This Is What a Villain Is Like

Chapter 181: Chapter 95: Indefensible, What More Is There to Say? He’s Not Someone You Can Compare To

The force of the roar made the blood of the many cultivators and creatures present churn in their veins.

Ye Ming bore the brunt of it. His ears rang with a deafening roar, and his blood surged violently. A coppery taste filled his throat, and he nearly coughed up blood and collapsed.

"What...?"

He froze for a moment. But as the meaning of the words sank in, his eyes flew wide open in disbelief. He could hardly believe what he was hearing.

A moment of stunned silence fell over the area, followed by a sudden, tumultuous uproar.

Every cultivator and creature was dumbfounded, their minds reeling in disbelief.

No one could have imagined that after manifesting, the Four Saints Illusion would utter such words to this unfamiliar man.

Everyone had assumed his luck was simply off the charts—that he had won the Four Saints Illusion’s approval and was about to receive the Four Saints Ancient Celestial Skill.

But who could have predicted this outcome...?

Now that the shock was wearing off, many noticed that the eyes of the Four Saints Illusion were filled with clear contempt and disgust. It was anything but a look of approval.

That, combined with the words spoken by the White Tiger’s illusion itself...

The expressions of the cultivators around Ye Ming shifted. They scrambled to their feet and backed away, their gazes toward Ye Ming now filled with a mixture of fear, suspicion, and uncertainty.

These were Holy Beasts that once dominated the world. How could their words be false?

The Secret Realm was currently a chaotic mix of friend and foe. Members of the Blood Immortal Sect were lying in wait, scheming to ambush and kill the younger generation from the major orthodox sects.

Who was to say this man wasn’t one of them?

"This..."

Ye Ming’s face was a ghastly sight, shifting between pale white and ashen green.

He had never imagined things would take such a turn.

He clenched his fists so hard his knuckles turned white, a nameless rage burning in his chest with nowhere to go.

’Is this Four Saints Illusion out of its mind?’

’It’s true I’ve killed many people on my path, but always for a reason. This world is a cruel place where the strong prey on the weak.’

’If I don’t kill others, they will kill me. Which of the young Celestial Prides here doesn’t have blood on their hands?’

’So why single me out, claiming I’m burdened with heavy Karmic Obstacles? How am I even supposed to explain that?’

Suddenly, a thought struck Ye Ming.

’Could the Four Saints Illusion have been mistaken? Maybe... the Karmic Obstacles it sensed are from Old Ghost?’

’Old Ghost, you’ve damned me...’ He gritted his teeth. Even though he thought he understood the reason, there was nothing he could do.

He and Old Ghost were now one and the same; separation was impossible. All he could do was accept his fate in the face of the Four Saints Illusion’s revulsion.

Old Ghost hadn’t expected this either. He froze, wanting to explain, but something felt off.

’The Four Saints once dominated the world; why would they care about sins and transgressions? How much slaughter did they and their clans cause?’

’What’s really going on here? Something feels very wrong...’ he mused.

"What—?!"

Just then, a series of shocked gasps erupted from the crowd.

WHOOSH—

The Four Saints Illusion circled in the night sky before merging into a single, brilliant ball of light that soared into the heavens.

The divine light was blindingly radiant, suffused with a vast, ancient aura as it shot straight toward a young man on the mountaintop.

The young man was dressed in robes whiter than snow, an Ancient Jade hanging from his waist. With his handsome, refined features, he had the air of a noble young master.

At that moment, he too seemed stunned by the Four Saints Illusion suddenly hurtling toward him. His handsome face was a mask of bewilderment and confusion.

"Young Master..."

The young Celestial Prides behind Jiang Lan—Li Daoyi, Ao Xu, Luo Ying, and the others—snapped to their senses and cried out in unison, their faces etched with shock and astonishment, as if trying to warn him.

"Young Master Jiang, quickly! Focus your mind!"

Seeing this, Ling Zhuyun also cried out urgently, telling him not to be distracted and to accept the divine light that was rushing toward him.

She too had never imagined the Four Saints Illusion would choose to acknowledge Jiang Lan.

’Could it be that it doesn’t just judge based on luck, but also on a person’s character?’

But she had no time to dwell on it.

Seeing the utterly dumbfounded look on Jiang Lan’s face, she grew anxious for him. This was the Four Saints Ancient Celestial Skill—the opportunity of a lifetime that everyone coveted.

’Why isn’t he calming down and accepting it already?’

"Did the Four Saints Illusion... choose the wrong person?"

Jiang Lan seemed to finally snap out of his daze. He stared at the divine light hurtling toward him, his face a picture of pure shock and disbelief.

"How is this possible?!"

"It chose *him*? Is the Four Saints Illusion some kind of suck-up, fawning on the powerful?"

"I refuse to accept this! Why should a young master from the Prime Minister’s Mansion get the Four Saints Illusion’s approval? He clearly has no cultivation to speak of!"

"The Four Saints Illusion must be blind..."

This turn of events took every cultivator present by complete surprise.

Once the reality of the situation sank in, many lost all composure and began cursing, decrying the injustice of it all.

Jiang Lan was already born at a height others could only dream of, and now, this massive, heaven-sent opportunity was being handed to him on a silver platter.

What had he possibly done to deserve it?

"It must be that the Young Master’s character is so noble that the opportunity, having a spirit of its own, chose him as its master," Ao Xu declared. Although he found it just as hard to believe, it didn’t stop him from his usual bootlicking.

Li Daoyi and the others had incredibly complicated expressions on their faces.

Not far away, other young Celestial Prides like Qi Heng, Zhu Huang, and Xia Jie found the scene before them simply impossible to accept.

Why on earth did Jiang Lan deserve the Four Saints Illusion’s approval?

And just as the area was thrown into a state of shocked disbelief...

BOOM!!!

The mountain trembled and the ground shook. A terrifying beam of bloody light suddenly shot into the sky, coalescing into a hazy figure shrouded in a sanguine mist.