Powerful white flames stick like jelly to trees, rocks, even to the unfortunate flesh demons that interact with them for a few seconds, as if their sole purpose is to spread.
The most amazing thing about such flames is that they don't burn anything, except the flesh demons who are burned within seconds, but all the surrounding flora goes unharmed.
"Hahaha, boom, bom, boom!"
Standing on one of the tallest trees in the vicinity, keeping his hands behind his back and laughing maniacally, Asahiko continues to release spheres of flame over the forest.
There was clearly no attack pattern, or even a clear target for them, simply Asahiko creates a few flame spheres and attacks to either side.
"He's going wild, Kagome!"
"Quiet, Shippo, lest I throw another fireball at you... Still, how does Asahiko think I'm going to be able to hit all these flames?"
Admonishing Shippo with a few words, Kagome keeps her eyes glued to the forest fire in front of her, though she can't see anything and her hand is already starting to ache from holding her stance with the bow.
"You can do it, Kagome. You just need to aim for where that red line is floating up, so don't let it. cutting wind!"
"¡AGHH!"
Smashing through dozens of enemies with just one swing of Steel Fang, Inuyasha lands on the branch of a large tree and gives Kagome a thumbs up.
"Right, I can do it. No, I'm going to do it!"
Letting out a fierce breath through her nose, Kagome lifts the bow with renewed patience and her brown eyes turn sharp.
...Christopher/Asahiko pov….
"Hahaha, more and more... I can do even more!"
Releasing seven of my powerful tails from their confinement, I begin to create even more spheres of flames at the tips of all of them and release them over the forest.
Well they say that everyone who can control flames has an inner pyromaniac, I have never felt more free than in this instant. Hehehehe, bom, bom, bom, bom, and more, hell!
Jumping off the tree I was using as a platform earlier, I watch as its entire trunk and branches are vaporized by a reddish bolt of energy, along with everything behind it.
[Is this your best plan, Asahiko? Gradually wear down my energy field with these small purifying flames?"]
Fixing my gaze on Menōmaru through the huge gap created in my flames by his last strike, I notice how the energy in his force field starts to become unstable rapidly.
I should be happy to see that my plan was working, but there are times when instincts can outweigh logic and this was one of those. I could feel it in my flesh, whatever was coming was potent, so much so that even Inuyasha stopped his rampage and looked this way.
[Did you really think I would stand by and do nothing? Little does this meat puppet matter anymore, I've got something better in store... So... GA]
"Asahiko, Asahiko, isn't that it?"
What the hell, Inuyasha, are you seriously going to stand there and watch? Run, literally run away you piece of idiot. Wanting to hit Inuyasha with anything, the mere sharp air generated by the Clouded Fang technique tears through the surroundings, and fills the whole place with the smell of blood.
[KU]
"Run, split up, hide!"
Shouting loudly so that those farther away can also hear me, I hit Inuyasha with a sphere of flames thus bringing him out of the reverie, and then make to run to a random side.
[He trembles before my power... BAKURYUHA!]
The rampant wind stopped, the rain of blood stopped, and I even stopped hearing my own heartbeat for a few seconds. There were a few moments where time stopped completely, although it can't stay like that forever and when it returned to normal... It was amazing.
The earth trembles as if an earthquake was happening, all the drops of blood shoot out like killer projectiles, while the shockwave makes me fly like a feather in the storm.
"There's somebody. Shit."
Dodging to the side rather inelegantly, he let Menōmaru's slash pass by and quickly created a flaming sword that he thrust into his chest.
Surprisingly the sword manages to pierce through his flesh, burn his blood and exit through Menōmaru's back, forcing my eyes to widen in surprise. Of course I didn't think much of it, so I didn't think about it and exploded the sword inside his chest.
*Boom*
Burnt flesh, remnants of white flames and pieces of clothes fall all over my body, but before I can even enjoy the victory, a powerful kick hits the side of my face, sending me flying for a few meters.
[Umm... This puppet is already getting weaker, but well, controlling a corpse has those drawbacks, even if it's a recent one.]
"I've got you, now try my Cutting Wind!"
[Go to sleep, animal!]
Completely ignoring Inuyasha who is still screaming as he ambushes, the gem in the hilt of Clouded Fang glows for a few moments and Inuyasha's face turns pale, before he kneels down, just as if he had seen unimaginable horrors.
[Oh, you've held up pretty well... You're not that man's son for nothing!]
"Hiraikotsu!"
[Useless, all resistance is!]
Being forcibly interrupted when Sango's boomerang hits him right in the chest, I watch as Clouded Fang flies off in my direction and taking advantage of that, formed a jousting spear aimed at the hand Kagome rendered useless with her holy arrow.
Easily the entire left arm of Menōmaru's body was torn off by the spear, but it didn't stop there, as the instant I erased his left arm from this world, I exploded the spear and sent it towards Inuyasha.
"DAMNED MOTH, CUTTING WIND!"
Five slashes of pure energy shoot out from the massive Steel Fang blade, creating deep cracks in the earth and slicing Menōmaru's body into pieces.
There was no blood, screams or the expected foulness-filled scene, merely Menōmaru's body was separated into multiple pieces, these limbs fall to the ground and then silence reigns.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha, come and tell me now that you don't have a body that you're the strongest, eh, eh. You're just a sword in the end."
"Inuyasha... You know by saying that now you're cursing and fighting with a sword."
