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Chapter 1068: Fighting against the "Immortal"! A great victory in the night attack on Hakodate Bay! [5500]

The mast was cut off with one blow... This shocking blow not only shocked the enemy, but also shocked our own side!
Instantly, the soldiers on both sides stopped fighting and stared in a daze at the mainmast that was cut off and began to tilt.

Our reaction was relatively calm, just pure shock and admiration.

On the other hand, the changes in the enemy's expressions are much more exciting and complex! Various emotions such as surprise, horror, and panic dominate their facial expressions.

Generally speaking, being able to cut off a wooden pillar as thick as a bowl with one strike is already a remarkable achievement.

This mast is the main mast of the enemy ship. It can no longer be called a "pillar"! It is simply a tree towering into the sky!

Even if you use a saw, it will take more than ten minutes.

And Qing Deng cut the "big tree" into two parts with just one slash of his sword... How could one not be shocked?

In order to achieve such destructive power, one must have extremely positive blade strength, extremely strong force, and extremely sharp blade. If any one of these three is missing, failure will occur!
In other words, this is a magical skill that is difficult to replicate!

While the Shinsengumi soldiers were still in a daze, Qing Deng's shout - "Shinsengumi, follow me!" - brought their consciousness back to reality.

No matter when and where, whenever Qing Deng shouts "Shinsengumi, follow me", the morale of the Shinsengumi will be boosted!
Accompanied by earth-shaking shouts, one soldier after another followed Qing Deng and rushed towards the mast that had become a "bridge".

The length of this mainmast was just right, and it could catch the enemy ship that Fujido Heisuke was in charge of.

As long as they run along this mast, they can successfully reach Fujido Heisuke and others - of course, it is easy to say, but it is not that easy to do in practice, as this "bridge" is extremely dangerous.

Because the mast is cylindrical, the ground beneath your feet is mushy and uneven, making it easy to slip.

Under the "bridge" is the abyss of dark sea water. Once you fall in, you will be swallowed by the waves in an instant.

Such a dangerous bridge is enough to scare people away.

However, inspired by Qing Deng, the soldiers who followed closely behind him all became excited, completely forgot their fear, and acted bravely.

However, they were smart and took off their straw sandals to increase the friction on the soles of their feet to keep their bodies stable.

Qingdeng no longer needs such "traditional methods".

The moment he stood on the mast, his talent "Cat Turn +4" was immediately activated!
But after his body swayed gently twice, he immediately regained his balance and stood firmly on the mast, as if there were hooks under his feet grasping the ground.

Just like that, under the leadership of Aoto, the Shinsengumi soldiers crossed the "bridge" quickly and orderly and headed straight for the other side!

As the distance between them continued to narrow, Qing Deng heard anxious shouts from the other side:

"Quick! Push this mast into the sea!"

"Are you kidding? How can you push such a long and heavy mast?"

"Then shoot! Shoot them all into the sea!"

After a while, muskets were set up one after another and aimed at Qingdeng and others on the "bridge".

Qing Deng and the others were all standing on the narrow mast, forming a straight line, just like "grasshoppers on a rope", with no way to avoid or hide. Logically speaking, they were perfect living targets, and no matter how many people rushed over, they would all die!
However, although their plan was brilliant, they overlooked one point - the leader was Qing Deng.

Qing Deng held the knife in front, and the moment the gun went off, his arms holding the knife suddenly bounced back!

The continuously flashing purple-black blade light formed a tight "defense net", and any bullet approaching this "defense net" would be intercepted and crushed.

Each man's sword turns into a shield, protecting the soldiers behind him from the barrage of bullets.

The enemy soldiers on this enemy ship have not yet seen Qing Deng's abilities.

In their expectations, Qing Deng and others should have been shot into a hornet's nest and not be able to advance an inch.

But the fact that really appeared before their eyes was that their barrage of comments did not make any progress!
Their original cognition was pitifully shattered, and they even forgot to fight back, and just stood there in a daze.

At this moment, Qing Deng suddenly heard a loud and powerful shout from the opposite side.

"You all stand down!"

Then, a young man in gorgeous clothes jumped onto the mast and faced Qing Deng.

Looking at the weapon held in the other party's hand - a swift sword flashing with cold light - Qing Deng couldn't help but be stunned.

Five years ago, when Qingdeng first met Elodie, they had a sparring match.

At that time, Elodie had not yet become Qingdeng's disciple, and did not know Japanese swordsmanship. She had only learned a little bit of swift sword, so she fought with the swift sword.

