The system prompt that the talent was successfully copied sounded in his mind... But Qingdeng didn't have any time to listen carefully to what new talent he had obtained.

After knocking down the "middle-aged man with a beard" with a shoulder blow, there was only one archer left who was still standing.

The last person left, you can tell just by looking at his expression and movements - he is now very panicked.

His companions fell to the ground one after another, and the enemy was so close in front of him that he was at a loss what to do.

His panic caused him to lose his basic judgment and thinking ability.

In this situation, you must either run away quickly, or pull out the most powerful melee weapon you are carrying, the knife on your waist, and engage in a life-and-death fight with Qingden.

As a result, these two options... this person did not choose either.

He threw away the bow that was useless in close combat, and then did not pull out the knife from his waist. He just relied on his instinctive reaction, subconsciously clenched his right fist, and punched someone just one step away from him.

Qingdeng is far away.

Looking at the movements of his fists, even a layman can tell that this person is not good at boxing.

It was obvious - this man was so frightened that he even forgot to draw his sword, and only used his fists, which he was not good at, to face the enemy.

Using boxing and kicking skills that are far from superb in front of Qing Deng... the result can already be predicted.

Qingden quickly turned his body to one side, bent his left forearm downward, turned his left elbow upward, and aimed the tip of his elbow at the man's fist. Then, before the man's fist accelerated to its maximum speed, he took the initiative to hit it.

The tip of the left elbow is pushed out - Qingteng is very good at using it, and it is also a classic "upright elbow defense" in unarmed skills and "actively getting close to the opponent, shortening the opponent's attack distance, and making it difficult for the opponent to use force."

With a muffled sound of "bang", the tip of Qingdeng's elbow collided heavily with the man's fist.

Fists and elbows collided... After about half a second, the collision ended with the "fist" actively retreating.

The man screamed, and then with an action like "the hand touched the flames", he hurriedly retracted his right fist, which had a large red surface.

It was only natural that this guy would react like this. Qingden's sharp elbow hit one of the most vulnerable parts of his fist: the gap between his ring finger and little finger.

Qingnog also happens to be the type of person with very hard bones because he has the talent he copied from Nagakura: "Steel Bones".

With the blessing of "steel bones", the bones have become much harder than ordinary people. Not only has the tough Qingden's personal defense increased, but the attack power of his fists and feet has also been improved.

The man felt as if his fist had hit a sharp piece of steel... The pain was so painful that his entire right hand almost lost consciousness.

At this point in the battle, the outcome has been decided.

The next moment he used the vertical elbow defense to break the man's fist, Qingden stepped forward quickly, released his right hand holding the knife, and flew his right hand into the air, then grabbed the man's right shoulder with his left hand, and grabbed the man's left arm with his right hand.

Use grappling techniques to pin this guy to the ground.

"Mr. Tachibana!" At this moment, Nagakura, who had just emerged from hiding behind the garbage pile, hurried towards Qingteng.

"Yongcang, tie up these three people."

After giving a simple instruction to Nagakura, Qingden threw the three archers he had just subdued to Nagakura, then he picked up the Dingguishen he had just thrown to the ground, and ran out of the alley in a hurry.

, looking around outside the alley.

Not a soul in sight...

In the chaotic battle of "1vs18" just now, those "survivors" who were lucky enough to save their lives from Qingdeng's sword have all disappeared. They don't even know which direction they fled. It's hard to chase them.

Don't know where to start.

It has to be said that these three archers have fulfilled their important responsibilities perfectly - they stayed behind and successfully bought enough time for their companions to evacuate.

He actually let those guys run away... Qingdeng felt very sorry, but he quickly recovered his mood.

The three archers were successfully captured alive, which was enough to make up for some losses and not return without success.

Qingden turned around and returned to Nagakura. At this time, Nagakura had already tied up the three archers headed by the "middle-aged man with a beard" with hemp ropes.

Nagakura, who was Okahiki under Aishoto, naturally carried hemp ropes and other items specially used to tie prisoners with him.

"Mr. Tachibana!" As soon as Aoto came back, Nagakura quickly asked Aoto, "Are you okay? Are you injured?"

"Well, I'm fine." Qingden put the Ding Guishen back into its scabbard, then raised his hand to touch his right cheek, which had just been grazed by the arrow shot by the "middle-aged man with a beard" and was now feeling a burning sensation.

My fingers felt moist... When I opened my palm, I saw there was a little blood on my fingers.

"Except for a bit of skin damage on my right cheek, everything is fine." Qingdeng smiled lightly and said lightly.

"Mr. Tachibana, when I saw that arrow almost hit your head... I had goosebumps all the time." Nagakura was lamenting Qingdeng's ability to "break the bow with one sword and charge straight into the bow formation".

