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Chapter 959: The overwhelming advantage of the "selfless state"! [5700]

"It's Chiba Eijiro...!"

Seeing this powerful helper who arrived in time, Elodie was surprised and then happy.

Chiba Eijiro faced Shuten-doji, turned his back to Elodie and the others, and shouted loudly without turning his head:
"You guys go! I'll deal with this guy!"

Elodie subconsciously wanted to shout "I'll help you".

When she was about to say this, she was slightly stunned, then realized belatedly how stupid her words were, so she quickly shut her mouth.

Shuten-doji's strength is visibly strong.

Not just anyone can participate in a duel of this level.

With these two skills of hers, even if she goes forward to help, she will only hold Chiba Eijiro back.

Although she was unwilling, she quickly calmed down and clearly determined what she should do most now.

"Eijiro! Thank you so much!"

After saying that, she turned her head and exchanged a glance with Tianzhangyuan.

Tian Zhangyuan understood the meaning of his gaze, nodded slightly, and said seriously:
"let's go."

In this way, under the cover of Chiba Eijiro, the group of three continued to evacuate to the rear.

Seeing that Tokugawa Iemochi was about to leave, a hint of regret flashed in Shuten-doji's eyes.

In a flash, he staggered his steps, preparing to bypass Chiba Eijiro and go after Tokugawa Iemochi.

His movements were swift, almost lightning fast.

However, Chiba Eijiro has seen through his intentions!

But he was seen moving in the same direction, blocking in front of the opponent again and quickly slashing the Zhenyue Changguang in his palm.

He was extremely decisive and ruthless in his moves, aiming for the opponent's vital points with every strike.

Zhenyue Changguang's blade drew a neat arc in the air and attacked directly towards Shuten Douji's crown.

Without thinking too much, Shuten-doji subconsciously raised the sword in his hand and steadily blocked the fierce blow.

Chiba Eijiro glanced at Shuten Doji's sword and said softly:

"The knife is good."

Shuten-doji calmly reported the name of his sword:
"The best great achievement, Maguroku Kengen."

"It turns out to be the famous Sun Liu Jian Yuan. It is a great honor to meet you today."

The next moment, as if they had agreed in advance, the two of them exerted force at the same time, deflecting each other's swords, and then retreated backwards, leaving a distance of about ten meters between them.

Shuten-doji stared at Chiba Eijiro with a ferocious look.

"... Chiba Eijiro, get out of the way."

"What if I say 'no'?"

Not only did he not retreat, but he pressed his heels even harder, as if to say, "If you've got the guts, just charge right through."

Shuten-doji lowered his eyelids and adopted a cold tone, like the whisper of a devil:

"Chiba Eijiro, you are not a retainer of the shogunate, why do you have to do this for the shogunate?"

"Or are you the kind of person who is blindly loyal?"

"To you, Tokugawa Iemochi is just a stranger."

"Are you willing to sacrifice your life for a stranger you don't even know and haven't even met a few times?"

Faced with Shuten-doji's persuasion, Chiba Eijiro curled the corners of his mouth and showed a disdainful expression.

As soon as the other party finished speaking, he responded without hesitation:

"You're right."

"I am indeed not a retainer of the shogunate, and I have no special relationship with Lord Iemochi."

"but--"

As the subject changed, he narrowed his eyes and gave the other person a look as sharp as a knife.

"I know very well what terrible consequences will be caused if I let you kill Jia Maogong!"

"For the sake of world peace, I must not let Jia Maogong die here and now!"

In recent years, Choshu has been very active.

This attracted everyone's attention and made them ignore other forces.

You know, none of the western feudal lords west of the capital are easy to deal with!

As long as the shogunate still had authority, they could remain docile.

But when the shogunate declined... Chiba Eijiro didn't even dare to imagine what terrible changes would be caused after the death of Lord Iemochi...!
Shuten-doji looked deeply at Chiba Eijiro, then sighed silently.

"The negotiations broke down... What a shame."

As he spoke, he moved his neck vigorously, making teeth-grinding "crackling" sounds as the joints moved.

"Chiba Eijiro, let me be frank with you. I'm in a hurry now and don't have time to fool around with you."

"So... I will use all my strength to defeat you in one fell swoop!"

After saying that, he held up Sun Liu Jian Yuan in his palm and adopted the Blue Eyes formation.

"I flow"

"Shuten Doji!"

Chiba Eijiro said coldly:

"Teach anytime."

He raised the blade and assumed a mid-range stance, the tip of the blade twitching slightly like a wagtail's tail.

