Sheng Tianmu, who was holding the gun with both hands, quietly stretched out the ten fingers holding the gun, relaxing the fingers that were numb from the head-on collision with Ogata's knife.
Just now, when he swung the spear towards Ogata, he only used 70% of his strength because he was mainly testing - although he did not use his full strength, Sheng Tianmu was very confident in his skills.
His physical functions are at the prime of his life, so even if he only uses 70% of his skills, it is enough to make most people with average skills unable to resist - this is the confidence that Sheng Tianmu has accumulated after countless sparring and life-and-death battles with others.
But Ogata in front of him blocked his move beautifully.
Shengtianmu saw it clearly just now - Ogata, who was originally rushing straight forward, quickly stopped, then held the knife with both hands and switched to a lower posture to defend the lower body, and blocked his Kaihi with one blow.
The powerful force that was transmitted through the gun body to his palms made Sheng Tianmu's palms numb.
If it weren't for his timely reaction and the rapid increase of strength in the ten fingers of both hands to hold the gun tightly, his Jie Fei might have been directly knocked out of his hand just now.
Feeling the numbness and soreness still lingering on the ten fingers of his hands, Sheng Tianmu's expression became more solemn.
Facing Ogata's words "get out of the way", Sheng Tianmu remained unmoved and looked directly at Ogata without fear: "... Executioner Ittosai, I didn't expect that you, a notorious villain, would actually be here."
"I thought you broke into my camp alone, but I didn't expect you to bring a companion with you."
"And I actually know this companion..."
Shengtianmu turned his gaze and looked at Sakaguchi, who was trembling with fear and wanted to shrink his whole body behind Ogata.
Sensing that Shengtianmu was looking at him, Sakaguchi's body trembled as if he was pricked by a needle.
A person with the third eye is not a fool.
It was abnormal no matter how you thought about it that Ogata could rush to the commander-in-chief's camp at such a fast speed.
But if there was someone who was familiar with the structure of the camp to help, then it would make sense.
Sakaguchi was a high-ranking general from the Morioka Domain. He was one of the small group of people qualified to participate in high-level military meetings. He naturally knew the general structure of the camp.
Looking at Sakaguchi, who now wished he could shrink his entire body behind Ogata, visible anger emerged from the depths of Shōtenmu's pupils.
"Sakaguchi, I didn't expect you to betray your country and help the enemy." Sheng Tianmu's tone gradually became stern, "You really don't deserve the name of 'samurai'!"
“I, I…” Sakaguchi lowered his head, his face turning pale and blue, and he stammered, “Master Sheng Tianmu… I was forced…”
Nagatenmu ignored Sakaguchi, who was the "shame of the samurai" in his eyes, and turned his sharp gaze back to Ogata.
"Stop right here! Ittosai!"
Sheng Tianmu raised his head high.
"You are so brave! After committing the evil deeds of murdering your master and attacking Nijo Castle, you didn't behave yourself, and now you even dare to attack a military camp!"
"I'm afraid you won't find another madman like you even if you search through all the history books!"
"I only disturbed your camp this time to avenge a personal vendetta." Xu Fang had no expression on his face, ignoring Sheng Tianmu's scolding just now. "Retreat. Don't lose your life because of this."
"You want us to retreat?" Sheng Tianmu was furious. "Do you really think you are unrivaled in the world? No one can do anything to you, no one can stop you?"
Sheng Tianmu clenched his beloved gun again after stretching his hands, the fingers of which had almost lost their numbness.
Akizuki, Kuroda and Tendou beside him also cooperated with Shengtianmu and raised the spears in their hands, pointing the tips of the spears directly at Ogata in front of them.
Four "Seven Spears of Xianzhou" stood side by side with their guns in hand. A murderous aura spread out from these four people, and the air around them seemed to become a little colder because of it.
When this solemn and murderous air drifted around Ogata, who was still standing naturally with a knife in hand, it automatically melted and dispersed to both sides like cold air touching a flame.
Ogata took a leisurely glance at the four guns pointed at him, and then -
Click!
Ogata suddenly raised his hand and chopped down a torch tied to a long wooden stick that was stuck on his side.
The torch fell to the ground and sparks flew everywhere.
Sparks were flying, like fire elves dancing in the wind.
Sparks exploded, like fire spirits whispering.
Everyone, including Sheng Tianmu, had been on edge. They were all shocked by Ogata's sudden action, and Kuroda even took half a step back.
Ogata stretched his right hand, which was holding the knife, over the torch that fell to the ground, and used the heat from the torch to warm his right hand, which was a little cold due to the wind and snow.
"Then prove it to me. Let me see if you four have what it takes to stop me." He said in a calm tone.
