Madarame was stunned for a moment, but Duanmu didn't give him time to question.
As Duan Mu stood there, the gloomy aura around him became more intense, but compared to the original pure gloominess, Duan Mu holding a wooden knife added an indescribable weirdness to the gloominess.
The next second, Duan Mu suddenly took a step forward, his figure flashed and disappeared suddenly.
Shunpo!
Madarame's face darkened, he flipped his wrist, and the wooden sword he held vertically in front of him suddenly slashed horizontally.
The wooden sword cuts through the air, and the powerful spiritual pressure contained in the wooden sword instantly shatters the air in contact with the surface of the blade, giving people the illusion that the blade is twisted.
The wooden sword hit Duanmu's body accurately, and the feeling of nothing in his hand made Madarame realize immediately that the sword had failed.
He was about to draw the knife and retreat.
Suddenly, a flash of bright color appeared at the bottom of his field of vision.
Stab.
Madarame's gaze was instantly locked on Duanmu, who used his short body to dodge and launched an attack from below him.
This is the first time!?
Madarame's heart felt weird, but he couldn't think too much. He flicked his wrist, and with the crisp sound of air bursting, the wooden sword brought up a blurry afterimage, and faced the bright color with incomparable precision.
Bang!
The tips of the two wooden knives collided with each other with great precision, and they passed by each other in just an instant. As if they had made an appointment, they stabbed each other with the wooden knives at the same time.
Madarame Ikkaku's left shoulder twisted, and the wooden sword stabbed by Duanmu almost brushed his shoulder. However, the moment Duanmu missed the blow, he moved instantly and disappeared from Madarame Ikkaku's sight again.
Such a quick step.
A flash of concentration flashed in Madarame's eyes. Duanmu showed extremely proficient Shunpo, even better than many vice-captains he had seen. This made him wonder if the other party was a resident of Rukongai.
Because the villains who join the Gotei 13 directly from Rukongai basically have a common problem, that is, they are only good at weapons and unarmed combat, which are the so-called slicing techniques and free fighting. They are not special about Shunpo and Kidō.
Good at, including Madarame Ikkaku.
However, in a fight, the faster one is not guaranteed to win.
Madarame's steps slipped, he turned sideways, turned the wooden knife in his hand, and stabbed behind him with his backhand.
Failed again!
The sense of danger came over again, and it was the same stabbing attack.
but……
Compared with the previous one, it is faster, more precise, and... more complicated.
Three consecutive stabs!
Due to the speed, these three combos appeared almost at the same time, stabbing Madarame Ikkaku's knees, waist and neck respectively.
It is indeed not an illusion.
Madarame Ikkaku suddenly believed Duan Mu's words, because this guy's cutting skills were getting stronger at an alarming speed. Every time the two wooden swords met, the inexplicable feeling of unfamiliarity would be reduced!
This discovery made Madarame's pupils dilate, not only because of the shock, but also because of the excitement and excitement brought about by the boiling fighting spirit in his heart!!
Bang bang bang~
The wooden sword in his hand flicked, and he hit accurately. Madarame Kakkau actually used his backhand to receive these tricky three consecutive stabbing blows with incomparable accuracy, relying only on his feeling.
This scene made Duan Mu's eyes flash with surprise.
But he did not stay in a daze, but launched the next round of offensive without stopping.
As mentioned before, although he has never stopped practicing the art of beheading, this is the first time he has used the art of beheading in actual combat.
This feeling of being cut down by the opponent's sword accidentally makes Duan Mu's nerves almost tense to the extreme, because if a real sword is used... the previous sword was met with only the cutting technique.
, he may have been cut in half.
My thoughts are not wrong.
Duan Mu raised the corner of his mouth, and at the moment when the three consecutive stabs were broken, he handed the knife to his left hand and slashed out boldly.
The afterimage of the wooden sword passed by, and the bright bald head in Madarame's corner suddenly came into Duan Mu's eyes. The wooden sword in his hand surged with spiritual pressure and slashed down with terrifying power.
