My Gang of Swordsmen

“Mr. Chokata, we’re going in!”

“Yeah!”

In the next instant when Toshisuke nodded vigorously in agreement, an unimaginable scene unfolded in the arena, occurring on Toshisuke’s body!

In that moment, Toshisuke felt her entire being suddenly enter a mystical state.

The “thing” that shattered within her “spirit” just before completely splintered into thousands of fragments.

These fragments slowly dissolved, merging with her “spirit.”

Toshisuke sensed something in her heart, and with a thought—

A tremendous “formless air wave” erupted from Toshisuke’s body! Like a mountain, it pressed toward the opposing Chiba Daisaburo!

Although Toshisuke’s height was only 1.55 meters, at this moment, her figure seemed even taller than the 1.80-meter-tall Chiba Daisaburo!

At that moment, Aoto beside Toshisuke, Chiba Daisaburo across from her, and everyone in the audience, including the old monsters like Kiryu, Chiba Dingji, Saito Mijuro, and Zhouzhu, all showed expressions of astonishment.

“Toshisuke…!” In a state of overwhelming emotion, Zhouzhu suddenly stood up with a “whoosh,” his fingers trembling slightly from excitement. “Have you finally reached this level…?”

There’s no mistake.

The “formless air wave” erupting from Toshisuke’s body was indeed “momentum”!

Looking at Toshisuke, who suddenly unleashed “momentum,” Chiba Daisaburo, after a brief period of surprise, displayed a look of ecstatic excitement.

“Here it comes!”

Upon saying that, waves of robust “momentum” erupted violently and recklessly, centered on Chiba Daisaburo.

The two waves of “momentum” clashed intensely in mid-air! The atmosphere around them instantly changed! A fierce, intense aura condensed into a wild “storm,” ravaging every corner of the arena!

This was a rare sight only seen in duels between top martial artists.

The clash of “momentum”!

Chiba Daisaburo’s “momentum” was clearly much stronger than Toshisuke’s, and in this battle of “momentum,” it gradually appeared as though the “western wind was about to be overpowered by the eastern wind.”

But Chiba Daisaburo did not show any signs of complacency.

Standing in the center of this hair-raising “storm,” he assumed a stance, tightening every nerve and muscle in his body, ready for anything!

Also standing in the center of this “storm,” Toshisuke, at this moment, spoke in a tone imbued with a sense of sacredness, solemnly enunciating:

“Profound Technique—”

Toshisuke stomped on her hind foot, and her figure shot out like a bolt!

In the blink of an eye, Toshisuke arrived in front of Chiba Daisaburo, using the sword raised in a Flat Cyan Eye stance, and leveraging the momentum of her dash to quickly thrust forward with the impetus of a white rainbow piercing the sun!

Pa— Chiba Daisaburo used the wakizashi in his left hand to block this thrust from Toshisuke.

The recoil transmitted back through the sword to his palm made Chiba Daisaburo secretly click his tongue.

Chiba Daisaburo thought… no, he was certain—that Toshisuke’s strike concentrated all the power of her entire body, which was why it had such great force.

Chiba Daisaburo instinctively wanted to use the tachi in his right hand to launch a counterattack against Toshisuke.

But at that moment, his pupils were shocked to the size of pinholes by the scene before him.

At this instant, the Toshisuke in front of him withdrew the thrusting sword back to her front at an unbelievable speed, returning to the Flat Cyan Eye stance… the speed of resetting the stance was so quick it was as if she had never launched an attack on Chiba Daisaburo just moments before!

Buzz——!

Toshisuke thrust the bamboo sword once again!

The sword tip pierced the air, and the “whirring” sound of breaking wind approached Chiba Daisaburo once more!

Counterattack? There was no time for that! Chiba Daisaburo hastily raised the tachi he had prepared to use for a counterattack against Toshisuke to brace for the imminent heavy blow.

Crunch——!

The grating sound of the bamboo sword’s body grinding was so piercing that it made people want to cover their ears tightly.

Because Toshisuke’s second strike came too fast, too suddenly, with almost no interval from the previous strike, Chiba Daisaburo, having no psychological or physical preparation for it, defended himself very precariously.

In the end, under Chiba Daisaburo’s grim determination and full effort, he managed to deflect Toshisuke’s sword, barely escaping danger with a pounding heart.

At that time, that incredible scene appeared once again in front of Chiba Daisaburo — Toshisuke, at a lightning-fast speed, pulled the thrusting sword back, returning to the Flat Cyan Eye stance, with its tip once again precisely targeting his body!

This time was different from the previous one. Chiba Daisaburo could clearly see how Toshisuke restructured her stance.

Her body bent into a power-generating arc; her delicate toes, unclad in socks, firmly gripped her sandals; both feet braced strongly against the ground; even through layers of clothing, Chiba Daisaburo could clearly feel the muscles in Toshisuke’s calves, thighs, waist… essentially every part of her body tensing and engaging.

The muscles pulled and reacted to each other.

It was as if there was an invisible rope. One end of the rope was connected to each muscle in Toshisuke’s body, and the other end attached to the sword in her hand—with her whole body’s muscle force, the rope tightened, using a motion akin to dragging an ox from a mire, pulling the sword back in front of her to its optimal attacking position!

This was not a technique an ordinary person could achieve… to replicate such a skill, swordsmanship that had reached a divine level and powerful muscle explosiveness were indispensable.

Upon seeing this strike and withdrawal from Toshisuke, a movement worthy of the title “Divine Skill,” those familiar with the Natural Reasoning Heart Stream, led by Aoto, understood—the move was one that only Toshisuke, who had refined the swordsmanship of the Natural Reasoning Heart Stream to an incredibly proficient level and who possessed immense physical explosiveness and reaction speed, could execute!