Lu Yao did not dwell on that regretful thought for long. He rationally understood that even if you had not chosen to "flee to save your life" at the first opportunity, judging by the apparent strength of the two of you, your chances of survival were still less than twenty percent.
The estimate of those survival odds depended on whether Lu Yao believed you could hold Blood Banquet back—and for how long.
Giving only a twenty-percent chance was not because Lu Yao looked down on you. On the contrary, he held great expectations for you. He believed you had still concealed much during your previous battle, because he had seen how relaxed you had been in that fight. Blood Banquet had not forced you to reveal your trump cards at all.
Moreover, given the enormous commotion you had caused in the Cold Abyss Snow Domain not long ago, as someone who might become Tianji Pavilion's next Pavilion Master, he could not possibly have been unaware. The righteous path had widely spread word of the Phoenix Divine Mark, the Demonic Being Bane, yet you had never used it.
And soon, as Lu Yao led the two puppets into battle against the Blood Puppets, his regret faded even further.
The Blood Puppets were not as easy to handle as he had imagined. The Blood Puppet of his old adversary, the Dark Bat Immortal King, was manageable enough, but Liao Jun's power left Lu Yao struggling greatly. That nearly tangible Resentful Energy could, with one misstep, even cause Lu Yao to perish on the spot. He had to remain vigilant with twelve parts of his focus, while doing his utmost to keep the two Blood Puppets and the many True Immortal Realm Blood Puppets from affecting the main battlefield on your side.
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