Setra is evidently too focused on emperor-like appearances. If he had lowered his status to ambush Lin Rui, given Lin Rui's perception, he might not have detected it in advance.
But his spiritual energy strength was so blatant and uncovered, heading straight for Lin Rui, causing Lin Rui to notice his presence from afar.
After complaining, Audrey said, "Setra is too arrogant! If he had ambushed us, he might have succeeded."
Lin Rui laughed and said, "Ambush is impossible. Have you ever seen an emperor sneaking to assassinate someone? Even if he succeeded, he'd be a laughingstock, right? Even if Setra wants to deal with us, he'd have to do it openly and justly. That's why the elf Grand Marshal Xinglu appointed us to find Setra's invasion direction."
"Quickly assemble the troops, and let's withdraw!"
Emperor Setra's speed was astonishingly fast, seemingly spanning a thousand miles in an instant.
In just a few words, his overwhelming power seemed almost at their doorstep!
