"Luckily, I had Hiyamaru. I'm fine." Yae Sakura held the little fox in her arms and stroked her fur.
"Oh, right. This demon swallowed the Sacred Jewel. Kikyo, see if you can find where it is." Yae Sakura pointed at the Winged Snake's dismembered corpse nearby.
A demon that had swallowed the Sacred Jewel possessed the ability to revive endlessly. Since Yae Sakura was neither Kikyo nor Kagome, she simply could not see where the Sacred Jewel was within the Winged Snake's corpse.
So just as it was about to revive, she dismembered it again.
Then they waited for Kikyo to arrive.
Chapter 23
Hot Springs
"Hm? Inside the corpse?"
Hearing this, Kikyo looked at the demon's body, which had been cut into seven or eight pieces, and examined it carefully. Sure enough, she found something shining on the right side of its abdomen.
She walked over, took out a small knife, and removed the glowing object.
It was the Sacred Jewel.
"She can actually see the Sacred Jewel..."
The demon slayers nearby were all astonished as they watched Kikyo accurately extract the Sacred Jewel. They clearly could not see anything themselves.
"Are you all right? Did you find the Sacred Jewel?"
Just then, the demon slayer clan chief hurried over.
"Yes, we got it back."
Kikyo held out the Sacred Jewel in her hand. The jewel, which had been tainted by demonic energy and grown somewhat dim, now seemed to have been purified once more. The darkness gradually faded away, and it began to emit a pure pink glow again.
"The Sacred Jewel... has been purified!"
The demon slayer clan chief parted his lips slightly, clearly stunned. He had not expected this.
The Sacred Jewel absorbed the negative emotions of humans and demons, thereby gaining evil power. The