In the outer heaven light sea, Lu Yang's figure shifted constantly.
Here, the method of "fleeing" was different from within a world realm. Because the outer heaven light sea had no "distance," the concept of fleeing naturally didn't exist either.
It was more like a calculation.
When Lu Yang had the thought and prepared to go to a certain location in the outer heaven light sea, his main body would disappear, entering an unobservable state.
Only when he determined the anchor point would his figure fall from the void, landing directly at the position corresponding to the anchor point. During this process, he couldn't interfere with others, and others couldn't interfere with him. At first listen, it seemed quite nice, but this special state couldn't be maintained for too long.
If too much time passed, one would become disjointed from the outer heaven light sea.
The result would be like being exiled. Although the person wouldn't die, they could no longer interfere with the outer heaven light sea, entering a state of neither living nor dying.
When that happened, Lu Yang could only give up thinking.
And at this moment, Lu Yang was in this state. The world around him was a dark void, and he was constantly pinching his fingers to calculate, anchoring a location to travel to.
At the same time, he still had spare energy to observe his surroundings.
It's very similar... too similar.
Lu Yang was astonished inwardly, simply because the dark void he was in right now was almost exactly the same as the space he was in before every restart of [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]!
Both were chaotic and shapeless.
Both had only himself.
Both made it impossible to interfere with outsiders.
For a moment, Lu Yang's thoughts scattered slightly, and he couldn't help but start thinking about the origin of [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] and whether it was connected to the scene before him...
...Hmm. No.
Lu Yang's pupils shrank abruptly, and he suddenly sobered up. With a sweep of his divine sense, he saw that the bloody line on his neck had expanded by a full circle at some point!
[Ascendant Victor] Sword Intent!
This sword intent landed on Lu Yang's body and couldn't be removed at all in a short time. It forced Lu Yang to endure it, yet it shook his soul and thoughts!
In this state, the time he could stay in this dark void would also be drastically shortened.
I can't hold on anymore.
In the next second, Lu Yang anchored his position and exited the dark void. A large expanse of [Two Polarities Birth and Destruction Profound Light] surged around him, causing his vision to sway slightly—
Clang!
Amidst the boiling [Two Polarities Birth and Destruction Profound Light], a sword light revealing not a trace of aura silently locked onto Lu Yang's body again.
This time, it slashed at his waist and abdomen.
However, just as it was about to hit Lu Yang, as the [Righteous Dao Enlightenment Banner] behind him fluttered, an indescribably profound power emerged.
[Righteous Dao Enlightenment Banner], second newly added divine wonder:
[Enlightenment]!
In an instant, the originally murderous sword light paused inexplicably. His aura exposed, [Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao] appeared, astonishment surfacing in the depths of his eyes.
"Righteous Dao cultivators cannot kill indiscriminately..."
The astonishment lasted only a brief moment. In the next second, [Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao]regained clarity. His expression changed slightly, and a trace of wariness appeared in his eyes.
What the hell is this!
For that split second just now, he actually felt that as a Righteous Dao cultivator, he should lead by example. The world was so beautiful; how could he kill the innocent indiscriminately?
What powerful brainwashing!
[Heavenly Fire] shouldn't have this kind of concept, right? Instead, it seemed more like Lu Yang's personal Daoist technique profound wonder, highlighted after being processed by him...
On the other side, Lu Yang looked equally surprised.
It actually worked?
To be honest, although the [Righteous Dao Enlightenment Banner] gained quite a few divine wonders after advancing to a true treasure, he didn't think these would be effective against [Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao].
Late-Stage Golden Core, Great Perfected Lord.
Just these few words, and the resulting gap in stature, were enough to crush him. It was like striking a stone with an egg; it should have been utterly useless.
Yet the other party fell for it.
Why?
Thinking of this, Lu Yang's eyes brightened instantly.
"...I know!"
He looked at [Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao], a smile appearing on his face. "You aren't a Great Perfected Lord right now! You lowered your own stature, that's why you can attack at will!"
This was the only explanation.
From the moment they met, he had harbored a doubt: [Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao] should have been difficult to move due to the mistake in his dao fruit compatibility.
How did he suddenly appear?
Could it be that he had been pretending all along?
That made no sense. If Perfected Lord Feixue had been deceived, he could understand, but surely [Sky-Shrouding] couldn't be deceived? That would be unreasonable.
Lu Yang trusted [Sky-Shrouding] very much.
So he was certain [Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao] definitely had a problem; he just didn't know what method he used to suppress it.
Now he knew.
Lowering his own stature, not using the combat power of the Great Perfected Lord level... The current him should be a first-grade perfected lord, roughly the same strength as Perfected Lord Feixue before her breakthrough.
My chance of survival... lies here!
If a real Late-Stage Golden Core Great Perfected Lord were here, he would only need to press his stature onto Lu Yang, and the only thing Lu Yang could do would be to restart.
In the next second, Lu Yang's figure vanished.
He escaped back into the dark void again, re-anchoring his position. Seeing this, [Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao] chuckled lightly and also escaped into the dark void.
Both sides were calculating. Lu Yang was calculating the anchor point he wanted to go to, while [Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao] was calculating the position he was going to. In the unseen world, Lu Yang could clearly sense he was being locked onto by the other party, feeling as if someone had grabbed him by the throat.
A moment later, Lu Yang fell into the outer heaven light sea again.
Almost simultaneously, [Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao]'s figure also emerged. What chilled Lu Yang's heart was that this time, the distance between them was much closer!
How many more chances?
Five... no, three. At most three more times. When I appear in the outer heaven light sea, he will appear synchronously within arm's reach of me!
At that time, even immortals would find it hard to save him.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, why be in such a hurry to run? Actually, I just want to exchange some Sword Dao insights with you. I have no intention of killing you."
"You also understand my condition. It concerns my Dao Path; how could I joke about it?"
"You don't need to worry that I am deceiving you. You should know I come from the Sword Pavilion. No Sword Pavilion perfected lord would use their own Dao Path to deceive others."
[Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao]'s voice drifted over faintly.
Sword Bastard!
Lu Yang cursed loudly in his heart but didn't reply.
Can't reply. If I reply, I'll be tainted with karma. The other party can totally use the karma of conversing with me to further speed up locking onto my position!
In the next second, sword light struck.
Forcible Inscription: [All Attacks Ineffective]!
Without any hesitation, Lu Yang activated the [Inscribing Heavenly Chapter] again. His remaining spiritual power poured out once more, even making him feel a hint of exhaustion.
Exhaustion—this was almost inconceivable for a perfected lord!
Even Empress Xiao, who was always beaten by him until she threw away her helmet and armor during their bloody battles before, could fight him to a draw head-on after becoming a perfected lord.
Whoosh!
After withstanding the sword light, Lu Yang escaped again. However, his heart was incredibly heavy—his intuition told him he probably wouldn't be able to withstand the third time.
After all, he had just fought his way out of a siege and was heavily injured. Compared to him, [Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao] was waiting at his leisure, had higher cultivation, and even launched a sneak attack upon meeting. Under these circumstances, lasting until now was already thanks to [Heavenly Fire] being reliable.
The third time, he would definitely die!
What to do?
Lu Yang stood in the dark void, his expression calm, pondering in his heart. Things have come to this; I'm afraid I can only try to take a risk... if worst comes to worst, I die and restart.