Seeing the Winged Snake about to get away, Kikyo immediately drew her bow and fired an arrow infused with powerful purifying spiritual power.
Demon-Slaying Arrow!
Yae Sakura also instantly drew her Spirit Blade, sending a massive blade aura slashing toward the Winged Snake in the sky.
Yet neither Kikyo's Demon-Slaying Arrow nor Yae Sakura's blade aura hit it.
The Winged Snake dodged the attacks with an unbelievably swift evasive maneuver. By the time Kikyo wanted to fire a second arrow, it had already flown far away, high in the sky... about to enter the clouds.
The attack range simply wasn't enough...
Yae Sakura watched the Winged Snake, now no bigger than a mosquito due to the distance, never having expected its speed and evasive reflexes to be so fast. Even if she took out a gun now, she might not be able to hit it.
"Damn it!" The demon slayer clan chief was furious that the Sacred Jewel had been stolen.
Kikyo could not help frowning. She had only just come to take custody of the Sacred Jewel, yet it had been snatched away by a demon! She bore great responsibility as well.
Unforgivable.
"Leave it to me..."
Yae Sakura looked at the Winged Snake, which was about to disappear completely, and estimated what would happen if she fell from such a height. Then she realized... she probably would not die.
"Sakura, you..."
Hearing that, Kikyo had just been about to ask something...
When she saw Yae Sakura suddenly set the little fox from atop her head down, take a step back, and draw out her spiritual power...
"Flash Step!"
Her entire body transformed into a streak of sword light and vanished.
When she appeared again, Yae Sakura was already high in the sky, directly behind the Winged Snake.
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