Chapter 811: Escape Method (2/2, Request Subscription)

"Tian Ruichi, you're going to your death! That thing is far more terrifying than you imagine! You don't even have the right to look at it!"

Fang Yue roared these words, feeling the corpse demon still chasing relentlessly—he could only accelerate, accelerate, and accelerate again, using the 【Devil Ring】 to simulate a turbojet, frantically propelling the Han Jiang giant ship.

Exceeding conventional speed, the Han Jiang giant ship now resembled a high-speed speedboat.

The waves splashing high ahead of the bow reached three to five meters, fierce and brief, revealing its incredible velocity.

Even so, the threat of death still weighed heavily on his heart.

On the entire Han Jiang giant ship, only Fang Yue and the Helmsman truly understood how grave the situation was.

Everyone else was merely frightened by the two men's reactions, completely unaware that the Reaper's scythe was already pressed against all their necks!

Tian Ruichi, stunned by the shout, hesitated for two seconds, then slowly nodded, acknowledging the gravity of the situation, and remained in place, standing by.

But the Helmsman thought otherwise.

"Tian Ruichi, pull me into the Jade Pendant! There's no time left— that thing is still accelerating; its previous speed wasn't even its limit. We can't escape. Everyone can't escape. The only one who can survive is me. Only by entering the Jade Pendant can I survive and become the sole survivor. Then I'll have Tian Jian avenge you—rest in peace!"

As the Helmsman spoke these words, the ship's speed actually began to slow!

This terrified Fang Yue—he gritted his teeth, instantly condensing black silk into a blade, pressing its edge directly onto the Helmsman's helm.

"Don't stop! Accelerate! I have a way to save us all!"

"It's useless…"

"Say another word and I'll destroy the Jade Pendant! Accelerate!!"

"…."

The Helmsman looked up, glaring hatred at Fang Yue, clenched his teeth, and the ship's speed surged again.

"Parchment! What's the foresight? How close is that thing now?"

【My name is Fang Yue. I once again invoke the ancient power of the Great and Noble Parchment.】

【Under the amplification of Rain-level ancient power, my strength has surged, reigniting the propulsion of the Han Jiang giant ship.】

【We've shaken it off! The furious thrust propelled the Han Jiang giant ship forward, leaving the corpse demon far behind.】

【We're temporarily safe.】

【Everyone is cheering, rejoicing in survival—yet I, my heartbeat gradually slows, my bodily functions weakening.】

【My heart is beginning to transform into a strange, monstrous thing.】

【Unlike last time, after the Great and Noble Parchment consumed the 【Linglong Eight Elephant Jade Flute】, the Parchment's access to Rain-level power increased—and so did the cost.】

【My heart is fully becoming Parchment.】

【Blood supply dwindles, respiration weakens, organs fail…】

【I lie on the deck, eyes wide open to the sky, breath growing faint.】

【I am dead.】

【Though we escaped the corpse demon's pursuit, I died from overusing power—is it worth it? Something to ponder.】

What Fang Yue had just thought of was indeed using the Parchment's ancient power to aid his escape.

But he hadn't anticipated that using this power—even after escaping the corpse demon—would kill him from the backlash.

"Yese Liming, it's drawing near, closer and closer! Use whatever trick you have now, or we're all done!"

The Helmsman urged him from beside him; others had gone below deck, manually rowing as power sources, contributing meager strength—useless against the tide.

"Could it really… come to abandoning the ship?"

Fang Yue's face darkened. If forced to choose between sacrificing himself or others, however agonizing, he could only preserve himself.

No!

It shouldn't be reduced to just these two extreme choices!

"Parchment, more foresight! I need foresight!"

The closer death draws, the more detailed the foresight becomes.

That's the Parchment's foresight trait.

Fang Yue considered idea after idea, prompting the Parchment to foresee repeatedly, seeking a way for everyone to survive—but to his shock, at this moment, the Parchment suddenly blasted a flood of foresight images directly into his mind.

Fang Yue's mind exploded like a detonation—in darkness, dozens of foresight screens rotated around him simultaneously.

Each foresight image represented a branching path and its final outcome.

As seconds ticked by, the number of foresight images vanished rapidly, like popping bubbles.

The branching paths dwindled; time left for Fang Yue was running out.

When all outcomes led to black screen, it meant no escape remained!

Fang Yue scanned the images rapidly—his gaze locked onto one, eyes widening, shock surging through him.

In that image… Fang Yue sat cross-legged for a moment, then suddenly rose and left the Han Jiang giant ship alone.

And the massive shadow representing the corpse demon actually altered its course, chasing after him!

That alone wasn't significant—after all, acting as bait to lure the corpse demon away was no different from previously overextending the Parchment's power: both led to death.

But in this image… he didn't die.

Because…

He not only moved swiftly across the river surface, but froze the river entirely, completely shaking off the corpse demon!

When Fang Yue finished viewing this image,

A loud hum echoed in his mind—he fully exited that mystical state.

【Found a lifeline? I've given you the fastest foresight results possible. If you still can't find it, then you truly will die here!】

"Don't worry—I've found a way for everyone to survive!"

Saying this, Fang Yue sat down right where he stood, like a meditating cultivator, utterly still.

While maintaining the "turbojet" force propelling the Han Jiang giant ship, Fang Yue began his cultivation.

That's right, it was cultivation.

In that image, the first thing Fang Yue saw was himself sitting in meditation, cultivating.

Then he abruptly left the great ship Han Jiang, and that meditation must have been for cultivating something.

As for what he was cultivating… naturally, it could only be Lord Han's inheritance!

Of Lord Han's inheritance, Fang Yue had only ever learned the Frozen Heart Method, and now, in the span of just over ten seconds, he had to learn the other two core martial arts!

For the Fang Yue of the past, this would have been nearly impossible.

But now… did it seem like there was a glimmer of hope?

After all, Lord Han's inheritance only required a beginner human-rank to learn it, and with Fang Yue's current extraordinary Comprehension of 75 points, it wasn't impossible he could learn it in a short time.

So Fang Yue calmed his mind and tried.

And in the next second, he realized something.

It was that he had still underestimated Lord Han's inheritance — it wasn't something that could be learned in a few seconds! There was simply no way to learn it in such a short time!

Then why was he sitting cross-legged on the ground in the image?

Wait, could it be…

"Parchment, take me into the 【Destiny Board】!"

(End of this chapter)