Great Villain: Starting by Humiliating the Son of the Heavenly Fate - Chapter 82

Chapter 82: The Sudden Scarcity of Blood-Colored Monsters Chapter 82: The Sudden Scarcity of Blood-Colored Monsters After dealing with the blood-colored monster’s remains, Jiang Chen gave himself a nod, his lips forming a content smile.

He poured an enormous amount of Origin Power into the Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle.

In an instant, he turned into a blur and disappeared from the area.

Meanwhile, the protagonist, Ye Fan, who had no idea about any of this, continued forward.

His face was full of excitement, eager to encounter more blood-colored giant humanoid monsters.

As time went on, Jiang Chen, controlling the Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle, ran into another blood-colored monster.

This one was at the Middle-stage of the Mysterious Platform realm.

But for Jiang Chen, there wasn’t much difference between monsters at the Early-stage and Middle-stage of the Mysterious Platform realm.

He sped up the Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle dramatically.

Holding the Shadowblade Sword, its blade enveloped in a massive amount of cold Qi, he beheaded the monster with a quick, clean cut!

By now, Jiang Chen had completely figured out the monsters’ weak spot.

Their biggest vulnerability was their heads, specifically the golden-red inner core inside.

Removing this core meant their instant death.

Yet, ironically, the monster’s head was also its strongest part.

This meant that only someone like Jiang Chen, who could easily break through their defenses and take them down quickly, could exploit this weakness.

For an average cultivator at the Mysterious Platform realm, getting through the monster’s head was impossible; their only strategy was to gradually weaken it until it fell.

After easily slicing through the monster with one sword strike, Jiang Chen pulled out the golden-red inner core from half of its skull.

He then released a burst of fire to burn the monster’s remains to ash.

This whole process had become routine for him.

Just then, the system notification sounded again: [Ding!

You have successfully taken some of protagonist Ye Fan’s opportunities.

Ye Fan’s Heavenly Fate Value has gone down by 100 points!] [Ding!

You have gained 200 points of Villain Value!] Jiang Chen mused to himself, ‘It looks like there’s not much difference between Early-stage and Middle-stage Mysterious Platform realm blood-colored monsters; both decrease 100 points of Heavenly Fate Value.

Also, defeating just one of these monsters on my own gives more than what you’d typically get from taking down thirteen monsters.’ Expanding on that thought, he figured, ‘I guess every time I take down a monster before Ye Fan can, it’s considered as me stealing an opportunity from him!’ While thinking this over, he popped a few recovery pills into his mouth and then ignited the Aura Finder Smoke to track down Ye Fan’s location.

The smoke from the Aura Finder Smoke moved backward, showing that Ye Fan was still on his original path, searching in Jiang Chen’s direction.

“Perfect!

Time to move ahead and claim more monsters,” Jiang Chen whispered to himself, a smile forming in anticipation.

Motivated by this insight, he sped up the Black Crystal Sky Piercing Shuttle to race forward.

…

Behind, the look of excitement on Ye Fan’s face had vanished, giving way to a frown and a growing sense of irritation.

‘What’s going on?’ he thought to himself.

‘Is it possible that there aren’t any blood-colored monsters left nearby?

I haven’t come across any for so long!’ Despite his best efforts, Ye Fan hadn’t managed to find anything.

He couldn’t escape the feeling that something was off.

Especially considering that, when he was with the large group of over a hundred disciples from the five sects, they had stumbled upon fourteen blood-colored monsters all at once.

He couldn’t help but think that the current scarcity of monsters didn’t make sense.

‘Could it be that my luck is really this bad?’ Ye Fan wondered, feeling a mix of discouragement and confusion.

Nonetheless, he pressed on.

Shortly thereafter, he noticed some suspicious signs within his divine sense’s reach.

‘Was there a fight here?’ Ye Fan thought, scanning the area carefully.

Seeing no immediate danger, he moved closer to inspect the marks on the ground.

“These footprints are from a blood-colored monster,” he quietly said to himself.

“But it looks like the monster has already been killed by someone else!” “No wonder I haven’t encountered any blood-colored monsters for so long.

Looks like someone beat me to them!” Ye Fan said out loud, realization lighting up his face.

Yet, this insight didn’t ease his irritation; it only made him more frustrated.

The blood-colored monsters were crucial to him, but now, it appeared someone had already claimed one before he could.

However, recalling the unique golden-red inner cores within the blood-colored monsters, Ye Fan’s frustration softened significantly.

He felt confident that no one else would understand their purpose anytime soon.

They would probably keep them, oblivious to their actual worth.

‘If I run into them later, I’ll try to trade for it back.

Offering some cultivation techniques and high-level insights, I’m sure they’ll jump at the chance.’ Thinking this, Ye Fan felt a bit more optimistic and continued his search with increased enthusiasm.

It wasn’t unheard of for someone to get to a blood-colored monster before him.

Surely, he wouldn’t always be beaten to the punch, right?

He was convinced he’d find one sooner or later!

Holding onto this hope, Ye Fan was confident that he’d soon come across other blood-colored monsters.

…

However, as time went on, Ye Fan, despite moving forward for quite some time, hadn’t come across any blood-colored monsters!

Instead, on his journey, he found signs of at least ten different monster battles.

This indicated that at least ten monsters had been defeated by others, their remains thoroughly destroyed.

Ye Fan didn’t question the complete destruction of the monsters’ bodies.

He understood that these creatures had incredible life force, and when cultivators faced them, it was standard practice to thoroughly incinerate their remains to eliminate any possibility of them coming back.

What really made Ye Fan frown was wondering who could have taken down more than ten monsters.

The evidence left on the battlefields showed that each fight was quick and conclusive, hinting that the person who defeated the monsters was extremely strong!

Yet, among the earlier five major sects, there was no one with that level of power.

Even if you thought about Jiang Chen, who might have hidden his true strength, he was only a bit stronger than Ye Fan.

The idea of him defeating a monster at its peak so effortlessly seemed far-fetched!

Moreover, if the victories were the result of teamwork, the signs of battle left behind would probably be more extensive and varied.

‘It looks like the top ten sects really are full of hidden talents.

Apart from Jiang Chen, there are those even stronger than him!

I need to be more careful.’ With this thought, Ye Fan’s enthusiasm for hunting blood-colored monsters decreased notably.

At least in this area, he no longer wanted to chase after the blood-colored monsters.

This was mainly because the monsters were almost wiped out, and also because of the risk posed by an unknown, powerful figure in the secret realm.

‘I’ll have to change my path and leave this place for now,’ Ye Fan decided, as he changed direction, heading somewhere new.

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