What did that mean? Wang Big Hammer and Teng Shanhai were both utterly baffled.
How had the question vanished halfway through? Judging from everyone's expressions, they seemed to have understood something. So what had they understood? The two exchanged glances, each seeing the confusion in the other's eyes. They snorted at one another, then both turned back to Rao Yaoyao.
Rao Yaoyao remained silent for a long while. Only after a long sigh did she say, "Huan Yi, even if you do not wish to state the conclusion and leave it to me, all the merit for this operation will still be yours."
"I would not dare."
Huan Yi bowed and stepped back, returning to his role as an invisible man.
Rao Yaoyao turned toward the only two fools remaining and raised a finger as she shook her head.
"First, Aberrant did not flee using Saint Blood because even if he had used it, he could not have escaped... Put another way, the moment he used Saint Blood, the other side could immediately keep up. Saint Blood was useless. But the other side had Saint Blood—that meant they were someone with an enormous background. That is the first point!"
Wang Big Hammer and Teng Shanhai's hearts lurched.
What they had both thought was that even if they could not win, taking Saint Blood and running should at least let them escape, right? But now it seemed...
They really could not escape!
Rao Yaoyao raised a second finger. "Second, the third party was not the Eighth Sword Immortal. They might not even have been a Taixu, because if there had been one more Taixu capable of threatening Aberrant—or two, or three—Aberrant's first choice would have been the same as yours: run! But he did not run. Why?"
"Why?" Wang Big Hammer