Great Villain: Starting by Humiliating the Son of the Heavenly Fate - Chapter 78

Chapter 78: Early Confrontation: Jiang Chen vs.

Ye Fan Chapter 78: Early Confrontation: Jiang Chen vs.

Ye Fan As Ye Fan approached Jiang Chen, his longsword striking down like lightning, the weakness Jiang Chen had been pretending to have suddenly disappeared.

He quickly lifted his longsword to protect his head.

“Ye Fan!

You really are cold-hearted and ungrateful!” Jiang Chen said, smirking.

“I saved your life, and yet you still try to kill me!” ‘What?!

He was faking?!’ Ye Fan thought, his face twisting in shock and disbelief.

However, it was too late for him to change his attack since he had already fully committed to it.

Dingۥ The clash of swords created a deafening sound, and a massive shockwave erupted from where the two swords met.

The clothing of both fighters fluttered noisily in the strong wind, and their hair flew about wildly.

‘Damn it, he was hiding his real power!’ Ye Fan seethed internally, as he was forced back by the impact, landing on the ground and glaring at Jiang Chen with a dark look.

At that moment, the last five blood-red monsters ignored everything else, roared aggressively, and rushed straight towards Jiang Chen.

“Hmph!” Jiang Chen let out a cold snort, and with just a thought, ‘Void Rainbow Seventh Sword Style-Falling Star!’ He became one with his longsword, slicing through a monster’s skull as swiftly as a meteor.

Boom!

The monster’s body hit the ground with a heavy thud, and blood began to pool.

“These treasures are all mine!” Ye Fan declared, his eyes shining with greed.

He took advantage of the moment Jiang Chen was busy with the monsters, dashing towards the lifeless bodies.

“Keep dreaming!” Jiang Chen scoffed.

With a quick step, he turned into a beam of light, directly crashing into Ye Fan!

Bang!

A loud, muffled sound echoed as the two clashed briefly and then quickly separated.

Ye Fan ended up at the edge of the battlefield, his right hand shaking a bit, feeling pain in the base of his palm.

Meanwhile, Jiang Chen dived back into the fray with the four remaining monsters.

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

Several massive arms, like giant thorny trees, swung down, trying to smash the person in the middle to pieces.

“Die!” Jiang Chen shouted, swinging his longsword in a wide arc.

A powerful surge of cold Qi burst forth, briefly freezing the four monsters in their tracks.

Then, with a swift motion of his sword, the four monsters fell together, their bodies lifeless as they hit the ground.

Their heads rolled off, making a gurgling noise as they went.

Unlike the first monster, which had been skinned and reduced to a skeleton, these monsters were destroyed in a different way.

Jiang Chen’s cold Qi had completely eradicated their flesh and blood!

In that moment, as the last four monsters were defeated, Ye Fan, eyes narrowed, made another dash towards Jiang Chen, his weapon at the ready.

Ye Fan believed that Jiang Chen had revealed his true power, seeing this as his opportunity to take him down.

But as Ye Fan rushed at Jiang Chen and launched his sword attack, he saw a mocking smile on Jiang Chen’s face.

‘This is bad!

He’s pretending to be weak again!’ Ye Fan realized with a mix of alarm and frustration, mentally cursing Jiang Chen’s trickery.

However, his sword was already in mid-strike, too late to change course or pull back.

He had no choice but to grit his teeth and push forward with the attack.

Ding!

Immediately after, the sound of metal striking metal echoed again.

Ye Fan felt a terrifying force traveling up his longsword, bursting into his right hand.

Crack!

The sound of bones breaking echoed in Ye Fan’s mind, causing his eyes to narrow.

Yet, he didn’t stop moving.

Seizing an opening, he quickly jumped back to retreat.

But just as he heard Jiang Chen say “Too slow!”, Jiang Chen, propelled by the Clear Sky Flash skill, turned into a blur of black lightning, swiftly moving to intercept Ye Fan.

Swoosh!

The whistling sound of the sword cutting through the air made Ye Fan’s heart race.

Realizing that the longsword was moments away from slicing him in two, Ye Fan knew he had to act fast or face certain doom.