Feat, and cast a fiery look of admiration at Qingden.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Nagakura wouldn't have believed that the scene that just happened in front of him was real... This was the first time Nagakura saw someone being able to dodge arrows with such amazing speed at such a short distance.

arrow!

Nagakura asked himself that he would never be able to replicate such a feat.

"I'm just lucky." Qingdeng said modestly, half-truthfully.

The reason why he was able to dodge the arrows of the "middle-aged man with a beard" just now was indeed partly due to luck.

But the main reason is that the effects of the three talents of "Gathering God", "Gu Gu" and "Eagle Eye" are superimposed on each other, giving Qingdeng extremely amazing dynamic vision and reaction speed.

His eyes keenly penetrated the trajectory of the arrow shot by the "bearded middle-aged man"! Otherwise, he would not have been able to dodge the arrow!

——"Gathering God" is so powerful...

After silently praising this god-level talent once again in his heart, which made him achieve a new breakthrough in his current strength, Qingden slowly walked to the side of the "middle-aged man with a beard" and squatted down.

The "middle-aged man with a beard" has recovered from Qingden's shoulder collision just now. At least he can breathe smoothly now.

"Who are you?" Qingdeng's tone was as cold as if what came out of his mouth was not words but a knife.

After throwing out a question, Qingden then handed over a declarative sentence:

"You are from the anti-barbarian group, right?"

Before the chaotic battle of "1vs18" just started, Qingden relied on his "wind senser" to clearly hear the discussion of these 18 people.

They called him a "national traitor" and shouted "to avenge his comrades who died because of him"... Such arguments made Qingdeng extremely suspicious that these people had disappeared for a long time since the "Battle of Fanshu Diaosuo"

People from the anti-barbarian group!

After all, apart from the anti-barbarian group, Qingdeng really didn't expect that he also had a blood feud with those groups.

Faced with Qingdeng's questioning, the "middle-aged man with a beard" ignored him.

After giving Qingdeng a cold look, he looked away without saying a word the whole time.

"Don't you want to talk to me? That's fine." Qingdeng slowly stood up with a calm look on his face, "Then I'll let the prison guards come and have a good chat with you after we take you to the prison.

Bar."

Prison house... Hearing this word, the body of the "middle-aged man with a beard" shook violently several times.

Although he tried hard to control it, there was still a bit of fear on his face.

"Nagakura, let's go." Qingto said, "First escort these three people back to the residence and join Saito and the others."

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…

Edo, Azabu Ryūdo Town, Uwajima Domain and the Date family's Kameyashiki——

"Miss Chiba, thank you for your hard work today!"

"You're welcome. Miss Ida, your performance today is very good. Please keep up your efforts."

"Hehehe~ I can do it! Miss Chiba, when are you going to teach me some more powerful moves?"

"There's no rush. I'll have to wait until your foundation is more solid before I can teach you more advanced content."

"I think my foundation is already very good..."

"Miss Ida, the most important thing to avoid when practicing martial arts is being impatient."

"Okay, okay, I understand. Miss Chiba, the tone of your speech really looks like my mother sometimes..."

…

After saying goodbye to the quirky little Princess Date, Sanako left the Uwajima Domain's mansion under the personal farewell of the little Princess Date.

"The much-anticipated eldest lady of the famous martial arts family, the Chiba family" and "the talented swordswoman with extraordinary talents"... Sanako's daily identity is constantly changing back and forth between the two.

Depending on the identity that needs to be displayed, Sanako's outfit will also change in time.

When she needs to present herself as a "eldest lady", Sanako will tie three thousand green silk threads into the most popular women's hairstyles such as Shimada bun, put on a bright and beautiful women's kimono, and if necessary, put on some light makeup

, wear some jewelry.

When she needs to present herself as a "female swordsman", Sanako likes to tie her long hair into a high ponytail for ease of movement, wear women's kendo uniforms that show off her figure, and eliminate all accessories and cosmetics that get in the way.

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At this time, Sanako was dressed like a "female swordsman" - no makeup on her face, her waist-length hair tied into a refreshing, neat high ponytail, wearing a women's kendo uniform with white top and dark blue bottom.

Her slender feet with clean white socks were wearing a pair of flat wooden clogs with blue buttons, and hanging from her left waist was a small dachi with a blue handle and a blue sheath for self-defense.

Why did Sanako, dressed as a "female swordsman", walk out of Uwajima Domain's Kamiyashiki? And why did she look like she was familiar with Princess Date of Uwajima Domain?

For those who are familiar with Sanako, these questions are easy to answer - Sanako was the swordsmanship teacher of Princess Date of the Uwajima Domain.

Due to the concern of "difference between men and women", those prominent families tend to choose a female teacher when choosing martial arts teachers for the women in their family.
To be continued...