Looking at the wooden sword blade heading towards him, Ogata frowned slightly.

Each of Shimada's attacks was full of momentum and power - but it was a pity that every one of his attacks was dodged by Ogata with stepping steps or directly deflected with his blade.

As he neutralized every move and move of Shimada one by one, Ogata's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Snapped!

After using his left wakizashi to block Shimada's horizontal slash again, Ogata whispered to Shimada:

"Have you never learned any swordsmanship?"

Shimada's current expression... seemed like someone had exposed his lie.

He pushed away Ogata's sword, took a few steps back to open the distance between him and Ogata, and then responded softly:

"...That's right. I didn't learn from any school."

After Shimada swung the first sword at him, Obeli felt a strange feeling.

It wasn't until he flashed continuously and received several moves from Shimada that Ogata finally determined what was causing this strange feeling - every move Shimada made was an ordinary horizontal slash and vertical slash, not one of them.

A class of swordsmanship.

In the terms of modern earth, Shimada's situation is that he can only draw A, but cannot use skills.

"It seems like you only know how to chop horizontally and vertically?" Ogata asked.

"Yeah." Shimada smiled bitterly, "After all, I haven't learned any swordsmanship, so I don't know any sword skills, so I only know two moves: horizontal slashing and vertical slashing."

Having said this, Shimada paused.

Then he said to Ogata in a firm tone:

"Although I don't know any swordsmanship, I am still very strong. Please don't underestimate me."

Shimada seemed to have mistakenly thought that Ogata's two questions just now were mocking him for not knowing how to swordsmanship.

After hearing Shimada's words, Ogata shook his head:

"I won't look down on you. It's better to say - I admire you."

"It's admirable that you can still achieve this level of strength without knowing anything about swordsmanship."

What Ogata said was true and not a compliment to Shimada.

Although Shimada only knows how to chop horizontally and vertically, it can be seen that Shimada must have painstakingly practiced these two moves.

Whether it's strength, speed, or precision, they all reach a level that's enough to make people gasp in surprise.

After an ordinary samurai confronts Shimada, he is not necessarily a match for this samurai who does not know any swordsmanship.

When he dodged and parried Shimada's attack just now, Ogata was actually observing Shimada's strength.

And now - Ogata also has a rough assessment of Shimada's strength: he is not yet a match for Ogata's ability.

After tightening the two wooden swords in his hands, Ogata took the initiative and rushed towards Shimada!

Snapped!

Ogata's wakizashi and Shimada's sword collided hard.

The two knives immediately separated the next moment after they collided heavily in mid-air.

Ogata did not end his offensive.

After Wakizashi was restrained, he immediately swung the katana in his right hand and slashed at Shimada.

Ogata continued to swing his swords in a staggered manner, launching a continuous fierce attack on Shimada.

Shimada also tensed up every nerve in his body, concentrating on defending against every slash from Ogata.

Because he was so focused, Shimada even slowed down his breathing involuntarily.

Just as Shimada was concentrating on defending against every slash from Ogata...

"Well……!"

Shimada suddenly let out an exclamation.

Because all his body and mind were focused on defending against Ogata's slashing attack, Shimada didn't notice that Ogata had just stretched out his foot to hook his foot.

The move used by Ogata is a move in Shiranui-ryu jujutsu that is specially used to destroy the enemy's center of gravity - the hook foot.

The reason why Shimada kept launching continuous slashing attacks was to make Shimada focus on defending against his slashing attacks and neglect the protection of his lower body.

Because the stability of the lower body was destroyed by Ogata, Shimada's posture had a huge flaw due to the instability of the lower body.

Ogata, who had been waiting for this flaw for a long time, without any hesitation, swung his katana and struck Shimada on the left shoulder.

After all, this was just a sparring match, not a life-and-death duel, so Ogata didn't aim at Shimada's face, but his left shoulder.

With the bottom plate losing its stability, Shimada still gritted his teeth and waved the knife in his hand, intending to fight hard to see if he could deflect Ogata's knife.

And Shimada's last effort was destined to be in vain - because Ogata still held a wakizashi in his left hand.

Ogata raised his left wakizashi to block Shimada's wooden sword that was intended to block his attack.

The last hope of defense was shattered, and Ogata's sword accurately hit Shimada's left shoulder.

Although Ogata restrained his strength, no matter how much he restrained his strength, if the wooden sword was struck on a person's body, the person who was struck would not suffer any better.

The features on Shimada's face immediately twisted together in pain and he fell to the ground.

[Ding! Use Wuwo Sword Style and Flow to defeat the enemy]

[Acquire 80 personal experience points, 80 experience points for the swordsmanship "Musoku-ryu" style, and 20 points for the Shiranui-style ninjutsu]

[Current personal level: LV24 (2610/3200]

[Wuwo Sword Style Level: 8th Stage (1600/6500)]

[Shiranui-ryu Ninjutsu Level: 1st Stage (230/250)]

"You lose." Ogata pointed the tip of the wooden sword at the tip of Shimada's nose, who was lying on the ground.

"Ogata-sama..." Shimada rubbed his left shoulder, which was still aching, "You are too treacherous...you actually reached out to hook my feet..."

"Katsurokuro!" Lin's voice suddenly sounded.

Lin's voice was filled with a hint of dissatisfaction.

"Do not make excuses."

"The reason why you were defeated just now was just because you didn't practice enough."

"Forgetting to protect one's lower body during battle - this is evidence of insufficient spiritual practice."

"Reflect on it for me."
Chapter completed!