Chapter 518: Danger

On the cliff behind, the young Japanese pirate looked at the old Japanese pirate's act of slaughtering his own people and gritted his teeth.

He really didn't like this person.

Tanaka Shinbei.

Also a hero holding the title of 【Sword Saint】, but in Japan, he was probably one of the 【Sword Saints】 who was most controversial and most hated or even feared by the most people.

In Japan, strong people with accomplished sword skills would have their own titles; those with more deeds and more titles, and the strongest among them, would be called 【Sword Saint】. However, since the sword path in Japan ushered in a fountain-like development 180 years ago, more and more people held the title of 【Sword Saint】, so people became more accustomed to calling them by their most representative titles.

And the titles that best represented this Tanaka Shinbei were 【Man-Slayer】 and 【Blade-Testing Ghost】.

He was a beast who wandered the streets at midnight, slaughtering innocent passersby just to test if his new blade was sharp.

Many people wanted to kill him, including strong people holding the title of 【Sword Saint】, but he never died, and he became stronger and stronger, so strong that even if those big figures knew this was a disaster, they had to take him under their command; so strong that even if he did evil, no one was willing to sanction him.

"Sigh..."

The young Japanese pirate sighed.

"If it weren't for that lord going to Ise Grand Shrine to attempt to assassinate that demoness, having no time to come here... forget it, Tanaka Shinbei's sword skills are always undoubtedly strong enough to kill that General Qi."

"As long as we break through the Dengzhou Guard today, the population and wealth along the coast of Qi and Lu can be temporarily taken into our pockets; even if we cannot exchange them for witchcraft with the Central Plains court, the looted population, ironware, and money can solve our urgent needs."

He didn't doubt at all whether Tanaka Shinbei could kill Qi Jiguang.

In his view, Qi Jiguang was a genius who had reached the pinnacle of sword skills at only nineteen, and had created a set of extremely fierce Japanese sword techniques. If he were allowed to grow, within five years, he would become a strong person comparable to a 【Sword Saint】.

If only there were a chance to have a head-on battle with him.

Unfortunately...

The young Japanese pirate turned his head regretfully, wanting to order the personal guards beside him to pursue in the direction of the Qi Family Army, and at the moment Tanaka Shinbei killed Qi Jiguang, crush the Qi Family Army's formation completely.

But suddenly, his gaze froze.

"That is... what?"

"What's the situation..."

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"Hey, move aside."

Tanaka Shinbei's signature rough voice spread.

The shouting, cursing, and wailing ahead went quiet for a time; the Japanese pirates trying to intercept the Qi Family Army felt their hair stand on end, retreating to both sides one after another, hard-headedly opening a path in the center of the battle circle.

Tanaka Shinbei walked forward as a matter of course.

He didn't want to kill the Qi Family Army soldiers, not out of kindness, but because he didn't want to damage his blade's edge. So he circled around and inserted himself in front of the Qi Family Army's route from the side.

The young man he wanted to kill was constantly advancing toward him.

Tanaka Shinbei stroked the hilt of his sword gently.

"Kazusa-no-suke Kane-shige."

This was his only companion; the moment the forging was completed, he had poured the blood of the swordsmith's family onto it to form the beautiful patterns on the blade.

Afterward, he slaughtered seventy-two people in the western suburbs of Kyoto, nurturing this blade with their blood and spirits; for this, he was pursued by several strong people of similar strength, and he never regretted it for a moment.

This blade only killed two kinds of people.

The weak who did not resist, even if killed, would not damage the blade's edge.

And... the strong who were worthy of dying under this blade!

He looked at the young figure constantly approaching him—even seeing him blocking the way, there was not a ripple in his eyes, his body was sturdy and powerful, his sword technique fierce and brave.

"Sss-sss-sss-sss—"

His teeth clenched together, his lips parted, and he laughed in an extremely strange and extremely disgusting way.

The long sword left its scabbard. ===== CHAPTER 519 =====