Unpretentious straight thrust.

He just put the bamboo sword in his hand, exerted the power from the ground and his own physical strength, and stabbed the tip of the sword hard.

The bamboo sword, carrying a billowing momentum, penetrated Oishi Kazujiro's chest with the force of a meteor falling to the ground. The distance was less than 1 meter, and he arrived in the blink of an eye.

Relying on "Eagle Eye +1", Qingden saw Oishi Kazujiro's pupils suddenly zooming in.

The look in his eyes told Qingdeng that his consciousness had kept up with Qingdeng's attack, and Qingdeng's sword speed was not faster than his reaction speed.

In reality, his footsteps actually started to move, preparing to dodge the bamboo sword that was approaching his chest at the speed of light.

However...perhaps due to lack of physical strength and tired ankles, Oishi Kazujiro's movements were half a beat slow.

In sword fighting competitions of this level, the outcome is often decided in a split second.

And the moment that determines the outcome of the battle between Aoto and Oishi Kazujiro has come!

Snapped--!

The moment Aoto's bamboo sword made contact with Oishi Shojiro's armor, a loud noise exploded.

The force generated by the impact caused the bamboo sword's blade to suddenly bend.

The sword blade, which was made of good quality bamboo and had excellent toughness, bent into a terrifying arc of nearly 30 degrees under the watchful eyes of Aoto, Oishi Kazujiro, Sanako and others beside them, and turned into

The shape of a bow.

Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak!

The curved sword body made a sharp noise that made your scalp numb, your teeth aching, and your eardrums seemed to be about to be torn to pieces.

This bamboo sword seems to be broken - whoever sees this scene must think so.

What happened next confirmed this idea.

Bang - a loud noise like a gunshot, echoing in the dojo.

The bamboo sword in Qingdeng's hand began to crack from the central part. The spider web-like cracks quickly deepened and lengthened at a speed that ordinary people's naked eyes could not keep up with. They spread from the central part to the entire sword body and penetrated from the surface of the sword body.

To the depths of the sword. Finally - broken into thousands of pieces.

At the same time that Aoto's bamboo sword was shattered... Oishi Shojiro flew up.

Flying in the physical sense, flying in the real sense.

At the same moment when the sword broke because it could not withstand the huge force of the impact, all the power stored and accumulated in the sword was released immediately.

I saw Oishi Shojiro's feet first lift off the ground, and then his whole body was ejected, drawing a parabola in the air that was very low in height but very standard in shape.

It flew about 5 steps away, and then rolled to the ground along with the colorful falling fragments of the bamboo sword.

The whole place was silent.

Konosuke Kitahara's eyes turned into bull's-eyes.

Otsuki Minoru looked like his mind was overloaded because too many emotions were rushing into his heart.

Sanako's reaction was the calmest. She seemed to have expected all this, as if she had expected that Qingden would definitely win. A soothing, light smile appeared at the corners of her lips.

"The whole place was silent"... Broadly speaking, this description is actually not very accurate.

There was still a sound.

But Sanako and the others couldn't hear the sound.

[Ding! Talent scanned]

The moment Oishi Kazujiro's body hit the ground, a cold system sound sounded in Qingto's mind.

[Successfully copied talent: "Speed ​​+3"]

[Talent introduction: reflex nerves are better than ordinary people]

[Ding! It has been detected that the host already has the same type of talent]

[Ding! Start talent fusion]

[Please wait a moment, host...Please wait a moment, host...]

[Ding! Talent fusion successful]

["Super Speed" ability promotion - "Super Speed ​​+ 4"]

["Speed ​​+4" talent introduction: The talent effect is enhanced on the original basis. "+9" is the highest level]

After listening to the content of the system tone, Qingden was shocked.

——Super speed +3?!

Good guy, Qingnobu finally understands why Oishi Kazujiro's reaction speed is so amazing.

Others are already great just because they have special talents. As a result, this person not only has talents, but he is also born with an upgraded and strengthened status. The suffix of "+X" comes after the entry.

