The vast army of corpses slowly spread outward. Every human soldier they encountered fell beneath their swords, then became another unwilling puppet, swelling the ranks of the dead.
Sesshomaru and Han, Inuyasha and Kagome, Miroku and Sango, and even Kikyo, who was traveling alone, finally discovered the evil army that had formed in so little time. If this continued, Sōunga really would destroy the world! That realization arose in every heart.
"This can't go on. There's no end to them!" Miroku futilely smashed corpse after corpse with his monk's staff, but moments later, they rose again. Their attacks accomplished nothing.
"Lord Miroku! Surely you aren't-!" Sango watched in shock as Miroku undid the seal on his right hand. He nodded solemnly.
"Wind Tunnel!" Within the monk's outstretched palm, a black hole began sucking in the corpses.
"Ugh!" But he suddenly dropped to his knees, an ominous red spreading across his palm and the back of his hand.
"These corpses contain a powerful evil aura. I'd advise you not to absorb them," old Scabbard said placidly.
"..." Shouldn't you have said that sooner?! Miroku and Sango were dumbfounded, and even Kagome was stunned.
"Then what are we supposed to do?!" Inuyasha drove back another group of corpses, but he couldn't deal them a fatal blow. No matter how many times he smashed them apart, they got up again! At this rate, nothing they did would work!
"Burning them is more effective. If that girl who travels with Sesshomaru were here, she could destroy them completely," Scabbard said.
"Do you mean spiritual power? Lady Kagome!" Miroku turned his gaze toward Kagome.
"I understand!" Kagome nocked an arrow. Wherever her Purification Arrow flew, every corpse was purified!
"It worked!" Miroku's spirits lifted too, but if Kagome alone could destroy them, would her spiritual