"No, that's not right!"
"All the Shikon Shards are in that bastard Li Xia's hands. If I want those jewel fragments, I'll have to face him directly!"
"But that young monk will only be harder to handle without his companions holding him back."
After all, he had experienced Li Xia's strength firsthand. Li Xia was fully capable of challenging him.
Even if Li Xia couldn't break through his powerful barrier, what could he do to Li Xia?
The monk's techniques, combined with his powerful shikigami, made him a tougher opponent than any great demon below the top tier.
So although he seemed to have lost Inuyasha and the others' support, in truth, he was now a fish free to roam the ocean, a bird free to soar through the sky.
"Inuyasha and the others will be easier to deal with, but this Li Xia..."
If Naraku had read the scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms where the three heroes fought Lü Bu...
He would probably have understood that without Liu Bei dragging them down, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei could have completely suppressed Lü Bu. Defeating him would only have been a matter of time. It would have been easier and far more decisive than fighting with Liu Bei weighing them down.
In the novel's battle between the three heroes and Lü Bu, Liu Bei had undoubtedly done more harm than good.
"This is trouble!
That fellow doesn't have to look after anyone anymore..."
Why did it feel as though he would be even harder to deal with than Naraku himself?
"How did things turn out like this?"
Huddled in the shadows licking his wounds, Naraku lost his earlier excitement and enthusiasm. His overwhelming delight turned into frustration and distress.
How had he brought about such a terrible outcome?