Duan Mu's expression remained unchanged, he raised his right hand and supported the back of the wooden sword in his left hand with his elbow, holding it horizontally in front of him.
boom!
Amid the dull impact, Duan Mu felt a huge force feedback from the blade, causing him to slide backwards uncontrollably.
Madarame's eyes held a fervent fighting spirit, and at this moment, even his bald head seemed to become more dazzling.
The next second.
Bang bang bang...
A wooden sword seemed to have consciousness in his hand, cutting it at various angles.
Hit by violent slashes, Duan Mu could only passively change the angle of the blade's defense, but even so, the tattered black work clothes on his body were torn apart by the overflowing sharp edges, revealing the black shirt underneath.
Duan Mu wanted to fight back, but from his perspective, there was almost no flaw in Madarame in front of him. His cutting technique was simple and unsophisticated, but he knew his strengths and weaknesses very well, and used his strengths to protect his weaknesses perfectly.
This is the most lacking thing in Duan Mu Zhanshu...
Practical experience!
Compared to this, Duan Mu's cutting technique seems very theoretical.
He can clearly see all Madarame Ikkaku's moves, and can even find ways to crack them from the knowledge of slicing techniques in his mind, but often before he can crack them, Madarame Ikkaku has already used another attack technique to make up for the flaws in the previous attacks.
loopholes.
Under the continuous cycle, loopholes are constantly created and eliminated, leaving Duan Mu unable to cope with the situation without finding a way to solve the current situation.
Retreat again and again!
This is the real strong man. No strong man, no matter how monotonous his skills, will not have a fatal weakness.
But Duan Mu's heart was not disturbed at all. He kept using Shunpo to make up for the gap in slashing skills. Although he was passive and would often be hit because of a moment's hesitation, he prevented all attacks on vital parts.
As time goes by, the scope of his defense is gradually expanding.
…
Inside the tavern, every villain was crowded in front of the door frame and window, staring intently at the battle in the backyard.
"Boss Duan Mu was beaten so hard that he could only defend passively?"
"You know what the heck, the duel between masters is not about who gets more hits, but who falls first. Boss Duan Mu guarded against all the key attacks."
"That's useless, even if it's not a vital part, it won't be good if it's hit too much, right?"
"Yes, look at how many times Boss Duan Mu has been chopped on the shoulder. Even with a wooden sword, most people's arms would be basically useless after being hit so many times."
"..."
Listening to the discussions in their ears, both Maoyue and Yu Erzhong couldn't help but look nervous.
"Don't worry too much."
A voice came from behind the two of them. Uzuki turned around and saw that Nishijin Ori, who had been lying dead in the tavern, had also come over at some point.
"That bastard is not that easy to defeat." Nishijin Ori looked at the battle in the backyard with a strange look in his eyes: "And it can't be called a fight right now."
"Um?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but look towards Nishi Jinzhi.
"Isn't this a fight?"
Yanjiu looked at Duan Mu who was being hit in the field and spit out blood from time to time, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly: "Did you become stupid because of the chop?"
"He's right."
Ayase River, who was standing outside the tavern, bowed and said without looking back: "Rather than describing this battle as a fight, it's better to say... this is more like a guidance battle. The boy named Duan Mu has been borrowing a corner of the battle.
Knife, to make myself more familiar with fighting with a knife."
"His own slashing skills are not weak, and are even stronger than most of the people in our squad, but he has no actual combat experience. Every time he attacks, he has to think about the angle of attack and the opponent's response in advance, but in his hands
His movements are completely based on his thoughts, which is also the fundamental reason why his cutting skills look so unfamiliar."
"Ikkaku also noticed this and did not go all out. Instead, he gradually increased the power of his attacks as the opponent's slicing skills became less unfamiliar."
Ayase River's words made Iwajiu twitch the corner of his mouth slightly, and he felt an inexplicable sense of humor.
Duan Mu has a brain problem, does that bald man also have a brain problem?
"Is your companion on the wrong string? He actually helped his enemy become stronger?"
