Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 588: Battle against Inuyama He

"A sneak attack is not what a warrior does." Inuyama He said, "Is this how Kassel Academy teaches its students etiquette?"

"Really?" Lu Mingfei said, "But as far as I know, the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, who is revered by your country, likes to sneak attack people. Not only does he use oars as swords to fight his opponents, he even grabs sand and throws it into the opponent's eyes during a duel."

Lu Mingfei actually heard about this from Chu Zihang. Before coming to Japan to carry out the mission, Chu Zihang read all the books about Japan, such as "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword". When he was free, he would tell Lu Mingfei some interesting stories about Japan.

Inuyama He was speechless when he heard this.

What Lu Mingfei said was indeed true. In history, Miyamoto Musashi was not a positive character. Not only was he treacherous and cunning, he also often deserted during battles.

It's just that Miyamoto Musashi himself liked to brag, and some of his contemporaries' novelists and writers actually believed him. Miyamoto Musashi's deeds were exaggerated and compiled in some literary works, which made him the swordsman he is today.

Therefore, although Inuyama He learned the "Niten Ichiryu" swordsmanship created by Miyamoto Musashi, Inuyama He, who believed in the way of swordsmanship, actually always despised the so-called "sword saint" in his heart. He just didn't expect that it would become a topic of Lu Mingfei's gossip.

"Master Miyamoto is not good at fighting. Even if you defeat him head-on, there is nothing to brag about."

Inuyama He dropped the hilt of the knife in his hand, then pulled out another knife from his waist and threw it to Lu Mingfei: "Famous sword 'Izumi no Kami Kanesada', I will accept your challenge. You can use a knife, right?"

Lu Mingfei replied: "I only learned one sword technique."

"Just one is enough." Inuyama He nodded. "Swordsmanship is a skill for killing people. Too complicated swordsmanship is just missing the point. I have learned many swordsmanship, but in the end I only use one swordsmanship to fight the enemy... I only use the simplest one."

After saying this, Inuyama He suddenly opened his kimono and grasped the deep red wooden handle on his waist. That was his last sword, "Onimaru Kunitsugu", a famous sword for killing demons in Japanese history. He brought three swords in total, and one was shattered by Lu Mingfei's fist just now, so he lent one to Lu Mingfei.

Now he only has one sword left, which is the famous sword "Onimaru Kunitsuna" inherited from his kendo teacher, Tanzan Iwafudosai, the only successor of "Niten Ichiryu".

His three swords are not just for decoration. With his amazing speed, he may be the only swordsman who can use three swords. But this does not mean that he is not strong when he only has one sword. He first learned the one sword style, and he is still learning it now. The sword in his hand runs through his life.

But no matter whether the opponent is a monster or something else, as long as it stands in front of you, you have to cut it all the way through. This is the way of swordsmanship that Inuyama He believes in.

Lu Mingfei looked at the knife in his hand and suddenly sighed in his heart, thinking, I’m actually not very good at using a knife... Whether it’s the paralyzed senior brother or Boss Caesar, why do you all like to use knives?
The next moment, a sharp sound like a dragon's roar resounded all around.

It was not a real dragon's roar, but the whistling sound made when Inuyama He drew his sword and the blade cut through the air. In the reflection of the sunlight, the light from Onimaru Kunitsuna's unsheathed sword was like a blood-red rainbow.

Word Spirit·Moment, first level!
Inuyama Ka's posture is "Iai", also known as the sword-drawing technique, the extremely fast sword slash in Japanese swordsmanship, which can kill people even when sitting upright. The long sword will reach a speed that is invisible to the naked eye the moment it leaves the sheath. He was originally a peerless swordsman, and under the instant acceleration, the speed at which he swung the sword has reached an incredible speed.

The moment he caught the weapon, it meant that Lu Mingfei had accepted his challenge. This was the first time he swung his sword, a tentative blow, but also a full-strength attack, with no defense or blocking, only an all-out attack.

Lu Mingfei held his sword in front of him and blocked Inuyama He's sword with the simplest and cleanest hanging action. The sound of metal clashing spread in the air, and it was not surprising that the sword was blocked. If the opponent couldn't even take such an attack, then he couldn't be a match for Inuyama He.

But the offensive did not end there. Inuyama He turned his wrist and swung "Onimaru Kuninaga" to chop again. It seemed as if moonlight fell on the blade, and he used a "cut" from the Iai sword to point directly at Lu Mingfei's "Suiyue (chest)".

Word Spirit·Moment, second level!

The first "Dashi" just now only restrained the opponent, but this one chopped down from the top of the opponent's head, starting from the upper part, the blade drew a huge arc, slashing down vertically until it reached "Suigetsu", which is a synonym for the chest in Iai. If Onimaru Kuninaga cuts Suigetsu, the heart will be shattered!
Lu Mingfei held the knife on his shoulder in the simplest "stance", without any skill, just like cutting an onion with a kitchen knife, but this knife perfectly unloaded the huge force of Inuyama He's knife.

