This Is What a Villain Is Like

Chapter 164: Chapter 91: Even the Saintess is Manipulated, the Crowd is Furious

Ye Ming scoffed inwardly, unconcerned.

He had hidden his aura, using the fluctuations of the local Array to conceal his presence.

While the Zixia Daoist was focused on breaking the Array, he had hidden nearby. He waited for the Daoist to succeed and reach for the treasure, then struck first, snatching the Pill Furnace away.

This entire process was second nature to him; he’d lost count of how many times he’d done it, and he always managed a clean getaway.

And that was precisely why the Zixia Daoist was now hunting him down.

"Hand over the Pill Furnace."

The Zixia Daoist roared, catching up quickly. He stared daggers at Ye Ming, his eyes filled with a chilling killing intent.

Ye Ming ignored him completely and continued to charge toward the Ancient Medicine Garden.

Seeing this, the Zixia Daoist grew even more furious and attacked again, his terrifying might shaking the entire area.

He summoned a green scimitar, and his entire body transformed into a bizarre, ghostly streak of light. Green radiance flashed, brilliant divine light shimmering as he shot toward Ye Ming.

The scimitar swept out, and the light exploded in arcs like crescent moons, pulsing with terrifying killing intent. Many cultivators who couldn’t dodge in time screamed as they were instantly vaporized into a bloody mist.

Ye Ming knew full well how powerful the Zixia Daoist was, so he didn’t clash with him head-on. Instead, he made a beeline for a large ape not far away.

The ape’s fur flowed with a searing, fiery light. Its eyes were like lightning, its form like a thunder god’s. It brandished a Mixed Element Ruyi Staff, its fearsome power palpable as it surveyed its surroundings.

Seeing Ye Ming leading his enemy toward it, a flicker of human-like anger appeared in its eyes. It swung its great staff, smashing it down at Ye Ming.

But Ye Ming had already anticipated this. He flickered out of sight mid-run, using a Secret Technique to reappear in another direction. This caused the ape’s strike and the Zixia Daoist’s blade to collide directly.

’Heh, how foolish...’

Ye Ming sneered inwardly as his figure vanished into the distance again. ’There are no clues about the Immortal Embryo Creation Dew for now. The priority is to find the Purple Mist True Monarch’s cultivation grotto. His true legacy and fortuitous creations must be hidden there.’

"Thief surnamed Ye, you’d better remember this! If this old Daoist doesn’t kill you, I swear I’m no man!"

The Zixia Daoist’s fury and killing intent intensified when he saw that he’d been blocked while Ye Ming continued his escape.

He had expended so much energy breaking the Array, intending to claim the most important Pill Furnace in the Pill Room. But who would have known that at the critical moment, Ye Ming would intercept and steal it from him? He was so angry he could have burst.

Combining this with the series of events that occurred outside the Secret Realm, he was certain that Ye Ming had known about his presence from the very beginning and had deliberately followed him to compete for opportunities.

Realizing the Zixia Daoist was a troublesome opponent and that it had been used, the ape didn’t continue to fight him. It turned and left to stop the other cultivators who were wrecking the Ancient Medicine Field.

The Zixia Daoist ignored it as well, once again giving chase in the direction Ye Ming had fled.

Not long after the Zixia Daoist gave chase, a few cultivators near the Ancient Medicine Field exchanged glances, unable to hide the shock and admiration in their eyes.

"That must be the Senior Brother Ye Ming our senior mentioned, right?"

"He’s truly ferocious! Not only did he snatch the Pill Furnace right from under that purple-robed old Daoist’s nose, but he also provoked the Demon King of this place, causing the two of them to fight."

"Outside the Secret Realm, that purple-robed old Daoist was incredibly powerful. Even several Sixth Realm experts working together couldn’t take him down."

"But Senior Brother Ye Ming not only escapes from him repeatedly but even snatches food from the tiger’s mouth. He’s truly worthy of being a core seed of our Holy Sect..."

As they spoke, their words filled with admiration for Ye Ming, they seemed to sense something. Their expressions turned serious and wary, and they quickly transformed into Divine Rainbows and flew away.

Not long after they left, a handsome, martial-looking man in golden armor led a group of subordinates over. His expression, however, was rather grim.

It was none other than Xia Jie, the third son of Prince Wuxuan.

Beside him followed Qi Heng, a True Disciple of the Human King Hall, who looked pale and very weak.

Zhu Huang, a True Disciple of the Celestial Derivation Sect, also arrived with several of his fellow disciples.

"It seems Han Yiming, She Mou, and Caiyun are most likely dead. It’s been so long, and they still haven’t regrouped with us."

"For someone like Brother Qi Heng to have survived, to have escaped with his life, is truly a stroke of luck."

"I suspected there was something wrong with that man surnamed Ye back then. Now it seems he was the one who deliberately spread the news about this place."

Zhu Huang sighed softly, his previously composed expression now replaced by a grave one.

Qi Heng’s face was grim. He stared intently at the spot where those figures had just disappeared. He wanted to give chase and avenge his fellow disciples, but for now, he could only grit his teeth and endure.

Of all the disciples from the Human King Hall this time, he was the sole survivor.

But he was also heavily injured. It would be nearly impossible for him to ever return to his peak condition.

After arriving in the Secret Realm, he had immediately tried to contact Han Yiming, She Mou, Caiyun, and the others, but without exception, he received no response.

In the end, only Xia Jie and Zhu Huang had responded. He then rendezvoused with them and recounted the whole story of how he had been attacked by the Human-Faced Banner and then gravely wounded by a mysterious person.

At this point, he couldn’t help but guess that Han Yiming and the others had been ambushed just as he had. But they weren’t as lucky, and had likely already perished in the Purple Mist Mountain Range.

After entering the Secret Realm, they had fought over opportunities and successively encountered many cultivators.

The strange behavior of a few of these cultivators caught their attention.

As a True Inheritor of the Celestial Derivation Sect, Zhu Huang was skilled in divination. Based on the auras of those few cultivators, he deduced that they might be connected to the Blood Immortal Sect.