A dazzling slash interwoven with cyan, blue, and gold flashed past, and Naraku's body exploded into countless pieces once again.
This time, however, his Cockroach Immortal Body could no longer reassemble itself easily.
The moment the damaged flesh touched flesh that had not been corroded by Bakusaiga's demon power, it suffered a second wave of destruction.
"My body can't regenerate?"
Naraku was shocked.
After briefly sensing what was happening, his expression immediately darkened further.
"Is this... damage propagation?"
"Exactly! This is Lord Sesshomaru's Bakusaiga!"
Li Xia spoke calmly.
Objects or flesh damaged by Bakusaiga could not regenerate and would suffer continuous damage until utterly destroyed. (In the original anime, one slash wiped out the thousand-plus lesser demons led by Phantom Byakuya. In the manga, a single slash killed over ten thousand demons, making its power even more outrageously vicious than in the anime.) Even Naraku's body, capable of continually multiplying and regenerating, would be pursued and destroyed by it.
The only thing known to resist its destruction was the Shikon Jewel.
Sesshomaru's pride and unwillingness to show his feelings had been exploited to set him up, and he had nearly come to grief in an unexpected trap. It was impossible for him not to be angry. His choice to use Bakusaiga's skill, "Instant Kill," rather than the Heaven and Earth Longsword's "Black Hole" or Tenseiga's "Meido Zangetsuha" showed just how furious he was.
He probably wished he could hack Naraku to pieces.
"All right. You can die in peace now."
Countless Spirit-Sealing Talismans flew out, wrapping up the pieces of Naraku's flesh.
These were resources for his next stage of growth.
He could not waste them.
"Is it over? No, how can I fall here?"
At the final moment, Naraku turned unwillingly to glance at Kikyo's Clone, who stood atop