The Limitless Sword Domain.
Chen Yuan's Illusion Realm space.
"Yap, yap, yap. What a load of hot air!"
Chen Yuan trudged out of the dilapidated temple in a foul mood, not bothering to ask the Buddha Carver anything.
Genichiro had just made him lose face, and now he desperately wanted to reclaim his dignity.
"What Shinobi Prosthetic... I wouldn't stoop to such low-down tricks!"
Chen Yuan sneered and closed the Shinobi Prosthetic equipment screen, then headed straight outside.
The Buddha Carver's dilapidated temple lay deep in the mountains outside Ashina Castle.
Fortunately, once the main chapters began, cultivators could move using a grappling hook, so the journey to Ashina Castle was not far.
Chen Yuan soon entered the town surrounding Ashina Castle.
"Ambushes and Deathblows... As the venerable Grand Elder of the Limitless Sword Sect, I've never had any use for such things! Drawing your sword openly and honorably is the way of a Sword Cultivator!"
Swinging Kusabimaru, Chen Yuan broke the gate guard's Posture Bar in a few strokes and drove his sword through the samurai's chest, speaking with utter disdain.
Since entering the town, he had encountered nothing but ordinary soldiers, and it had gone to his head.
"If we must rely on ambushes to defeat ordinary soldiers like these, how could we ever comprehend the Sword Dao?"
"I would never ambush a lowly soldier like this from behind, not in my entire life. I'll crush him head-on and grant him death with a single stroke!"
"No matter how many come, I'll... huh?"
Chen Yuan was boasting with soaring fighting spirit when a sudden bang rang out.
A bullet tore through his back, instantly staggering him.
On a nearby tower stood a soldier gripping a Tanegashima, watching him like a tiger stalking its prey as he took aim.