Chapter 1544: A Sapling of Humanity (Complete)
"You didn't notice?"
Even Lui wasn't the first to express surprise at Fu Qian's response.
Though he seemed to have already put life and death aside, Old Master Li couldn't help speaking up despite his serious injuries.
"Right. With a method that quick and concealed, how could I notice it immediately? I'm not you."
Fu Qian blinked.
"That..."
"I just noticed right away that I was fine."
Old Master Li looked as if he didn't know what to make of it, but Fu Qian didn't make him keep racking his brains. Pointing at himself, he continued to explain.
"In that situation just now, there's no way Lord Lui would do nothing. Since he made no move verbally, he clearly acted instead."
"The target wasn't me, so of course it was you. Simple logic. I figured I'd test it while I was at it."
"Why not ask the person involved what was going through his mind? See if I'm right?"
As he spoke, Fu Qian gestured with his chin toward Lui, whose expression had gone completely dark.
He wasn't just talking nonsense to mess with Lui's head.
When someone had turned a huge advantage into a defeat, anyone who could keep their composure in a situation this dire was, ninety-nine percent of the time, convinced they still had a chance. The remaining one percent had already acted on that hope.
Lui was clearly a man of action, and he hadn't lost all his chips.
The omnipresent Blood Order would always be on his side.
And the highest embodiment of that power was clearly the master of the Tree Infants: the still-incomplete Divine Human Face.
It had certainly lived up to its reputation. It had slipped into a newly advanced Second Order's stomach as easily