I Spread my Genes to Level Up in the Apocalypse

"So did you help me?"

"What do you think?" Ray asked instead with a light chuckle.

"You helped me." She said firmly.

"Yeah, I did, so how are you going to repay me, girl?"

"I…" Luo Shuchun hesitated with a tentative expression on her face. Then her demeanor returned to calm in just a moment.

"You can take everything away from me and I am sure you have no interest in a bug like me."

"Well, you are half-true." Ray said with a chuckle while shaking his head, "If I was not interested in you, would you think I would help you?"

"Then what do you want?" Luo Shuchun asked, her expression unreadable with an icy tone to it.

There was already an idea forming in her mind which made her body tremble…

Bang!

Ray lightly flickered her in her forehead, causing her to reel back with a little swell bumping in her head.

"Ouch." She winced in pain.

"What were you thinking about, girl? Do you think I would be interested in you?" Ray said with a stern expression.

"Umm, then what?" Luo Shounshun was puzzled in her heart as she looked at him with a tentative expression.

Ray coughed, clearing his throat and folding his hand behind his back.

"Become my disciple."

"Eh!?"

Luo Shoundchun was stunned.

…

A demon bolted through the sky in the warm yellow sunlight, a horrified expression on his face. He looked behind him from time to time, weariness etched in his eyes.

"Have I escaped from that hell?" he was completely terrified.

"I need to tell the demon god about this."

He streaked past the dense forest and emerged into a desolate expanse of desert, where sand blanketed every surface, seeping into every crevice and corner. The air was thick with fine grains, swirling in a restless haze that made visibility nearly impossible.

The demon was unaffected as it charged ahead with speed until it reached the heart of the desert, where a simple hut lay—made of clay and wood.

The moment it arrived, the demon bowed its head, its massive form reaching the sandy ground.

"My lord, I have terrible news, please hear me."

A deep, commanding voice resonated in his ears like the whisper of a devil.

"What is it?" the voice spoke in a cold and authoritative tone.

At the sound of the voice, the demon fell into a trance, compelled to reveal every detail it knew about the scene.

"You can leave now."

The demon obeyed, disintegrating into dust as it disappeared from sight.

The Demon God stood tall, his gaze cold and calculating. He watched the dust settle before speaking in a tone devoid of emotion.

"I have no place for a traitor in my army."

Suddenly, the hut began to crack and splinter, revealing a small demon, no larger than a hand. Its form was that of a black bear, but its diminutive size and teddy-like appearance made it seem harmless.

"Was it the play of those ten bastards that killed my subordinate?"

Killing Tier Six Demons wasn't difficult, but doing so without any resistance and in an instant, taking down thousands of them, was beyond even higher-tier cultivators.

"But they are busy dealing with those outsiders," the Demon God thought, his voice cold and calculating, "so they couldn't be here. Could it be?"

The black teddy bear's eyes widened momentarily before narrowing, staring in the direction of the event.

"Since you have sent me an invite, then I will gladly accept it."

In an instant, it streaked across the sky like a shadow, moving faster than the eye could follow, heading toward the source of the disturbance.

"If it weren't for those bastards, I wouldn't be in such an pathetic form," the Demon God rumbled. "Not to mention, the Heavenly Dao is always against me."

The speed of the black teddy bear increased even further, breaking through the limits of this universe's speed—surpassing even the speed of light.

In the blink of an eye, it appeared above the city.

Below, the city lay weary and battered, with lingering flames and smoldering embers. Cultivators scrambled through the chaos, their panic evident in their every movement.

It had been barely a moment since Ray had completely eradicated all the Demons.

"Where is that monster?"

The black bear tilted its head, observing the destruction below. Its small, bear-like form exuded an unsettling calm.

"It's quite hard to find him, huh." the bear mused. With a sudden motion, it extended its paws, and black light shot forth, slicing through the air rapidly as it spread across the city like a web.

"If you don't come out then…"

The Demon God opened his mouth, revealing sharp canine teeth with blood dripping from them, a twisted grin spreading across his face.

"I will wipe this entire city out."

Bang!

A black flicker of light surged forward, directly striking the center of the city. The explosion was instantaneous, expanding outward with devastating force.

The city seemed to dissolve before their eyes, every living being and object turning to sand and disappearing into nothingness.

Suddenly, a voice cut through the chaos:

"Are you the so-called demon god?"

Time seemed to halt at that moment. In an instant, the devastation was reversed. The city was whole again, its people restored, and a tall, white-haired figure appeared in the sky. Clad in an emperor's robe.

"You look like a human," the Demon God hissed, its voice cold and twisted. Inside its jagged mouth, countless stars twinkled, flickering ominously between its sharp teeth. A cruel grin spread wider.

"Smell like one too."

"Then you feel like a teddy," Ray said casually, his tone calm yet deadly. In an instant, his fist surged forward, shattering space itself as reality began to unravel beneath the force of his punch.

The Demon God opened its mouth once more, a sinister grin spreading across its face.

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"Did I?" Ray's lips curved into a cruel smirk, the corner of his mouth twitching upward.

Before his punch could fully connect, a black hole materialized in front of his fist, colliding with the Demon God's jagged maw.

A deafening silence engulfed the space—a soundless explosion in the time it takes for light to flicker. Reality itself struggled to comprehend the clash.

In an instant, both Ray and the Demon God vanished, leaving nothing but an echo.

"Huh, what was that?"

The cultivators in the surrounding area were left utterly stunned, their eyes wide with disbelief, a distant, dazed look as they began to scatter, fleeing the city.

"Let's escape this hellish place."

A woman with golden hair, wearing a flowing blue kimono, appeared gracefully on one of the rooftops. She gazed around with a puzzled expression.

"Where did he go?" she whispered.