bullyxtreme Chapter 2237-2235 It's not easy to die.
Chapter 2237-2235 It's not easy to die.
Chapter 2237-2.235 It's not easy to die.
Turning her gaze away from the famous swords held by the eldest concubine Xing Xiaolu, who was disguised as the snake demon Kiyohime, and the fourth concubine Xu Jingshan, Fukagawa Funayatsu no Otaki, wielding both Atsushi Toushirou and Namazuo Toushirou swords, stood with one shoulder bare and in a fighting stance: "Which of you will come?"
"I'll go." Consort Xu Jingshan, holding a wakizashi with a sunflower pattern, gracefully entered the arena with a dragon-like tail swing.
"Ah, Kiyohime." Accompanied by the black and red sparks that appeared behind her, Fukagawa Funaya no Mikoto, A-Taki, gave a bewitching smile.
Before the four consorts, Xu Jingshan, could reply, two hairy, segmented limbs emerged from behind the female general, A-Long, from Fukagawa. They were undoubtedly spider legs. At the tip of each spider leg was a calyx-shaped silk-spinning organ.
"Watch out for her silk-spitting appendages on her back," Wu Chen immediately warned his female companion.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Consort Xu Jingshan was secretly on guard.
The two locked eyes and attacked simultaneously.
A flash of white light, and spider silk shot out. Consort Xu Jingshan slid sideways and ducked, narrowly avoiding it. Before the boatwoman A-Long could shoot out a second bundle of spider silk, Consort Xu Jingshan was already close enough to swing her knife.
Aoimon Echizen Yasutsugu slashed diagonally across the chest and abdomen, and the boatwoman Akaki could only parry with her sword.
Compared to the humanoid female general A-Long, the half-demon Xu Jing, the fourth concubine, is more swift and cunning in her changing moves.
In particular, the omnidirectionally adjustable, colorful snake tail completely exceeds the limits of human limb movement. In fact, in the field of bionic robotics, industrial endoscopes use a similar flexible structure called a "bionic snake bone." Composed of dozens of precision joints and steel wire traction, it supports bending and rotation of the probe tip, enabling 360° turning capability in confined spaces.
The more advanced "bionic snake tail" refers to a tail structure driven by multi-joint tandem servos or shape memory alloys. Mimicking the movement of real snakes, it achieves meandering crawling, lateral movement, or 360° turning in place by independently controlling the angle and torque of each segment.
Compared to cutting-edge technologies that humans have not yet widely applied, the half-demon form of Xu Jingshan, the fourth concubine, is far more powerful as a Cyber Serpent spirit born from the third faction of Cybertronian proto-monsters.
It wasn't just about changing positions up, down, left, right, forward, and backward; it also involved difficult body movements such as rolling, spinning, diving, and rising. Especially when close, the colorful snake tail spiraled around the female general A-Long, carrying the four concubines Xu Jingshan as she spun around with her sword.
The flashing swords and gleaming blades stirred up a storm of sharp blades.
The boatwoman, A-Long, could only spin around while parrying. She tripped over something unexpected and staggered.
With a "plop!" sound, hot blood splattered from his shoulder.
The wound was so deep that the bone was visible, and it almost severed the entire left arm at the root.
"Ah!" In pain, spider silk shot up from above her head, and the boatwoman Ah-Long pulled her up onto the beam first.
Following the dripping bloodline, they located the hiding place of the female general A-Long. The snake's tail curved like a bow, and it launched the fourth concubine, Xu Jingshan, onto the main beam.
As the boatwoman, A-Long, who was still desperately trying to heal her wounds, turned around suddenly and her face paled instantly.
"Drink!" The wakizashi Aoi-mon Echizen Yasutsugu slashed down at him.
Seeing no way to dodge, the boatwoman Ah-Long instinctively reached out to block. Just as the fourth concubine, Xu Jingshan, was about to unleash her full power to cut her, she suddenly felt a chill. She immediately withdrew her full-force attack and steadied herself.
A flash of bloodlust appeared in the eyes of the boat-dwelling woman, A-Long, hidden behind her arm, and two streams of venom suddenly sprayed from the spider appendages hidden on her back.
"You've lost!" As the spreading poisonous mist instantly filled the narrow space, the boatwoman, A-Long, cried out sharply. "You've lost." The cold voice had barely reached her ears when the icy tip of a blade pressed against her back. The Jorogumo's ability to release poison and suck blood was something the Four Consorts, Xu Jingshan, could never forget.
