Just as they were about to reach the Karma City Wall, Lu Yin kicked out. Afterimages gathered in streaks—not because he was moving too fast, but because he had left behind power by using light to travel between points in time. When it erupted all at once, his kick sent the Eternal Life Realm beast hurtling far away and woke it up. Without even looking back, it fled into the distance. It was done fighting.
It hadn't come here willingly in the first place.
Seeing the Eternal Life Realm beast run, Lu Yin didn't pursue it. He held the card in his hand and fixed his gaze on the drop-shaped Azure Immortal.
The drop-shaped Azure Immortal looked at the card in Lu Yin's hand. "So that's the Ancient Card? I never expected it to end up in your hands."
Lu Yin didn't mind talking. He had intended to buy time anyway. "Its name is Dan Gebi."
"I know."
"Do you know how I subdued it?"
"Human, every word you say makes me think you're stalling." As soon as it finished speaking, the drop-shaped Azure Immortal attacked. Droplets of water blasted toward Lu Yin, surging with Life Qi fused with Eternal Life Substance. Each droplet twisted the starry sky and could crush countless stars.
Lu Yin sighed. If only I were fighting a civilization that didn't understand humanity.
He had no choice but to stall by force.
Holding the card, he dodged, repeatedly vanishing with the help of the River of Time. When it saw that its attacks couldn't hit him, the drop-shaped Azure Immortal dispersed once more, attuning itself to the Universe Laws.
Lu Yin raised an eyebrow. He realized the beast couldn't leave after all. If it did, all the pressure would fall on him.
But the beast had