The Responsibility of Safeguarding World Peace...

"Master, your balance is insufficient."

Xiao Ling reminded him in a low voice.

"I'll top it up later."

He shook his head. He didn't have many Alliance Credits left on him now, and he still needed to save some for his remaining living expenses.

"Help me continue matching with opponents!"

He didn't exit just like that. He wanted to figure out why Sleight of Hand kept failing.

He attached great importance to this special skill. The role this thing could play at certain times was not something combat star skills could compare to.

Soon, Lu Xiaobai entered the combat arena once again. When he saw that his opponent was a boy, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, no longer having any scruples.

However, just three minutes later, the opponent stopped attacking. Thinking that Lu Xiaobai was deliberately teasing him, he cursed and actively left the battlefield.

"..."

Lu Xiaobai's mouth twitched, a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"This won't do. If this goes on, I'll probably really become famous..."

He urgently wanted to know why Sleight of Hand was experiencing this situation, so naturally, it was impossible for him to give up easily.

Just then, his eyes rolled, and he instantly thought of something, chuckling:

"Xiao Ling, help me change my appearance."

"Master, there is a fee for this."

"Just deduct it!"

Soon, under a mysterious power, Lu Xiaobai's face changed, eventually turning into a boy with a slightly gloomy complexion.

"Little Jin, oh Little Jin, your Brother Lu will help you make a name for yourself."

The person he disguised himself as was named Jin Xuan, one of the direct descendants of the Jin family. Because of the relationship between their two families, this guy was his old enemy, which left him with no scruples in his heart.

After changing his appearance, Lu Xiaobai continued matching.

Before every battle started, he would announce his name, telling the opponent that he never changed his name or surname, and that he was Jin Xuan...

Several hours passed.

Lu Xiaobai went through hundreds of virtual battles until his Sleight of Hand reached Level 2, and he finally succeeded in stealing!

That's right, in just these short few hours, he had upgraded this special skill through his own hard work!

"I practiced the Basic Body Refining Technique for exactly two and a half years and it's still at level one, but this thing leveled up in just a few hours. Could it be that I'm really suited for these crooked paths?"

Lu Xiaobai couldn't help but feel a little suspicious...

"Forget it, this is innate and can't be changed."

He stopped dwelling on it and began to think about Sleight of Hand.

After a whole night of experiments, he finally realized that the reason for his failure was that his skill level wasn't high enough. The reason he was able to steal Lin Leier's things before was because she was off guard.

"People in a combat state are extremely defensive, which is why I kept failing until the level went up and I succeeded."

Lu Xiaobai muttered, "With my current level two Sleight of Hand, if I wanted to steal from Lin Leier while she was in a combat state, it probably still wouldn't be enough."

He vaguely understood the effect of upgrading Sleight of Hand...

If you want to steal from a Star Warrior whose strength far exceeds your own, you either need a higher skill level, or you have to take advantage of their lack of vigilance...

Having concluded the answer, he didn't stay in the virtual space any longer.

When he returned to his bedroom, he saw through the window that the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Checking the time, it was already midnight.

"Fortunately, tomorrow is a holiday, so I can sleep in."

Lu Xiaobai was in a good mood. He caught a glimpse of the food that had been kept warm nearby and immediately started eating...

Half an hour later, he patted his stomach, completely satisfied. He glanced at the virtual space cabin but didn't go back in.

"I'm a bit tired today. I'll continue practicing when I have time."

In the past, he entered the virtual space only to increase his actual combat experience, but now he had an additional purpose, which was to practice Sleight of Hand!

"With my talent, maybe I won't even need to use Star Points. I can probably level it up just relying on myself..."

The most ideal situation would be for him to rely on himself to upgrade Sleight of Hand to just below the max level. At that time, using one Star Point would bring it to perfection, directly activating the extreme state effect.

After all, the biggest obstacle for any star skill or special skill was upgrading it to the maximum level!

"Forget it, I'll stop thinking about it and go to sleep."

Lu Xiaobai yawned and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

In his sleep, his Sleight of Hand was upgraded to the maximum level. It could be said that he could steal whatever he wanted.

In the end, he even stripped the Jin family's direct descendant down to his underwear, while the other party didn't dare to get angry and instead knelt down, shouting, "Great King Xiaobai is mighty!" This made him let out a triumphant laugh in his dream...

...

The next day, at ten in the morning.

Lu Xiaobai stretched and woke up from his sleep, his eyes still holding a lingering smile.

Last night's dream was a bit too wonderful...

"Lao Hu, prepare breakfast."

He called out, then walked to the balcony in his pajamas and began to perform the Lu Family Body Refining Technique.

Half an hour later, he had completely lost his sleepiness and become energetic. At the same time, when he opened his information panel, his vitality level had reached 2.

"This speed is really ridiculously fast."

Lu Xiaobai chuckled and started enjoying the nutritious breakfast prepared by Lao Hu.

Following his usual routine, he opened his chip watch and surfed the internet while eating, only to find that there was a message waiting for him.

"Huh? Why is Monkey suddenly looking for me?"

He raised his eyebrows and called back.

The next second, Monkey's image appeared in front of him.

"Boss, you're awake?"

"Just woke up. Is there something wrong?"

"Good news!"

Yu Wei chuckled and continued, "I found the temporary base of that criminal gang!"

"Why are you telling me? Shouldn't you be reporting this to the Security Bureau?"

Lu Xiaobai didn't have much interest.

"Brother Lu, this time it's a big fish!"

Yu Wei lowered his voice and said cautiously, "This gang has at least ten people, and the strongest leader should be an Intermediate Star Warrior above level 30!"

"An Intermediate Star Warrior?"

Lu Xiaobai's expression shifted slightly, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Star Warriors were divided into different tiers based on their vitality levels.

Before level 10, they were Trainee Star Warriors. Basically, they hadn't learned any combat star skills and were just equivalent to strong ordinary people, such as current middle school students.

Levels 10 to 30 were called Junior Star Warriors. They had already mastered some star skills and began to possess extraordinary combat power.

And levels 30 to 50 were Intermediate Star Warriors. Their physical fitness was already extremely terrifying. If coupled with the enhancement of star skills, they could even blow up a mountain with a single punch. They were definitely considered strong among humans.

However, Lu Xiaobai's horizons were extremely broad. Not to mention Intermediate Star Warriors, he had seen too many Top-tier Star Warriors above level 80.

Logically speaking, a mere Intermediate Star Warrior shouldn't be enough to cause him surprise.

But this was only the ancestral world of a third-tier planet. For such a powerful criminal to appear here was incredibly rare.

After all, even the mayor of Starlight City was only a Star Martial Artist of this caliber...

"So, it really is a big fish..."

Lu Xiaobai raised an eyebrow, a smile playing on his lips.

"If we can capture them, we'll earn at least a hundred honor points..."

Yu Wei rubbed his hands together, grinning as he spoke.

"So, I wanted to ask if you were interested, Brother Lu?"

If it had been just an ordinary criminal, he wouldn't have bothered contacting Lu Xiaobai. He would have simply notified the Security Bureau and collected the informant's reward. But this big fish was entirely different...

Hearing this, Lu Xiaobai fell into deep thought. Suddenly, familiar lines of text materialized before his eyes:

[Two-Star Mission Triggered: Personally capture an Intermediate Star Martial Artist criminal.]

[In this prosperous era of peace, how can such monstrous crimes be tolerated! Young man, the heavy burden of maintaining world peace can only be entrusted to you.]