Ayase River personally glanced at Iwajiu and sneered: "Huh, Ikkaku is going to defeat Duan Mu who is going all out. When the boy named Duan Mu adapts to fighting with a sword, then defeating him can be regarded as a victory."
An equal fight."
Gu Yu
Ayase River looked at the battlefield personally. He knew Ikkaku very well. If it was just because the opponent was using a sword for the first time in actual combat, Ikkaku would never be able to be so patient and stimulate the opponent's potential.
At the moment, it is not so much that he is training Duan Mu like an elder, but rather... he is looking forward to fighting with the grown-up Duan Mu!
This is not to underestimate the other party, but to regard the other party as a real opponent.
Did Ikkaku feel something on him?
Although he had been watching the battle, he did not participate in it. He could only analyze the situation from the battle.
Since the battle, the boy named Duan Mu has always made him feel inexplicably stiff.
But I can't tell where this stiffness comes from.
"So that's it. I asked Boss Duan Mu why he doesn't use his best skills of Kidō and Bai Da." Yu Erzhong said with a look of surprise on the side.
"I'm more curious..."
Nishijinori's expression was as weird as any: "When did this pervert learn the art of slicing? I thought he was a pure hand-to-hand combat enthusiast."
"What are you best at, Kidō and Hakuta?"
Ayasechuan was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly thought of something and turned his head to look at the battlefield.
After staring intently for a while, his pupils suddenly shrank.
The attack and defense in the field continued. Duan Mu held the knife in his left hand to block, and after shaking his right hand slightly to the left, he quickly pressed it on the back of the wooden knife to strengthen his defensive ability.
That was just now...
Almost instantly, Ayase River's eyes fell on that right hand.
I see.
He finally understood where that inexplicable stiffness came from.
Although Ikkaku was restraining, Duan Mu was also restraining himself, restraining himself from using the almost instinctive white strike technique. Every time he blocked an attack, he would instinctively use the white strike to counterattack, but the moment he took action, he was forced to use the white strike technique.
Shengsheng retracted his action.
Although Ayase Segawa is not particularly good at punching in vain, at least he can still substitute. If he were standing in Ikkaku's position and had not stopped the punch just now, he would have accidentally hit his neck with the punch.
Vital organs such as the abdomen are very likely to be attacked.
The reason why Ikkaku is so patient in stimulating the other party's potential is because he feels the threat the other party brings to him.
…
The excitement in Duan Mu's eyes became more intense.
Of course, it wasn't because he was hit with a wooden knife that he was covered in bruises. After all, he wasn't shaking with excitement due to pain...
The reason why he was excited was entirely because of his rapid progress in cutting skills.
As the battle continued, he felt that the wooden sword in his hand became more and more comfortable when swinging. It felt as if the wooden sword had become a part of his body. No matter the length of the blade or the angle of the swing, it was all different.
Became so comfortable.
Duan Mu has two initial goals.
The first goal is to have free access to the Seireitei. This goal has been achieved after five and a half years.
The second goal is to get a shallow hit and activate his Zanpakutō.
Although this goal has not yet been achieved, it does not prevent him from practicing zanjutsu, so that he will not be able to use the Zanpakutō in battle when he gets it.
In fact, the moment he saw Madarame's horn, he already had the idea of using it as his training partner in the slicing technique.
It is not that there are people in the Gotei Thirteen who are stronger than Madarame Ikkaku, but without exception they are captain-level beings. Duanmu will most likely be defeated in an instant if he fights with them, and will not gain any growth at all.
Among the vice-captains of the same level, regardless of Zanpakutō abilities, purely in terms of actual slicing skills, Madarame Ikkaku can be said to be one of the strongest in slicing skills among all the vice-captains, even excluding one of them
'The two words are not impossible.
As far as Duanmu knows, several of the current and future vice-captains of the Gotei 13 team learned the slicing technique from him.
In the case where the spiritual pressure is not much different, Madarame Ikkaku is undoubtedly the most suitable sparring partner for Duanmu, who can quickly familiarize Duanmu with weapons in actual combat.
