Accidentally Reincarnated in Cultivation World-Chapter 335: Free Lunch

Back then, they were stronger.

More prepared.

Yet nothing like this had manifested.

"...Is it because we’re weaker now?" she mused softly.

"Or because someone is stepping where they shouldn’t?"

Before she could think further.

"Kyayaa~! Finally, you stopped!"

A melodious yet grating voice rang out behind her.

Ming Tianmei halted.

Three demons stepped into view.

The first was undeniably beautiful at a glance.

Slender frame, elegant posture but the illusion shattered the longer one looked. His facial proportions were subtly off, it was definitely asymmetric.

"I was really having a hard time catching up," he said with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes.

Another demon scoffed, crossing his arms.

"Idiot. Didn’t sir say she’s to be taken alive? She’s already been marked as a concubine candidate." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

A third arrived, eyes glowing faintly as he assessed Ming Tianmei like prey.

"But seriously..." he licked his lips, "...that auspicious aura around her is ridiculous. No wonder sir took a liking to her."

More presences flickered at the edges of her perception.

Not three.

Not ten.

A net.

They were part of a larger force, nearly fifty Tier Four demons, slowly closing in, sealing routes, tightening the net around her.

Ming Tianmei let out a small sigh.

"...Ha."

She looked at the three in front of her.

Then, ever so briefly, she glanced toward the distant thunderclouds where Yu Xuan had vanished or rather how he was coming towards her direction.

Her lips curved, just a little.

Her eyes lifted, calm and bright.

If three people from a group of fifty disappeared no one would notice right?

...Right?

***

Yu Xuan moved at an absurd speed, tearing through space itself as he shot toward Ming Tianmei’s location.

The crimson sky split and healed behind him again and again, cracks forming like broken glass before sealing under his passing.

Along the way, his black-and-white pupils caught everything.

And what he saw made his gaze darken.

Tier Four demons.

Many of them.

They were circling her.

Courting death was no longer sufficient to describe it.

These demons weren’t just courting death, they were signing up for annihilation without an afterlife package.

Ominous black lightning rippled across the desolate red heavens, following Yu Xuan like an obedient hound.

Far below, a crocodilian demon paused mid air and sent out a message via divine sense.

"...Is it just me, or is the sky moving toward us?"

Another demon followed his gaze upward.

"...Now that you mention it, why is that thing coming straight at us?"

Before either could think further.

Space shattered and Yu Xuan descended from above.

From that height, his [Immortal’s Gaze] pierced everything.

He saw Ming Tianmei weaving through broken terrain, clearly searching for cover.

No demon was close to her yet but invisible lines of encirclement were forming.

A net was being formed around her.

And at the center of it all.

A faceless demon.

The being lifted its head and met Yu Xuan’s gaze.

Its arm rose, flesh writhing as a single grotesque eye, and a wide laughing mouth opened on its palm.

"Kyahahaha~"

The laughter echoed unnaturally.

"You’re quite brave, little human. Trying to break through here of all places."

The mouth twisted wider.

"Did you rush over because your little girlfriend was in danger? I’ll be generous I’ll let you watch."

"Hahahaha!"

"Hahaha!"

The surrounding demons laughed along, their voices layered with malice and excitement. Even among Tier Four existences, their auras were distinct.

This faceless demon was their superior.

Yu Xuan’s expression turned cold.

"Courting death."

Black lightning slammed into his body again and again.

Several demons were discussing this strangeness.

"What the hell did this madman do to provoke Heavenly Punishment?" one muttered in disbelief.

Another swallowed nervously.

"What a handsome and insane fellow!"

"He’s... utterly insane."

For a brief moment, just a brief one their expression turned into admiration.

Black lines crept across Yu Xuan’s forehead understanding them, as yet another bolt struck him directly between the brows.

He exhaled.

Slowly.

He even tried to calm himself but failed completely.

Still, he descended step by step through the air until he stood at their level.

The demons abandoned their plan instantly.

Ming Tianmei was forgotten.

Every formation, every lock, every intent shifted toward Yu Xuan.

Because their instinct screamed at them.

This thing is more dangerous than the girl, and they were not idiotic enough to risk their lives for a single human girl.

What they failed to realize was that, the black lightning wasn’t harming Yu Xuan.

Not a single strand escaped his body.

Yu Xuan felt a flicker of satisfaction.

A tribulation.

It was Free lunch.

No, free energy supply.

His cells drank it in greedily.

Each one shimmered as golden cores ignited within them, absorbing heavenly lightning like fuel. Power surged through him, compressing, condensing, evolving.

He had named his cells Immortal Cells.

He was overcharged.

"What the heeeell?!" a demon stammered in a strange accent.

"I... I... I—" An anxious and socially awkward demon tried to speak.

"Why isn’t the lightning killing him?!"

"Is this an illusion?!"

"Does he have a lightning physique?!"

A few greedy gazes followed.

"If we capture his body, refining it would—"

"This bastard..." the faceless demon muttered darkly.

His real identity was Wan Shou.

The representative of the Heavenly Demons.

But now, every instinct he possessed screamed danger.

He was currently parasitizing this body because he felt a call of destiny here, which led him to that strange woman with black hair and mysterious black eyes.

And in the first moment, he fell in love with those eyes.

But, that had to wait now.

"ALL OF YOU," Wan Shou roared, authority crushing down, "deploy every defensive technique you have NOW!"

No one questioned him.

Tier Four demons moved in perfect synchronisation.

Barriers layered atop barriers. Qi walls condensed. Bloodline techniques ignited.

Defensive artifacts flared to life.

A massive, imperfect wall of power formed in front of them.

Wan Shou’s decision came just in time.

Because Yu Xuan raised his hand.

And released a storm of terrifying black lightning arrows, each one shrieking as it tore through the sky toward them.