"Master? Impossible!"
Though he had long guessed as much, hearing Myriad Laws Ruler say it, Duan Yi still could not believe it. He shook his head. "None of us is a match for Master's strength. If he truly wanted to attack you, who could stop him? Would he need to sneak around like this?"
"I think so too. Master now possesses the strength of a Half-step Ruler. Even if we joined forces, we could not defeat him. Secretly calling you away, then knocking you unconscious? Do you think that's possible?" Zitong Undestroyable did not believe it either.
"Believe it or not!" Myriad Laws Ruler seemed to know they would never believe him. He asked, "Even setting that aside, haven't you noticed anything about Carefree Immortal and Fu Anchao?"
"What do you mean?"
"It's very simple. Carefree Immortal left suddenly and without reason alongside Spiritual Elegance Emperor, and when he returned, it was as though he had become another person. Fu Anchao was with me and also seemed to suddenly leave; when he returned, he too seemed like another person. We had been walking along just fine, so why did they suddenly disappear? There were neither signs of battle nor anything strange nearby. Do you think... perhaps, like me, they were summoned away by someone through voice transmission?"
Myriad Laws Ruler said.
"Hmm..."
Everyone froze.
Given the strength of Carefree Immortal and Fu Anchao, if someone had truly attacked them, there would definitely have been traces left behind. Yet there was nothing at the scene. Perhaps, just like him, they had been called away... And among them, the only person who could make the others turn and leave without a second word... was Nie Yun alone!
"Your guess doesn't hold up. If Master was the one who called Carefree Immortal and