Looking at Inuyasha and then pointing at Clouded Fang, Kagome tries to explain something to Inuyasha, though she finally just gives up. See, see, trying to explain something to that airhead is impossible.
"Let Inuyasha enjoy his victory, Miss Kagome. That red light we saw was Clouded Fang's ability to make illusions, who knows what he has shown Inuyasha?"
"True. Maybe the barrier I put up for him earlier weakened the illusion, but even so it must have shown him something truly horrible."
Keeping a safe distance even now that Menōmaru is defeated, Hitomiko supports Miroku's words, though she doesn't seem quite willing to let her guard down. Finally someone smart here, but what does it matter, it's time to take Clouded Fang and go.
[How beautiful, is this a victory rally or something? I guess I'm going to have to disappoint you guys, since this isn't over yet!]
"The earth is beating, it's beating like a heart!"
"Don't state the obvious, raccoon. Stand back, I'm going to blow him and everything nearby!"
I'm not even a little bit eager to see his second phase or whatever he's got on his hands anymore, so I did the smart thing... A huge fireball, big enough to blow everything up.
[Awakens from the depths great leader Hyuga, general of the].
"¡Explode!"
The instant the sphere of flames touched the ground it melted into a thick liquid, while even with all my control the surroundings became incredibly hot, at the same time the explosion shattered the entire place.
*¡BOOOOM!*
Even being the source of the explosion, his master, the explosion sent me flying backwards with astonishing force, so much so that I went through about ten to fifteen trees with my body.
"Cof, cof, cof... It was obvious that my flames were not going to affect me, but the consequences of these were."
Spitting out some wood chips I had in my mouth, cleaning my attire and scattering the surrounding dust, I fix my eyes on the huge crater formed recently... No, now it looks like a small pool of blood.
Just at that moment where I was lost in my thoughts, the blood in the puddle began to bubble like a boiling broth, before a bone arm came out with Clouded Fang in its bony hand.
[Ahh... What a pity, but that's more than enough... Now alone.]
"Too many words, Cutting Wind!"
"Byakko:Lightning Descent."
"Me too. Moon Form:Crescent Gibbous"
Inuyasha's attack comes from behind, Hitomiko's lightning strikes from the clouds in the sky, while I cover any possible escape route with my multiple attacks.
[Tricks!]
Hitting the pool of blood with Clouded Fang, a huge trail of blood jumps into the sky, easily extinguishing Hitomiko's lightning bolts, it also serves as a shield for Inuyasha's attack, and quickly extinguishes my flames.
That was nothing compared to what happened next, as a bony hand then appears in front of my face, grabs me, twists and throws me backwards.
Surprisingly that half-bone, half-flesh thing didn't continue with its blows, but disappeared in a blur of extreme speed, slashes with its sword towards Inuyasha, then goes towards Hitomiko.
"North, South, East, West. Four-pronged prison."
"Good there. now you're going to pay for it!"
"Hahaha, good timing, priestly club 3000!"
Appearing on the bony side of this aberration, I share a glance with Inuyasha who lands on the side that has flesh on it, and we both launch a quick slash towards the arms.
Without hesitating for a second even with that momentary victory, we cross glances with Inuyasha and choose the next target. He went for the legs, more precisely the waist, while I went for the ugly head this puppet has.
Of course I know that Clouded Fang is the important thing, but we also have to eliminate this meat puppet, since basically without a body it's merely a sword.
"And now what, you can't go very far without some legs, huh?"
"Did you seriously just kick and insult a sword, Inuyasha? Outside of jokes, it went pretty well, interrupting the arrival to its second phase."
Snapping my fingers as a way of saying OK, I crouch down and start to rummage through the bones, toss the limbs aside and finally find what I was looking for, the Clouded Fang pod.
"Just from that moment Asahiko realized that he shouldn't let the enemies become stronger, so now he will defeat everyone quickly and..."
"As if those things will happen, Miroku. It's more likely that flea-bitten Inuyasha will learn to. agh, because you hit me!"
"Inuyasha, down, down, down, down!"
God, it's amazing how easily all these idiots switch chips, whatever. Shaking my head sideways and overlooking as Inuyasha buries himself deeper and deeper into the ground, I give Hitomiko a look to come over here.
"Ehh... What can I do for you."
"Tsk, you make me look like the bad guy, Hitomiko. Look, I even got you a group in order to your wishes, they literally also want revenge on Naraku and the whole story."
I don't know why she's so worried, I never did anything wrong with her, I just gave her a cool name, used her as an anti-stress ball, also maid on a few occasions and all... Well, her fear is justified.
"Get? It seems to me that you finally realized it was a bad idea to have me under your arm and... and... and... and"
"Oh, keep talking you just make me wish I had you as a servant again, I'll even make you say master and all that."
"Asahiko... Didn't I tell you that was forbidden?"
Swallowing saliva at one of the hands I feel on my shoulder, I turn my face slowly and see Kagome's smiling face.
Certainly her face has nothing to envy Kikyo's, more now that she seems ready to put an arrow in my eye... Also because Sango is also grabbing me, are they a deadly trio or what?.
"I'm retiring, but know that I'm on my right... Hehe, it was just a joke, a joke nomas."
"I hope so, Asahiko."
"Come clean up this mess together with Hitomiko, Your Excellency. It's time for us to leave."
Thus, under the pincer trap of the two of them, I had no choice but to see how everything was sorted out until we finally left there.