Chapter 476: You are a Madman
Seeing Ma Jun's injuries worsen, everyone could hardly bear to watch. Roy even covered her eyes with both hands, squatted on the ground, and cried bitterly. She really couldn't bear to look at Ma Jun, who was covered in blood.
At this point, Lin Hai, Yak, and the others stepped forward, ready to rush in and pull Ma Jun back.
But just as they took two steps, Wang Yan raised a hand and blocked them, pushing Lin Hai and the others back.
Then they heard Wang Yan say coldly to Lin Hai, "If anyone dares to step forward, don't blame me for being rude."
Lin Hai, Yak, and the others knew the power of Wang Yan, and seeing Wang Yan's icy expression, they were truly terrified. At that moment, none dared to move forward.
Lin Hai gritted his teeth and said to Wang Yan, "But if this continues, Ma Jun will die."
Wang Yan said calmly, "If a person lacks courage, what difference does it make whether they are alive or dead? Ma Jun is on the verge of transforming now."
Hearing Wang Yan's words, everyone felt that although he made perfect sense, none could bear to watch Ma Jun, who was being slashed repeatedly by Toyota Taro's samurai sword, bleeding profusely.
Roy, squatting on the ground with her head buried in her arms, asked in a trembling voice, "How much longer?"
This immediately reminded everyone.
Everyone hurriedly looked at their watches, and Yak shouted, "There's one minute left."
Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, all silently chanting in their hearts, "One minute, Ma Jun, you must hold on."
A minute felt unexpectedly long.
The watch's hand seemed to slow down, and everyone's hearts beat in time with every second.
Finally, the last minute was coming to an end.
In their hearts, everyone was chanting, "Ten."
"Nine."
"Eight."
...
By the end, everyone almost shouted out loud, calling out each number neatly.
"Three"
"Two"
"One"
As they shouted "one," everyone exhaled a sigh of relief.
Although Ma Jun was severely injured, he finally endured.
At this moment, Lin Hai and Yak were moved to tears. Although they knew Wang Yan was right, they only truly relaxed at this point.
As the five minutes passed, Ma Jun wielded his samurai sword, retreated a few steps, and stood his ground.
Seeing Ma Jun retreat, Toyota Taro didn't pursue him.
Because although these five minutes were a torment for Lin Hai and the others, it was no less so for Toyota Taro.
Even though he slashed Ma Jun dozens of times, Ma Jun kept standing there as if those slashes weren't even on his body.
Toyota Taro was quite wary of such a fearless opponent.
So, after Ma Jun withdrew, Toyota Taro also breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, Ma Jun looked at Wang Yan, excitedly saying, "Boss, I lasted for five minutes, my courage has returned."
Wang Yan nodded and said, "You did well. Now do you know what to do next?"
Ma Jun shook his head and said, "Boss, you tell me, what should I do?"
Wang Yan said, "Still no speed, slash that old man with one cut."
Hearing this, Lin Hai and the others were stunned.
Ma Jun had barely survived five minutes, and Wang Yan still forbade Ma Jun from using his most adept speed and asked him to slash Toyota Taro.
Everyone had witnessed Toyota Taro's sword skill just now, and to remain unharmed under Toyota Taro's sword was already extremely difficult. How could anyone possibly injure Toyota Taro?
While Lin Hai and the others were shocked and hesitant, Ma Jun instantly understood Wang Yan's meaning. He laughed heartily and said, "Boss, I understand. One slash isn't enough; I need to repay all of his slashes on me."
After saying this, Ma Jun raised his samurai sword, shouted loudly, and charged at Toyota Taro.
This time, Ma Jun, drenched in blood, resembled a demon freshly returned from Hell, making his open-mouthed roar appear even more menacing.
At this moment, they couldn't distinguish if this young man was the once meek and easily bullied scholar Ma Jun, or the battle-hardened courageous youth from a rain of bullets.
Seeing Ma Jun rush towards him, even Toyota Taro felt somewhat apprehensive. However, hearing that Ma Jun still wouldn't use speed and only wanted to compare swords, Toyota Taro remained confident.
After all, coming from a samurai family, Toyota Taro had practiced with the samurai sword since childhood, mastering the skill to a tremendous degree. Even in Japan, his sword skill was formidable, and to compare swords with him was like showing off in front of an expert.
Thinking this, Toyota Taro sneered and said, "If you manage to cut me once, I'll kneel and kowtow to you."
Ma Jun shouted, charging directly at Toyota Taro, yelling, "No need. I have nothing to do with an unworthy descendant like you."
With those words, Ma Jun dashed to Toyota Taro, flicked his samurai sword, and slashed at him.
Seeing Ma Jun's immature sword skill, Toyota Taro sneered. With such rudimentary skill, how could he possibly harm him? It was simply daydreaming.
Thinking this, Toyota Taro waved his samurai sword, aiming to thrust at Ma Jun's ribcage.
Confident in this move, Toyota Taro was certain Ma Jun would dodge backward.
Once Ma Jun evaded, Toyota Taro had a continuous follow-up of three moves, intending to force Ma Jun back ten steps, within which Toyota Taro could fully secure Ma Jun's end.
At this moment, Toyota Taro's thrust targeted Ma Jun.
However, as the thrust landed, Toyota Taro was taken aback because Ma Jun didn't dodge, allowing the thrust to hit.
With Toyota Taro's experience, he expected Ma Jun to nimbly evade this strike, thus orchestrating the subsequent three moves and the "ten steps to kill."
But who could have anticipated that Ma Jun didn't evade the first strike, allowing it to hit him instantly? The three follow-up moves were thus rendered useless.
Though Toyota Taro was a seasoned veteran with the samurai sword, the more seasoned, the greater the tendency to be overconfident.
Toyota Taro trusted his judgment too much, so when his continuous three strikes were interrupted, he was momentarily lost, unsure of what to do.
In Toyota Taro's momentary daze, Ma Jun's slash descended.
Toyota Taro felt a pain in his upper arm, hurriedly withdrew his sword and retreated. Glancing at his right arm, he saw a slash wound.
This was the result of his earlier distraction, which allowed Ma Jun to injure him.
Though the wound was not severe, for a sword master like Toyota Taro, being injured by a novice was an absolute disgrace.
Toyota Taro looked up at Ma Jun.
His earlier thrust clearly hit Ma Jun, yet with Ma Jun's body covered in injuries, another wound went unnoticed.
But his own slash had stained his right arm red.
Ma Jun, having injured Toyota Taro, burst into laughter, saying, "This is your first returned slash, now for the second one."
With this, Ma Jun shouted again, charging once more at Toyota Taro.
Amidst "thud thud" sounds, both Ma Jun and Toyota Taro landed strikes on each other simultaneously.
At the same time, Toyota Taro exclaimed in horror, "You madman! You're actually enduring my strike to trade one strike for another!"