"How could this be?" The chilling sensation that emanated from the blade, capable of instantly freezing blood, couldn't be an illusion. Yet, the boatwoman, A-Long, refused to believe that her opponent could escape from the poisonous mist she had spewed. It wasn't until she saw the snake's tail coiling around the beam and circling back that she finally realized what had happened.
It turns out that Xu Jingshan, the fourth concubine disguised as the snake demon Qingji, had mistaken the beam for a dragon pillar and rolled around in a circle. She dodged the poisonous fog, circled behind, and successfully backstabbed Qingji.
Although it was only lightly pressed against the back of the heart, the sharp tip of the knife still pierced through the tender, snow-white skin, causing a dazzling flower of blood to bloom.
"I lost." The boatwoman, A-Long, had barely uttered the words when she suddenly leaned back and crashed into the tip of the knife.
"It's not easy to die." Consort Xu Jingshan was prepared. Behind the blade, the snake's tail coiled back. Giving the boatwoman, A-Long, no chance to turn the tables, she was directly coiled into a mottled snake-skin fruit.
Even more terrifying, the snake fruit detached from the snake's tail and slowly floated down from the beam to the floor.
"..." As one of the Night-Walking Demons, Jorogumo couldn't possibly be unaware of the legend of Kiyohime, the snake demon. The detachment of scales wasn't unusual; the real mystery lay in her ability to reassemble a snake-skin fruit.
"Thank you for your kind offer." The two famous swords, Atsushi Toushirou and Namazuo Toushirou, which were wielded by the female general A-Taki, were magically transferred to the hands of the four concubines, Xu Jingshan.
"You are not Kiyohime." The tone and expression of Tatsumi Genkichi, who was known as the best geisha in Fukagawa, were as cold as his face.
"That depends on how you see it." Consort Xu Jingshan generously extended her snake tail and rolled the colorful snake fruit behind her.
“Okay.” Tatsumi Genkichi, known as the best geisha in Fukagawa, nodded gently.
Then, Motomoto Yamazakiya Koba, Chagami Okita, Sansuke Atsu, Hana, and Aroku got up and walked to the center of the field.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, they revealed their famous swords.
Aizu Shindogo: A short sword with a straight blade and no curves. It was crafted by swordsmith Shindogo Kunimitsu and was the favorite sword of Gamo Ujisato, a general under Oda Nobunaga.
Red Snow Samonji: A short sword made by the Sagami swordsmith Samonji. It has only a slight curve and is ornately decorated. It was the favorite sword of the regent Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Ichiyanagi Ankichi: A short sword made by the swordsmith Sa Yasukichi of Chikuzen Province. This sword originally belonged to Ichiyanagi Naomori, a military general of Mino Province, hence its name.
Nagasone Kotetsu: Wakizashi, made by Nagasone Okisato Nyudo Kotetsu, a swordsmith from Echizen Province. It is said to have belonged to Kondo Isami, a swordsman of the Shinsengumi (some say it was actually a counterfeit Kotetsu made by Minamoto Kiyomaro, a swordsmith from the late Edo period).
Smiling Aoe: A great wakizashi, made by the Chinese swordsmith Aoe Sadatsugu, and the beloved sword of Niwa Nagahide, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Oda".
During the Edo period, Japanese swords were classified into four levels based on their forging techniques: "Saijo Daigyōmono" (capable of cutting through 90% to a full human body thickness, with 12 (later increased to 14) swordsmiths included, such as Nagasone Okimasa, Magoroku Kanemoto, and the first generation Tadakichi), "Ōgyōmono" (cutting through 70-80% of a human body thickness, including the "21 Great Swords," such as Bizen Osafune Yasumitsu and the second generation Izumi no Kami Kanesada), "Ryōgyōmono" (cutting through 50-60% of a human body thickness, belonging to the "50 Ryōkō Swords"), and "Yōmono" (capable of cutting through 20-40% of a human body thickness, listed as the "80 Great Swords"), encompassing the works of 228 swordsmiths, including Bizen Osafune Motoshige and Izumi no Kami Kanesada. The criteria for judging famous swords focused on their cutting performance, with some classifications based on records in documents such as *Kaihōkenshū* and *Kokin Kaneyoku*. Many extant famous swords were imperial possessions or shrine offerings, such as the Futsu-no-Mitama and the Seven-Branched Sword at Ishigami Shrine.
However, Shindo Gokunimitsu, who was later revered as the "Father of Sōshū Sōjaku" (騰州黍绍黍黍黍), was a swordsmith from the Kamakura period and therefore was unable to participate in the "Saijō Daiyōmono" (最衛大業物) selection during the Edo period.
But before my eyes, these famous Japanese swords are all of the sharpest quality.
(End of this chapter)