Although Qing Deng won the competition, he was deeply impressed by the strength of the Swift Sword.

To be fair, the Swift Sword is indeed the top weapon for "sword duel"!

The center of gravity of the swift sword is tilted backwards and the blade is slender, so it is very light and can be wielded flexibly with one hand.

Because it can be held with one hand, you can stand sideways. While protecting the midline of your body, you can also extend your right arm and shoulder holding the sword, greatly increasing the attack distance.

In addition, the main attack method of the Swift Sword is the fastest and most powerful stabbing. Once stabbed by the Swift Sword, the person will basically lose the ability to move.

Lightweight, with a wide attack range and great lethality... In a one-on-one armorless duel, the Swift Sword has always been invincible!

It is not difficult to see that this young man intends to stand alone and intercept Qing Deng and others on the "bridge"!

I don't know whether this young man is brave and skilled or he is just a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers, but after seeing Qing Deng's amazing skill of chopping bullets with a knife, he still dared to challenge Qing Deng in a duel.

No matter what, he had already stood on the "bridge head", blocking the way of Qing Deng and others like a high wall.

There was no need for complicated etiquette such as introducing themselves and their surnames. The two swordsmen stared at each other, immediately got into position and prepared to attack!
Qing Deng raised the tip of his knife and looked aggressive.

The opponent stood sideways, with the right half of his body holding the sword leaning towards Qingdeng, with the sharp tip of the sword pointing directly at Qingdeng's chest.

At this moment, they were like a pair of pirates, meeting on the narrow mast and engaging in a one-on-one duel!
The confrontation started suddenly and ended quickly.

Qingdeng's Vairocana draws an arc.

The opponent's swift sword stabbed out in a straight line.

The two lines intertwine.

The next moment, the two sides passed each other.

Qing Deng didn't even look behind him. He shook the sword vigorously, shook off the remaining blood on the blade, and continued forward.

As for the opponent... He was holding a swift sword with only half of the blade left, his chest burst open, spurting out a lot of blood, and then he turned into a kite with a broken string, falling lightly down and into the sea.

In that moment just now, Qing Deng seemed to have swung the sword only once, but in fact he swung it twice.

The first strike was from the upper right to the lower left, cutting off the opponent's sword.

The second knife swung from the lower left to the upper right, sweeping across the opponent's chest.

Because the paths of the two swords were exactly the same, at first glance it gave the illusion that "he only swung the sword once."

After killing this brave but useless young man, Qing Deng no longer had any obstacles in front of him. He easily jumped off the "bridge" and boarded the deck of the enemy ship.

As soon as he stood firm on his front foot, he swung the knife like a whip.

Then the purple-black blade light swept across, slashing down all the enemy soldiers within the slashing range! Directly clearing out an open "landing area"!
Under Qing Deng's protection, the team members behind him boarded the ship one after another.

Without Qing Deng's order, they consciously dispersed, each looking for the enemy and bravely taking the lead.

With the strong support of the fresh troops, Fujido Heisuke and others who had originally fallen behind were able to stand up again.

Qing Deng found Fujido Heisuke hiding at the bow, bandaging his left shoulder.

"Heisuke, are you hurt?"

"I was just grazed by a bullet. It's just a minor skin injury. It doesn't hurt. Mr. Ju, I'm very sorry. It's all my fault for being so incompetent. I have to trouble you..."

Before Toudou Heisuke could finish, Qing Deng interrupted calmly:

"Don't say such boring things. Instead of spending time blaming yourself, you should hurry up and bandage your wounds."

After saying this, he turned and ran towards where the most enemies were.

Fujido Heisuke nodded vigorously, responding to Qingdeng with a firm movement, then hastily tied the hemostatic bandage on his left shoulder, picked up the sword Kamisuke Kaneshige again, quickly caught up with Qingdeng, and re-entered the battle.

Qing Deng and Fujido Heisuke acted together, each of them serving as a horn, slowly suppressing the enemies on the deck.

Qing Deng didn't bring many reinforcements, but he alone was worth a thousand men!
Galloping, leaping, slashing... Vairocana's blade splashed out handfuls of blood, spreading death.

Although Qing Deng's offensive was still unstoppable, killing one enemy after another with his sword, he gradually noticed something unusual.

At first, when he saw Fujido Heisuke and others being suppressed, he thought it was because they were not strong enough.

But after rushing to support, he suddenly realized that he had wronged them.

The enemy soldiers on this ship are very elite! They are very skilled and have a clear plan of advance and retreat. They should not be underestimated! Soon, Qing Deng understood something and muttered:

"I see... this ship is the flagship...!"

