Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 21 Spend 6 Skill Points
Ogata's pupils shrank suddenly in shock, and then he subconsciously raised the wooden sword in his hand.
Snapped!
A dull sound exploded.
Ogata raised his sword just in time and blocked the sword that was stabbing from Yuanshan.
--So fast!
——When did Yuanshan launch the attack!
Ogata could guarantee that he had not blinked or let his guard down just now.
I kept my nerves tense and stared at the distant mountains with full concentration.
However, even so, Ogata's eyes almost couldn't keep up with Toyama's speed.
After narrowly deflecting Toyama's sword, Ogata didn't even have time to breathe a sigh of relief before Toyama's next attack came.
After Ogata blocked the sword in his hand, Toyama quickly retracted the sword in his hand, then switched to an upper stance and swung the sword towards Ogata's shoulder.
Snapped!
Another dull sound exploded.
Ogata blocked Toyama's attack again.
Toyama seemed quite surprised that Ogata could block two of his attacks in succession.
Looking at Ogata in front of him, Toyama's eyes couldn't help but show a look of surprise.
At this time, Ogata took a deep breath.
Then he took a step back, slightly increasing the distance between himself and the distant mountains, turned the wooden sword in his hand, and pointed the tip of the sword at the distant mountains only two steps away from him.
Sakakibara Ittoryu·Toribashi!
Ogata's wooden sword stabbed towards Toyama's chest like a meteor.
This was the first time Ogata used the bird thorn that had just been upgraded to "advanced".
Although he had expected that the power of the "advanced" bird thorn would be astonishing, after actually using this move, Ogata was still a little surprised by the power of the upgraded bird thorn.
The wooden sword rushed towards the chest of the distant mountain with amazing momentum.
However, when it was only a fist's distance from Yuanshan's chest, Yuanshan blocked it with a sword.
Bang!
The dull sound of wood hitting each other was heard again.
This time it was Toyama who blocked Ogata's sword with one sword.
At the same time, a hint of surprise appeared on Ogata's face.
After Ogata's bird spike was blocked, the two of them jumped back at the same time, increasing the distance between each other.
“Hu…Hu…Hu…Hu…Hu…” Ogata breathed heavily.
The same is true for the distant mountains on the opposite side.
Obviously, they had only exchanged a few moves just now, but their hearts were beating wildly as if they had just finished a long-distance run.
Whether it was Toyama attacking Ogata or Ogata counterattacking Toyama, if his sword was a little slower, he would be hit by the opponent and lose.
The group of fellow disciples in Yuanshan who were watching the battle on the sidelines were now all stunned.
In their eyes, Yuanshan, who is extremely talented, has always been synonymous with "powerful". In the entire Ishikawa Sword Hall, no one can be Yuanshan's opponent except their master.
No matter who Yuanshan faces from Ishikawa Sword Hall, he can easily defeat and win.
The scene they had originally imagined should be that Toyama, whom they deeply respected and admired, would defeat Ogata Issey of Sakakibara Sword Hall with a beautiful sword, and then they would leave triumphantly.
But who would have thought that the scene before them was completely different from what they had imagined in their minds.
Ogata Issei was not defeated by their Toyama's sword.
Not only was he not defeated by Yuanshan's sword, he also beautifully blocked Yuanshan's two quick attacks in a row.
After blocking Yuanshan's attack, he was able to quickly adjust his stance and launch a counterattack against Yuanshan.
Among the group of fellow disciples from Yuanshan who were watching nearby, many had fairly good swordsmanship skills.
Therefore - these people who were relatively good at it could see how incredible the level of the counterattack that Ogata had just launched against Toyama was .
At the same time, it can also be seen how dangerous Toyama's defense against Ogata's straight thrust was. If Toyama's reaction or Toyama's sword had been slower, the person lying on the ground would have become Toyama.
Asaki and Afu don't know swordsmanship, unlike their fellow disciples in Yuanshan who can see so many tricks.
All they could see was that Ogata seemed to be on par with Toyama.
The two people who were originally full of worry on their faces, the worry on their faces now dissipated a little.
As for those spectators who were there simply to watch the fun, they became even more excited after seeing that the two warriors seemed to be of equal level and felt that they were in for a good show.
Of course - Ogata had no idea what the expressions on the faces of the people around him were at that moment.
Because his eyes were fixed on the distant mountains in front of him, and he didn't dare to move his eyes away from the distant mountains even for a moment.
The same was true of Toyama, who was standing opposite Ogata. He had no energy to check the surrounding situation. He stared at Ogata, not missing any of his moves.
——This Toyama Renjiro is even stronger than I thought...
——I spent 6 skill points before the battle, and even though I had already enhanced my combat power, I still only managed to tie with him...
After expressing this little emotion in my heart.
Ogata took a deep breath.
Then spit it out slowly.
Take another deep breath.
Then spit it out slowly.
Just keep taking deep breaths over and over again .
While taking deep breaths, Ogata kept saying to himself:
——Calm down…Calm down…
Although the system can help Ogata improve his personal physical fitness and sword skills in a very short period of time.
But it can't improve Ogata's ability.
That is combat experience.
Although Ogata has not fought many battles since he came to the Edo period, he has learned a valuable lesson from these few battles.
That is - when your blood is boiling and your mood is not calm enough, your actual performance will be greatly reduced.
It is also very easy to make incorrect judgments.
Being emotionally calm and being uncalm - the difference between the strength displayed in these two states is as great as the sky.
As he took one deep breath after another, Ogata's heart, which had been beating as fast as if he had just finished a long-distance run, gradually calmed down.
The blood that had originally rushed to the head slowly subsided, and the blood vessels in the temples on both sides stopped beating wildly.
As his heartbeat returned to normal and the hot blood in his head subsided, Ogata felt his facial features regain clarity.
When he regained his composure, Ogata had a feeling that his vision had widened.
While Ogata was adjusting his breathing, Toyama, who was standing opposite Ogata, was also adjusting his breathing.
The two of them also regained their heartbeats and emotions at almost the same time.
After adjusting their states, the two of them slowly moved their feet towards each other.
