However, Qingdeng soon discovered that there was no point in thinking about these things.

Because in the next moment, an incredible scene appeared in front of his eyes and on his body.

Snapped!

A branch hit Qingden hard in the chest.

The moment the branch touched Qingdeng's body, it shattered into countless pieces.

He was obviously hit by a branch, but Qingdeng felt like he was hit head-on by an express train.

The power transmitted to Qingdeng along the branches turned into "air currents" rushing around in Qingdeng's chest.

In front, where a guy in black should be standing, half of the figure was gone, leaving only a little bit of dust and smoke that had been raised and had not yet fallen back to the ground.

Qingdeng looked at the man in black who suddenly appeared in front of him in shock, and then watched in shock as he was getting further and further away from the man in black - he was knocked away by a mere tree branch.

The whole figure flew backwards like a discharged cannonball.

However, branches are just branches after all and will not have much lethality.

Qingdeng only flew 2 steps away before falling back to the ground.

"Cough...cough...!"

Qingden felt a burning pain in his chest. He raised his hands to cover his chest and coughed violently.

He almost thought he could cough up blood, but fortunately in the end he only spit out colorless saliva... Apparently, the injury was not serious, at least there was no internal injury.

Is this... speed and power a human can achieve?

Qingdeng opened his clothes and glanced at the red mark that was nearly 5 inches long on his chest. Even if he just blew on it, it hurt so much that Qingdeng could not help but grin.

A look of confidence.

Although it only appeared for a moment, Qingdeng still managed to see how he was knocked away by a tree branch by the man in black with his "Eagle Eyes".

The reason is simple and not complicated.

The man in black rushed towards Qingdeng, then swung the branch from bottom to top and slashed towards Qingdeng's chest - it was that simple.

There are no messy methods.

No fancy tricks.

He just relied on the incredible speed to get close to Qingdeng, and then used the incredible strength to knock Qingdeng away.

If the man in black had used a real sword, Qingdeng's body should have been split in half by now.

Although he expected that his chances of winning against an expert of this level would be very slim, the speed at which the winner was decided was still beyond Qingden's expectations.

Even though his talents such as "Lonely Brave" and "Gathering God" were fully activated, he still failed miserably.

From the moment the man in black announced "Okay, Tachibana Aoden, come on" to the moment Aoden was knocked away... the whole process only took 5 seconds.

Not even the 10 seconds required to copy the talent can be reached...

And in these 5 seconds, Qingdeng didn't even take any effective defensive action... and Qingdeng couldn't be blamed for this.

His ears could hear the sound of branches cutting through the air.

His eyes could see an elongated afterimage that was rapidly enlarging within his field of vision.

It's obvious that the senses have clearly locked the position of the branch, but my body just can't react... No, it can still react a little bit.

Thanks to the muscle memory stored in his body, Qingdeng subconsciously raised his hands holding the knife to block... But unfortunately, that was all Qingdeng could do.

——So strong...

After witnessing Kiryu's sword-drawing technique that instantly killed Kamaita with one blow, Aoto's worldview was refreshed once again for the first time in a long time.

In this world...does there still exist such a powerful master?

Feeling that the "qi" rushing in his chest was gradually dissipating, Qingdeng covered his chest with one hand and pushed Ding Guishen into the mud beside him with the other hand, using it as support, and stood up little by little.

——If this guy attacks me again...how should I defend and counterattack?

Qingdeng's burning eyes were fixed on the man in black, thinking intently on how he would counterattack if the man in black launched the same attack on him again.

Seeing Qingden standing up so quickly and looking at him with such eyes, the man in black raised his hand and slightly raised the bamboo hat on his head.

Qingden saw a pair of eyes with a calm smile.

"It seems that you have calmed down. Okay, let us continue."

The man in black leaned down again and picked up a new branch.

"This place is really nice, there are so many branches to use."

Seeing this, Qingdeng realized that the man in black was trying for a second round. He quickly stepped on his feet and steadied his sword, staring closely at the figure and movements of the man in black, his eyes wide open as if they were about to burst.

"I'm on it."

The man in black swung the branch in his hand, confirmed that the newly picked branch could be used, then slowly lowered his body weight, and then——

Snapped!

There was another dull sound of branches hitting people...

Qingdeng flew backwards again, with a new long and thin red mark on his chest.

This new mark and the old mark are superimposed together to form a very symmetrical "X" shape.

"You're quite strong." The man in black said as he leaned down and picked up the third branch. "Is this the only thing you're capable of? If your strength is only this level...then I can't

I’m really disappointed.”

Before he finished speaking, someone had already arrived - Qingdeng saw the man in black appear in front of him at a teleporting speed for the third time.

Then, a third red mark appeared on my chest...

Then, the man in black picked up the fourth branch...

——No! If this continues, you will be beaten like a sandbag!

Qingden stood up again without giving up.

——You have to... think of a way to counter this guy's speed...

The lines on Qingden's face became cold and hard as his head was deep in thought.

…

This one-sided battle lasted for nearly 10 minutes.

Qingdeng was not able to block the branches of the man in black even once.

The man in black's footsteps and slashing speed are extremely fast.

Every time in just a blink of an eye, his branches were already imprinted on Qingdeng's chest and shoulders - the branches of the man in black basically only greeted these two parts of Qingdeng's body.

The overwhelming difference in strength makes every competition end within a few seconds.

The gap in strength between the two sides is so big that they can't even copy the talent from the other side...

Qingdeng's chest and shoulders were now all red - these were dense red marks.

In some places, due to repeated attacks, the flesh has burst open, and streams of blood foam secreted from the open wounds.

He had no power to fight back and was beaten terribly... But even so, Qingdeng's eyes never changed when he looked at the man in black - there was no doubt or confusion at all... as if he didn't know what fear was at all.

——It’s still a little bit worse... It’s still a little bit worse...

Qingdeng, who had been knocked to the ground countless times, got up from the ground without even looking at his wounds.

A scrutinizing light burst out from his slightly narrowed eyes.

"...the eyes are good."

At this moment, there was an extra branch in his hands. He had almost finished picking up all the branches on this path. The man in black said calmly.

"The look in your eyes reminds me of an old man who is both my best friend and my master."

"Old man?" Qingdeng couldn't help but think to himself: How powerful is someone who can teach such a master?

"It's just that the good eyesight alone is not enough to make me feel that today's trip is worthwhile."

The last few syllables of the man in black's words suddenly became extremely blurry - because before he finished speaking, the man in black pounced on Qingdeng at an extremely fast speed! The sound was affected by the high speed

Affected by the movement, the "syllable" that was originally several steps away from Qingdeng was suddenly pulled to Qingdeng.

The shadow cast by the tree branch that was lifted high and dropped quickly covered one of Qingdeng's eyes... but Qingdeng remained indifferent and stood there with his sword in hand.

Looking at the indifferent Qing Deng, a hint of disappointment slowly appeared on the brows of the man in black.

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

Just when the branch in the hand of the man in black was about to add a new mark on Qingdeng's chest, Qingdeng's body suddenly flashed to the left at lightning speed!

Although he managed to hide somewhat reluctantly, this was indeed the first time that the man in black's attack failed!

The disappointment on the brows of the man in black suddenly turned into astonishment.

——Successful! Predicted his sword path!
To be continued...