These three enemy ships are of the same type and cannot be distinguished at all.

Since the crew of this enemy ship has outstanding training, even if this enemy ship is not the flagship, it must be the enemy's main battleship!
"Toudou Heisuke, you hit the jackpot. The ship we are standing on is most likely the enemy's flagship."

"Flagship? Ha, that's really lucky! Since it's the enemy's flagship, we can't let this ship go!"

"Heisuke, leave the deck to me. You take a team to the cabin and destroy the steam engine of this ship."

"understand!"

Fujido Heisuke selected a few soldiers with good skills and ordered them to go together and rush into the cabin.

After watching Fujido Heisuke leave, Qing Deng's talent "Foresight +9" suddenly activated - he sensed danger behind him.

At this moment, an enemy soldier in royal blue uniform with bayonet thrust attacked him from behind and stabbed him in the back.

Qing Deng didn't even turn his head, but twisted his body slightly to easily avoid the bayonet, then turned around and slashed the opponent's soft belly.

There are a large number of nerves in the human abdomen. Not to mention being cut, even if you are just punched, you will roll on the ground in pain.

Qing Deng's knife was enough to be fatal. Although he would not die on the spot, he would lose the ability to move due to the severe pain and could only fall to the ground and wait to die.

However...something happened that Qing Deng had never expected.

But the other party was holding his cut stomach and staggered twice, but did not fall to the ground.

The next moment, he planted his feet firmly, steadied his body, and then rushed towards Qing Deng again with a cry! He rushed into Qing Deng's arms with both the man and the bayonet!
This scene startled Qing Deng and his pupils shrank slightly.

At this extremely thrilling moment, Qingdeng's long-term good habits played a big role.

Over the years, whenever he defeated an opponent, no matter whether the opponent was strong or weak, Qing Deng would subconsciously adopt the Zanshin stance. This had become a muscle memory that he could not change.

In other words, Qing Deng is still in a state of "whole body tense, ready to fight back at any time"!
At this critical moment, Qing Deng instinctively moved his feet, his body moved before his consciousness, and he avoided the opponent's attack without any danger.

While dodging, he swung his right arm holding the knife upwards—

call out!
This time, in order to ensure the death of the opponent, Qing Deng chopped the opponent's chest.

The knife was extremely cruel, it cut through the flesh, severed the sternum, and directly injured the heart.

For ordinary people, this is a serious injury that is fatal.

But in the end, the other party was still standing! He didn't die on the spot!
Blood gushed out from his chest like a waterfall, and all the blood in his body was drained out in these few seconds.

He struggled for a few times, trying to stand up straight, and seemed to want to fight back... Fortunately, such a horrible scene did not happen.

When he tried to take a step forward, he seemed to have missed a step and fell to the ground. He never got up again, and disgusting, sticky purple-black blood flowed from all his orifices.

In view of the thrilling scene he just experienced, Qing Deng did not take it lightly and remained highly vigilant until he was sure that the other party was completely dead, and then he slowly let go of his remnant heart.

Even with his stomach cut open, he was still able to fight back... Such terrifying vitality cannot be explained away by "strong willpower" or "high morale".

Qing Deng immediately thought of the intelligence he had obtained earlier: the enemy was "immortal"!
"Be careful! Some guys are hard to kill! Attack their heads, their hearts!"

Qingdeng issued a warning immediately.

Unfortunately, at this moment, many soldiers have encountered this group of monsters with incredibly terrifying vitality and have accidentally fallen into their traps and suffered losses.

There are people who were able to fight back even though their carotid artery was cut, people who were fine even though their right lung was pierced, people who were stabbed several times but still alive and well... and the list goes on.

Qing Deng noticed that all the enemy soldiers with terrifying vitality wore the same royal blue uniform.

Although their numbers were small, their terrifying attitude of being "difficult to die" undermined the morale of the Shinsengumi.

People of this era generally believed in gods and demons, and the Shinsengumi was even more so.

Many soldiers regard Qing Deng as a "living god" and firmly believe that Qing Deng is really the human incarnation of King Ni. Otherwise, they would not be able to understand why Qing Deng is so powerful.

For this reason, the members of the Shinsengumi are generally very superstitious - this characteristic, which was originally helpful in consolidating Aoto's prestige, now has a negative effect.

"These guys are monsters!"

"Don't panic! Are any of you virgins? My grandma said that a virgin's urine can exorcise demons!"

"I'm a virgin! But I can't pee at all!"

