Mighty Lord

Chapter 1358: Chapter 511: Struggle

Zhou Tian was different from the living beings of the current world; those creatures had grown accustomed to the rules of their own world. Thus, while the rules of this world seemed ideal for cultivation to Zhou Tian, they appeared utterly ordinary to the creatures of that other world from any perspective.

Therefore, because one was an indigenous creature and the other an outsider, their perspectives on the same issue naturally led to different conclusions at that time.

The lion had grown used to everything here and believed eating other living beings to improve its cultivation level was a matter of course. Under these circumstances, its daily routine was much like Zhou Tian’s, yet its fundamental goal was merely to hunt for food so it wouldn’t starve.

However, Zhou Tian’s situation was entirely different from the lion’s.

As a creature from the outside world, during his time as a monster of the Main Plane, Zhou Tian didn’t even need to eat. As long as he was within the influence of the Main Plane’s rules, he could directly absorb the surrounding elemental energy to sustain his life, and eating had long become a part of his memories.

Thus, although Zhou Tian was indeed hunting the creatures of this world to survive, in reality, his hunting was not for food.

While Zhou Tian could eat to survive, his hunting of those creatures didn’t carry the sense of urgency that came from the need to hunt to live. To him, the rules of this current world might force him to comply, but this world was not his final destination. Although he had to follow this world’s rules for now, they would soon have no bearing on him once he returned to his own world.

So, even though Zhou Tian was hunting, he was more focused on utilizing the rules of this current world.

Unlike the indigenous creatures, who deemed it natural to increase cultivation by eating, Zhou Tian was acutely aware of how difficult it was to cultivate rule abilities in the outside world.

Hence, in this world, cultivating rule abilities was far easier than in the outside world—to the point of being a hundred times simpler. Therefore, having come to such a world where he could use the World Rules to cultivate his abilities, it was natural for Zhou Tian not to take advantage of the World Rules here.

As a result, even though they were doing the same thing, Zhou Tian’s and the lion’s motives were completely different.

And now, because their purposes were fundamentally different, their reactions to the same situation were not necessarily the same. freewebnσvel.cѳm

Because hunting was merely a means to obtain food and avoid starvation, the lion would usually attack larger living beings. However, upon discovering that the opponent had strong abilities and realizing that defeating them would require a massive effort—without necessarily being able to overcome them—the lion would often give up that particular hunting target.

The lion would not waste time on strong enemies; after all, hunting a day’s worth of food from weaker creatures required far less time and effort than hunting stronger ones.

Undoubtedly, Zhou Tian was considered an unworthy opponent for the lion to fight. For one thing, Zhou Tian had displayed enormous strength, making it clear that not only could the lion not defeat him, but also, during their combat, the lion felt a lethal threat emanating from Zhou Tian. Given Zhou Tian’s strength, the lion would have naturally been disinclined to continue fighting after recognizing his power.

However, Zhou Tian did not entertain such calculations in his mind.

In Zhou Tian’s mind, this world was a natural treasury, and within it, any creature was worth hunting for food. Under these conditions, it wasn’t just creatures with large bodies like the lion; even those with very small sizes did not escape when Zhou Tian encountered them. When the lion appeared before him, it immediately became Zhou Tian’s quarry for the day. To him, all that mattered was the lion’s size and what its physical body represented; beyond that, Zhou Tian never considered whether expending such energy to hunt such a strong creature was worthwhile.

Thus, should the indigenous creatures of this world probe and find the opponent stronger than expected, there is no doubt they would choose to withdraw from the fight.

But Zhou Tian’s reaction was entirely different.

Zhou Tian didn’t share the same mindset as the beings of this world. In his view, an enemy naturally needed to be taken down with all his might. Under these circumstances, the actions that the lion took based on the unspoken rules of this world were destined to end poorly when facing Zhou Tian.