P.S.: Oh dear! I suddenly didn't know how to divide the volumes!
Shimenawa
"The yokai under Takiyasha Hime's command were nothing like the ordinary yokai you had killed before. They all came from Purgatory!"
Seeing Kaede's confident demeanor, Kikyo understood that the power of firearms had made her somewhat overconfident.
Wasn't that right...
The power of modern firearms allowed Kaede to easily kill a warrior with a single shot. Unless that warrior had cultivated sword aura or possessed swift reactions, facing the modern weapon in Kaede's hands... one shot was all it took.
For a warrior to cultivate sword aura, they needed not only extraordinary talent but also hard work. It could be said that... there was only one in a hundred.
So generally speaking, a warrior capable of defeating more than a dozen ordinary strong men was already quite impressive.
But Kaede, with a firearm, only needed to pull the trigger once to kill them...
Such utterly unequal power had made Kaede think that this world's strong were nothing special. This was especially true after she had secretly killed a band of bandits and many yokai that had invaded the village!
However, while Kaede was confident, she still understood that she was utterly helpless before sister Kikyo and a Great Yokai. Thus, she had not neglected her cultivation of spiritual power and marksmanship.
The stronger her spiritual power became, the greater the power of bullets imbued with it would be.
Kaede's current abilities could be described as follows: Marksmanship (Proficient), Gun Fu (Skilled), Spiritual Power (Ordinary), Hand-to-Hand Combat (Skilled).
Of course, aside from her own training, the greatest contributor to her current strength was the boost granted by the Stigmata.
"What was the difference between yokai from Purgatory and ordinary yokai?" Kaede asked, somewhat confused.
"Yokai that can survive