Edo, Mushinkan——
"Drink ah ah ah!"
The master of the Mushin Hall—Shun Taniguchi—attacked Aonto's body at lightning speed.
Qingden took a step back and hid out of the opponent's attack range.
Jun Taniguchi strode forward, caught up with Aoden, and launched a new attack on his body, this time three consecutive attacks.
Qingden dodged the first blow.
Use the tip of the sword to deflect the second blow.
Blocking the third blow with the blade of his sword - at the same moment, the bamboo sword seemed to slip and slash towards Shun Taniguchi's chest.
The high-speed friction of the two bamboo swords closely together stirred up a large amount of dust and bamboo chips.
Shun Taniguchi, who had no time to dodge or defend, was struck directly in the face by the sword and fell to the ground.
"Concession."
[Ding! Talent scanned]
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Edo, all martial arts hall——
"Whoaaaahhhh!"
Suddenly hearing a loud shout, the master of the martial arts hall - Shigezo Ozawa - rushed forward like an arrow from the string.
In an instant, he and Qingdeng were fighting together.
The sword skills of "Ono Itto-ryu" are striking one after another.
Qingteng displayed an excellent defense and used every move to make all the opponent's moves invisible.
At the beginning, Ozawa Shigezo went on the offensive, while Aomori took a simple defensive stance.
However, in the blink of an eye - really just a blink of an eye, the offense and defense were completely different.
Qingdeng suddenly released a fierce offensive, as dense as heavy rain and as violent as thunder.
Ozawa Shigezo tried his best to resist, but was unable to fight back.
The two of them came and went, and the changes in their positions were dizzying.
No matter what, there will eventually be a sparse part in every hundred secrets.
Shigezo Ozawa, whose physical strength was far inferior to Aoto's, could not keep up with his opponent's attack speed after a while.
"Uh-huh!"
A loud shout was heard from Shigezo Ozawa - he received a heavy blow on his shoulder.
"Concession."
[Ding! Talent scanned]
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Edo, Shobukan——
Qingdeng lowered the tip of his sword, changed to a lower stance, and let go of the center line of his body.
Thinking he had an opportunity to take advantage of it, the owner of the Shobu Hall - Taichang Tōno - took the bait.
He stood up with his sword and slashed it towards Qingdeng's chest.
At the same moment when Taichang Jono struck out the sword in his palm, Aomori's bamboo sword jumped high like a spring.
Snap!
The two swords collided.
Toutano Taichang's bamboo sword was bounced away directly, like a bird trying to flutter its wings, flying high and almost missing.
At the same time, Qingdeng's bamboo sword jumped to the highest point.
Tiaoye Taichang's middle door was already wide open, so Qingden took advantage of the situation and slashed downwards with his sword.
Kasaya beheaded.
Bang!
Tiaoye Taichang flew four or five meters away, wearing protective gear.
"Concession."
[Ding! Talent scanned]
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Edo, Sengakukan——
The master of the Sengakukan—Yoshikawa Tomiro—circled around, approaching Aonto with the edge of his sword.
Qingdeng was calm and calm, motionless.
Yoshikawa Tomiro moved to a new place.
Then he moved to another place.
"Aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Suddenly, he let out a cry that was comparable to the "ape cry" of Shinryu.
But Qingdeng still maintained the "middle" construction and was completely unmoved.
Yoshikawa Tomiro lowered his body and gathered strength in his waist.
Just when his bamboo sword was about to slash down, Qingdeng's bamboo sword splashed out an afterimage as black as ink at a faster speed.
Yoshikawa Tomiro was injured in the shoulder and rolled onto the dojo floor.
"Concession."
[Ding! Talent scanned]
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Aomori's tall figure galloped through the streets of Edo.
He rushed to one martial arts gym after another without stopping.
What followed was an increasingly heated discussion.
"Hey! Did you hear? Nioh has captured 10 martial arts gyms!"
"That's not right! I heard that he has captured 15 martial arts gyms!"
"Hey, no matter what the specific number is, Niou has been fighting like crazy! I heard that he has been fighting back and forth all morning today and has never stopped!"
"It is said that he is now challenging the Senseikan in Rakucho!"
"Hiss... Senseikan? I remember Senseikan is quite famous! It is one of the largest dojos of Ono Itto-ryu!"
"Let's go! Let's go see the fun too!"
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Discussions similar to this continued to spread throughout Edo.
Aoto's "Edo Conquest" injected fresh vitality into Japan's largest city.
Edo, which had been deserted for a long time since Hitotsubashi Keiki and Matsudaira Harugaku changed the ginseng order to "one ginseng every three years", became lively for the first time in a long time.
In fact, according to the unspoken rules of the Edo martial arts world, even if a challenge is received, the gym leader still has the right to refuse.
At worst, you can use the all-purpose excuse - the owner is sick/is out for something, please come back another day.
To be continued...