Chapter 595: Abandoned Pawn

"Tsk!"

Miyoshi Ryota gripped the sword hilt tightly.

"Fortunately... there are no sword saints."

"Hold on tight, don't let go."

"Lower your head, hide your head behind mine, and hold my neck tightly—don't grab any other part of me, it's very likely to be cut off together."

Miyoshi Ryota said in a low voice while scanning the dozens of figures that had surrounded them.

The attire was the same—plain white priestess's robes, crimson sword without a guard, white socks and wooden clogs, and the pure white mask worn on the face was seamless, the momentum silent and cold.

There was no need to confirm the identity.

Shinto.

Miyoshi Ryota crossed his two swords in front of him into a cross.

No roar, no declaration of war.

The moment Miyoshi Ryota finished speaking to Nanako, several priests closest to them jumped off the roof and pounced toward the two.

The posture of these priests attacking was extremely strange. Although they held Tachi in their hands and wore sacred priestess's robes, the posture of their pounce was like a beast—no, it was a beast!

Hands stretched forward, right hand holding the sword, left hand forming a claw, the sharp nails emitting a sharp, cold light no different from the blade.

They grabbed toward Miyoshi Ryota's head!

"Two Heavens One Flow—No-Thought Slash."

Miyoshi Ryota's eyes condensed, and the momentum around him suddenly calmed down. The No-Thought Slash was not a fixed move; it was more like a mental method of Central Plains martial arts, used to calm the mind and observe the opportunity.

And then—"Thread-Chaos Blade Slash."

Swish!

The two Tachi were suddenly raised. They looked chaotic, but in fact, they splashed the cold light that filled every bit of the enemy's attack route forward.

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang!

The priests had already pounced close, but none of them used their right-hand swords; instead, they directly inserted their left claws into the blade light Miyoshi Ryota had swung.

It made the sound of metal clashing!

Like an inflated balloon being squeezed, the blade light surrounding Miyoshi Ryota's body was instantly squeezed back two feet toward the center.

"Ugh!"

Miyoshi Ryota let out a muffled groan, only feeling the astonishing counter-shock force coming from the blade, as if hacking into refined iron, which not only bounced his blade back but almost disrupted his stance!

He had to take a step back, retreat into the house, and borrow the short-term obstruction of the door and window to glance at the priests.

Their claws were covered in blood.

It looked like they had been cut miserably by him, but if one looked closely, one could see that these priests had used their hands to block the blade, only slightly injuring the skin, and those sharp nails had not been damaged at all!

Bang!

The door and window shattered!

The priests shattered the door and chased after Miyoshi Ryota again, only this time, they raised their swords.

The guardless sword slashed down!

Miyoshi Ryota dodged, and blocked with both swords!

Clang—clang!

"Hiss!"

Miyoshi Ryota's face sank.

Just one slash had forcibly deflected his left-hand sword and almost broken through his right-hand sword!

This was just one slash swung by a priest during the pounce; the blades of the other priests were already in front of him!

"No!"

Miyoshi Ryota gritted his teeth, knowing he was no match, and was about to change his strategy, trading injury for injury, and risking his life to send Nanako out to escape.

But suddenly, Nanako, who was lying on his back, suddenly raised her hand and blocked in front of a guardless sword slashing toward his face.

"Nanako!"

Miyoshi Ryota was shocked and angry. Nanako knew no martial arts at all, and he could almost imagine the next instant, Nanako's fair and slender arm being split into two!

"Don't move!"

He was about to forcibly dodge, but suddenly heard Nanako shout. At the same time, the guardless sword slashed onto Nanako's arm, and because he hesitated for a moment due to Nanako's shout, it was too late to stop it.

But the next instant—the guardless sword stopped.

It stopped against Nanako's skin.

Miyoshi Ryota was stunned, but heard Nanako shout with joy. ===== CHAPTER 596 =====