My Ability Pool is Superior

Alone deep in the ancient forest, encountering a coiled Black Scaled Great Snake—this in itself was a scalp-numbing scene.

Not to mention that this Great Snake’s gaze was quite anomalous.

Lu Bai stared at it thoughtfully; that inexplicable murmur ringing in his ears seemed not something an ordinary animal could produce.

Could it be this time… a Deathmatch Arena with a Demonic Creatures background?

The Black Scaled Great Snake’s vertical pupils still maintained a scrutinizing flavor.

Man and snake thus stared at each other for a while, until the Black Scaled Great Snake finally broke the impasse first.

It moved.

Ka~ ka~

Scales rubbing against tree bark, the thick snake body winding along the trunk, propelling the part above the Great Snake’s neck groove to gradually hang in the air.

The Great Snake’s snout slowly parted, spitting out a scarlet slender forked tongue, seemingly sizing up Lu Bai’s background. After the suspended snake body extended fully over two meters, it began to slowly retract.

Seeing this, Lu Bai’s eyes narrowed slightly.

He did not relax; instead, he heightened his vigilance.

Because this Great Snake’s upper half coiled like a spring poised to strike—an unmistakable attack posture.

“Hold on.”

Lu Bai tentatively called out.

Unexpectedly, whether too lazy for communication or simply incapable of human nature, after he spoke, this Great Snake lunged at him like lightning.

At this point, Lu Bai could not possibly surrender tamely.

Instantly shutting off the surrounding light, enveloping the vicinity in darkness, and at the same time activating [Flash Time] to dodge the Great Snake’s strike.

Snakes primarily rely on smell and touch to sense prey; their vision is not absent but generally poor.

Lu Bai was well aware of this.

So he did not aim to completely block the opponent’s vision, but to confuse this Great Snake.

Thanks to the existence of [Flash Time], achieving this was not difficult.

Hiss~

The Great Snake missed, immediately retracting to the trunk while maintaining its attack posture, constantly flicking its forked tongue to sense the environment.

Judging Lu Bai’s position, it shot out again.

However, this lunge also missed.

This Black Scaled Great Snake finally froze.

It did not quite understand the current situation; it was certain it had sensed this human’s position, so why did it keep missing?

No evasion process—this puzzled the snake greatly.

Could it be some kind of nightmare spell?

So it has some ability; no wonder it dared enter the forest alone.

“How about we chat?”

Lu Bai hidden in the darkness, his voice carrying a hint of amusement.

To the Black Scaled Great Snake, this obviously sounded fearless due to backing.

It suddenly unleashed a tail sweep toward the position of Lu Bai’s voice.

The feedback was only a whoosh of air—no solid target struck.

With the final sneak attack missing, the Black Scaled Great Snake decisively sprayed a swath of deep green Poisonous Mist, swiftly retreating under its cover.

After all, Lu Bai’s performance was too anomalous; it truly could not gauge his exact background.

Watching the Black Scaled Great Snake’s tail completely disappear into the vegetation, Lu Bai waved his hand to disperse the surrounding darkness.

He could clearly sense that this Black Scaled Great Snake possessed spiritual intelligence; unfortunately, the other did not want to communicate with him.

He let out a long breath: “Snake demon?”

No sooner had he spoken than he felt a wave of dizziness.

Fortunately, this sensation came fast and left even faster.

He was not even sure if it was an illusion.

……

When he emerged from the forest, it was already evening.

Lu Bai gazed at the wisps of kitchen smoke rising in the distance and quickened his pace.

He was still clueless about this world’s situation; at least he should first find a local to ask.