"Sesshomaru, I have waited many years for this day."
Of the seven people opposite them, the leader's eyes lit up when he saw the Dog Clan's new Demon King step out between the two sides and felt his surging, substantial demon power. He could not help growing excited.
Fierce fighting spirit blazed through his entire body.
A purple-red aura of demon power enveloped him like a great, newly kindled bonfire.
Sensing that pure fighting spirit from the other side, Sesshomaru was fired up as well. An emerald-green aura of demon power spontaneously flowed around him, his presence in no way inferior to Kirinmaru's.
"Let us fight in the sea of clouds."
With that, Sesshomaru leaped into the air and headed straight toward the distant sea of clouds.
"Very well."
The gaze shining through Kirinmaru's mask grew even more fervent.
Perhaps because all the melodramatic developments tied to Yashahime had not occurred, these two now had no absolute hostility between their positions. Instead, they gave the impression of appreciating each other.
The two Demon Kings went deep into the sea of clouds, more than a dozen li away.
Shirō, meanwhile, descended upon the Celestial Cloud Palace with Riku and the Four Perils.
At first, Li Xia thought they intended to throw their weight around. But while Kirinmaru and Sesshomaru were locked in fierce battle, the moment Inuyasha arrived at the Cloud Palace, things immediately took a wrong turn.
"Has the fighting already started?
Huh?
Mr. Xia, Kagome, why are you here too?"
Clad in his Fire-Rat Robe, Inuyasha had clearly come to help after receiving word.
More than fifty years ago, when the Panther Cat Tribe attacked the territory once ruled by the Dog Demon Tribe of the Western Lands, Sesshomaru had faced the entire Panther Cat Tribe alone. Inuyasha, meanwhile,