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The explosion had already torn the battlefield apart.
Cracks spider-webbed across the earth. Shattered boulders lay scattered everywhere. Demon carcasses were strewn across the ground, their demonic aura still lingering faintly in the air.
At the center of the destruction stood two brothers.
Inuyasha was kneeling on one knee, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth. His clothes were torn, his body riddled with wounds. Moments ago, he had thrown himself forward to block the devastating strike from Sesshomaru's Tessaiga, protecting Kagome.
"Kagome! Kagome!" he shouted urgently, scrambling toward her.
She lay unconscious, unmoving.
A dangerous silence filled his chest.
Inuyasha slowly turned his head.
Sesshomaru stood not far away, holding Tessaiga with cold indifference. A faint sneer curled at his lips.
"You bastardâŠ!" Inuyasha's eyes burned with fury. "You wouldn't even spare Kagome?!"
Behind him, Miroku staggered forward, leaning heavily on his staff. His face was pale from poison, sweat running down his temples.
"An incomplete transformation already has this kind of powerâŠ" he muttered. "If we face the fully transformed Tessaiga, we can only rely on my Wind Tunnel."
He raised his hand toward the cursed mark on his palm.
"Stop!" Inuyasha barked immediately.
"If you open it again, you'll just suck in more poisonous insects!"
To prove his point, he kicked a stone into a nearby bush.
A swarm of venomous insects burst into the air, buzzing viciously.
Miroku's face turned even whiter.
ShippĆ ran to his side anxiously. "No! If you absorb more poison, you'll die!"
Inuyasha clenched his fists.
"Hurry and take Kagome away. Run as far as you can."
His voice carried finality.
"I'm begging you⊠don't let her die."
Miroku and ShippĆ were stunned by the look in his eyes.
It was the gaze of someone ready to die.
Sesshomaru's cold voice cut through the air.
"Do you think you can escape?"
He raised Tessaiga once more.
Demonic power surged violently along the blade, tearing through the surrounding air.
"With this strike⊠I will erase everything."
"You wish!" Inuyasha roared, unleashing his demonic energy and charging forward without hesitation.
"Overestimating yourself."
Sesshomaru swung.
A massive blade of demonic energy tore through the earth, splitting the ground apart as it surged toward Inuyasha, Miroku, and Kagome.
Behind a shattered boulder, Miroku and ShippĆ closed their eyes in despair.
They waited for the impact.
But it never came.
They opened their eyes.
Inuyasha stood at the front, his body trembling violently as he used pure willpower to withstand the attack. His hands locked tightly around Sesshomaru's sword arm.
Blood flowed freely from his mouth.
"What are you waiting for?!" he roared.
"RUN!"
He pressed down with everything he had, buying precious seconds.
"I understand!" Miroku didn't hesitate this time.
He lifted Kagome and sprinted away with ShippĆ.
Sesshomaru's eyes were like frozen blades.
"How touching," he said coldly. "Sacrificing yourself for others⊠pathetic."
His right hand suddenly surged with demonic power.
Sharp claws formed.
He thrust forward toward Inuyasha's back.
This strike would pierce straight through his chest.
At that exact momentâ
A hand appeared from the side.
It caught Sesshomaru's clawed hand mid-air.
No matter how much force Sesshomaru applied, his arm would not move an inch.
A calm voice sounded.
"Even though I don't like this dumb mutt either⊠I can't let you kill him so easily."
It was Uchiha Lie.
He had arrived silently.
Inuyasha's eyes widened.
"Lie?!"
Relief flooded through him.
Even if he hated to admit it, this guy's strength was terrifying. With him here, Kagome and the others would survive.
But before Inuyasha could reactâ
A powerful grip seized the back of his neck.
He was lifted effortlessly and thrown backward.
His body landed gently beside Miroku and Kagome.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome, who had just regained consciousness, rushed to him.
"Why did you throw me?!" Inuyasha shouted angrily toward the battlefield.
Kagome looked up at the distant figure. "Why is he here?"
"Miss Kagome, you know him?" Miroku asked.
"Yes. His name is Uchiha Lie. He's⊠very strong."
Inuyasha clicked his tongue.
Strong was an understatement.
Across the battlefield, Sesshomaru slowly withdrew his hand and studied the human before him.
This man had approached unnoticed.
Blocked his strike.
Rescued Inuyasha.
He was no ordinary human.
"Who are you?" Sesshomaru asked coldly.
Uchiha Lie crossed his arms.
"A weakling doesn't need to know my name."
His voice was calm, but utterly arrogant.
"Just stand there quietly and wait to die."
Sesshomaru's eyes flashed with killing intent.
He despised humans.
Yet here was one speaking as if he were superior.
"Arrogant fool."
He swung Tessaiga again.
Another massive blade of demonic energy tore across the battlefield, shattering the ground in its wake.
This time, Uchiha Lie did not dodge.
His eyes turned crimson.
The MangekyĆ Sharingan spun slowly.
Chakra erupted violently around him.
"Susanoo."
Pale blue chakra surged upward, forming ribs.
Then bones.
Then arms.
A towering skeletal warrior nearly ten meters tall manifested around him.
The demonic blade struck the Susanoo with a thunderous explosion.
BOOMâ!
The shockwave tore through the forest.
But the skeletal guardian did not move.
Instead, its massive right arm punched forward.
The fist smashed through the remnants of the energy blade and struck Sesshomaru directly.
The impact was devastating.
Sesshomaru's body flew backward like a severed kite, crashing violently into a distant cliff.
BANGâ!
The rock face shattered.
Dust filled the air.
His body was embedded deep into the stone.
The battlefield fell silent.
The towering blue skeletal Susanoo stood firmly in place, its presence overwhelming.
Within it, Uchiha Lie looked down at Sesshomaru coldly.
His crimson MangekyĆ eyes were filled with disdain.
"Such a weak attackâŠ"
His voice echoed across the ruined field.
"Are you trying to make me laugh?"