I assembled the strongest swordsman group.

With a cold, indifferent gaze, devoid of joy or sorrow, he stared at the bloody battlefield below!

……

……

can win.

……

Suddenly, Qingdeng felt a “voice” appear in his ear.

The “voice” shouted in Qingdeng’s ear in an extremely impassioned tone.

can win!

It can turn the tide of battle!

As long as... everyone here follows my orders!

……

……

Komuro, who had almost lost count of how many people he had killed, now only felt his arms were aching terribly.

With great effort, he raised his arm upwards, then raised the tip of the knife again, letting the glint of light on the blade claim another life. Komuro then breathed heavily.

But before he could rest for a while, he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his left eye that made every hair on his body stand on end.

An enemy wielding a pistol and sporting a gleaming bald head spotted a gap in the defensive line to his left. Taking advantage of the guards' momentary lapse in attention, he charged straight towards the rear of the line, heading towards Anthony and his men, whom they were protecting!

"Stop him!" Komuro instinctively cried out in alarm.

Komuro wanted to rush over and personally stop the bald man carrying a pistol.

But the dense, seemingly endless hordes of enemies in front of him made Komuro not only unable to turn around and intercept the bald man, but he also dared not let his attention be distracted too much.

The defense was already so thin it was about to collapse, so naturally there was no one left with the strength to defend and stop the bald man.

The bald man chose the perfect moment to attack.

It happened just as Anthony had emptied his gun and was reloading.

Seeing the bald man sneak up behind the defense and charge towards them as if there was no one there, Anthony was so shocked that he trembled a few times. He then hurriedly took out bullets from his pocket and prepared to load them.

In his anxiety, Anthony made a fatal mistake at this critical moment—in his haste to load the bullet, he dropped it on the ground.

Upon seeing this, the bald man, who had rushed in with the determination to die, revealed a sinister grin.

Just as Anthony accidentally dropped the bullet, the bald man had positioned himself perfectly within range of his pistol to strike Anthony.

He raised the tip of his pistol and pointed it at Anthony's chest.

At this critical moment—

hum...

A flash of white blade.

An arc of light flashed from the bald man's side and back, sweeping across his back and spraying out a cloud of blood mist.

The bald man's sinister grin quickly turned into astonishment.

He wanted to turn his head to see who was wielding the knife.

However, the rapid loss of his internal strength caused the bald man to quickly lose control of his body.

After struggling for a while, he clutched his pistol and fell heavily to the ground.

Cold sweat soaked his back. Feeling like he had just escaped death, Anthony raised his eyes and looked at the person who had saved his life at that critical moment—Qing Deng, who was still in the action of drawing his knife.

At this moment, Qing Deng, his face expressionless, forcefully swung his sword to the ground, shaking off the blood clinging to the blade, and slowly straightened up...

"Listen up, everyone who wants to live!"

The clear and powerful shouts reached the ears of everyone present.

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Chapter 79 Breaking the Formation!

Orange...?

Saito, whose body was mostly covered in blood, glanced at Aoto, who had just shouted, out of the corner of his eye.

Saito froze when his peripheral vision fell on Aoto.

At this moment, Qing Deng held his knife high, his head held high.

Is it... a different aura?

Saito felt that Aoto... seemed to have changed a bit.

For some reason, after Qing Deng's shout, everyone—including Saito, the guards led by Komuro, and Anton and Elodie—involuntarily turned their attention to Qing Deng.

Those who had the energy to glance at Qingdeng used the corner of their eye to observe it.

Those who didn't have the energy to glance at Qingdeng out of the corner of their eye all pricked up their ears.

Even Yamada, who thought he had the upper hand, couldn't help but turn his surprised gaze toward Aoto after hearing Aoto's shout.

"Everyone, calm down!"

After drawing everyone's attention, Qingdeng turned his head and, with a blank expression, continued to shout in a not-so-enthusiastic tone.

"Calm down and take a good look at the enemy in front of you!"

"They are not an invincible enemy!"

"Their attack was completely uncoordinated!"

"They are not all invincible warriors who can take on ten or a hundred men!"

"All they have to rely on is their numbers and their momentum!"

"Quickly calm down!"

"As long as you can regain your composure and restore your true strength, what can these insects do to you?"

"You are all top-tier elites from Osaka Prefecture. Even if you are outnumbered, there's no reason for you to lose to an enemy of this caliber, is there?"

Qingdeng's speech was neither lengthy nor particularly eloquent.

But strangely, everyone... including Anthony and the others, felt their heartbeats slow down considerably after hearing Qing Deng's words, and their previously panicked emotions calmed down a lot.

Everyone turned their attention back to the enemy in front of them—they were astonished to find that after their minds had calmed down from Qing Deng's words, the "world" before them had also changed.

Their calmed state of mind allowed them to see things they hadn't been able to see before!

Just as Qingdeng said, after regaining his composure and taking a closer look, the enemies in front of him were truly in disarray.

A chaotic formation... no, it should be said that there was no formation at all.

Everyone is fighting their own battles and hindering each other.

Only a small fraction of people appear to be very capable; the vast majority appear extremely weak.

Having seen the enemy before them clearly, and the "world" before them clearly, everyone's expressions changed!

The fear and panic that had previously filled their faces had now completely disappeared.

Instead, there was unwavering determination and... an unbridled fighting spirit!

"What's going on...?" Yamada stared blankly at Aoto and the others in the distance.

He clearly sensed that... after Qing Deng's brief statement ended, the atmosphere surrounding these barbarians and scoundrels changed.

Just moments ago, these people seemed to be on the verge of collapse and being overwhelmed, but after Qing Deng shouted a few words, everyone's expressions and the atmosphere changed!

It wasn't just Yamada who sensed the changes in Aoto and the others; most of the members of the Exile Group also keenly noticed that their opponents seemed to have changed.

The group members' expressions began to waver slightly.

A sense of foreboding welled up in Yamada's heart.

"Go on!"

Yamada yelled at the top of his lungs.

"They're down to their last breath! That's all there are left!"

"Go all out! Crush them!"

As of now, only 23 people remain who are still able to stand and fight, including Aoto, Saito, and Anthony.

Yamada's loud shout had an effect.

The members of the Extermination Group stopped wavering and, shouting, launched a new attack on Qing Deng and his men like a tidal wave.

Saito, Komuro, and the others, who used their bodies as a defensive line to block the "red tide," once again held their swords in front of them, preparing to launch a new round of confrontation.

But at that moment, Qing Deng's voice suddenly rang out—

"The one wearing a dark green haori, black hakama, and black socks!"

"Huh?" A guard in a dark green haori, who was to Qing Deng's right, glanced at Qing Deng, who had just called his name, in surprise.

"Don't guard that area!" Qing Deng said in a deep voice. "The enemies in that direction are very weak! There's no need to leave so many people guarding that place! Come this way quickly!"

Qingdeng pointed to his due north.

"Hurry up!"

After being yelled at by Qing Deng, the woman in the dark green haori trembled violently a few times: "Y-yes!"

"The one in the straw hat with the pistol! Yes! It's you! Step back and come this way!"

"Please stand back a bit! Don't crowd together!"