My Gang of Swordsmen

Chapter 401: Chapter 149: Oh My! Miss Sazanoko, Are You Blushing? [6200]

"What? ’Momentum’? Who? Me?" Aoto raised his eyebrows in surprise, instinctively tilting his head to bring his ear closer to Zhouzhu.

"Mr. Tachibana, just now when you were battling Niitsuma Kan, you unleashed ’Momentum’." Standing next to Aoto, Chokata repeated what Zhouzhu had just said.

Immediately, Chokata succinctly recounted to Aoto the scenes that had just occurred in the arena, which Aoto himself hadn’t realized.

Earlier, most of the spectators only saw Aoto land a sword strike on Niitsuma Kan’s head.

But for swordsmen like Zhouzhu, Chokata, who have achieved a certain level in the martial arts path, they saw something even more shocking than Aoto’s strike.

Because it was very faint and appeared only for an instant, most of the spectators in the audience, who were ordinary people unfamiliar with the intricacies of martial arts and swordsmen who had not reached a certain level, did not notice—Aoto had unknowingly done something incredible.

Just when Aoto charged at Niitsuma Kan, moments before he swung his sword, an invisible Qi Field emanated from Aoto’s body.

For this invisible Qi Field, martial artists have a specific term: Momentum!

The Qi Field that Aoto released was Momentum!

Though very faint, it was indeed a high-level domain within martial arts that only a fortunate few can touch: Momentum!

The majority were merely amazed by Aoto’s feat of consecutively defeating the "Three Heroes" and smoothly claiming the championship of this tournament.

Only those knowledgeable like Zhouzhu, Chokata understood—the release of ’Momentum’ overshadowed even the achievement of consecutive victories over the "Three Heroes", making that accomplishment insignificant!

Even though the ’Momentum’ Aoto released was faint, even though it disappeared in an instant, it was still astonishing!

Because considering Aoto officially started learning swordsmanship... it’s been less than four months!

In less than four months, from a sword-fighting novice to a swordsman capable of releasing ’Momentum’... No matter which adjective is used to describe such a feat, it pales in comparison.

At this moment, Zhouzhu’s expression was the most complex.

I only explained the concept of ’Momentum’ to you the night before last, and today you can release ’Momentum’?!

As Aoto listened to Chokata’s recount of what he had just done, he found it increasingly difficult to suppress the astonishment that kept appearing on his cheeks.

——Did I just... release ’Momentum’?

Aoto tried hard to recall the scenes just now where he decided the victory with Niitsuma Kan.

At that time, he was entirely unaware that he had released any ’Momentum’.

But Aoto remembered clearly—at that time, he saw the same ’Qi Streams’ on Niitsuma Kan that he had once seen during the "Snowy Night Chaos"!

What exactly are these invisible, colorless ’Qi Streams’? Aoto still had no clue.

But there was one thing Aoto knew clearly: these ’Qi Streams’... had a function similar to ’guidance’!

In the "Snowy Night Chaos" three months ago, after seeing the ’Qi Streams’ among the enemy, Aoto suddenly became able to clearly distinguish the strength and weakness, leader and central figures of the enemy and his side.

Thanks to this, Aoto was able to maneuver smoothly with Saito among the enemies—because he could see which area was the weakest in the enemy troops.

And in the battle with Niitsuma Kan just now, the moment after seeing ’Qi Streams’ on Niitsuma Kan, a thought suddenly flashed in Aoto’s mind: the sword should be lifted a bit higher!

After this thought appeared in his mind, Aoto’s body subconsciously moved in accordance with this will, adjusting the angle of the sword swing slightly.

The subsequent event proved—this impulsive decision to slightly raise the sword was extremely correct.

After the sword was lifted by an imperceptible small amount, its tip brushed past Niitsuma Kan’s sword at a perfect angle, causing Niitsuma Kan’s sword to deviate, deflecting Niitsuma Kan’s attack.

If at that moment, Aoto hadn’t adjusted the sword’s angle, he wouldn’t have been able to so perfectly deflect Niitsuma Kan’s sword.

Reflecting on it now, Aoto felt that the reason he suddenly thought about adjusting the sword angle was likely due to the ’Qi Streams’ he saw on Niitsuma Kan—the ’Qi Streams’ guided him on how to better deflect Niitsuma Kan’s attack and strike Niitsuma Kan!

When Aoto matched the time that Chokata mentioned the ’Momentum’ was sensed from him, with the time he saw ’Qi Streams’ on Niitsuma Kan—he was surprised to find the two times were quite consistent...

——At the exact moment I saw ’Qi Streams’ on Niitsuma Kan, did I release ’Momentum’?

——Is there some connection between the two?

Aoto pursed his lips, pondering carefully—yet no matter how he thought, he couldn’t figure it out.

Aoto didn’t even understand why he suddenly saw ’Qi Streams’ on Niitsuma Kan.

He felt that the appearance of these ’Qi Streams’ seemed to have no pattern to follow, just like during the previous "Snowy Night Chaos".

"Really strange..." At this moment, Kondo next to him crossed his arms and frowned, saying, "Mr. Tachibana, you shouldn’t be anywhere near the skill level needed to release ’Momentum’..."