Age of Heroes, 10-game winning streak

And this hair is tied from the inside.

She immediately realized that something was wrong and walked to the wall. After confirming that there was no one around, she flipped over the high wall and landed nimbly, her feet stepping on a patch of sand. The sound of rain obscured her movements.

Because the visual range of the Heavenly Eye was limited, she could only slow down her pace and approach the dojo. Although she couldn't see with her eyes, she could hear very clearly.

Hiding outside the corridor of the dojo, one could hear the emptiness inside the dojo, and there was no one inside.

After hesitating for a moment, she stretched out her fingers and tapped lightly on the wooden floor of the corridor, and the sound spread out.

The transmitted sound echoed, forming clear lines in the Sky Eye.

Amemiya Mahiru had already realized that if her strength continued to improve, her mental strength and soul power continued to increase, she would be able to "see" the internal structure of some things through her third eye.

In fact, she had already seen what Bai Yu's face looked like in this way a long time ago, and remembered it deeply so that she could recognize it immediately when they met next time.

Now using this technique to explore the structure, she quickly found a secret door.

Walking into the dojo, it was very quiet, even too quiet, and the air was a little cold.

She knew there must be some kind of mechanism here, but she was too lazy to think about it. She simply swung her knife to cut through the wall, creating a triangular opening.

She walked into the passage and subconsciously covered her mouth and nose because of the strong smell of blood.

There is a secret underground room here.

When you enter, you can see many iron cages, stained with blood, but most of the cages are empty, with only one person tied with iron chains and hanging on the wall.

She immediately walked closer, wanting to see if this man was her uncle.

But she didn't know the other person at all, so she took out a water gourd from her waist, opened it and splashed the water on the other person's face.

The chains swayed slightly, and the man on the shelf woke up.

"You, who are you..." The voice was extremely weak.

Amamiya Mahiru asked, "Why are you tied up here?"

Hearing a woman's voice, the man was slightly moved, but his eyes were in darkness and he couldn't see the other person's appearance at all. He could only guess that the other person was not in the same group as the one who kidnapped her.

"Please, save me, save me out..."

"Why are you locked up here?" Amamiya Mahiru repeated the question: "Answer my question if you want to leave."

"I was betrayed." The man gritted his teeth and recounted his experience: "Damn it, he betrayed me..."

"Speak more clearly."

"Have you heard of Onikiri?"

"Are you talking about the sword that cut off Ibaraki Douji's wrist?" Amemiya Mahiru had naturally heard of it.

"Yes, that precious sword that was lost in the Heian period," the man whispered. "You should understand how tempting it is to a samurai. In Fuso, there are no dragon veins of Daxia or the underworld of Rome. For us, the power we can access most quickly is the power of demons and gods! The power of demons and gods is sealed in that Onikiri. As long as we can use it properly, we can reach unprecedented levels."

Amemiya Mahiru was silent.

This sentence is true.

In Fuso, the struggle between demons and samurai has never stopped since ancient times. This is because demons like to kill, and samurai do the same... There are even rumors that powerful samurai will degenerate into demons and gods because of their strong obsession.

It is said that as long as one kills ghosts and gods, the warrior's realm can be elevated, and they are the best whetstones; there is also a legend that as long as one can obtain the ancient swords that killed ghosts and gods, one can control the power of ghosts and gods.

"I found the location of the Ghost Cut, and with it, there's also a piece of a ghost hand." The man looked at the girl in the darkness and said temptingly, "As long as you let me out, I will tell you where they are!"

Amemiya Mahiru said noncommittally, "So you were imprisoned here to be tortured for the whereabouts of Onikiri and the Demonic Hand?"

"Yeah... I was careless. I secretly cut off a finger from that ghost hand, intending to take it out and trade it for something good, so I found my best friend. Unfortunately, he betrayed me. Not only did he keep the severed finger for himself, he also tortured me day and night to find out the whereabouts of Onikiri!" The man gritted his teeth, "Damn it, Amemiya! When I get out, I'm going to expose you so the shogunate's samurai can cut you into pieces!"

