Lifting his arm, Sesshomaru cut his blade across in a wide arch, destroying all but one snake.

Fangs pierced his calf, but he gave no sign. Didn't even pull the teeth from his flesh.

He would pay for his arrogance. His next leap came with a delay.

Something's wrong with it.

The venom wasn't potent enough to kill him, but it was, however, sufficient to slow the action of his leg. Eventually, his entire body.

It was the moment the naga had been waiting for, and it sprang into action, slithering toward him.

Sesshomaru had but an instant to react before becoming fully paralyzed.

He threw Bakusaiga.