The smell of blood in the valley had not yet dispersed. When the wind blew through, it carried a rusty, metallic stench.
Inuyasha stood where he was, looking in the direction where that white figure had disappeared. The Red Fang Blade in his hand was still faintly warm.
"She's gone?"
He froze for a moment, then turned to look at Sakura.
Sakura did not answer. Her gaze was still fixed on the edge of the woods, her brows slightly furrowed.
"That human priestess... she was so strong."
Saku's voice was very soft, and her hands tightened slightly around the doll she was holding.
"Her aura... was so clean. Clean like... like snow."
Inuyasha slid the Red Fang Blade back into its sheath, walked to the spot where the huge Wolf Demon had disappeared, and crouched down to take a look.
Only a layer of gray-white ash remained on the ground, scattering as soon as the wind blew.
"One arrow killed that top-tier Great Demon?"
He reached out, pinched up a bit of ash, and held it to the tip of his nose to sniff.
Although Inuyasha knew that Aunt Suiko and Aunt Kanade Hime had once been human priestesses, because they lived in Dog Demon City, they almost never used Spiritual Power anymore.
He was still relatively unfamiliar with a priestess's power.
"Purifying power... Is this the power of a priestess?"
"Yes."
Sakura walked to his side and looked down at that layer of ash.
"Priestesses possess the ability to purify demons.
Their arrows are engraved with talismans. After they hit a demon, the talisman's power spreads through the demon's entire body and purifies it completely."
She paused, her voice lowering a little.
"But a priestess who can shoot a top-tier Great Demon dead with one arrow...
Her strength is