At this moment, the drifting sparks seemed to have life, obeying Ogata's orders, surrounding Ogata's body, and the blade flew up and down.
The firelight shone on the snow-white blade of Dashitian, reflecting an enchanting red light.
“…It seems there is no need to say more.” Sheng Tianmu said in a deep voice.
"Master Sheng Tianmu." Qiuyue, who was standing beside him, showed some hesitation on her face. "Do we really have to go four against one?"
As a militant who was instilled with ideas such as "the honor of a samurai" and "the dignity of a samurai" since childhood, Akizuki has an instinctive resistance to "bullying the minority with the majority".
"There is no need to talk about the 'dignity of a warrior' with such a villain." Sheng Tianmu said sternly.
"...I understand." Qiuyue took a deep breath and nodded solemnly.
Shengtianmu focused his mind and spirit, and used the opening stance of his "Tane-ryu" spear technique towards Ogata in front of him.
"Farming style."
"Nanatenmoku Zoemon!"
Qiuyue clenched her spear tightly.
"I'm flowing."
"Akizuki Toshizen!"
Kuroda and Tendō followed closely behind.
"New Sky Flow."
"Tian Dao Xun!"
"Hozoin Gun Style."
"Kuroda Gen'i!"
Ogata moved his right hand holding the knife away from the dancing fire spirit, and at this moment he stretched out his left hand, which had been hidden in his wide sleeves to keep warm, and held the knife with both hands.
"Sakakibara Ittoryu."
"Ogata Yisei."
Ogata held the knife ready, his chest rising and falling in a specific rhythm.
A strange and bizarre light slowly emerged from the depths of his pupils, and his aura was boiling.
[Ding! The host enters the state of selflessness! ]
"Come on!"
As his words fell, Ogata's figure disappeared from the spot.
In just a moment, Xu Fang closed the distance between himself and Sheng Tianmu and others, and then he slashed directly at Sheng Tianmu's face. The trajectory of the sword drew an arc and approached.
Shengtianmu's pupils suddenly shrank, and his body reacted before his brain. He quickly retreated, then raised the spear in his hand and used the tip of the spear to meet Ogata's blade.
clang!
The friction between metal and metal made a sharp noise that almost shattered the eardrums.
The expression on Sheng Tianmu's face suddenly changed due to shock. The huge force transmitted along the gun barrel made Sheng Tianmu almost unable to hold the gun.
What made Nakatame feel fortunate was that he was not fighting Ogata alone.
Akizuki and Kuroda, who were standing on the left and right sides of Nagatamoku, attacked Ogata from the left and right.
As if he had anticipated the actions of Akizuki and Kuroda, as soon as Akizuki and Kuroda raised their spears, Ogata took the lead in ending the wrestling with Nagatenmu and retreated quickly using padding steps. The spears of Akizuki and Kuroda were almost inserted diagonally into Ogata's clothes on his chest.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaa——!”
Tendō's spear was chasing after Ogata who was retreating using the stepping technique.
Looking at the tip of Tendao's spear stabbing straight at his calf, Ogata frowned slightly.
The reason why he frowned was not because Tiandao's gun was so threatening to him.
It was simply because Tiandao's howl was too harsh.
Ogata had been through many battles and had heard all kinds of cries.
But it was the first time that Ogata had heard such a strange howling sound, like one's fingernails scratching hard on a blackboard.
Ogata lowered his sword in the same way he had done with Shōtenmoku's spear before, assumed a lower stance, and chopped hard at Tendo's spear.
Muga Two Swords Style: Blade Reversal.
Tiandao felt like a wild boar had run into his gun.
The powerful force almost made the spear fly out of Tiandao's palm.
Although Tiandao tried hard to hold the gun steadily, his posture became messy.
Ogata originally wanted to go forward to chase Tendao, whose arms were wide open due to his messy posture, but Akizuki and Kuroda took the lead and stood between Ogata and Tendao, blocking Ogata's attack on Tendao.
"Be careful!" Sheng Tianmu warned loudly, "He is very strong! Don't fight him head-on!"
"Master Sheng Tianmu!" At this time, a voice trembling with fear sounded from behind Sheng Tianmu, "We, we, we are here to help you!"
Sheng Tianmu quickly turned his head and looked back - he saw that the dozen or so guards who had been responsible for guarding the entrance of the commander-in-chief's tent were running towards them with spears in hand.
"Everyone, retreat!" Sheng Tianmu shouted at the guards, "There's not enough space here! You'll only get in our way if you come up! Everyone, retreat!"
The weapons used by Sheng Tianmu and Qiuyue are all spears.
