I assembled the strongest swordsman group.

Everything in the field of vision seemed to slow down—but that wasn't the most shocking thing for Qingdeng.

What shocked him the most was the incredible reaction speed and knife speed he displayed!

In the blink of an eye, his right hand, which was lightly resting on the hilt of the knife, seemed to have a mind of its own and started to move on its own!

hum!

A silver flash appeared at Qing Deng's waist.

As the blade left its sheath, a strange feeling rose in Qing Deng's heart: everything around him was slowing down, but his movements remained at a normal speed!

Clang! Clang!

Two sounds, resembling the sound of stones being struck, rang out in mid-air.

With the first slash drawn by the swift light, it cleaved the first bullet from bottom to top.

Immediately afterwards, Qing Deng turned his blade, which was originally pointing towards the sky, and slashed down, shattering the second bullet.

How fast can a bullet travel?

The distance between Aoto and Kitahara Konosuke was only about 10 steps.

From the moment a bullet leaves the barrel to the moment it hits a target 10 paces away, it's just a matter of a split second.

But Qing Deng swung his sword even faster!

From the moment Kitahara Konosuke pulled the trigger to the moment Aoto deflected the bullet, less than two seconds had passed.

All of this happened too fast.

It was so fast that Kitahara Kōnosuke and the others couldn't react in time.

They didn't even have time to show their shock.

In fact, Qingdeng was also stunned by the move he had just displayed.

However, this only happened in an instant.

A moment later, Qingdeng managed to lift his spread feet off the ground.

Once you take the first step, it gets simple.

He stomped his hind foot with such force that it almost cracked the floorboards!

His tall, slender body transformed into a blurry afterimage.

The blue-light shot out and pounced on Kitahara Konosuke!

Damn it!

The tremendous thud of Qingdeng, which seemed to split rocks and pierce the clouds, "awakened" Kitahara Kōnosuke.

Damn it!

Kitahara Kōnosuke, who had finally come to his senses, frantically kept pulling the trigger.

boom!

boom!

Two more gunshots rang out.

The dark red flames from the bullet's muzzle added a touch of darkness.

Qingdeng lowered his eyelids.

It happened again... that feeling of everything in the field of vision moving in slow motion!

He silently prepared his knife—

Clang!

Clang!

Two more flashes of silver light appeared.

Just like before—Qing Deng swung his sword twice in quick succession, and as the sword light disappeared, bullet fragments fell in a flurry.

The reason Kitahara Konosuke did not continue firing was not because the gun was out of bullets.

It was because Qingdeng had already reached him!

The black scarf flew high in the air.

Kitahara Kōnosuke's vision was filled with flying black scarves, fluttering blue haori, and gleaming swords.

At this moment, Kitahara Konosuke displayed the qualities a martial artist should have—he reflexively raised his revolver, the dark muzzle pointed at Aoto's skull.

The distance was almost zero... At this distance, even if Qing Deng were possessed by the Great God of Hachiman, he wouldn't be able to avoid the shot! Kitahara Kōnosuke was so convinced.

He had only one bullet left in his pistol.

Just as his right index finger, hooked on the pistol trigger, was about to bend—

hum!

A beam of light shooting upwards from below.

A black scarf and a blue haori swung in the same direction as the flashing sword.

Flying blood and bone fragments.

The right hand, gripping the revolver tightly, flew against gravity toward the ceiling!

Echizen-no-kami Kaneshige drew an arc, soaring through the air and severing Kitahara Kōnosuke's gun-wielding right hand before he could react!

When the human body experiences extremely intense pain, the brain perceives the pain a beat later.

Kitahara Konosuke is currently in such a state.

He stared blankly at his right arm, which was severed cleanly below the elbow.

As the pain gradually invaded his nerves, his bloodshot eyes widened and his mouth opened wide.

However, before he could even scream, Qing Deng delivered a powerful knee strike to his stomach.

"Puwa!"

Kitahara Konosuke, whose abdomen had been severely injured, felt as if his stomach was churning and his internal organs had shifted.

Although he was currently in a bloodthirsty state, Aoto still maintained basic rationality and did not kill Kitahara Kōnosuke, who still had many questions to ask him.

To make himself feel better, Kitahara Konosuke lay on his side, but it was no use. After groaning a few times, his eyes rolled back and he passed out.

Before Kitahara Kōnosuke even fell to the ground, Aoto had already turned around with his knife and pounced on the remaining Kitahara Kōnosuke subordinates.

Natural Rishin-ryu - Tiger Tail!

Qing Deng unleashed the horizontal slash technique from the Natural Rishin-ryu style: Tiger Tail.

Echizen-no-kami Kanetsugu swept across the air from left to right, beheading the man beside him with a single stroke.

Immediately afterwards, Qingdeng took a step back, and his body and hands tilted to the right.

After slicing off the head of one enemy, the blade slashed back and sliced ​​open the neck of another.

For some reason, Qingdeng felt that he was in an unusually good state.

My body feels so light.

My limbs are very agile.

There seems to be endless power hidden within their muscles!

I didn't feel tired at all; in fact, I felt more and more energetic as the battle went on!

Qingdeng, who became more and more courageous in battle, was like a god of war reincarnated.

Echizen's slain Tsuri no Kami Kanetsugu's blade splashed out handfuls of blood.

Aoto's incredible bullet-slicing technique had completely stunned Kitahara Kōnosuke's subordinates.

They weren't as knowledgeable as Kitahara Konosuke.

A single sword against a musket... This was completely beyond their imagination!

Even Western short guns couldn't do anything to Niou... What use could their few broken swords possibly be?

In Qingdeng's eyes, these people were nothing but weak lambs.

After losing their fighting spirit, these "lambs" became even more vulnerable.

Suddenly someone shouted:

"Goto! What are you doing?! Get up here right now!"

As he shouted these words, he glared angrily at a long-faced warrior not far away.

This person was none other than Goto, who discovered that someone was hiding in the ceiling, thus exposing Aoto's whereabouts.

Of course, Qing Deng had no idea that his whereabouts had been exposed thanks to this long-faced warrior.

Aoto glanced at Goto out of the corner of his eye.

In fact, Qing Deng had noticed this guy a long time ago—since the start of the battle, he had been standing outside the battlefield with an attitude of indifference, neither stepping forward nor drawing his sword to help.

Even though his companions had been slaughtered and were urging him to come and help, he remained unmoved, expressionless, as if waiting for something.

Apart from Kitahara Kōnosuke, fewer than 10 enemies remain alive.

The battle has become one-sided.

With the pressure greatly reduced, Qingdeng was finally able to spare some energy to leave as many survivors as possible.

For Aoto, the fact that Kitahara Kōnosuke and his group were all dead, or that only Kitahara Kōnosuke remained, was not a good thing.

The more survivors there are, the greater the chance of extracting useful information from them.

Qingdeng quickly cut them all down.

Three of them were very lucky to escape with their lives because Qing Deng spared their lives.

As for the rest, they all perished.

Including Kitahara Konosuke, there are now four prisoners captured by Aoto... That number is enough!

At this moment, in this space that is neither too big nor too small, only two people are still able to stand properly—Aoto and Goto, who has not yet gone into battle.