Chihaya Aine is a member of the team Zero

After falling back onto the bridge, Goto Ichiri staggered several steps on the bridge due to his incorrect body posture.

In a duel between masters, a moment's mistake can bring about a catastrophic disaster. This sentence is the most appropriate to describe Goto Ichiri at this moment.

The Hidden Blade Ronin naturally would not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to "expose Goto Ichiri's flaw."

With his left foot as the center, he transferred the power from his foot to his waist, and then from his waist to his arms holding the sword. With the momentum as if to cut Goto Ichiri into two neat halves, he raised the large naginata high, and then chopped it down heavily at Goto Ichiri from top to bottom.

Because of his unstable posture, Goto Ichiri didn't have time to dodge by stepping forward.

Therefore, Goto Ichiri gritted his teeth, crossed the two swords in his hands into a cross, raised them up, and met the incoming large naginata.

clang!

Click!

The sound of metal colliding and the sound of blades breaking rang out almost simultaneously.

This time, when Goto Ichiri used Izumi-no-Kami Fujiwara Kanesada and Uromidori to form a "cross" for defense, he placed Izumi-no-Kami Fujiwara Kanesada on top of Uromidori, mainly using Izumi-no-Kami Fujiwara Kanesada to block the attacks of the Hidden Blade Ronin.

After Goto Ichiri of the Hidden Blade Ronin Naginata collided with Izumi no Kami Fujiwara Kanesada, Goto

Izumi no Kami Fujiwara no Kanesada relied on his own excellent qualities to leave not even a trace of damage on the blade.

Goto Ichiri reacted quickly, holding Bolu with his right hand and pressing the back of Bolu with his left hand. He used both arms to try to push back the large naginata.

Squeaky...

The two supermen, both of whom had strength far beyond that of ordinary people, firmly planted their feet on the bridge surface, exerting force at that corner, and the wooden bridge beneath their feet made a painful groan.

Goto Ichiri had tried his best without any reservation, but... the blade of the Hidden Sword Ronin's naginata was still pressed down little by little, gradually approaching Goto Ichiri's neck.

Squeak...!

The creaking of the wooden bridge became a little louder.

The hole in the Hidden Blade Ronin's throat has been blocked with the cooperation of those red flames.

The repair of his throat also allowed Hidden Blade Ronin to finally speak normally.

"The sneak attack I made just now had a significant impact on you." Hidden Blade Ronin said this in a calm tone.

Goto Ichiri ignored the words of the Hidden Blade Ronin. He just gritted his teeth silently and tried his best to stop the Hidden Blade Ronin's naginata from approaching his neck.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Goto Ichiri had to agree that what Hidden Blade Ronin had just said was true. The severe pain in his abdomen made it difficult for Goto Ichiri to use almost 3% of his strength.

This adverse effect made Goto Ichiri unable to compete with the Hidden Blade Ronin in terms of strength.

Goto Ichiri could only watch as the huge naginata blade got closer and closer to her left neck.

"As expected of Shura... He can watch death getting closer and closer to him, yet he can still maintain such a calm expression..." Hidden Blade Ronin murmured.

Although Hidden Blade Ronin said this in a tone of admiration, his hands showed no mercy.

Squeaky!

The creaking of the wooden bridge intensified further.

The big naginata continued to break through the obstruction of the thin green, and its height was pressed from the top of Goto Ichiri's head to... Goto Ichiri's right neck.

As Hidden Blade Ronin was full of anticipation, the blade of the naginata finally cut into the flesh of Goto Ichiri's right neck.

The skin on Goto Ichiri's right neck had been cut by the sharp naginata blade.

Goto Ichiri now looks like he is carrying the Hidden Blade Ronin's naginata on his right shoulder.

The eyes of the Hidden Blade Ronin were filled with ecstasy.

He knew it was almost there!

He was just a little bit away from taking Goto Ichiri's life and defeating the rare and powerful man in front of him.

This joy made Hidden Blade Ronin feel a little stronger.

Without hesitation, he poured the extra strength in his body into his arms in an effort to take the life of the Hidden Blade Ronin as quickly as possible.

The Hidden Blade Ronin showed ecstasy on his face.

As for Goto Ichiri, she remained quite calm.

Even though he was no match for the Hidden Blade Ronin's immense strength, even though the Hidden Blade Ronin's sword had already chopped off his right neck, and only one final blow was left to take his life, Goto Ichiri still remained calm.

