My Gang of Swordsmen

Chapter 104: Chapter 78: Breaking the Formation! [Explosive Update 10K]

And now, without momentum, their chaos and disorganization were starkly exposed and constantly amplified.

”How did it come to this...” Yamada, whose face was uncontrollably turning pale, looked helplessly at the battle unfolding before him.

Just moments ago, they had the upper hand, pressing these barbarians and degenerates hard.

Why did it feel like people guarding the lines transformed completely just because that young man stepped forward, said a few words, and rearranged some of the positions?

Yamada did not understand.

This was beyond what he could comprehend.

He had no time to think about these issues right now.

His entire mind and body were focused on how to rally his troops and restore order among his subordinates.

”Those in the back, stop pressing forward! Those at the back, retreat for now! Stop pushing forward!”

”People in that direction, temporarily retreat!”

Yamada shouted at the top of his lungs, desperately trying to maintain order among his increasingly chaotic subordinates.

Oomura and the others weren’t blind or deaf.

They all realized—the situation had reversed!

Oomura, whose eyes were constantly gleaming with excitement, couldn’t contain the shouts of excitement within his chest: We can win! We can win! The opportunity for victory has arrived!

”Everyone!” Oomura shouted in a perfect Osaka dialect, ”The enemy’s decline is evident! Show the spirit of Kansai men! Drive them all back!”

”Oooohhhhh——!!” The crowd responded to Oomura with exhilarated roars, their morale reaching an unprecedented high.

Fueled by their extreme zeal, Oomura and the others launched a fierce attack on every enemy before them, and for the first time, the lines that had been compressed began to push back.

Facing Oomura and the others’ fierce attack, the Anti-foreigner Group, whose momentum was dwindling, were sent into disarray, exacerbating their chaos.

And the person responsible for all this—Aoto, showed no excitement or thrill as the battlefront improved before him.

His face remained completely expressionless.

He continued to scan the surroundings with calmly emotionless eyes.

——”The Qi Stream” has grown larger...

Aoto noticed that the invisible, colorless ”Qi Stream” coursing through the battlefield was now slowly growing larger, and its flow rate was steadily increasing.

The gradually expanding ”Qi Stream” danced like a dragon, continuously gathering on Yamada, who was desperately maintaining order.

Aoto closely watched Yamada, situated at the center of the ”Qi Stream,” his eyelids slightly dropping.

A sharp glint emerged from beneath the slightly lowered eyelids.

”...Saito! Come over!”

”?!” Suddenly hearing Aoto call his name, Saito quickly turned his head in response.

Saito experienced what Oomura and the others felt just now—after hearing Aoto’s voice, he couldn’t muster any feelings or drive to oppose...

Saito, while wiping the blood off his blade, hastily approached Aoto.

Having fought fiercely and slain countless foes, Saito was now drenched in blood, with most of his body splattered with the enemies’ blood.

As Saito reached his side, Aoto raised the sword in his right hand, clamping the blade tightly with his left arm, and used the cloth of his feathered robe to wipe off the residual blood and fat left by the bald-headed man he’d just slain.

”Saito, stay close to me.”

Aoto said calmly.

”We need to break the formation!”

”Huh?” The usually expressionless Saito now showed a perplexed expression.

”Keep up!” Aoto propelled forward like an arrow towards the north of the lines!

”Hm? Hey!” Startled by Aoto’s sudden action, Saito instinctively shouted.

But his shout had no effect; he could only futilely chase Aoto’s gradually receding figure.

”Tsk...!” Saito clicked his tongue forcefully and then hurried to keep up with Aoto.

As soon as they burst through the lines and into the enemy ranks, Aoto immediately delivered a vertical slash, taking down an enemy standing in his way,

With a cry of anguish, blood spurted up several feet high, blossoming into a dazzling crimson flower in mid-air before tumbling down.

Saito had now caught up, his positioning meticulous.

Although Aoto had become ambidextrous due to his ”Left-Handed” talent, he was still more accustomed to wielding the sword with his right hand.

Therefore, his left side, unarmed, was his most vulnerable spot.

Saito stood on Aoto’s left flank, securely protecting his most exposed side.

Upon catching up with Aoto, Saito swung horizontally, cutting down an enemy on Aoto’s left, who was about to attack him.

——My ”Lone Brave,” should be pushed to the limit by now...

Aoto humorously remarked to himself internally.

Leading barely more than twenty men against an enemy force nearing two hundred... Facing superior numbers, this perfectly met the conditions to activate his ”Lone Brave” talent.

During a brief lull, Aoto checked his system interface—indeed, the ”Lone Brave” was shining brighter than ever.

His heart pounded as if it would burst through his chest, and blood rushed rapidly through his veins.

He felt exhilarated, as if on a stimulant, his condition was excellent!

”Saito, stay close! Don’t fall behind!”

After shouting for Saito to ”keep up,” Aoto charged towards the enemy ranks ahead.

Both Oomura’s group and the members of the Anti-foreigner Group, led by Yamada, noticed Aoto breaking out of the ”Main Array,” leading only Saito into the enemy ranks.