A purple destructive beam hurtled toward him, a devastating attack far beyond Inuyasha's [ground-scraping-level] Wind Scar.
Facing this power, Mountain Demon swiftly crossed his arms in front of him.
Boom... sizzle...
The area where Li Xia stood was engulfed in an instant.
The Giant Demon's arms, which Wind Scar could not scratch, were now torn open with hundreds of wounds of varying sizes by the violent energy.
That showed just how fierce Manganomaru's charged strike was.
But that was the most damage this attack could inflict on Mountain Demon.
After all, Mountain Demon had not only perfectly absorbed the Pagoda Giant Demon, but had also used a large number of Shikon Shards to strengthen his body to a degree. In other words, this Giant Demon's exceptionally high physical and magical resistance had been enhanced.
And that enhancement would not disappear with the loss of the Shikon Shards.
(When Kagome shattered the Shikon Jewel with an arrow, the demon Corpse-Dancing Crow, which had undergone its initial transformation but lost the complete Shikon Jewel's continued enhancement, did not revert to a little crow. This showed that the Shikon Jewel's physical enhancements were lasting.)
The purple destructive ray Manganomaru unleashed through the Inheritance Orb was indeed fierce.
Unfortunately, it was not yet the immensely powerful purple destructive ray that could strike over a dozen li away after the entire inheritance ritual was completed.
"Is this all you've got, you beaten dog who fled here from the continent?"
The destructive beam dissipated. Amid the dust, a pair of arms withdrew into the purple-gold card. At the same time, Li Xia's voice rang out from within.
"What did you say?"
Inside the Inheritance Orb, Manganomaru flew into a rage, gritting his teeth.
He hated it most when others poked at his lineage's sore spot.
But