With determination, he immediately used his power-enhancing secret art, the Burning Blood Art.

By burning a drop of his blood essence, he unleashed a massive surge of qi and blood energy.

This burst of power enabled Ye Fan to quickly contort his body, dodging Jiang Chen’s sword attack just in the nick of time.

But before he could even catch his breath, a blast of icy energy shot out from Jiang Chen’s sword, covering half of Ye Fan’s body.

Feeling the intense cold, Ye Fan noticed half his body becoming stiff, almost numb.

“Back off!” he yelled, fighting against the cold Qi with the turbulent power of his qi and blood energy.

In the next instant, Ye Fan’s feet finally hit the ground, and he shot back like an arrow, quickly vanishing into the trees.

“Hmph!” Jiang Chen snorted coldly, pretending to be weak and choosing not to chase after him.

For the time being, Ye Fan’s Heavenly Fate Value was incredibly high, making it practically impossible to kill him, and even causing serious injuries would come with considerable risks.

Considering Ye Fan had resorted to a self-damaging secret art to escape, he must have suffered some consequences and likely sustained injuries.

Therefore, in a situation where the protagonist’s Heavenly Fate Value was still exceptionally high, being able to take advantage of their weak points and deal some damage was already the best possible result.

At this point, a series of system alerts suddenly echoed within Jiang Chen’s mind.

[Ding!

You have successfully defeated the protagonist Ye Fan, destabilized his mental state, and reduced Ye Fan’s Heavenly Fate Value by 200 points!] [Ding!

You have gained 300 points of Villain Value!] [Ding!

You have effectively taken some of the protagonist Ye Fan’s opportunities, resulting in a decrease of 600 points in Ye Fan’s Heavenly Fate Value!] [Ding!

You have collected 1,100 points of Villain Value!] [Ding!

You have successfully caused injuries to the protagonist Ye Fan, leading to a temporary reduction of 200 points in Ye Fan’s Heavenly Fate Value!] [Ding!

You have earned 300 points of Villain Value!] As he heard these notifications, Jiang Chen’s eyes reflected deep thought.

‘So, defeating Ye Fan only reduced his Heavenly Fate Value by two hundred points?’ he considered.

‘This suggests he’s not the kind of protagonist who’s unbeatable from start to finish.

Instead, he’s someone who faces setbacks, learns from them, and eventually comes back stronger.

Otherwise, reducing his Heavenly Fate Value by such a small amount wouldn’t make sense.’ ‘Also, taking the opportunities hidden in the thirteen monsters led to Ye Fan losing six hundred points of Heavenly Fate Value.

It’s a notable loss, but not devastating.

It seems these monsters were just a part of his potential gains in the Cave Heaven Secret Realm.’ ‘The rest must involve more of those skinless monsters, along with other kinds of opportunities.

These different opportunities must be linked to the skinless monsters, the only “creatures” here, with their enigmatic origins and key roles in the plot…’ Jiang Chen pondered, continuing his analysis as he used his sword to open the monsters’ skulls.

Shortly after, Jiang Chen pulled out a small golden-red bead from the skull of the first monster he opened.

An enticing aroma emanated from it, completely irresistible.

“What an appetizing scent!” Jiang Chen whispered to himself.

“Eating this seems like it could be greatly beneficial.” “Still, I should hold off.

This isn’t a spiritual plant, and its properties are a mystery to me.

I’ll need to figure out where it comes from and what it’s for before deciding whether to consume it.” “For now, I’ll call it the Monster Core,” he mused aloud.

While he was taking out the golden-red beads from the other monsters’ skulls, Jiang Chen also casually searched the System Mall, using various names that came to mind, hoping to stumble upon information about this bead-like object.

Unfortunately, even after collecting all the Monster Cores, he couldn’t find anything about them in the System Mall by chance.

‘My luck isn’t great,’ Jiang Chen lamented internally.

‘The System’s limitations don’t help either.

If only it had a feature to identify objects…’ After expressing his frustrations, he stored all the Monster Cores in his Moondust Ring.