Take off your straw sandals, put away your saber, climb to the dojo, and walk to the knife holder.

Randomly removing a wooden knife from the knife holder, and after confirming that there was no problem with the wooden knife, Ogata directly picked up the wooden knife and walked towards the center of the dojo.

In the center of the dojo, there was already a disciple of the Ishikawa Sword Pavilion waiting for him.

He is a man of a relatively strong build.

This disciple is also quite courageous and responsible, and after returning to the dojo, he was the first to take the stage and became the vanguard of the disciples of the Ishikawa Sword Hall.

Ishikawa Terama and the rest of the Ishikawa Kenkan disciples knelt on the edge of the dojo and watched the competition in the center of the dojo.

"Saburo Hirano, ......"

Before the opponent in front of him could finish introducing himself, Xu Yi raised his eyebrows and said:

"What? Isn't Toyama Renichiro there? ”

“…… The distant mountain seniors happened to be not here at this time. It doesn't matter if the seniors of the distant mountains are here or not! Even if the distant mountain seniors are not here, we can defeat you! ”

"yes, then I'm looking forward to your performance."

"Saburo Hirano, ......"

This man wanted to report again the name he had just had time to finish.

But Ogata interrupted again:

"Alright, don't waste any more time. Hurry up and get started, I don't have the time to remember the name of the guy who is about to become my underdog! ”

Ogata's words made the man named Saburo Hirano even angrier.

After snorting heavily with his nose, he slowly raised the wooden knife in his hand and set up a mid-section stance.

And Ogata also silently set up a mid-section stance, confronting Ichiro Hirano.

Ishikawa Terama, who was sitting on the edge of the dojo watching the battle as both of them were in a position, sighed heavily.

Other lower-level disciples may not be able to see it, but Ishikawa Terrashi can clearly see that the victory and defeat have been decided.

Even before the two of them could fight, the soldiers and horses had already seen that this battle was going to be won.

After both of them took a stance, Ogata's posture was like a rock, unshakable.

Although unshakable as a rock, his feet weren't completely nailed to the floor.

His feet are also a little "soft", allowing him to step in or out quickly while maintaining his steady.

On the other hand, Ichiro Hirano......

With Ogata to contrast, Ichiro Hirano's posture is miserable.

Although from the outside, Ichiro Hirano's mid-section stance is quite standard.

But his feet weren't properly nailed to the ground at all.

If Ogata is like a towering tree with dense roots, then Ichiro Hirano is like a small sapling that could be blown down by the wind at any time......

Not only did Ishikawa Terracotta see that the victory had been divided, but a small number of disciples with outstanding swordsmanship had also foreseen the outcome of this victory.

Sure enough—

A dull thud sounded, and Hirano collapsed to the ground.

Ogata didn't use any tricks or tricks.

It was just aimed at the left side of Hirano's neck, and they used their Sakakihara one-knife downward slashing technique - water fall.

Ogata's sword speed is too fast.

No...... To be precise, it should be Ogata's sword that is too fast in the eyes of Saburo Hirano.

It was so fast that Saburo Hirano didn't even have time to react.

Ogata's wooden knives had already slashed into Saburo Hirano's neck, and he was still stupidly posing in the middle of the stance.

He probably didn't realize that Ogata had already drawn his sword until he was stunned by Ogata.

The increase in agility not only improves the flexibility of Ogata's body.

It also increases Ogata's sword speed.

Allows Ogata's sword to hit opponents faster.

There's nothing to say about this battle with Saburo Hirano - Ogata killed Ichiro Hirano in an instant with his speed far above Saburo Hirano.

Saburo Hirano didn't even have time to scream out in pain, not to mention defending and counterattacking, and was directly stunned by Ogata.

After Saburo Hirano was dragged off the field by two of his closest Ishikawa Kenkan disciples, Ogata ignored the sound of the system sounding in his head as he defeated the enemy, and instead turned his head to look at the crowd kneeling on the edge of the dojo.

"Next."

"I'll be the next one!"

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, a young man with a very thick beard stood up angrily, rushed into the center of the dojo, and then picked up the wooden knife that Ichiro Hirano had just dropped on the ground.

"Goro Sato! Participate! ”

"I've said it all...... I don't need to introduce myself, I'm not interested in your names, and I'm not going to remember the guy who is about to be my underdog. ”

Ogata raised his sword high and took an upper stance.

Looking at Ogata, who was in a posture in the upper section, Sato Magoro secretly said in his heart:

- Upper stance...... Do you want to use "water falling" again......

There are only 4 sword skills in Sakakiwara Ichitori, and none of the disciples in the Ishikawa Sword Pavilion don't know what the names and types of sword skills are in these 4 sword skills of Sakakiwara Ichitoriyu.

After Ogata took the upper stance, Goro Sato subconsciously thought that Ogata was going to use their Sakakiwara one-knife downward slash technique - Mizuraku.

So, Goro Sato tensed every nerve in his body, staring at Ogata in front of him, guarding against Ogata's downward split.

Phew——!

The sound of breaking wind sounded.

The wooden sword in Ogata's hand slashed straight at Goro Sato's neck.

- It's coming!

Goro Sato, who thought he had successfully predicted Ogata's movements, shouted happily in his heart while raising the wooden knife in his hand to block Ogata's blow.

However, after the wooden knife in his hand struck his opponent's wooden knife, the familiar pain and numbness that reached the palm of his hand did not appear.

Ogata's split just now was just a feint to deceive Goro Sato.

It's just to deceive Sato Magoro and make Sato Magoro make a wrong defensive judgment.

Goro Sato, who successfully took the bait, stupidly raised his sword high.

Ogata, on the other hand, stopped the sword in his hand at the moment when Sato Magoro raised the sword high.

Then he deflected the sword and adjusted the direction of the sword's attack.

Ogata's sword just now was cleaved from the upper left of Goro Sato.

And now, Ogata's sword has been changed to a split from the upper right of Goro Sato.

Goro Sato, who was still stupidly defending in the wrong direction, was hit in the neck by Ogata so unexpectedly, and then just like Ogata's opponent in the previous round, Ichiro Hirano, passed out directly.

In terms of strength, Sato Magoro is ranked first among all the disciples of the Ishikawa Sword Pavilion.

Seeing that even Sato Goro had been defeated, the faces of the rest of the disciples sitting on the edge of the dojo all became more ugly without exception.

After Goro Sato was dragged off the field, Ogata turned his head again to look at the crowd at the edge of the dojo.

"Next."