rib of the distant mountain.
Because Toyama's ribs blocked Ogata's thrust, Ogata's thrust just now failed to cause much damage to Toyama.
But it can be seen that Ogata's attack just now also hurt Toyama.
The evidence is - Yuan Shan's face turned pale at this time, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead due to pain.
The two took a few breaths, adjusted their breathing that was a little messy due to pain, then clenched the swords in their hands again and rushed toward each other.
clang!
clang!
clang!
Ogata's sword collided with Toyama's sword three times in mid-air.
As a result, the two men's blades had three more gaps.
After the two swords collided again, Toyama quickly let go of his left hand holding the handle of the sword and grabbed Ogata's right arm holding the sword.
Looking at the left hand extended by Toyama, Ogata's pupils shrank slightly, and he quickly drew his arms back, narrowly avoiding Toyama's hand.
This is also a very common attack method - take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, reach out and grab the enemy's sword-holding arm, and control the enemy's actions.
Ogata, who dodged Toyama's attack, gripped the sword in his hand again and rushed towards Toyama.
The sound of the blades clashing together was occasionally mixed with a few muffled sounds of the blades entering flesh.
Toyama was determined to kill Ogata at all costs. Faced with some of Ogata's attacks that were not fatal, Toyama simply stopped blocking him. He used his body to block Ogata's attacks and at the same time counterattack Ogata.
opportunities.
Therefore, in just the blink of an eye, Ogata and Toyama both had a lot of wounds on their bodies.
——No... we can't continue fighting like this...
After once again getting away from Toyama, Ogata wiped the blood flowing from his forehead while thinking about countermeasures.
Just now, Toyama successfully slashed Ogata again. The part Toyama struck this time was Ogata's forehead.
But the wound was not deep, just a little scrape of skin.
At this time, none of the wounds on the two men were fatal, so this fight to the death was far from over.
In terms of strength, Toyama is actually slightly worse than Ogata at this time.
After all, Ogata's agility value is now as high as 8 points, and his reflexes have also been increased to 9 points due to the use of "Breath of the Source".
At the same time, Ogata now also has the defensive skill "Blade Counterattack".
Ogata has now relied on the blade to deflect countless attacks from Toyama.
However - although Toyama's current strength is slightly weaker than Ogata's, Toyama has enough courage to make up for this small gap - and a determination not to be afraid of death.
These wounds on Ogata's body were basically caused by Toyama giving up his defense and choosing to trade injuries for injuries with Ogata.
Ogata has already judged that even if he finally defeats Toyama, he will definitely pay a heavy price.
Ogata didn't want to suffer too many injuries or become disabled in order to defeat Toyama.
Therefore, Ogata stared at the distant mountains and thought about strategies to defeat the enemy.
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"What's wrong? Ogata Issei." Toyama, who had adjusted his breathing, let out his signature sneer, "Why are you standing there? Why don't you attack quickly?"
"...I was just thinking about how to cut off your head beautifully."
"Hmph, have you figured out a way now?"
"What a coincidence. Just when you asked me 'what's wrong', I happened to come up with a way to kill you with one sword."
After saying that, Ogata turned his sword upside down and inserted it directly into the ground paved with white sandstone at his feet.
Ogata's current appearance is like using a knife as a crutch and leaning on the ground.
Whether it was the spectators in the auditorium, the people at the Sakakihara Kenkan, or the people at the Ishikawa Kenkan, after seeing Ogata's weird sword-holding posture, they all let out loud or small exclamations.