"Never mind the virgin urine! Nonsense! Bring me the salt! Salt is the real exorcist!"

The Shinsengumi soldiers who had been so brave just now were now thrown into disarray.

The better ones managed to stay calm, but the worse ones behaved in a disgraceful manner.

Some were howling and screaming, some were coming up with random ideas...some were even worse, they believed those outrageous ideas, untied their belts, took off their long hakama, and prepared to urinate their virginity.

Qing Deng frowned slightly, black lines appeared on his forehead, and he shouted repeatedly:
"Why are you panicking? These guys are not immortal monsters! Chop off their heads and hearts!"

After saying this, he put his body into action, kicked off his hind legs, rushed towards the "undead monster" closest to him, and slashed with the blade with the momentum of "rising from the ground".

Faced with Qing Deng's swift slash, the opponent was completely unable to react and could only watch as the purple-black blade light swept across his neck and his head soared into the sky.

After being beheaded, he did not remain alive like a cockroach, but immediately lost all life and fell to the ground motionless.

It seems that these guys just have strong vitality, and their other qualities such as muscle strength and reaction speed are no different from ordinary people.

Seeing Qing Deng kill the "monster" effortlessly, the order of the Shinsengumi was slightly stabilized and their fear stopped.

However, the psychological shock brought by the "immortality" is not so easy to eliminate. The momentum of the Shinsengumi has suffered an irreparable suppression, and it no longer has the swift and fierce attack like a lion just now.

boom! ! !
Suddenly, an extremely loud explosion dominated the eardrums of everyone on the ship. The ground under their feet shook violently, as if they were at the epicenter. Even Qing Deng had to lower his center of gravity to avoid falling to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, he saw Fujido Heisuke and others running out of the cabin covered in dust.

Before Qing Deng could ask any questions, Fujido Heisuke excitedly took credit for it:
"Mr. Orange! I didn't find the ship's steam engine, but I found the ammunition magazine! I lit it up like a candle!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a new explosion was heard from the cabin below.

Qing Deng didn't say much, but just silently cast an admiring look at Fujido Heisuke.

If we can destroy the enemy ship's steam engine and render it incapable of movement, that would be the best. It would also be possible to destroy the enemy ship's ammunition compartment, which would also be a great achievement!
Just as Qing Deng was wondering whether to keep trying or quit while he was ahead, he suddenly saw lights lighting up in Goryokaku in the distance - the enemy troops entrenched in Goryokaku had discovered something wrong with the port!

Goryokaku is a fortress designed specifically for "defending the coast."

If the artillery batteries in Goryokaku were aimed at Hakodate Bay, it would not be so easy for Qing Deng and others to escape.

So Qing Deng made a prompt decision and shouted quickly:
"Retreat! Everyone retreat! Heisuke! Lead everyone to retreat!"

After shouting, he consciously stayed where he was and acted as the rear guard.

Fujido Heisuke did not refuse and immediately organized the soldiers to withdraw to Fujisan Maru.

Qing Deng had given orders in advance: Once you see the lights on in Goryokaku, don't worry about anything else and evacuate immediately!

Therefore, at almost the same time, the other two ships (Kanrin Maru and Kanko Maru) also began to retreat.

In a short while, all the soldiers of Fujisan Maru returned along the original route, leaving only Qing Deng still on the enemy ship.

"Mr. Ju! Come back soon!"

Fujido Heisuke stood on the side of the Fujisan Maru and threw the long rope in his hand with force onto the deck of the enemy ship.

Seeing this, Qing Deng made a feint with his sword, forcing back the enemy soldiers around him, then turned around nimbly and ran towards the long rope thrown by Fujido Heisuke.

The enemy soldiers all have eyes, so they can all see that Qing Deng is a big shot in the Shogunate, and naturally they don't want him to escape unscathed.

"Shoot! Shoot!"

Bullet after bullet followed Qing Deng's figure.

Qing Deng relied on his talents of "Foresight +9" and "Wind Sensor +4" to move flexibly, and all bullets shot at him only hit his afterimage.

In a flash, he lunged forward, grabbed Fujido Heisuke's rope, leaped up, jumped off the side of the ship, swung between the two ships like Tarzan, and finally swung steadily to the bottom of the left side of the Fujisan Maru, with his feet on the hull.

Fujido Heisuke gritted his teeth and used all his strength to pull Qingdeng up.

After pulling Qing Deng onto the deck, the first thing Fujido Heisuke did was to complain to him with a wry smile:
"Mr. Ju, please don't do such dangerous things again... I almost thought you would never come back..."

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