"Heh heh!"
Nie Yun paid it no mind and smiled faintly.
Whoosh!
Ignoring him, Prince Liu Mu flicked his wrist, and a puppet figure appeared on the deck.
Seeing that he had indeed used a puppet, Nie Yun lightly flicked a finger beneath his sleeve. A speck of dust flew toward the puppet without anyone noticing and scattered over its body.
His movement was extremely subtle, and with the flow of the scorching air around them, even this Stealing Heaven Borrowing Life Realm puppet failed to notice it.
"Master!"
The puppet knelt on the ground.
"A Stealing Heaven Borrowing Life Realm puppet! I thought the news was fake—so it was true!"
"Prince Liu Mu is truly capable of holding back. If I had such a powerful trump card as a Stealing Heaven Borrowing Life Realm puppet, I would have used it long ago!"
"As expected of one of the three great princes. He truly is formidable..."
Wu Chan, Chi Yao, and the others all had a flicker in their eyes when they saw him bring out the puppet.
The fact that he had obtained the Ancient Puppet Dao was no great secret. Nearly everyone present knew about it, though not in much detail. Only now, upon seeing a genuine Stealing Heaven Borrowing Life Realm puppet, did they understand the foundations of Prince Liu Mu.
Prince Duobo in particular had a chill flash through his eyes. Though he said nothing, he felt immense pressure.
There were also Stealing Heaven Borrowing Life Realm experts who had pledged themselves to him, but having them do things for him required paying an enormous price. They were utterly unlike puppets he could refine.
Puppets obeyed their master's every word, but the experts he had won over would scarcely bother with him without benefits. Worse