"Beichen Yidao Style"

"Chiba Eijiro!"

The next moment, two powerful "forces" like the sea erupted from them and collided heavily in the air!
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Edo Castle, Ninomaru——

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
The fight between Chiba Shigetaro and Umibozu continues.

The arm and wrist muscles of both parties experienced the same changes: first soreness, then pain, and finally a strange numbness, almost loss of consciousness.

Of course, compared to their exhausted bodies, the blades in their hands are truly in danger!

The blades of both knives were covered with dense notches, the kind that could make people with trypophobia faint, as if they would break at any time.

Just break it off.

Just as the two men started a new fight and the two knives collided with each other again, accompanied by a "crack" sound, the knives in their hands turned into thousands of pieces.

The weapon is scrapped... but this cannot affect the duel between the two sides at all!

They temporarily stopped fighting, both lowered their heads, and glanced at the broken swords in their hands - their eyes became fierce.

The next moment, they all threw away the broken knives in their hands, clenched their fists, and attacked each other!

The "clang", "clang", "clang" sounds of metal hitting each other turned into "bang", "bang", "bang" sounds of fists hitting flesh.

Chiba Shigetaro threw a right hook and hit Kaibouzu's left cheek.

Umibozu's body swayed slightly, but he stabilized himself without even taking a step back, then swung out with his left fist, hitting Chiba Shigetaro's right cheek.

A similar scene happened to Chiba Shigetaro - he didn't take a step back, but just shook his body slightly to offset the impact of the fist.

In an instant, he raised his fist again and hit Kaifangzhu in the chest.

Just like that, the two men started fighting in a standing position, using force against force!
Unless it is an extremely dangerous move, no one will retreat or defend, and no one will let the opponent's fist fall on them.

The two swordsmen actually decided the outcome with their fists... This scene was both hilarious and bloody!
In just a moment, the four fists were stained with blood.

Such a pure and brutal fight...even an iron man can't withstand such a series of heavy punches!
Sure enough, after a while, both of them showed signs of fatigue.

The legs and feet that were originally firmly rooted to the ground began to shake, and the breathing became a mess.

Soon, the moment to decide the winner arrived.

Chiba Shigetaro: “Drink aaaaaah!”

Umibozu: "Drink aaaaaaa!"

At this moment, the two of them simultaneously positioned their fists, and then rushed out with all their might!
Chiba Shigetaro throws a left punch and Umibozu throws a right punch.

The two fists drew a sharp straight line in the air and hit each other's face fiercely!

It seems difficult to tell the speed of their punches.

But in fact, Chiba Shigetaro's fist was a little faster.

This tiny gap has already determined the outcome.

Bang! !

A huge muffled sound spread in all directions.

The two punched at the same time, but there was only one sound when the punch hit the body.

Looking up, I saw that the two men were still in a punching stance, their fists crossing each other.

They were like petrified and didn't move for a long time.

The winner...is clear at a glance.

Chiba Shigetaro's punches were faster and more decisive, so he grabbed the inner circle.

This means that his fist can take the shortest route and hit his opponent first!
His punch was extremely powerful and hit Kaifangzhu directly on the left side of his forehead.

On the other hand, Umibouzu...because Chiba Shigetaro had taken over the inner circle, his fist was forced to become an "outer circle fist", and he had to reach a greater distance to hit Chiba Shigetaro.

Because of this tiny gap, his fist missed.

However, if you look closely, you can see that his fist is less than half an inch away from Chiba Shigetaro's left temple!

It was really dangerous...!
As we all know, the temple is one of the important parts of the human body.

Getting hurt here is no joke.

If Umibozu's punch had hit Chiba Shigetaro's left temple solidly, the worst that could happen would be a lose-lose situation for both sides!

Of course, there is no such thing as "if" in this world.

Because of the difference in skills, Chiba Shigetaro won and Umibozu lost - even if all the rhetoric in the world was used to refute, it could not change this fact. With a "puff", dark red blood flowed from Umibozu's seven orifices.

Chiba Shigetaro clearly felt the bones breaking on the palm of his fist...not only his skull, his brain was probably shattered as well.

Soon after the "blood spurt", his body began to spasm violently, as if he was shaking.

Then, his eyes rolled upwards, revealing the whites of his eyes that were covered with red bloodshot, and his body fell backwards weakly as if being pulled by his upward eyeballs.

Boom... The huge body fell heavily to the ground, stirring up a thin layer of smoke and dust.

After a moment, his body stopped convulsing... to be more precise, all his vital signs stopped.