"Hello!"
Madarame's voice came.
Bang~~
The wooden sword was held horizontally in front of him, and he subconsciously blocked the blow. Duan Mu's pupils shrank slightly, and he felt that the wooden sword in his hand became extremely heavy.
"I've fulfilled your wish, now..." Madarame pressed the wooden knife down a little, and actually put the wooden knife on the side of Duan Mu's neck, and the shining forehead almost touched Duan Mu's forehead.
He said word by word: "It's your turn to fulfill me?"
Kaka~~
A crisp sound was heard, and when the sound was heard, the wooden knife covered with a layer of spiritual pressure in Duan Mu's hand was actually filled with dense cracks like glass, as if it would explode in the next second.
Broken?
Duan Mu frowned slightly. He was sure that the layer of spiritual pressure covering the surface of the wooden sword had not collapsed, but the wooden sword under the protection of spiritual pressure was broken.
Ignore the spiritual pressure defense and attack the wooden sword itself?
The spiritual pressure defense on the wooden sword is the same as Duanmu's physical defense with spiritual pressure. In other words... if the wooden sword is replaced by Duanmu, Madarame Ikkaku can also attack Duanmu himself through the spiritual pressure defense.
Duan Mu removed the spiritual pressure covering the wooden sword. The moment the spiritual pressure was lost, the wooden sword directly turned into pieces.
With the last layer of resistance gone, the wooden sword in Madarame's hand slashed towards Duan Mu's neck.
The spiritual pressure on the sword surged.
It was more violent than any previous sword, even if it was a wooden sword, if it hit, it would be enough to cut off Duan Mu's neck.
However……
Just when the wooden knife was about to touch Duan Mu, a trace of electric arc appeared out of thin air.
The next second.
The low thunder roared from small to louder, and the endless electric arc spread out at an extremely fast speed. Madarame's pupils shrank, and he subconsciously wanted to draw a knife and retreat.
But before he could make a move, one hand grasped the blade of the wooden sword.
Fingers together.
Bang!
The spiritual pressure defense collapsed in an instant, and the indestructible wooden sword turned into pieces in the blink of an eye.
Madarame felt his eyes blur as the Duanmu in front of him suddenly turned into a bolt of lightning and disappeared from his sight amid the roar.
But it did not attack, but seemed to be waiting for something, and even the thunder dissipated.
Madarame's face was calm, but his heart was awe-inspiring.
The moment the lightning appeared, a warning sign suddenly appeared in his heart. The feeling of extreme danger made the hairs on his body stand up.
The attack did not come, and Madarame Ikkaku was not surprised. Instead, he chuckled and stretched out his hand.
"attend to personally."
Ayase Segawa in the tavern seemed to have been prepared for it. Almost as soon as the words fell, he threw the Zanpakuto in his hand towards Madarame Kazuo.
The moment Madarame Ikkaku held the Zanpakuto, the deafening thunder sounded again, just like the ringing of a bell on the ring, and endless lightning appeared in front of Madarame Ikkaku.
The lightning was reflected in his pupils, and Madarame instinctively blocked the Zanpakutō in front of him.
An indescribable force came from the blade, making Madarame's corner turn into a straight black shadow like a ball being blown away, and hit the wall.
Boom!
The huge impact caused the wall to explode directly.
Duanmu stood where Madarame's corner was before, with lightning flashing all over his body, and the fighting spirit in his eyes became more intense.
——Instant coax!
After smashing into the wall, Madarame slid back ten meters before stopping. Looking at the trembling hands holding the knife, his face couldn't help but twitch.
This power...
Isn't it too strong?
What's going on in that state? Ghost path?
Forget it, never mind it!!
"Let me introduce myself, I am Team Zaraki's third seat - Ikkaku Madarame!"
Madarame grinned, unsheathed his Zanpakutō, the handle connected with the scabbard, the spiritual pressure around him rose into the sky, and the blade and scabbard were suddenly enveloped in a burst of light.