"Onimaru Kuninaga" followed like a shadow, and "Izumi-no-kami Kanesada" retreated stubbornly.

Tangzhu, cassock slash, reverse cassock, left horizontal cut, right horizontal cut, left cut up, right cut up, against the wind, thrust! Every gap on Lu Mingfei's body was filled with knife light! But it was perfectly caught by the knife force that was swung out!
The blood-red and silver-colored blades slashed quickly in the air. The sound of metal and stone was mixed in with the wind of each blade. In just a dozen seconds, the two famous swords had clashed countless times. There was not a second of gap left.

In the eyes of the onlookers, their movements had already violated the laws of physics. Lu Mingfei's movements were as light as a demon, and he swung his sword while retreating, the tip of the sword colliding with Onimaru Kuninaga, extremely fast and accurate; Inuyama He was like a tiger pouncing, and every sword move carried the power of splitting mountains and slashing seas.

A huge cruise ship slowly passed under the bridge, but the loud noise from the cruise ship's engine was drowned out by the sound of the two men's blades colliding.

Everyone was watching this fight with bated breath, as if they were watching an unprecedented duel between martial arts masters. Many people even forgot that they were actually here to capture Lu Mingfei and the others.

Suddenly, the sound of metal clashing rang out, and the two men passed each other. Inuyama He half-knelt on the ground, holding the knife in his right hand and flicking it to the right.

This is the closing move of the Iai sword, "Blood Shake". This sweeping motion is used to shake off the blood on the blade after killing an enemy, just like shaking off water on an umbrella.

Of course, Lu Mingfei could not have been killed by Inuyama He, but Inuyama He's knife had stabbed him. A drop of blood was shaken off the blade by Inuyama He.

"you lose."

Inuyama He looked at the drop of blood dripping on the ground, shook his head and said: "I have broken your sword energy. If it is broken for the first time, it will be broken for the second time. You have already lost, hand over Eri."

Lu Mingfei looked at his arm. There was a narrow red line on it. It was not a big wound, but it was indeed as Inuyama He said, his sword energy was broken by the opponent.

As Lu Mingfei had expected, Inuyama He would be the most difficult opponent for him to deal with among the heads of the eight families of Sheqi. His "Sea Wall" has the ability to break through all alchemical fields, but Inuyama He's "Word Spirit·Moment" is not a simple expansion of the alchemical field, but only increases the speed of the releaser himself. In a sense, this has restrained Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei's own speed is not slower than Inuyama He's. After using Haiyuan to split the air to reduce air resistance, his movements can even keep up with Inuyama He's "Second Order Moment". However, "Second Order Moment" is just a mercy speed for Inuyama He, but for Lu Mingfei who does not have the bonus of "Moment" or "Time Zero", it is already the limit of speed.

This is why Lu Mingfei wanted to choose Miyamoto Shio as his first target. He was originally outnumbered, so he had to attack the opponent's weakest link first. But he didn't expect that his sneak attack was blocked by Inuyama He.

"Do you Japanese like to make others lose by scraping?" Lu Mingfei said calmly, turning his wrist and spinning the knife in a circle.

"What..." Inuyama He frowned, thinking that Lu Mingfei was just trying to show off his verbal skills even though he was in a losing position. Suddenly, he saw Lu Mingfei turning the knife, and his voice got stuck in his throat.

There was almost no gap on Lu Mingfei's blade!

In the few minutes of the confrontation just now, the two of them had swung their swords at least hundreds of times. Although both the "Izumi-no-Kami Kanesada" in Lu Mingfei's hand and the "Onimaru Kunitsuna" in his hand were peerless swords, no matter how good the swords were, when the blades collided, there would definitely be a gap.

Just like the "Onimaru Kunitsugu" in his hand, there are already countless large and small notches on the blade. It can only be said that this knife still has the shape of a knife, and it is hard to say whether it is still the famous and extremely sharp sword.

However, the blade of the "Izumi-no-Kami Kanesada" in Lu Mingfei's hand was extremely smooth, without any gaps or curling... What was going on?

Inuyama He was suddenly stunned... He saw that it was not that there was no notch on Lu Mingfei's knife, but that the notch was not on the blade, but on the back of the knife! In the previous confrontation, Lu Mingfei had been using the back of the knife to fight! He didn't even notice it!
"Master Inuyama, you are indeed very fast."

Lu Mingfei faced Inuyama He sideways, holding the hilt of the knife with both hands, changing his holding posture to a different one from before, and said, "But I already know how to defeat you."

Inuyama He raised his eyebrows and sneered, "How shameless!"

