A Sacred Arrow shot out, purple and white light flashing as swarms of poison insects turned to ash.
Another arrow flew, killing another mass of demon insects.
Yet inside this cave, the poison insects seemed endless. No matter how many she killed, there were always more.
And as time passed, the spiritual power within her clay body would drain faster and faster. Without timely replenishment from the dead souls of young girls brought back by the Soul Collectors, even someone as powerful as Kikyo would eventually burn out.
And this was precisely Naraku's plan.
He did not need to deploy his true body at all. He only needed to borrow the power of his demon clone, [Miko Seal], and, given enough time, he could wear down and kill the woman he had always wanted dead.
Of course, he would not wait until that moment.
Kikyo had to die by his own hand.
Whoosh...
Purple and white radiance intertwined once more, and swathes of demon insects turned to ash under the miko's spiritual power.
The crisis seemed to ease, but there was not a trace of joy on the young woman's face. Instead, her expression grew increasingly grave.
"Are Sacred Arrows completely ineffective? Then this really is [Miko Seal]."
After destroying swathes of evil insects, the Sacred Arrows would inevitably strike the rocky walls formed from the demon's body. An ordinary demon's walls would have reacted long ago, but now, the Sacred Arrows' evil-purifying effect had failed completely.
The miko's abilities were suppressed to the utmost.
And at this moment, when she was so overwhelmed and stifled, two figures suddenly flashed before her eyes.
Fifty years ago, or just after her resurrection, she would instinctively have recalled only the days when she and Inuyasha fought side by side, working together. But