My Gang of Swordsmen

Chapter 376 - 143: Another Instant Kill! [Talent Fusion]

Slowly raising the bamboo sword in his hand, he switched to the upper stance.

Hoo—!

Step forward, strike!

The exact same move as the last match.

Next followed the exact same scene as the last match...

Seeing the rapidly enlarging tip of the bamboo sword in front of him, Morioka’s pupils suddenly shrank. His arm instinctively lifted, wanting to block Aoto’s sword, but his movement was half a beat slower, and Aoto’s sword struck directly on his head.

Morioka’s helmet was hit heavily, causing him to retreat several steps backward.

Compared to Adachi in the last match, Morioka’s performance was slightly better—he wasn’t directly knocked to the ground, and after retreating several steps, he steadied his posture.

But that was of no use, being struck on a vital spot meant losing.

Two referees immediately extended their arms toward Aoto, loudly announcing Aoto’s victory.

Just as Morioka was instantly defeated by Aoto’s strike, a series of system sounds rushed through Aoto’s mind—

[Ding! Talent scanned]

—It truly has talent!

Listening to the system sound in his mind, Aoto let out a joyful cheer in his heart.

Reflecting on the last match, Aoto felt a bit of regret.

Due to the "kind deception" by Zhouzhu and others, he hadn’t expected Adachi to be much weaker than he anticipated, leading to the match against Adachi not lasting long enough to copy talent’s 10-second requirement, missing the chance to potentially copy a talent from Adachi.

Thus, he learned his lesson from the match against Adachi and didn’t immediately launch a fierce attack when the match started. Instead, he waited for 10 seconds, until the time required for talent copying passed, then began his assault.

Though the tournament’s contestants were far inferior in strength compared to Aoto, surely, those who came to participate were all outstanding members of their respective sword dojos.

For people like the "Three Heroes," who were prominent among peers, the likelihood of possessing special talents was naturally much higher than ordinary people.

Indeed, hearing the cold system sound suddenly in his mind, Aoto instinctively held his breath, carefully listening to the talent copied from Morioka.

[Successfully copied talent: "Swordsman with Minor Achievement"]

[Talent introduction: Swordsmanship talent amplification is 5 times the average level of a common person]

[Ding! Host detected to possess similar type of talent]

[Ding! Starting talent fusion]

[Ding! "Sword Genius" and "Swordsman with Minor Achievement" starting to fuse]

[Host please wait... Host please wait...]

—Swordsman with Minor Achievement? Talent fusion?

The system sounds he had never heard before caused Aoto’s breath to halt and his expression to freeze.

He wanted to focus on listening to the subsequent system sounds, but remaining on the competition field wasn’t the right time to do such a thing.

The victory between him and Morioka was already decided, and they needed to clear the field for the next batch of contestants. Thus, Aoto could only quickly salute Morioka and then hurriedly withdraw, returning to the spectator seat.

Aoto returned to his seat with the astonished gazes and shouts of the crowd.

After instantly defeating Adachi with one sword, he now defeated Morioka with one sword as well.

Even Morioka couldn’t withstand a single move from Aoto... the shock brought to the spectators was far greater than seeing Adachi being overturned by a single sword!

Until just now, many still believed the "Three Heroes" were crown contenders like Aoto and still thought Aoto facing the "Three Heroes" would be a fierce clash between strong contenders.

So, witnessing Morioka following in Adachi’s footsteps, many were utterly surprised, unable to believe the scene on the field.

Were the "Three Heroes" and Tachibana Aoto’s strength gap truly that massive? They couldn’t even withstand a single move... The spectators stunned by this reality all had uncontrolled expressions, with shock continuously emerging from their cheeks.

At this moment, regarding the astonishing gazes and shouts from the spectators directed at him, Aoto didn’t have the mind to acknowledge them—he just wanted to quickly return to his seat and focus on the subsequent system sounds emerging from his mind.

As Aoto, filled with anticipation, returned to sit between Chokata and Sazanoko, the cold system sound, which had been silent for a while, finally sounded in his mind again:

[Ding! Talent fusion successful]

["Sword Genius" talent upgraded]

["Sword Genius" talent introduction: Swordsmanship talent amplification is 55 times the average level of a common person]

—55 times...?!

Upon hearing this number, Aoto’s pupils instinctively shrank slightly.

After being stunned for a moment, he quickly opened his personal system interface—

[Name: Tachibana Aoto] (?)

[Currently possessed talents:]

[Night Vision, Sword Genius, Sleep God, Lone Brave, Eagle Eye, Left-Handed, Healthy Body, Skillful Hands, Healthy Tongue, Iron Waist, Steel Bone, Strong Muscle, Cat Form, Memory, Ghost Heart, Milk, Take the Lead, See Through, Beautiful Hair, Deceiver]

The interface remains the same.

The "Sword Genius" entry didn’t change.

But opening the "Sword Genius" entry, the window showing the talent introduction displayed a different number.

The original swordsmanship talent amplification of 50 times the average level of a common person had changed to 55 times!

—Similar types of talent can actually fuse...!

Upon first learning and using this system function, Aoto couldn’t help but let out a faint, sharp intake of breath.