He did not give up the confrontation with the Hidden Blade Ronin, and was still calmly thinking about how to break the deadlock and counterattack.

The blade of the naginata was cutting deeper and deeper.

More and more blood oozed out from the growing wound on Goto Ichiri's right neck.

"Go to hell! Shura!"

The Hidden Blade Ronin shouted excitedly and excitedly in his heart.

But at this moment...

Squeaky! !

Click, click, click!

The noise of the wooden bridge suddenly increased by an order of magnitude.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp cracking sound exploded.

The wooden bridge under Goto Ichiri and Hidden Blade Ronin's feet was like a torn piece of paper, turning into broken pieces of varying sizes.

After suffering two heavy blows from the Hidden Blade Ronin, this simple wooden bridge had two large holes on its deck, which seriously damaged the structure of the bridge.

Force originates from the ground, which is an immutable theorem in martial arts.

In order to defeat each other in the wrestling, both Goto Ichiri and Hidden Blade Ronin firmly planted their feet on the bridge surface and stepped on it tightly.

In other words, the bridge, which was already on the verge of collapse due to structural damage, finally shattered under the heavy load after being trampled with all its might by Goto Ichiri and Hidden Blade Ronin.

The first place to break was under Goto Ichiri's feet.

Having put all his heart and soul into the struggle with the Hidden Blade Ronin, Goto Ichiri, whose physical condition was already very poor, was caught off guard by the sudden change under his feet.

"Eh?"

Goto Ichiri let out a dull "Ah" sound, and then fell into the turbulent water below along with the fragments of the wooden bridge under his feet.

The bridge surface under the feet of Hidden Blade Ronin did not immediately shatter, so he reacted in time.

He quickly jumped back and jumped out of the bridge in one breath. Then he quickly looked at the river surface, looking for the figure of Goto Ichiri who fell into the river along with the bridge debris.

Still holding the thin green thread in his hand, Goto Ichiri drifted quickly downstream carried away by the turbulent current.

Because the water was flowing so fast, Goto Ichiri disappeared in the blink of an eye...

The Hidden Blade Ronin's expression now... is as if the duck that was caught flew away.

Volume 1: Chapter 233: One versus Two

He stared intently at the direction where Goto Ichiri was washed away...

"Cough cough!"

Goto Ichiri escaped from the water downstream and spat out the river water he had just inhaled into his body. He then quickly allowed the energy of light to surge in his body to heal the injuries he had just suffered from the knee attack.

Goto Ichiri knew very well that the powerful enemy Hidden Blade Ronin would definitely catch up with him, and he needed to defeat him in order to complete this trial that belonged to him.

The warm light energy flowed through Goto Ichiri's internal organs. The sun-like warmth it brought, and the injuries in his body that were slowly healing made Goto Ichiri feel relieved.

Just when Goto Ichiri felt that his injuries were about to heal, the gloomy sky suddenly started to rain.

"Huh... Looks like my short break is over."

Goto Ichiri's blue eyes looked towards the end of the majestic rain curtain.

"Or...would you like to invite the third stage boss to appear?"

While healing herself, Goto Ichiri was also recalling the battle just now. She found that after changing weapons after falling down once, Hidden Blade Ronin no longer had the pure heart of a warrior as he did at the beginning. Instead, he seemed to have become someone who would do anything to win.

In the rain, the weapon in his hand has been changed to a katana, and the murderous aura of his hidden sword partner beside him is also firmly locked on Goto Ichiri.

From this, Ichiri Goto judged that the final boss of the level, Hidden Blade Ronin, had entered the third stage.

The next moment, the knife light flashed under the haze!

Like opening the curtain of a grand stage, the double swords in Goto Ichiri's hands split the rain curtain!

After loudly announcing his name, an arc-shaped blade light appeared from the thin green sword in Goto Ichiri's right hand.

The rain curtain was cut off, and a gap was cut out in the thick rain curtain.

The cold light reflected from the blade penetrated all at once to the hidden sword partner standing to Goto Ichiri's right.

The Hidden Sword partner took a deep breath, shook the tip of the pistol, and smashed it towards the thin green that Goto Ichiri was trying to chop.

　Looking at the gun tip thrown at him by his partner with the hidden sword, Goto Ichiri narrowed his eyes slightly and the movement of his right hand holding the sword changed slightly.