His breathing stopped, his chest no longer heaved, and his eyes were as big as bells, staring straight at the sky.

“Hoo…! Hoo…! Hoo…! Hoo…!”

Chiba Shigetaro stretched his nostrils to the limit and inhaled fresh air through his mouth and nose.

Although he had no knife in his hand, Chiba Shigetaro still subconsciously put on a Zanshin stance, staring at Umibozu with his eyes, to prevent the other party from reviving his body.

Only after the other party was completely silent did he breathe a sigh of relief.

His tense nerves relaxed... and he suddenly felt intense pain sweeping through his body like a tide.

From head to toe, there is no place that doesn't hurt.

Especially his face and chest, where he was hit the most by punches, the pain made him grimaced, and every time he grimaced, more wounds would be involved, forming a vicious cycle.

Although he was in excruciating pain all over his body and was exhausted, he still forced himself to go and help Chiba Michisaburo.

"Brother Dao... I'm here to help you..."

He stood up straight as he spoke and turned to look at the battlefield next to him.

Coincidentally, at the same time when Chiba Shigetaro defeated Umibozu, Chiba Michisaburo and Sukuna also decided the winner on the other side.

Chiba Michisaburo was a very orthodox two-sword master, with a wakizashi in his left hand and a katana in his right hand.

Sukuna is an outlier among the two-sword-style warriors. He neither holds a wakizashi nor a katana, but instead holds two katana.

The katana is a horse-fighting weapon, and few people use it in foot combat.

It is even rarer to find someone who can fight on foot with two katana. In any case, Chiba Dosaburo had never seen this type of swordsman before, and today was the first time he saw one.

He held two long swords in his hands, yet he was able to wield them with ease... Although he was an enemy, Chiba Michisaburo admired his skills very much.

Their confrontation was not as violent as the fight between Juutarou and Umibozu, but in terms of intensity, they were equally matched!

In the sunlight, the four knives shine brightly.

Because both swordsmen are dual-wielding swordsmen, their attack speed is incredibly fast!
One strike after another, one move after another, with almost no interruption.

The rapid transition between offense and defense is dizzying.

An extremely rare duel between two-sword swordsmen... What a pity there are no spectators.

They unleashed a variety of moves, cutting wounds on each other's bodies.

There were many minor injuries, but no major ones.

The two were never able to deliver a fatal blow to each other.

When fighting with a master, you must keep your nerves tense at all times and not allow your attention to be distracted for even a moment.

This will naturally increase physical energy consumption.

Gradually, both Chiba Michisaburo and Sukuna's breathing began to become visibly disordered.

This kind of stalemate would make anyone feel anxious and irritated.

Perhaps they sensed each other's impatience, and they made the same decision in tacit understanding - to decide the outcome in the next attack!

I saw them take a few steps back and slightly increase the distance between them.

Chiba Michisaburo slightly spread his legs, and the sword in his right hand was aimed at the middle section, while the sword in his left hand was aimed at the upper section.

In comparison, Sukuna's posture was much stranger. He placed the two swords in his hands very low, with the tips of the two swords almost touching the ground.

The postures of both sides were impeccable, without any flaws.

The air at the scene seemed to freeze at this moment.

Both the frozen air and the confrontation between the two lasted only for a moment.

A moment later, two sounds of kicking the ground were heard indistinguishably.

The distance between the two of them shortened instantly! Their entire field of vision was filled with each other's shadows!
Just as they were about to pass each other, both sides simultaneously launched their killing moves -

Chiba Michisaburo protected Sukuna's neck with the knife in his left hand, and cut Sukuna's waist and abdomen diagonally with the knife in his right hand.

Sukuna's sword jumped upwards like a poisonous snake launching an attack. The sword in his right hand was blocked, and the sword in his left hand slashed Chiba Michisaburo's chest diagonally.

The severe pain coming from his abdomen made Sukuna feel weak all over.

His body was unable to hold back due to the intense pain and he crashed into Chiba Michisaburo head-on, then flipped over his shoulder and fell headfirst.

Chiba Michisaburo rushed forward under the influence of inertia, and only stabilized his body after running 5 steps in one breath.

But there was a big cut in his clothes on his chest, and blood was gushing out, dyeing a large area of ​​the cloth red in the blink of an eye.

He ignored the pain in his chest and turned back quickly, keeping the two swords in his hands in the same posture, ready to fight again at any time.

Sukuna stood about 7 or 8 meters away, looking at Chiba Dosaburo coldly.