Amemiya Mahiru's expression suddenly changed: "Amemiya...Amemiya Ryuji?!"

The man said hatefully, "Yes, that's him!"

Amemiya Mahiru suddenly understood something.

She immediately ignored the man's shouting and turned around and rushed towards the exit.

But just as she passed through the triangular gap, she heard footsteps in the corridor, rushing towards her.

It's too late to leave.

Ryuji Amamiya is also a superhuman, so it is impossible for her to escape in just twenty steps. Knowing his secret, she will only become his hunting target.

How to do?

Do you want to escape?

Go to the shogunate, or go to the Onmyoji Bureau?

But he was also a wanted criminal... The fact that he had injured Nan Shihui had already defined him as a fugitive, and the fact that he had also killed Kawabozu before made his crime even more serious.

By now her bounty was enough to tempt a high-ranking bounty hunter.

If you escape, you will be hunted by both sides.

Then the only way is to stay and confront.

Or... take advantage of its unpreparedness and kill it with a single blow of the sword?

She pondered silently what she should do.

If Mr. Destiny were here, what would he do?

If he were here...

She just had this thought and immediately suppressed it.

Don't be so weak, Amemiya Mahiru. If you have to rely on you for everything, how can you become a useful person?

He has been very kind to you, and his kindness is as heavy as a mountain. However, you have to find a way to overcome the small obstacles in front of you!

She took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. Some things required judgment, so she couldn't kill him immediately, and she couldn't just listen to the one-sided words of the person below.

So the best option is...

laugh--!

The moment the wooden door was pushed open, Amamiya Mahiru's toes broke through the tatami.

A light yet heavy knife instantly blocked all the opponent's routes of advance and retreat.

The latter was completely caught off guard. Even if he tried to draw his sword, it was too late. Just when he had half of it out of the sheath, he was kicked on the hilt, and the sword flew into the courtyard and got stuck in the mud.

Kuai Yu laid his sword across the latter's neck, the blade reflecting a cold light.

Amemiya Mahiru was hiding in the darkness, with only a knife extending from the door frame against his neck.

"……Who are you?"

The man who was speaking had a mellow and pleasant voice. If he wore a pair of glasses, he would surely have the temperament of a teacher.

"Amamiya Ryuji." Amamiya Mahiru said, "You are the sword-testing executioner...!"

Chapter 217 The power of ghosts and gods

The blade was against his throat.

Ryuji Amamiya could sense the sharpness of the sword and the opponent's hidden murderous aura.

His Adam's apple rolled, and then he smiled helplessly: "I really don't understand what you are talking about."

"Don't you understand?" Amamiya Mahiru laid her cards on the table. "I've seen everything in your basement. Are those cages for the missing? And that man you tortured there... Ibaraki Douji's finger. You're so desperate for something so dangerous."

Amamiya Ryuji still tried to change the subject: "You may be mistaken. The man below is a thief who likes to lie..."

The sword moved forward one centimeter, and blood suddenly appeared on the neck.

"I just need a definite answer. Is the sword-testing executioner you?"

"..."

"Acquiescence is also an answer."

"Well, since you're asking so sincerely, then I'll..."

A short sword slipped from under Amemiya Ryuji's sleeve. The moment the wakizashi was unsheathed, it chopped on the blade of Kaiyu's sword. The friction between the two made a crisp sound of swords and spears colliding.

In the dim room, a spark suddenly burst out.

Ryuji Amemiya retreated into the corridor, touched the wound on his neck, stretched out his hand to let the rain wash away the blood on his palm, and at the same time drew out his sword.

"It seems you don't fight with samurai often, so you think I only have a sword."

A samurai has two swords, one long and one short. The short one is called wakizashi.

Miyamoto Musashi's two-sword style actually consists of a long and a short tachi and a wakizashi.

