At Sesshomaru's invitation, Li Xia sighed inwardly and agreed.
Afterward, he handed the Heavenly Feather Robe to Master Hakushin, left Ox-Head and Horse-Face along with the reserves-Miroku, Sango, and Kohaku-to guard Mount Hakurei's perimeter, and stationed the two Stone Statue Demon sculptures, Ōgamaru and Tsukuyomaru, as hidden assets. Almost no outsiders knew about them.
Since he could not keep the initiative in his own hands, he could only try to secure more advantages.
The group split into two forces.
In the open, Li Xia and Sesshomaru led Kagome, Bankotsu, Jakotsu, and the others straight toward the Fuji Five Lakes.
If they delayed any longer, once Inuyasha lost his human heart entirely, he would become nothing but a monster that knew only slaughter and obeyed only Kaguya's commands.
They had to rescue him now, while there was still time.
In secret, another force followed as backup. This force had been prepared for someone else; they would not need it against an "incomplete" Kaguya.
Without the Heavenly Feather Robe, the celestial maiden could not unleash an immensely powerful, wide-area time-freezing skill like Still Water, Clear Mirror with the Mirror of Life alone.
Spell: Still Water, Clear Mirror could draw on the combined power of the Mirror of Life, the Heavenly Feather Robe, and the Five Treasures within the Fuji Five Lakes, the five secondary array eyes. Then, within Dream Castle reflected in Lake Motosu, one of the Fuji Five Lakes, it would project an enormous pentagram-shaped spell pattern into the air, centered on the waters containing the main array eye. This spell pattern could expand outward continuously according to the upper limit of her Demon Power, leaving time within its reach [almost frozen].
Why "almost," rather than [absolutely still]? Because the spray thrown up by a waterfall would "solidify" into crystalline beads,