The wielding of a spear requires a sufficiently wide space. When the four of Sheng Tianmu attacked Ogata together, the space was just barely enough.
If these guards moved forward, it would only make the already insufficient space even more crowded, restraining Sheng Tianmu and the others, and easily causing accidental injuries.
Of course - there is another important reason why Sheng Tianmu did not let these guards go forward: if these guards went forward, they would probably not be able to help much and would only die in vain.
Before this, Ogata and Shengtianmoku had only heard of him but had never seen him in person.
Although Namatome has only fought with Ogata twice so far, based on these two fights alone, Namatome has already deeply understood why the man in front of him was given titles such as "Executioner", "Man-Killer", "Ittosai", and "Shura".
Although he was very reluctant to face this reality, Nagatenmu had to admit that even if he joined forces with Akizuki and the other two, they would probably not be able to defeat Ogata...
After giving orders to the guards to stay behind, Nagatenmu picked up his Kaihi and rejoined the fight against Ogata.
At this time, Akizuki and the other three were just distancing themselves from Ogata and reorganizing their stance.
"Hold him back." Sheng Tianmu inserted himself between Qiu Yue and the others, lowered his voice, and whispered in a volume that only they could hear clearly, "Hold him back until Kasuga and Yokoyama come with soldiers, or until others come with reinforcements."
Before the war started, Nagatenmoku had quickly formulated a plan to attack Ogata.
His plan was simple - if the four of them could capture Ogata directly, then they would capture Ogata directly. If they could not capture Ogata, then they would instead delay Ogata until Kasuga and Yokoyama, who had been sent earlier to mobilize the troops, came with their soldiers.
Qiuyue, Kuroda and Tiandao didn't say much, but just nodded silently.
Even Tiandao, who usually had a rebellious attitude, did not refute Sheng Tianmu's order just now.
The three of them, like Nakatenmu, had already realized the gap between them and Ogata in the previous battle.
"Let's go!" Sheng Tianmu roared and attacked Ogata with the Taneda-style footwork.
The flash of swords and the shadow of guns are fighting for supremacy.
Ogata, alone with his sword, fought against the spears that were attacking him from four directions.
The attack and defense were like a storm, and for both sides, a moment of relaxation would bring fatal injuries.
The blades cutting through the air, the sharp sound of metal friction, the roars of the fierce generals, and the snow curtain being constantly cut open.
Because of the advantage of the spear's length, an ordinary citizen who has never learned spearmanship, with a spear in hand, may be able to defeat a samurai who has studied swordsmanship for many years and has a long sword in hand.
Four masters holding spears surrounded a man who only used a katana - in the general public's imagination, the man holding the sword might not even last a single round.
But such a counterintuitive scene happened right here and right now.
No matter how Sheng Tianmu attacked, he could not shake Ogata's defense at all.
When they wanted to move to Ogata's rear and attack him from behind, Ogata was always able to take the lead and use a step to jump out of their unfinished encirclement, leaving no enemies behind him.
Whether the four men fired their guns together or in sequence from different directions, the results would be the same - they would all be blocked by Ogata's knife or simply dodged by Ogata.
——The oldest one is the most powerful.
——The one with a scar on the head is second.
——Qiuyue and the guy next to her, who looks the youngest and weakest among the four, are equally matched.
While Ogata was using a single sword to block each attack from Shengtianmu and the others, he kept moving his eyes, which were filled with indifference due to entering the "selfless state", and examined the four generals in front of him.
After so many rounds of attack and defense, Ogata has a general understanding of the strengths of these four people.
The one who looked the oldest was the strongest - there was no doubt about that. His attack was fierce, and it was obvious that he was not lacking in practical experience.
After identifying the strong and weak among the four, Ogata also realized that these four had changed their tactics.
Originally, the fighting methods of these four people were extremely aggressive, and they looked like they were determined to take down Ogata's head.
But now, the fighting between these four people has become much more conservative.
Ogata guessed that these four people probably changed their tactics in order to hold him back until reinforcements arrived.
Ogata naturally had no intention of following their plans.
While continuing to maintain his defense, he lowered his eyes and glanced at the thick snow under his feet.
Kuroda, who was standing on Ogata's left, took several deep breaths, adjusted his somewhat disordered breathing, and then stabbed Ogata with his gun.
Kuroda originally thought that his stab this time would most likely be blocked or dodged by Ogata.
But who would have thought—Ogata neither dodged nor evaded this time.
Instead, he allowed the tip of Kuroda's spear to approach his body, and then when the tip of the spear was about 3 inches away from his body, he suddenly raised his left hand and grabbed the shaft of the spear.
Before Kuroda could show a look of surprise, he felt a sharp pain in the palms of both hands, as if the skin on his palms were being peeled off - and in fact, it was indeed being peeled off.
