"Why, you!" Inuyasha gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, itching to punch Koga.
Xu Zhiqiu looked around. Mountains hemmed them in on every side, leaving no way out. She turned to Inuyasha, who had been riled up again. "Inuyasha, don't you think there's something strange about this place?"
Inuyasha pulled himself together and began examining their surroundings carefully. "It does seem a little strange."
Koga also looked around. "Their scent cuts off here. It's like Naraku's Barrier."
"A Barrier?" Inuyasha murmured, an answer forming in his mind.
"Do you have a way through?" Xu Zhiqiu asked when she saw his confidence surge.
"Tch. Qiu, tell Naraku that my Tessaiga can cut through Barriers now. Just tell him to wait and see."
As he spoke, Inuyasha drew the Tessaiga. After it transformed, the blade in his hand immediately turned red at his command.
With Xu Zhiqiu watching, Inuyasha slashed ahead. "Wind Scar!"
The gleaming golden blade energy split from a single straight line into several, striking directly at the rock face.
Before their eyes, the rock face vanished, revealing a new path.
At the sight, Koga whipped up a whirlwind and raced down the new path, calling as he went, "Puppy, I'm off to save Kagome!"
"Hey!" Inuyasha put away his sword. Seeing how far Koga had already gone, he was momentarily speechless.
Something seemed to occur to him. His expression returned to normal, and he looked at Xu Zhiqiu beside him.
Xu Zhiqiu walked over. "I noticed that Koga has two shards on him. Inuyasha, aren't you in a hurry to collect the Shikon Jewel Shards? Why don't you take them from him?"
Seeing that she was setting her sights on the Shikon Jewel again, Inuyasha said, "That scrawny wolf runs so fast, I couldn't get them even if