Successfully Rescued

Although they'd said they would take Kanna and Kagura with them and retreat, it wasn't that simple when Lin Yun and the others made it out.

Lin Yun had nearly forgotten that Naraku's lair would naturally be teeming with demons.

For Naraku, having a swarm of demons around him was practically standard.

The sounds Lin Yun had thought were coming from a fight just moments ago hadn't been the bat battling the Otherworld God Servants.

They'd been the demons fighting the Otherworld God Servants.

Lin Yun and the others' "surprise attack" had been so sudden that by the time Naraku's demons realized what was happening, they'd practically been wiped out.

You could say that if Lin Yun hadn't instantly killed the hybrid and had instead held back, using a less aggressive approach, then even without the two "traitors," Kanna and Kagura, the demons Naraku had raised would have caused Lin Yun and the others a lot of trouble.

For one thing, they could have rushed in front of an attack or spell and blocked all the damage. That would have been annoying enough.

Wasn't that just Cow Girl's Shield with Body ability? ...Well, all right, it wasn't that annoying.

If that kind of irritating situation had come up, it would have bought Naraku plenty of time.

And with enough time, a frustrating situation like the one just now might not have happened at all.

By the time Lin Yun and the others arrived, Naraku might have fully reassembled his body. Then, while they were "exhausted," they could have ended up facing Naraku at nearly full strength.

That would have been a truly sickening prospect.

In any case, once Lin Yun and the others got out, one thing was clear: the two Shikon Jewel Fragments were gone. The two clones that