Episode 157

Destroy Naraku with the Adamant Barrage! is 157th episode of the InuYasha anime.

Plot
Sesshōmaru and Naraku face off. Naraku's barrier appears to be unpenetrable, even for Sesshōmaru.

Hōsenki instructs Inuyasha to slay him, so that Tessaiga can absorb his powers, but warns Inuyasha that if he fails, he will die himself. Inuyasha attacks Hōsenki's skull, but is unable to even scratch the adamant.

Naraku and Sesshōmaru battle, but neither can gain the upper hand.

Inuyasha keeps trying to break through the adamant-encrusted skull.

When Naraku's miasma threatens Kagome, Inuyasha abandons his battle with Hōsenki to protect his companions. Despite Hōsenki's mocking, Inuyasha refuses to allow his friends to be destroyed. As he engages his Wind Scar to dispel Naraku's miasma, Inuyasha discovers his sword's new ability (and associated cool new look): Adamant Barrage - which can dispel Naraku's barrier. Hōsenki explains that - as before - Inuyasha's lack of greed to make Tessaiga more powerful and his desire to protect his friends is why he is given the new ability.

Using his newfound attack, Inuyasha attacks a shocked Naraku. Sesshōmaru attacks the injured Naraku, seeming to destroy the demon. But as Naraku reforms himself, Kikyō's arrow pulses. Kagome draws it and fires at the jewel shard. The shard is purified, but Naraku and Kikyō's arrow disappear.

Kagura returns to Kohaku and Hakudōshi, the latter is resting inside of a barrier. Suddenly Naraku's pieces and Kikyō's arrow appear within Hakudōshi's barrier. The arrow pierces Hakudōshi's chest as Naraku gloats over the fact that he still lives.

Hōsenki tells Inuyasha and his companions that they must hurry back to the world of the living before the gateway closes. They follow Sesshōmaru and Jaken to the gateway.