After dodging several attacks in a row, Qian flipped his palm, pulled a kunai from his Ninja Tool Pouch, and clashed with Hideji Kohara.
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The kunai in their hands collided, letting out a rapid string of "ding, ding" sounds.
But Hideji Kohara's combat experience clearly surpassed Qian's. In just a short while, several more wounds appeared on Qian's body.
Rip—
Glancing at the fresh cut on his arm, Qian suddenly exerted his strength and knocked aside Hideji Kohara's attack.
Then, retreating half a step, he threw the kunai in his hand and drew the short sword at his waist.
Compared to a kunai, a short sword was undoubtedly much more comfortable for him to use.
Hideji Kohara tilted his head to dodge the kunai Qian threw. Seeing him draw his short sword, he smiled disdainfully and lunged forward again.
Ding—
Ding, ding, ding—
The clash of metal rang out even faster, signaling that the fight had grown more intense.
Qian had thought that after using Leaf-Style Swordsmanship, even if he could not defeat his opponent, he could at least stand on equal footing with him.
Unexpectedly, in just two or three minutes, he fell into a disadvantage.
When weapons clashed, there had always been the saying, "An inch longer, an inch stronger; an inch shorter, an inch riskier."
Compared to Hideji Kohara's kunai, his short sword undoubtedly held an advantage in attack range, but he could not fully bring out that advantage.
On the contrary, Hideji Kohara's attacks truly showed him what "riskier" meant. Within that tiny space, the man's transitions between offense and defense were unbelievably smooth.
At first, he could still barely cope, but as time passed, he could only defend passively.
This feeling of being crushed