How to Stay Alive

The unease in the heart of the Old Ancestor Blood River grew stronger.

He really couldn't understand why, even now, Lu Bai still acted so confidently.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, he decided to stop talking and take action immediately.

The next second, runes with a mysterious and beautiful quality appeared in the four directions of Lu Bai: front, back, left, and right.

[Peerless Challenge (Colorful): Select a target and mark a total of four weaknesses on them. Each weakness hit will deal true damage equal to 20% of the target's maximum health and provide the user with a healing spell.]

True damage is the most realistic form of damage.

No matter how strong your defenses are, you can't reduce the damage.

Even the toughest Steel Body; if a weakness is exploited, it will still pay a heavy price.

After all, reality isn't a game. In a game, a character can be lively and energetic even with just a sliver of health left. In reality, losing more than 20% of one's blood can directly lead to shock, let alone 80%.

Without a doubt, the Old Ancestor Blood River even used [Flash Time] at this moment.

In a state of timelessness, he raised his other hand and slammed it towards the rune in front of Lu Bai.

To his surprise, he didn't feel any physical contact; his arm had actually passed right through Lu Bai's body.

The brief moment of distraction wasted the remaining effective time of [Flash Time].

Lu Bai's body, like a projection, naturally detached from the Old Ancestor Blood River's palm without any hindrance.

He slightly controlled the contents of the [load] function, and the mysterious runes surrounding him immediately dissipated.

"Luckily, I was prepared."

Because Lu Bai was well aware of how domineering [Flash Time] or similar abilities were, and how almost impossible to counter, he could only prepare countermeasures in advance.

Once [Divine Might] is activated, it cannot be hit. No matter how dangerous the Old Ancestor Blood River's attack is, it's meaningless if it can't hit.

Moreover, in addition to activating [Divine Might] ahead of time, Lu Bai also cast [Life-Saving Hairs] on himself to ensure absolute safety.

As a result, they hadn't even used the [Life-Saving Hairs] yet.

In fact, as time went on, the number of abilities that Lu Bai had acquired gradually became enormous.

Even if he's not as good as Old Ancestor Blood River for now, he can still manage to hold his own for a while.

With the existence of [save/load], once this most difficult period is gradually overcome, the scales of victory will completely tip in Lu Bai's favor.

His current temporary save slots are [Steel Body], [Divine Might], and [Life-Saving Hairs].

The "[Load Save]" option also preserves survival skills.

He lacked any offensive capabilities, and consequently, Old Ancestor Blood River could not possibly kill him in one fell swoop.

Once he confirmed that his temporary survival ability set was working, Lu Bai finally spoke, "It seems I'm invincible."

With things developing to this point, Old Ancestor Blood River was genuinely starting to panic.

Even if he was careless, he would still sense that so many of his abilities had been read.

Realizing they couldn't give Lu Bai any more time, they had to kill him with a single blow.

The Old Ancestor Blood River began to consider retiring.

He didn't want to let Lu Bai continue to plunder his abilities, and he needed to calm down and think of a way to get rid of Lu Bai decisively.

The Old Ancestor Blood River, a powerful figure in the demonic path, was extremely decisive in his actions, disappearing without hesitation.

"Hmph, trying to escape?"

With so many abilities still untapped, Lu Bai was unwilling to let him leave.

[Ink Dye] unfolds, and [Act Under Cover of Darkness] quickly replaces [Life-Saving Hairs], following closely behind the Old Ancestor Blood River at an exaggerated speed.

A streak of light ripped through the night sky amidst howling winds.

Behind this rainbow-like light, a deep darkness swept in like a tidal wave, leaving no light able to penetrate its path.

Lu Bai is very relaxed now.

As long as the distance isn't too great, he can keep reading the abilities.

To be precise, he actually hoped that this pursuit could continue indefinitely, at least that way there would be no risk for him.

During this time, the two chased each other, circling the earth several times.

Clearly, the Old Ancestor Blood River wasn't stupid; he didn't blindly run away.

He turned back to attack Lu Bai more than once, but [Divine Might] ignored him each time.

Furthermore, Lu Bai would proactively choose to read the abilities used by the Old Ancestor Blood River first, in order to prevent the other party from leaving any traps when using their abilities.

With the combination of "[Act Under Cover of Darkness]" and "[Ink Dye]", Lu Bai's speed was almost instantaneous, reaching the point where the eye could see.

With a speed limit of 300,000 kilometers per second, no matter how much the Old Ancestor Blood River increased his speed-related abilities, he could only get infinitely close to that speed, and for the time being, he really couldn't shake off Lu Bai.

After all, both of them are traveling at almost the speed of light.

Unfortunately, the speed of light can actually be said to be unrelated to light itself.

This speed limit is a fundamental property of the universe; the basic law of causality, "the cause of everything must precede the effect," cannot be violated.

Exceeding the speed of light would mean turning back time, but time cannot be reversed, so there is a speed limit, and light just happens to be able to reach that limit.

Although it's a bit strange to talk about physics in a world where supernatural forces exist, Lu Bai is indeed happy to see this situation.

After circling the Earth once more, the Old Ancestor Blood River finally stopped in near-Earth orbit.

"Why did you stop running?"

Lu Bai's voice came from the darkness, revealing no emotional fluctuation.

Old Ancestor Blood River roughly pinpointed the direction from the source of the sound. Gazing in that direction, he replied, seemingly unrelated to the question, "I previously examined the memories of those Mona Warriors. So, Heavenly Venerate Lu, you have a friend who has fallen into their hands."

Lu Bai was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized. "You mean Xiao Xueyin?"

"That's right. The Mona Warrior kidnapped Xiao Xueyin not only to find out why you are so strong, but also to use him to threaten you and make you hesitate to act against them."

The Old Ancestor Blood River gradually calmed down. "To be honest, I also look down on this kind of method."

Lu Bai was completely bewildered by these words: "I can understand wanting to understand me through him, but what makes you think you can use him to threaten me?"

"Heavenly Venerate Lu, are you really not bothered? The Mona people's analysis shows that he is your only friend of the same age." Old Ancestor Blood River smiled.

Upon hearing this, Lu Bai was at a loss for words, not knowing where to begin venting his frustration.

"Fine, even so, so what?"

"Only I know where those Mona Warrior hid Xiao Xueyin."

The Old Ancestor Blood River seemed to have found Lu Bai's weakness, and his tone gradually hardened.

Lu Bai shook his head. "Foolish. Even if I kill you, I can still access your memories."