Ding~
Biwa Juzo raised the Kubikiribōchō once more, blocking Qian's strike, then began gasping for breath.
The two sides had already been fighting for nearly half an hour. Because he had to stay constantly wary of the Sharingan's genjutsu, his mental energy had been drained heavily.
So, after only this short while, Biwa Juzo was already starting to run out of steam.
And Qian naturally saw the sorry state he was in.
His opponent was indeed strong, but compared to him, he was still somewhat lacking. That remained true even though Qian had not used the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Compared with Kaguya Morinosuke, who had inherited the Shikotsumyaku, Biwa Juzo did not have anything particularly special about him, nor any special abilities.
The reason he possessed such high combat strength was, on one hand, the incomparably sharp Kubikiribōchō in his hands, and on the other, his own wealth of battle experience.
With that, he might be able to sweep aside ordinary jonin without fail, but against Qian, he was somewhat outmatched.
So it was perfectly normal for him to gradually falter.
Even so, Qian still did not choose to advance recklessly. Instead, he continued wearing down his opponent's stamina and Chakra.
After all, the overall pressure on those Leaf Village chunin had been greatly reduced after his earlier mad slaughter of the Mist Village Special Jonin and chunin.
He no longer had to worry about the situation collapsing.
Then he could simply grind him down slowly.
It was just right. After three great battles in succession, his Swordsmanship Proficiency had risen another notch, drawing closer and closer to lv7.
Perhaps Biwa Juzo could provide him with the last bit of Proficiency and let his Swordsmanship fully advance to the realm of perfection.
This was not wishful thinking on his part. Rather,