Bo Lu was still facing the spear tip thrown by his partner Yin Dao and slashing straight at it.

However, the momentum of the blade has changed slightly.

clang!

As expected, the thin green blade and the spear head of the hidden sword partner collided with each other, scattering the raindrops around them.

When the weapons of a person with a body clashed with those of a person whose body was still within the range of an ordinary person, in this contest of strength, no matter how you look at it, the former has the advantage.

But the fact is, the former's gun was directly shaken away by the latter's knife!

"how so!"

Looking at the scene before his eyes, the expression of the Hidden Blade partner became uncontrollably ferocious.

After watching the second duel between Goto Ichiri and Hidden Blade Ronin, the Hidden Blade partner deeply realized that the only advantage he had over Goto Ichiri was his physical fitness far exceeding that of ordinary people and his terrifying recovery ability, which was enhanced by Li the Arrogant.

But this small advantage of his could not be turned into victory in front of Goto Ichiri.

The reason for this is that Goto Ichiri's skills in transforming and eliminating force have reached a superb level.

Once an attack touches Goto Ichiri's sword, it will be like hitting a ball of extremely soft cotton.

Most of the force on the gun was directly eliminated by Goto Ichiri's force transformation and force elimination techniques, and in the end the power was less than one-third of the original, just like now.

According to the prediction of the hidden sword partner, if his attack just now could hit Goto Ichiri's sword firmly, he would definitely be able to shake Goto Ichiri's sword away. However, due to Goto Ichiri's exquisite force-dissipating technique, not only did he fail to shake Goto Ichiri's sword away, but his own weapon was blocked, leaving his body wide open!

Not missing any fleeting opportunity is the instinct of a veteran swordsman like Goto Ichiri.

Seeing that her partner with the hidden sword was wide open because her spear tip was blocked, Goto Ichiri immediately took three steps towards the direction of her partner. After getting close enough to launch an effective attack on her partner, she raised Izumi-no-Kami Fujiwara Kanesada in her left hand.

However, before he could chop down the raised Izumi-no-Kami Fujiwara Kanesada, Goto Ichisato felt the pressure of wind and an ominous aura of something approaching from his side.

Sensing the approaching danger, Goto Ichiri stopped chasing his Hidden Blade partner and took half a step back, avoiding the vertical slash from the Hidden Blade Ronin standing on her left.

The blade of the demon sword Muramasa almost passed by the tip of Goto Ichiri's nose.

While dodging the attack from Hidden Blade Ronin, Goto Ichiri immediately launched a swift counterattack.

He was originally going to chop at his Hidden Blade partner, Izumi-no-Kami Fujiwara Kanesada, but instead he slashed at the Hidden Blade Ronin.

The offense and defense switched in an instant.

Just now, it was Hidden Blade Ronin who initiated the attack and Goto Ichiri was on the defense, but now the positions of both sides have been directly exchanged.

The blade of Izumi-no-Kami Fujiwara Kanesada cut through the layers of rain curtains and pointed directly at the target: the right hand of the hidden sword ronin holding the sword.

Izumi-no-Kami Fujiwara Kanesada was using a wakizashi, which was not long enough to chop off the Hidden Blade Ronin's head, but he was more than enough to chop off the Hidden Blade Ronin's sword-wielding hand.

After realizing that Goto Ichiri was planning to cut off his sword-wielding hand and weaken his strength, Hidden Blade Ronin took a deep breath and retracted the demon sword Muramasa that he had just swung out.

Then, he held the demon sword Muramasa diagonally in front of his body with the tip of the sword pointing diagonally to the front right side of his body.

clang!

The moment the Hidden Blade Ronin took such a strange defensive posture, the blade of Izumi-no-Kami Fujiwara Kanesada collided with him.

"Humph!"

The Hidden Blade Ronin snorted coldly, and his hands holding the sword shook. Izumi-no-kami Fujiwara Kanesada, who had collided with the blade of the demon sword Muramasa, slid aside along the inclined blade of the demon sword Muramasa pointing to the ground as if on a slide.

The next moment, the Hidden Blade Ronin suddenly turned the blade, and in a flash, the blade, which was originally pointing diagonally at the ground, was changed to pointing diagonally at the sky, and then he slashed heavily at Goto Ichiri.

The offense and defense switched again.