First came ranged attacks, then killing in one hit, and finally remaining hard to detect and able to leave at any time. With the thinking of two worlds, Anyo soon had a new combat system spring to mind that fit perfectly: archery.
So, when Anyo proposed archery as a combat system, both women across from him were extremely interested and immediately wanted to try it at the Training Ground.
Anyo naturally obliged them, settling the bill before they set off.
Reaching an open space at the Training Ground, Anyo picked out a bow and arrows and handed them to Kikyo, then stood about a hundred meters away from her, waiting for her attack.
Seeing this, Yugao took the initiative to walk up in front of Anyo and said, "Let me do it instead."
Anyo shook his head in refusal. "No need. Since I proposed it, let me see where this combat system's limits lie, whether it can be incorporated into combat in the future, and whether it's practical."
Kikyo picked up the bow and arrows, took a deep breath, and calmed her mind. She set a feathered arrow on the hardwood bow, the five fingers of her left hand loosening and tightening slightly as her gaze sharpened. Following the bow-drawing technique Anyo had just taught her, she aimed at the distant figure.
With a hum, the taut bowstring snapped forward. The arrow reached Anyo almost the instant it left the string, moving too fast for the naked eye to follow.
Almost simultaneously, Anyo's Supreme Edge flew out from behind him, flashing across his front and precisely severing the arrow's fletching. Yet that keen force still blew his white hair into disarray.
A breeze rose from the collision and swiftly scattered, while the arrow flew off to who knew where.
Seeing