For the record, the rod-skill techniques that Genmu used called “Senryū-Konhō / Qiānlóng-Gùnfǎ (ThousandDragon-RodTechniques)”. Now Genmu realized that he alone can’t defeat Hitokiri-Kenshi so he needs to join forces with Ritō. Now two against one, what Hitokiri-Kenshi can do and not to mention these two guys were not ordinary martial-arts. They’re among the best in the pugilist world. Not only that, behind him, there are still two others that haven’t joined the battle either. If 4 of them joined forces, no one knows whether Hitokiri-Kenshi can defeat all of them or not. 3 of them were fought equal for some time, and haven’t yet shown who’s the winner. Then there is one chance, when Genmu and Ritō both flying in the mid-air to strike together at Hitokiri-Kenshi. When they were standing right behind him, they thought it would wound him if they could hit him on the perfect point. However, Hitokiri-Kenshi can see it coming too as he quickly sliding down by using his sword to stabs on the ground as a support to pass over them and when he get back on his feet, he quickly release Mukeifūken-ryū level four technique “Shikū-Kenkyo / Sìkōng-Jiànxū (FourVoid-Swords)”, by creates four shadows of him, then the four shadows splits into 2 teams which “one team of two” moving towards their enemies and also keep changing position to each other in high speed to confuse their enemies and when close enough then it strikes diagonally uppercut. Certainly Genmu and Ritō were not beginners as well so they quickly blocked it with their weapons and caused a big explosion. However, the strikes was not only that. Suddenly Hitokiri-Kenshi disappeared from their sight and appeared behind them like he was teleported away. Then for last strike from the level four technique, he strikes again his enemies from behind with horizontal s***h widely. With this, Genmu and Ritō were flown a few meters away and hit on the ground with wounds quite badly as they were vomiting the blood. However, Hitokiri-Kenshi wasn’t easy either as he was also wounded, with slices on his left cheek and his right upper-arm. Certainly, the other two bodyguards won’t stay down anymore as their two comrades were injured. They’re “Ryūbo (Liú-Mù)”, the one holding the broadsword and “Shūkyō (Zhōu-Xìng)” the one wielding two daggers.
Ryūbo: “Oh, so this is the Hitokiri-Kenshi, huh?? Not so fantastic as people told… And you 2 got beaten by a young kid like that?? What a shame, let me deal with him…!!!”
Shūkyō: “Don’t forget about me… I'm coming too…!!!”
Then both of them also joined the fight and without giving any signal, they quickly attacked Hitokiri-Kenshi. They both thrust toward him with their weapons, and Hitokiri-Kenshi quickly bent over himself backward to slide over through them and spin back on his feet then countered them. 3 of them were fought equal for quite so long, and still no one down. Even the winner has not shown up yet, but the wound cant be avoided as three of them were wounded, even not that bad. However, compared to his enemies, Hitokiri-Kenshi was a little worse. He was wounded earlier, and now with new wounds with slices at his left thigh, and right abdomen too. Then both of them strike at the same time with their Qi-energy to their weapon in horizontal direction, Hitokiri-Kenshi quickly spins away with somersault by using his sword to stabs on their weapons to jump pass over them. Certainly, they also knew it so they quickly struck horizontally backward together with Qi-energy to Hitokiri-Kenshi direction as they wouldn't give him time to take a breath. Since it was too close, Hitokiri-Kenshi could only block it with his sword. With those strikes, it’s enough to push him a few meters away but still he can hold on to the ground with his sword stabs on below to prevent him from flying even further. But even so, he still vomited a little blood as the pressure from the strikes of Qi-energy. For the record, Ryūbo is mastering “Kongō-Tohō / Jīngāng-Dāofǎ (Vajra-SaberTechniques)” and for Shūkyō, his mastering “Sōhō-Zanhō / Shuāngfèng-Zhǎnfǎ (DoublePhoenix-SlashTechniques)”. As Hitokiri-Kenshi has not yet noticed them, both of them are already preparing for another strike. Ryūbo strikes “Gōto-Bunshi / Gāngdāo-Fēnshī (StrongSaber-Dismembered)” and Shūkyō strikes “Ryūken-Sōhō / Lóngjuǎn-Shuāngfèng (Tornado-TwinPhoenix)”. At this moment, Hitokiri-Kenshi knew he only had one choice which to counter their strikes.