Sesshomaru dodged the sudden attack, but before he could see who it was, Karan, whom he had just captured, vanished into thin air.
"Sesshomaru, it's been a long time!"
The voice came from nearby. Looking toward it, he saw a demon with sky-blue hair floating in midair... Its gender was impossible to discern.
Karan, whom he had only just managed to capture, had also appeared beside her.
"B-Big Sister, I'm sorry I lost! I even had to trouble you to save me." Karan looked at the person who had appeared beside her. Though relieved, she was also uneasy. She had thought she could defeat them, yet she had nearly died instead.
"I'll deal with you when we get back."
After glancing at Karan, the demon she called Big Sister coldly reprimanded her before turning her gaze back to Sesshomaru and the others.
"Toran..."
Demonic energy swirled around him as the burns on Sesshomaru's body rapidly healed. Looking at the newly appeared panther cat demon before him, he knew that unlike Karan, this was someone he truly had to be wary of.
She was the leader of the Panther Tribe's Four Heavenly Kings, as well as their strongest member. She had already possessed the strength to fight Sesshomaru on equal footing before, but now... she had become a great demon.
Though she had rapidly attained the power of a great demon through heretical means.
"Sesshomaru, Lord Panther King has now fully recovered his strength and has even far surpassed what he once was. And your father, Toga, the general of the Dog Demon Tribe, is dead. What ability do you have left to stop Lord Panther King?"
"Actually, I rather admire you, Sesshomaru. If you are willing to lead the Dog Demon Tribe in surrendering to Lord Panther King, I can