Although Lu Mingfei had been fighting him with the back of his knife, which did surprise him, it would be too naive for Lu Mingfei to think that he could defeat him by fighting him with the blade.

The only martial arts in the world that cannot be defeated is speed. No matter how superb your sword skills are, if your opponent sees your speed as only a few tenths of your real speed, then your fatal killing moves will be as ridiculous as a child's slapping. And he happens to be one of the fastest people in the world... not even one of them!

There is only one kind of person in the world who is impeccable - the person who never makes mistakes in timing!

The golden light in his pupils deepened again. The blood of the White King in his body had been ignited to the extreme. This time he would not leave any chance for Lu Mingfei. He would push the "Moment" directly to the sixth level... He would teach his naive and arrogant student a lesson for Ange!

"If you have confidence, then you can give it a try." Inuyama He held the sword in front of him, ready to swing it at any time, and sneered: "If you can really defeat me, the Inuyama family will withdraw from this operation just like the Fuma family did."

"Didn't I just say that I only learned one sword technique?" Lu Mingfei said, "Does Master Inuyama know the name of the sword technique I learned?"

"not interested."

"Japanese swordplay." Lu Mingfei said, "It was invented by a general named Qi Jiguang. Can you guess who this swordplay was specifically used against?"

There was a dead silence on the bridge. The flashes of swords and sabers had clearly disappeared, but the murderous intent that was ten times stronger than before was spreading in the air.

Inuyama He was silent.

The next moment, the sixth level was activated instantly! 64 times the speed!

At this moment, his speed had truly surpassed the limit of what could be achieved in physics! His ferocious golden pupils flashed a long and tortuous arc in the void! This was a speed that no living creature could possibly reach!

He swung the sword of Iai at high speed, and the tip of the blade broke through the shackles of time and stabbed towards Lu Mingfei! Containing all his murderous nature! Although his blade was rolled up, there was still a tip of the blade to defeat the enemy. With the blessing of 64 times the speed, no opponent could see his sword. In the eyes of his opponents, his sword was just a faint flash of air!

The ferocious expression in Inuyama He's golden pupils suddenly disappeared, replaced by a look of deep disbelief. His sword actually missed!
No, it can't be said to be a slash in the air, because his knife did stab Lu Mingfei where he was. But the tip of the knife didn't pierce Lu Mingfei as expected.

Because in those few seconds when the tip of his knife was about to pierce Lu Mingfei, Lu Mingfei had already closed his eyes and slightly turned sideways. Haiyuan's domain instantly unfolded, and "Izumi-no-Kami Kanesada" flipped in his hand, and the knife light was like a bright moon.

Cut it off with one knife!

Three blade lights flashed in the air. It was not until the tip of "Onimaru Kunitsugu" was cut off and flew out dozens of centimeters away that the harsh clanging sound finally spread! Even the sound could not catch up with the speed of Inuyama He's sword swinging, but Lu Mingfei caught up!
Not only did he catch up with him, but he also cut the "Onimaru Kunitsuna" in his hand in half!

All this happened so fast, in the blink of an eye, that no one except Xia Mi could see clearly what had just happened. After hearing the sharp sound of metal collision, the "Onimaru Kunitsugu" in Inuyama He's hand had already broken into two pieces.

Lu Mingfei stood up straight, without a scabbard, but made a gesture to sheath the knife.

"You lose." Lu Mingfei said.

"...Yes, I lost." Inuyama He looked at the broken edge of the blade, closed his eyes, and a hint of coldness appeared on his handsome and old face. The broken edge of "Onimaru Kunitsugu" was clean and neat, and it was cut off with one stroke. That was the sword-breaking technique in Qi Jiguang's Japanese sword technique.

It was only then that he understood why Lu Mingfei had been using the back of the knife to fight against him. Compared to the back of the knife, the blade is much more fragile and more prone to fatigue. After hundreds of times of fighting, even the toughest knife will experience metal fatigue.

A few seconds later, Inuyama He opened his eyes again, raised his head and looked at Lu Mingfei. He spoke after a few stammers: "But how did you do it... Could it be that you saw how fast I was able to draw my sword? Do you also have a spirit of words that can speed up?"

He could only make such an inference, otherwise it couldn't explain why Lu Mingfei could cut off his knife with such precision. His knife should have been close to the speed of sound!
Lu Mingfei said: "I said I was relying on my intuition, do you believe me?"

He indeed swung the knife based on his intuition. He could not see Inuyama He swinging the knife at all. He just swung the knife down the moment he saw Inuyama He disappear.

Inuyama He was stunned. Did he dare to swing the knife just based on his intuition? Did he ever think about what would happen if he missed the target?
He was wrong...Kassel Academy was more than just a monster room.

It's simply a campus full of lunatics.

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(End of this chapter)