After grabbing Kuroda's spear, Obaya poured all his strength into his left arm, just like a car that was originally at rest suddenly speeding up to 220 miles per hour. He used all his strength, and in just a moment, he used brute force to pull the spear out of Kuroda's palm and snatch it away.
Kuroda had no time to react as the spear that was taken away by brute force tore off large areas of skin on the palms of his hands, revealing bright red muscles or spurting blood. The joints of his ten fingers also suffered varying degrees of bruises as the spear in his palms was forcibly taken away.
Ogata's movements were too fast.
Before Kuroda could scream, and before the other three men could react, Oba held a knife in his right hand and a gun in his left hand.
He leaped backwards, and at the same time, relying on his strong waist strength, he used his waistband arm to swing the spear he had just snatched in his left hand.
He placed the butt of the spear in his left hand against the thick snow-covered ground between him and the four Sheng Tianmu men, and swept it violently from right to left, forming a fan shape.
The snow on the ground splashed up under Ogata's tremendous force and flew towards Sheng Tianmu and others.
Looking at the oncoming snow, the pupils of Shengtianmu and the other three suddenly shrank.
Sheng Tianmu and Tiandao quickly retreated to avoid the flying snow.
Akizuki and Kuroda subconsciously raised their hands, trying to block the snowflakes from entering their eyes.
The originally tight semicircular formation collapsed due to the retreat of Shengtianmu and Tiandao, and the immobility of Qiuyue and Kuroda.
Ogata, who had just leaped backwards, now had his feet back on the ground.
The next moment after he stood back on the ground, Ogata stepped on the ground with both feet and threw away the spear in his left hand. Like a spring that was originally tightly compressed and then suddenly released, it bounced towards Akizuki and Kuroda who were still raising their hands to block the snow.
Ogata's first target was Kuroda, who had lost his weapon.
Sakakibara Ittoryu - Torashi.
Da Shitian turned into a stream of light, like a rainbow piercing the sun, and shot towards the throat of Kuroda, who was about the same height as him.
laugh!
The sound of armor shattering and flesh being pierced could be heard.
There was a flash of surprise in Ogata's eyes.
Because the target he stabbed at this time was not Kuroda, but Akizuki.
Akizuki, who was standing next to Kuroda, just put down her hands that were blocking the snow, and saw Ogata rushing towards Kuroda, who no longer had a weapon in his hand.
Without any time to think, Akizuki subconsciously threw himself between Kuroda and Ogata, trying to block Ogata's knife with the gun in his hand.
As for the result, Qiuyue succeeded.
Akizuki stepped between Kuroda and Ogata in time and successfully blocked Ogata's sword with the barrel of his gun - although the result was somewhat tragic.
Ogata's sword did not pierce Kuroda's body, but pierced Akizuki's body.
The knife that was originally aimed at Kuroda's throat was blocked by Akizuki and pierced through Akizuki's left shoulder, piercing the left shoulder with both armor and flesh.
"Qiuyue! Catch him!" At this time, a loud shout rang out.
The owner of this roar is Sheng Tianmu.
Shengtianmu and Tiandao, who had just retreated, had now moved to the left and right sides of Ogata.
A fanatical and excited light appeared on Sheng Tianmu's face - he felt that he saw a chance of victory.
As long as Qiuyue grabs Ogata's knife that is now inserted into his body and prevents Ogata from drawing the knife, Shengtianmu and Tiandao will have the opportunity to take this opportunity to launch a fatal blow to Ogata.
Sheng Tianmu’s shout just now was actually unnecessary.
Because even without his shouting, Qiuyue had exactly the same intention.
Qiuyue gritted his teeth, let go of the gun in his hand, and used all his strength to hold Ogata's big Shiten that was inserted into his left shoulder with both hands to prevent Ogata from drawing his sword.
Shengtianmu and Tiandao, who were standing on the left and right sides of Ogata, seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and attacked Ogata with their guns.
Narutomu, who was standing to the left of Ogata, stabbed Ogata's left chest.
Tendō, who was standing to Ogata's right, stabbed Ogata's right abdomen.
Ogata saw this and was neither panicked nor confused.
He just silently let go of the Da Shi Tian that he couldn't pull out quickly.
Put your hands quickly into your arms.
Took out Kasumi and Umezen.
The plum blossom in his right hand was pointed towards Tiandao.
The Kasumi on the left hand is aimed at the third eye.
Gun versus gun - although the guns on both sides are slightly different.
Whether it is Shengtianmu or Tiandao, they all showed a very unified expression.
Birth of the Third Eye/Heavenly Way:? ? ? ?