Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 22: Fighting Speed with Speed
As the two gradually got closer to each other, the atmosphere around them became increasingly solemn.
The moment Ogata entered Toyama's attack range—
“Drink—!”
Yuanshan immediately shouted loudly, emitting a powerful Qi He, and then took the lead in thrusting his sword towards Ogata as he did before.
Ogata now has a rough understanding of Toyama's strength.
The reason why he almost failed to see Yuanshan's sword just now was because Ogata was not mentally prepared enough and did not adjust his body and mind.
Having made full mental preparations and with his nerves tense, Ogata could see clearly the path of Toyama's wooden sword!
As long as we can see Yuanshan's sword clearly, the next step will be easy.
He dodged sideways and avoided the sword that was thrust towards him from Yuanshan.
Then he stepped forward, and like before, Ogata turned the wooden sword in his hand, aimed at Yuanshan's chest, and stabbed directly with the sword, once again using the most powerful move he currently possessed: the bird stab.
The tip of the sword cut through all the air in front of him and went straight towards Yuanshan's chest.
Just as the tip of the sword was about to pierce Toyama's chest, Ogata suddenly felt the wooden sword in his hand shake.
Toyama retracted the sword that Ogata had just dodged with unimaginable speed, and directly blocked Ogata's sword.
Unfortunately, Ogata's attack missed the target.
After blocking Ogata's sword, Toyama quickly retreated several steps, out of Ogata's attack range.
Both Ogata and Toyama had .
Both Ogata and Toyama were giving it their all at this moment and did not dare to be careless in the slightest.
Especially the distant mountains.
In addition to the seriousness on his face, there was also a heavy sense of shock.
Toyama has always believed that among the younger generation of Sakakibara Sword School, the most powerful one is Mikami.
As for this Ogata Issey, Yuanshan only knew that there seemed to be such a person, and he had never paid attention to this guy who behaved low-key and had never shown any powerful strength in front of others before.
It was because Yuanshan had never paid attention to Ogata Issey before and always thought that Ogata Issey was just an ordinary disciple of Sakakibara Sword Hall that he was so shocked.
Not only did Ogata dodge his sword, he also took the opportunity to counterattack him.
Sakakibara Sword School is the sworn enemy of Ishikawa Sword School, so Toyama had naturally done research on what sword techniques Sakakibara Ittoryu has and what the characteristics of each sword technique are.
The sword technique that Ogata had been using just now was undoubtedly the stabbing technique from Sakakibara Ittoryu - Bird Stab.
The speed and power of Ogata's bird thorn just now made Toyama shudder just thinking about it.
Just now, when facing Ogata's bird thorn, Toyama even had a moment when he recalled the scene of the competition with his master, Ishikawa Heima, the current master of Ishikawa Sword Hall.
The feeling of oppression that Ogata had just brought to Toyama was almost exactly the same as the feeling of oppression that his master Ishikawa Heima had brought to him when he was competing with him...
"You... " Toyama said gloomily, putting some distance between himself and Ogata again. "Why have I never heard of your high level of swordsmanship before?"
"Don't underestimate our Sakakibara Sword Hall." Ogata hit back without showing any weakness.
I must put aside all my contempt. If I don't give it my all, I might lose - although Yuanshan is reluctant to admit this, it is an irrefutable fact.
After letting out a long breath, Yuanshan slowly raised the wooden sword in his hand and assumed an upper stance.
Looking at Yuanshan who was preparing to move forward, his fellow disciples immediately burst into exclamations.
Yuanshan's best stance is the upper stance, and his best fighting style is to launch continuous and fierce attacks on the enemy.
Yuanshan took an upper stance, which meant that Yuanshan was going to attack with all his strength.
Ogata also instinctively sensed that Yuanshan was more dangerous than before...
After moving his right wrist that was holding the sword, Ogata regained his mid-range stance.
The air seemed to freeze at this moment.
Whether it was Toyama or Ogata, both of them stood motionless, staring at each other.
The people around were also infected by the tense atmosphere and did not even dare to breathe.
As if we had agreed in advance on when the two of us would start moving, Ogata and Toyama, who had been motionless, suddenly moved at the same time.
Snapped!
The two swords collided and then separated.
Snapped!
Then they touched each other and separated again.
laugh!
Toyama charged towards Ogata, but was dodged by Ogata, leaving only a sharp sound of breaking wind.
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The fierce fight between the two of them stunned all the fellow disciples in Yuanshan.
The onlookers basically didn't know anything about swordsmanship, so they couldn't figure out the tricks involved.
But to Toyama's fellow disciples, Ogata and Toyama, who were fighting fiercely, were simply two monsters.
The two of them were exchanging offense and defense at a speed that was so fast that it was dizzying, and neither of them gave in to the other.
Looking at Ogata who was now fighting equally with Toyama, Itagaki and his three friends couldn't help but turn pale and involuntarily shrink their necks.
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In the eyes of outsiders, Ogata and Toyama seemed to be evenly matched.
But this is not the case for Ogata, the person involved.
At the beginning, they were indeed evenly matched.
But as time passed, Ogata had clearly sensed that he was slowly falling into a disadvantage.
The reason is simple - I can't keep up the physical strength.
Whether attacking, dodging or defending, it consumes physical strength.
Especially when blocking enemy attacks.
When using a sword to block the enemy's attack, the recoil force will directly make your arms numb.
As time went by, Ogata gradually felt that his physical strength was no longer able to keep up.
On the other hand, looking at the distant mountains - they are obviously still at ease.
--no……
Ogata was planning a new strategy against the enemy in his mind.
——We can’t go on like this... If we continue to be in this stalemate, I will definitely lose as I am not as strong as Yuanshan!
Snapped!
After blocking Yuanshan's sword again, Ogata took several steps back to increase the distance between himself and Yuanshan.
The reason for increasing the distance between myself and the distant mountains was, on the one hand, to regulate my disordered breathing.
Another reason is to give yourself enough time to re-plan countermeasures.
And Toyama seemed to want to take advantage of this gap to rest for a while, so he did not chase Ogata closely, but continued to maintain his middle stance, staring at Ogata, while adjusting his breathing and relaxing his muscles.
While moving his numb right wrist, Ogata said to himself:
——If we keep wasting our energy, I will definitely not be able to outlast Yuanshan who obviously has more energy than me...
——How about using the remaining 2 skill points now...
——Add both skill points to "Physical Strength", and your physical strength should be able to surpass Yuanshan.
——However... after adding skill points to "Stamina" now, it should only increase my stamina limit, and it will not restore my stamina to full at this moment...
—Or should I add skill points to strength or agility, so that my own strength will increase instantly, and then I can kill Toyama in one go...?
——No! Wait!
At this moment, Ogata felt a flash of lightning flash through his mind.
——There is a way!
——If I use this method, I should be able to defeat Yuanshan without using any skill points...!
Just now, an idea flashed in Ogata's mind.
Come up with a plan.
And if this plan succeeds , perhaps Yuanshan can be defeated in one fell swoop.