Moreover, even non-samurai can wear wakizashi. Most Fuso knights wear wakizashi for self-defense.

Therefore, the most popular self-defense technique among samurai women is the kodachi technique, which is almost the same as the wakizashi.

In many fights among modern Japanese gangs, if guns are not used, then the most lethal weapon, besides iron rods and baseball bats, is this wakizashi short sword.

As the head of the Genkyō-ryū school, Ryuji Amamiya is naturally very good at using the kodachi.

He raised his sword and said, "If you were sure it was me, you should have killed me with that strike. Why do you insist on asking for clarification? When did such a naive bounty hunter appear?"

His tone suddenly turned cold: "Although I don't know how you broke in or how you knew this, since you already know so much, I naturally can't let you go back. Killing a woman goes against my Bushido, but you are not an ordinary weak woman, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Amamiya Mahiru said calmly, "So you really killed so many people just for the ghost hand."

Amamiya Ryuji said indifferently, "You came to kill me for the bounty from the shogunate, so there's no need for all this nonsense."

Amemiya Mahiru replied disappointedly: "Indeed, there is no point in saying more."

Both sides stood still, and the next moment, swords crossed and broke through the side door. The two men stepped into the Amemiya family's dojo in no particular order.

Because they were using real swords, the sword energy and sword light released by both sides instantly cut gaps several centimeters long on the ground.

After their first confrontation, Ryuji Amamiya couldn't tell for a moment where the opponent's swordsmanship style came from... but it didn't seem like the swordsmanship that a country bumpkin would have practiced.

But the strength is too weak!

You are just a first-level person, and you dare to come and hunt my head?

Amamiya Ryuji swung his sword and pressed down: "You don't know what I'm talking about!"

As Dahua just shouted, the knife light below became sharper and faster. Almost in an instant, the blade was under his nose.

He had to stop and change from a downward chop to a diagonal chop.

This guy actually saw through my sword skills!

Placing the knife in the opponent's attack trajectory in advance to intercept it is a sword technique with extremely high attainments. What is needed is extremely confident prediction. Otherwise, it is easy to lose your life in a real sword fight.

Unfortunately, his several consecutive sword strikes were suddenly interrupted in the middle. He could not use his sword skills and was restricted. He felt terrified and confused.

With such proficiency in swordsmanship, he actually became a ronin?

What a waste!

But since ordinary sword skills are no match, what good are extraordinary skills?

Ryuji Amamiya held up his katana and displayed his extraordinary skills... Phantom Yin Style: Three-Day Moon Slash!

Almost instantly, the sword light spread out from the front and split into three, like the intertwined rotating Sharingan magatama, slashing from the front to the eyes. The three swords were in no particular order and could not be resisted.

This sword move is the famous sword move of Huanyinliu.

The difference between Huan Yin Liu and other Yin Liu, including Xin Yin Liu, lies in the word "huan".

This sword only has one strike, but it looks like three strikes are made at the same time. Because they arrive instantly, it is impossible to tell which one is the real one.

The blade formed by murderous intent can also cut the skin, making it indistinguishable from the real thing.

If one reaches the third level of transcendence, the soul will turn into gold and the will can penetrate the hard stone. This move of Three Suns and Moon Slash can truly be considered three slashes in an instant, and each slash is a critical hit.

Facing this sword, Amemiya Mahiru had no way of judging. The murderous intent sensed by his Sky Eye was genuine, as if the opponent had really swung out the secret sword Swallow Return that was powerful enough to overlap dimensions.

She could only dodge, and at this critical moment, she chose to turn around and retreat, leaving her back exposed to the knife.

Your back should never be exposed; this is a foolish mistake that even a novice swordsman would not make.

But she did it anyway.

Because this move needs to be used with your back to the opponent.

His clothes fluttered like a phoenix spreading its wings. In just a moment, only a shadow was left on the spot, and the figure had already walked several steps away.