Both of them were still standing, and neither of them fell down... Even so, the winner could be seen just by looking at the amount of blood.

If Chiba Michisaburo's wound is a broken faucet, then Sukuna's wound is a spring! Water gushed out with a "gulp", "gulp" sound...ah, no, blood gushed out.

Chiba Michisaburo's knife cut very deeply.

It is no exaggeration to say that if his knife had cut a little deeper, it would have been enough to cut Sukuna in half.

Perhaps it was thanks to the blessing of "Decisive Battle Yodo", or it was his willpower, or it might be both. Even though he was seriously injured, Sukuna did not die immediately.

Swish...suddenly, his right foot moved forward half a step.

Upon seeing this, Chiba Michisaburo immediately got ready and kept a close eye on Sukuna's every move.

Although he was prepared to fight for another three hundred rounds, in the end, the opponent's struggle was only a flash in the pan.

Suddenly, two crisp sounds of "clang" and "clang" were heard, and the two swords in Sukuna's hands fell to the ground.

He wanted to hold on a little longer, swaying his body back and forth and left and right, trying his best to keep his footing steady, like a kite in the wind.

What could he do... He staggered forward another step, and then finally couldn't hold on anymore and fell heavily to the ground.

Blood continued to flow out and spread all around.

The opponent's sudden fall did not make Chiba Michisaburo relax at all.

He continued to stare at the other's body, his hands still in a resolute posture.

Only after confirming that the other person was really dead did he finally let out a long breath, exhaling all the turbid air that had become particularly turbid due to holding his breath for a long time.

The moment he relaxed, he suddenly felt his legs go weak and he fell to the ground, looking quite embarrassed.

"Brother Tao!"

Chiba Shigetaro, who defeated Umibozu almost at the same time, ran forward in two steps and supported Chiba Michisaburo.

"Brother Dao, are you okay?"

"Well... I'm fine... the injury is not fatal..."

As he spoke, he tore off a relatively clean strip of cloth from his clothes and used it to bandage the wound on his chest.

Just like Chiba Shigetaro, Chiba Michisaburo almost lost his life.

Just as Sukuna's sword was about to hit him, he subconsciously twisted his body - this was the fighting instinct accumulated from hundreds of battles and extraordinary talent - to avoid the frontal attack of the blade.

It was this small action that saved him from death.

It was really dangerous... It was really a matter of life and death...

Chiba Shigetaro looked at Sukuna, then looked at Umibozu, and murmured:

"What a powerful opponent..."

Chiba Michisaburo nodded slightly:
"Oh, yes."

Both brothers won in a thrilling way... Although they won, they were all exhausted and couldn't even stand up.

Given their current state, it would undoubtedly be a pipe dream to want to reinforce Eijiro.

At this moment, the two brothers had the same worry in their hearts: these two guys are so difficult to deal with... then, how strong is the young man who wears a large armor and goes alone to break into the Honmaru of Edo Castle?

Since these two men dared to stay behind to cover our retreat and let the young man act alone, they must have believed that the young man had the ability to "capture Edo Castle alone" and that's why they dared to do so!

Thinking of this, the two brothers turned their heads and looked in the direction where Eijiro had just left.

Shigetaro murmured:
"Brother Rong, please stay safe..."

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Edo Castle, Honmaru——

clang!
Shuten-doji deflected Chiba Eijiro's sword, then lowered his waist slightly and quickly accumulated strength.

The next moment, he slashed diagonally from the lower right to the upper left.

The knife was as fast as lightning, and the distance between the two sides was also very precise.

Although Chiba Eijiro barely dodged it, his left shoulder was still scratched and blood splattered out.

Although his body was injured, Chiba Eijiro didn't even make a sound - firstly, his willpower was extraordinary, and secondly, he was used to it.

Looking closely, he had fresh wounds all over his body!
Shuten-doji's knife cut through his body, leaving streaks of blood.

On the other hand, Shuten Douji... unfortunately, Chiba Eijiro has not yet inflicted any wounds on him.

He held the knife steady, ready to strike back.

However, Shuten Douji was one step faster and launched a new slash, forcing Chiba Eijiro to switch from offense to defense, and the situation became increasingly precarious.

After being defeated by Aoto in a fair duel, the title of "The Strongest in Edo" fell on Aoto.

Despite this, there is no doubt that Chiba Eijiro is still one of the most powerful swordsmen in Edo.

The famous Chiba Eijiro was actually beaten... If other people saw this scene, they would probably be shocked.

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Sukuna: "I'm really sorry for not letting Master Chiba Michisaburo enjoy his meal."