Accidentally Reincarnated in Cultivation World-Chapter 363: Pay to Win Monster’s Misunderstanding?

Yu Xuan had been caught by that attack, accidentally.

Was it because he had relaxed after narrowly escaping a life and death situation?

Because his guard had slipped, just for a moment?

And to think he had been sent flying by a mere Tier-4 demon of all things.

He couldn’t help it.

He laughed.

He didn’t realize it then, but this was the exact same feeling Ten Thousand Eye Horror, Ancestor Wan had experienced when a mere projection of Yu Changming had injured him.

That mix of disbelief, irritation, and reluctant amusement.

"Cough... cough..."

Yu Xuan coughed lightly as he pushed himself out of the crater.

His multicolored robes were immaculate as ever, not a single tear in sight, but internally his organs were in mild disarray.

That punch had been heavy, far heavier than expected. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Still, the damage was superficial.

A few shallow cracks along his skin began to knit themselves together almost immediately, flesh repairing itself as if embarrassed to have been injured at all.

"What a surprise," Yu Xuan said.

"I really didn’t expect that attack. If not for my body, I might have actually died."

His gaze shifted, settling on the pretender, the one with strange geometric lines crawling across his body.

"I suppose I should respond in kind, shouldn’t I?"

Sha Qi suddenly stiffened.

An unnatural surge of pressure bloomed from behind Yu Xuan’s pupils.

Yu Xuan’s pupils subtly changed shape. The very structure of his eye lenses twisted, rearranging themselves into something no longer entirely human.

Then.

His black and white eyes shone.

[Immortal’s Gaze] – Annihilation.

A beam of intertwined black and white light erupted from his eyes, expanding the instant it was released.

It wasn’t fast.

It didn’t need to be.

It simply existed and everything in its path ceased to.

Sha Qi was swallowed whole.

So were several void creatures unfortunate enough to be nearby, their bodies dissolving as the overwhelming concentration of energy reduced them to nothingness.

Even a distant mountain wasn’t spared.

Its peak softened, then sagged, then melted outright, like wax held too close to a flame.

Yu Xuan cut the beam short, exhaling slowly.

He closed his eyes for a moment, letting the transformation recede, then opened them again.

They were faintly red now.

"Tch... tenacious bastard," he muttered.

From the sky, a charred black figure fell and slammed into the ground.

Sha Qi.

Burned, broken, and smoking, but still alive.

Yu Xuan grimaced slightly.

To fire that attack, he had burned through several of the miniature golden cores within his cells.

He sighed.

"I really hope my hair doesn’t grow overnight because of those dead cells," he muttered to himself, rubbing his temples.

This was a troublesome topic or maybe not? He was afterall in a Cultivation World!

***

’Fuck this monster.’

That was the only thought left in Sha Qi’s mind.

The only reason he was still alive after that absurd beam hit him was simple – he was an Energy Devil.

Manipulating, dispersing, absorbing, and redirecting energy was his very nature. If anyone could barely survive that attack, it was him.

But that too barely.

As for why a human could carry something akin to an annihilation array inside his eyes... Sha Qi refused to believe it was innate.

Humans did not shoot enemy erasing beams naturally.

So the answer had to be one of the few things: a supreme technique, heavenly pupils, a divine ability, or formations engraved directly into the body.

Likely more than one.

THUD!

Sha Qi slammed into the ground, coughing violently.

The energy he had absorbed and forcefully redirected earlier now ran rampant inside his body, tearing through his energy channels.

"Fuck you, monster!" he roared hoarsely.

"Why are you still fine?! I used all the surrounding energy, and even my intent too, in that attack!"

Yu Xuan looked down at him calmly.

"I should be the surprised one," he replied.

"Even without domination, that annihilation should’ve erased you completely."

His gaze lingered on the glowing lines across Sha Qi’s body.

"...Ah. Now that I look closer, you do resemble that girl. Energy manipulation must be your specialty I guess?"

Before Sha Qi could respond, Yu Xuan’s eyes shone again.

This time, there was no beam.

There was pressure.

Sha Qi felt his spirit seize as his consciousness was dragged violently into darkness.

Not ordinary darkness.

A suffocating void where his fears took shape _ twisting, crawling, breathing things that rushed at him from all sides.

"AHHHHH—!"

He screamed, desperately trying to defend himself, but his techniques felt sluggish, unresponsive.

Then.

A pair of eyes opened within the darkness.

Cold. Absolute. And indifferent.

They stared at him as if evaluating whether his existence was worth keeping.

Sha Qi felt his spirit begin to peel away from his body.

Pain unlike anything he had known surged through him, as body and soul slipped out of alignment.

Outside, Yu Xuan briefly turned his gaze toward the Predator of the Void.

[Immortal’s Gaze] – Domination.

And nothing happened.

"...Didn’t work?" Yu Xuan frowned slightly.

’Is it Spiritless? Or is there some kind of innate protection?’ he wondered.

No time to dwell on it.

He waved his hand.

Using [Telekinesis], Yu Xuan hurled Sha Qi’s broken body straight toward the Predator of the Void like discarded prey and vanished from his position.

The Predator tilted its head, staring at the incoming offering.

Predator of the Void: ???

Was it some kind of pay-to-win monster? Maybe!

It didn’t hold any particular attachment to humans, but that didn’t mean it lacked emotion.

In fact, it was perfectly capable of hate.

The "offering" hurled at this time... was trash.

There was an old saying among those who had survived the void.

When facing a Predator of the Void, a sufficient sacrifice may spare the prey.

After all, what’s more entertaining than watching prey hunt prey?

But when the offering was insultingly bad.

Then only hell awaited.

And at this moment, the Predator of the Void understood one very clear thing.

The other party had shamelessly thrown low quality, burned and used prey at it.

Its pupils narrowed.

KRECHASTT!