Kokushibo did not want to carry out a mission like this.
Attacking, or even ambushing, a place used to house and treat the wounded was hardly honorable.
But this was a mission from that lord.
Besides, Kokushibo's body and mind were no longer entirely under his own control.
Although he could still use all kinds of martial techniques, that was all he could do.
Whether to fight or flee-that authority rested in that lord's hands.
He himself... was merely an executor.
Just as Kokushibo charged toward the Butterfly Mansion, Gyomei Himejima attacked again.
[Stone Breathing, First Form: Serpentinite: Bipolar]
He hurled his flail and broad axe simultaneously, launching a pincer attack at Kokushibo's head!
A whistling sound instantly tore through the air, faintly carrying the rumble of wind and thunder.
The sound alone was enough to convey the immense force behind the strike.
Yet the hand Kokushibo had kept on his sword's hilt finally drew the blade.
Kokushibo said quietly:
"It would be rude of me not to draw my sword."
The eyes arrayed along the blade made of flesh and blood opened in an instant.
The sword's tip struck the flail and broad axe in turn with absolute precision.
Amid a succession of clangs, the flail and broad axe Gyomei Himejima had thrown dropped limply, as though they had suddenly lost their momentum.
This was not a Breathing Style sword technique, merely swordsmanship Kokushibo had honed over hundreds of years.
Whoosh!
Kokushibo's blade traced a nearly perfect arc through the air, striking straight at Gyomei Himejima!
His six eyes already afforded him extraordinary vision beyond human imagination.
What was more, Kokushibo himself had mastered the Transparent World.
Kokushibo clearly saw that his opponent no longer held any weapons.
His body was full of openings!
[**Mist Breathing, Fifth Form: Sea