Since traveling to this era and owning this system, Qingdeng Longlong has copied almost 50 talents, but this is the first time he has copied a talent with the "+X" suffix at the end of the entry.

Thanks to this, the talent "Divine Speed" that Aomori copied from Tadashi Kanazawa a while ago was directly upgraded to "Divine Speed ​​+ 4", making it the highest-level talent that Aomori currently possesses.

——It turns out that there are people whose talents in the body are in an enhanced state... So are there people whose talents in the body are born with "+9"...?

Qingdeng couldn't help but think this way.

At this time, the sound of crawling and armor removal coming from the front brought Qingdeng's "consciousness" back to the present.

Looking up, Oishi Kazujiro slowly got up from the ground and took off the mask on his head.

The blow Aomori just made was really cruel. Not only did he break the bamboo sword, but he also knocked Oishi Shojiro away.

But because the area Aoto hit was the toughest armor in the protective gear, Oishi Kazujiro was not seriously injured - except for the area where he just landed, which was a butt that hurt for a while.

After Oishi Kazujiro took off the mask on his head, he immediately cast a look with mixed emotions including regret and amazement at Aonto.

When this person is not cutting people with a sword, his behavior is still very normal, just like an ordinary person.

You will feel regret for losing, and you will feel admiration for Qingden's powerful moves.

Oishi Kazujiro actually has quite a bit of martial virtue. Regarding his defeat to Ayoto, he did not show any negative emotions such as resentment, jealousy, etc. that he could not afford to lose.

After he got up from the ground, he stood up straight and bowed lightly to Qingdeng.

"Lord Nioh, I have learned a lesson."

Qingden handed the bamboo sword... no, it should be said that he handed the broken bamboo sword with only a bare hilt to his left hand, imitated the movement of sheathing the sword, pinned it to his waist, and returned the favor to Oishi Shojiro.

"Concession."

At this time, Kithara Konosuke, Sanako and Otsuki Minoru came over.

Aoto looked towards Kitahara Konosuke, and saw that Kitahara Konosuke had a terrible expression. His whole face was elongated, the corners of his mouth fell straight to the ground, and his facial features were tightly stretched as if they were twisted together.

"Mr. Kitahara."

Qingden held the broken bamboo sword in his palms with both hands and said to Kitahara Konosuke apologetically.

"Sorry, I broke your bamboo sword. I will definitely compensate you according to the price."

As soon as Aoto finished speaking, Kitahara Konosuke waved his hand rudely.

"No need. It's just a bamboo sword, and it's not something very expensive. Lord Nioh, the battle you just had with Oishi Shojiro was really exciting. It was a feast for my eyes. Seeing such a wonderful competition, it's worth buying 100 swords."

Bamboo sword money."

Although Konosuke Kitahara was praising Aoto, his expression and eyes showed no sign of sincerely praising Aoto.

This is natural.

Qingdeng's second trial has passed.

This means that Kitahara Konosuke has kept his promise, enlarging Tsukiji's freedom, and will not touch him even a hair from now on.

Kithara Konosuke closed his mouth tightly, and a tangled light of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

After a long while, Kitahara Konosuke, who had finished a lot of intense ideological struggle, let out a long sigh.

"Lord Nioh, congratulations, you have passed all my tests. We Renxia have two things that we value most: face and commitment. These two complement each other. I will keep my promise."

After saying that, he turned his head and shouted towards the corridor outside the dojo:

"Someone is coming!"

A Yakuza entered the dojo in response and quickly walked up to Kithara Konosuke.

"Go to the cellar and bring Otsuki Changji over."

"yes!"

Twenty minutes later, the sound of messy footsteps and the sound of something being dragged to the ground reached the ears of Qingdeng and others.

In addition, Qingdeng also heard a shrill male voice that seemed familiar and slightly familiar.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Sir! All my lords! Where are you taking me? Don't kill me! Don't kill me! Ahhhhhhhhh!"

"Shut up! You're making so much noise! ​​Just calm down!"

"I'm not taking you to Edo Bay! If I were taking you to Edo Bay, you would have died long ago!"
To be continued...