Shall We Swap?

Shi Tianwu: [Group owner, would you mind having a video chat?]

Shi Tianwu: [If you don't mind, how about trying the group's video chat feature?]

Lu Bian: [It's not like there's anyone else in the group right now, and we're both using our real names online. Let's turn it on.]

Once they activated the video chat feature, Lu Bian and Shi Tianwu saw each other, as well as the surroundings behind them.

"Brother Tianwu, is it daytime where you are? It's so bright."

"Brother Lu Bian, the moonlight is beautiful where you are."

...Is it that bright?

Shi Tianwu looked up slightly at the sky above the Boundless Earth. The light of several Terabit Stars was shining down on it, and the stars were also a little too close to the ground.

With a thought, Shi Tianwu sent the several Terabit Stars farther away, leaving only one star to shine its light upon the earth.

That way, even if Group Owner Lu Bian happened to see it, it wouldn't matter.

But... why was Brother Lu Bian so frail?

Shi Tianwu had never seen anyone as weak and frail as Lu Bian. He couldn't help feeling a little sorry for him.

Taking Lu Bian's introduction from earlier into account, Shi Tianwu completely trusted what he'd said.

"Group owner, are you sick?" Shi Tianwu asked.

"I used to be. Now, it's hard to say," Lu Bian replied.

"What do you mean?"

"After I transmigrated to this new environment, something seems to have changed in my body. The feeling of being sick disappeared."

"Maybe you've gotten better." Shi Tianwu smiled warmly at Lu Bian.

"You're right!" Lu Bian smiled too.

"Brother Tianwu, you've got so many animals around you! Did you raise them?"

Shi Tianwu glanced behind himself.

After starting the video chat, he had stopped walking, and the lifeforms following behind him had naturally gathered around him.

"They're wild animals," Shi Tianwu told Lu Bian.

"Maybe I'm just a pretty amiable person?"

"Chirp?"

The lifeforms manifested from Primordial Spirits were all curious about who Shi Tianwu, the ultimate Martial God, was talking to.

He wasn't talking to them, nor was he speaking with some mighty being.

"Wait, Brother Lu Bian, it looks like there are animals where you are too." Shi Tianwu looked at Lu Bian seriously.

"Me?"

Lu Bian immediately panicked.

He turned around and got to his feet. In the shadows in the distance, a pair of glowing eyes seemed to be watching him.

"Did our voices attract them while we were chatting tonight?"

Them...

Lu Bian saw the glowing eyes multiply from one pair to three.

And now that their "prey" had spotted them, the three pairs of glowing eyes emerged from the shadows. They were three wild wolves.

The three wolves approached Lu Bian, slowly spreading out to form their usual hunting formation.

"Brother Tianwu, can you see them? What I'm looking at right now..."

"Yeah, I can see them." Shi Tianwu nodded to Lu Bian.

Lu Bian adjusted the video chat to his own point of view, letting Shi Tianwu see the three wild wolves he was facing.

"I guess I'm going to die."

"Maybe you're about to become the second Group Owner. Hehe!"

Lu Bian laughed.

With a body as weak as his, he had no chance of surviving an attack by three wild wolves.

What a shame.

He'd finally managed to defy fate and change his destiny...

Could this be part of changing his destiny too?

He'd defied Heaven's will, so even after changing his fate, he could enjoy it for only a moment.

"Group owner, are you just giving up?"

"There should still be a way."

"What way?" Lu Bian asked.

"I looked through the Chat Group's features. We just tried the [Red Packet] feature, but it can only send money. None of the other features can save me now."

"This one! Group owner, look at this!"

"[Life Swap]. I can swap consciousnesses with you, or send my consciousness over to your side alone to help you."

"As long as you agree."

"Hey, Shi Tianwu, we just met. You don't have to take such a risk for me."

"You've seen the state of my body. What can you do by coming over here?"

"If we use [Life Swap] to exchange our consciousnesses, are you coming over here to die with me?"

"And I don't want to go into your body either. If you died in mine, wouldn't I be taking over your body?"

"I won't agree to this."

Lu Bian explained himself to Shi Tianwu very seriously.

"Give me control of your body. I won't let you die, Brother Lu Bian."

"I've seen what you look like, and you've seen me. I'm a martial artist."

"Dealing with those three little dogs over there will be a piece of cake for me."

"..."

As Lu Bian listened to Shi Tianwu speaking through the video chat, most of his attention remained fixed on the three wild wolves that had appeared before him.

Cold sweat beaded on his forehead. His hands and legs trembled slightly, and he could almost smell the wolves.

"I'll trust you, Brother Shi Tianwu."

"I agree to Shi Tianwu's request to swap."

[Life Swap], activated.

Duration: 24 hours

Cooldown: 24 hours--

As he said yes, Shi Tianwu's consciousness crossed space and time and entered Lu Bian's body.

His eyes changed. The person controlling Lu Bian's body now was Shi Tianwu.

The two of them shared the same body.

They no longer needed to speak aloud; the two consciousnesses understood each other's thoughts in their minds.

"Shi Tianwu" took the initiative and walked toward the three wild wolves.

...The prey had actually come right at them. It looked like he was going to make one last stand?!

Wolves were intelligent too. In their eyes, a weak morsel like Lu Bian wouldn't put up much of a fight. All they had to do was wear him down. Once their prey was exhausted, it would be time to eat.

"Shi Tianwu" clenched a fist, testing the condition of Lu Bian's body.

It was much worse than he'd imagined.

But it wasn't completely hopeless. He just needed to be careful.

Lu Bian was severely malnourished, and couldn't manage many explosive movements. Every muscle in his body could easily cramp.

Lu Bian hadn't eaten much at all in the day since he'd transmigrated, yet he didn't feel hungry.

"Shi Tianwu" sensed that an invisible, strange energy existed in the air of this world. Lu Bian's body breathed it in and transformed it into vitality.

"Hmm, vitality?"

"Shi Tianwu" adjusted the rhythm of Lu Bian's breathing. The special breathing method quickly generated enough vitality in Lu Bian's body to sustain him through a fight.

"Come on."

"Shi Tianwu" raised his hand. His feet shifted, and his figure blurred before he appeared beside the wolf in front.

His hand blade came down, then rose again. The wolf slumped to the ground, lifeless, its muscles still twitching reflexively.

It was the Perfect Realm!

The ultimate powerhouse Shi Tianwu had attained a Perfect Realm so high it defied description.