Reincarnation Paradise - Chapter 918

The cost of mastering Beast Instinct was high, but Su Xiao felt it was worth it. When he had swung his sword at Sha earlier, her dodge had been remarkably precise. However, mastering Beast Instinct took a lot of work.

Swoosh!

A gust of wind approached. Su Xiao instinctively wanted to use his counter shield for defense but restrained himself. Instead, he used his Heart Eye ability to dodge Sha’s attack.

She rushed to Su Xiao’s side and kneed his waist. In Su Xiao’s perception, a knee-shaped object approached him, targeting his waist or thigh. This momentary misjudgment led to Sha’s knee striking his side.

A dull pain spread from his internal organs, which took the brunt of Sha’s attacks, seemingly bypassing his external defenses. The impact on his organs felt like an average person doubling over in pain, but Su Xiao, having faced countless trials of blood and fire, did not bend over. Instead, he angled his right leg and arm to shield his side, even as the blow sent him flying.

“Too slow!”

Sha’s voice came from his left. At the exact moment, Su Xiao felt a ringing in his head, as if hit by a train, changing his trajectory mid-air.

While airborne, Su Xiao’s mind buzzed. He instinctively reached for his sword but stopped, realizing this was training, not combat.

“Unexpectedly ferocious. But… I appreciate this kind of ferocity. Only the strong have the right to survive. The world is cruel.”

Sha’s fighting style was entirely different from Su Xiao’s. She often muttered during battle, a personal habit.

Su Xiao barely managed to land on his feet. His vision was dark, and he felt warm blood on his cheek.

Drip, drip…

The room was silent except for the sound of blood dripping. She had vanished—no breathing, no movement.

“Don’t rely on sound to locate your enemy. That’s an even cruder method than basic perception.”

Sha’s voice came from behind Su Xiao, but a punch landed on his chest, a form of hands-on teaching.

“You’ve fought often, so your battle intuition is strong. But compared to personal exploration, the experience of predecessors is richer, paid for with blood. Following routines blindly is foolish, but those experiences are valuable.”

Sha’s words were punctuated by another punch to Su Xiao’s shoulder.

“Compared to using your brain to respond to attacks, using ‘heart’ and body is faster. The outcome of a battle is decided in a moment. Your mind should only focus on how to defeat the enemy; your body should be used for attack and defense. Feel my punches with your body.”

Sha’s voice grew distant in Su Xiao’s ears—not because he was enlightened, but because the punches had left him somewhat concussed, affecting his hearing.

“Hey, hey, can’t hear anymore? That’s good; the punch to your head worked.”

She stood in place, grabbing a bag of chocolate from Bubuwang and tossing a piece into her mouth.

“What’s this weird taste…?”

She spat out the chocolate, frowning. She flicked another piece towards Su Xiao.

Despite Sha’s strength being sealed, she had at least 80 points in strength. Using her unique strength technique, the chocolate flew at the speed of a sniper bullet.

Swoosh!

The chocolate flew past Su Xiao’s ear, making him instinctively tilt his head. Compared to a punch, this ‘unknown’ object’s speed was slower, and its trajectory was clear.

“Already developing a sense? Time to increase the intensity.”

She emptied the bag of chocolate into her hands, grabbing dozens of pieces and flinging them at Su Xiao.

With a smack, a piece of chocolate hit Su Xiao’s arm, but he dodged the rest—not because his progress was swift, but because his heart-eye ability was fully activated.

Su Xiao was surprised that dodging with Heart Eye was at least 10% faster than essential perception—a significant difference in life-and-death battles. If Heart Eye was this practical, how powerful would Beast Instinct be? Given Sha’s strength, it must be formidable.

“Quick progress… no, rapid adaptation.”

She grabbed another bag of pineapple slices from Bubuwang, taking a large bite.

“Delicious.”

She sat cross-legged on the floor, eating the pineapple slices while staring at Su Xiao, creating a silent threat to hasten his adaptation to Heart Eye.

With Heart Eye as a foundation, mastering Beast Instinct would be faster.

Half an hour later, Sha stood up under Bubuwang’s helpless gaze. The long-legged woman had taken many of its snacks. If she weren’t so formidable, Bubuwang would have bitten her.

She instantly disappeared from her spot, reappearing in front of Su Xiao.

Though his vision was blocked and his perception suppressed, Su Xiao, under Bubuwang’s healing aura, had recovered from the earlier punches.

He now felt something peculiar. Despite his essential perception being sealed, his awareness within a few meters was more precise.

Everything around him was a white blur. Dust particles floated in the air, standing out in the whiteness. He even sensed the gentle flow of air in the room.

Not just that, everything around him slowed down, including the woman who approached him 0.2 seconds earlier. He could feel her heartbeat, her breathing. It was as if she stood naked before him. The scar on her collarbone shifted with her movements, and her chest flattened with her arms raised.

A fist approached in a straight line, targeting his face.

Su Xiao tilted his head, Sha’s punch grazing his ear, the wind ruffling his hair.

“Good, you already had a perception-based advanced ability. The initial training stage went 10 hours faster than expected. You can take off the blindfold.”

She stepped back, looking at Bubuwang.

“Another bag of that stuff, and I’ll teach you something good in return.”

Ignoring Bubuwang and Sha’s ‘trade,’ Su Xiao removed the black cloth, restoring his sight and essential perception.

This time, he didn’t rely on essential perception but tried using the Heart Eye to sense his surroundings.

“Strange, isn’t it? But you’ll suffer. Using advanced perception for half an hour, even with strong mental power, has side effects. It’s an ability for short bursts in battle. Even in a day-long fight, its total activation wouldn’t exceed twenty minutes.”

She grinned, showing sharp tiger teeth.

Without Sha’s explanation, Su Xiao already felt something was wrong. His temples throbbed as he removed the blindfold, and his head ached.

“This is normal. You’ll endure a few minutes of intense pain.”

Sha’s indifference was apparent. Beast Instinct wasn’t a conventional perception ability. While powerful, its training process had a high mortality rate. Over 99% of perception abilities relied on something other than overloading perception for foundational training. Though efficient, this method led to perfect perception, the risk was immense. In Sha’s original world, training Beast Instinct was strictly prohibited.

Become a Patron to read chapters ahead of public release and support me 😉

600 chapters ahead are available on Patron!